Blessed Sacrament In DC Tries To Salvage Church Donations

When I went to a weekday Mass at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in DC during last week, I saw their Aug 5 bulletin and an item caught my eye.  It's a letter from the relatively new pastor, Father Bill Foley, addressing the congregation about the McCarrick mess.  Here it is.

At first it starts out in a relatively conciliatory tone, but it isn't long before we get to the real heart of the matter.  Notice how he says that those harmed by the Cardinal might be "filled with rage" and "seek revenge".  That's rather pejorative language, don't you think?  That's a thinly-veiled attempt to cajole good people who've been hurt into not seeking redress for the harm done for them.

Regrettably, the only way we can do that is to withhold money.  Otherwise, the bishops will continue to brush off our concerns.  Cardinal Wuerl demonstrated that quite amply with his dismissive attitudes towards the laity, suggesting that:

• bishops investigate themselves and each other and 
• that we are not in a "massive, massive crisis"

Why does Father Foley not recall that?  Does he too think the laity are naive little bumpkins?  Moreover, if he's concerned about limiting "what the parish does to serve you", why doesn't he simply divulge to the congregation the donations that aren't assessed by the Archdiocese?  After all, he does opine that the withholding "will not in any significant way affect the Archdiocese", so what harm would assessment-free support do?  Yoo-hoo!  Are you listening, Father Foley??

I already laid out a strategy to starve the chancery beasts while supporting decent parishes.   One question that each Catholic will have to answer for themselves is whether or not their individual parish warrants support.  There is a matter of justice if you're attending Mass there, sitting in their pews, using their bathrooms, etc, that might require some minimum, even if the parish is lackluster.  By the way - Blessed Sacrament has been known to host pro-aborts, celebrate dissidents, etc.  In all fairness to Father Foley, these insults to the Faith occurred prior to his arrival there.

I haven't done too extensive a search, but I haven't seen any such dribble in any other parish bulletins.  Has anyone else?

McCarrick Is Gone, But This Is NOT Over By A Longshot

Today the USCCB announced that Cardinal McCarrick submitted to the pope his resignation from the College of Cardinals; the pope accepted that resignation and directed that the now ex-cardinal spend his life in prayer and penance in seclusion.

While this news is welcome, it is not altogether unexpected.  When the story broke on June 20 that he had been removed from public ministry, I and others speculated that he might well be the designated "fall guy", taking "one for the team" and being handsomely rewarded for it.  They were perhaps hoping that after the removal, that the public's admittedly fickle attention would be diverted elsewhere and McCarrick's situation fall off the communal radar.  However, the media, both secular and the faithful Catholic outlets did not let it die.  In fact, we started to ask questions about the network that kept McCarrick and others in office for decades while these crimes were occurring.

It was probably our interest in a large-scale boycott of all diocesan collections (and the USCCB ones) that really caused them to adopt more intensive damage-control measures - hence today's announcement.  They probably fear not only the loss of revenues but the prospect of us probing into their skullduggary and exposing the cancer that they unleashed upon Holy Mother Church.

So now McCarrick is removed.  We don't know how voluntary that resignation was, but at this point it doesn't matter.  I suspect there will be no real change in his lifestyle.  At his age he wasn't engaged in that much public ministry anyway.  I believe he'll live in relative comfort.  They won't do too much to him because they realize that he may well have dirt on many of them.  We certainly must pray that he does repent and make a good confession before it's time for him to stand before God, as we all must.

Let the USCCB and the Vatican understand that while we are pleased at this first step, by no means are we satisfied.  We will not be mollified by one prelate's removal, when there is an entire network of evil infesting the Church.  We intend to keep probing, and yes, we will exercise our "power of the purse strings".  The glare of public attention will not abate, although our donations certainly will.

Certainly we can say that no more will the donations of hard-working faithful Catholics go towards legal settlements occasioned by the debauched romps and orgies of faithless and  perverted prelates.  Case in point: the diocese of Great Falls - Billings Montana has to cough up $20 million to pay off several victims of perverted clergy.  They had the unmitigated gall to go to their parishioners and tell them that 1) each parish would have to fork over 10% of their savings accounts (money from the laity) and 2) each family was expected to "donate" $1,000.00.  My hope and prayer is that the Montana laity will tell Bishop Warfel to take his extortion demand and "shove it where the sun don't shine".  Warfel's shakedown is nothing short of an outrage.

McCarrick should never have received that red hat.  When that bestowal was announced, some went to Rome to advise Pope John Paul II of his crimes.  Sadly, the pope ignored them.  Those unnamed individuals are now justified.  But there is the whole network that helped McCarrick move up the ladder to his former positions of influence.  There are the prelates who most likely knew of his crimes.  Let's shine the spotlight on them as we both pray our Rosaries and withhold our donations.

Below is a panel discussion that aired last night before news of McCarrick's removal broke this morning.  Listen to get a flavor of the outrage that needs to continue to purge our Church of the filth and vermin within her halls.

Call To Action For Catholics Of The Archdiocese Of Washington

Unless one is deliberately oblivious and clueless they cannot help but notice the revelations about Cardinal McCarrick and his sexual abuse of young men.  Actually, most of us have known this "open secret" but now all pretenses of secrecy have been jettisoned.

Ann Barnhardt has some plausible theories regarding the archdiocese' current prelate.  Whatever else Wuerl might or might not be, he certainly was an enabler for McCarrick.  And no, we are not such dunces as to believe that Cardinal Wuerl (or J Tobin or Farrell) were innocently unaware of what was transpiring under their noses.

I link now to a LifeSiteNews article written by a psychiatrist who has dealt with clergy sex abuse.  Here are two paragraphs that caught my eye.

In my clinical experience, bishops or those on their staff who are sexual heretics attempt to laicize loyal priests who did not abuse minors or adults and whose psychological conflicts can be resolved.  They also support or generate false accusations of abuse against loyal priests whom they then try to laicize.  As with Cardinal McCarrick, other bishops are aware of their hostile, passive-aggressive activities against loyal priests and the Church. 

Loyal priests are often told by their pastors or pressured by their bishops through his staff not to preach on contraception, sexual morality, marriage, fornication, homosexuality or adultery. Those who do not remain silent on these subjects are often victims of false accusations. Tragically, a ‘critical mass’ of homosexually inclined clergy has tipped the balance and the clergy who are faithful on sexual ethics are in danger of being falsely accused.

This very accurately describes the treatment meted out to Father Guarnizo at my parish just over six years ago.  Prior to his encounter with the lesbian who tried to take Communion from him, he was preaching on the evils of homosexuality during the weekday Masses.  Several guilty noses were thrown out of joint and they were looking for the opportunity to take him down.  When the Post picked up on the situation with the lesbian (My!  Didn't that happen with all speed?), they removed his faculties with barely the pretense of any due process.  I've no doubt that they would have laicized him, if he weren't actually incardinated in another diocese.

I absolutely agree that all who enabled McCarrick over the years should immediately resign.  That might mean an empty DC chancery, but that really would be no great loss.

Michael Voris has issued a call to action.  Part of that entails the boycott of any and all diocesan collections.  Obviously that is doubly incumbent upon us who reside in McCarrick's home diocese.  Let us start by boycotting the CCHD collection that will occur during the weekend of Aug 4-5.  We shouldn't be contributing one penny to that Alinskyian cash cow anyway.  However, we have a way to send a message to the chancery.  Don't just throw your envelopes away.  Inside your envelope, place a note in it and drop that in the collection basket.  Here is some suggested language for the note.

"I will not contribute one red cent to a fund that funnels money to anti-God and anti-life organizations.  Furthermore, I will never contribute again to any diocesan collection unless Cardinal McCarrick and his enablers atone for their crimes against young men, nature, and the God whom they pledged to serve."

Please pass this on to your fellow Catholics, especially within the Archdiocese of Washington.

The Catholic Laity Need To Wake Up

That is a key theme found in an article called "The Catholic Church Is A Cesspool".  The title is true enough if by "Catholic Church" he means the institutional structure that is infested with perverts and their toads.  Among the actions he suggests is the withholding of donations to bishops' collection.  In the Archdiocese of Washington, that would mean the complete boycott of the "Communications and Human Development" (really the CCHD collection) that will happen during the weekend of August 4-5.  We in this archdiocese simply cannot give financial aid to Cardinal McCarrick and his henchmen any longer.

Randy Engel, who wrote "Rite Of Sodomy" many years ago, gave an analysis of the situation that was published in AKA Catholic.  In light of what she wrote, it makes sense how McCarrick and others were able to get away with their crimes (and resultant destruction of faith if not lives) of so many young men.  She, like I, believe that he will retire quietly and live out the rest of his earthly life in relative comfort.  She too believes that such will be enabled by the "short and faulty memory of American Catholics".  She got that right.  I live in the parish where six years ago Father Marcel Guarnizo was ousted because he obeyed Canon 915.  I wonder how many of my fellow parishioners even remember that (a few do, but not too many)?

The fact is that we laity are not mere "little people" who have no clout.  In addition to our own prayer (especially the Rosary), we must utilize our rights as laity.  We must speak out, and even speak in rebuke to these prelates, should we ever encounter them.  And of course we hold the "power of the purse".  Until these prelates come clean (and that might be never), we should never contribute one red penny to any bishop's or USCCB-affiliated collection.  Why should we finance their lawsuit settlements and their cushy "lives of secluded penance"?  Don't forget to advise your chanceries of your cessation of donations.  There are plenty of other worthy recipients of your donation dollars.

For residents in the Archdiocese of Washington, that is, McCarrick's home diocese, that would mean that we completely boycott the upcoming CCHD collection during the weekend of Aug 4-5.  Of course the CCHD was always unworthy of our donations, but now we have even more reason to starve to death that beast known as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The abuse of young men by perverts in the clergy is nothing new.  In times past, though, the Church knew how to deal with it.  Consider these words of St. Basil the Great (as quoted by St. Peter Damian) regarding that topic:

"Any cleric or monk who seduces young men or boys, or who is apprehended in kissing or in any shameful situation, shall be publicly flogged and shall lose his clerical tonsure. Thus shorn, he shall be disgraced by spitting into his face, bound in iron chains, wasted by six months of close confinement, and for three days each week put on barley bread given him toward evening. Following this period, he shall spend a further six months living in a small segregated courtyard in the custody of a spiritual elder, kept busy with manual labor and prayer, subjugated to vigils and prayers, forced to walk at all times in the company of two spiritual brothers, never again allowed to associate with young men for purposes of improper conversation or advice,”

Wise words indeed.

More On McCarrick - With A Trip Down Memory Lane

Christopher Manion, a Catholic journalist, wrote a piece in which he calls for the resignations of all bishops who knew of Cardinal McCarrick's abuses and did nothing to stop it.  One Peter Five has commentary on that and I need not elaborate on that.  I would only add that priests be added to that clarion call.  Even if they were victims, even if their vocations were on the line, they still had a moral duty to come forth, yet they shirked it.

Today Church Militant published the account of John DeFilippis, a former seminarian who had his own harrowing experience with Cardinal McCarrick.  However, even he doesn't name names.  Clearly the priest who told him that McCarrick might want to share his bed was complicit.  He should be named.

From the moment he arrived in Washington, Cardinal McCarrick was always prone to embroil himself in squalid associations, be they with Ted Kennedy, John Sweeney, Sr. Carol Keehan, etc.  Over the years I've been involved with four pickets to protest his joint appearances with these pro-aborts.  It appears that there will be no others from him - at least I hope so.  Below I post a video from the last of these encounters.  This occasion was the graduating ceremony of students from Gonzaga High, in June of 2010.  The Obama Hell-Bill had just been signed, with the connivance of Sister Carol Keehan of the Pen of Perfidy.  Guess who the commencement speaker was?  Yes, the aforementioned Keehan!  Guess who gave the invocation?  Yes, Cardinal McCarrick!  We were on hand to protest the debacle and Cardinal McCarrick received some well-deserved rebuke.  Observe (please watch till the end).

Cardinal McCarrick's years are winding down.  He hasn't much time left.  Please pray that he repents - that he makes a good confession, and very soon.  Else his eternal prospects look mighty dim.

Some Of McCarrick's Abused Come Forward - More Are Needed

On July 16th the New York Times published an article that details the sexual abuse that many seminarians endured at the hands of Cardinal McCarrick.  It also makes clear that higher-ups in Church leadership did absolutely nothing when complaints about Cardinal McCarrick were lodged with them.  LifeSiteNews links to the article, with helpful commentary of their own.  By the way - this article links to another that details McCarrick's role in procuring the pontificate for Cardinal Bergoglio.  McCarrick himself admitted it in the video embedded here.

The latest issue of the Catholic Standard published statements about McCarrick's mess.  Frankly, given their absolute silence regarding the Archdiocese's treatment of Father Guarnizo in 2012, a situation that literally made world-wide news, I was wondering if they were going to try the "mum" routine again.  They probably realized that they wouldn't get away with it this time, so they tried some "damage control"; either that, or they (and the New York Times) are participating in a wide-scale ruse.  What do I mean by "ruse"?  As I said in previous posts, I wonder if it's possible that McCarrick is simply taking "one for the team" to appease those of us who are tired of predators in roman collars roaming freely throughout the church.  At his age, he hasn't that much to lose, and could easily be placed somewhere to live his remaining years rather comfortably.

Anyway, the Standard published McCarrick's statement, available here.  I commented on the part where he said he "had no recollection" of the abuse.  However, he also said "I am sorry for the pain the person who brought the charge has gone through.."  Pain?  What pain?  If pain is present, what caused that pain?  And why would McCarrick think it appropriate to say he's sorry for the pain?  Freudian slip much?

Also on the 16th Renew American published a piece by Matt Abbott in which he discloses what one of McCarrick's victims told him about twelve years ago.  The now-ex-priest's name is Bart Aslin  So far he, Ciolek, and Father Boniface Ramsey (LSN article) are the only ones (to my knowledge) that have gone on record to detail   My blogging colleague Vox Cantoris opines that all bishops today at least knew of McCarrick's sordid activities and yet remained silent.  I agree but I think the conspiracy of silence goes much further than that.  There are many priests who either were targeted by the Cardinal or knew of the targeting of their brother priests and seminarians.  Mr. Aslin wrote that many of them chose silence to protect their chances of ordination.  However, they were taught (or should have been taught) in their moral theology classes that the ends do not justify evil means.  Yes, their silence was and is evil.  By their silence they made it easier for the abuse to continue unabated.  I reiterate my call for them to come forth and join Aslin and Ciolek to ensure that McCarrick has no more access to young boys.

Pope Francis Joked Of McCarrick Going To Hell

These jokes happened twice over the years, and the Cardinal thought them so hilarious that he couldn't resist rehashing the "charming" anecdotes.  Some questions come immediately to mind.

1. Hell is a serious business.  It is one of the main missions of priests to save people from that horrible fate and direct them to heaven.  Since when do competent priests consider hell to be a joking matter?
2. If, as Ms. Yore suggests, Pope Francis knew of McCarrick's sordid conduct with young men, why did he not address it appropriately?  Was he afraid of McCarrick or were the jokes a "wink-wink" sort of approval of his behavior?

Let us pray for the gift of repentance to the cardinal and all clergy who have engaged in this conduct, lest they suffer the horrifying fate about which they so glibly joke today.

McCarrick Matter Puts Past Situations In New Light

Both LifeSiteNews and National Catholic Register raise a very serious question.  That is, "In light of what they knew regarding Cardinal McCarrick's crimes of perversion, why did his brother bishops say nothing, essentially allowing McCarrick to carry on unfettered?"  We even know that when Pope John Paul II was considering the bestowal of the "red hat" on then-Archbishop McCarrick, a group of seminarians (some prior targets) went to Rome to advise against this appointment; the were ignored.

I now link to an article written a few days ago by Eric Sammons.  It appears on the One Peter Five site and is entitled "Who Watches The Watchmen?  The Fatal Flaw Of The Dallas Charter".   He, like I, resided in the Archdiocese of Washington at the time and we experienced in our different ways the damage control mechanisms of the DC chancery when the Boston Globe first broke the story regarding the rampant abuse of minors by clerics.  He relates his experiences as a parent of being treated as a potential abuser when he challenged the fatal flaws of Virtus.

My experience of the damage control was different but still quite revealing.  In the wake of the scandals, the chancery decided to have discussion panels at various parishes to detail to concerned Catholics "what they were doing to address the problem".  I realized very soon after the first and only session at St Raphael's in Rockville that its purposes was to quell our questioning and displeasure.

The room at St Raphael's was packed.  The panel of so-called "experts" from the Archdiocese first tried to tell us that nationwide only about 10% of pedophile cases are homosexual in nature.  That didn't work when we pointed out that we were not concerned with pedophilia as it occurs in the general population but that which is perpetrated by Catholic clergy, and that indeed is over 90% homosexual.  For the rest of the evening, the "experts" adopted  "deer-in-headlight" facial expressions as they tried to suffer through and end their torture quickly. This first of these sessions turned out to be the last as well.  Clearly these "experts" were instructed to brainwash us into disregarding the homosexual component.  Now they probably had no idea that their boss Cardinal McCarrick was one of those abusers, and we certainly didn't.  However, last week's news puts my St Raphael's experience in a new light.

Also put in a new light is the situation that occurred at my parish over six years ago, when Father Marcel Guarnizo was expelled from the Archdiocese for denying Holy Communion to a flagrant lesbian.  I needn't go through these details, including the ADW's despicable conduct towards Father, but when you consider that another pervert, albeit retired, still wielded much influence in the chancery, we get a bit more insight into the mindsets of ADW leaders.

Some of my colleagues voice optimism that this revelation might signal a paradigm shift in attitudes of church leaders towards gay sex abuse among their clergy.  I remain cautious for leopards don't change their spots overnight.  I voiced a possibility that Cardinal McCarrick, since he is already of advanced age, might simply be "taking one for the team", and if our attention is diverted to other matters, he might simply be left alone to be quietly rewarded.  But I may happily be proven wrong.  God does work miracles.

Another Inadvertent Admission Of Truth? - With Update.

In today's bulletin was an insert from the Archdiocese of Washington containing Cardinal Wuerl's statement regarding Cardinal McCarrick's situation.  This probably went into the bulletins of all the ADW churches.  It is to the right.  Click on it to open it in a new window if it is too small to read.

What caught my eye is the statement that is the third line from bottom in the body of Wuerl's statement.  The Cardinal asks prayers for "the survivor who stepped forward".   Survivor??  In order for a person to be a "survivor", there must be a traumatic event that he/she survived.  So just what did this individual survive?

I suspect this choice of language was probably not well-considered from the chancery's perspective precisely because it indicates that the allegations are true.

UPDATE - A friend pointed out to me that Cardinal Wuerl's comment about no case being lodged against Cardinal McCarrick here only pertained to abuse of minors.  No reference - including denial - is made to any abuse of seminarians or adults.  That means there could be cases.  They do have a way with words, don't they?

McCarrick's Nephews Must Come Forth And Come Clean

About 18 months ago I posted a video detailing the nine ways that one can be an accessory to the mortal sin of another, thereby incurring the guilt of his/her own mortal sin.  I now post that and ask you to review, then I'll continue my comments below the video.



I now link to an article by Rob Dreher about the removal of Cardinal McCarrick.  He goes into rather graphic detail about the alleged abuses by Cardinal McCarrick.  This is not the first time that I've heard of these scenarios.  Notice that in this article, McCarrick is depicted as molesting seminarians that were in his charge.  McCarrick is removed due to an incident with a minor, but seminarians are not minors.  They were young men at the time, but full grown and quite capable of fending off an older man - but they didn't!

As you heard in the video, two of the ways that one shares the guilt of another's mortal sin are by concealment and silence.  That's exactly the grievous fault of these young men.  A careful read of the article makes clear that some of them pretended not to notice as McCarrick was molesting one of their fellow seminarians a few feet from him.  One gets a hint as to the motivation behind the silence - that they didn't want to jeopardize their chances at being ordained.  But what really did they do?  Did they in fact not compromise their own priesthoods by such (I'll say it) cowardice?  In some cases they displayed despicable lack of charity in failing to come to the aid of their brother seminarians.  Surely at the time of these incidents they had some knowledge that what was going on was morally repugnant.  Would they have looked the other way while a young child was being so raped?  Only they can answer that question, but given what they did I shudder to ponder the answer to that question.

This matter is now under investigation.  I now call upon those who may have been molested by the Cardinal to come forth and lend their names and testimony to the investigation.  They are morally obliged to do so.  In their previous silence they not only endangered themselves but the seminarians who came after them under McCarrick's control.  They now have the opportunity to make some sort of amends.  They now have the opportunity to send messages to other perverts that the days of free access to youths without consequences are over.

BREAKING - Cardinal McCarrick Removed From Ministry After "Credible" Abuse Allegations - Updated

From LifeSiteNews.  I'll have more to say on this later when time allows, and will add to this post.  Suffice it now to say that I'm not the least bit surprised.

UPDATE:
As promised, I will add my two cents worth now that I have some time.  As a reminder, I have lived in the Archdiocese of Washington since early childhood - about 54 years.  That means I endured the reign of Cardinal McCarrick and his ever-increasing progressive pandering.  At one time, faithful Catholics could make their displeasure known via the Catholic Standard's "letters to the editor".  Once McCarrick made known his disdain for Canon 915, the Standard ceased their "letters to the editor" because they were hearing from thousands of faithful Catholics (including me).  To date the Standard has not resumed that feature.  Hence I started the site restore-dc-catholicism.com website and a few years later, this blog, to give some voice to faithful Catholics and to help coordinate some activism to clean up the Church.  When McCarrick had retired and Wuerl succeeded him, we had hopes for some improvement.  We know what became of those hopes.

In his retirement, McCarrick had not kept any silence.  Put the word "McCarrick" in the search box in the top left to see how he, in his retirement, continued to trash the credibility of the Church.  We haven't heard from him too much lately and I assume he's just slowing down due to his advanced age.  So much for this background.

Let's look closely at his statement as quoted by LifeSiteNews.  As he commented on the report of the allegation, he said. "while I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse".  That's quite the Freudian slip.  If someone were to allege that I had robbed a bank, murdered a person, committed arson, etc, my statement wouldn't indicate that "I have no recollection" for I know damned well that I didn't commit those crimes, I'd denounce the allegation vehemently and I'd take the person who made the allegations to court for slander, defamation of character, you name it.  Now McCarrick has alwasy been quite slippery with his words.  Might he have meant that he had no recollection of that particular incident simply because there were so many over the years that he lost track of them all?

It's no secret that Pope Francis himself is quite sympathetic to sodomites.  The interim relatio at the 2014 Extraordinary Synod on the Family made that painfully obvious, as did other incidents detailed in various blogposts.  So why, oh why, did McCarrick get sacked?  Did he somehow run afoul of that Bergoglio-led mafia in the Vatican?  Maybe, but maybe not.  We faithful Catholics have been turning up the heat on the Vatican for some time.  Maybe they decided to toss to us a little bone.  The Cardinal has been removed from public ministry.  So what?  Just how much "public ministry" is an 87-year-old doing anyway?  Perhaps he's being secretly rewarded for being a "fall-guy".

It's difficult to guess the motives behind the removal of McCarrick from ministry.  Suffice it to say that the Vatican is most likely operating from less-than-honorable motives.  At least some sort of justice has been served, even if only meagerly.  Let us pray for more cleansing of the Church's clergy.

Did Cardinal McCarrick Lobby For Pope Francis' Election?

All the signs seem to indicate that he did: including an admission from the Cardinal himself.  My friend at Les Femmes commented on a biography of the pope and highlighted some of the goings-on before and during the conclave.  I post below a video of an address that McCarrick gave at Villanova University in October 2013.  I urge you to listen for about 5 minutes, starting at the 17:00 mark.  I believe that McCarrick did in fact "talk up" Bergoglio.  Recall the address that he gave prior to the conclave, in which he voiced the opinion that the next pontiff should be Latin American - or at least familiar with the church in that area.

Did Cardinal McCarrick violate canon law?  I'm not sure.  The electors themselves were forbidden to do such lobbying, but McCarrick was not an elector owing to his age.  However, Cardinal Wuerl was an elector and was in the conclave; they both are peas from the same progressive pod.  Might this little tid-bit explain why Wuerl wielded such influence at the sin-nod and why he was allowed to supplant Cardinal Burke in the Congregation of Bishops?

Cardinal McCarrick, Does This Look Like Catholic Social Teaching?

Last week I reported that Cardinal McCarrick disgraced his office and made a fool of himself at a press conference hosted by Muslims.  At that conference he claimed, "Catholic social teaching is based on the dignity of the human person… [and] as you study the holy Koran, as you study Islam, basically, this is what Muhammad the prophet, peace be upon him, has been teaching."

Oh yes!  He actually said that Catholic social teaching and Islam have the same idea of the dignity of the human person!

Last Sunday the 29th Annual Muslim Day Parade occurred in New York City.  Conservative Post has a write-up and I'll post the video here.  The video, part of the parade, depicts what seems to be a favorite Muslim activity these days - hanging people!  If that is Cardinal McCarrick's idea of "human dignity", no wonder Holy Mother Church in the US - particularly DC - is in such a sorry state!

Watch the video - particularly at 1:25.  At 1:40, notice the children marching behind the barbaric spectacle.  The truck appears to have pictures of other acts of Muslim violence pasted on it.  I'm not sure Muslims know what being human is, let alone have a decent concept of human dignity.

Cardinal McCarrick Channels His Inner Imam - Again!

Nine years ago, Cardinal McCarrick addressed some Jordanian dignitaries at the Catholic University of America.  In his prayer incantation, he invoked "allah" (as though it were a true deity) three times!  Guess how many times he invoked Jesus Christ?  Zero-zip-nada!  Read it from this blog's sister site here http://www.restore-dc-catholicism.com/McCarrick%20watch.htm and scroll all the way to the bottom.  Please read the text of the complete address.  Here are more incredible McCarrick gaffes relating to Islam.  Two days ago he added yet another.

Two days ago at a press conference in Washington - arranged by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, he again offered islamic-sounding incantations (I will not call that idolatrous screed "prayer"!), saying less-than-edifying pronouncements:

• "In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate" - an islamic invocation, roughly analogous to the Sign of the Cross for Catholics
• "Mohammed the prophet, peace upon him" - again, another nod to the islamic heresy - never mind that Mohammed was a pedophile who murdered anyone standing in the way of his false creed

I see no sign that the Cardinal invoked the name of Jesus Christ at least once - just as happened nine years ago at Catholic University of America.  Please read that entire article as it points out the horrid ways that McCarrick contradicted historical fact.

I am so grateful that McCarrick has retired and can no longer vote in papal conclaves.  He still manages to make a mockery of the Faith - with the permission if not approval of Cardinal Wuerl.  Lately the Vortex has been focusing on the evil that progressive bishops have been wreaking on the faith.  Here is yet one more sad example.  I'm sure another will appear in a matter of weeks if not days.

Lovers Of Ecumenicide Pretend Muslims Worship Our God - They DON'T!

There is a great deal of confusion in the Church today as to whether or not Muslims worship the same God as do we.  In fact many prelates, including our own Cardinal McCarrick, either are honestly confused about the matter or they exploit general confusion so that they may appear to be "ecumenical".  Indeed, nine years ago at Catholic University His Eminence addressed some Muslim dignitaries; in that address he invoked "allah" three times but he gave not one mention to Jesus Christ.  That address, which can be called de facto idolatry, is here.

Cardinal McCarrick and other devotees of ecumenicide often cite Lumen Gentium and the Catechism as their authorities.  They are misreading those church documents.  A few weeks ago Dr. Taylor Marshall posted an article that addressed this question.  I link to it now; it's worth careful study.  He points out that the Church documents state that the Muslims profess to worship the God of Abraham, and profess to hold faith in Him.

It's one thing to profess to worship God.  It can be quite another to worship God in fact.  Here's an example of this occurrence.  We've all heard Nancy Pelosi's protestations of being a "good faithful Catholic".  This is the same Pelosi who went on a rampage when her bishop upheld traditional marriage.  This is the same Pelosi who was honored at Planned Parenthood's gala in March and said that" to be associated with the great Margaret Sanger is a distinct privilege" (she may well "enjoy that privilege" for all eternity if she doesn't repent, but I digress).  She also believes Hamas to be a "humanitarian organization".  So Pelosi may think she's a great Catholic, but reality indicates otherwise.  Similarly, Muslims think they worship the God of Abraham but their actions indicate otherwise.  The more vociferous Muslims state that we don't worship the same deity (more than we can say for Cardinal McCarrick); they just don't accept that they are the ones worshiping a false idol - if not actual demons.

Below is a video of Muslim jihadists burying alive opponents.  This action (among so many others) is evidence that these monsters do NOT worship the One True God.  Parents - you may wish to keep your small children from seeing this.

Thomas Rowan, Former Standard Editor - Requiscat In Pace

From this week's Catholic Standard I learned that Tom Rowan, former editor of the Catholic Standard (he preceded Mark Zimmerman) passed away last Sunday.  He retired from the Standard in 1991 - approximately 23 years ago.  Zimmerman extolled the praises of Rowan.  It is a rare occasion when I agree with Zimmerman, but this is one such occasion.  Perhaps Zimmerman can learn a bit if he rereads his own words.

Zimmerman rightly points out that Rowan had no bones about "fearlessly taking on a cast of villains that included the ACLU, Washington Post, Catholic pro-abortion politicians" and "lambasting rogue theologians".  Indeed I remember some of those columns; he wasn't afraid to speak the truth.  He wasn't afraid to hear it either, as the Standard featured a "letters to the editor" column.  Sadly, that important component of journalistic professionalism seemed to have disappeared when he left the Standard.

Soon after Rowan's retirement, Cardinal Hickey retired and then-Archbishop McCarrick took the helm at the Archdiocese of Washington.  Far from being one to "lambast rogue theologians", McCarrick openly rubbed elbows and struck hands with them, going so far as to sign the Land O' Lakes Statement that openly welcomed heresy on Catholic college campuses in the US.  As far as CINO pro-abortion politicians and others go?  As this post states, I've led numerous pickets of events where Cardinal McCarrick honored Ted Kennedy, John Sweeney, etc.

Then of course there's the disappearance of the Standard's "letters to the editor" column.  It happened at the time Cardinal McCarrick made known his disdain for Canon 915.  I have it on inside information that the decision to halt the column was made in reaction to the hundreds, if not thousands, of angry letters pouring in to denounce the Cardinal's position; mine was one of them.  That cessation of the "letters to the editor" column was a key impetus to the start of this blog.

As I ponder Mr. Rowan's passing, I wonder if he would have stood still for such muzzling of truth at the newspaper to which he devoted 40 years of his life had he not retired.  Whatever, much integrity of the Standard left with him.

Pope Francis: "Muslims Worship..One True God"

I don't know how I missed that but yes the Holy Father did utter those words last year.  He uttered those words as part of an address he gave to an "ecumenical" address at the beginning of his papacy.  I now link to the English translation as found in Zenit.

Was he coached/directed by Cardinal McCarrick?  (FYI, that was a facetious question.) Recall that almost nine years ago His Eminence also disgraced his calling by invoking "allah" three times while addressing some Jordanian dignitaries.  Guess how many times he invoked Jesus Christ, the One True God, for whom he was ordained?  Zero-zip-nada!.  The text of the disgusting screed can be found here.

A Catholic Media Coalition colleage, Orlando Truth, wrote an excellent piece exposing the errors and perils of Islam.  I link to it here. I will also link to an article written by Joseph Farrah, explaining just why the Holy Father's (apparent) naivete regarding the nature of Islam will lead to incredible peril unless he opens his eyes quickly.   Would those in the Vatican who are reading this blog be so kind as to make sure His Holiness gets and reads copies of these immediately?  Thank you.

The Orlando Truth article, plus authentic Catholic teaching, make plain that "allah" and the One Triune God that we worship are not the same.  For all their many grievous faults and errors, even the Muslims understand that what they worship is not the God whom we worship; they don't accept (yet) that their "deity" is false.  Why will not our Church leaders acknowledge that "allah" is a false idol?  Are they so seduced by the siren calls of political correctness and the poisonous doctrines of the "church of nice"?

One line in that papal address is, "the Catholic Church is aware of the importance of promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions."  That's nice; but are Church leaders aware of the even greater importance of bringing these men and women to the One True Faith?  That is their charge, since they are in Holy Orders.  However, I've reason to believe that proclamation of the Truth is the last thing on their minds as they serve their idols of "political correctness" and the "church of nice".

Mic'd Up On Church's Self-Destruction

Michael Voris based the title of this "Mic'd Up" episode on a statement made by Pope Paul VI as he reflected on negative results of the mis-application of Vatican II pronouncements.  The first guest was Pat Archibald of Creative Minority Report, who spoke of the need for the Muslims' conversion to the One True Faith, not some wishy-washy "dialog".  Would the Archdiocese of Washington folks assigned to watch this blog please summon Cardinal McCarrick to watch this (starting at the 14-minute mark)?  He stands in dire need of this reminder of why he was ordained.

Cardinal Dolan Shames His Faith In Front Of Muslims

A few days ago Cardinal Dolan met with about forty other faith leaders at the Staten Island Albanian Islamic Cultural Center.  Did he preach the Faith?  Did he seek their conversion to Christianity?  Did he, in other words, behave like - a bishop?

In a word, NO.

He uttered heresy when he said to the Muslim leaders, "you love god, we love god and he is the same god'."  There is a reason why I did not capitalize those "g"s.  Simply put, what the Muslims worship is a false idol; it is not the One, True, Triune God.  Even the true Muslims, for all their many faults, understand that "allah" is not equivalent to the One True God (although their perspective is different).  He then lauded them for "not losing their faith".  Faith in a false idol?  Your Eminence, you are more at fault than they for you spouted the heresy of indifferentism at them as opposed to the truth of the Gospel.

He is not the first Prince of the Church to try to curry favor with Muslims by behaving as though heresy was equivalent to the One True Faith.  Our own Cardinal McCarrick set less-than-sterling examples of that many times in the past - chronicled by Yours Truly.

Pray for our shepherds. And by all means, speak out!

Cardinal McCarrick Praises Culture Of Death Icon Father Hesburgh

Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University for thirty-five years, used his influence and position to severely compromise Catholicism in the United States (maybe the entire western world) and to promote the Culture of Death.  Part and parcel of the Culture of Death is socialism.  This blog and a number of others have documented his rather putrid career.  He has:

• Played a pivotal role in creating and promulgating the heretical Land O' Lakes Statement, that declared de facto rebellion of Catholic colleges against the Magisterium.
• Gave aid and comfort to Alinsky-disciple Msgr Jack Egan (when the latter was evicted from his diocese), allowing Notre Dame to be used as a base to create the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
• Chaired the Rockefeller Foundation, advocates for "population control"
• Go to this link to see how Notre Dame University has done tremendous insult to Christianity.  The 2009 commencement was just the most notorious example.  I've no doubt that this list is not exhaustive.

I think it's fair to say that if it weren't for Fr Hesburgh's influence, Catholic institutes of higher learning would not be polluting the minds of their students.  The CCHD may not have gained the footholds in so many chanceries that it now has.  And yes, Obama may well not be president.

Two days ago in the US Capitol Building, some Catholic (using "Catholic" loosely) politicians hosted a birthday party for Father Hesburgh.  We can guess why there was no screeching and howling from the "separation of church and state" crowd over this - because their champion was being honored!  Among the "usual suspects" in attendance were Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi: two CINO pro-aborts who enjoy their positions of influence due in no small part to Fr Hesburgh.  

One of the other attendees called Father Hesburgh "one of four great Americans", the other three being George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.  For the profuse amount of slobbering, kissing-up and toadying that oozed from such a stupid statement, this attendee made an utter fool of himself.  And who was that who stuck both feet in his mouth?  Cardinal McCarrick!

Today was not at all the first time that Fr Hesburgh and Cardinal McCarrick met.  Thanks to a colleague in the Catholic Media Coalition, I was informed that Cardinal McCarrick is a signer of the Land O' Lakes Statement.  Go to the link to the statement and scroll down.  Sure enough, his name is there.  He stood "lock, stock and barrel" with those who deliberately introduced dissension and heresy into our Catholic schools!

This past Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, Cardinal McCarrick was the main celebrant at the 9:30 Mass at St John Neumann Church in Gaithersburg, MD.  I was in attendance and recorded his homily; I link to it here.  Take note of the homily between 4:50 and 5:10.  He says that "once we leave the teaching of the Apostles...then Islam comes.."  While that statement is true enough, I was aghast when I heard it for I remembered other times when he affirmed Islam.  As you continue to listen him praise (rightly so) the "purity of doctrine", recall how he helped adulterate that same purity with his affirmation of the poisonous Land O' Lakes Statement and his squalid associations with Sister Carol Keehan, Ted Kennedy, John Sweeney, etc.

In his Pentecost homily, Cardinal McCarrick deplored the confusion that his ongoing actions create!   His celebration of Father Hesburgh just a few days ago after that homily is merely the latest in the litany of contradictory messages that he sends.  Holy Mother Church is suffering through want of fidelity of action on the part of her shepherds.  Pray that God would send these to us quickly.