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Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas

The US and German bishops appear to be in cahoots with the Vatican in a campaign to take down the Catholic Church - and New Zealand's Marists look like they're in on it too. 

'Pope Francis' has sent in his heavies to get the dirt, it seems, on Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, 'America's Bishop', who's called out Bergoglio for undermining the Catholic Faith and who was the only US prelate to protest against the blasphemous  Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the LA Dodgers.

Meanwhile in Germany Bishop Franz-Josef Bode denies foundational Eucharistic dogma by inviting all-comers to receive Communion, Proddies included, and he gets away with it. In Cathnews the Marists (who deny Communion to Catholics who kneel to receive) give +Bode top of the bill for his 'pioneering' move and gaslight the faithful.

It actually looks like Catholics aren't wanted in the Catholic Church any more. You know, the Catholics who actually believe everything that the Church believes and teaches, as Catholics must if they want to win heaven. 

The Society of St Pius X (SSPX) for example, who preach orthodox doctrine and mortal sin and expect the laity to receive the Eucharist at least weekly and to confess on a regular basis because otherwise they won't receive the graces of Eucharist - they're hounded by the Vatican into garages and funeral parlours to celebrate Holy Mass.

Or the Catholics who believe in the sanctity of life and therefore refused the v*x, who were treated like lepers. In fact 'Pope Francis' himself gives the example for a non-Catholic Church by pushing that v*x on the faithful as "an act of love". That's a flat-out lie.

The 'pope' is woke, and that's a lie too. Woke ideology (as Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano wrote on Easter Sunday) is a lie. "Woke ideology ... causes the cancellation of our Identity, our History and our Faith in order to impose the infernal religion of the New World Order and the barbarism of the Great Reset."

The Novus Ordo-ites still sitting dumbly and numbly in their pews (they are fewer and fewer) will soon have to make a choice between Heaven and Hell. They should meditate on Dante Alighieri's line from Canto 3, Inferno: "The darkest places of hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis".

 

When Church Militant broke the news over the weekend that the Vatican had ordered an investigation of Bp. Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, the Catholic social media world exploded, as it should have.

What other response should there be?

The Texas bishop has piled up scorn and private disdain from many of his brother bishops. Now that private disdain has bubbled over into the realm of public disdain, as he is now being "gone after" because of his orthodoxy and willingness to announce it.

He has deservedly earned the nickname "America's Bishop" for his simple manner of clear, direct speaking. And, of course, the hierarchy, as it is currently (and temporarily, we might add) composed, can never tolerate clarity.

They continually push for the agenda of the Democratic Party.GabTweet

They wrap themselves in the mantle of "charity" publicly, while privately, many of these men are the most uncharitable, vindictive, nasty human beings you could ever encounter. They are political-minded animals who seek not the good of souls and the thriving of the Church, but their continued leeching off the institution whose beauty they have traded away for enormous sums of government largesse.

The U.S. bishops are drowning in hundreds of millions of dollars every year handed to them by their government counterparts under the guise once again of "charity," as in funding so-called social justice programs (translation — promoting Democratic Party agenda items).

In reality, those programs and the enormous funding they receive are the cover for keeping the machinery of Catholic, Inc., well-oiled. And in that environment, two things can never be allowed to happen: (1) orthodoxy being preached and (2) being a political conservative.

Strickland ticks both boxes, so little wonder he has drawn the eye of Sauron. A vocal daring Catholic political conservative who also has a miter — that simply cannot be allowed. There's too much at risk for Catholic, Inc.

One of the great ironies in all this is the two-man team sent from the Vatican to "investigate." And for the record, let's be very clear, it is an "investigation," despite the blatantly hypocritical pretense that it is an "apostolic visit." Puh-lease.

If you count Judas an Apostle, then I suppose.

The lead in the two-man team was retired bishop Gerald Kicanas, a man who we called "notorious" in our initial article over the weekend. We didn't get into it all then, but now we will.

Kicanas was rector of Mundelein Seminary in Chicago from 1984 to 1995, much of that time under the even more notorious Cdl. Joseph Bernardin. During his time as rector, Kicanas was made aware from multiple seminarians that another seminarian by the name of Daniel McCormack was sexually harassing them, drinking with them frequently and, after getting them drunk, trying to sexually assault them.

While he was in seminary and in Mexico, he sexually abused two boys. It was later revealed in criminal court proceedings that two seminarians reported those

 happen: (1) orthodoxy being preached and (2) being a political conservative.

Strickland ticks both boxes, so little wonder he has drawn the eye of Sauron. A vocal daring Catholic political conservative who also has a miter — that simply cannot be allowed. There's too much at risk for Catholic, Inc.

One of the great ironies in all this is the two-man team sent from the Vatican to "investigate." And for the record, let's be very clear, it is an "investigation," despite the blatantly hypocritical pretense that it is an "apostolic visit." Puh-lease.

If you count Judas an Apostle, then I suppose.

The lead in the two-man team was retired bishop Gerald Kicanas, a man who we called "notorious" in our initial article over the weekend. We didn't get into it all then, but now we will.

Kicanas was rector of Mundelein Seminary in Chicago from 1984 to 1995, much of that time under the even more notorious Cdl. Joseph Bernardin. During his time as rector, Kicanas was made aware from multiple seminarians that another seminarian by the name of Daniel McCormack was sexually harassing them, drinking with them frequently and, after getting them drunk, trying to sexually assault them.

While he was in seminary and in Mexico, he sexually abused two boys. It was later revealed in criminal court proceedings that two seminarians reported those assaults to Kicanas, who did nothing. Just as he had done nothing when it came to the various and frequent complaints by Mundelein seminarians about McCormack trying stuff in the showers as well as when they were drinking.

Kicanas gave the green light to McCormack's ordination in 1994, and shortly after that, McCormack became one of the most notorious priest sex-abusers in the country, racking up 23 formal complaints (who knows how many did not come forward), serving prison time for molesting five boys, and costing the archdiocese $12 million in settlements in civil proceedings.

McCormack was eventually convicted as well as defrocked and is now being sued civilly by many victims. Kicanas knew all this ahead of time and still gave his blessing to McCormick's being ordained. When the info came out about McCormack once the criminal case was underway, he gave an interview to a local Chicago paper, which asked him point blank about how he greenlit the ordination with all the seminarians coming to him telling him about McCormack.

Kicanas' answer? Wait for it: "I was more concerned with his drinking." We kid you not. This is the man who Rome sent to be the lead investigator to lower the boom — politely, of course, we're sure – on Bp. Strickland.

And for the record, Kicanas, who had been the vice president of the USCCB, came within a handful of votes of actually becoming president.

It was only a last-minute public relations blitz by faithful Catholics back in 2009 that derailed his victory. That's how Cardinal Dolan became president: He was the compromise candidate, who, after his win, went on to tell assembled media that "there is no crisis in the Church." His elevation to the presidency of the USCCB was because of the crisis in the Church.

Scheming, lying politicians who have figured out how to get money from Washington, D.C., while sacrificing the Church — that's what we have. Nothing less. And the sooner that reality gets embraced, the sooner we can do something.

When Church Militant repeatedly says the Church is a dumpster fire right now, we know what we're talking about. But likewise, we need to expand beyond the Strickland news for a bit here and understand there is much more behind the scenes here than is being admitted or even reported.

What many, many people tell us here at Church Militant is we have the ability to connect the dots for them, to point out the intersection, the overlap, of so many areas (call it the "Venn diagram" of the Church's corruption).

There is much more behind the scenes here than is being admitted or even reported.GabTweet

A large part of the corruption happens because of the bishops' unofficial involvement in politics. They continually push for the agenda of the Democratic Party, point by point, but carefully sidestep the prickly situation of being actually officially political. Catholic, Inc., can't jeopardize that precious 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status.

The truth is you will never meet a more political group in your life than these men. It is this that Strickland has run afoul of. But, of course, Strickland is still alive, unlike Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen who, in death, has run into the exact same buzzsaw of the U.S. bishops jamming up his canonization for pretty much the same reasons: being a political conservative patriot-minded citizen and preaching solid Catholic orthodoxy.

These leaders, they don't care; they'll come after you, dead or alive.https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vort-the-vaticans-direct-and-eye-opening-attack-on-bp-strickland

 

Bishop Franz-Josef Bode - who bodes ill 

In a pioneering move, the Diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has become the first Catholic diocese to release official guidelines on the concept of Eucharistic hospitality.

The diocese recently published a comprehensive booklet outlining the conditions under which all Christians within the diocese can participate in a Catholic Eucharist or Protestant communion celebration during ecumenically significant occasions.

The move marks a significant departure from the traditional practice, where the reception of the Eucharist was reserved exclusively for Catholic believers.

Note the use of the past tense. 'The reception of the Eucharist was reserved exclusively for Catholic believers.' Insinuating that this absolutely foundational doctrine of the Catholic Church is a thing of the past. It's 'Franciscan' propaganda. Gaslighting.   

Bishop Franz-Josef Bode approved the publication of these guidelines before his resignation in March.

Bishop Bode emphasised the need for opportunities for mutual hospitality, especially in light of the ongoing quest for full church fellowship and the growing understanding between different denominations.

How Proddy can you be? 

The Ecumenical Church Congress held in Osnabrück mid-June provided the occasion for this historic release. On Saturday evening during the event, both Catholic and Protestant communities officially extended invitations for inclusive practices.

The nearly 40-page booklet combines two theological essays by Bishop Bode and Osnabrück theologian Margit Eckholt.

 Wouldn't you know it, there's a female theologian in the woodpile.

 

Prof Margit Eckholt - in the Cathnews woodpile 

It also incorporates personal experiences and reflections from Protestant and Catholic Christians, offering readers a diverse range of perspectives. In addition, the booklet includes references to pertinent theological texts.

The material aims to assist Christians in forming a well-founded opinion, enabling them to decide on suitable occasions whether to extend an invitation to the Eucharist or Communion as a celebrant, or to accept such an invitation as a believer. Diocese of Osnabrück pioneers Eucharistic hospitality (cathnews.co.nz)

 

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