The recent information concerning “Uncle Ted” McCarrick and his sexual abuse of children and seminarians simply enrages most of us. These are a few thoughts that cross my mind as we continue to slip down that slope which leads to ruin.
Well, Christ chased the money changers from the Temple and stated that: “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves”. __ Matthew 21:12, 13
And Francis has chased from the Church all men who simply want to pray in God’s House by placing over them priests and bishops who would rather play than pray. The many “merry fairies” of today’s hierarchy are not Pharisees, as that is a name that Francis likes to use to castigate those rigid believers in the teachings of the Church and the Gospels. No, these are predators and con-men who deceive children and seminarians into unspeakable sins, lead souls to hell and steal from the collection plates money to pay for their male prostitutes, gay orgies, expensive travel and gifts for their boyfriends. So unlike the pharisees you neither want to do what they say nor do as they do.
Perhaps we might pray that Christ manifest himself to every wayward priest or bishop throughout the world, take cords and whip them, chasing them from the Church whilst crying out: “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it not only a den of thieves but also a den of iniquity.”
So, Christ cleanses the Church of the leaders who profit from the people’s love of God and prayer. And by their actions and deeds, Francis, in contrast, cleanses the Church of ordinary men who simply want to lead a simple Catholic life of prayer, faith and love. But theirs is not the same sort of love that seems to be embraced by the priesthood and the hierarchy at the moment. To wit, faith and prayer seem to be the furthest thing from these clerics right now or perhaps it never was.
Do we wonder at the empty pews and the drop in contributions to the Church? Do we wonder why only a few progressive liberal men are scattered about and almost no adolescent boys?
Men do not trust the politics and the antics of the Church anymore. They have abandoned the traditions and they no longer speak to the salvation of souls but to left wing political causes such as equality for women, LGBT rights and “accompaniment”, or the plight of the poor illegal aliens who are about to break the backs of hard working Americans who are funding the bills to house, educate and subsidize these non-citizens in a way that is above and beyond what a tax-paying citizen is entitled to under our state and federal laws.
Real men are getting tired of being called xenophobic, homophobic and racist. We’re tired of being called pharisees and other pejoratives for simply wanting to live the faith of our fathers. The rhetoric is getting old and we are getting older and wiser ourselves. Do you really think that you can bully these men into giving more to the Church or will they finally get the hint that this Church is for liberals only and that straight white traditional and conservative males are no longer welcome? And you wonder why you must sell Church property to pay for the lawsuits against your abusive priests or champion illegals to get the Federal monies that you cannot collect any longer from the laity?
The Gay Mafia in the Vatican is more intent on directing our attention to matters like global warming and attempting to distract us from a look behind the curtains of our seminaries, dioceses, USSCB or the Vatican boys club et al. No, lets not look there. Move along; nothing to see here.
Do you really envision a Church of women, a few children (everyone uses contraception), and homosexuals of all stripes? What man would want to attend a Church like that? And what man would want his son to become an altar boy or priest?
Well we are now getting just a glimpse of what is going on in Bergoglio’s new Church and the type of persons that he holds in high esteem; that “merry little band” in the Bergoglian inner circle. Don’t expect me to drop a dime in the collection basket until they clean out the Augean Stables. I’d hate for my money to be spent to pay off abuse victims and to push forward some left leaning progressivist political agenda. As for me I prefer the Faith and Traditions of the Ages. An effete and effeminate Church would simply make me ill.
By the way, God is King, not the brood of vipers who are Bergoglio’s minions.
Dieu Le Roi
All Along the Watchtower 
Mccarick needs to be completely defrocked and anyone associated with him including Farrell needs to be stripped of their leadership roles—including taking his red hat. I’m sick of the cover up. If the Vatican isn’t willing to let heads role, it’ll never be fixed.
How can the laity fix it? Well some are leaving the Church and it’s hard to criticize them. Some say to quit putting money in the offerings but this seems to hurt the laity missions more than does the ecclesiastical authority.
There needs to be a special prosecutor and they need to not be a cleric. They need to be ruthless all the way up to the Pope if need be.
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As I’ve said, things have gotten so bad that we don’t even have any assurance that these folks have the intentions of the Church to render valid sacraments. I even question some of the ordinations. It is a crisis that permeates to the very foundations of our faith.
I do not expect that this Lavender Mafia is going to do anything more than did in Dallas in 2002. They blamed “clerics”, priests and deacons, not themselves. They all know who is who in the various ‘boys clubs’ around the world but nobody will talk because the leadership will destroy them. Besides most of them have been covering for one another for many years and are therefore compromised and blackmail-able.
I don’t know how we could get a third party prosecutor to go through the Church but I do like the idea. The Pope (if he is a pope) will veto that one right from the start. After all, if the buck stops here, then he is ultimately to blame and he won’t stand for that.
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Is there a way you could give to Catholic missionaries directly and cut out the middlemen? Particularly by adding a note or emailing them to say that you wish the money to be held on trust for missionary purposes and not for general CC purposes? I would have thought at least some Catholic missionaries have PayPal or similar.
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I usually put it in the hands of the missionaries when they are visiting priests. You can give to them right there and you know by their sermons what they are using the money for,
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There are groups that run by lay people. I don’t mind giving to religious monks and. Nuns. However, a great many are controlled in someway by the clergy, all the way from CNEWA to my local Catholic school.
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Giving to “Aid to the Church in Need” is a pretty good bet. Many of their staff are volunteers and it is estimated (if I remember rightly) that 95% of all donations are sent directly to helping the Church in need in Third World countries. A wonderful Catholic charity!
Also Scoop’s suggestion to give straight into the hand of visiting missionaries is excellent. I’ve done that myself, and fellow parishioners too, like when a Holy Spanish missionary from Guatemala was here for a week or so in our parish. It was truly heartwarming to see and receive via video conference, some time after his return to his tiny Guatemalan mission, a crowd of happy grateful messages thanking us and describing how the much-needed funds were spent.
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James Martin needs to be defrocked as well. The irony is that all of these Mccarick disciples are going to have a synod for young people in the Church—-ahhhh what!? Stay Away!!!! Actually what we need to do is buy tickets and during the presentations actively and public ally challenge these anathemas.
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Yeah they have a whole cadre of LGBT youths going to this synod to push for more gay agenda stuff. This is going to be good. What could possibly go wrong?
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Scoop, I read a commentary on the topic from the Washington Post and the progressive ideology consistently contradicts itself.
The Post said that the reason why there is sex abuse within the clergy is because we’re forcing gay priest into the closet. However, I remember distinctly when the Boy Scouts okayed gay leaders the rhetoric was that Gay has nothing to do with pedophile and abuse…
Ahhh so which is it ?
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Yes, this is handled in the piece that Steve gave us a link to: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/gay-priests-catholic-elephant-is-still-in-the-sacristy/
It is utter foolishness.
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I grew up with plenty of catholic families and my girlfriends was born and raised catholic and the guyi live with was born and raised catholic and fancies himself as catholic in beliefs. All the practicing catholics I knew were very good people…went to church..did the sign of the cross,and didn’t care about the behind the scenes depravity.Most didnt know about it or care. From its beginning the CC has been a crime syndicate of theft and torture and murder. Brothels were set up in and around rome for the clergy..a time when the clergy still liked females. They gave the hookers uniforms and called them holywomen or nuns…to shut up the lay people. It was becoming an embarrassment. You wonder why nothing is being don’t to clean house. You wonder why the CC shields its clergy. The clergy has always been like that and plans to stay like that. Plus all the money that rolls in makes it possible to do as they please.
Good brother scoops “Letter” made me realize that the evil actions of so called catholics shouldn’t devalue the CCs message or teachings. I spend a lot of time exposing the evil deeds of the clergy all the way to the top. This doesn’t impress anybody. Its time forme to dig into the core dogma or official beliefs of the CC. Even then faithful catholics will say that this and that teaching isnt valid….if they are embarrassed by it…for example….no salvation outside the CC. I maintain that the CCs teaching is 95% good food. Give me some time and ill attempt to ferret out the 5% of bad food.
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