Posted by Mundabor
No explosion this time. Phew!
Francis has called an Argentinian slum priest.
He appears to have said nothing scandalous or challenging doctrine.
I thought I would report this as worthy of notice.
Mundabor
Posted on April 27, 2014, in Traditional Catholicism. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
Fra Filippo Lippi, "Madonna delle Rocce", particular
Pope Pius XII in Prayer
"What Catholics once were, we are. If we are wrong, then Catholics through the ages have been wrong.
We are what you once were. We believe what you once believed.
We worship as you once worshipped. If we are wrong now, you were wrong then. If you were right then, we are right now".
Robert DePiante
Mundabor’s BlogEgo vero Evangelio non crederem, nisi me catholicae Ecclesiae commoveret auctoritas.
Truly, I would not believe the Gospel unless the authority of the Catholic Church impressed me.
St Augustine: Contra epistolam Manichaei 5.6
Pope Bl Urban II
Pope St Pius V
Pope Leo XIII
Pope St. Pius X
Pope Pius XII
St Padre Pio
St. Thomas More
"I am worried by the Blessed Virgin's messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soul. … I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.
"A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, 'Where have they taken Him?'"
Eugenio Pacelli, future Pius XII.
Roche, "Pie XII Devant L'Historie", p. 52-53
The modern world will accept no dogmas upon any authority; but it will accept any dogmas on no authority. Say that a thing is so, according to the Pope or the Bible, and it will be dismissed as a superstition without examination. But preface your remark merely with “they say” or “don’t you know that?” or try (and fail) to remember the name of some professor mentioned in some newspaper; and the keen rationalism of the modern mind will accept every word you say.
The world is what the saints and the prophets saw it was; it is not merely getting better or merely getting worse; there is one thing that the world does; it wobbles. Left to itself, it does not get anywhere; though if helped by real reformers of the right religion and philosophy, it may get better in many respects, and sometimes for considerable periods. But in itself it is not a progress; it is not even a process; it is the fashion of this world that passeth away. Life in itself is not a ladder; it is a see-saw.
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.”
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare the unalienable Personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death, and I do proclaim, ordain, and declare that I will take care that the Constitution and laws of the United States are faithfully executed for the protection of America's unborn children. Upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. I also proclaim Sunday, January 17, 1988, as a national Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon the citizens of this blessed land to gather on that day in their homes and places of worship to give thanks for the gift of life they enjoy and to reaffirm their commitment to the dignity of every human being and sanctity of every human life".
Ronald Reagan
Presidential Proclamation of "National Sanctity of Human Life Day", January 14, 1988
“All human life is a gift from our creator that is sacred, unique and worthy of protection. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world”. [...]
“The most basic duty of government is to protect the life of the innocent. [...]
“The sanctity of life is written in the hearts of all men and women. On this day and throughout the year, we aspire to build a society in which every child is welcome in life and protected in law. We also encourage more of our fellow Americans to join our just and noble cause. History tells us that with a cause rooted in our deepest principles and appealing to the best instincts of our citizens, we will prevail.”
George W. Bush
Presidential proclamation of "National Sanctity of Human Life Day", January 18, 2009
Protect the Seal of Confession!
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Mundabor's Blog
The pope is Catholic. Praise God.
And then?
Then he is a very bad Pope, and we must pray that God saves his clearly endangered soul, but gets us rid of him.
In the meantime, he should get no respite, until he changes his tune.
I think this is the only sensible course of action.
According to that rag ‘The Tablet’, Madriaga is saying that there is ‘resistance’ to the Pope from some cardinals who are quoted by him as saying that they made a mistake. Didn’t they do a bit of research before giving the Church to his care? All the warning signs were there, they deserve him, we don’t.
Post coming.
M
I am hoping that I will get a response from the Bishop of Rome. My Spanish is average, so he’ll have to speak slowly on the telephone if he calls me. But my intention is to send one letter a week with a message such as ‘Please uphold the dignity of marriage in October.’ Or, indeed, any other of the many dogmatic topics that are ignored, or worse. Just one sentence. I truly don’t expect to see a response, but it would be good for people of an orthodox mind to cause a little pile of letters in his mail.
Write away!
Just don’t expect any phone call!
Francis clearly doesn’t like Catholics.
M