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| FSSP gets apostolic visitation from the Vatican |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-29-2024, 02:25 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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FSSP gets apostolic visitation from the Vatican
The FSSP is an international community of priests which celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass. Pope Francis’ reign has been marked by a series of disciplinary actions against conservative clergy, and by restrictions of the Latin Mass.
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LifeSiteNews
Sep 28, 2024
(LifeSiteNews) — The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) has been informed that it will receive an apostolic visitation from the Vatican.
The FSSP is an international community of priests, under the authority of the Holy See, which celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass in churches around the world.
Pope Francis’ reign has been marked by a series of disciplinary actions against traditional and conservative clergy, and by introducing significant restrictions of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.
In November 2023 Bishop Joseph Strickland was personally removed from his diocese by Pope Francis following an apostolic visitation. Shortly afterwards Strickland revealed that one of the reasons for his removal was his refusal to cancel the Latin Mass in the diocese of Tyler, Texas.
In a communique published earlier this week the FSSP announced the news of their visitation, adding that they have been informed by Vatican authorities that “this visit does not originate in any problems of the Fraternity.”
The visitation will be conducted by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which has been in charge of the FSSP and similar priestly institutes for the past three years.
LifeSiteNews Editor in Chief, John-Henry Westen, has called for prayers for the FSSP.
Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Fribourg, September 26, 2024
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) has recently been informed by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life of the opening of an apostolic visitation of the Fraternity. As the Prefect of this Dicastery himself made clear to the Superior General and his assistants during a meeting in Rome, this visit does not originate in any problems of the Fraternity, but is intended to enable the Dicastery to know who we are, how we are doing and how we live, so as to provide us with any help we may need.
The last ordinary apostolic visit of the Fraternity was undertaken in 2014 by the Ecclesia Dei Commission. As the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has been in charge of the FSSP and other former Eccelsia Dei institutes for the past three years, it now the competency of this Dicastery to look after the FSSP.
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| Please Pray for Bishop Tissier de Mallerais |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-29-2024, 02:17 AM - Forum: Appeals for Prayer
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The following is taken from this gloria.tv post:
FSSPX: Bishop Tissier Suffered a Cerebral Haemorrhage
September 30, 2024
According to reports circulating on the Internet, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, 79, has suffered a brain haemorrhage.
He is one of the three current bishops of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. Gloria.tv has learned that the headquarters in Menzingen has informed countries that the bishop's situation is not life-threatening.
Monsignor Tissier de Mallerais fell down the stairs at the seminary in Ecône, Switzerland, where he lives, on 28 September.
He has been suffering from age-related illnesses for some time, including difficulty walking.
Born in 1945, he had a master's degree in biology and joined Mgr Marcel Lefebvre in Fribourg in October 1969 to help found the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.
He has held a number of important positions, including director of the seminary at Ecône.
The faithful are invited to pray for the prelate's recovery.
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| Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis has contradicted ‘the entire Gospel’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-27-2024, 11:15 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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NB: While one certainly applauds Bp. Schneider (and those who like him) for speaking out against Francis' errors, however, as is the case with so many Conciliar Catholics, they ignore that these same erroneous principles are found right in the documents of Vatican II and yet are silent on that point.
Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis has contradicted ‘the entire Gospel’
Speaking to Raymond Arroyo, Bishop Athanasius Schneider firmly critiqued and rejected Pope Francis' claim that 'every religion is a way to arrive at God.'
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Bishop Schneider, on EWTN's World Over, September 26, 2024.
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Sep 27, 2024
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider has stated that Pope Francis has contradicted “the entire Gospel” with the claim that all religions are a way to God.
Speaking with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on The World Over, Kazakhstan’s Bishop Athanasius Schneider responded to the controversial comment made by Pope Francis on his recent trip to Singapore.
“Every religion is a way to arrive at God,” the Pope said. “There are different languages to arrive at God, but God is God for all. And how is God God for all? We are all sons and daughters of God. But my god is more important than your god, is that true? There is only one God and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, they are different paths.”
When asked by Arroyo about this, Schneider was clinical in his critique:
Quote:Such an affirmation of Pope Francis is clearly against the divine revelation, it contradicts directly the first Commandment of God which is ever valid – “You shall not have other gods beside me” – this is so clear, and such a statement contradicts the entire Gospel.
Continuing, Schneider reminded viewers that “Jesus Christ said, ‘No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
Quote:“He is the only way to God, there are no other ways or paths,” said the auxiliary bishop of Astana. “So in this statement sadly, regrettably Pope Francis plainly contradicts the first Commandment of God and the entire Gospel.”
Francis’ comments have caused widespread controversy and confusion among concerned Catholics, and consternation remains high even though he made the remarks now two weeks ago during an inter-religious meeting of young people in Singapore.
When Arroyo raised this issue of how a Pope could say such a statement, Schneider pointed back to the betrayal of Christ by St. Peter in the Gospels.
Quote:God permitted that the first pope, Simon Peter, he renounced [and] denied Christ three times, and he was appointed the vicar of Christ and nevertheless he denied Christ three times. So God permitted it that it could also happen in the future, that a successor of Simon Peter would speak some words which are contrary to the divine truth.
Such a scenario, commented Schneider, “is rare, but it happened with Peter and it happened in very rare cases in history. But Peter repented, and he again defended Christ and confessed Him and gave his life for Christ as a martyr.”
The auxiliary bishop urged Catholics “to simply pray for Pope Francis that he may receive this grace of the Lord as Peter received, to repent and to again clearly, courageously confess that there is no other name given to man in which they can be saved except Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, the only redeemer of mankind.”
The Catholic Church teaches that “[t]he one true Church established by Christ is the Catholic Church.” {Q. 152}. Additionally, the Church notes that all souls must “belong” to the Church to be saved: “All are obliged to belong to the Catholic Church in order to be saved.” {Baltimore Catechism Q 166.}
This teaching has remained constant, though is currently heard with less regularity or clarity than in previous decades.
Pope Leo XII pronounced it clearly in his 1824 encyclical letter Ubi Primum:
Quote:It is impossible for the most true God, who is Truth Itself, the best, the wisest Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent with one another and contradictory, and to confer eternal rewards on their members. For we have a surer word of the prophet, and in writing to you We speak wisdom among the perfect; not the wisdom of this world but the wisdom of God in a mystery.
By it we are taught, and by divine faith we hold one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and that no other name under heaven is given to men except the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth in which we must be saved. This is why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.
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Schneider himself has already critiqued Francis’ 2019 Abu Dhabi declaration, which argued that the “diversity of religions” is “willed by God.” Issuing a public condemnation of the text, Schneider subsequently published another statement warning that “men in the Church today are in fact promoting the neglect of the first Commandment of the Decalogue and the betrayal of the core of the Gospel.”
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| FBI whistleblower urges Americans to vote, pray the Rosary and do First Friday devotions |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-27-2024, 08:49 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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FBI whistleblower urges Americans to vote, pray the Rosary and do First Friday devotions
‘Despite the stress and uncertainty, I’ve never once regretted standing up for truth. Indeed, my family and I persevered due to our strength in faith, God’s grace and the sacraments,’ said FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen.
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FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen
Breitbart / YouTube
Sep 26, 2024
(LifeSiteNews) — An FBI whistleblower who had his security clearance revoked and pay suspended for questioning the official Jan. 6 narrative is now urging Americans to pray the rosary and practice the First Friday devotion, as well as to vote and arm themselves.
Marcus Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist whose security clearance has been restored as part of a settlement with the bureau earlier this year, told the Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government on Wednesday how he was severely retaliated against for sharing information with his superiors and others that, as he previously noted, “questioned the official narrative of Jan. 6.”
“The FBI questioned my allegiance to the United States, suspended my security clearance, suspended my pay and refused to allow me to obtain outside employment or even accept charity,” testified Allen, a devout Catholic. He was then forced to take early withdrawals from a retirement account to pay his mortgage.
Allen told how this was punishment for sharing what he believed was not “forthright” testimony by FBI Director Christopher Wray about the Bureau’s use of confidential human sources at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Allen had cited reporting by mainstream media outlets for his criticism of Wray, including RealClearPolitics.
In further support of Allen’s claim, ex-FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven D’Antuono testified last year to the full House Judiciary Committee that the FBI had even lost count of the number of confidential informants on the Capitol grounds that day.
The Catholic veteran said the FBI tried to “destroy him financially” so that he “would give up.”
“There are no words strong enough to describe the impact the FBI’s lies about me have had on me and my family,” an emotional Allen said Wednesday. “The stress has taken a toll on our health and our children have suffered, traumatized by the thought of our door getting kicked in or Dad not coming home.”
“Despite the stress and uncertainty, I’ve never once regretted standing up for truth,” the Marine Corps veteran continued. “Indeed, my family and I persevered due to our strength in faith, God’s grace and the sacraments.”
“If you do not worship God, you will worship something else. You can either serve God or you can serve Mammon, but you can’t serve both. This has been a purification when we lost material items we gained more important things. We’ve stored up for ourselves Treasures in Heaven,” Allen said.
“What we have gained spiritually has far outweighed what was lost materially,” said Allen, getting choked up.
He went on to cite James Madison, who “notes the duty to honor God (takes) precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation to the claims of Civil Society. Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the governor of the Universe.”
Later, asked to comment further, Allen added, “It is my opinion that the Bureau used fear and reprisal to control the workforce.”
He further advised the people of the U.S., “As an American citizen, you have the duty to vote, and I strongly urge you to do so … stake your claim, and don’t forfeit it willingly.”
“My other recommendations are in the natural order,” he continued. “Arm yourself and know how to defend yourself. Make three to four friends in your neighborhood and promise to come to each other’s mutual aid in times of hardship.”
“During the Great Depression, people stocked up a pantry, so I think that’s a good practice, especially in our economic times, and make sure you have three to four months of food.”
He then advised Americans to “pray the rosary” and “go to the First Friday devotions,” by which Catholics honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
“That’s for everybody, all my brothers and sisters of all faiths,” he added. “And read the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and live it every day.”
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| The Catholic Trumpet:No Compromise, No Surrender: Mirror the Martyr García Moreno† |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-26-2024, 10:22 AM - Forum: Uncompromising Fighters for the Faith
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No Compromise, No Surrender: Mirror the Martyr García Moreno†
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The Catholic Trumpet | September 24, 2024
Dear Reader, we are in a moment of profound crisis. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, openly promotes heresy, while the Society of Saint Pius X—once a bastion of tradition—has strayed from the firm path set by our beloved +Archbishop Lefebvre since the 2012 doctrinal declaration. We must hold fast to the truth that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church, as our Lord has promised.
He cautioned us, "The scribes and the Pharisees have sat on the chair of Moses. Do and observe whatever they tell you, but do not do as they do." While many question whether a Pope can be a heretic, few ponder: Can the Conciliar popes be schismatic? This question echoes Our Lady of La Salette’s warning of a Church in eclipse. Who will enlighten Pope Francis when those around him are mired in modernism and heresy? We must pray earnestly for his conversion, for prayer is our most formidable weapon against the darkness.
This new SSPX now mirrors the Conciliar Church. Many of their priests subscribe to our letters, yet there is a disheartening silence in returning to the clear principles of +Archbishop Lefebvre. What grace would flow if Bishop Fellay were to denounce the 2012 Agreement and the New Mass, including the so-called “TLM”?
These compromises are not merely signs of fatigue in the fight for souls; they signify a capitulation to the world and a betrayal of our Faith. Let us not grow weary! We must renew our commitment to Our Lady, drawing inspiration from saints and martyrs like the valiant García Moreno†.
García Moreno†, fully aware of the dangers surrounding him, wrote to Pope Pius IX in July 1875: "I have more than ever need of divine assistance... What greater happiness could befall me than to see myself hated and calumniated for love of our Divine Redeemer?"
He was assassinated by [...] Freemasons on August 6, 1875—a martyr for the Faith. Even in his final moments, he proclaimed, "God does not die!" His unwavering faith serves as a clarion call for us today.
What did García Moreno† carry with him on that fateful day? A relic of the True Cross, the Scapular of the Passion, and his Rosary. In The Imitation of Christ, he inscribed his daily resolutions, always seeking humility and striving for the greater glory of God. His commitment serves as a powerful model:
Quote:"Every morning when saying my prayers I will ask specially for humility. Every day I will hear Mass, say the Rosary and will read, besides a chapter of the Imitation, this Rule and the instructions which are added to it. I will endeavor to keep myself as much as possible in the presence of God, especially during conversation that I may not exceed in words. I will often offer my heart to God, principally before beginning any actions. Every hour I will say to myself: ‘I am worse than a demon and hell ought to be my dwelling place.’ In temptations I will add: ‘What should I think of all this in my last agony?’ In my room never to pray sitting when I can do so on my knees or standing. Practice daily little acts of humility, as kissing the ground; to rejoice when I or my actions, are censured. Never to speak of myself except to avow my faults or defects. To make efforts, by thinking of Jesus and Mary, to restrain my impatience and go against my natural inclinations; to be kind to all, even with the importunate, and never to speak ill of my enemies. Every morning, before beginning my work, I will write down what I have to do, being very careful to distribute my time well, to give myself only to useful and necessary business, and to continue it with zeal and perseverance. I will scrupulously observe the law of justice and truth, and have no intentions in all my actions save the greater glory of God… I will go to confession every week… I will never pass more than an hour in any amusement, and in general never before eight o’clock in the evening."
Let us not forget García Moreno’s† historic consecration of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart in 1873, a momentous act for a republic. He understood that true peace comes from placing God and His Catholic Church at the center of our nation.
In this time of crisis, let us draw strength from García Moreno's† example. He stood firm, so we cannot succumb to despair as we witness the errors of the SSPX and the grave failings of our Holy Father. Instead, let us trust in Our Lord and Our Lady, fighting zealously for the restoration of the Faith with the fervor of the saints.
Now, let us rise and take decisive action! Beyond prayer, we must establish a robust Catholic infrastructure that steadfastly upholds our beliefs and nourishes our souls. We are engaged in a spiritual guerrilla warfare against the insidious threats of modernism and compromise. Share our articles and the Recusant articles—make the Catholic resistance's voice heard! Blow the trumpet for those ensnared in the Conciliar pews, fervently calling them back to the unblemished truth of the Faith.
Encourage those who have strayed to return, and write to the SSPX bishops and their priests, urging them to reclaim their commitment to tradition. With Rosaries in hand and hearts devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, let us unite in fierce defense of our Faith. Together, we shall withstand this storm for the glory of God and the triumphant restoration of His Church!
-The ☩ Trumpet
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| Holy Mass in Illinois [Chicago area] - September 29, 2024 |
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Posted by: Stone - 09-26-2024, 09:15 AM - Forum: September 2024
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Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel
w/ Commemoration of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Date: Sunday, September 29, 2024
Time: Confessions - 6:30 PM
Holy Mass - 7:00 PM
Location: Chicago area - contact coordinator below for details
Contact: Bev 630-257-1995
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