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| Swiss Catholic priests refuse to sign new diocesan code of conduct, claim it contains ‘LGBT ideology |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-30-2022, 05:40 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Swiss Catholic priests refuse to sign new diocesan code of conduct, claim it contains ‘LGBT ideology’
In the new code of conduct, priests must agree to ‘refrain from sweeping negative assessments of allegedly unbiblical behavior based on sexual orientation.’
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Chur, Switzerland's Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption with surrounding alpine mountains
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UPDATE April 29, 2022, 4:39 p.m. Eastern: This article previously incorrectly reported that Fathers Imhof and Graf published their letter anonymously. They did not; the article has been updated to reflect that.
CHUR, Switzerland (LifeSiteNews) — A group of Swiss diocesan priests have said they will not sign a new code of conduct imposed by their bishop, claiming the code is an attempt “to implant LGBT ideology in the Church under the guise of preventing sexual assault.”
The priests, Father Franz Imhof and Father Roland Graf, published a statement yesterday in reaction to the new Code of Conduct issued by their diocese, which they say “violates the doctrine and discipline of the Catholic Church.”
Bishop Joseph Bonnemain of the Diocese of Chur, Switzerland, signed the code on April 5, and issued a letter to all priests and employees of his diocese saying that the new code would be “binding for all leaders and employees of the diocese from mid-2022 onwards.”
The priests began their statement by acknowledging that “95% of what is contained in the code of conduct regarding prevention, we consider to be mere common sense and decency.”
“Nonetheless, the bishop should have never signed this document,” the priests added.
While acknowledging that it is “absolutely necessary to do everything possible to ensure better prevention [of sexual assault],” the priests cited several passages of the code which according to them, would “muzzle the doctrine of faith and morality.”
In one of these passages, priests must agree to “refrain from sweeping negative assessments of allegedly unbiblical behavior based on sexual orientation.”
The priests noted that this would prevent them from “proclaim[ing] the Church’s teaching on homosexuality as stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC).”
The CCC teaches that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered,” “contrary to the natural law,” and can be approved “under no circumstances.”
Priests who commit themselves to the new code would also have to agree “not to actively take up topics related to sexuality, and to refrain from offensive questioning about intimate life and relationship status,” when engaging in pastoral conversations.
“This also applies to conversations I have as a supervisor,” the code adds.
According to the priests who issued their statement against the new code, this would prevent priests from asking the necessary questions for marriage preparation, which are there to ensure, among other things, that the future spouses agree with the Church’s teaching that marriage is a “sacramental community of life and love between a man and a woman.”
They also noted that if the head of a seminary or a diocesan bishop were to sign the new code of conduct, they would no longer be able to comply with the provision Ratio fundamentalis institutionis sacerdotalis approved and ratified by Pope Francis on December 8, 2016 which states “that persons who practice homosexuality, have deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or who support so-called ‘homosexual culture’” may not be admitted in the seminary.
In addition, “how could one still credibly require a candidate for the priesthood to commit himself ‘in the prescribed rite publicly before God and the Church’ to lifelong celibacy (canon 1037) if at the same time it is declared that his ‘relationship status’ is in fact taboo for Church leadership?” asked the priests rhetorically.
The priests also pointed out that, if priests or deacons living in immoral situations “may no longer be held accountable, or dismissed from Church ministry,” this would create a “double standard,” as the Church would continue to preach what it no longer demands of its priests and laity.
The priests ended their statement by criticizing another passage of the new code which states: “I refrain from any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity [and] I recognize sexual rights as human rights, especially the right to sexual self-determination.”
According to them, this passage would mean that heads of seminaries would again no longer be able to prevent people with homosexual tendencies or who practice homosexuality from entering the seminary.
“In the same way, the refusal to ‘bless’ a same-sex couple would no longer be possible,” the priests added.
They quoted a February 22, 2021, declaration from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) which stated that “it is not permitted to give a blessing to relationships or stable partnerships that involve a sexual practice outside of marriage (that is, outside an indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case with unions of persons of the same sex.”
The priests explained that applying such principles has nothing to do with discrimination but rather with “upholding the perennial teachings of the Church.”
“For the time being, we declare by our signature on the present declaration that we, for reasons of conscience, will not sign the code of conduct of the Diocese of Chur,” the priests concluded.
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| Macron launches digital ID in France after re-election |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-30-2022, 05:26 AM - Forum: Global News
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Macron launches digital ID in France after re-election, raises fears of social credit system
Participation is optional, but some citizens believe it could lead to China-style surveillance and societal control.
Fri Apr 29, 2022
PARIS (LifeSiteNews) — Less than a week after French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected, he is already facing backlash after launching a digital ID for citizens.
Macron signed the “Digital Identity Guarantee Service” (SGIN) into a decree on April 26, less than 48 hours after his victory over nationalist Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election.
The SGIN is a project by the French government to create a mobile app that will allow French citizens to access their ID digitally.
The project aims at making France “compliant” with the European Union Commission’s European Digital Identity package.
Though the text of the decree specifies that the use of digital ID “is completely left to the free choice of users,” some politicians see it as a tool to usher in a Chinese-like social credit system in France.
Florian Philippot, founder of French nationalist party “Les Patriotes” (The Patriots), took to Twitter to denounce the new legislation.
“Immediately after the election, the government announced the launch of a ‘digital identification app’! The goal: to introduce a Chinese-like social credit system. A society of control and surveillance,” he tweeted.
“Let’s totally reject this application and fight by any means!”
Other Twitter users echoed his sentiments.
One of them, The Q2 Observer, pointed out that “what is optional and trivial at the beginning will be essential and cumbersome in the long term.”
“In France for the moment, soon the same everywhere … Resist!” he added.
Concerns that digital tools such as the SGIN will be used by western governments to introduce a social credit system through the backdoor have also been expressed in other EU countries, including Italy, where a newly released app, the “Smart Citizen Wallet,” will be launched in Bologna this fall and will reward some citizens for “virtuous behavior” using a point system.
The re-election of Macron last Sunday triggered massive protests throughout France, and during his first official post re-election visit, he was pelted with tomatoes in the town of Cergy near Paris.
Voters are expected at the polls again for parliamentary elections in June, when Macron’s party could lose its majority to Le Pen.
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| Requiescat in pace: "Bishop" Daniel Dolan |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-28-2022, 08:51 AM - Forum: Appeals for Prayer
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Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.
In your charity, please pray for the soul of " Bishop" Daniel Dolan who passed away on April 26th. He was ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1976 but was later expelled as one of the Nine in 1983 because of their sedevacantist position. He was consecrated a "bishop" in 1993 by "Bishop" Mark Pivarunas of the Thuc line.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
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The De Profundis - Psalm 129
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark our iniquities: O Lord, who can abide it?
For with Thee there is mercy: and by reason of Thy law I have waited on Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath waited on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even unto night: let Israel hope in the Lord.
For with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him is plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord And let perpetual light shine upon him. |
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| Rockefeller Foundation president predicts ‘massive’ global food crisis |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-28-2022, 07:23 AM - Forum: Global News
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Rockefeller Foundation president predicts ‘massive’ global food crisis, calls on US to find solutions
The president of the Rockefeller Foundation is calling for what could amount to heavy investments from the U.S. to alleviate a food crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Wed Apr 27, 2022
(LifeSiteNews) — Rockefeller Foundation president Rajiv Shah is calling for the United States to take the lead in tackling a “massive, immediate food crisis” affecting many developing countries.
After describing what is “already a crisis” of poverty in developing countries, Shah pointed to the disruptive effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, noting the importance of the latter’s role as a wheat supplier in his Bloomberg Television interview with David Westin. For example, the United Nations World Food Program “buys 40% of its wheat” from Ukraine, according to Shah.
On top of that, Shah said, is the “fertilizer crisis, where you have farmers all over Africa no longer using fertilizer because it’s not available,” adding that “20% of it effectively came from Russia.”
Shah predicted that this fertilizer shortage “is going to lead to an even bigger food crisis this summer and this fall.”
Westin, along with Bloomberg’s Mike Morning, also pointed out in a subsequent article that the war “has put at risk exports of wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other foods from Russia and Ukraine that account for more than 10% of all calories traded globally, driving up food prices in low-income countries that are already reeling from pandemic damage to their economies.”
While Shah believes that there is a “global responsibility” to tackle the food crisis that requires “concerted leadership,” he believes the United States should lead the effort as the “unquestioned leader on food and hunger around the world” since World War II.
“I very much hope that emergency actions can be taken in a bipartisan manner that reestablishes American leadership to tackle this problem,” Shah told Westin.
Shah called for the full funding of the World Food Program, the pre-positioning of food in places where hunger is expected, and “emergency debt relief action” for heavily indebted developing countries, so that they can “use that money to actually buy food” for their people.
On March 24, The Rockefeller Foundation announced the launch of its new “Good Food Strategy,” in which it will invest $105 million to “support a shift in public and private spending toward foods that are nutritious, regenerate the environment, and create equitable economic opportunity” across the globe. Commenting on the need for the program, Shah cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as contributing to a “global humanitarian crisis” of food.
The initiative is to include investments in metrics that measure the environmental “footprint” of food production, and will also shift the “menu” of large institution towards foods that “benefit people and the planet.”
If an article co-written by the Rockefeller Foundation’s Food Initiative managing director Sara Farley is any indication, the foundation is aiming for, among other goals, reduced meat consumption.
In the piece published on the World Economic Forum website, she and Sara Scherr cite a report by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-FOOD) that not only refers to the meat sector as “high-emitting,” (in other words, contributing disproportionately to climate change), but groups meat with sugar and salt as contributing to “negative health effects.”
The Rockefeller Foundation has already laid out its program for food reform in the U.S., which entails similar objectives, in a report called “Reset the Table: Meeting the Movement to Transform the U.S. Food System.”
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| The Psychology of Manipulation: 6 Lessons from the Master of Propaganda |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-27-2022, 08:01 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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The Psychology of Manipulation: 6 Lessons from the Master of Propaganda
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BP [Guest Post by Ryan Matters] | April 27, 2022
Edward L. Bernays was an American business consultant who is widely recognized as the father of public relations. Bernays was one of the men responsible for “selling” World War 1 to the American public by branding it as a war that was necessary to “make the world safe for democracy”.
During the 1920s, Bernays consulted for a number of major corporations, helping to boost their business through expertly crafted marketing campaigns aimed at influencing public opinion.
In 1928, Edward Bernays published his famous book, Propaganda, in which he outlined the theories behind his successful “public relations” endeavours. The book provides insights into the phenomenon of crowd psychology and outlines effective methods for manipulating people’s habits and opinions.
For a book that’s almost 100 years old, Propaganda could not be more relevant today. In fact, its relevance is a testament to the unchanging nature of human psychology.
One of the key takeaways of the book is that mind control is an important aspect of any democratic society. Indeed, Bernays maintains that without the “conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses”, democracy simply would not “work”.
Quote:We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.
According to Bernays, those doing the “governing” constitute an invisible ruling class that “understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses”.
In Propaganda, Bernays draws on the work of Gustave Le Bon, Wilfred Trotter, Walter Lippmann, and Sigmund Freud (his uncle!), outlining the power of mass psychology and how it may be used to manipulate the “group mind”.
Quote:If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it?
I recently explored this topic in an essay about how occult rituals and predictive programming are used to manipulate the collective consciousness, influencing the thoughts, beliefs and actions of large groups of people, resulting in the creation of what occultists call “egregores”.
Here I have extracted some key insights from Bernays in an attempt to show how his book Propaganda is, in many ways, the playbook used by the globalist cryptocracy to process the group mind of the masses.
1. IF YOU MANIPULATE THE LEADER OF A GROUP, THE PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW
Bernays tells us that one of the easiest ways to influence the thoughts and actions of large numbers of people is to first influence their leader.
Quote:If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway.
In fact, one of the most firmly established principles of mass psychology is that the “group mind” does not “think”, rather, it acts according to impulses, habits and emotions. And when deciding on a certain course of action, its first impulse is to follow the example of a trusted leader.
Humans are, by nature a group species. Even when we are alone, we have a deep sense of group belonging. Whether they consciously know it or not, much of what people do is an effort to conform to the ideals of their chosen group so as to feel a sense of acceptance and belonging.
This exact method of influencing the leader and watching the people follow has been used extensively throughout the last few years. One notable instance that comes to mind is the horrendously inaccurate epidemiological models created by Neil Ferguson, which formed the basis for President Boris Johnson’s lockdown policies.
Once Johnson was convinced of the need to lockdown and mask up, the people gladly followed.
2. WORDS ARE POWERFUL: THE KEY TO INFLUENCING A GROUP IS THE CLEVER USE OF LANGUAGE
Certain words and phrases are associated with certain emotions, symbols and reactions. Bernays tell us that through the clever and careful use of language, one can manipulate the emotions of a group and thereby influence their perceptions and actions.
Quote:By playing upon an old cliché, or manipulating a new one, the propagandist can sometimes swing a whole mass of group emotions.
The clever use of language has been employed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to great effect. An obvious example of this was when the definition of “vaccine” was changed to include injections utilising experimental mRNA technology.
You see, the word “vaccine” is associated in the public mind with a certain picture – that of a safe, proven medical intervention that is not only life-saving but absolutely necessary.
If governments had told people to go get their “gene therapies”, the vast majority of the public would likely question the motives behind such a campaign; they would feel extremely sceptical because the phrase “gene therapy” is not associated with the same images, emotions and feelings as “vaccine”.
The same goes for the word “pandemic”, the definition of which was also changed. The word “pandemic” is generally associated in the collective consciousness with fear, death, chaos and emergency (largely thanks to Hollywood and the myriad virus films it has released over the years).
3. ANY MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION IS ALSO A MEDIUM FOR PROPAGANDA
Any system of communication, whether phone, radio, print, or social media, is nothing more than a means of transmitting information. Bernays reminds us that any such means of communication is also a channel for propaganda.
Quote:There is no means of human communication which may not also be a means of deliberate propaganda.
Bernays goes on to stress that a good propagandist must always keep abreast of new forms of communication, so that they may co-opt them as means of deliberate propaganda.
Indeed, systems that most people would associate with freedom of speech and democracy are none other than means of circulating propaganda. Facebook fact-checkers, Big Tech censorship and YouTube’s Covid banners certainly fall into this category.
Other examples of this include the recent algorithm updates made by various search engines (including Google and DuckDuckGo) to penalize Russian websites. Although this should come as no surprise (Google has been engaging in this type of “shadow propaganda” for many years).
4. REITERATING THE SAME IDEA OVER AND OVER CREATES HABITS AND CONVICTIONS
Although Bernays terms this a technique used by the “old propagandists”, he, nonetheless, recognizes its usefulness.
Quote:It was one of the doctrines of the reaction psychology that a certain stimulus often repeated would create a habit, or that the mere reiteration of an idea would create a conviction.
Repeating the same idea or the same “mantra” again and again is a form of neuro-linguistic programming aimed at instilling certain concepts or emotions into the subconscious mind. Indeed, people who are feeling sad or depressed are often advised to repeat to themselves an uplifting saying or affirmation.
There are many examples of this simple, yet effective, technique being used to great effect over the last few years. Think Q’s “trust the plan”, the globalist favourite, “build back better” or the incessant repetition of that twisted phrase, “trust the science”. Included in this category are the 24/7-in-your-face death statistics and case numbers, aimed at promoting the illusion of a pandemic.
There are more obvious examples of this as well, such as news anchors in different areas all reading from the exact same script.
5. THINGS ARE NOT DESIRED FOR THEIR INTRINSIC WORTH, BUT RATHER FOR THE SYMBOLS THAT THEY REPRESENT
After studying why people make certain purchasing decisions, Bernays observed that people often don’t desire something for its usefulness or value, but rather because it represents something else which they unconsciously crave.
Quote:A thing may be desired not for its intrinsic worth or usefulness, but because he has unconsciously come to see in it a symbol of something else, the desire for which he is ashamed to admit to himself.
Bernays gives the example of a man buying a car. From the outside, it may appear as if the man is buying the car because he needs a means of transport, but in actuality, he is buying it because he craves the elevated social status that comes with owning a motor vehicle.
This idea, too, applies to the events over the last few years.
For example, masks are a symbol of compliance. Everyone knows they don’t work but they wear them because of their desire to “fit in”, and to be seen as an upstanding citizen who follows the rules. Covid-19 injections are also a symbol and many people choose to get them because they have a desire to avoid being called an “anti-vaxxer” or a “conspiracy theorist”.
6. ONE CAN MANIPULATE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS BY CREATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MODIFY GROUP CUSTOMS
Lastly, Bernays tells us that if one wishes to manipulate the actions of an individual, the most effective way to do so is to create circumstances that engender the desired behaviour.
Quote:What are the true reasons why the purchaser is planning to spend his money on a new car instead of on a new piano? […] He buys a car, because it is at the moment the group custom to buy cars. The modern propagandist therefore sets to work to create circumstances which will modify that custom.
For example, why all of a sudden does everyone “stand with Ukraine”? According to Bernays, it’s not because there is a war going on and innocent people need our love and support, but rather because it is the new “group custom” to do so.
The process of altering group customs begins from the top down. In every nation or social clique, there are leaders, public figures and influencers. Manipulating those with the most sway eventually filters down into the public mind. That is why when a celebrity decides to wear something extravagant on the red carpet, a whole new trend can arise overnight.
Similarly, at the beginning of the Covid saga and then the Russia-Ukraine war, the media were quick to circulate stories of celebs “catching Covid” and urging people to stay home, or public figures condemning Russian actions and calling for stricter sanctions (which just so happened to hurt the West more than they hurt Russia).
THE PROPAGANDA PLAYBOOK
The world is a volatile place right now. Things seem to change quickly and no one knows what might happen next. However, amid all this chaos there is one thing that has not changed and is unlikely to change any time soon, and that is human psychology.
Because of this, the tactics used to manipulate people’s thoughts, beliefs and actions have not changed either. In fact, most of them were outlined in detail 100 years ago by Edward Bernays in his 1928 book, Propaganda.
That’s right, the Puppet Master’s playbook isn’t a secret. It’s right there, freely available to anyone who cares to understand how the powers that be seek to influence them on a daily basis.
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| Pope insists FSSP priest must concelebrate new rite Chrism Mass: French archbishop |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-27-2022, 07:33 AM - Forum: Pope Francis
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Pope insists traditionalist FSSP priest must concelebrate new rite Chrism Mass: French archbishop
Since the publication of Pope Francis’ unfamous motu proprio in July of last year, much confusion still remains as to how the decree applies.
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Pope Francis concelebrating Mass with many others in Mexico
Tue Apr 26, 2022
REIMS, France (LifeSiteNews) — A French archbishop reported that Pope Francis wants priests devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass to concelebrate the new rite at least once a year.
According to an article published in French magazine Famille Chrétienne last Thursday, Pope Francis received the leadership of the French Bishops’ Conference in Rome just a few weeks after their Spring Plenary Assembly in Lourdes.
On this occasion, the topic of the controversial motu proprio Traditiones Custodes, with which the Pontiff imposed severe restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), was brought to the table so that Pope Francis could clarify certain points.
According to bishops at the meeting, the Pope began by recalling “emphatically” that the decree of February 11, according to which priests of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) are not affected by the restrictions of the motu proprio and may continue to celebrate Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962, came from him.
Immediately afterward, however, Pope Francis emphasized the second paragraph of this decree, which states that FSSP priests “may use this faculty in their own churches or oratories” only, and that, otherwise, the 1962 missal “may only be used with the consent of the Ordinary of the place, except for the celebration of private Masses.”
According to Monsignor de Moulins-Beaufort, the Archbishop of Reims and head of the French Bishops’ Conference, Francis also insisted that all priests, regardless of their affiliation, must concelebrate at the annual Chrism Mass.
“He was very insistent that priests concelebrate at least the Chrism Mass,” De Moulins-Beaufort said.
The Chrism Mass takes place during Holy Week and is an occasion for the priests of a diocese to renew their promises to their local bishop and to manifest the unity of the Catholic Church.
From this, it appears that Pope Francis sees participation to the Chrism Mass as an obligation for priests, an idea that seems to clash with Canon 902 of the Code of Canon Law, as was pointed out in an article by German Catholic news outlet Katholisches.info.
Canon 902 states that every priest always retains the right to exercise his freedom to celebrate the Eucharist individually.
“Unless the benefit of Christ’s faithful requires or suggests otherwise, priests may concelebrate the Eucharist; they are, however, fully entitled to celebrate the Eucharist individually, but not while a celebration is taking place in the same church or oratory,” it states.
The Pope’s alleged insistence on concelebration at the Chrism Mass during his meeting with the French bishops appears to validate the actions of the now-Emeritus Archbishop Roland Minnerath of Dijon, who unceremoniously evicted the FSSP from his diocese last year, arguing that some of its priests refused to concelebrate at the Chrism Mass.
Since the publication of the motu proprio Traditiones Custodes last July, a great deal of confusion still remains as to how the decree applies. Its interpretation and application often depend upon the personal disposition of a given local bishop toward the TLM.
In the Diocese of Rome, for instance, the two decrees now in place contradict each other.
On Oct. 7, 2021, Cardinal Vicar Angelo De Donatis issued a decree banning the faithful from attending the Easter Triduum in the traditional rite in the personal parish of the Fraternity of St. Peter. This seems to contradict Pope Francis’ own decree of February 11 exempting the FSSP from restrictions.
This year, the FSSP in Rome interpreted the Pope’s decree as superior and celebrated the Easter Triduum according to the old rite at the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Katholishes.info reported.
Another point that remains to be clarified is the fate of other Ecclesia Dei communities such as the Institute of Christ the King and the Institute of the Good Shepherd. So far, Pope Francis has given no indication that he intends to extend his February 11 exemption to these communities.
These communities were not discussed at the meeting between Francis and the French bishops.
According to Famille Chrétienne, neither was mention made of the Via Romana, an initiative undertaken by mothers of priests who celebrate the TLM and who have been walking from Paris to Rome for weeks now to present Pope Francis with letters from the faithful, asking him to reconsider his motu proprio.
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| Litany of Our Lady of Good Counsel |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-26-2022, 10:41 AM - Forum: Litanies
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Litany of Our Lady of Good Counsel
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Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on us.
Beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father,
Pray for us. *
August Mother of God the Son, *
Blessed Spouse of God the Holy Ghost, *
Living temple of the Holy Trinity, *
Queen of heaven and earth, *
Seat of Divine wisdom, *
Depositary of the secrets of the Most High, *
Virgin most prudent. *
In our doubts and difficulties, *
In our tribulations and anguish, *
In our discouragements, *
In perils and temptations, *
In all our undertakings, *
In all our needs, *
At the hour of death, *
By thy Immaculate Conception, *
By thy happy Nativity, *
By thy admirable Presentation, *
By thy glorious Annunciation, *
By thy charitable Visitation, *
By thy Divine Maternity, *
By thy holy Purification, *
By the sorrows and anguish of thy maternal Heart, *
By thy precious Death, *
By thy triumphant Assumption, *
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Graciously hear us, O Lard.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God:
R. And obtain for us the gift of good counsel
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus, Author and Dispenser of all good, Who in becoming incarnate in the womb of the Blessed Virgin hast communicated to her lights above those of all the heavenly intelligences: grant that in honoring her under the title of Our Lady of Good Counsel we may merit always to receive from her goodness counsels of wisdom and salvation, which will conduct us to the port of a blessed eternity. Amen.
The Virgin Mother of Good Counsel
by Monsignor George F. Dillon, D.D., 1884
There is a very special reason, why, under the title of Our Lady of Good Counsel, the Mother of God should be now worshipped; for under that title She meets a special need. That need is the want of Good Counsel in the world. The devotion is, as the devotion to Jesus Christ in His Sacred Heart, and as the devotion to St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, a devotion reserved for the wants of the faithful in the dangerous days coming towards the end of time. Devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel is needed in like manner: for if it be true that to Her alone is reserved the power of crushing all heresies throughout the whole world and in all time, never was it more necessary to manifest that great power than in these days when all the streams of past error and malice unite with newer streams more deadly and wide-spread, to form a vast deluge of falsehood and error, meant by its author and his agents to wash out Christianity from the minds of men. It is the cunning of the infernal serpent, which has planned all this and made it universal. It is his power and sleepless astuteness which nurture and direct it. It is, for it must be Mary, therefore, Who is destined to crush him--to crush his head, to leave not one of his machinations disentangled and obliterated until all are effaced by Her might. It is Hers to give the world that Wisdom, and Counsel, and strength necessary for its last and most terrible combat. By her Most Pure, Virginal, and Maternal Dignity, by the immensity of Her merit and Her share in the work of Our Redemption, She must end in crushing to atoms the head of that deadly enemy of God and man, who desires to strangle Her Child in the souls of those for whom that Child died upon Calvary. --pages 509
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| U.S. FDA approves Gilead's Remdesivir for young children |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-26-2022, 07:59 AM - Forum: Pandemic 2020 [Secular]
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U.S. FDA approves Gilead's COVID-19 drug for young children
April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted the first full approval for treating COVID-19 in children aged 28 days and older to Gilead Sciences Inc's (GILD.O) drug remdesivir.
The move comes months after the agency expanded the drug's emergency use authorization to also include children below 12 years of age weighing at least 3.5 kilograms.
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision makes the drug the first approved COVID-19 treatment for children less than 12 years of age, the agency said.
The approval is applicable to children who are hospitalized, or have mild-to-moderate disease and are at high risk of severe COVID-19.
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| On Our Lord's Showing Himself to His Mother and Disciples after His Resurrection [1807] |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-25-2022, 07:27 AM - Forum: Resources Online
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Consider first, the haste that our Lord made to comfort His blessed mother and His afflicted disciples by manifesting Himself to them immediately after His resurrection. As to His blessed mother, though the gospel is silent, we cannot doubt but she was favoured with an early visit; that as she loved Him most, and partook more than any other in the sorrows of His passion, so she might also in the joy of his resurrection. Learn, my soul, from hence that the way for thee also to experience something of the visits and comforts of heaven is to suffer and to love. The good women that went early in the morning to the monument with their sweet spices and ointments, to perfume the body of our Lord, were likewise favoured first with a vision of angels, and then with a sight of Christ himself, to teach us that the true way to find Christ is to rise early to seek him; to go in quest of him with the aromatical perfumes of ardent desires and devout affections; and to persevere in the search without being discouraged with apprehensions of difficulties and oppositions. These holy women are concerned who should roll away the stone for them from the monument, that they might come at the body of our Lord, for it was exceeding great; but lo, when they came to the place they found the stone was rolled away to their hands: to teach us that if we continue constant in our good resolutions, God will remove those difficulties we apprehend, or enable us by his grace to overcome them.
Consider 2ndly, the favour our Lord was pleased to show to penitent sinners at His resurrection, by honouring Magdalene amongst women, and Peter amongst men, with His first visits. Magdalene, from the time of her conversion, had constantly adhered to the Lord; she followed Him even to the cross; she attended on Him there till He gave up the ghost; she saw His body laid in the monument, and after the repose of the Sabbath day, she was up before light, and was the first at the monument with her perfumes. When she found Him not, she ran to the apostles to tell them the body was taken away. Peter and John ran to the monument, and finding there the linen cloths without the body, went their way home again: but Magdalene stayed and continued her search, weeping and lamenting that she could not find Him whom her soul loved,--till at length she saw His heavenly messenger, and shortly after Himself in person, and was sent by Him as an apostle to carry themselves the joyful tidings of His resurrection. O happy tears of love! O happy perseverance! O see, my soul, thou seek thy Lord in the like manner, and thou wilt infallibly find Him.
Consider 3rdly, that Peter, who from the time of His fall had been continually weeping and bitterly bewailing His sins, was the first of the apostles that was favoured with the sight of our Lord, 1 Cor. xv. 5, and Luke xxiv. 34. At the first news brought by Magdalene of our Saviour's body being missing, He took the alarm and ran to the monument, and not finding the body there went home, believing it had been taken away. But our Lord was pleased to remove this error by manifesting Himself to him, and showing him that body alive which he sought among the dead. O what sentiments of confusion and repentance for His having denied the Lord of glory, mixed with a holy joy at the sight of His being now risen from the dead, filled the soul of the apostle upon this occasion! O how did he cast himself at the feet of his Lord, and there confess his crime, and how lovingly was he received to mercy, and favoured upon the spot with a plenary indulgence and absolution! And not only that, but to show the unspeakable bounty of our Lord to repenting sinners, a little while after, when our Lord manifested himself to him again, John xxi., He was pleased to advance him to the supreme pastoral charge over all His flock, by committing to him all His lambs and all His sheep, and to promise him the glory of following Him, even to the dying upon a cross, for Him: all in consequence of that most ardent love of which he three times required a profession of Him, 'Lovest thou me more than these?' as it were in opposition to his three denials.
Conclude, whatever thy case may be, and however thou mayest have denied thy Saviour by word or deed, to return now to him by repentance and love, and 'if thy sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow,' Isaias i. 18. Love is the shortest way to the remission of sins, and to all other good.
ON OUR LORD SHOWING HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLES GOING TO EMMAUS
by Richard Challoner, 1807
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Consider first, how two of the disciples going from Jerusalem to a neighbouring town called Emmaus, on the very day of our Lord's resurrection, while they were discoursing together on the way and making him the subject of their conversation, were also favoured with His presence, yet in such a manner as not to know Him. He overtook them on the way and joined their company, and after upbraiding them with their slowness of belief, explained to them the Scriptures that related to His passion and resurrection, and enkindled in their hearts the fire of devotion. See, Christians, the great advantage of pious conversation, such especially as has Christ for its subject--it even draws Him down from heaven into our company. We may in some measure apply to it what our Lord says, Matt. xviii. 20, 'When there are two or three gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them.' Luke vi. 45. What a pity then there should be generally so little of God in the conversation of Christians! Alas, how can this forgetfulness of God be reconciled with our loving Him? We naturally delight to speak of what we love--'for from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh:' how then can we flatter ourselves that the love of God is the master of our hearts, when we seldom care to speak of Him? Surely this is not the way to engage Christ to be in our company.
Consider 2ndly, that our Lord was not known at first by these disciples, because their faith in Him was weak and imperfect. See, my soul, if the weakness of thy faith be not also the reason why He does not manifest Himself to thee, so as to let thee know Him indeed, as the Saints have done. St. Gregory takes notice that these disciples were not enlightened so as to know Christ whilst they only heard His words, but were quickly enlightened in the fulfilling of His commandments, by the exercise of hospitality and charity, to teach us that the way to come at the knowledge of God and of those truths which as yet we are ignorant of is to practise, to the best of our power, what we know already of His heavenly will. These disciples 'knew our Lord in the breaking of bread:' to teach us that there is no better way to come at the perfection of the knowledge and love of God, than a worthy participation of the bread of life in the blessed Eucharist.
Consider 3rdly, how these disciples took notice that their hearts were burning within them whilst they were in the company of our Lord and enjoyed His heavenly conversation, Luke xxiv. 32. My soul, dost thou desire to experience something of these sacred flames? Seek them in the company and conversation of Christ. Alas! the reason why thou art so lukewarm, or rather downright cold in thy devotions, is the continual dissipation of thy thoughts at other times, and a habit of indulging vain amusements, which fill thy inward house with such disagreeable company as keep Christ away from thee and rob thee of his sweet conversation. O how happy mightest thou be if by banishing all these impertinences by a spirit of recollection, thou wouldst endeavour to keep thyself always close to thy Saviour, and like the ancient Saints to walk with Him! A diligence in this would make thee begin to enjoy a heaven upon earth.
Conclude to study well these lessons, which our Lord desires we should learn from His manifestations of Himself after His resurrection. But especially learn to seek always the happiness of His company and conversation, in thy own interior: there is the school of divine love.
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| Unvaccinated people increase risk of COVID-19 infection among vaccinated: new study |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-25-2022, 07:14 AM - Forum: Pandemic 2020 [Secular]
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'Science' is using 'modeling' rather than real studies to promote a narrative...
Unvaccinated people increase risk of COVID-19 infection among vaccinated: new study
Global News [adapted - emphasis mine] | April 25, 2022
Even with high immunization rates, unvaccinated people threaten the safety of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, suggests a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
“We’ve really tended to forget that we’re in a pandemic of a communicable disease, which means that our actions affect those around us,” Dr. David Fisman, the study’s coauthor and professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, told Global News.
Published April 25, the study uses an infectious disease model (are there not enough real human subjects on which to base a study anymore? - The Catacombs) based on the province of Ontario to reproduce the interactions between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations in a mostly vaccinated population.
“We use models in a lot of different ways,” said Fisman. “They’re just simplified versions of reality.”
This particular model, used different mixing techniques to understand how infection rates differ between those with and without the jab.
The models parameters included vaccine effectiveness, a baseline immunity in unvaccinated people and an infection recovery rate, among others.
Attack rates (notice the subtle transition from 'infection rates' to 'attack rates' - The Catacombs) among those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 were highest when they were randomly mixed within the unvaccinated subpopulation. They were lowest when they were surrounded by others who are also vaccinated.
“Humans do not mix randomly. (They) exhibit a tendency to interact preferentially with others like themselves, a phenomenon referred to as ‘assortativity,’” the research stated.
“People’s friends tend to be similar in age or people may hang out with the same sex. They may hang out with or attract more people from their own socioeconomic group, their own ethnic group,” said Fisman.
“That also turns out to be really important in terms of people’s decision to get vaccinated against COVID,” he added.
For the unvaccinated, attack rates were lowest when mixing amid the vaccinated subpopulation.
“When you have a lot of mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, the risk for unvaccinated people actually goes down,” said Fisman. “Vaccinated people become a buffer when you have a lot of mixing and risk in vaccinated people goes up.”
At this stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials like Kieran Moore and Bonnie Henry have been promoting everyone to manage the virus “at their own risk,” according to Fisman.
“(However), at the end of the day, this is about collective action. Unfortunately, in a communicable disease system – we’re all connected and that’s why we have to rely on public health for things like this,” Fisman said.
“The decision to get vaccinated can’t be framed as just a matter of personal choice because it has implications for the safety of other people in the community,” he added.
The authors’ findings remained consistent even when they modelled lower levels of vaccine effectiveness, such as in those who have not received a booster dose or with the new variants of the virus.
Afia Amoako, coauthor of the study and second-year PhD student at the University of Toronto, said it’s unfortunate that vaccination has become so “politicized.”
“Now our health care system is struggling,” she said.
Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, estimates the surgery waitlist has grown to between 225,000 to 250,000 patients. Nova Scotia Health currently has about 27,000 patients waiting for surgery.
In Quebec, the most recent data shows at least 160,000 residents waiting.
Data from the Public Health Agency of Canada also showed hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose about 18 per cent across Canada between April 4 and April 11 to 6,020 people needing beds.
Earlier this month, Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan’s chief medical officer of health, said the bulk of hospitalizations in the province were being driven by people who remained unvaccinated or who were vulnerable and hadn’t received a shot.
That aligns with data from the Public Health Agency that shows as of March 27, people with three doses of vaccine made up about 10 per cent of hospitalizations Canada-wide, while the unvaccinated accounted for 61 per cent. About 20 per cent of patients had two shots.
“Being fully vaccinated in any age group and getting boosted protects you from hospitalization,” Shahab said. “COVID-19 is not something that’s going to go away.”
Health Canada says people who are vaccinated are significantly protected from severe outcomes from COVID-19, which include hospitalization and death.
It found that throughout March cases among the unvaccinated were eight times more likely to end up in hospital and 11 times more likely to die compared with the fully vaccinated who had received a booster shot.
“The history has told us time and time again how important it is. We look to history to see that everyone has a role to play,” said Amoako, referencing smallpox and measles. “It’s very much a collective thing.”
Figures from the federal government show that about 57 per cent of Canadians 18 and older are fully vaccinated with an additional dose, while 47 per cent of the total population have received the COVID-19 booster.
Newfoundland and Labrador, the province with the highest vaccinate rate in the country — 91 per cent of its population with two shots — has 55 per cent of its people with a third dose.
Dr. Theresa Tam, the national chief public health officer, has urged Canadians 18 and older to get boosted because of a recent surge of COVID-19 cases due to the more transmissible BA. 2 variant.
“Whether you call it the sixth wave or not there’s an increase which is being seen in most areas across Canada,” Tam said earlier this month.
She said the booster is also recommended for those who have recently been infected with COVID-19.
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