TRUMP FREEZES US BISHOPS' LEFTY CHARITY'S $2.9B

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Today America's Catholic Bishops were justly deprived by President Donald Trump of  nearly $2.9 billion of federal funding for their leftist Catholic Charities' immigration racket. And whistleblower Kyle Seraphin, the chap who alerted the world to FBI snooping on the Latin Mass, is giving the lead to fellow Catholics by depriving the US Bishops of his tithing.   

"Are (the bishops) actually worried about their bottom line?” asked Catholic US vice-president J D Vance. Catholic Charities has ushered millions of illegal aliens into the United States, and advised 638,000 of them on how to evade immigration law. .https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/us-news/catholic-charities-draws-fire-over-video-coaching-illegal-migrants-on-how-to-duck-ice/  The bishops' venal immigration policy is a rotten fruit of Communist infiltration of the Church, typified by the radical Jesuit papal pretender Jorge Bergoglio.

Columbia has buckled under Trump's threats and taken back their exported criminals. NZ's Coalition Government and socialist Catholic bishops need to lift their game and play the ball - separatism and Novus Ordo effeminacy, respectively. 

https://www.complicitclergy.com/2025/01/24/bought-and-paid-for-2-9-billion-reasons-bishops-hate-trump-but-loved-biden/

First, Kyle Seraphim on X (Twitter) socking it to his Austin, Texas, Bishop Vasquez.

Hey

@AustinDiocese

- My parish is reading your Leftist propaganda "letter" at Mass this Sunday. It decries the unfairness of

@realDonaldTrump

's immigration policy.

As of today, I will cease financially contributing to the Parish or the Diocese. I'll find ways to give charity directly to those in need as I did last year.

 

 

Bishop Vasquez - 'mealy-mouthed'

You need to repent and stop hiding being mealy mouthed, virtue signaled nonsense by saying the Diocese "recognizes a country's right and responsibility to promote public order, safety, and security through well-regulated borders and just regulations on immigrations" while pushing RADICAL Marxist/Liberation Theology tenets in the next sentence.

"At the same time, all people have the moral obligations to refrain from denigrating any group of people, to provide human treatment of the poor or others in need and to deprive no individuals of protection under the law."

 

The breakers of laws in this country have DIRECTLY and NEGATIVELY impacted the poor of THIS country. I haven't see your cries for the homeless veterans who served America. I don't see you reaching out for those in rural parts of America struggling.

The current US immigration situation directly leads to the rape, abuse, and enslavement of those who are trafficked and smuggled across the border and must result from willful ignorance or actual malevolence.

Americans murdered by illegal aliens

I will not be separating myself or my family from the Word or the Eucharist. But you can expect that I will not support this corrupt and lawless advocacy against the principles of national sovereignty and responsible governance. Shame on you, Bishop Vasquez.

Recent revelations about the federal funding awarded to Catholic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over the past four years have raised significant questions regarding the motivations behind the U.S. Catholic bishops’ public stances on political issues.

An in-depth analysis of federal spending has revealed that the Biden administration granted Catholic NGOs nearly $2.9 billion in immigration-related funding, a figure more than three times higher than the funding awarded under the Trump administration’s first term.

 

 

22 year-old nursing student Laken Riley fought an illegal alien for 16 minutes before she died  

 

 

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and affiliated Catholic NGOs have long been active participants in resettling immigrants and refugees, advocating for policies aligned with Catholic social teaching. However, the sheer scale of financial support during the Biden administration has sparked concerns about potential conflicts of interest, especially as these same bishops have largely refrained from addressing Biden’s anti-Catholic policies.

 

Furthermore, despite Canon 915 of Catholic Church law—which states that Catholics “obstinately persisting in manifest grave sin” should not receive Holy Communion—many bishops have continued to welcome Biden to the Eucharist.

 

The analysis, conducted using data from USAspending.gov, reviewed immigration-related federal funding awarded to Catholic NGOs between 2009 and 2024. Researchers flagged organizations affiliated with the Catholic Church, analyzed the geographical distribution of funds across dioceses, and used data visualization tools like Tableau to present the findings.

 

The results revealed striking disparities: Catholic NGOs received $2.9 billion in the past four years, compared to $5.2 billion over the previous 16 years combined. More than half of the funding awarded since 2009 occurred under the  Biden administration, raising questions about the intersection of financial incentives and ecclesiastical advocacy.

 

The two largest recipients of these funds were Catholic Charities, which secured $2.6 billion, and the USCCB itself, which received nearly $1.6 billion. Geographically, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., led the way with $1.6 billion, followed by the Diocese of Fort Worth with nearly $1 billion.

 

Federal funding was primarily allocated through three key programs: Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs (41%), Refugee and Entrant Assistance Voluntary Agency Programs (18%), and the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (12%).

 

Critics of this funding suggest it may explain the bishops’ public silence regarding President Biden’s policies and their criticism of former President Trump. Trump’s immigration policies, including reduced refugee admissions and stricter enforcement of immigration laws, jeopardized the federal funding streams that Catholic NGOs heavily rely upon.

 

Meanwhile, Biden’s more lenient approach to immigration not only aligns with the USCCB’s advocacy but also ensures the continued flow of federal dollars to Catholic organizations.

 

 

Today Trump signed the Laken Riley Act ensuring no more Americans suffer at the hands of illegal alien criminals

Beyond the financial data, the study highlights the broader context of financial challenges facing the Church. Catholic dioceses have paid over $5 billion to settle sex-abuse scandal lawsuits, with additional millions spent on legal fees. This financial strain may contribute to the Church’s reliance on federal funding to sustain its operations and social programs, including those related to immigration.

 

The findings also spotlight inconsistencies in leadership messaging. For instance, Pope Francis has criticized strict immigration policies, such as Trump’s deportation plans, while simultaneously implementing measures to limit illegal entrants into Vatican City.

 

This financial and political entanglement raises critical questions about the motivations behind the bishops’ policy positions and public statements. While Catholic NGOs provide essential services to vulnerable populations, the Church’s reliance on government funding risks creating the appearance of compromised integrity.

 

As the faithful consider these findings, it is essential to prioritize transparency, accountability, and adherence to core Catholic principles to navigate the challenges of serving both God and neighbor.

 

 

HAKAS, TRANS DRESS-UPS, KISS-UPS, VITRIOL TO KILL THE BILL

 

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That nasty epithet, "racist", is often used now as a club to beat anyone who believes in equal rights and suffrage about the head, to shame them into silence. It's very effective. So much so that 140,000 fair-minded Kiwis were excluded from the Justice Select Committee hearings on ACT's Treaty Principles Bill, which attracted three times more feedback than any other bill, ever.

Which raises the distinct possibility of the bill's architect, David Seymour, walking out on his Coalition partners and taking with him the only spine to be had among them. Oh for a Kiwi Donald Trump: effeminacy is the besetting sin of New Zealand's current leadership, painfully obvious in MPs who sit inertly gaping at hakas, trans dress-ups, kiss-ups and vitriol. Of the first reading of the Bill, veteran broadcaster Barry Soper said he'd “never seen hatred like that in Parliament”. 

The haters who oppose the TPB are actually exercising their democratic right to their  opinion that the rest of us shouldn't have a democratic right to our opinion. They're typified by iwi lobbyist Chris Finlayson, who destroyed Urewera National Park.

So we turn to Professor Elizabeth Rata, who as an academic, a sociologist and a Maori who discovered "neotribal capitalism" is better placed than most of us to submit her opinion on the Treaty Principles Bill.

 "Once Maori tribes were given back assets, they behaved just like white New Zealanders"

 

What is the best title given to any New Zealand legislation? My money is on the 1877 Education Act – 'An Act to make Further Provision for the Education of the People of New Zealand' – the People of New Zealand. So as early as the 1870s there's the commitment to a united people who belong to, and benefit from, the nation 'New Zealand'.

Nearly 150 years later that commitment is under serious threat from those who would replace liberal democracy with tribal sovereignty and, by doing so, create a racialised society – apartheid.

 

 

Consider the two words 'liberal', 'democracy' and their connection. Both give us something that none of our ancestors living in kinship groups had.

'Democracy' gives us a system of parliamentary sovereignty, of law, of regulation. It recognises that our common humanity justifies equal rights. Those rights belong to the individual citizen, not to the group.

The word 'liberal' gives us the freedom to be different – as individuals and in voluntary associations based on a range of shared interests –culture, heritage, language, sport, music, religion, politics, and so on.

This is what makes liberal democracy remarkable. As citizens we have the same political and legal rights. As members of civil society we are free to be different. This is an enormously important point. It is the combination of rights, responsibilities and freedom within democracy's governance and laws that makes the modern world vibrant and prosperous.

 

Waititi: "If people don't like the type of language I used in parliament, they should look at themselves in the mirror."

 

That's why I support the Treaty Principles Bill – because it provides a coherent and succinct statement capturing what liberal democracy is – something we should all know, especially the Members of Parliament who represent us, the People of New Zealand.

 

 

Until now, the Treaty has been a sacred cow milked by senior lawyers and judges for all it's worth

First world nations need liberal democracy's creative tension – an invigorating tension between rights and responsibilities, and between having the same rights and having the freedom to be different.

The Bill is the symbolic link to the hope found in both the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and in the 1852 Constitution Act. Nineteenth century New Zealanders, especially those who had been slaves, decimated by war, of low genealogical birth status, or from impoverished backgrounds – they put their faith in a peaceful and prosperous future for their descendants.

 

In the 21st century we can strengthen that faith for our descendants by agreeing to the principles in this Bill.

 

New Zealand's future may be that of a prosperous first-world liberal democratic nation or a third-world, retribalised state. A first world tribal nation is a contradiction in terms. It is not possible. There can be no prosperity without individual equality and freedom. There can be no social equality without prosperity.

We are at a crossroads. The value of the Bill is that it not only forces us to confront this fact but allows us to do so within the parliamentary select committee process rather than through cultural posturing, intimidation, perhaps even violence. The very existence of the Bill is liberal democracy in action.

Professor Elizabeth Rata is a curriculum expert and author of A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism

ELIZABETH RATA: Oral Presentation to the Parliamentary Justice Committee on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill

 

Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful

- St Cyril of Alexandria (January 28) 

TRUMP, MILEI, VIGANO VS WEF

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At an Ignatian retreat in Taranaki last week, a very smart Society of St Pius X (SSPX) priest compared two archbishops: +Marcel Lefebvre and +Carlo Maria Vigano. Naturally the SSPX founder came off best and this blogger rather cravenly concurred. 

But God raised up the saintly +Lefebvre to challenge incipient heresies at Vatican II which bore bitter fruit in a Deep Church, a Deep State and an Antipope: in this unprecedented crisis He needed the militant +Vigano. For years +Vigano has denounced the WEF as anti-Christic and anti-human, and exposed the fraudulent Francis as the globalists' spiritual godfather who enables their depopulation agenda by revolutionary changes to Church doctrine. 

And God has raised up unlikely allies for Vigano in Argentina's Milei (see cartoon below) and US President Donald Trump, who two days ago nuked a roomful of WEF, New World Order morons with the clarion call, “Your anti-human agenda is OVER.”

Don't look now, but meanwhile in Davos the globalists' vile underbelly is showing. "Since the start of the WEF, we've seen around 300 women and trans women booked in Davos." In 'dates you pay for', many arrivals are enjoying sex orgies arranged by individuals who are booking multiple women at once.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14314271/Secret-depravity-Davos-global-elite-sex-parties-NDAs-prostitutes-transsexual-women-commonly-requested-sex-act-revealed.html

WEF head Klaus Schwab was mentored by Henry Kissinger.

 

The Davos Forum has a very specific plan for social dissolution which is explicitly anti-Christic and therefore anti-human and anti-Catholic. For this reason, together with the destruction of the economy, agriculture, and livestock, the WEF also pursues with dogged obstinacy the destruction of the family and Religion, which is considered an obstacle to its objectives.

The woke, LGBTQ+ and gender ideology is the main tool to indoctrinate future generations into a world without males and females, without father or mother, without Faith and without Morals. In that world, young people are not to have any ideal, any purpose, other than the pursuit of the most aberrant perversions and the satisfaction of degrading pleasures that the System provides them.

Every deviation in matters of Faith and Morals promoted by Jorge Mario Bergoglio corresponds to the implementation of a precise program dictated by the woke agenda. This is proof that sitting on the Chair of Peter is not a Pope but an emissary of the globalist elite, whose mission is to destroy the Catholic Church, just as almost all Western leaders now intend to destroy the Nations they govern. All are linked by their membership in the World Economic Forum.

 

Argentina's Milei rails against wokeism, transgenderism at Davos  

 

 Sarah Kate Ellis is CEO of GLAAD, a powerful subversive LGBTQ+ lobby that interferes in governments and institutions to impose social acceptance of vice and perversion. It is no coincidence that she is a guest of the Davos Forum, in which globalist governments and societies take part, including the Bergoglian church.

Hearing Ellis praise Bergoglio should make the blood run cold in the veins of every Catholic, starting with the Bishops. It's as if an association of arsonists complimented the fire chief on how he prevents fires being put out.

 

And instead the Bishops continue to pretend not to see and not to understand – some out of cowardice, some out of blackmail, some out of self-interest – that Bergoglio is a usurper of the Papal Throne, considering him just “a little too progressive.”

 

In this mad cowardice, in this betrayal, they make themselves accomplices of the worst enemies of the Church of Christ.

To put an end to the tyranny of the WEF, the Trump Administration – inaugurated under the best auspices – will have to strike incisively and effectively at all its ramifications in public institutions, including the Bergoglian church.https://x.com/i/status/1882412574790070325

 

Francis' autobiography - "he has written too much"

 

And now to the vexed question of promoting women above their humble station, dealt to below by Michael Matt of The Remnant.

Female Cardinals? Well, we're getting there ... Pope Francis announced that Sister Raffaella Petrini, the current Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, will assume the role of President starting in March 2025, replacing Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga. However, the Pope's own promulgated rule states that only a Cardinal can be President of the Governate... Therefore, the appointment of Sister Petrini would require an amendment to the current regulations or mark the beginning of a path towards the institution of lay cardinals and even "female cardinals."

Sr Petrini - at her computer, not in choir

 

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, Pope Francis appeared on the television show "Che Tempo Che Fa," hosted by Fabio Fazio, for the third time during his pontificate.

His decision to participate in a media context often criticized for superficiality and "radical chic" ideological alignment raised eyebrows, further fueling criticism of a pontificate that seems to focus more on media popularity than doctrinal clarity. On this occasion, the Pope took the opportunity to promote his recent autobiography, Hope, the first in history to be published by a reigning Pope.

 

This book, which presents itself as a personal account of the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is already a topic of discussion for its symbolic implications. If it is true that never before has a successor of Peter decided to publicly narrate his personal story with such detail, the gesture appears emblematic of an era in which public image and media narrative seem to exalt and commend the supposed virtues of humility and mercy of the reigning Pope.

 

Enthusiastically received - the Francis autobi

 

However, the Italian publishing market—according to some Italian sources—has received the book with lukewarm enthusiasm: many publishers and booksellers reportedly lament a constant decline in interest towards publications by Pope Francis, described by some as repetitive and unable to capture the attention of an already saturated audience. "He has written too much, people have lost interest," figures in the Italian publishing industry would confidentially confess.

But it wasn't just the autobiography that made headlines during the broadcast. Pope Francis announced that Sister Raffaella Petrini, the current Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, will assume the role of President starting in March 2025, replacing Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, who will turn eighty on March 1.

This decision raises questions not only of an institutional nature but also of an ecclesiological one. "Women handle problems better than men," said the Pope, riding one of the most painful clichés, and cited Ursula von der Leyen (globalist EU commissar) as an example.

 

Coming to a Catholic church near you? The presidential inauguration's Mariann Budde, LBGTQ activist

 

The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, promulgated by Pope Francis himself in 2023 to replace that of John Paul II, indeed stipulates that the President of the Governorate must be a cardinal. Therefore, the appointment of Sister Petrini would require an amendment to the current regulations or mark the beginning of a path towards the institution of lay cardinals and even "female cardinals."

 

This latter scenario, although seemingly unlikely, echoes rumors that have been circulating in Vatican circles for months about a possible reform of the Conclave, which would include lay electors directly appointed by the Pope, with the right to vote, but not to be voted for. These rumors have recently quieted down, but who knows?

These hypotheses raise profound ecclesial questions. Introducing yet another element foreign to the traditional vision of the Church risks irreversibly altering its hierarchical and sacramental structure, as well as the authority of the Roman Pontiff himself, all of which are already severely compromised.

 

In a context already marked by doctrinal confusion and internal divisions, such an innovation could further exacerbate tensions. St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that the frequency with which laws are changed undermines their authority and leads to a decrease in respect and obedience towards them, as people end up perceiving them as unstable and untrustworthy (Summa Theologiae I-II, q. 97, a. 2).

 

“Human law should never be changed,” writes the prince of theologians, except to meet the common good; but in this case, "a great and evident utility" should derive from the new statutes, or there must be "a great necessity, either because the customary law contains a manifest iniquity or because its observance is very harmful. Therefore, in establishing new laws, the utility must be evident, so that one can deviate from a law that has long seemed fair."

 

It is no secret that this pontificate has been characterized by a strongly revolutionary approach, often accompanied by a sense of urgency. The rapid pace at which changes and innovations are introduced reveals a desire to profoundly impact the future of the Church, perhaps in response to the weight of old age and health problems that the Pope himself has never hidden. However, this frenzy risks compromising the stability and unity of the ecclesial body, creating a climate of disorientation and distrust.

 

 

At a historical moment when the Church should position itself as a beacon of truth and hope in an increasingly lost world, the current pontificate appears to be clearly following the thinking of the world, adapting to it in a worrying way.

The desire to engage in dialogue with the modern world, though laudable in its intentions, today translates into concessions that risk diluting the specificity of the Christian message. The apparent obsession with image and media popularity only accentuates the feeling of a disconnect between pastoral leadership and the spiritual needs of the people of God, as it seems that the focus has shifted from nourishing souls to building superficial and worldly consensus.

Adding to this is a general climate of despondency among the faithful and priests, who increasingly feel abandoned and lacking in solid points of reference. Trust in ecclesiastical institutions is undermined by decisions that appear driven more by earthly logic than by a sincere desire for the triumph of the militant Church on this earth.

The widespread impression is that of a Church progressively distancing itself from its primary mission, which is to lead souls to salvation.

It is necessary for those who have the authority, capacity, and responsibility to intervene to do so soon, with courage and determination. Prelates who share concern for the future of the Church must raise their voices, not as solitary singers, but united, and draw attention to the spiritual, legislative, and doctrinal urgencies that cannot be ignored.

 

It is not about opposing for the sake of contestation, but about exercising that prophetic role that belongs to those who care about the truth and the good of the Church. May the high prelates who care about preserving the traditional essence of the Church feel addressed by the words that God speaks to the prophet Ezekiel in Scripture: “If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.” (Ezekiel 3, 18).

 

History teaches us that moments of crisis can be opportunities for rebirth, but only if faced with faith and discernment. The confusion and disorientation that reign supreme today must be countered with a renewed fidelity to the Tradition of the Church. Only in this way will it be possible to restore to the Church the credibility and authority it needs to fulfill its mission in the world.

 

 

Christ heals the centurion's servant 



"Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof"

 - Gospel, Third Sunday after Epiphany