Wednesday, September 6, 2017

University of Parma Opens Prayer Room and "Multiconfessional 'Space of Silence'"

(Rome) The University of Parma has decided to set up a prayer room for Muslims on the university campus.
The prayer room will be located right next to the Catholic chapel. To this end, the Library Library of the Institute of History has been reorganized. The premises have already been allocated to the Islamic Student Union, which had previously submitted a corresponding application.
The Senate of the university imposed some restrictions. No handouts and posters, nor discussions or other rallies may be held. Although food and drink may be taken in  the future prayer room, the shoes must be taken off and placed in front of it. The Senate, which had to approve the decision of the board of directors, hopes thereby to prevent Islamic or other political agitation by Muslim students at the university.
At the same time, the university's administrative board, which issued the permit, decided to adopt another "multicultural" project: the creation of a "multicultural space of silence".
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Photo: MiL
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Cardinal Caffarra Dies -- 2nd Dubia Signatory Called

(Rome) As the Press Office of the Archdiocese of Bologna announced, Carlo Cardinal Caffarra, the emeritus archbishop of Bologna, died today at the age of 79 years. With him, the second signatory of the Dubia (doubts) of the controversial post-synodal letter Amoris laetitia has just been recalled from this world within two months .
Born on June 1, 1938, at Parma in Italy, he was one of the most prestigious representatives of the Catholic Church. His pastoral work was based on solid legal and moral theology. For John Paul II, he prepared the foundation of the Pontifical Institute for the Study of Marriage and Family, of which he was the first president from 1981 to 1995. In 1983, he became Consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and in 1995 he became Bishop of Ferrara-Comacchio. In 2003, he was appointed archbishop of Bologna, the center of the "Red Belt", once the Communist, now left-democratic region of Italy.
The opponents of the Church, as well as his personal enemies, had to respect him, since they found in him a serious opponent, who intellectually knew how to represent the cause of the Church brilliantly and wisely, and did so without fear.
This fearlessness prompted him, in September 2016, together with three other cardinals, to convey his doubts about the post-synodal letter on marriage and the family of Amoris laetitia. The doubts were formulated as questions, and asked the Pope for an answer, which has remained unanswered to this day.
Last April, in the name of the four signatories, he had asked the Pope to give an audience in order to discuss the open questions. The Cardinals did not receive any reply.
On the 16th of September, as the highlight of this year's international pilgrimage of tradition to the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle, he was to celebrate a pontifical High Mass in St. Peter's. This pilgrimage was held for the 10 years of the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.
In the press release of the Archdiocese, which Cardinal Caffarra led for 20 years until his age-related retirement by Pope Francis in 2015, it is said that he "faithfully served his Lord throughout his life" with "love, generosity and intelligence." Since his retirement, the Cardinal lived in the archdiocesan seminary. In the last few years, Katholisches.info reported extensively on the Cardinal's work.
Starting tomorrow, 4 pm, Cardinal Caffarra will be laid out in the Sala Bedetti in the Archbishop's Palace. On Friday, September 8 at 9 pm, the late Cardinal will be prayed for in the cathedral.  The funeral takes place in the Cathedral of Bologna on Saturday, 9 September at 11 am and is to be celebrated by his successor as Archbishop of Bologna, Matteo Cardinal Zuppi.
Cardinal Caffarra will be buried at his own request in the crypt of his episcopal church.
Requiescat in pace
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Photo: Corrispondenza Romana
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Critic of Pope Francis' Visit: "Many Are Convinced, That He's Connected to Freemasonry"


Criticism of the Pope's visit to Colombia: it concerns the repression that Francis is imposing on the Church, but also the political attitude he takes to the domestic political conflict with the Marxist guerrilla organization FARC. A priest told RCN Radio: "Many pray for not coming."

(Bogota) The evidence of priests who are dissatisfied with the direction given by Francis to the Church is the result of the large number of reports on the forthcoming visit to Colombia from the 6th to 11th of September. A priest, who will participate in a direct encounter with Francis, will present his reservations to him on this occasion and also say that "many" are convinced that Francis "is connected with Freemasonry."

RCN report

The radio network RCN Radio reported on the weekend of this criticism by a priest who wanted to remain anonymous because of the "revolution of tenderness." There is still another reason for anonymity, however. He is only one of "at least 90 priests," who are personally known to him, who are "dissatisfied" with the path taken by Pope Francis for the Church. RCN Radio reported under the title:
"In the Catholic Church, there is also rejection of the Pope's visit."

"At least 150 heresies" - "Believers pray that pope does not come"

The broadcaster reported:
"Even Catholic priests are among the people who oppose the papal visit to Colombia, because they are convinced that Francis has damaged the church's Magisterium with his testimony, especially on issues such as homosexuality and the family."
"For 20 years," he has been a priest and works in Bogota, according to RCN radio,
In Bogota, Medellin, and Bucaramanga, he knows at least 90 priests who think as he does and do not agree with how Pope Francis holds the reins of the Church in his hand. "
The priest assured the broadcaster that "there are believers who pray for the pope not to set foot on Colombian soil."
The priest said:
"Priests of different dioceses, I can not name their names for obvious reasons, are completely against the visit of Francis. Many prayer groups pray that he will not come. "
In the statements made so far by Francis as a pope, at least "150 heresies" are contained: "claims that contradict the religious doctrine."

"Many believe that the Bishop of Rome is associated with Freemasonry"

Great damage had been done, above all, to the authority of the Church to judge things and to give guidance.
"In my parish, a homosexual came to confession and told me that he was homosexual and lived with another man. I told him that this is sin. He then replied that the pope said something else, that it was not for me to judge. "
As the example shows, the Pope prevents me from fulfilling my task, because my authority is undermined in moral questions, to be able to say what sin is."
The priest will be a group that will meet with Francis on the first day of the Pope's visit. He would avail himself of this opportunity to present his reservations. He was determined to tell him that "many believe that the Bishop of Rome is associated with Freemasonry." In order not to miss this chance of being allowed to address the pope, he could not give up his identity beforehand.

Political criticism of the Pope's visit: "Many consider him a Communist"

Criticism of the Pope's visit comes not only from the inner church side because of the way in which Francis performs the service of Peter. In Colombia, there are reservations about the Pope's visit because of his political attitude to the "peace agreement" between the government of the left-wing Prime Minister Santos and the Marxist guerrilla organization FARC.
There is "much" in Colombia, according to RCN Radio, who consider that Francis is a "false pope", others who consider him a "communist" who "only" comes to Colombia to legitimize the agreement with the FARC." The FARC had been founded as an armed arm of the Colombian Communist Party in the early 1960s.
The radio network RCN Radio was founded in 1948 on the occasion of the Eucharistic Congress held in Colombia and covers the entire country. The Radio network has belonged since 1973 to the Colombian entrepreneur Ardila Lülle.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Photo: CEC / RCN Radio (Screenshots)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Chinese Catholics Block Demolition of their Church at Last Minute

(Peking) On 29 August, hundreds of Chinese Catholics entered the path of the destruction of their church by the communist regime and were able to get their way (for the time being).


As in a video, the faithful called "Jesus, save me!" And "Mother Mary, have mercy on us!" When they stood in the way of the demolition vehicles and the police.


The "old church" of Wangcun

The incident happened a few days ago in Wangcun, a few kilometers from Changzhi in the southeast of the Chinese province of Shanxi.


In order to prevent the destruction of their church, hundreds of Catholics, together with their priests, gathered themselves together in the pouring rain around the church and around the wall in prayer. They referred to the freedom of religion, which is officially guaranteed by the People's Republic of China.


The communist regime had previously granted permission to restore the church, which is a jewel of Chinese church architecture of the early 20th century. The restoration work had begun four months ago. Then the local rulers considered the matter, and have now ordered the demolition of the church.


On August 25, 2012, the city government decided to return the old church of Wangcun, along with its property, to the Catholic community of the city. This immediately set the faithful to collecting the money to restore the church.


A few weeks ago, the district committee of the Communist Party of China and the district government suddenly decided that the church should not be restored but demolished. Officially, the reason for this was the creation of a place "to enrich national life".


By their courageous presence the faithful were able to prevent the demolition of the church at the last minute. The Communist authorities have set up the demolition to undertake a "an attempt at resolution" as reported by AsiaNews.


In Changzhi, there are more than 50,000 Catholics, of 47 priests. The Diocese includes more than 60 churches and chapels.

Here's the video:

https://youtu.be/i2b-HXHpa7s

Text: Katholisches

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Pope in Colombia: No Special Meeting with Venezuela's Bishops



Vatican spokesman Burke: Possibly an informal conversation with guerrilla group ELN, who will ask the Pope for forgiveness for the murder of Bishop Jaramillo.

Vatican City-Bogota (kath.net/KAT) Vatican spokesman Greg Burke has confirmed a meeting with the bishops of Venezuela in Pope Francis' official visit program to Colombia. There is also no meeting with the former guerrilla group FARC and other opposition groups such as the ELN. Informal encounters and conversations with Venezuelan bishops during the trip are, however, probable. In addition, two cardinals of the crisis state are coming to Bogota airport to receive the Pope.

During his travels to Colombia, Pope Francis is concerned primarily with pastoral questions, although the peace process will also play an important role, said Burke. Pope Francis has visited Colombia twice during his time as a bishop, as well as twice as a priest in the 1970s; he had journeyed to the cities of Bogota, Medellin, and La Ceja.

The opening day (7 September) in Bogota will be entitled, "Handicrafts of Peace, Promoter of Life". On the 8th of September in the village of Villavicencio "Reconciliation with God, with the Colombians and with nature" will be in the foreground. In Medellin (September 9), the theme of "Christian life as a reunion", in Cartagena (September 10) is finally about human dignity and human rights.

Further details of the trip were revealed by the Vatican: The outward flight is handled via the airline Alitalia, the return flight with the Colombian Avianca.

Whether a meeting with the guerrillas does not actually take place during the Colombian trip is still questionable, despite Vatican denials. On Friday, representatives of the rebel group ELN declared that they were seeking to meet with the Pope to officially ask forgiveness for their "Mistake" of the assassination of Bishop Jesus Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, said the Colombian radio station RCN radio on its website.

Bishop Jaramillo (1916-1989) was regarded as an opponent of the left-wing ELN guerrillas in the 1980s with his initiatives for small-scale farmers and indigenous peoples in his diocese, Arauca, against whose violence he also expressed public disapproval. The militia then murdered the then 73-year-old bishop on 2 October 1989. Pope Francis will beatify the "Prophet and Martyr of Peace," which is the inscription on Jaramillo's gravestone, on September 8th in Villavicencio. On the same day there will also be a reconciliation gesture with victims of violence in Colombia.

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com AMDG

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Austrian Cistercians Restore Monastery in Brandenburg

The Cistercian monks entered the Brandenburg monastery on Monday - the celebration of the Latin liturgy of the hours and the daily Mass has begun - VIDEOS

Neuzelle (kath.net/pl) The monastery Neuzelle in Brandenburg has been resettled. The first four Cistercian monks from the Heiligenkreuz monastery moved in on Monday. They will live first in the Catholic parsonage on the abbey grounds. Görlitz Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt greeted the religious and said in a speech: "A monk is there to remember God." About 100 people had gathered to greet the new arrivals, children gave flowers to the monks. The four religious men have already begun the regular celebration of the liturgy of the hour. Mass in Latin language.


The Heiligenkreuz Abbot Maximilian Heim had given the four "pioneers" the blessing for the journey and the beginning of the resettlement project. Father Simeon will be prior to the small community, Father Kilian will take care of the economic concerns of the monastery and do pastoral work, Father Philemon will be employed as a teacher in the local schools, and Father Aloysius will provide for the household and sacristy. The Heiligenkreuz penitentiary writes in a press release: "For us, it is difficult to let four confreres move, but at the same time it is a joy and a hopeful sign, which in our time a monastery is re-populated and a spiritual center is revived. If everything goes well, more monks will be sent to Neuzelle in the coming months, and - according to God's will - the "Priory Neuzelle" will be solemnly and officially erected in September 2018."

The monastery was founded by the Cistercians in the 13th century and secularized in 1817 and is now owned by the state of Brandenburg. The monastery complex is considered to be the northernmost example of South German and Bohemian baroque in Europe; it is largely preserved. The former convent church had remained catholic in an environment which had turned to Protestantism. 

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com


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Islamists Call for Attacks on Trains

Current "Inspire"- Magazine Photos: JF Screenshots
BERLIN. [Junge Freiheit] The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has warned against attacks by Islamists on trains. Attack plans on trains are to play an increasingly important role, said a BKA spokesman of the Funke media group.
An Islamist magazine has called for attacks on trains by sabotaging railroad rails. "Even if there is no specific Germany coverage in the magazine, attacks of this kind are also conceivable in the Federal Republic of Germany
Excerpt from "Inspire" magazine Photo: Screenshot JF
In the current issue of "Inspire", an English-language magazine for which the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula" is responsible,  they have published detailed instructions for the construction of a "derailment too." This is an "efficient weapon". It is "easy to produce," the executing terrorist does not die of martyrdom and traces could be "simply erased after the operation."
Three types of traffic on the railway
There are three ways to use trains as effective targets. "First, attack the wagon directly, from the inside or from the outside. Second, damage the rails at the destination to derail the train. Thirdly: attack the stations because there are always groups of people there and it can disable the traffic system."
The authors advocated a derailment as "a major influence on the economy." In addition, "the enemy is confused and disoriented by this new type of attack." The security authorities would also be "concerned about how to find a solution to this problem."
The terrorists, among other things, advertise the largest train accidents in the United States with hundreds of deaths. On a map, all the major railway lines of the country are sorted by company.(Ls)
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Secret Militia Significantly Cuts Down Human Trafficking to Italy

In July and August the number of refugees arriving in Italy across the Mediterranean has declined significantly. Compared to the previous year, just under 90 per cent fewer refugees have reached the Italian coast, as the figures for the Italian Ministry of the Interior show. The decline is supposed to be related to a mysterious militia.

The number of refugees coming to Europe across the Mediterranean has recently declined radically. One reason for this could be a mysterious group. The so-called "Brigade 48" in the Libyan port of Sabratha ensures that there are no smuggling ships. Much is still unclear about the group: the members of the militia are armed, at the head of the group is said to be a former mafioso, who had perhaps even worked as a smuggler.
"Brigade 48" is almost certainly a police unit
As the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported, the group recruits itself from former military and police officers. It is unclear who is behind the brigade and where it gets its money from. Should the government in Tripoli be responsible for them, this would be a spectacular turnaround: then money from Europe could flow indirectly into the pockets of the brigade. As the news agency Reuters has reported, the militia now consists of several hundred members. Witnesses report that members of the brigade are patrolling on the beaches and almost already appear as police.
Not the first incident in Libya
Similar developments took place last year in Sabratha's neighboring city Suwara, as a kind of citizen militia took over the control in the city and the city was mostly freed from human smugglers. How much influence the group has on the decline in refugee numbers is currently unclear. Fact: Compared to the previous year, the figures in August have fallen by almost 90 percent.
Source: http://m.focus.de/
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Urban San Francisco Priest Revitalizes Parish With Immemorial Mass

SAN FRANCISCO - On the solemnity of the Annunciation this past spring, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone dedicated the Star of the Sea Church’s renovated St. Joseph Adoration Chapel, calling it “a pivotal moment in the history of the parish.”
“We want to base the renewal of our parish around the holy Eucharist,” said Father Joseph Illo. “Our mission statement is to evangelize God’s people beginning with the gift of the holy Eucharist. That means putting a lot of energy into our music, our preaching, our Sunday Mass.”
Three years after Illo was appointed parish administrator in August 2014, bringing his powerful commitment to traditional Catholic practices to the famously progressive city, Mass attendance and number of parishioners registered have increased about 10 percent each year.
Father Illo's Blog...http://www.frilloblog.com
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2017/08/20/countercultural-san-francisco-parish-attracts-growing-congregation/
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Monday, August 28, 2017

Whoever Adheres to Freemasonry

a.) Anyone who joins Freemasonry automatically incurs excommunication, which is simpliciter reserved to the Apostolic See.
The connection to Freemasonry is that one can be registered as a member. A special rite for reception is not required to incite excommunication. It is also not necessary for someone to take part in the Masonic meetings.
A freemason who wants to reconcile himself to the Church can only obtain the acquittal if he is completely separated from Freemasonry and removed from the membership list. He also has to promise never to pay a contribution, nor to participate in meetings of the lodge brothers. As far as possible, such a freemason must hand over all badges, books and documents to the ecclesiastical superior or his delegate. Furthermore, he must also make reparation for the offense as much as possible.
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(b) The same punishment as the Freemasons fall into those who join a similar union which fights or agitates against the Church or the legitimate state power.
Because it must be an association similar to that of Freemasonry, the organization (but not the members) must be secret, as the members must observe silence about the structure, purpose, and means of the association. It is not, however, required that they should commit themselves by an oath.
A society fosters or acts against the Church, if it (perhaps among other good purposes) has the purpose of combating the Church, its authority, its powers, rights, privileges, etc., or its offices (not certain persons for personal reasons) ,
An organization fights against the powers of the state if, like the nihilists and anarchists, they want to eliminate any state authority or even to eliminate the existing state form, by revolution. But it does not belong here to the political parties who want to gain political power by law and then to change the state form. - It remains the same whether the association mentioned publicly or secretly to agitate against or strangle the Church or state.
Canon 2335 CIC, quoted from P. Heribert Jone OFM Cap .: Book of Canon Law. Explanation of canons, III. Vol. Litigation and Criminal Law. 1940, Paderborn.
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Muslims "Want" the Colosseum to Hold Their Friday Prayers


Colosseum and Constantine Arch: Symbols of Christian Martyrdom and the Constantine Wende. Now Muslims want to hold their Friday prayers there. The occasion is this year's sacrificial festival. Islamic superposition of Christianity and repression?

(Rome) On the 31st of August, the Islamic Sacrificial Festival begins in 2017, which will last until the 4th of September. The Muslim community of Rome wants to celebrate the feast at the famous Coliseum. The ruins are not only one of the best-known landmarks of the city, and also the expression of the highly developed architecture of the ancient Romans, but above all the symbol of early Christian martyrdom.


Occupation of the Milan cathedral for the Friday prayer

"Islamization takes place through the occupation of the area - in Milan, the Friday prayer was held in the Cathedral square in front of the famous cathedral - but also the taking over of localities - the more famous, the better", according to the Italian daily La Verità. The Coliseum is particularly important. In the past, the Islamists have shown particular historical knowledge and, above all, attention for places of symbolic significance. The Coliseum has already been shown several times in pictures and in propagandavideos of the Islamic State (IS) - specifically in connection with the conquest of Rome.


Takeover of famous Christian places


The city on the Tiber is particularly hated by the Islamists. They consider Rome, not Washington, London, Berlin or Paris, as the capital of the world, because the Eternal City is the seat of the Pope. He is seen by the jihadists as the head of Christianity.


This coming Friday, the Muslims of Rome will hold their Friday prayer at the sacrificial festival "Eid al Adha" at the Coliseum. A corresponding application for a "religious event" was submitted to the Roman city administration. It is said that they want to condemn "the assassinations of Barcelona." Islamic critics have doubts and see in it a "pretext" to increase the chance for granting.


IS propaganda with burning Coliseum

The application was presented this year by the community of Bengali Muslims, represented by the Dhuumcatu Association. According to their request, they wants to occupy the entire exterior of the Coliseum, the Via San Gregorio and the area around the Constantine Arch, for her Friday prayers. This space has so far been connected annually with the Pope's Way of the Cross on Good Friday, transmitted by TV broadcasters all over the world. Islamic critics regard the proposal as a conscious attempt to "seize" a famous historical object, but also a deeply Christian symbol. It is about a "fight of the pictures" and about the "power of the pictures".


Politics and religion flow into Islam


In October 2016 500 Muslims had already gathered in the vicinity of the Coliseum for "prayer". In reality, it was a protest against the closure of numerous illegal mosques in the Italian capital. At the same time, they asked the new Mayoress Virginia Raggi (five-star movement), to include the city's Islamic places of prayer in the city map. Even then, the images of the prayer protest have triggered mixed reactions. The incident showed above all how seamlessly politics and religion in Islam flow into one another. The daily La Verità recalled the prediction of Muhammad:


"After to Constantinople, Rome will be subjected to Islam."

One does not have to go so far, say others. It is enough to look at the current propaganda videos of the Islamic State (IS) to recognize the importance of the coliseum for jihad. They show the coliseum under the black flag of the IS or in flames. "There is reason for concern," said Italian journalist Sarina Biraghi.


The spokesman of the Great Mosque of Rome, Omar Camiletti, hastened to comment:


"There are symbolic risks. Rome is our city. Damaging the image of Rome would also affect us, which is why we disapprove of such rallies."

Really, these words do not soothe.


Permission is still pending due to security concerns - historical-religious allusions


The requested authorization for the  Friday prayer on 1 September by the competent Quaestor, the highest state official in Rome, is still lacking because of security concerns. He is responsible for security and must also examine the permit in the light of the latest attacks and IS threats against Pope Francis.


The Bengali-Muslim Association Dhuumcatu establishes the application on their Facebook page with the words:


"At this festival, the Muslims commemirate the sacrifice brought by the Prophet Abraham peace be with him. It will also be an opportunity for us to express our indignation at the assassinations such as those of Barcelona. These criminals should know that they can never regard themselves as Muslims who endanger others."

Coliseum in flames, in front IS flags

But then it is said with historical and religious allusions that all the Romans are invited to sacrifice, because this "Islamic prayer" on the ancient triumphal road of Rome under the triumphal arch which Constantine dedicated to the victory over Maxentius in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, will show what Islam really is in practice. "


The context of the Islamic Friday prayer with a historical turning point for Christianity and European history is "not clear," says La Verità.


"Who knows how the Muslims would react to a Christian procession in or near the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca or on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem or some other symbolic location? But do not worry, there is no danger of such a Christian zeal - not even to protest against terrorism, much less the Islamic. "

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Wikicommons / MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Drone Buzzes Vatican Caused Concerns About Terror Attack


(Rome) Italyis on high alert, but this is also the case in the Vatican. The danger of an Islamist terror attack is taken very seriously by security experts. On Saturday an unidentified drone triggered an alarm over the Vatican.


A small flying object, actually of the size of a toy, left all antiterror safety levels switched to red in the city at the Tiber. The alarm triggered a carabinieri patrol in the early morning. They had seen a drone in the "no fly zone" near St. Peter's. The Antiterror alarm levels were activated by protocol. A police helicopter went up to secure the borough of Borgo from above. When the drone landed on the roof of a house within the district and identifications of drone owner and house owner were carried out, the former could not be found. The alarm has nevertheless been terminated. The house where the drone landed is only a stone's throw from Saint Peter's Square. The investigators traced the drone to a tourist who made a photo or film recording of St. Peter. Nevertheless, there is a polemic, since the incident shows how easily a potentially dangerous flying object can be approximated to a sensitive object and also disappear again. Rome is currently flooded by drones to view the sights from above. It's a new tourist hobby which has already led to heated discussion in security circles. A drone ban was already pronounced for individual districts. Last year, a 31-year-old US-American was detained because he had flown his drone into a forbidden flight zone.

Vatican spokeswoman downplays the matter  - Commander of the Swiss Guard sees it differently


In the Vatican they tried to down play the game. In contrast to the police, deputy press officer Paloma Garcia Ovejero said that there was "no alarm". Neither the video threatening the pope by the jihad militia Islamic State (IS) nor  the Barcelona bombings has changed threat levels, according to the spokeswoman.


The concern to preserve peace is in definite contrast to the latest statements by the commander of the Swiss Guard, Christoph Graf, which arise from concerns about possible Islamic terror attacks on the Vatican. "This is just a matter of time," the colonel added, adding that "the ongoing adjustment of their methods of training must also prepare the Swiss Guard for "terrorist threats."


The drones contribute to increased tension among the security forces, which - usually unnecessarily - have to pay attention to unidentified "toys." Last winter, the Italian secret service had sent a message to all security forces, warning of air attacks. Among other things:


"Over the past few weeks, the Israeli authorities have arrested two men on the border with Jordan, carrying a pair of self-propelled drones (Parrot brand) modified with a transport capacity of up to 3 kg. The two men are said to have reported the use of the drones for unspecified terrorist activities."

In the context of information from the Italian terrorist unit of the Carabinieri of Rome, a January 2017 a terror attack has been planned. In Rome, according to the source, Islamists were in contact with a hitherto unknown source, which discreetly and anonymously makes modifications to drones of the Parrot brand.


The Italian security forces are also worried because Islamic terrorists have been shown to have contact with Muslim circles in Italy and have also partly resided in Italy. This includes Anis Amri, the assassin of the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin. He drove a truck into a Christmas market, killing around 60 people. Afterwards he escaped to Italy, where he was killed by a police gunshot. Also, Amri's brother, Soufiane Amri (pseudonym Aka Abu Dharr), was temporarily in Italy.


Two weeks before the terror attempt in Berlin, the brothers were quartered in a hotel in the Italian harbor town of Ancona on the middle Adriatic Sea and met with other persons. What they did there is still unknown. Ancona is an important port for ferry boats. It links Greece and the Balkans with Italy. This is an important immigration route from the Middle East.


Text: Andreas Becker

Image: MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Barcelona Terror: "mayor was negligent for ideological reasons"



"The murderers are guilty, but the mayor of Barcelona was obviously negligent because she refused to secure the Rambla area for reasons of ideological correctness."

Santiago Martin, well-known priest and founder of the Franciscans of Mary, last Sunday during the sermon in his parish referred to the refusal of Mayoress Ada Colau to secure Rambla by traffic bollards as the government in Madrid had demanded. On 17 August, five men in the pedestrian zone rushed into the crowd with a vehicle. 14 people were killed in the terror attack by the Islamic State (IS), and we're 130 injured. Colau, mayor of the Catalan capital since 2015, is governed by Barcelona en Comú, a left-wing alliance of the left-wing populist movement Podemos, Greens, Communists and other leftist groups.
Image: InfoVaticana

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Cardinal Re: "Paul VI. Had Prepared Two Letters of Resignation"

Cardinal Re and Cardinal Sodano (right) -- Today Deacon and
Subdeacon of the Cardinal Collegium -- Immediately After Pope Benedict's Resignation
(Rome) Had Pope Paul VI. already prepared for resignation? This is what Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re claimed in a long interview with the magazine Araberara, which was released yesterday.
The former prefect of the Congregation for the Bishops and the present Subdeacon of the Cardinal Collegium tells of "his" six popes, revealing a hitherto unknown detail.
Pope Paul VI, who ruled from 1963, died on 6 August 1978 of a heart attack. According to his closest collaborators, the abduction of his personal friend, the Italian Prime Minister and Christian Democrat politician Aldo Moro by the Communist Red Brigades (BR) had crushed him. The Pope had publicly offered himself to the terrorists as a hostage in exchange for Moro, but he was found murdered in a car on 9 May 1978.
Cardinal Re now revealed that Paul VI. had written two letters of resignation. The Cardinal does not make any connections. It is, however, to be assumed that they are directly related to the abduction of Moro and his readiness to be held hostage. Cardinal Re seems to be less concerned with the historical context, but with the current reference to a resignation of the Pope, which has been a subject of controversy since the unexpected resignation of Benedict XVI.
"At that time," said the Cardinal, church law did not foresee an apostate in the office of the Church, with the exception of the fact that the Cardinal's collegium assented to this. For this reason, Paul VI. wrote a letter of resignation, and sent a second letter to the Cardinal Dean, asking him to convince the Cardinal's collegium of the necessity releasing him from the Office.
Cardinal Re knew of these letters "because Pope John Paul II showed them to me."
The cardinal subdeacon  confirmed in the interview also a grueling stalemate, which was given in the two conclaves of the year 1978. Cardinal Secretary of State Giovanni Benelli and Cardinal Giuseppe Siri of Genoa were opposed to each other as opponents. Since neither Benelli nor Siri received sufficient votes to create the breakthrough, Patriarch Albino Luciani (John Paul I) and then the Archbishop of Krakow Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) were elected as pope.
John Paul I said Cardinal Re: "He wanted to meet me and told me that he thought the papacy was too great a burden."
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Photo: Vatican.va (screenshot)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Chilean Jesuit as Zeitgeist Battler for Adoption by Aberrosexuals

(Santiago de Chile) There are things which must be intelligible by reason, or, as the saying goes, by a healthy understanding of the house. This includes the fact that a prohibition of homosexuals' adoption of children is the result of the fact that they have opted for a life change that excludes reproduction. The difference to heterosexual but unintentionally childless couples, who can adopt children, is obvious. Yet the evident is not obvious to everyone, especially if it contradicts the Zeitgeist.
Among the obtuse is the Chilean Jesuit Felipe Berrios, who was recently a guest of the TV program Mucho Gusto on the Chilean TV channel Mega.
In the television interview Father Berrios SJ states that he agrees that children may also be adopted by couples of the same sex.
Moreover, the Jesuit declared that for him homosexuality,  "is neither a bad thing nor a disease or a sin. The homosexuals are created by God and God wants them just as they are."
That the Holy Scriptures, the entire tradition of the Church, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, say something else, does not seem to touch the Jesuits. He did not go into his position at all, but agreed to the more pleasant and simple song of the Zeitgeist.
Text: Andreas Becker
Image: Mucho Gusto / Mega (Screenshot)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

France: Clear Shift in Seminaries -- Diocesen Seminarians Decline, Traditional and Communauté St Martin Communities Increase

What will the priest of tomorrow be like? France shows a clear
indication.
(Paris) The trend of the figures about French seminarians shows some notable trends. Riposte Catholique compares the figures of the seminarians of May 2017 with those of May 2010. What changes can be seen during these seven years, the duration which consists of an entire period of priestly formation?
At the end of the 2009/2010 academic year (shortly before priestly ordinations) there were 918 seminarians in France. At the end of the 2016/2017 academic year, the figure was 853. This represents a drop of seven percent.
The numbers include the diocesan seminaries and all seminarians, whether French or foreigners, who study for a French diocese. Also included are the secular priestly communities of tradition (including the Society of St. Pius Xth ) and the Communauté St. Martin, which is playing an increasing role in France. The picture is therefore not entirely complete, since the Catholic orders are missing. The statistics, however, deliberately includes the world clergy.

Growth of communities of tradition and community of St. Martin


Seminarists in France: comparison between the academic years 2009/2010 and 2016/2017

The 94 French dioceses experienced a drop in French seminarians of almost a fifth (-18.2 percent). In the case of foreign seminarians preparing for a priesthood for a French diocese, the decline was even more pronounced and almost one quarter (23.1 per cent).
On the other hand, the priestly societies of tradition show an annual increase. The number of their seminarians rose from 140 in the academic year 2009/2010 to 160 in the academic year 2016/2017. This represents an increase of 14.3 percent.
During the same period, the Priestly Society of St. Martin (Communauté St. Martin), which was founded in 1976 by Jean-François Guérin, priest of the Archbishopric of Tours, was canonically erected with the help of the Archbishop of Genoa, Giuseppe Cardinal Siri. Guérin died in 2005, who was the Superior General until 2004, and was a member of the old-rite Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault. The mother house and the community priest's seminary are now in the former Benedictine Abbey of Evron.
The Priestly Society of St. Martin, who had 43 seminarians in France in 2010, had 98 in the past year. It was able to more than double its numbers. The increase is 128 percent.
The figures do not include the members of the Propaedeutic (Preseminary).

Clear shifts in the overall picture

The changes also mean shifts in the overall picture. In 2010, French diocesan seminarians accounted for two-thirds (66%) of all seminarians preparing for the priesthood in France. With the foreign seminarians who studied for French dioceses, their share amounted to 80 per cent. The seminarians of the priestly communities of tradition accounted for 15.3 per cent of the total number. The Communauté St. Martin had a share of 4.7 percent.
In 2017, the picture is clearly different: the French diocesan seminarists now account for only 58 percent of all seminarians who are covered. Together with the foreign seminarians for French dioceses, their share is 69.7 percent. The proportion of the priestly communities of tradition has increased to 18.8 per cent, and that of the Communauté St. Martin even to 11.5 per cent.
The proportion of diocesan seminarians are also distributed quite differently in the diocese. Eleven of the 94 dioceses had only one seminarian in the past year, five had no one. 13 dioceses had only two seminarians, 17 more only three, and another 18 dioceses between four and five seminarians. In other words, two-thirds of the French bishops do not even have a new priest every year.

Half of the diocesan seminarians are from 13 of 94 diocese - except Frejus-Toulon

More than half of all diocesan seminarians are from 13 of the 94 dioceses. Two diocese stand out: the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Frejus-Toulon. The largest number, with 70 seminarians, is the Archdiocese of Paris. At the lower end of the list, the seminarians of 42 diocese are to be counted in order to reach the number of seminarians in Paris. The archdiocese includes 3.3 per cent of the inhabitants of France, but accounts for 11.8 per cent of diocesan seminarians and 8.2 per cent of all seminarians.
The Diocese of Frejus-Toulon in Provence is a real exception. It has been headed since 2000 by the Bishop Dominique Rey. Although the Diocese is only 1.6 per cent of the population of France, the small diocese, with 42 seminarians, represents seven per cent of all diocesan seminarians and almost five per cent of all seminarians. On the whole, the seminary of Frejus-Toulon attracts most priestly vocations in proportion. At the seminary, 66 seminary participants were trained in the last academic year. In the past, Bishop Rey has promoted the establishment or founding of new orders and communities, including those with a missionary and traditional charism. The education at the diocesan seminary of Frejus-Toulon is also appreciated by priests of tradition.
27 dioceses had more seminarians in 2017 than in 2010. Not all of them signify a trend reversal, but some already. Worth mentioning was the increase, especially in the diocese of Lyon, Bayonne, Rennes, Montpellier, Meaux, Saint-Brieuc and Digne. The diocese of Bayonne is also headed by Monsignor Marc Aillet, a traditional bishop, who belongs to the Priestly Society of St. Martin.
Overall, a general shift can be observed. It leads away from the post-conciliar spirit and in a graded way towards the tradition.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Photo: Riposte Catholique
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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First Priestly Ordination in the Immemorial Mass in Nigeria Since Liturgical Reform

(Abuja) On 15 August, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary a first Mass was celebrated in Nigeria in the Immemorial Roman Rite.


Plan of the Church of Our Lady of the Perpetual Help of Umuaka

Monsignor Gregory Ochiaga, the emeritus bishop of Orlu ordained Deacon Charles Ike from the Priestly Society of St. Peter to the priesthood. The priestly ordination took place in the parish of Enneemaka of Umuaka, which is supervised by the Society of St. Peter. Umuaka is located in the state of Imo.
Nne Enyemaka is Igbo, the language of the people of the same name who live in southeast of Nigeria, and stands for Our Lady of Perpetual Help. A copy of the Roman image is revered in the parish church built by the Society of Peter. The construction work is still ongoing.
The parish was established by the incumbent Bishop of Orlu, Augustine Uwuoma as a personal parish for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
It is the first priestly ordination in the Immemorial Roman Rite, which has been offered in Nigeria since the liturgical reform of 1969/1970.
If you are interested in the church building project, you can find information on fsspnigeria.org.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: fsspnigeria.org
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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