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Vatican Looks to Censor Lay Catholics [Catholic Caucus]
Church Militant ^ | October 28, 2018 | Michael Voris, S.T.B.

Posted on 10/29/2018 7:10:28 AM PDT by 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?...

(Excerpt) Read more at churchmilitant.com ...


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...And a million other questions.

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


So, some other questions:

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

1 posted on 10/29/2018 7:10:28 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: BlessedBeGod

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

2 posted on 10/29/2018 7:11:35 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

WTF


3 posted on 10/29/2018 7:12:50 AM PDT by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

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.


4 posted on 10/29/2018 7:17:38 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: BlessedBeGod
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

5 posted on 10/29/2018 7:24:11 AM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: Da Coyote

The ones that took care of these problems became Lutherans.


6 posted on 10/29/2018 7:24:14 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: BlessedBeGod
"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.

7 posted on 10/29/2018 7:28:17 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Yet another crackdown by the homosexual pope.


8 posted on 10/29/2018 7:39:37 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: BlessedBeGod

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


9 posted on 10/29/2018 8:07:09 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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To: BlessedBeGod
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.
10 posted on 10/29/2018 8:07:39 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: BlessedBeGod

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/


11 posted on 10/29/2018 8:08:02 AM PDT by detective
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To: BlessedBeGod

Boy these guys are some real Pharisees!


12 posted on 10/29/2018 8:40:27 AM PDT by Shark24
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To: BlessedBeGod
The censorship, whether from Bergoglio or others, has already begun:

URGENT: LifeSite is under attack (UPDATED)

13 posted on 10/29/2018 8:40:42 AM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

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


14 posted on 10/29/2018 9:34:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ebb tide

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


15 posted on 10/29/2018 9:35:19 AM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness”)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Denial of official certification from the “Holy See”?

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


16 posted on 10/29/2018 11:47:44 AM PDT by piusv
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To: BlessedBeGod

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.


17 posted on 10/29/2018 1:27:58 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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