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| The Catholic Trumpet: When the Angelic Pontiff Speaks: Will You Recognize His Voice? |
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Posted by: Stone - 10 hours ago - Forum: Articles by Catholic authors
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When the Angelic Pontiff Speaks: Will You Recognize His Voice?
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The Catholic☩Trumpet [slightly adapted] | November 22, 2024
How do you think the Angelic Pontiff will sound when he comes to restore the Church in her darkest hour? Will his voice tremble with uncertainty or resound with clarity and power, condemning the errors that have ravaged the Bride of Christ—Vatican II, the Novus Ordo, and the compromises with modernism?
At The Catholic Trumpet, in the most loving spirit and with fidelity to Tradition, we have decided to try. What follows is a reflection on what we believe he may say, drawn from the eternal truths of the Faith and the uncompromising witness of Tradition.
-The☩Trumpet
Apostolic Declaration of Condemnation Against the Errors of Our Time
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We, Pius XIII, Servant of the Servants of God, by the divine authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ entrusted to the Papal Office, do solemnly and infallibly declare the following:
With the sorrow of a father witnessing the destruction of his household, We condemn the Second Vatican Council, which, through its ambiguities and novel doctrines, represents a rupture with the Sacred Tradition of the Holy Roman Church. Under the guise of "renewal," this Council introduced grave errors, including:
Religious Liberty, which falsely teaches that all religions possess a right to public expression, contrary to the perennial teaching of the Church, which proclaims that only the Catholic Faith is the true religion.
Ecumenism, which denies the uniqueness of the Catholic Church as the sole Ark of Salvation, placing her on equal footing with heretical sects and false religions.
Collegiality, which undermines the divinely instituted primacy of the Roman Pontiff, fostering confusion and division within the Church.
These errors, compounded by deliberate ambiguities, have led to an unprecedented crisis of faith, resulting in indifferentism, apostasy, and a rejection of the Church’s divine mission to convert all nations.
Let no faithful Catholic regard this Council as a legitimate expression of the magisterium. It is a counterfeit council, poisoned by modernism and condemned by its fruits. To remain silent or complicit in its errors is to betray Christ Himself.
II. On the Novus Ordo Missae: The Fabricated Rite
We solemnly and infallibly condemn the Novus Ordo Missae, which constitutes a rupture from the Roman Rite codified by the saints and preserved through the ages. Fabricated by a committee influenced by Protestant observers, it was imposed upon the faithful without precedent in the Church’s history.
This so-called “Ordinary Form” undermines the theology of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, obscuring its sacrificial and propitiatory nature. It has fostered irreverence, sacrilege, and a catastrophic decline in belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Such a liturgical innovation, alien to the sacred patrimony of the Church, stands as a counterfeit offering unworthy of the One True God. It must be rejected entirely by all who seek to remain faithful to the Catholic Faith handed down from the apostles.
Let no one be deceived: the Novus Ordo Missae is not a development of the Roman Rite but a rupture from it. It undermines the Catholic Faith and must be rejected in its entirety. To those faithful still clinging to this rite out of ignorance or misplaced obedience, We exhort you to return to the Mass of your forefathers—the Holy Sacrifice codified by St. Pius V—which nourished the saints and safeguarded the Faith.
III. On the Heresies of the Conciliar Popes
We condemn, with the fullness of Our Apostolic authority, the errors and heresies propagated by the Conciliar Popes:
John XXIII, who opened the Church to the destructive winds of modernism by calling the Second Vatican Council and promoting a false optimism detached from the reality of sin and error.
Paul VI, who inflicted the Novus Ordo Missae upon the Church, abrogated her sacred rites, and allowed heresies to flourish unchecked.
John Paul II, who scandalized the faithful with his pan-religious gatherings at Assisi, his veneration of false religions, and his ambiguous teachings that undermined the exclusivity of salvation in Christ.
Benedict XVI, who perpetuated the errors of Vatican II by promoting its "hermeneutic of continuity," thus binding the faithful to a false reconciliation with error.
Francis, who has reached the zenith of apostasy by promoting religious relativism, idol worship, synodality, and moral ambiguity, thereby scandalizing the faithful and destroying the Church’s missionary mandate.
Though these men have occupied the throne of Peter, their errors and failures must not lead any faithful Catholic to question the divine institution of the papacy itself. We remind you that their authority, though abused, remains valid. It is not for individual Catholics to judge or declare the See of Peter vacant—a prerogative that belongs solely to the Church.
IV. On Sedevacantism: A Sympathetic Warning
To those who have fallen into the error of sedevacantism, We speak with both sympathy and clarity. We understand the sorrow and confusion that have led many to this position in these dark times. Yet, We must warn you: sedevacantism is a grievous error, denying the legitimacy of the papacy and undermining the visible unity of the Church.
The case of Pope Honorius I, who failed in his duty to defend the Faith, demonstrates that a pope can err in his personal actions without losing his office. Only the Church, through her divine authority, can judge a pope in matters of heresy, and this occurs only after his death.
Christ’s promise to Peter—that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Church—remains true, even when the human occupants of the papal office fail in their duties. To deny this is to doubt the divine foundation of the Church.
We call upon all sedevacantists to return to the Church, acknowledging the authority of the papacy while continuing to resist the errors promoted by modernist popes.
V. On the Indult Mass: A Trojan Horse
We condemn the so-called "Indult Mass," which purports to preserve the Traditional Latin Mass while binding it to the errors of Vatican II and the Novus Ordo. This deceitful concession has ensnared many faithful into recognizing the legitimacy of a counterfeit Church and its false doctrines.
The Mass of All Time cannot coexist with the errors of the modernist revolution. To accept the "Indult Mass" is to compromise the Faith and betray the sacrifice of countless martyrs who died for the integrity of Catholic worship.
VI. On the Pre-1955 Missal and Holy Week
We solemnly decree the restoration of the Roman Missal and Holy Week as they were before the destructive reforms of 1955. These changes, introduced by modernist influences under the guise of "liturgical reform," paved the way for the liturgical revolution that culminated in the Novus Ordo Missae.
The pre-1955 liturgy reflects the unchanging theology of the Church and preserves the sacred symbolism of the Holy Sacrifice. We call upon all clergy to return to this venerable Missal and Holy Week, unaltered by modernist tampering.
VII. On the Condemnation of Masonic Influences
We condemn the [...]Masonic conspiracy, which has infiltrated the Church and the world, spreading the errors of liberalism, indifferentism, and secularism. This pernicious influence has sought to destroy Christendom by undermining the Catholic Church, the moral order, and the sovereignty of Christ the King.
These agents of subversion, operating through secret societies and revolutionary ideologies, were the architects of Vatican II and the Novus Ordo. Their goal is the dissolution of the Catholic Faith and the establishment of a godless, one-world religion.
Let every faithful Catholic reject the lies of this diabolical movement and remain steadfast in proclaiming the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
VIII. An Apostolic Exhortation
We exhort all Catholics to reject the errors of Vatican II, the profane Novus Ordo Missae, the heresies of the Conciliar Popes, the traps of the "Indult Mass," the modernist reforms of 1955, and the lies of the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy.
Return to the faith of your fathers. Hold fast to the Sacred Tradition of the Church, the Mass codified by St. Pius V, the pre-1955 Holy Week, and the immutable teachings of the Popes before Vatican II. Let no modernist deception or compromise lead you astray.
May the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Vanquisher of Heresies, intercede for the Church and guide the faithful remnant in this time of unparalleled crisis. Let all who remain faithful to Christ rise and proclaim with the Prophet: “Open your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only; and He will free you from the hands of your enemies.”
Given in Rome, at St. Peter’s Basilica, on this solemn day, in the year of Our Lord, __________.
Pius XIII
Pontifex Maximus
Servant of the Servants of God
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| Bishop appointed by Communist China tells Catholics to study Xi Jinping: report |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 04:57 AM - Forum: Socialism & Communism
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Bishop appointed by Communist China tells Catholics to study Xi Jinping: report
Joseph Shen Bin, a bishop appointed by the Chinese Communist Party, exhorted the Shanghainese clergy to study and preach CCP ideology, including General Secretary Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the sinicization of religion.
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Nov 21, 2024
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — During a November seminar about the “Sinicization of Religion in Shanghai,” Joseph Shen Bin, a “bishop” controversially appointed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), exhorted the Shanghainese clergy to study and preach CCP ideology, namely, the documents of “the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee” and “General Secretary Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the Sinicization of religion,” according to a report by news outlet Bitter Winter.
Catholic participants in the aforementioned seminar testified to Bitter Winter that Shen Bin encouraged members of the audience to concentrate on the “sinicization” of the Catholic religion, a process which Bitter Winter highlighted “does not mean adapting religion to Chinese customs but to the CCP’s ideology.”
Moreover, Shen Bin noted the significance of closer collaboration with the United Front Work Department, which oversees “official” religion in Communist China. The same Bitter Winter report added that “Yin Du, Director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Department of the Municipal United Front Work Department, and Gu Weidong, Director of the Catholic Affairs Department of the Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau, attended the whole event.”
When Shen Bin was selected by the CCP as the new Bishop of Shanghai on April 4 last year, the Vatican officially admitted that “the Holy See learned from the media of the installation” only shortly prior to the appointment.
“Bishop Shen Bin, until now Bishop of Haimen, was installed in the Diocese of Shanghai, China, this morning,” Vatican News reported.
“The Holy See had been informed a few days ago of the decision of the Chinese authorities,” Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
“I have nothing to say about the Holy See’s assessment of the matter for the time being,” Bruni added.
In other words, it was the CCP and not the Vatican that unilaterally appointed Shen Bin to head Shanghai.
During Shen Bin’s inauguration ceremony, he pledged to “adhere to the principle of independence and self-government” that forms the raison d’etre of China’s pro-CCP Patriotic Catholic Church.
In a statement dated April 4 last year, the Shanghai Diocese revealed that around 200 people were present at Shen Bin’s inauguration ceremony.
“Bishop Shen Bin said that he will continue to carry forward the fine tradition of patriotism and love of the Catholic Church in Shanghai, adhere to the principle of independence and self-government, adhere to the direction of Catholicism in China, and better promote the healthy tradition of Catholic evangelism in Shanghai,” the statement read.
Unsurprisingly, many critics regarded Shen Bin’s installation by the CCP as a violation of a contentious and clandestine Sino-Vatican agreement regarding the appointment of bishops signed in September 2018.
According to the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement, Rome would acknowledge seven bishops appointed by the CCP, as well as admit the establishment of a new Catholic diocese in Chengde, in the northern province of Hebei. While the Vatican would officially appoint new Chinese bishops these men would nevertheless be chosen by the CCP.
Besides, a new report, authored by Nina Shea for the Hudson Institute, has disclosed details about the clampdown of 10 Catholic bishops in China who have resisted the CCP’s efforts to interfere in religious matters since the 2018 Sino-Vatican deal. This Hudson Institute report narrates the traumatic encounters of Vatican-approved bishops who have experienced “detention without due process, surveillance, police investigations, and banishments from their dioceses for refusal to submit to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), a state-managed group controlled by the CCP’s United Front Work Department,” Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported.
“This report shows that religious repression of the Catholic Church in China has intensified since the 2018 China-Vatican agreement on the appointment of bishops,” Shea stated.
“Beijing targeted these 10 bishops after they opposed the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, which requires its members to pledge independence from the Holy See,” she elaborated.
Bitter Winter pointed out that in light of several events following the 2018 Sino-Vatican deal, it was evident that the CCP regards the deal as applicable to the Vatican only, which is expected not to decry religious persecution in China. For its part, the CCP can still unilaterally nominate “bishops” as it sees fit.
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| The Catholic Trumpet: ‘We Have No Part With This Adulterous Spirit!’ – Demand Answers |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 08:32 AM - Forum: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
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‘We Have No Part With This Adulterous Spirit!’ – Demand Answers
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THE☩TRUMPET [slightly adapted] | November 20, 2024
Faithful Catholics, the time for silence is over. It is your duty to confront your SSPX priests under Bishop Fellay and Father Davide Pagliarani and ask why they refuse to condemn the errors and heresies of the Conciliar Church from the pulpit. Why will they not speak against the ecumenism, indifferentism, and bastardized rites that have ravaged the faith? Why do they remain silent about Bishop Fellay’s 2012 Doctrinal Declaration — a betrayal that aligns with the anti-Church of Vatican II? The faithful must demand clarity and reject this silence that enables compromise with modernist error.
Furthermore, ask Bishop Williamson directly: does one need to believe in the so-called "miracles" of the Conciliar Church to receive the sacraments from him? These are not idle questions but matters of eternal consequence. Archbishop Lefebvre spoke clearly, boldly, and uncompromisingly against the judeo-masonic revolution in the Church. His words demand action and reflection from every Catholic who desires to remain faithful to Christ and His unchanging truth.
Below are three thunderous quotes from +Archbishop Lefebvre, each exposing the betrayal of the Conciliar Church and the dangerous silence of those who should be leading the charge against error.
-The☩Trumpet
Read, reflect, and act!:
Nullam Partem With the Conciliar Church
"We have never wished to belong to this system which calls itself the Conciliar Church, and defines itself with the Novus Ordo Missæ, an ecumenism which leads to indifferentism and the laicization of all society. Yes, we have no part, nullam partem habemus, with the pantheon of the religions of Assisi; our own excommunication by a decree of Your Eminence or of another Roman Congregation would only be the irrefutable proof of this. We ask for nothing better than to be declared out of communion with this adulterous spirit which has been blowing in the Church for the last 25 years; we ask for nothing better than to be declared outside of this impious communion of the ungodly.”
- Open Letter to Cardinal Gantin, July 6, 1988
The Trap of the Tridentine Mass "Indult"
“One day, very gently, they will oblige those who have been granted the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Mass of All Time, also to accept the New Mass. And they will tell them that it is simply a matter of squaring themselves with what they have signed, since they signed a statement that they accepted the spirit of the Council and its reforms. You cannot put yourself thus into an unbelievable, irrational contradiction. It is a very uncomfortable situation. This is what has created the difficulty for these groups that have signed it and that currently find themselves in a kind of impasse."
+Archbishop Lefebvre, Homily, Friedrichshafen, April 29, 1990 sspx.org/en/archbishop-lefebvre-indult-mass
The Bastard Rites and the Adulterous Union
“The union desired by these Liberal Catholics, a union between the Church and the Revolution and subversion is, for the Church, an adulterous union, adulterous. And that adulterous union can produce only bastards. And who are those bastards? They are our rites: the rite of Mass is a bastard rite, the sacraments are bastard sacraments – we no longer know if they are sacraments which give grace or which do not give grace. We no longer know if this Mass gives the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ or if it does not give them. The priests coming out of the seminaries do not themselves know what they are. In Rome it was the Archbishop of Cincinnati who said: “Why are there no more vocations? Because the [Conciliar] Church no longer knows what a priest is.” How then can She still form priests if She does not know what a priest is? The priests coming out of the seminaries are bastard priests. They do not know what they are. They do not know that they were made to go up to the altar to offer the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to give Jesus Christ to souls, and to call souls to Jesus Christ. That is what a priest is. Our young men here know that very well. Their whole life is going to be consecrated to that, to love, adore, and serve Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. The adulterous union of the Church with the Revolution is consolidated with dialogue. When the Church entered into dialogue it was to convert.
Our Lord said: “Go, teach all nations, convert them.” But He did not say to hold dialogue with them so as not to convert them, so as to try to put us on the same footing with them. Error and truth are not compatible. We must see if we have charity towards others, as the Gospel says: he who has charity is one who serves others. But those who have charity should give Our Lord, they should give the riches they possess to others and not just converse with them and enter into dialogue on an equal footing. Truth and error are not on the same footing. That would be putting God and the Devil on the same footing, for the Devil is the father of lies, the father of error. We must therefore be missionaries. We must preach the Gospel, convert souls to Jesus Christ and not engage in dialogue with them in an effort to adopt their principles. That is what this bastard Mass and these bastard rites are doing to us, for we wanted dialogue with the Protestants and the Protestants said to us: “We will not have your Mass; we will not have it because it contains things incompatible with our Protestant faith. So change the Mass and we shall be able to pray with you. We can have intercommunion. We can receive your sacraments. You can come to our churches and we can come to yours; then it will be all finished and we shall have unity.” We shall have unity in confusion, in bastardy. That we do not want. The Church has never wanted it. We love the Protestants; we want to convert them. But it is not loving them to let them think they have the same religion as the Catholic religion.”
+Archbishop Lefebvre, Sermon at Lille, France, August 1976
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| Swiss church installs AI display attempting to simulate Jesus in confessional |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 07:47 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Swiss church installs AI display attempting to simulate Jesus in confessional
St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, has installed an attempted AI simulation of Jesus in a confessional booth to ‘talk’ to visitors and answer their spiritual questions, without necessarily affirming Catholic teaching.
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(LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic church in Switzerland has installed an attempted artificial intelligence simulation of Jesus Christ in a confessional booth, designed to advise visitors on issues of all kinds, including religious and moral questions.
The so-called “Deus in Machina” display in St. Peter’s Chapel of Lucerne, Switzerland, features a digital, hologram rendering of Jesus behind a confessional grate, which “talks” to deliver AI-generated answers to visitors’ questions and whose simulated “face” can be seen behind the screen.
“Do not disclose personal information under any circumstances, use this service at your own risk, press the button if you accept,” the simulation warns before a visitor presses said button to consent to the AI “conversation.”
According to one female visitor, the AI program said upon their greeting to the machine, “Peace be with you, brother. In times of uncertainty and doubt, remember that faith can move mountains. What is troubling your heart today?”
As many as two-thirds of those who interacted with the AI simulation reportedly said they had a “spiritual experience.” One woman told the outlet DW, “He was able to reaffirm me in my ways of going about things and he was able to help me with questions I had like how I can help other people to understand him better and come closer to him.”
A blog post from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts shared how one interviewer asked, “How do I support, from a Christian perspective, an elderly, sick person who has decided on assisted suicide?”
The AI bot responded without advising the application of Catholic doctrine to the situation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that euthanasia “constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.”
Without making any mention of this key Catholic teaching, the bot advised: “Perhaps you could ask your loved one the following questions: What does your faith mean to you in this difficult time? Is there anything else in life that could bring you peace or joy? How can I support you and give you comfort?”
Marco Schmid, a “resident theologian” at the parish and a co-founder of the AI program, said the simulation “Jesus” has been trained in Scripture and on theology derived from the internet, which, as The Pillar noted, leaves “open the possibility it could offer biblical interpretations or spiritual advice at odds with Church teaching.”
The team behind the program said it is meant to make people “think critically about the boundaries of technology in the context of religion” and that its placement in the confessional was designed to encourage “moments of intimacy” with the AI simulation, not to encourage Catholics to use it instead of the sacrament of Penance, during which Catholics do not simply ask for advice, but confess their sins to a priest: “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” (John 20:23)
Schmid told Swiss Info that “in all previous tests, his answers have matched the theological view of St Peter’s church.”
The theologian said that he was not offended by reports that the AI “Jesus” simulation gave “trite,” “clichéd” answers to spiritual questions, which one user said reminded them of a “motivational calendar.”
“I’m glad that the avatar still comes across to a certain extent as a technical object,” said Schmid. “At the same time, the answers it gives are also fascinating. So there’s plenty to talk about when it comes to AI in a religious context.”
Lucerne theologian and philosopher Peter Kirchschläger reportedly said the AI simulation “Jesus” goes too far, although his reported comments did not address the ethical implications of the AI bot.
“We should be careful when it comes to faith, pastoral care, when finding meaning in religion. That’s an area where we humans are actually vastly superior to machines, so we should do these things themselves.”
The AI simulation was installed in August, and will wrap up on November 27, when a presentation on its results will be given at the same church in Lucerne.
Switzerland’s computer simulation is one of a growing number of AI projects in the Catholic Church in recent months, one of which was quickly withdrawn after online backlash. In August, Catholic Answers announced the launch of the AI bot “Father Justin,” which was programmed to answer questions about the Catholic faith by drawing from the Catholic Answers archive.
The priest avatar was criticized for being “inappropriate, misleading, or just plain creepy,” The Pillar reported. Worse, the AI bot simulated virtual sacraments — “indeed, ‘Fr. Justin’ gladly heard a ‘confession’ submitted by The Pillar before attempting to give spiritual guidance and reciting the words of absolution,” the outlet reported.
Some Catholics were rightly horrified at these accounts, because of the AI bot’s false pretext of granting valid absolution of sins, which only a validly ordained priest can give in a valid confession.
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| The Declaration of 1974: 50 Years Ago, Today |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 07:42 AM - Forum: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
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The following is taken from the Oratory of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary Bulletin:
The Declaration of 1974: 50 Years Ago, Today
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"We hold fast, with all our heart and with all our soul, to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to preserve this faith, to Eternal Rome, Mistress of wisdom and truth…"
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s famous "Declaration". This inspired pronouncement was made with righteous indignation, as an affirmation of the Catholic Faith in response to the Modernist crisis afflicting the post-conciliar Church.
On this beautiful feast of the Immaculata’s Presentation in 1974, His Grace, scandalized by the opinions expressed by two recent Apostolic Visitors, drew up for his seminarians this famous declaration as his stand against the errors of Modernism.
For, only ten (10) days earlier, these two Vatican assessors arrived at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Econe, Switzerland and manifested their novel, heterodox viewpoints. During their brief stay, they spoke to the seminarians and professors, maintaining several scandalous opinions, such as: the ordination of married men will soon be a normal thing; that truth changes with the times; and that the traditional concept of the Resurrection of Our Lord is open to opinion and discussion.
We provide here in full our beloved Founder’s heroic response:
We hold firmly with all our heart and with all our mind to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to the maintenance of this faith, to the eternal Rome, mistress of wisdom and truth.
We refuse on the other hand, and have always refused, to follow the Rome of Neo-Modernist and Neo-Protestant tendencies which became clearly manifest during the Second Vatican Council, and after the Council, in all the reforms which issued from it.
In effect, all these reforms have contributed and continue to contribute to the destruction of the Church, to the ruin of the priesthood, to the abolition of the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Sacraments, to the disappearance of the religious life, and to a naturalistic and Teilhardian education in the universities, in the seminaries, in catechetics: an education deriving from Liberalism and Protestantism which had been condemned many times by the solemn Magisterium of the Church.
No authority, not even the highest in the hierarchy, can compel us to abandon or to diminish our Catholic Faith, so clearly expressed and professed by the Church's Magisterium for nineteen centuries.
"Friends," said St. Paul, "though it were we ourselves, though it were an angel from heaven that should preach to you a gospel other than the gospel we have preached to you, a curse upon him" (Gal. 1:8).
Is it not this that the Holy Father is repeating to us today? And if there is a certain contradiction manifest in his words and deeds as well as in the acts of the dicasteries, then we cleave to what has always been taught and we turn a deaf ear to the novelties which destroy the Church.
It is impossible to profoundly modify the Lex Orandi without modifying the Lex Credendi. To the New Mass there corresponds the new catechism, the new priesthood, the new seminaries, the new universities, the "Charismatic" Church, Pentecostalism: all of them opposed to orthodoxy and the never-changing Magisterium.
This reformation, deriving as it does from Liberalism and Modernism, is entirely corrupted; it derives from heresy and results in heresy, even if all its acts are not formally heretical.
It is therefore impossible for any conscientious and faithful Catholic to espouse this reformation and to submit to it in any way whatsoever.
The only attitude of fidelity to the Church and to Catholic doctrine appropriate for our salvation is a categorical refusal to accept this reformation.
That is why, without any rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of priestly formation under the guidance of the never-changing Magisterium, convinced as we are that we cannot possibly render a greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff, and to posterity.
That is why we hold firmly to everything that has been consistently taught and practiced by the Church (and codified in books published before the Modernist influence of the Council) concerning faith, morals, divine worship, catechetics, priestly formation, and the institution of the Church, until such time as the true light of tradition dissipates the gloom which obscures the sky of the eternal Rome.
Doing this, with the grace of God, the help of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Pius X, we are certain that we are being faithful to the Catholic and Roman Church, to all of Peter's successors, and of being the Fideles Dispensatores Mysteriorum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi In Spiritu Sancto.
†Marcel Lefebvre
November 21, 1974
Econe, Switzerland
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| The Catholic Trumpet: Anne Catherine Emmerich: Warnings for the Faithful |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-20-2024, 03:34 PM - Forum: Catholic Prophecy
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Anne Catherine Emmerich: Warnings for the Faithful
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THE☩TRUMPET | November 20, 2024
Anne Catherine Emmerich, an Augustinian canoness and mystic, is known for her divinely inspired visions of the life of Our Lord and Our Lady. These mystical insights, recorded during her bedridden years, have borne remarkable fruit, including the discovery of the Holy House of Mary in Ephesus—a place previously unknown yet proven true through her revelations. Her prophecies about the future of the Church offer not only a warning but also a call to prayer and discernment in these turbulent times.
As we witness the ongoing destruction wrought by the false church of Vatican II, the revolutionary betrayal declared within the SSPX in 2012, and the growing apostasy infecting the world, the need to reflect on these warnings becomes ever more urgent. We invite you to read and reflect deeply upon these selected prophecies, praying for the light of the Holy Ghost to discern the signs of the times and the courage to remain faithful to the immutable truths of the Catholic faith.
The Persecution of the Faithful
“I see more martyrs, not now but in the future…I saw the secret sect (Freemasons) relentlessly undermining the great Church. Near them I saw a horrible beast coming up from the sea... All over the world, good and devout people especially the clergy were harassed, oppressed, and put into prison. I had the feeling that they would become martyrs one day.”
Satan Unleashed Before the Modern Crisis
“I was likewise told, if I remember right, that he (Satan) will be unchained for a time fifty or sixty years before the year of Christ 2000 (…).”
- (Rev. R. Gerald Culleton, The Prophets and Our Times, Tan Books and Publishers, 1941, p. 207)
The Darkness of Nations and the Labour of Evil
“All around me I see a terrible, bloody war, which approaches from Midnight, the North, and Evening, the East. I heard that Lucifer -- if I am not wrong, would be let go for a time, fifty or sixty years before the year 2000. I saw the earth covered with darkness, everything was withered and barren, everything made the impression of pining away. It seems that even the waters of the springs were exhausted. I saw how the labour of darkness multiplied among the people, I saw countries and people in the greatest of distress, and fighting each other violently. In the centre of the battleground was a giant abyss, into which the warring factions seemed to fall (…).”
- (Robert A. Nelson, Prophecy: A History of the Future, Internet Version: http://www.rexresearch.com/prophist/phfcon~1.htm)
A Warning Against False Churches and the 'False Catholic Resistance'
“I saw several churches, or rather meeting-houses surmounted by weather-cocks, the congregations, disunited from the Church, running here and there like beggars hurrying to places where bread is distributed, having no connection with either the Church Triumphant or the Church Suffering. They were not in a regularly founded, living Church, one with the Church Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant, nor did they receive the Body of the Lord, but only bread. They who were in error through no fault of their own and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus Christ, were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. They who habitually communicated without this ardent love received nothing, but a child of the Church receives an immense increase of strength (…).”
- (Very Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, CSSR, The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Volume 1 and 2, 1976 Edition, Tan Books and Publishers, p. 85)
The Anti-Church of Ecumenism
“They built a large, singular, extravagant church which was to embrace all creeds with equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, and all denominations, a true communion of the unholy with one shepherd and one flock. There was to be a Pope, a salaried Pope, without possessions. All was made ready, many things finished; but, in place of an altar, were only abomination and desolation. Such was the new church to be, and it was for it that he had set fire to the old one; but God designed otherwise (…).”
- (Very Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, CSSR, The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Volume 1 and 2, 1976 Edition, Tan Books and Publishers)
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Posted by: Stone - 11-20-2024, 03:22 PM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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Asylum seeker from Afghanistan desecrates famous Marian statue in Switzerland
A 17-year-old from Afghanistan entered the chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey last week during Holy Mass, violently undressed and battered the abbey’s
famous Black Madonna statue, and took her crown to put it on his head before priests detained him.
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Black Madonna of Einsiedeln
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Nov 20, 2024
EINSIEDELN, Switzerland (LifeSiteNews) — An asylum seeker from Afghanistan desecrated the famous Black Madonna statue at a pilgrimage site in Switzerland.
A 17-year-old man from Afghanistan entered the chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey on November 16 during a Holy Mass, violently undressed and battered the Marian statue, and took her crown to put it on his own head. According to the Swiss outlet Tagesanzeiger, the priests who were present were able to detain the man and prevent him from causing further damage before the police arrived to arrest the perpetrator.
The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln has attracted pilgrims from all over the world for centuries. The statue, which came to the chapel in 1466, is considered one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Europe.
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Tagesanzeiger reports that some of the faithful cried after witnessing the blasphemous crime.
“I am a believer, and I find it all very sad. I find it absolutely unacceptable that people seeking protection here should trample on our religious feelings in this way,” one woman said.
The local police described the man as “mentally disturbed,” and he was reportedly taken to a psychiatric facility.
The Einsiedeln Monastery said in a statement that the attack by the “confused person” caused slight damage to the 15th-century statue.
“We are grateful that nothing else happened and, above all, that no person was harmed,” the statement read.
“We deeply regret this incident and think of the many people whose religious feelings have been hurt,” it continued. “Our prayers and thoughts are with them, as well as with the person taken into custody by the police. His motives are still the subject of a police investigation.”
So far, there is no official information on a possible religious or political motive of the perpetrator.
In response to the incident, the monastery organized a Rosary prayer in the Church the following day, which was held under the motto of “peace and reconciliation.” According to Vatican News, the attendance at the Rosary prayer was high, showing how much the incident shook the faithful in the region.
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| Great-grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand warns about ‘total erosion’ of traditional values |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-20-2024, 07:08 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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Great-grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand warns about ‘total erosion’ of traditional values
In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews, Prince Leo von Hohenberg warned of a ‘warmongering’ today like the time before World War I but stressed that we face ‘a much deeper war, a spiritual war’ for ‘the public and political minds.’
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Nov 19, 2024
ARTSTETTEN-PÖBRING, Austria (LifeSiteNews) — Prince Leo von Hohenberg, the great-grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, warned about “warmongering” in today’s politics that shows similarities to the time before the outbreak of World War I.
In a speech given on November 16 in his family’s estate, Castle Artstetten in Austria, von Hohenberg lamented the problems of “mass migration” and “the total erosion of the traditional values of the West” and warned about the continuous “warmongering” of our day.
In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews after his address, the prince said that he sees parallels between the “warmongering” of today and the time of his ancestor Archduke Franz Ferdinand shortly before the First World War. He furthermore observed a similarity between today and the early 20th century in terms of both times being shaped by “restlessness, moral confusion, and a deception of the minds.”
Prince Leo von Hohenberg’s great-grandfather, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was the presumptive heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before he and his wife were assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian nationalist during a visit to Sarajevo. Franz Ferdinand’s assassination is considered the most immediate cause of World War I.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Von Hohenberg said he decided to give the speech because he felt a duty as “a father, a husband, an officer of the Austrian Army Reserve, and a Christian” to do whatever he can “in the service of peace.”
He stressed that besides the physical wars, we are experiencing “a much deeper war, a spiritual war” for “the public and political minds.”
“And it is fought with all the might and financial power of international institutions,” the prince stated. “Globally centralized uniformity is the aim. And only those who conform are allowed to join in and dip into the taxpayer’s money pot.”
He said this war is fought “by redefining concepts and selecting wording, by changing norms through universal repetition of mantras in media, film, and television, through changing school and university curriculum, through changing culture, through selectively manipulating data, now with the help of AI, and other subtle techniques.”
Those who do not comply will have their bank account frozen and “work and travel permits taken away,” as was already seen in “so-called Western democracies.”
The Christian answer to the trials of our times
The deep Catholic roots of the Habsburg dynasty were evident throughout the event on November 16. Before the prince’s speech, a traditional Requiem Mass was held at Artstetten castle for the souls of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
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Graves of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
During his address, the prince continuously stressed the importance of tradition and the Christian faith.
“A traditionalist has such respect for the cost of the lessons learned by his ancestors that he guards against amnesia with all his faculties,” he stated.
According to von Hohenberg, the most essential lessons of the past are that “the cost of war” is very high and “coercive forms of government” have resulted in “misery and annihilation.”
“Take the current trend of global organizations calling their uncontrolled power ‘governance,’ for example.”
“These organizations are heavily influenced by global conglomerates and their financiers, by undemocratically imposing their interests and globalist utopias.”
He named the “recently ratified emergency laws” by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “an example of this kind of dictatorial legislation.”
The prince urged his listeners to turn to God in these confusing times.
“God has given each of us the ability and freedom to think, to train our mind to focus on all that is righteous, true, and God-given.”
“The divine freedom of thought is designed to protect us from the tyrannical imposition of ideology,” he added.
The focus on God should strengthen us against distortions that “we are being subjected to,” especially in language. He named terms like “gender-affirming-care” as a euphemism for “castration and mutilation,” “reproductive health care” instead of the accurate term “infanticide,” and “safeguarding from misinformation” instead of “censorship” as examples.
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Prince Leo von Hohenberg giving a speech about peace on November 16, 2024 at Castle Arstetten.
Credit: Andreas Wailzer, LifeSiteNews
The prince ended his speech by giving advice on how to live properly in order to change the world for the better: “Limit your screen and audio time. Rediscover the classics [and] ancient philosophers. Actively seek the knowledge of your forefathers. Talk to your elders. Teach your children and grandchildren.”
“Look up from your phone and try to initiate casual conversations with the cashier, the taxi driver, your fellow passenger on a train or an airplane, for example. Every encounter, no matter how trivial, is a divine opportunity. You never know what effects a word might have on another person.”
Von Hohenberg told LifeSiteNews about the importance of “seeing Christ in our neighbor,” even if they disagree with you.
“Pray that in your own insignificant way, the Holy Spirit can work through you,” he stated in his speech.
“It may seem impossible as an individual to fight against the corruption of the collective mind,” the prince said. “However, we can take back the power from anonymous institutions. Change happens when you refuse to be conditioned by the status quo. Change happens when you refuse to quietly accept the omnipresent narrative.”
Quote:“As Saint Teresa of Avila taught us:
‘Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which He looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which He blesses all the world. Yours are the hands. Yours are the feet. Yours are the eyes. You are His body.’”
Long applause and standing ovations followed as Prince Leo von Hohenberg ended his speech in the red salon at Castle Artstetten.
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