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I am a retired Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

In the face of this grave harm to the mission of the Church, we need to reaffirm our belief in the changeless truths of the Faith, rejecting all attempts to weaken and destroy what God has revealed and the Church has always taught.

Posted on December 28, 2019 by abyssum

A Trojan Horse in the Pontifical Biblical Commission Fr. Gerald E. Murray THE CATHOLIC THING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 In his 1967 classic defense of the Catholic Faith against modern errors, Trojan Horse in the City of God, Dietrich von Hildebrand … Continue reading →

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LET US TRANSITION FROM THE CULTURE OF LIFE TO THE CULTURE OF LOVE

Posted on December 28, 2019 by abyssum

Let’s transition from the Culture of Life to the Culture of Love. by Jean-Francois Orsini When St. John Paul II first mentioned the Culture of Life in the encyclical Centesimus annus in 1991 he introduced the concept which he would … Continue reading →

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I PRAY THAT THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD Jesus Christ MAY BE CELEBRATED BY YOU IN A WAY PLEASING TO GOD OUR FATHER AND THAT THE PEACE AND LOVE WHICH ACCOMPANIED HIS BIRTH MAY BE EXPERIENCED BY YOU.

Posted on December 24, 2019 by abyssum

 

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ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANO SEEMS TO BE HARDENING HIS OPPOSITION TO FRANCIS THE MERCIFUL

Posted on December 24, 2019 by abyssum

Catholic Monitor http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2019/07/socci-benedict-is-supernatural-wall-of.html Thursday, July 25, 2019 Is Abp Vigano moving towards Socci’s Position on “Pope Bergoglio” & might he join Bp Gracida in calling for an Imperfect Council? –  Updated December 23, 2019 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano appears to … Continue reading →

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HERE IS AN INTERESTING EMAIL THAT I JUST RECEIVED FROM A LONGTIME READER OF THIS BLOG

Posted on December 23, 2019 by abyssum

Dear Bishop Gracida, First I wish to let you know you are in my daily prayers at Mass. May God continue to give you His Love, Strength, Wisdom, Perseverance, Humility, Courage and Passion for the Truth. Second, Merry Christmas to … Continue reading →

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HERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

Posted on December 23, 2019 by abyssum

Divine and Apostolic Right takes precedence in a State of Emergency Dec23by The Editor https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/divine-and-apostolic-right-takes-precedence-in-a-state-of-emergency/ Saint Athanasius, the first Bishop non-martyr venerated as a Saint, during the Arian Crisis, when neigh but 5 Bishops remained Catholic, employed Apostolic Right to defend the  … Continue reading →

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THE SACKING OF Cardinal Angelo Sodano, A CASE OF BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, GOD FORBID THAT HIS PROTEGE, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, SHOULD SUCCEED FRANCIS THE MERCIFUL

Posted on December 23, 2019 by abyssum

Catholic Monitor http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2019/12/it-appears-that-francis-and-gay-lobby.html Sunday, December 22, 2019 It appears that Francis and the Gay Lobby are Victorious over Sodano’s Old Guard. It seems that the alliance of the Gay Lobby and the Old Guard that apparently was involved with the engineering of … Continue reading →

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In light of all the transhumanism and LGBTQ stuff going on, to talk about an “anthropological conversion” is pretty scary stuff. What else could it mean but a change in how we understand man himself, and how we preach and minister to him? In such words we see how faithfully Francis is following the agenda of the revolutionary faction at Vatican II who considered modernity a period unique in history, cut off from the past and requiring for Modern Man a new liturgy, a new catechesis, a new theology—in short, a new Church.

Posted on December 23, 2019 by abyssum

Sunday, December 22, 2019 Pope Francis’s Hermeneutic of Anti-Continuity Written by  Peter Kwasniewski  https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/4708-pope-francis-s-hermeneutic-of-anti-continuity Pope Francis’s Christmas address of December 21—the traditional feast of the doubting Thomas the Apostle and of the Ember Saturday of Advent—is exactly the antithesis of the … Continue reading →

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THE DEMOTION BY FRANCIS OF Cardinal Angelo Sodano AS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CONCLAVE THAT MADE FRANCIS OCCUPY THE CHAIR OF PETER, COMBINED WITH FRANCIS’ CITATION OF CARDINAL MARTINI’S CALL FOR A REVOLUTION TO CHANGE THE CHURCH COULD SIGNAL EVEN MORE DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE CHURCH AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONCLAVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO CHOOSE FRANCIS’ SUCCESSOR

Posted on December 21, 2019 by abyssum

Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 21 dic 19 The Pope’s Latest Speech To the Cardinals Has a Backstory. That Was Supposed To Stay Secret * This time as well, in the speech he gives every year to the Vatican curia before Christmas, Pope … Continue reading →

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CARDINAL CARLO MARTINI IS STILL ALIVE, IN THE REIGN OF FRANCIS THE MERCIFUL IF NOT IN FLESH AND BLOOD

Posted on December 21, 2019 by abyssum

Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 21 dic 19 The Pope’s Latest Speech To the Cardinals Has a Backstory. That Was Supposed To Stay Secret http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2019/12/21/the-popes-latest-speech-to-the-cardinals-has-a-backstory-that-was-supposed-to-stay-secret/ * This time as well, in the speech he gives every year to the Vatican curia before Christmas, … Continue reading →

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