Tuesday, May 4, 2021

ARCHBISHOP JUDGES PRO-ABORT CATHOLICS NEWS: US NEWS...by Joseph Enders • ChurchMilitant.com • May 3, 2021 27 Comments They share in the guilt of abortion

 

ARCHBISHOP JUDGES PRO-ABORT CATHOLICS

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by Joseph Enders  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  May 3, 2021    27 Comments

They share in the guilt of abortion

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SAN FRANCISCO (ChurchMilitant.com) - A California prelate is declaring pro-abortion Catholics are unworthy of receiving the Real Presence of Christ in Holy Communion.

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Abp. Salvatore Cordileone

San Francisco archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a pastoral letter on Saturday, reaffirmed Catholic Church teaching on abortion and the reception of Holy Communion for those who refuse to accept those teachings.

In a 17-page pastoral letter titled, "Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You," Cordileone proclaimed, "This must be stated with clarity: anyone who actively works to promote abortion shares some of the guilt for the abortions performed because of their actions."

The archbishop chastised clergy for allowing to fester the scandal caused by anti-life Catholics.

"If their participation in the evil of abortion is not addressed forthrightly by their pastors, this can lead Catholics (and others) to assume that the moral teaching of the Catholic Church on the inviolate sanctity of human life is not seriously held," he explained.

His letter specifically responds to a growing media discussion on whether phony Catholics like Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can receive Our Blessed Lord while supporting the murder of the unborn.

Cordileone: 'Please Stop the Killing'

Cordileone sets the record straight: "It is fundamentally a question of integrity: to receive the Blessed Sacrament in the Catholic liturgy is to espouse publicly the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church, and to desire to live accordingly."

The archbishop chastised clergy for allowing to fester the scandal caused by anti-life Catholics.GabTweet

He further clarifies, "We all fall short in various ways, but there is a great difference between struggling to live according to the teachings of the Church and rejecting those teachings."

The archbishop's letter could spell trouble for Pelosi specifically, as Cordileone presides over her home archdiocese, where she regularly and sacrilegiously receives the Eucharist.

Cordileone ends his statement with a simple plea to public officials who ignore or promote the deaths of unborn babies:

You have the power to affect societal practices and attitudes. Always remember that you will one day have to render an account to God for your stewardship of this trust. You are in a position to do something concrete and decisive to stop the killing. Please stop the killing.

The archbishop isn't the first prelate to call out self-proclaimed Catholic politicians who oppose unborn life.

Naumann, Burke: 'Commoditization' by 'Apostates'

Two weeks prior,  Kansas City, Kansas archbishop Joseph Naumann, who heads the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee, shredded the Biden administration's choice to buy corpses of unborn babies for research.

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Abp. Joseph Naumann and Cdl. Raymond Burke

"The bodies of children killed by abortion deserve the same respect as that of any other person," the archbishop proclaimed. "Our government has no right to treat innocent abortion victims as a commodity that can be scavenged for body parts to be used in research."

Another outspoken American prelate is Cdl. Raymond Burke. On April 8, Burke not only said pro-abortion politicians should not receive Holy Communion, but also flat-out identified them as apostates.

Willful Blindness

Despite the zeal of these Church leaders, it appears the official body of the American Church has no plans to visit the issue of Communion for pro-abort Catholics.

Last Thursday, a source close to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) rejected prior news reports that the bishops were preparing a letter to bar anti-life Catholics from receiving Jesus' Body. The source asserted there was "nothing in the works."

The news dampens hope that the USCCB will ever give the faithful a clear answer on allowing Christ into the bodies of obstinately pro-death politicians — leaving the promotion of authentic truth to the few shepherds courageous enough to speak it.

 

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SHIPWRECKED IN MALTA: PART I NEWS: COMMENTARY...by William Mahoney, Ph.D. • ChurchMilitant.com • May 3, 2021 3 Comments Predator in postulancy

 

SHIPWRECKED IN MALTA: PART I

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by William Mahoney, Ph.D.  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  May 3, 2021    3 Comments

Predator in postulancy

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Shipwrecked in Malta is a five-part series that recounts one survivor's experience of homosexual predation and debauchery in religious life. "Elias" is a pseudonym to protect the victim, an attractive man who, since youth, attracted multiple predators. His experiences of corruption are many. This series spotlights a few.


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Vatican letter to Elias

Elias is a survivor of clergy sex abuse. 

A native of Malta, where St. Paul was once shipwrecked and bitten by a viper, Elias was shipwrecked and bitten in Malta by homosexual vipers hiding under the guise of faithful religious.

Elias is an intelligent man with multiple advanced degrees. He is scarred from abuse and exposure to a subculture of homosexuals living out the betrayal of their religious vows behind the walls of the seminary and friary.

Although scarred from homosexual predation as a young man, Elias pushes on daily to serve the Lord and help others, as he searches for peace.

In that quest, Elias' most recent appeal for help from the Vatican proved useless. He informed the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life of his ordeal, hoping, at the very least, they could elicit an apology from his principal abuser, who has never faced consequences for his predation.

The congregation acknowledged Elias has suffered much but has neither censored nor reprimanded his abuser in any way.  

The Vatican's response made it clear the congregation would do nothing other than offer some platitudes and wish him well on his way.

Fr. Philip Cutajar, OFM Cap

Elias' ordeal began in the early 1980s. He was young and trusting. 

The Vatican's response made it clear the congregation would do nothing.GabTweet

At the age of 15, he went to a teacher for extracurricular help. The teacher, a former deacon, was a homosexual predator who saw the two were alone and fondled Elias. The violation occurred two other times. That teacher was ultimately investigated, found guilty and sent to prison.

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Fr. Philip Cutajar, OFM Cap

Two years later, Elias left his parents for the first time to begin postulancy, the initial stage of Franciscan formation. He assumed his formators would teach him to be a chaste religious.

It was then that he met Fr. Philip Cutajar, his assigned spiritual director. Elias described Cutajar as a good preacher with a charming personality. The postulants respected the friar for his preaching skills and ability to connect with others.

But despite some attraction to Cutajar's charismatic personality, Elias felt an instinctive fear of the man, who began grooming him early on.

One day, Elias tended to Cutajar, who was running a high fever. He brought the friar lunch and offered him some encouragement.

Sometime later, in violation of canon law, Cutajar began entering Elias' room, becoming overly familiar through seemingly innocuous touching that made Elias uncomfortable.

The room visits continued, and the grooming progressed to lying on the postulant's bed and forcing kisses on him. Elias did not welcome the kisses but felt trapped.

Cutajar was well-known. He was treated as a kind of guru among the students. And as the general director of the province, many valued and admired him for bringing in new vocations. Every week, Cutajar's room was filled with new young men interested in the Franciscans — though some seemed more interested in an easy career and unholy pursuits.

The aftermath of abuse left Elias terrified.GabTweet

Elias once caught two postulants engaged in homosexual activity with each other and was asked not to say anything. One of the two involved became a priest and then changed denominations three times. Now married with children, he is a priest for one of the three personal ordinariates created by the Holy See in 2012 for Anglicans who become Catholics.

Confusion and Aftermath

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Kalkara friary, Malta

(place of abuse)

Cutajar was a hodgepodge of contradictions. As Elias' spiritual director, Cutajar knew the young man avoided masturbation against the virtue of chastity and even encouraged him to keep his hands pure for the priesthood. But that encouragement did not stop the friar from escalating his grooming, which ultimately led to salacious comments and the inappropriate touching of his genitals.

One time, Cutajar abused Elias so violently that the postulant screamed in pain and had to apply therapeutic cream thereafter. The homosexual predator tried once to sodomize Elias, but he bit the friar's hand, forcing him to stop.

The aftermath of abuse left Elias terrified and filled with guilt. 

But spiritual direction continued. Elias would tell Cutajar of his guilt and desire to stop, but the friar would treat the concerns as nothing, saying this was merely love. In addition, Cutajar would give Elias sacramental absolution — itself a serious sin and a canonical crime in which one excommunicates himself.

Canon 977 states: "The absolution of an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue [Ten Commandments] is invalid except in danger of death."

Elias was devastated. His pursuit of holiness seemed irreparably shattered, but he decided to continue with formation.

But the vipers were not going anywhere.

 

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BAD TIMES FOR THE FAITHFUL NEWS: VIDEO REPORTS...by David Nussman • ChurchMilitant.com • May 3, 2021 8 Comments Fake Catholic president's first 100 days

 

BAD TIMES FOR THE FAITHFUL

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by David Nussman  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  May 3, 2021    8 Comments

Fake Catholic president's first 100 days

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Joe Biden: "After 100 days of rescue and renewal, America is ready for takeoff, in my view."

Addressing Congress Wednesday night, Biden gave a message of hope to his liberal base — claiming his administration is leading the country out of a crisis.

Biden: "We came together. We united. With light and hope we summoned a new strength."

But for faithful Catholics, his track record the past few months is offering little cause for hope. Most recently, the administration defended experimenting on body parts of babies killed in abortion.

Jen Psaki: "Look, I think the White House respectfully disagrees. And we believe that it's important to invest in science."

On Jan. 20, hours after taking the oath of office, one of Biden's first executive orders promoted transgenderism — redefining "sex discrimination" to mean not just biological sex, but also sexual orientation and gender identity.

Michael Hichborn: "This executive order is the first step in an all-out war against faithful Christians."

On Jan. 28, he overturned the pro-life Mexico City Policy — renewing the flow of taxpayer dollars to pro-abortion activist groups overseas.

On March 31, he issued a proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility supporting the so-called Equality Act — a pro-LGBT bill that could ruin the religious freedoms of doctors, Christian schools and more.

Shawn Hyland: "We oppose the equality act because it endangers the minds, the bodies and the health of children and violates parental rights."

Veronica Missling: "Girls and women deserve better than the Equality Act."

On April 13, the Food and Drug Administration announced it was making chemical abortion pills easier to obtain, dropping a safety requirement for dispensing them in person.

Though presenting himself as a Catholic in good standing, Biden has a long history of promoting abortionhomosexuality and transgenderism.

Biden in 2012: "I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women are entitled to the same exact rights."

Over the years, he's officiated at least two gay weddings.

Despite all this, the U.S. bishops are still dragging their feet on the issue of letting Biden receive Holy Communion.

At a meeting in June, the U.S. bishops' conference will finally consider pressing Biden to refrain from the Eucharist over his defiance of Church teaching. But Biden's views on dead babies and sodomy have been known for years — leading faithful Catholics to feel the bishops are doing too little too late.

 

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the Vortex...HOLLYWOOD AND CATHOLICISM Bug Hall speaks out. May 4, 2021 10 Comments

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HOLLYWOOD AND CATHOLICISM

Bug Hall speaks out.

May 4, 2021  10 Comments

In this week's Mic'd Up, Michael Voris interviews former Hollywood actor Bug Hall. Bug opens up about his conversion to the Catholic faith, Hollywood sex abuse and much more.

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