Vatican Looks to Censor Lay Catholics [Catholic Caucus]

Church Militant ^ | October 28, 2018 | Michael Voris, S.T.B.

[BlessedBeGod]

Vatican leaders are now calling for Catholics on the internet who do not meet their approval to be censored. The censorship would come in the denial of official certification from the Holy See.

Precisely how such a process would work was not specifically addressed within the final Youth Synod document, or any other place at the moment. What is clear is that leaders in the Vatican are feeling the heat and are concerned about continuing to lose control of their carefully constructed narrative.

Paragraph 146 of the final approved Synod document speaks to the need for creating "certification systems for Catholic websites, to counter the spread of fake news regarding the Church..."

Aside from the somewhat totalitarian-minded approach to dealing with criticism, which Pope Francis has said publicly he welcomes, the mechanism of how such a "certification" would work is a complete mystery.

For example, what would be the criteria for applying and being granted certification? How many sites would be eligible? Is the Vatican communications office sufficiently staffed with people fluent in multiple languages to review each website during the application?

How frequently would the renewal process be triggered? Would a renewal process even exist? What would be the mechanism for revoking a "certification" already granted?...

[BlessedBeGod]

...And a million other questions.

One good thing it would do, is out all the heterodox websites on one list.

So, some other questions:

• Would you be disallowed to use the word "Catholic" in your website's name if you weren't certified?
• Would you not be able to have a website or blog if you were a priest and weren't certified (think Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)?
• What about publishers and their websites? Are Ignatius Press, TAN Books, Sophia Institute Press, et al, going to be declared Fake News if they're not certified?
• Do you get a special checkmark on your Twitter account if you're certified? (LOL)
• etc.

Is the authentic Good News going to be declared to be Fake News instead?

[BlessedBeGod]

Forgot to mention that Michael Voris has a whole bunch of other questions in his article at his website.

[JPJones]

WTF

[Da Coyote]

So Pope Che is using standard left wing tactics, eh?
What a surprise.
Catholics will take care of this clown sooner or later.

Sooner please.

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

And when will there be a report about Vatican leaders calling for Catholics who run colleges and universities who do not meet the standard of 2000+ years of Church teaching to be censored???? ...

#romancrickets

[GingisK]

The ones that took care of these problems became Lutherans.

[G Larry]

"denial of official certification from the Holy See."

So?

How about certification from the Holy Spirit?

The corruption of men at the Holy See is NOT the same as corruption of Church Doctrine, which the Holy Spirit protects.

[onedoug]

Yet another crackdown by the homosexual pope.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

So they want to resurrect the Catholic Legion of Decency, except more like a Ministry of Truth (from Nineteen Eighty-Four)?

[marshmallow]

I think in the current climate, a denial of certification from the Holy See would actually be the stamp of authenticity which would attract me to a Catholic website. A stamp of approval from Bergoglio's operation would be akin to a "Toxic" sticker on a bottle.

[detective]

Internet censorship.

Just like China and Venezuela.

And Facebook.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/china-internet-censorship-new-crackdowns-and-rules-are-here-to-stay.html

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/25/venezuela_increases_censorship_surveillance/

[Shark24]

Boy these guys are some real Pharisees!

[ebb tide]

The censorship, whether from Bergoglio or others, has already begun:

URGENT: LifeSite is under attack (UPDATED)

[Buckeye McFrog]

I guess the choice is coming down to would you rather be an officially denounced Catholic or an ex-Catholic?

[NKP_Vet]

You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.
You will agree with Comrade Bergoglio. Resistance is futile.

[piusv]

Denial of official certification from the “Holy See”?

I suspect that most who would be denied such won’t have an issue with this.

[ebb tide]

What a joke. Especially after Bergoglio’s very own Vatican news portal, Vatican News, has been caught repeatedly referring to Bergoglio as the Successor of Christ.