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Francis: a Pontificate of Violence and Irrationality - and remembering Pope Benedict
Rorate Caeli ^ | January 27, 2017 | New Catholic

Posted on 01/26/2017 7:57:36 PM PST by ebb tide

The details of the naked and unconstitutional (absolutely contrary to the Constitutional Charter of the Sovereign Order) intervention of the Holy See in another Sovereign Entity (the Sovereign Order of Malta), revealed this evening by Edward Pentin, are nothing short of astonishing.

Excerpt:

The Pope summoned Fra’ Festing to the Vatican on Jan. 24 on the strict instruction not to let anyone know about the audience — a modus operandi that has been used frequently during this pontificate, the Register has learned. During the meeting, Francis asked Fra’ Festing to resign immediately, to which the Grand Master agreed. The Pope then ordered him to write his resignation letter on the spot, according to informed sources.

The Register has also learned that the Pope told Fra’ Festing that the reason for asking for his resignation was the Pope's conviction that he has to do a new, “complete investigation” of the Order, and that such an investigation would be “more easily conducted” if the Grand Master resigned.

The Register has been told that the Pope then had Fra’ Festing include in his letter of resignation that the Grand Master had asked for Boeselager's dismissal “under the influence” of Cardinal Raymond Burke, the patron of the Order. However, as patron the cardinal has no governance in the Order and can only counsel the Grand Master, meaning the decision to dismiss the Grand Chancellor belonged solely to the Grand Master.

Asked if it could confirm this version of events surrounding Fra’ Festing's meeting with the Pope, the Vatican told the Register Jan. 26 it gives “no comment on private conversations.”

If the Grand Master was pressured to resign, some within the Order are speculating about the validity of his resignation as it was demanded immediately without giving him time to consider the matter. They also are concerned it heralds a future purge of the Order.

Furthermore, some are asking that if all the acts of the Grand Master since Dec. 6 are null and void as Cardinal Parolin stated in his letter, would that also include Fra’ Festing’s act of tendering his resignation to the Pope.

On Saturday, the Sovereign Council meets to vote on whether to accept the Grand Master's resignation. (Source: National Catholic Register)

The violence, irrationality, and resentment that led to this forced resignation (by its very nature, not free and invalid, as all forced resignations) make one wonder if perhaps another resignation, that of Pope Benedict XVI, announced surprisingly to the astonishment of all on February 11, 2013, was not obtained with the use of similar methods.

Who knows?... What once sounded like an insane conspiracy theory does not look so impossible anymore. These are the methods the mafia currently in power use. It looks indeed not unlike what is being done to the Grand Master and the Sovereign Order of Malta. Honestly: would you doubt anything now?


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
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The violence, irrationality, and resentment that led to this forced resignation (by its very nature, not free and invalid, as all forced resignations) make one wonder if perhaps another resignation, that of Pope Benedict XVI, announced surprisingly to the astonishment of all on February 11, 2013, was not obtained with the use of similar methods.
1 posted on 01/26/2017 7:57:37 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

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2 posted on 01/26/2017 8:08:36 PM PST by utahagen
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To: ebb tide

Waiting for the solution. A simple call to arms from the College of Cardinals for the formal correction, or else.

Push our bishops. Push our cardinals. There is no time to observe. It is time for action, or we are unfaithful and complicit.

We, the “faithful”, become Nancy Pelosi.


3 posted on 01/26/2017 8:12:50 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: ebb tide

There were some complaints over their years...but, just speaking for my lonesome...... I sure do miss JP23 and Benedict now, that’s for sure!!!

JP23 and Benedict were clearly Catholic/Catholic men of faith. JP23 was also very pastoral, and he reached out sensitively to people all around the world. Benedict was also a brilliant man and thoughtful theologian.

Prayers...


4 posted on 01/26/2017 8:13:00 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: ebb tide

Benedict XVI yet lives. Lord, save us from the conundrum of the dual papacy.


5 posted on 01/26/2017 8:14:49 PM PST by Antoninus ("The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately." -Solzhenitsyn)
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To: utahagen

Interesting! One of the objections to the Catholic Church being the woman sitting on the seven mountains was that the Vatican wasn’t all of Rome. But if Pope Francis takes over the Italian government, then it could fit.

In any event, we are living in the last days.


6 posted on 01/26/2017 8:25:30 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: ebb tide
Honestly: would you doubt anything now?

Francis-Jorge-Bergoglio: "Uncle Ponto" incarnate.

Benedict XVI: Pope Emeritus, Pope Contemplatus, wafting around the Vatican.

Each of them a demi-pope. Disgusting. In light of various revelations pertaining to the skulduggery of Bergoglio and his cronies (the St. Gallen mafia and the lavender mafia) irregularities at the conclave, the SWIFT system/Vatican imbroglio, etc., Benedict is probably Pope, but at this point, honestly, who cares?

"For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul." (Psalm 54:4)

7 posted on 01/26/2017 9:06:03 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut; metmom; Antoninus; faithhopecharity; utahagen

” Honestly: would you doubt anything now?

Francis-Jorge-Bergoglio: “Uncle Ponto” incarnate.

Benedict XVI: Pope Emeritus, Pope Contemplatus, wafting around the Vatican...”

______________——————————————_________

Ratzinger (”Benedict XVI”) isn’t and wasn’t pope either!

The only way to make sense of all this starts with the faithful rejecting legitimacy of ALL heretical clergy and that, folks, most definitely includes Ratzinger, and YES, the papacy DOES matter.

Honestly: would you doubt anything now?:
http://novusordowatch.org/sedevacantism/


8 posted on 01/27/2017 3:45:17 AM PST by Repent and Believe (The Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth? Jesus Christ (Luke 18:8))
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To: Repent and Believe
Ratzinger (”Benedict XVI”) isn’t and wasn’t pope either!

He was. And the odd circumstances surrounding his equivocal semi-resignation and the hissing, spitting, multi-pronged, direct and CONTUMACIOUS attacks on Jesus Christ by his replacement are prima facie indications that he still is.

The only way to make sense of all this starts with the faithful rejecting legitimacy of ALL heretical clergy and that, folks, most definitely includes Ratzinger, and YES, the papacy DOES matter.

Of course it matters, but we don't have the authority to boot out material heretics. What we have is the Deposit of Faith to guide us when such wolves rear their ugly heads and attempt to impose false teachings upon the Body of Christ (and sadly, at present they are legion).

"The threefold test of Catholicity laid down by St Vincent of Lérins, namely ‘what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all’. By this triple test of ecumenicity, antiquity, and consent, the Church is to differentiate between true and false tradition."

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803115902789

9 posted on 01/27/2017 8:40:28 AM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: Repent and Believe
Ratzinger (”Benedict XVI”) isn’t and wasn’t pope either!

But don't forget, he is the "good cop" compared to Bergoglio. These Modernist heretics are quite crafty little fellows, aren't they?

10 posted on 01/27/2017 3:32:48 PM PST by piusv (Pray for a return to the pre-Vatican II (Catholic) Faith)
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