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Alone Bishop Gracida openly proclaims "Resist!" & Actively Works towards the Removal of Francis "You cannot give Holy Communion to the abortionists, to the abortion promoters and providers, to the divorce and remarried. You cannot do it. St. Paul said you do not feed the Eucharist to dogs..." "Right now they [the laity] are suffering in silence. They need to object. The laity, the sensus fidelium is that common sense among the laity who have accepted the magisterial teaching of the Church which is the foundation of their faith." "Having accepted that when they hear something that is contradictory...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis’ plans will ‘destroy’ contemplative life: Franciscan friarThe chaplain insists that it is not only the traditional Latin Mass Carmelite nuns who are on the radar: contemplative life in the entire Church is at stake.Mon Oct 4, 2021 - 12:20 pm EDTMon Oct 4, 2021 - 1:23 pm EDT FAIRFIELD, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) — A plan by Pope Francis ‘to overhaul’ the communities of cloistered nuns is threatening their way of life.LifeSite has published today an interview with Father Maximilian Mary Dean, a former Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate and the chaplain to the discalced Carmelite nuns of...

How Mother Angelica’s nuns suffered loss, decay from fight against traditionAt one point reduced to 8 nuns, the monastery of Poor Clares begun by the foundress of EWTN now quotes pro-LGBT Timothy Radcliffe on its website.FAIRFIELD, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) — Even nuns in a monastery founded by EWTN’s Mother Angelica have suffered from an insensitive “Apostolic Visitation,” a Vatican-approved investigation.In a newly published interview conducted by LifeSite’s Jim Hale, hermit Father Maximilian Mary Dean retells the history of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Hanceville, Alabama. Their monastery, founded by Mother Angelica, who also began Catholic TV channel EWTN, received...

3 Swiss Guards Resign, Commander Reportedly Threatened as Vatican Enforces VaccineThe Register has learned that since the Spring, the Vatican has been holding seminars to “indoctrinate” the guardsmen to take the anti-Covid vaccine.VATICAN CITY — Three Swiss Guards have voluntarily left the Pope’s prestigious army corps and another three have been temporarily suspended after they refused to comply with compulsory anti-Covid vaccination being imposed by the Vatican.Lieutenant Urs Breitenmoser, the spokesman for the Pontifical Swiss Guard, confirmed the resignations on Sunday to Swiss media, saying they had taken place “on a voluntary basis” and adding that three other unvaccinated...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Legitimate illegality’: Famed Catholic author on how to defend tradition'Whoever wants to resist must be prepared to pay a price for it.'(LifeSiteNews) — Since the publication of Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes in the middle of July, several developments show us that the Pope is serious about his plan essentially to abolish the traditional Latin liturgy and all the communities attached to it. Tradition has to go.LifeSite has reached out to the prominent Catholic German author Martin Mosebach, a strong defender of the traditional Latin Mass and Tradition in general, asking him to help us discern this...

Covid, Swiss Guards revolt against Bergoglio: "We do not get vaccinated". And they resignIn the Vatican, the Swiss Guards revolt against Pope Francis . Already, the oath to serve the Pontiff faithfully by offering, if necessary, even life, can no longer be honored. At least for the no-vax Swiss Guards, opposed to the Covid vaccine. In fact, it is learned that three Swiss Guards opposed to serum have renounced their service in the Vatican. The point is that the vaccine, for them, has become mandatory under the specific instructions of Pope Francis . In all, there were six Swiss Guards...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis’ Humiliation (of) Saint Peter’s Chapter Enters New StageFrancis’ “transitional rules” for St Peter's Chapter (founded in 1053) took effect on October 1 in view of a feared “reform.”The canons will no longer assist the Pontifical celebrations and are reduced to “liturgical animation” with a “pastoral function.” This is how Francis has been humiliating the canons:• May 2020: With the excuse of Covid, he forbad their choir prayer.• March 2021: He banned Mass celebration in Saint Peter’s which affected most canons.• May 2021: The canons were forbidden to enter Saint Peter’s during a ceremony with Francis.• May 18...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò in Defense of Women’s Monasteries of Contemplative Life Dear friends and foes of Stilum Curiae, we receive and gladly publish this statement from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano in defense of women’s communities of contemplative life. Good reading §§§ Statementin Defense of Convents of Religious Sisters of Contemplative Life With profound sorrow and strong indignation, I follow the events related to the Apostolic Visitations that the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is carrying out in various Convents of contemplative women religious in the United States. The manner in which these Apostolic...

Why Churchmen Who Demand the Vaccine Are Literally ‘Tyrants.’ The Ultimate ResourceAs I did yesterday, I’m eschewing originality this time in favor of usefulness. Imagine me leaning much too close to you, and speaking like some Palestinian used car salesman when I say, “I am only trying to help you, my friend. In fact, I am losing money on this deal. Losing money! But I like your face!” Then I give your cheeks a squeeze. The ones on your face.Today I call your attention to a magnificent piece of reasoning, and writing, but not by me. Instead it’s by Canadian...

Covid Vatican: Get a Vaccination Or Get OutVatican Secretary of State Parolin issued a September 28 decree (below) confirming the need of a compulsory vaccination pass for Roman Curia staff, external contractors and visitors.Thus, everyone entering the Vatican needs a vaccination which is free, or a costly negative Covid-19 test which must be paid by the employee.In rare cases, medical exemptions are possible, unsurprisingly, exemptions on religious grounds are not considered.Vatican personnel without a Covid-19 certification may not enter their workplace and this will be considered an unexcused absence. "Vaccination" protects neither against an infection nor against the spread of...

[Catholic Caucus] Faithful of canceled parish in Mexico warn of ‘eventual extinction’ of Latin MassThe faithful warn of ‘an eventual extinction of the celebration of the Mass according to the Missal of St. John XXIII in the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.’Mon Sep 27, 2021 - 2:35 pm EDTMon Sep 27, 2021 - 2:35 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — After Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara, Mexico, published a decree on September 21, in which he canonically suppresses the quasi-parish St. Peter in Chains run by the Fraternity of St. Peter, the faithful now ask the cardinal “to be heard and for the...

[Catholic Caucus] Fairfield PA Carmelites undergoing “difficult and stressful trial”… prayers urgently requestedIt started yesterday with eight hours of “depositions.” It continued today, never mind the Third Commandment. It will continue through Tuesday. You see, these nuns have two big problems: 1. They’re Trads, 2. Their vocations are booming.I offered my Rosary for them today; please unite yourself to that or offer some prayers of your own, please.From their press release last week:“This coming weekend, we ask that you pray in a special way for our Nuns. More than ever before, they are in need of your love and your...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò asks Catholics to support persecuted clergy, warns of ‘epochal clash’ in ChurchViganò encouraged Catholics to host priests in their houses to say Mass, and to ‘protect the victims of these wolves in sheep’s clothing.’DUBUQUE, Iowa (LifeSiteNews) – In a video message to the Coalition for Canceled Priests, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò declared that the “entire general staff of the Catholic Church has revealed itself to be allied with the enemy,” and urged the lay faithful to support priests who are “victims of persecution and of canonical abuses” in a kind of underground church.The former apostolic nuncio...

[Catholic Caucus] More Francis on "Traditionis custodes": To a new visiting group of French bishops, Francis says, "Yes, I did it thinking about the USA." (And additional important information.)To the first group of French bishops in the periodical "ad limina" visit to Rome, Francis said, "Basta!" -- enough.This morning, Francis met a new group of French Bishops, including the Archbishops of Paris, Abp. Michel Aupetit, and of Lyon, Abp. Olivier de Germay. Famille Chrétienne reveals the details:Several French bishops were received for a particularly long audience - two hours and twenty minutes - and were able to have a...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditional Carmelites in Pennsylvania announce apostolic visitationThe traditional Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate had undergone a visitation early on in Pope Francis’ papacy — with very negative effects on the order. (LifeSiteNews) — The beautiful Carmelite monastery in Fairfield, Pennsylvania, with some 25 nuns dedicated to the traditional form of the Roman rite have received notice that an apostolic visitation will take place September 25–28. The Carmelites have sent out a press release (see full text below) and are asking for prayers and vigils, since such a visitation — which includes interviews of each sister and detailed scrutiny...

[Catholic Caucus] Mexican archdiocese suppresses Traditional Latin Mass parish run by the FSSPIn a stunning move, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara has issued a decree suppressing a Traditional Latin Mass parish community run by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP).The decree also states that all priests who wish to continue to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in the diocese must accept “the validity and legitimacy of the liturgical reform” and “the dictates of the Second Vatican Council,” that they must be willing to celebrate the Novus Ordo Mass, and that they must recognize that “the only expression of the lex...

Op-Ed: "Traditionis Custodes: Vatican II at the Throes of Death"The non-reception of the Second Vatican Council has focused in a concrete way on the refusal of the liturgical reform, even if a certain number of practitioners of the old Mass affirm their adherence to the "well interpreted" conciliar intuitions. In any case, the existence of the traditional liturgy is a persistent and even growing phenomenon of non-reception. Marginal? Pope Bergoglio, who wants to be the pope of the full realization of Vatican II, has come to be convinced that the phenomenon is sufficiently important that he must work to eradicate...

[Catholic Caucus] The Bishop Cancelled the Memorial Requiem for my MotherTo the average Penn State student, the fourth of September of 2018 was a day like any other. A Tuesday early in the semester, the weather in State College, Pennsylvania was perfect, and the buzz of a promising football season (coupled with a narrow victory the week before) permeated campus. It was around 2 o’clock in the afternoon when I received a call I had been dreading but, unfortunately, expecting.My mother had died.For the past four years, my mother, Cheryl, had battled stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Over the course...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis Calls EWTN "The Work Of The Devil" How many remember various sit-coms that featured a manipulative mother/mother-in-law who was always complaining about how close she came to death's door and how no one appreciated her? That's what this recent exchange between the pope and some of his fellow Jesuits calls to mind. In Slovakia last week, a Jesuit priest asked him how he was. The pope replied, "still alive, even though some people wanted me to die". The poor priest got quite the earful. "Drama queen" are the words that come to mind. Did Pope...

How Will the Vatican Enforce the Anti-COVID ‘Green Pass’?Spokesman Matteo Bruni was unable to confirm whether it would be needed for public papal events. ‘I think certain decisions are still being made,’ he told the Register Sept. 20.VATICAN CITY — Details remain unclear on how the Vatican will enforce an anti-COVID “green pass” for staff, residents, and visitors ahead of its implementation on Oct. 1.According to a decree signed on Sept. 18 and published on Monday, entry into Vatican territory will only be allowed for those in possession of a digital “green pass” certificate attesting to a “state of...