What is hiding in plain site is the ass-f*ck as a religious sacrament. (= the 'Secret' of XI° O.T.O.)
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Spermo-Gnosis:
Spermo-Gnostics and the Ordo Templi Orientis (english)
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What is hiding in plain site is the ass-f*ck as a religious sacrament. (= the 'Secret' of XI° O.T.O.)
What you see coming from the Vatican, is not the real Church, which I have said before is the people...they are the mystical body of Christ. And it is only or mostly certain Catholic bishops/priests speaking out (I have not seen other Christian sects going on the record, correct me if wrong)...not just Vigano.The church should be standing up to the new world order, not cheering it on and helping to usher it in. Guys like Viganò are an inspiration. He does not mince words and condemns Francis in no uncertain terms.
What is hiding in plain site is the ass-f*ck as a religious sacrament. (= the 'Secret' of XI° O.T.O.)
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You can start your study of the topic here:
Spermo-Gnosis:
Spermo-Gnostics and the Ordo Templi Orientis (english)
www.parareligion.ch
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica:
In a way I already gave you "all" the clues a year ago...I am somewhat surprised you didn't introduce this point...
What you see coming from the Vatican, is not the real Church, which I have said before is the people...they are the mystical body of Christ. And it is only or mostly certain Catholic bishops/priests speaking out (I have not seen other Christian sects going on the record, correct me if wrong)...not just Vigano.
There is a schism in the Church. Many went underground years ago....you can find Malachi Martin mentioning this years ago, in interviews.
The underground RC Church sees Pope Francis as an anti-pope and refer to him as Mr. B.![]()
Hey there @MJF ....Funny you're laying all this information out because I have been doing the same, elsewhere. I got tired of the Catholic bashing, when ppl know little of how and why the Church is in the state it's in, today. And that Protestant faiths had their own major corruptions during the 1800s, in the form Christian Zionism, which has had huge negative impacts on the world and the USA. (I'll get to that later and a new corruptions of today) Also, scandals, of all types, are not limited to the RC Church.I am conscious that people coming to this Forum come from all walks of life and religious backgrounds or, indeed, none at all, so I would not wish to promote any particular creed's views over another so as to avoid any charge of sectarian bias. I experienced sectarian aggression myself as a young boy going to a Catholic school run by Irish brothers during the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the late 1960's and early 1970's. That antagonism spilled over to the British mainland, especially after the Provisional IRA took their bombing campaign to Britain. My present home town of Guildford was bombed with several fatalities as was a bus in nearby Aldershot, the home base of the British Paratroops involved in the Bloody Sunday shootings. One of my friends was a top surgeon in Surrey who was called in to treat the badly wounded. His first patient was the Roman Catholic Padre of the Paratroop Regiment, who was a personal friend of his. He almost started crying when he told me that he realised immediately that there was nothing he could do for him. The dead and wounded mainly comprised the wives and children of the Paras. That was some own goal by a group who held themselves out as defenders of the Catholic population of Northern Ireland. How did killing a Catholic priest and children advance their cause?
I got into a bit of trouble on the Forum once by mentioning the Marian apparitions at Fatima in Portugal and Garabandal in Spain, particularly as the C's seemed to discount the Third Secret of Fatima, which the American Jesuit Priest Malachi Martin discussed, as far as he was able to (since he had been sworn to secrecy), on the Coast to Coast Radio Show several years ago (I think it is still available online). He spoke of a terrible chastisement occurring after wars that would break out suddenly. This I guess puts it in line with the prophecies of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi quoted in my previous post. Please note though that the Church has always distinguished between private revelation like these and prophecy that has been revealed in scripture. No Catholic is required to believe in private revelations. Even Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the Fatima seers, once said that there was nothing revealed to her that was not already in scripture, and she confirmed that it was all in Chapter 12 of the Apocalypse onwards (the Lady clothed with the Sun):
1. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
However, returning to the current troubles in the Church, the appointment of Francis as Pope was clearly intended by the NWO to ramp things up. I recall one American senator commenting when Francis addressed a combined session of the two houses of Congress a few years ago that it seemed very strange to him that he spoke for an hour and never mentioned Christ's name once. And this the supposed Vicar of Christ on Earth! Would you expect the chief executive of a well known brand to talk for an hour without mentioning his main product once?Please read the whole article as it very enlightening.
And what about his links with the Rothschilds:
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The Dangerous Alliance of Rothschild and the Vatican of Francis
Holy Moly! The most globalist and interventionist Pope since the Crusades of the 12th Century has formalized an alliance with the largest figures injournal-neo.org
"Holy Moly! The most globalist and interventionist Pope since the Crusades of the 12th Century has formalized an alliance with the largest figures in global finance led by none other than that noble banking family, Rothschild. The new alliance is a joint venture they call “Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican.” The venture is one of the more cynical and given the actors, most dangerous frauds being promoted since Davos WEF guru and Henry Kissinger protégé, Klaus Schwab, began to promote the Great Reset of the world capitalist order. What and is behind this so-called Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican?
In announcing the deal with the Vatican, Lynn Forester de Rothschild declared, “This Council will follow the warning from Pope Francis to listen to ‘the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor’ and answer society’s demands for a more equitable and sustainable model of growth.”
F. William Engdahl
Hence, talk about links to the New World Order! As a retired lawyer, I would have to say - "I rest my case my lord"'.
[P.S. the reference in that article to a bizarre non-profit called 'Terramar' intrigues me since it reminds me of "Tamar" that is a name that crops up in the Old Testament.]
Moreover, he has also betrayed the Catholic Church in China by selling loyal persecuted Chinese Catholics out to the Communist controlled Patriotic Roman Catholic Church in return for billions from the Chinese Communist Party.
Eureka Street
www.eurekastreet.com.au
When a Chinese lady in St Peter's Square raised this issue with him, here was his reaction:
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Pope slaps pilgrim's hand after arm yank
Pope Francis showed his displeasure towards a visitor in St Peter's Square on New Year's Eve.www.bbc.co.uk
The mask evidently slipped for a moment.
As to the origins of the Tridentine Mass, some like David Icke see it in ancient sun worship. with the Host replacing, for example, Pharaoh Akhenaten's Aten disc - originally an aspect of Ra, the sun god in traditional ancient Egyptian religion. Akhenaten, however, made it the sole focus of official worship during his reign. In his poem "Great Hymn to the Aten", he praises Aten as the creator, giver of life, and nurturing spirit of the world.
However, my ex-wife (once a Catholic herself but now a practising witch) once showed her Catholic missal to a Jewish friend's brother who having read the form of the Tridentine Mass in her missal, recognised all the opening prayers as from the Psalms and saw that the structure of the Mass followed that of the traditional service in a synagogue. This makes sense as the original Apostles, including St Paul, were Jews and therefore used to the synagogue service. Why reinvent the wheel? The paschal sacrifice of the Exodus became the paschal sacrifice of the Lamb of God on Calvary. Instead of eating a roasted lamb as the Jews did, Catholics now consume a consecrated host concealing under its veil the flesh and blood of Christ - the Lamb of God.
Incidentally, under Roman Canon Law, if a pope resigns from his office, he is supposed to cease referring to himself as pope, stop wearing the white robes of the pope, smash his papal ring and retire to a monastery or other religious house, never to be heard from again. This didn't happen with Pope Benedict XVI. Instead he still wears the pope's white cassock, he still wears his papal ring and is referred to as 'Pope Emeritus'. You can check this out yourselves but there has never been an office of Pope Emeritus throughout the Church's entire history. The office has no official sanction whatsoever. This leads many to think that Pope Benedict merely transferred the administrative functions of the papacy but not the Numinous - a term derived from the Latin "numen", meaning "arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring, the non-rational elements in what is experienced in religions as the ‘Holy’. .
What would the superstitious ancient Romans have made of all this I wonder:Pope's peace doves attacked by crow and seagull
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Pope's peace doves attacked by crow and seagull
Two white doves released by children standing alongside Pope Francis in Vatican City as a peace gesture are attacked by a seagull and a crow.www.bbc.co.uk
Augury - Wikipedia
Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed behaviour of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". 'Auspices' is from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally "one who looks at birds." Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favourable or unfavourable (auspicious or inauspicious).
and the there was this:Lightning bolt strikes the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica - video
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Lightning bolt strikes the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica - video
A lightning bolt strikes the top of the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica, just hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his surprise resignation on Mondaywww.theguardian.com
Within hours of Pope Benedict announcing his resignation, lightning struck St Peter's Basilica. The Pope, who is 85 years old, has been the head of the Church since 2005. 12 February 2013
I also wanted to include the following:Hey there @MJF ....Funny you're laying all this information out because I have been doing the same, elsewhere. I got tired of the Catholic bashing, when ppl know little of how and why the Church is in the state it's in, today. And that Protestant faiths had their own major corruptions during the 1800s, in the form Christian Zionism, which has had huge negative impacts on the world and the USA. (I'll get to that later and a new corruptions of today) Also, scandals, of all types, are not limited to the RC Church.
Looking at the world today, with all its debauchery and inversions, one understands that a large part of humanity has suffered and become debased as a result of turning away from religion....mind you I say some of humanity.
You gave some of your background; I shall provide some of mine. It was early this month, when I saw videos of the bloodied bodies, where
at least 50 people were killed and others injured after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo state during a Sunday mass, that I decided to present similar and same material as you are. Gunmen had fired at worshippers and detonated explosives at the church.
I have not practiced Catholicism for many years, but I do and have found wisdom within the religion. In a way, I still identify as Catholic because that is the culture and family I grew up in. We were taught to not mock or devalue any other's faith/religion. We were not sent out to evangelize Catholism. This is not what I experienced from ppl of other Christian sects. My parents told of crosses being burnt on their lawns because of being RC. My grandfather, a Scotch-Irish Protestant, father was in the KKK; he forced my grandpap to participate. Much to his father's dismay, he married my Irish Catholic grandmother; the family was raised in the RC church.
Growing up, my family moved every 2 years; mostly, these were heavy Catholic areas, but not all....It was in these areas that I was mocked for being Catholic by the children of other Christian sects; including being introduced to the secretary of school, for enrollment, as a fish eater. Even as a young child, it seemed strange to me to be labled. These were the impressions I had as a youth...Water off a duck's back, though, as I was taught to handle such things.
Now, what I wish to bring up is, why was it the Catholic Church that had to be infiltrated and corrupted from within.
First, one could look at the billion or more worldwide membership the Church had.
Second, the Church, still in my lifetime, was a moral anchor for Christians, in the sense that they held a huge sway over movies and programs of the media world. Their doctrine was firm on marriage, homosexuality, abortion, etc...
Catholic hospitals were free to those in need. Indeed, charity and care was given to all, no matter what belief or unbelief.
And lastly, the Church condemned free-masonary (which they saw as a jewish affair); no catholic was permitted to join and would be excommunicated if they did:
Since 28 April 1738, a series of Popes have condemned free-masonry, which they called the "Synagogue of Satan"�, in ten encyclicals. They excommunicated the Christians who adhered to it. But nonetheless free-masonry intruded into the Church and even arrived at her highest point. During his nunciature in Turkey, for instance, the late John XXIII was admitted in 1935 "into the Sect of the Temple"� and received the name of "Brother John"�, as Pier Carpi claims in his book "Prophecies of John XXIII"�, page 52.
Roman Catholicism vs. Judeo-Masonry
"...you must labor and diligently take care that the faith may be preserved amidst this great conspiracy of impious men
who attempt to tear it down and destroy it." (Mirari Vos, Encyclical of Pope Gregory XVI, August 15, 1832 A.D.)
"...the roots of modern apostasy lay in scientific atheism, dialectical materialism, rationalism, illuminism,
laicism, and Freemasonry; which is the mother of them all..." (Pope Pius XII, May 23, 1958 A.D.)
Papacy and Freemasonry, a Speech by Monseigneur Jouin, December 8, 1930:
Papacy and Freemasonry, those are the two powers active throughout the world and each is seeking to dominate it. The solution of the struggle taking place between them is, at the present moment of the utmost importance; for we are face to face not only with the crossroads of history but also with a radical transformation of humanity itself. Either Roman Catholicism will lift us up again to the level of Christian civilization or else Judeo-Masonry will drag us down the path of barbarism and decadent paganism. The whole world oscillates between the two: Christianism and Paganism. On December 8th, 1892, Pope Leo XIII wrote to the Italian Episcopal Hierarchy: "It is necessary to fight Freemasonry with those weapons of divine faith which in past ages vanquished paganism."
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~Destroy Freemasonry~
This is the final battle, Roman Catholicism vs. Judeo-Masonry. Read the Traditional Pontifical statements condemning the evil sect of Freemasonry, as outlined by the famous Monseigneur Jouin.www.destroyfreemasonry.com
"The Phenomenon Of Jewish Infiltration Into The Clergy"
Excerpts from the book: The Plot Against The Church, by Maurice Pinay, 1962
Disclaimer: This book is cited for specific historical research purposes, and is not in any way, an endorsement for the text in whole. -TCW
"The phenomenon of Jewish infiltration into the clergy has existed as proven since the beginnings of Christianity and was constantly one of the main dangers which Holy Church, not only in the one or other land, but in the entire Christian world, saw facing it." ...
"Through this Christianity was to be destroyed, and simultaneously in secret other sects were founded, which wished to master all Europe, abolish the existing order and destroy Holy Church. Jewry thus restricted itself not only to organising one sect, one revolutionary movement, but caused secretly several, differing from one another, to arise. The ideologies and principles were different and suited to satisfy the taste of all. If one did not agree with the programme, the dogmas or the confessions of faith of one sect, then perhaps the others would convince him. And if one sect failed, another would triumph.
At all events they supported each other mutually in secret, even if also following apparently opposing and. incompatible programmes. Thus Jewry began to apply another of its tactics: not to trust to the victory of one single organisation, but to found many organisations with different and even contrasting ideologies, which did justice to the most diverse wishes and opinions. The Jews do the same today. They found Christian-democratic parties, extreme Right parties — without the name playing a role —, Centre parties, socialist, anarchistic and Communist parties, as well as Freemasonic, Theosophical and Spiritualist organisations, Rotary Clubs, Boy Scouts Organizations and many others. It would require too much space to mention all those which — as well-known writers have proved — are controlled by international Jewry. Thus the Synagogue can control men of the most different tendencies and ideologies, watch over Christian and gentile peoples and drive onward their plans for world rule.
...The Jewish-Spanish Encyclopaedia mentions the attitude of the Church to the mediaeval heresies and confirms the assertions of priests and writers of most different epochs, who made the assurance that “the Jews were the fathers of the heresies.”
END The Plot Against The Church, by Maurice Pinay, 1962
Pope Francis, the 1st jesuit pope, is not the only anti-pope. Vatican 2 was the nail in the coffin of the Church...from the TCW:
During the Conclave after the death of John XXIII, white smoke announced the election of a Pope. (Interestingly Fr. Mouraux is speaking about the 1963 Conclave here and white smoke seen. Of course most true Catholics know about the famous 1958 white smoke where "Cardinal" Siri was elected Pope and 100% accepted. Pope Siri walked into the 63 Conclave the Pope de jure and walked out of the conclave the (hidden and persecuted) Pope. -TCW) Today it is known that Cardinal Siri, a spiritual friend of Pius XII, had just been elected with a majority of votes. But what happened afterwards? It is not known exactly. It is however certain that (in 1963) ***Cardinal Tisserant, in disregard of the Rules of the Conclave, left the locked rooms, went into town where he had a secret meeting with the dignitaries of the Lodge Bâ'nai Bâ'rith (Free-masonry lodge, founded in 1953 in the USA) which is mostly reserved to Jews***. Some hours after his return to the Vatican, another white smoke announced the election of Cardinal Montini. At his coronation as Pope Paul VI, several American newspapers accused him of being a member of the Lodge Bâ'nai Bâ'rith - a photograph served as proof - (which is in my possession; the author).
John Paul II had abolished the excommunication which for 145 years had hit the Catholics belonging to free-masonry. On 2 March 1984 he received in official audience the ***Lodge Bâ'nai Bâ'rith***. The speech which he addressed to them is a startling confirmation of all that has been written before. [...] ***Addressing himself to the worst enemies of the Church,*** John Paul II calls them three times, during his amiable speech "my dear friends"�. After emphasizing the "fraternal interest"�, he continued: "We are called up to unite us"�. And this reunion is not just an ordinary one, but of "Brothers"�. In order to underline its deepness and religiosity, John Paul II cited Psalm 132: "Oh! Qu'il est bon, qu'il est doux pour des freres unis d'habiter ensemble."� (Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.) In any case, this brotherhood is for him a source of pleasure: "I am truly happy to receive you. I do thank you. (...) I am grateful to you."� These statements are not the expression of a fleeting sentiment, no, they manifest the "close relations of his visitors to the (so-called) Commission for the Religious (!) Relations".
In conclusion, a "normal" consequence among "Brothers"� which in itself is already blasphemous: "We are called up to unite us in a gesture of gratitude towards God."� [END]
As promised a history of Christian Zionism, which the RC Church rightfully turned down. It is also the source of the corrupted belief in the rapture:
How Scofield Twisted the Bible to Accommodate Christian Zionism
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Foreword: This post is long. It is long because Christian Zionism is based on a multitude of lies. The bigger the onion, the more the layers we are forced to peel off.
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Unfortunately, as we will now see, Fundamentalism was itself infiltrated and hijacked, consistent with the Rothschild strategy of funding both sides of wars. Fundamentalist churches were targeted to enlist their support for the Zionist agenda. The two principal agents in this scheme were John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) and Cyrus Scofield (1843-1921). What Darby planted, Scofield watered and disseminated. The theology they developed served the agenda by making several claims:
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These doctrines, whose main outcome was “Christian Zionism,” might seem boring to atheists and agnostics, but they are nonetheless exceedingly relevant to the state of the world. They are espoused by celebrity-status theologians like Hal Lindsey, Pat Robertson and John Hagee, in the best-selling Left Behind book series, and are prevailing views in many conservative evangelical churches. Without these ideas being sweepingly disseminated, there might have been no Israeli state created in 1948, no 9/11, and no Middle East wars.
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Zionist seizure of Palestine could not have occurred without the consent and cooperation of the world’s Christian community. Given the centuries-old conflict between Jews and Christians, it was necessary to remold Christian theology to accommodate the Rothschild plan. Cyrus Scofield and his reference Bible came on the scene for this express purpose.
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How Scofield Twisted the Bible to Accommodate Christian Zionism
THE ABOMINATION AND BLASPHEMY OF CHRISTIAN ZIONISM Zionism (Picture credit unknown) Foreword: This post is long. It is long because Christian Zionism is based on a multitude of lies. The bigger the…uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com
You could also watch this video on it:
Here is the newest non-RC corruption I have seen:
**PRIDE 2022:
RESETS CHRISTIANITY**
A ministry tied to the Presbyterian Church is "Queering the Bible" to celebrate LGBT pride this summer.
'The PCUSA project Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice is kicking off the new series "Queering the Bible" with a 16-part study of the Gospel of Mark that will run through July 22.'
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PCUSA ministry launches 'Queering the Bible' project aimed at 'creating some new theologies'
A ministry tied to the Presbyterian Church USA is Queering the Bible to celebrate LGBT pride this summerwww.christianpost.com
I also wanted to include the following:
Pictures of the 19th Century Evil Italian Freemasons Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel
These agents of Satan stole the Papal States: purposely paving the way for the Antipopes
"According to St. Malachy, then, only ten, or at most eleven, popes remain to be in future more or less legitimately elected. We say more or less legitimately elected, because out of those future popes it is to be feared that one or two will be unlawfully elected as anti-popes. ... Besides some predictions announcing this deplorable event, many powerful and influential persons in Europe are at present agreed and determined to use all their efforts to elect an anti-pope, in order to produce a schism in the Church, and to have a man who will favor their impious designs against the Catholic religion ... it has been asserted that the government of Berlin, under the arch-schemer Bismarck, has made overtures on this subject to some European governments, and especially to that of Victor Emmanuel in Italy. It is known that the old apostate Döllinger, with his associates in Germany, and the apostate ex-Friar Hyacinthe Loyson, and a few others in France, with Gavazzi and others in Italy, are engaged in preparing the way to the approaching advent of an anti-pope." -The Christian Trumpet, Fr. Gaudentius Rossi, 1878 A.D.
Yes, please supply quotes as books have been a long gone luxury. I appreciate what you're posting and read it when I have extra time. I am not unaware of the less favorable roles the Church has taken. I just thought that certain stances they have stood for, and most certainly in the minds of the people, stood in the way of what's happening today.the book by Father Luigi Villa because he was given a mission by one of the last authentic saints and mystics of the Church, St. Padre Pio (a Capuchin friar who was a miracle worker in his lifetime) to dedicate himself to defending the Church against the work of Ecclesiastical Freemasonry. If you haven't read it I suggest you buy it as it is an eye opener. If people want, I can quote from it, as his findings are quite illuminating (deliberate pun on my part). In the meantime, you are welcome to read this article:
I will try and make time to provide selected quotes from the book but I am busy selling my house at the moment. For the time being though, I set out below some quotes Pope Benedict gave in interviews that took place in late 2019:Yes, please supply quotes as books have been a long gone luxury. I appreciate what you're posting and read it when I have extra time. I am not unaware of the less favorable roles the Church has taken. I just thought that certain stances they have stood for, and most certainly in the minds of the people, stood in the way of what's happening today.
My brother keeps much closer eyes on church affairs than I do these days. He tells me that Pope Francis has had bowel cancer and had much of his bowl removed in an operation last year. He is now spending much of his time in a wheel chair. If the cancer has returned, he may well be facing the end, given his advanced age. Hence, this may be the likely reason for his resignation. However, I would suggest that his successor will be cut from the same cloth.FYI:
Unusual activity at the Vatican as reports break that Pope Francis may be about to resign.
An interesting experience indeed..! There was once a time when I considered myself an obedient and observing Catholic and I can certainly attest to the fact that the Tridentine Mass, or as some call it, 'The Mass of Ages' is something really quite different from the Novus Ordo, which feels a lot less 'sacred'. Traditionalist Catholics tend to bemoan the fact that the Novus Ordo has a clear Protestant feel to it (whatever that might mean).The ritual itself felt extremely uplifting: a whole complex choreography performed by the priests who were very much part of the congregation (as opposed to preaching to the congregation), their robes were beautiful, the Latin prayers and music that was intrinsically connected to the whole ritual... magic!