Blasphemy in Louisiana: The seasonal display in the photo above is on a house near Metairie, Louisiana. On the house is a blood-stained Satan holding the severed head of Jesus above a crucifix where the rest of His bloodied body hangs. Below is a sign saying, “He deserved it.” Above Satan is a Satanic symbol. Beside Jesus are bloodied and crucified bodies of a priest and a nun. In the yard are pews of bloody skeletal worshipers, ghouls, and tombstones. The stone on the right says, “Hillary’s Emails.”
On September 24, 2023, about 20 Catholics gathered outside the house to pray, protest, and make public reparation for the blasphemy. They encountered a variety of responses from neighbors and passers-by, some positive, some negative. The one that struck me as the most absurd was a Muslim man angrily approached the rally and said, “You praying out loud offends me.” Wow, seriously? This from a guy whose religious leaders BLARE their prayers out of loudspeakers on top of tall towers five times every single day? ::smh::
Cardinals ask Pope Francis important questions: Five prominent cardinals have published a new dubia to express grave concerns to Pope Francis about the Synod on Synodality and possible attacks on Catholic doctrines, including the possibility of homosexual blessings, the weight of teaching afforded to the synod, female ordination, and the necessity of repentance in sacramental Confession. The wording of the five questions (dubia) is available at the LifeSiteNews link below.
The signers are Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, former prefect of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences; Raymond Leo Burke, former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura; Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, former Archbishop of Guadalajara; Robert Sarah, the former prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; and Joseph Zen, the former bishop of Hong Kong.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has endorsed the dubia, calling the cardinals who wrote it “courageous” for reminding the pope “of his God-given responsibility for the preservation of the Church.” Müller is a German cardinal who served as the Cardinal-Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017.
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-five-cardinals-write-dubia-to-pope-francis-on-concerns-about-synod-catholic-doctrine/
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/cardinal-muller-endorses-cardinals-dubia-on-the-synod-on-synodality/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ludwig_M%C3%BCller
Catholic school board gags speech: On September 26, nearly a hundred concerned parents appeared at a meeting to urge their Ontario Catholic school board to uphold freedom of speech. Many of them spoke passionately about the value of discussion and debate and the dangers of censorship.
These parents were expressing the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, which recognizes that everyone should be given the chance to express their opinion, within the confines of the truth and the limits of morality. See Gaudium et Spes linked below.
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) didn’t care what parents wanted or what the Catholic Church teaches on this matter. They voted in favor of adopting a rule allowing them to gag and remove anybody who tries to present a view at a school board meeting that the Chair deems discriminates against “protected” individuals or groups.
“They’re just puppets of the gay mafia, which seems to control their every thought and action. I haven’t seen such brainwashed and cowardly sheeple like this in a while. How dare they call themselves ‘Catholic.’ How dare they show up in a Catholic Church after what they’ve done, unless it’s for the sacrament of confession, to beg God for forgiveness.” – Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)
No requiem for thee: An annual Requiem Mass that has been held at Westminster Cathedral in London, England, for more than 50 years has been canceled due to restrictions Pope Francis has imposed on celebration of Latin Masses. I really wouldn’t want to be him at Judgment.
Not-so-Catholic Bishop: Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium has said he thinks there are certain circumstances in which euthanasia is morally acceptable, thus contradicting the perennial and infallible teaching of the Catholic Church. He has also voiced strong support for same-sex “blessings.” Millstones come to mind.
Synod on Synodality: Prominent LGBT advocate and Dominican priest, Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., is leading a retreat for participants of the Synod on Synodality. During his addresses, he has directly contradicted the words of Scripture and advocated against Scriptural morals. In addition to the quote in the graphic above, he also said, “The Lord leads his sheep out of the small enclosure of the sheepfold into the wide-open pastures of our faith. At Easter, he will lead them out of the small locked room into the unbounded vastness of God, ‘God’s plenty’.”
But Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” – Matthew 7:13-14 NABRE
Perhaps more to the point, Jesus said immediately afterwards, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them.” – Matthew 7:15-19 NABRE
Traditional Catholics Rock: CLICK the link and read what happened to a Catholic soldier in Korea who faithfully prayed to St. Michael every day. [Hat tip to Mindful Webworker for sharing this wonderful story with me.]
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