Posted on 05/13/2025 4:39:56 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell
(Hymn at the link.) With everyone so urgent about who is Pope Leo XIV, we may want to pull back and think about who he will seem to be in a year, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, after his death, after the next Pope.
When God sends the people a scourge because they dispise his blessings, and they are trying to understand why bad things are happening to supposedly good people, you can't just look at the punishment, you need to examine those who are the punished.
The punishment for our faithlessness was a Dictator Pope who deliberately promoted perverts, to delegitimize the Papacy; a Roman Curia filled with the unnatural vice, to turn the world's religious seekers away from their best chance at reaching heaven; and decades of child predators protected by that top boss and the leadership, to abandon the innocents the Lord warned about causing millisones to deserve to be hung around guilty necks.
Satan was in charge of all this. The laity deserved it because, after they were led into taking the Pill by the Rockefellers with secret conferences at Notre Dame starting in 1961 (with Trojan Horse commander Judge John T. Noonan Jr. actually put in charge of National Right to Life), 10 years after, they got Roe v Wade, then on to Deep Throat and Obergefell.
The laity deserve these developments and these false shepherds as punishment for their abandonment of the saving Sacraments, Holy Communion, Confession and fruitful Matrimony.
So will we reform ourselves, follow the Commandments, give alms, fast, sacrifice and pray for Pope Leo to be converted away from the false gospel of Synodality and Vatican II, for his soul and ours to be saved?
Or will we deserve an even worse Pope than Francis, as the scourge to punish us until we once more make God the center of our lives?
Oh for crying out loud, calling Pope Francis God’s punishment for our faithlessness. That is a bit much. The miserable rule of Pope Francis seems more clearly due to the stupidity of the Cardinals who elected him.
In another way of saying this....Rome was in error with Vatican II.
..Francis God’s punishment for our faithlessness...
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The fix was in. The old hippie priests didn’t want the “new” conservative Church. They booted Pope Benedict and elected a fraud, a Jesuit who doesn’t follow the line of the Pope.
The Cardinals were not stupid, they were corrupt, still are. I liked that Pope Leo wore a “noose” around his neck and said the Hail Mary. He also chose the name Leo and spoke of Evil.
God willing Pope Leo has seen the light. Hey, St. Paul was knocked of his donkey...
“To all you brothers and sisters of Rome, Italy, of all the world, we want to be a synodal church, walking and always seeking peace, charity, closeness, especially to those who are suffering.” Pope Leo XIV
Yes, while the Papal Electors of 2013 are at fault in Bergoglio's election, there had been a dedicated rigging-job at work for decades before the event.
Julia Meloni's book "The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group within the Church" delves into the clandestine activities of a group of liberal Catholic prelates who convened in St. Gallen, Switzerland, during the 1990s and early 2000s. This assembly, informally dubbed the "St. Gallen Mafia," sought to influence the direction of the Catholic Church by opposing the conservative stances of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) and promoting a more progressive agenda.
Meloni meticulously pieces together evidence from various sources to shed light on the group's internal dynamics and their efforts to shape papal succession. Key figures such as Cardinals Carlo Maria Martini, Godfried Danneels, and Achille Silvestrini are examined for their roles in this movement. The book explores the group's influence on the 2005 conclave, where they initially considered backing Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), and their eventual success in the 2013 conclave that elected him.
Beyond the political maneuvers, The St. Gallen Mafia delves into the theological and ideological underpinnings of the group's vision for the Church, highlighting their desire for reforms in areas like collegiality, sexual morality, and the decentralization of Church authority. Meloni's narrative provides a critical perspective on how this informal network may have impacted the trajectory of the Catholic Church in the 21st century.
A document issued by Pope John Paul II designed to preclude manipulation or rigging of papal conclaves is Universi Dominici Gregis, promulgated on February 22, 1996, with relevance to the St. Gallen Mafia.
Key Points of Universi Dominici Gregis:
It lays out the procedures and rules for the election of a new pope after the death or resignation of a pontiff.
It forbids any form of campaigning or canvassing for papal candidates. Specifically, it prohibits:
"Any form of pact, agreement, promise or other commitment of any kind which could oblige the electors to give or deny their vote to a person or persons."
The document declares such acts invalid and subject to penalty, aiming to ensure the freedom and integrity of the conclave.
Relevance to the St. Gallen Group:
Critics argue that the alleged activities of the St. Gallen group—meeting informally to discuss Church reforms and to promote certain candidates, particularly Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio—run contrary to the spirit and possibly the letter of Universi Dominici Gregis. If their discussions involved pre-conclave agreements or coordinated strategies to influence the vote, such actions could be seen as violations of the norms John Paul II set to avoid politicization and manipulation of the papal election process.
Summary:
Document: Universi Dominici Gregis (1996)
Author: Pope John Paul II
Purpose: To govern the procedures of papal elections and prevent any undue influence, lobbying, or political maneuvering—precisely the kind of behavior attributed to the so-called St. Gallen Mafia.
I will pray he becomes a Christian and actually read the Bible instead of changing it and making up things.
“read the Bible instead of changing it and making up things.”
They’ve been making up things for centuries. Why would they stop now?
The Catholic teaching on adversity is that it should be taken by the faithful as an occasion for moral reflection but rarely as a form of punishment from God. And, in any event, for believers, ultimately, God's mercy and grace prevail over sin and its punishments. From that perspective, the faithful should not be disheartened by adversity.
Author needs a spelling lesson or two.
[...] to abandon the innocents the Lord warned about causing millisones millstones to deserve to be hung around guilty necks.
Also a lesson in syntax! "Causing millstones to deserve to be hung" is egregious! Millstones don't "deserve" anything!
Regards,
“,,,the faithful should not be disheartened by adversity.”
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I’m Irish, I love adversity and being miserable.
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