Será que há uma Gangue de Cardeais Ladrões dentro do Vaticano?

Que história!! Vejam esta agora.

Antes do Sínodo da Família do ano passado, 5 cardeais escreveram um livro em defesa da família e do casamento, reforçando a Doutrina da Igreja. O livro se chama Remaining in the Truth of the Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church.

O livro fez e faz enorme sucesso, vai ser traduzido para diversas línguas, inclusive para o português.

Os organizadores e autores do livro, percebendo o enorme sucesso do livro, e a importância dele para o Sínodo, resolveram acelerar a tradução para o italiano e usando o correio da Itália, enviaram uma cópia do livro para as caixas de correio de todos os bispos, que iam participar do Sínodo. Estas caixas de correio dos bispos foram feitas pelo Correio do Vaticano (Vatican Post) e eram individuais, uma para cada bispo, e ficavam próximas ao Salão onde ocorreria o Sínodo. 

Os livros tinham destinatário individual, cada bispo.

Acontece que alguém ou uma gangue roubou o livro das caixas de correio dos bispos. Isto mesmo, alguém violou a correspondência individual, um crime em qualquer país do mundo. Eles não queriam que os bispos lessem o livro!!!! 

É o que o site alemão, chamado Kathnet, que se dedica aos assuntos do Vaticano, reporta. O site alemão acusa o Cardeal Baldisseri, secretário do Sínodo, pelo roubo.

O Padre Z também relata esta história e, ao que parece, já sabia que tinha ocorrido este roubo.

Vejamos o que o Padre Z diz:

I have wanted to write about this for soooooo long now.

Here is something of the story that you don’t know, because at the time it couldn’t be told.

The people who crafted the Five Cardinals Book™ wanted to make sure that Synod members had copies, at least in English or Italian, as the Synod was starting up.  Therefore, they sent copies to every member of the Synod (quite a few) through the Italian post to each member’s personal mailbox near the Synod Hall which was set up individually by the Vatican Post.  Remember, Vatican Post is the postal service of a sovereign nation that has laws.  The Book was sent in individually addressed and franked envelopes.  They weren’t just envelopes with someone’s name on them shoved into the slots by whomever.  They were properly sent postal items.

When the organizers of the Synod realized what had been sent to the members of the Synod, someone removed all the envelopes from the members’ mail boxes!

That’s called theft.   That’s called illegal.   They stole people’s mail.  Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t that a crime in, I think, every country?   The Vatican City State… that’s a country… isn’t it.

That’s how frightening the Book is to those who want to overturn the Church’s practice and, therefore, teaching.

The Kathnet piece, by  Manfred Ferrari, indicates that the heist was ordered by Card. Baldisseri, who is the head of the office of the Synod of Bishops.

At the end of the piece, Ferrari adds:

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“This episode took place in the Vatican and not in the Kremlin. As I told it to a friend who, in those days, traveled back to Africa, he smiled at me mildly and said, “Manfred, what’s bothering you. Here in South Sudan things aren’t any better … “

There were inquiries made about what happened to the Book.  Only a few of the Synod participants out of the some 200 received their copies… before they were boosted.  The Governor of the Vatican City State would have a legal obligation to look into the situation.  No?

I cannot underscore enough how important the Five Cardinals Book™ was during the Synod.  It is still important.  It is still under attack.  

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Caros, as coisas no Vaticano estão ficando muito sinistras. Estão ficando cada dia mais escuras, sombrias, nebulosas, pecaminoso e diabólicas.

Parece coisa de gangue. Como pergunta o Padre Z, ninguém vai investigar isso?

Quem roubou os livros é completamente estúpido em pensar que isto não seria notado.

O Espírito Santo e São Miguel Arcanjo já trabalharam muito na defesa da Igreja, e o momento não é de descanso para eles.

Até o que disse Hilaire Belloc sobre a Igreja parece brincadeira, diante de fatos tão assustadores.

Belloc disse:

The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine — but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight.

Traduzo:

A Igreja Católica é uma instituição que eu considero divina - mas para um descrente a prova de sua divindade pode ser encontrada no fato de que nenhuma instituição administrada de forma tão imbecil sobreviveria duas semanas.

Por que eles têm tanto medo de um livro?

Rezemos pela Igreja. Peçamos a Deus e Nossa Senhora pela intervenção dos seus anjos e santos.

(Agradeço a indicação do texto do Padre Z ao site The American Catholic)

Católicos Ucranianos Sacrificados no Altar do Ecumenismo do Papa Francisco.

Os Católicos da Ucrânia, cerca de 4 milhões de pessoas em um país de 44 milhões de habitantes, estão muito "furiosos" com as declarações do Papa Francisco, sobre o conflito que ocorre lá desde o ano passado.

Para eles, parece que o Papa aceita a intervenção russa e a própria anexação da Criméia pela Rússia que já completou um ano.

O Papa acusado de praticar o "ecumenismo politicamente correto" que só favorece a Rússia, abandonando os católicos e a própria Ucrânia, "sacrificando os católicos no altar para  bem do relacionamento com a Igreja da Rússia".

Eu achei mais revelador uma frase do Papa sobre as palavras "vitória" e "derrota", acho que essa frase revela mais do que um "ecumenismo politcamente correto"

Isto tudo foi relatado por dois experientes e muito respeitados jornalistas sobre o que acontece no Vaticano: o americano John Allen Jr.  e o italiano Sandro Magister.

O texto do Magister é mais recente, mas apenas reforça o que diz mais claramente Allen Jr.

Vejam parte do texto de Allen Jr, publicado no site Crux Now.

Is the pope’s view of Ukraine blurred by 'ecumenical correctness'?

By John Allen Jr.

Whenever a conflict breaks out in some corner of the world, popes generally strive to remain neutral so they can act as potential healers and mediators. On the other hand, popes also are expected to have the back of their own flock if they’re the ones under fire.

Striking the right balance between neutrality and loyalty can be tricky, as Francis’ recent rhetoric on Ukraine illustrates.

Many Ukrainian Catholics believe the pontiff went too far this week in an effort to prove to Russia, and especially the Russian Orthodox Church, that he doesn’t want to pick a fight. On Wednesday, Francis described the current violence in eastern Ukraine as “fratricidal,” when most Ukrainians would say it’s actually the product of foreign aggression by Moscow.

The result, many Ukrainians feel, is that Francis (perhaps inadvertently) threw their country under the bus for the sake of being “ecumenically correct,” meaning not irritating the Russian Orthodox.

“It shows the ignorance of the pope about the situation in Ukraine,” said Anatolij Babynskyj, editor of a prominent Greek Catholic journal, who blamed “pro-Russian forces at the Vatican” for distorting the pope’s view.

By way of background, Ukraine is a nation of 44 million people, roughly 3 to 5 million of whom belong to the Greek Catholic Church, which follows Orthodox rituals and spirituality, but is in full communion with Rome. Political life in the country tends to be defined by one’s attitudes toward Russia, with Catholics pre-eminent in the quest for an autonomous Ukraine not subservient to Moscow.

During the Soviet era, no Church produced more martyrs in percentage terms or suffered more vicious crackdowns. In light of that history, Greek Catholics become understandably nervous anytime they see Russian forces crossing their borders, or insurgents armed and supported by Moscow trying to slice off pieces of Ukrainian territory.

Right now, eastern Ukraine is once again an active combat zone, after pro-Russian rebels shelved a four-month truce and launched a new offensive. According to the United Nations, indiscriminate shelling has killed at least 224 civilians in the past three weeks, raising the overall death toll to 5,358 people since last April.

Speaking off-the-cuff, Pope Francis said that when he hears the words “victory” or “defeat,” he feels great pain and sadness.

“They are not the right words,” he said. “The only right word is peace. This is the only right word.”

“I think of you, Ukrainian brothers and sisters, this is a war between Christians,” he said. Calling the conflict a scandal, he pointed out that all those involved have the same baptism.

Francis urged prayer, saying “prayer is our protest before God in times of war.”

To Ukrainian Catholic ears, to be frank, all that sounded uncomfortably like appeasement.

To begin, the term “fratricidal” seems to imply that what’s underway is an internal conflict among Ukrainians. In reality, most Ukrainians would say it’s an act of external hostility. Not only is Moscow arming and supporting the rebels, but Russian troops and tanks have been spotted in eastern Ukraine on multiple occasions.

Most other observers frame the conflict in terms of Russia’s role. For instance, NATO’s deputy secretary general Alexander Vershbow said in a speech at the Nobel Institute in Oslo this week that “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not an isolated incident,” but rather a “game-changer in European security.”

If NATO can diagnose the situation accurately, some Ukrainian Catholics wonder, why can’t the pope?

Further, the pontiff’s mournful references to victory and defeat suggest a sort of “pox on both your houses” stance, as if the rights and wrongs of the conflict don’t really matter. That stab at even-handedness also rankles for many Ukrainians, who believe that in this instance, there really is an objectively guilty party (i.e., Russia) and a victim (i.e., Ukraine.)

The clincher for many Ukrainians is that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, publicly thanked Francis for the Vatican’s “balanced approach” on Wednesday and in the same breath took a shot at the Greek Catholics, accusing them of harboring a “nationalistic” and “Russophobic” line.

The Russian Orthodox Church has always claimed Ukraine as part of its “canonical territory,” and resents the Catholic toehold in the country. It would love nothing more than to drive a wedge between Rome and the Greek Catholic Church, and apparently sees the present crisis as an opportunity to do just that.

Granted, Francis faces strong pressures not to appear biased.

In Ukraine, as elsewhere, he wants to be a peacemaker, and staying above the fray in terms of the political and diplomatic tit-for-tat is the price of admission. In addition, he’s made ecumenism a cornerstone of his papacy, and he and many of his aides are reluctant to do or say anything that would set back relations with the Russian Orthodox.

Of the roughly 225 million Orthodox Christians in the world, about 165 million are members of the Russian Orthodox Church. As a result, if the pope wants to move the ball in terms of Catholic/Orthodox relations, he simply can’t afford to ignore Moscow.

Yet at the same time, Francis has a tough and resilient Catholic community in Ukraine that’s paid in blood over the centuries for its loyalty to Rome, and that once again today finds itself in harm’s way.

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Rezemos pelos Católicos da Ucrânia. Povo sofrido.

(Agradeço os textos ao site The American Catholic)

750 anos de Dante Alighieri e Raimundo Lúlio com Cardeal Burke.

Um colocou Maomé no inferno (oitavo círculo) como herege, eu já falei disso aqui no blog. O outro recebeu visões de Cristo mandando ele pregar o cristianismo para os muçulmanos, e acabou sendo morto por eles.

Hoje, Dante Alligheri não conseguiria publicar nada, pois seria muito ofensivo e o Beato Ramon Llull (Raimundo Lúlio) seria expulso da Igreja, como perturbado moralmente.

Este ano comemora-se 750 anos de nascimento de Dante e também 750 anos que Ramon Llull decidiu aprender árabe para pregar para os muçulmanos e seguir o que Cristo pedia.

Outro dia, nosso colega comentarista do blog Nik recomendou o livro acima. Já comprei. No Brasil, fiquei sabendo agora, existe o Instituto de Filosofia e Ciência Raimundo Lúlio.

Também vi que Raimundo Lúlio estará junto das comemorações dos 750 anos de nascimento de Dante.

Ocorrerá uma Conferência em Roma nos dias 28 e 29 de Maio para celebrar Dante e Lúlio. Junto desta conferência ocorrerá uma peregrinação para locais sagrados da Itália, pedindo a conversão dos muçulmanos e judeus. Acho que o Papa Francisco, politicamente correto como é, jamais pediria a conversão dos muçulmanos e judeus.

A Conferência contará com a presença do Cardeal Raymond Burke.

Vejam o professor Edmund Mazza explicando a Conferência e falando especialmente de Raimundo Lúlio no site Aleteia.

Edmund Mazza is a professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Azusa Pacific University. Mazza's principal fields are Medieval Europe, Ancient History, Church History and Russian History. His most recent article, "Not Everybody Loves Raymond (or Regensberg)," was published in the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly. His travel and research has taken him to such varied places as New York, Paris, Lourdes, Rome, Venice, Padua, Florence, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, and Mexico City.

Mazza spoke with Aleteia about the pilgrimage, planned for May.

This year marks the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante. I understand you are planning to celebrate that in a special way.

We have organized a conference in Rome, May 28-29, and we plan to have Cardinal Raymond Burke and other speakers about Dante from the US and abroad, who will commemorate him. Dante is the founder, in a sense of the Italian language, at least in terms of literature. He took his dialect and used that … when it was customary to use Latin. He created what came to be one of the greatest poems of all time, an epic poem that came to be called The Divine Comedy. Dante as a character in the poem traveled through hell, purgatory and heaven. As Dante is a pilgrim in that sense we are making a pilgrimage in addition to the conference. It will be from May 21-30.

What's the pilgrimage route. You’re not planning to lead people through hell, are you?

We’re going to Turin for the special exposition of the Holy Shroud, which Christians believe to be the actual shroud in which the body of Christ was wrapped. There’s a whole host of scientific data verifying that it is the actual burial shroud. The shroud is displayed only on rare occasions, and this year is going to be one of those times.

Also, it’s a very pilgrim, penitential thing to do, to turn to our Lord.

In addition to honoring Dante, the conference is also honoring a lesser-known figure, Blessed Ramon Llull, who also 750 years ago this year, was called to preach to Muslims and Jews, and he did that in a very special way. Originally, he was a troubadour and a knight in arms. Dante also had military experience and wrote love poetry, usually of a courtly nature. Courtly love deals with the kind of love as, for example, between Lancelot and Guinevere. It ordinarily has certain adulterous connotations to it. In the case of Ramon Lllull, he had a series of visions of Christ crucified, and based on those visions he decided to give his live over to writing love verses of a different sort. To bring Muslims and Jews to fullness of the light, which is Christ. He’d go on to write hundreds of different works along those lines. He started out by making a pilgrimage through the shrines of Spain.

So to honor both Dante and Lllull we are inviting people to become pilgrims and start out with a vision of Christ crucified, namely, the Shroud of Turin, which may be an exact image of the crucifixion. We invite them to offer their sufferings up for the conversion of Muslims and Jews because, as much as the relations between Muslims and Jews and Christians is in the news these days it’s not often that one hears about offering penance for the conversion of others. We hear things more of a political nature, but of course we know that the spiritual is superior to the political


It’s an interesting yoking of the two figures. How did you discover Llull?

I wrote my dissertation on another Ramon—Raymond of Penafort, who was a Dominican, and therefore a preacher, but in an unprecedented way, in the history of the Church, set out trying to convert the Jews and Muslims in medieval Spain. He asked Thomas Aquinas to write the Summa Contra Gentiles, which would offer philosophical support for believing in the Gospel and rejecting things that fall short of the Gospel. So he established schools for friars to learn Arabic and Hebrew so they might use the books that Muslims and Jews consider holy, to point to the fact that Jesus is the Messiah. It was a bit of a polemical approach to interreligious dialogue. For example, in 1263 there was a famous debate between a Dominican friar who was a convert from Judaism, and an eminent rabbi of the day, Moses Maimonides, and in 1263 in Barcelona, the king orchestrated the debate between the Jew and the friar as to whether or not Christ was the messiah. The Dominican used the Talmud to prove that he is. It was around this time that Lllull experienced his conversion, and it was probably about 750 years ago this year that he met with Raymond of Penafort because Llull had done his penance and was about to embark on his journey to convert the infidel, and he wanted to take the traditional route, which would have been to go to the University of Paris and study theology and be able to write scholarly works and address scholarly minds.

Penafort urged Llull to stay in his home of Mallorca, the island off the coast of Spain… So he acquired a Muslim slave to teach him Arabic...and he made a couple of trips to North Africa, where he tried to preach to crowds about Christ. The second time, in 1315, he found himself in front of an angry mob, almost to the point of beating to death and he died, according to tradition, on his way home to Europe. He was beatified in 1847. The Church considers him a martyr, both as a red martyr and a white martyr, devoting his life for the sake of others.

What will Cardinal Burke’s role be in this pilgrimage?

In addition to the fact that his name is Raymond—and Raymond Lllull is his namesake—Cardinal Burke is now cardinal-patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The title of our conference is Conversion and Coexistence. When we look at Lllull and Dante we’re looking at personal conversions. We’re looking at the conversions of others. And there’s the issue of "How does one get along with one another?" This year happens to be the 450th anniversary of the great siege of the Island of Malta by the Turks. During the Renaissance the Ottoman Turks were a tremendous threat to the survival of Christian Europe. And one of occasion was the great siege of Malta in 1565. The island was controlled by the Knights of Malta, whose name at the time was the Knights Hospitallers, or the Knights of St. John of the Hospital. They started out as what we would call a military-monastic order, that is, knights who fought in crusade to protect pilgrims traveling to the holy Land, or to try to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims who were controlling it politically. So these were men trained in military tactics, but they led a monastic life. they were celibate, they were supposed to be poor, they followed the head of the order in obedience, they engaged in various pious practices, fasting and personal devotions.


(Agradeço a entrevista de Mazza ao site Big Pulpit)

Cristo e números 12 e 7. Israel e Igreja Católica, dois Cestos de Pão.

Uma pausa com a crise no Vaticano (em diversos aspectos) e com o terrorismo islâmico, para um pouco de teologia.

Li um texto muito interessante do teólogo Taylor Marshall sobre a seguinte passagem da Bíblia (Marcos 8-19-20):

Cristo pergunta aos discípulos:
Quando eu parti os cinco pães entre os cinco mil, quantos cestos recolhestes cheios de pedaços? Responderam-lhe: Doze.
E quando eu parti os sete pães entre os quatro mil homens, quantos cestos de pedaços levantastes? Sete, responderam-lhe.
Jesus disse-lhes: Como é que ainda não entendeis?...

Que intrigante, Cristo espera que os discípulos entendam a importância destes números.

O que significa alimentar 12 cestas e depois 7 cestas?

Dr. Marshall explica (traduzo em azul):

A chave interpretativa ou segredo aqui é a história anterior de Cristo referindo-se a "pão" reservado apenas para os filhos de Israel (São Marcos 7: 24-30). A mulher gentil-siro-fenícia, em seguida, diz: "Sim, Senhor, mas também os cachorrinhos debaixo da mesa, comem as migalhas dos filhos." 

Cristo ama esta resposta! Ele só queria alguém que conseguisse entender o significado disso. Os apóstolos não conseguiram, mas a mulher sim.

Então, o pão e cestas de sobra refere-se a pão para a nação de Israel e, em seguida, o pão para os gentios entre os judeus.

O número 12 quase sempre se refere às 12 tribos de Israel. É o número nacional do Povo de Deus.

O número 7 pode se referir a sábado (sétimo dia), a santidade, ou conclusão. É também o número do universo desde que o sétimo dia trouxe a conclusão e paz para o ato criador de Deus. 

O número 70 (7 x 10 = 70) é freqüentemente usado pelos judeus para descrever a plenitude universal (católica) dos gentios. Dada a presença da mulher siro-fenícia, o número 7 representa aqui as sete nações dos gentios que ocupavam a Terra Prometida durante o tempo de Moisés (Deuteronômio 7: 1 para a lista). A Terra Prometida foi ocupada pelos 12 tribos de Israel, e os concorrentes 7 nações dos gentios.

Veja o que isto significa na história da redenção:

Antiga Aliança: Cristo primeiro alimenta pessoas e produz os 12 cestas. Isto é, Deus em primeiro lugar institui o Povo de Israel (12 tribos) no Antigo Testamento.

Nova Aliança: Cristo depois (literalmente "depois de três dias" ver Marcos 8: 2) alimenta pessoas e produz os sete cestos. Este é o Deus que institui a Igreja Católica - a plenitude dos gentios (7 nações) em aliança com Deus.

Então é assim que funciona. Cristo está insistindo para que seus apóstolos entendam e vejam que os gentios vão ser levados para a cesta "depois de três dias" (Marcos 8: 2). 

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Muito interessante, não?

Judeus e Igreja Católica, dois cestos de pão.

Documentário Expulsão dos Cristãos na Síria e a Igreja Avestruz.

Os cristãos já foram até maioria na Síria, Israel, Egito e Argélia, mas desde o advento do Islã que eles não param de ser expulsos dessas terras.

Foi lançado recentemente um documentário para mostrar a mais nova expulsão dos cristãos pelo islamismo na Síria.

Na parte que eu assisti, no link, vi o cardeal Peter Turkson, com um sorriso no rosto, dizendo que se deve pedir sempre paz e nunca entrar em guerra, enquanto o povo, com seus rostos fatigados e tristes da fuga desesperada de suas casas, falam do que enfrentaram, explosões, tiros, matanças.

Cliquem no link acima e vejam o desespero do povo da Síria, em parte do documentário.

Aqui tem também o desespero dos cristãos iraquianos.

Para mim, a Igreja se comporta como avestruz, enquanto os cristãos sofrem.



Será que os papas e santos erraram em defender com armas a Europa contra o avanço muçulmano desde o século 8?

Será que os Crusados (que incluem santos, como São Francisco de Assis, que participou da 5a Cruzada e São Luís IX, que participou de duas Cruzadas) erraram?

Será que deveríamos ter feito o mesmo com Hitler, pregado a paz sempre, enquanto ele avançava sobre o mundo?

Será que deveríamos ter deixado Stálin avançar sobre o ocidente?

Será que Santo Agostinho e São Tomás de Aquino estavam errados em defender a guerra justa?

Ou será que os clérigos da Batalha de Lepanto estavam certos quando disseram: "Covardes não vão para o Paraíso", como lembra o site The American Catholic mostrando todos os sites (incluindo o Thyself, O Lord) que se levantaram para defender o Vox Cantoris (ver post de ontem)?

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Vejam o vídeo da Rome Reports, que descreve o documentário. Segue também a transcrição do vídeo.

Documentary shows the exodus of Christians from Syria

2015-02-21

In the past, Syria had one of the most storied Christian communities in the world. St. Paul was even baptized there. Today, Christians suffer from the Syrian civil war like everyone else, but they are also persecuted simply for their baptism.

Syria once had the third highest rate of Christianity in the Middle East; about 10 percent of its population identified as Christian. Now, the community lives in permanent exile.

The documentary "Syria's Christians Exodus” tells the story of how this happened.

ELISABETTA VALGIUSTI

Director, "Syria's Christians Exodus"

"They have suffered severe persecution just so they can maintain their identity and their faith. They continue to suffer so that they can remain in a country they have belonged to for hundreds of years. We are witnessing something truly terrible.”

The documentary features interviews with patriarchs and bishops of the Christian Churches in Syria. It also includes testimony from  everyday Christians who have been forced to leave—along with those who have stayed.

ELISABETTA VALGIUSTI

Director, "Syria's Christians exodus"

"They are Christians with a wonderful tradition and enormous faith. For me, it was an amazing experience to know them.”

The humanitarian crisis in Syria is considered one of the worst in decades. Millions of people have fled their homes and more than 210,000 have died. This documentary helps keep the catastrophe from being forgotten.

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Rezemos pelos cristãos da Síria e do Iraque.

Eles estão engrossando o Quinto Selo do Apocalipse muito rapidamente.

Porta-Voz do Vaticano Processa Blogger do Vox Cantoris.

O porta-voz do Vaticano Padre Tom Rosica resolveu processar o blog Vox Cantoris, que eu tenho a honra de ser seguidor do meu blog.

O  dono do blog Vox Cantoris se chama David Anthony Domet (foto acima).

O Vox Cantoris divulgou a carta de ameaça dos advogados do padre Rosica, e disponibilizou novamente todas as críticas a Rosica que vez. Leiam a carta de ameaça dos advogados do padre Rosica clicando aqui.

Michael Voris fez um vídeo sobre o assunto:





Isso tudo é assustador! para todos nós católicos. Será que o Vaticano vai perseguir católicos que acompanham o que acontece na Igreja e tentam opinar sob a Luz de Cristo?


Vejamos um post do Vox Cantoris sobre o Padre Rosica:

Father Tom Rosica: Are you calling Cardinal Burke, a "dissenter?"

Father Tom Rosica is a spokesman for the Vatican. One would presume that someone in such an important and sensitive and influential position would be prudent with his personal opinions and the use of social media. It leaves one to ask an honest question; Is this his own opinion? Is it that of Father Lombardi's and the Office of Social Communication? Is it the Holy Father's? Or is it an attempt to smear and obfuscate the truth. I've written elsewhere that the tactics of Saul Alinsky are not unknown to this cleric.

In the post one below, I wrote that if one sends a "Re-Tweet" it would imply that one would agree with the original.

Cardinal Wuerl is interviewed by Andrea Tornielli in Vatican Insider. While Wuerl does not single out Cardinal Burke directly he does allude to "an interview" and "an article." It seems to have left no doubt in Tornielli; mind since he lead with a headline linking Cardinal Burke within "dissenters." This no doubt refers to a recent interview with Cardinal Burke where he stated that he would "resist" hypothetically an attempt by the pope to change the law on Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried without an annulment.

How disingenuous is it of Cardinal Wuerl to suggest that Cardinal Burke is a dissenter, which would include your writer and probably you as well. There was a time when the word meant someone that dissented from the truth of the faith. Now it seems to mean that it is someone who upholds it.

Father Rosica "Tweeted" the article with the headline "Cardinal Wuerl's response to Cardinal Burke (and dissenters)" and a link to the article. His followers cannot be faulted if they just read the headline and take up the believe that Cardinal Burke is one bad guy, after all, he is a "dissenter."

It seems to it is time for Father Lombardi to make a decision as to whether this Vatican employee needs to be either reigned in on social media or sent packing to preside over the winding down of Salt + Light.

Nota Bene: My colleague Barona at Toronto Catholic Witness and I are resolute. We will not fail in our countering of the assault on the faith and tradition that these men continue to undertake against Holy Mother Church and the Catholic faithful.

Make no mistake Wuerl, Marx, Madriaga, Kasper and Rosica, we will not rest.

Please pray for us.

Rezemos por David Anthony Domet.

Uruguai e Nigéria: Os mesmos Terroristas Islâmicos.

Recentemente, eu falei que uma tese esquerdista é que os terroristas islâmicos parariam de ser terroristas se arranjassem emprego, eles estariam sem dinheiro, oprimidos pelo "sistema". Obama passou o dia de hoje defendendo esta tese, junto com a ideia de que os terroristas islâmicos não são islâmicos, e isso fez o New York Post fazer chacota do Obama.

Minha experiência como professor me mostrou que os esquerdistas são o primeiros a falar da importância dos aspectos culturais, mas também são os primeiros a negar a importância da religião, como se religião não fosse uma grande parte da cultura em qualquer sociedade.

Hoje, o Uruguai descobriu que os terroristas islâmicos que o presidente Mujica acolheu não gostam de trabalhar. E estes terroristas (foto acima) já começam a criticar o país que o acolheu, dizendo o Uruguai se assemelha à prisão de Guatanamo, em que estavam presos.

Vejam parte do que diz o jornal Daily Mail.

Uruguay's president has accused six former Guantanamo Bay inmates of lacking a work ethic and being 'middle class' for refusing to get jobs since arriving in the South American country three months ago.

President Jose Mujica has appeared to criticise the men, who were locked up for more than 12 years in the American detainment camp in Cuba, saying they lacked a work ethic.

But the men are equally disappointed with their new lives - with one telling the press they had simply swapped one prison for another.

The men arrived in Montevideo in December, after Mujica said his country would take them in and help them get resettled. 

The six, who were detained as suspected militants with ties to al-Qaeda in 2002 but were never charged, were cleared for release in 2009.

But they were stuck in Guantanamo for the next five years because they could not be sent home - and no one wanted them, until Uruguay stepped into the breach. 

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Estes terroristas que estão no Uruguai, que nem os próprios países deles queriam eles de voltam, ainda vão dar mais problema.

Mas sobre emprego para terroristas, acho que o Uruguai, o Obama e o Papa Francisco deveriam ouvir o que diz o cardeal da Nigéria John Onaiyekan. Ele diz que o que move os terroristas islâmicos do Boko Haram que destrói a Nigéria e mata milhares é a fé deles em Alá, e não dinheiro.

Vejamos o que diz a transcrição do vídeo do site Rome Reports.

When it comes to Islamic terrorism, most people think of ISIS and their gruesome assassinations. But there's another terrorism group that also wages death and destruction. It's called Boko Haram, which means 'Western Education is Forbidden.' 

It has a presence in the African countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. It's based in Nigeria. 

CARD. JOHN ONAIYEKAN

Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) 

"Yes, Boko Haram is bad news. Not only for Christians but for the entire country of Nigeria.” 

Nigerian Cardinal John Onaiyekan knows about the problem all to well. About 50 percent of Nigeria's population is Christian and roughly 48 percent is Muslim. 

The group, he says, doesn't represent the country's Muslim population, but nonetheless, the group is using religion as a tool for violence in its attempt to gain power. It's ultimate goal is to impose Sharia Law. 

They've killed an estimated 5,000 people between 2009 and 2014. In addition to destroying Christian churches and holy sites, they're also known for kidnapping teenage girls. 

What's more, Boko Haram has forced over half a million people to flee their homes. 

CARD. JOHN ONAIYEKAN

Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) 

"How much does a bomb cost? When you think about it not much. How much does a riffle cost? They take most of them from the military. The actions of Boko Haram don't depend on money, but on their convictions.” 

There is a  silver lining amid all the drama. Cardinal Onaiyekan says that the country is working together in solidarity, to rally against the terrorists. 

CARD. JOHN ONAIYEKAN

Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

"They are terrorists who are armed and they are convinced that their actions are in accordance to the will of their god. This is extremely dangerous.” 

He says, now it's the government's turn to rise to the occasion and do its part to stop Boko Haram. 

(Agradeço o texto do Daily Mail ao site Weasel Zippers)

Papa Francisco: Podemos criticá-lo ou Não? Eis a Questão.

Quando eu comecei a acompanhar os sites católicos dos Estados Unidos, há uns cinco anos, eu me deparei com Michael Voris, que fazia vídeos conhecidos como The Vortex, em que sempre criticava o posicionamento esquerdista de padres, bispos, etc.

Aprendi a gostar dele, e ver que muita gente o respeitava. Ele tinha alguns críticos, mas os críticos dele me convenciam muito menos.

Daí surgiu o Papa Francisco, que desde o começo é um material e tanto para tudo que Michael Voris criticava. Mas aí o que fez Voris? Decidiu que não ia criticar nunca o Papa, ia sempre defendê-lo, parecendo imaginar que assim que deve se comportar um bom católico.

Bom, para mim, a resposta é simples para isso. São Paulo criticou duramente o primeiro papa da Igreja, inúmeros santos fizeram o mesmo e criticaram seus respectivos líderes. Na história dos papas encontramos muitos papas que eram pecadores contumazes. Tem até assassinos, sem falar em tarados, ladrões de dinheiro da Igreja, etc. O milagre da Igreja e da Doutrina da Igreja é terem sobrevivido a eles.

Mas a posição de Voris ficou muito estranha para todos o que admiravam seu trabalho. E ao que parece, Voris está cada vez mais perdido.

Eu chamo atenção para este assunto hoje, porque na briga que surgiu entre Voris e outras TVs católicas americanas apareceu o que pensava o grande filósofo católico Dietrich von Hildebrand. No momento, estou lendo a história de como esse filósofo enfrentou Hitler. O debate citou outro livro de von Hildebrand (The Trojan Horse).

A história ao que parece é a seguinte:

Walter Matt era dono do jornal católico The Wanderer. Daí, veio o Concílio Vaticano II, ele não se conformou com a nova liturgia das missas. Resolveu em disputa familiar abandonar o The Wanderer e fundar o The Remnant, outro jornal católico. O The Wanderer ficou com um irmão de Walter (Alphonse) que era pró-Vaticano II.

Dietrich von Hildebrand respeitava os dois jornais, mas apoiava a posição do The Remnant.

No vídeo abaixo, do site do The Remnant, Michael Matt, filho de Walter Matt, mostra Voris atacando o the Remnant. Matt depois se pergunta por que Voris fez isso, se era amigo dele, e como Voris não conhece a história do The Remnant.  E também defende que é livre a crítica a papas, dentro do limite do respeitável.

Além disso, Michael Matt ler uma carta de von Hildebrand de 1967 criticando a posição de Alphonse Matt de apoiar a nova liturgia das missas do Vaticano II.

Vejam o vídeo abaixo, em que Michael Matt e outro famoso católico americano, Christopher Ferrara, criticam Voris, sem entender o posicionamento dele perante o Papa Francisco.





Rezemos por todos eles, precisamos de suas vozes no debate da Igreja.

Eu sou fãzasso de tudo que pensava von Hildebrand. Comprem livros dele.


(Agradeço o vídeo ao site The Pewsitter)