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[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] Why Synodality is a ShamSynodality isn't a process in which the laity's concerns are heard; it is a process by which they are ignored.Last month a social media intern working for the General Secretariat of the Synod posted a poll on đ (formerly Twitter). The yes/no poll asked: âDo you believe that synodality as a path of conversion and reform can enhance the mission and participation of all the baptized?â One can imagine the thought process of this young intern. He (or she) is surrounded by people obsessed with All Things Synod. These people have been living and...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Modernist Pedigree of Francisâs Synod on Synodality, and Its ImplicationsâThe Holy People of God has been set in motion for mission thanks to the synodal experience. . . The seeds of the Synodal Church are already sprouting!â (Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, June 14, 2024)Fr. Dominique Bourmaud went to his eternal reward on September 4, 2021, a month before Francis announced his intention to âcreate a different churchâ with the Synod on Synodality. Remarkably, though, Fr. Bourmaud was able to describe the essence of the Synodal Church in his 2003 book, One Hundred Years of Modernism:âThe Tyrrellian Church is...
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[Catholic Caucus] A new look at the Synod on SynodalityMarshall McLuhan was a Canadian communication guru of the last century who was probably best known for saying, "The medium is the message." As the second and last session of the Synod on Synodality draws near, it occurs to me that something along those lines is apparently what Pope Francis has in mind for the synod, but in a variant form: "The process is the product."Although an ever-growing body of synodal reports, summaries, and syntheses already exists, the concluding session, Oct. 2 to Oct. 27, will add many more. A few...
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[Catholic Caucus] Glaringly Obvious Signs that the Spirit Guiding Francisâs Synod is NOT HolyAs we can grasp from the considerations that follow, the Synod on Synodality is perhaps the most vile offense against God taking place in the world today because its leaders suggest that the Holy Ghost is guiding the Synod, whereas it is obvious that the guiding spirit is Satan.âIn a synodal style, decisions are made through discernment, based on a consensus that flows from the common obedience to the Spirit.â (Synod on Synodality Preparatory Document)Not many Catholics appear to care much about the ongoing Synod on Synodality,...
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Pope Francis hints at new âunderstandingâ of papacy during meeting with Anglican leadersThe Pontiffâs speech to the Anglicans held a revolutionary possibility: namely, a decision by Francis to use the papacy itself as an ecumenical bargaining tool, in a manner which could appear to undermine the authority wielded by the Pope.Pope Francis greets Canterbury's Justin Welby, May 2, 2024.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) â Pope Francis hosted leaders from the Anglican Communion at the Vatican Thursday, and while speaking about the âcontroversialâ role of the papacy, the Pontiff raised the possibility of a new âunderstandingâ that could result from ecumenical relations and...
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[Catholic Caucus] New Synod documents reveal discussion themes for study groups formed by Pope FrancisA new document from Synod on Synodality leaders outlined study groups to explore key synod themes.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) â Leaders of the Synod on Synodality have published two new texts, highlighting Pope Francisâ plans to implement a more permanent effect of the multi-year synod by the format of study groups for key synod themes.At a press conference today, a panel of speakers comprised of the Synod on Synodalityâs leading members presented two lengthy documents, showing the results of the General Secretariat of the Synodâs recent workings...
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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal McElroy: Synod could end link between diaconate and priesthood to allow âfemale deaconsâMcElroy said Synod members discussed âperhaps ending the transitional diaconate,â which he claimed âcould make it easierâ to introduce so-called âwomen deacons,â according to Crux.San Diegoâs Cardinal Robert McElroy has revealed that participants of the Synod on Synodality discussed ending the so-called âtransitional diaconateâ in order to more easily accommodate having âfemale deacons.âAddressing the annual Archdiocese of Los Angelesâ Religious Education Congress last week, McElroy renewed his previous calls for the promotion of women to the diaconate. His talk â only segments of which have...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Time of Magical ThinkingLast year's Synod on Synodality was a moment of Magical Thinking, bearing no resemblance to historic Christianity.Joan Didionâs 2005 bestseller, The Year of Magical Thinking, left her readers a bit shaken. The rending account of her husbandâs death was cast in a demimonde of disturbing shadows. For quite a time it tossed her into a twilight existence of strange disconnections and fantasy expectations. Hence her tantalizing title. Her mourning bore no resemblance to reality, only a loose pastiche of semi-mad concoctions. Didionâs book came immediately to mind when reviewing the results of last Octoberâs...
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[Catholic Caucus] Synodal Witchcraft"In Africa, we understand marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and anything short of that is witchcraft.âThis statement, made by Cameroonian Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya at a recent meeting of the Synod on Synodality, was largely ignored by the media; but its significance cannot be overestimated.Doubtless out of consideration for his host, the archbishop did not want to say, "In Africa, any so-called marriage between two men or two women would be considered witchcraft"âbut that is obviously what he meant. In Cameroon, homosexuality is popularly associated with witchcraft, and transgenders can be arrested...
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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis did all the heavy lifting during the Synod by holding his own 'Uber-Synod'One of the main events during the Synod on Synodality occurred outside of its official proceedings: Pope Francis conducted his own synodal gatherings â an âuber synodâ â to push his personal agenda, which undermines the Deposit of the Faith. Pope Francis held a personal meeting with Whoopi Goldberg, who praised the Pontiff for his personal support of the LGBT agenda. Pope Francis also took special time to praise the notorious LGBT activist Sister Jeannine Gramick, who was condemned for her actions by the...
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Archbishop Aguer: Feminist thinking predominates in final Synod on Synodality reportFor those of us who know Sacred Scripture and the history of ecclesial institutions, governance by laypeople, including women, would represent a fundamental change that causes alarm for the future.(LifeSiteNews) â The final report of Session XVI of the Synod on Synodality has been made public. It indicates that the successors of the apostles are no longer its exclusive protagonists or members; laypeople, including women, have been incorporated with their voices and votes. This is absolutely unusual and contrary to the Tradition of the Church. Things have been rearranged in...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Synodal Way Won Me OverI have not written on matters of faith in a long time. âWhy?â Iâm sure no one has asked. I will inflict an answer upon you regardless. Itâs simple. Iâve been undergoing a spiritual transformation. I have received a re-catechization and am now awakened. No longer burdened by traditional ideologies, I am forever changed, and it is my wish to pass on this possibility to all. Whoopee? you might say. To which I reply, Whoopi!That is correct. I have been forever improved and perfected by the Vaticanâs synodal way. It has been a...
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Schismality And if a house be divided against itself,that house cannot stand. - Mk 3: 24-25"It is not to be excluded that I will enter historyas the one who split the Catholic Church.â If Der Spiegel had attributed the sinister quote above to any pope other than the present one we would have laughed it off as far and away the most ludicrous hatchet job ever perpetrated by the corporate media against the Church and the papacy. Alas, in its 23 December 2016 edition the renowned German magazine alleged that the boast was made to a small group of his...
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[Catholic Caucus] German bishop asks priests to âblessâ homosexual unions, citing Pope Francis and Synodal WayBishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann of Speyer encouraged pastors to conduct âblessingsâ of homosexual and other sinful relationships and said that no one âhas to fear sanctionsâ for doing so in his diocese.SPEYER, Germany (LifeSiteNews) â Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann of the Diocese of Speyer, Germany, has called on priests in his diocese to grant âblessing ceremoniesâ for homosexual unions as well as adulterous and sinful relationships outside of marriage.In a November 2 letter to the clergy and staff of the diocese, the bishop invoked the German Synodal...
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Synod Final Document: a Program of SubversionThe Relatio Synodalis does not state directly the liceity of adulterous or otherwise immoral sexual relations; it does not state directly the ordination of women; it does not state directly that celibacy must be abolished. But it is the most extensive and deep program of subversion of the Catholic Church ever written. It is a base imitation of the strategies of the â21st Century Socialism.â Perhaps one can feel the hand of Arturo Sosa Jr. in it?The concerns raised by the document are infinite. But I will focus just on some of the central...
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[Catholic Caucus] Rearranging the Synod Table ChairsThe Synod was a series of fixations on matters of utter inconsequence, rather like the deck hands busily arranging chairs on the Titanic before its final plunge into the sea.There was a time, not so very long ago, when the raging controversy among Catholics was about how best to receive Holy Communion. Would greater reverence be shown when receiving Our Lord on the tongue, which had been the custom for centuries, or in the hand, which not a few innovators were proposing as somehow more fitting? How quaint it all now seems up against...
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[Catholic Caucus] The synodal expectations gameAfter a month of meetings in Rome, itâs finally now halftime in the synod of bishopsâ synod on synodality, with delegates departing Rome to bring the good news about synodality back to their home countries.As they head out, they will be taking with them the assemblyâs interim report document, published Saturday after considerable debate and amendment from the initial draft version produced by the synodal secretariatâs writing committee.Debate over that text, and the significance of the language used, or not used, in some passages has become the subject of much post-session synodal debate. How significant...
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[Catholic Caucus] Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? The #SchismaticWay is Done for NowFirst, letâs remember one thing: the outcome of the synod on Synodality has already been determined. Remember what happened with the Family Synod of 2016? According to Archbishop Forte, Pope Francis had a predetermined outcome and pushed it through against the will of the bishops, then âdrew out the conclusionsâ in the infamous footnote. So all of this month is just a lot of smoke before the synod in October of 2024, and the Popeâs actions afterwards.So no one needs to spend time reading through this final document...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Greatest Catholic Event Since Vatican II?Several voices â mostly close to Pope Francis and the organizers of the Synod on Synodality â declared the assembly, before the fact, the most significant event in the life of the Catholic Church since Vatican II. The official organizers, however, sought to rein in expectations, perhaps because the Synod has deliberately been structured to put the âniceâ stuff first â conversation, listening, mutual respect â reserving the harder sayings for next Octoberâs meeting. Then again, several of the officially selected speakers suggested, as one of them put it, âWhen we reach...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Synod on Synodality, St. ThĂ©rĂšse and the Unspoken Reality of PerditionCOMMENTARY: The Catholic Churchâs primary role remains: It is an instrument of the salvation of souls.From what can be gathered from the publicly restricted discussions at the Synod on Synodality, delegates talked a great deal about welcoming and inclusion, about some potentially radical changes in Church governance, and specific issues such as womenâs ordination, homosexuality and immigration. The focus, therefore, appears to have so far been primarily on the temporal, on matters clearly pertaining to this world and mostly according to merely worldly perspectives, both regarding the...
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