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Vatican posts third straight financial loss-- July 13 -The Vatican has reported its third consecutive financial loss, with a $5.9 million (4.1million euros) deficit in 2009. » more

 

 Cigarette Taxes Go Up As States Seek To Close Budget Gaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cigarette Taxes Go Up As States Seek To Close Budget Gaps »Plagued by ballooning budget deficits, five states across the nation raised cigarette taxes on July 1 in an effort to close those gaps. However, opponents argue that this approach may be counterproductive, as it may cost businesses more in terms of lost sales. More »

 

Children of priests will sue

April 23 --Pregnant women signed pledges in exchange for hush money from the church. One woman broke her promise after the Franciscans refused to help pay for medical treatment for a child involved.

 

 

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Victims group calls for 100 abusive priests to be defrocked  April 23--An Australian sex abuse victims group is calling for 100 others to be removed from the priesthood.>> more

 

British Archbishop issues full apology for abuses April 23--The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, has issued an apology to the five million faithful in England and Wales, and to the victims of clerical sexual abuse. [Let’s not forget that for him to apologize there must be a bad reason.—Kathleen]  » more

 

 

'He Left An Arm And A Leg Inside Me'- PA Abortion Horror Highlights Need For Greater Oversight--February 26, 2010 --Philadelphia, PA - More details are emerging about Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, whose license was suspended Monday after authorities investigating an abortion death discovered dozens of fetal remains and "deplorable and unsanitary" conditions at his seedy abortion clinic.

 

 

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Israel is the main threat to peace in the Middle East, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, in what appears to be the another in a string of verbal attacks against Israel in recent weeks. Speaking to journalists in Paris, Erdogan said that it is impossible to praise a country that exerted such excessive force in Gaza, including the use of phosphorus weapons. He also criticized Israel for not signing the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, saying Israel should not be exempt from international supervision of its nuclear facilities.

…Erdogan also called the situation in Gaza inhumane. "We cannot watch the murder of children in Gaza with indifference," he said. … Despite the tensions at the political level, defense ties between the two countries remain strong. A ceremony was held in Turkey on Wednesday to mark the completion of a project in which the Israeli defense contracting firm Elbit upgraded 170 tanks for the Turkish army, Channel 10 reported.

 

 

More Breast Feeding Could Save 900 Babies a Year—posted 4/8/10--Study: If 90 Percent of U.S. Women Breast-Fed Children for First 6 Months, More Illness, Death Prevented…This just in…Mothers’ milk is GOOD for babies!!!

 

Sexual abuse accusations taint VaticanMar.5, 2010 Germany's Roman Catholic Church has revealed charges of priests beating and sexually abusing boys in at least three schools in Pope Benedict's native Bavaria, one linked to a renowned choir once led by his brother.

 

5/10/10 The Associated Press (528 occurrences)

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German Catholic bishops to finally examine abuse claims

Mar. 10, AP--The investigation will also include allegations surrounding the prestigious choir that was led by the pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, from 1964 till 1994. ...

Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse cases BBC News

Pope's brother Georg Ratzinger: I slapped choir pupils Belfast Telegraph

Vatican on Defense as Sex Scandals Build New York Times

Reuters India -

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Vt. Roman Catholic diocese to sell headquarters, kids' camp to pay priest sex ... Los Angeles Times - ‎Feb 3, 2010‎

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Buffeted by priest sex abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic church says it will sell its headquarters building and a children's camp to settle sex abuse cases

Diocese of Burlington to sell headquarters for sex abuse settlements

 

Who Dat: Catholic Church Has The Term "Saints" Trademarked?  Bleacher Report - Jan 29, 2010‎--The office of the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has sent a cease and desist order to the NFL for the use of the term "Saints. ...

 

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Wow. Friday, December 4, 2009-- sedevacante-pax.blogspot.com   Posted by Br. Pio-Francis T.O.S.F. at 3:07 PM 2 comments

 

--Oct 11, 2009.  Ratzinger/ Benedict at a "canonization" ceremony filled with Latin, gold and traditional vestments was seen wearing a mitre with this star on it.  It is a hexagram, which looks like the star of David, a Jewish symbol. 

One is forced to ask: "What is this?"

One is forced to ask: "Why would any bishop wear a mitre which had a symbol on it which could cause the faithful to even remotely believe that this was a Jewish symbol or a non-Catholic symbol?"
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Israel to Vatican: We won't return Last Supper room 12/10/09 --Israel's Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon is visiting the Holy See in a bid to reach an agreement over property in the Holy Land, but church ownership of the room in which tradition holds that the Last Supper took place is reportedly off limits.

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THE ROBBER CHURCH

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For me the most important part of this book is his "Questioning the Validity of  the Masses Using the New All-English Canon." He called my attention to the risk, nay the certainty, of idolatry. Everyone can profit from his work, even those of us who have read it previously.

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NIKITARONCALLI: Counterlife of a Pope

by Franco Bellegrandi

The author served for years on the Vatican's Noble Guard and as an editor at the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. Unfortunately, his informative and well-written book has never been published in English.

 

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The author has fought freemasonry and communism more than half a century, and knows his subject. He documents his work with over three hundred footnotes, which we have mostly omitted because we consider Monsignor Villa sufficient authority on his own specialty. The book was written just over a decade ago, but much of its content was published earlier in his periodical, Chiesa Viva, some of it more than once. So if you find it somewhat repetitious, be assured of his different treatment of each "redundancy."

This important book has never been published in English.

 

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John XXIII "Beatified" Too? Open Letter to the Episcopate

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St. Raymond Nonnatus

Feast--August 31

 

Although his typical patronage  (listed below) does not include the first 2 suggestions, it seems appropriate that St. Raymond’s help should be enlisted in 3 major battles of these times:

·         Defense of the unborn

·         Defense against the persecutions of Islam

·         Defense of those  falsely accused

 

Patron saint of  babies,   expectant mothers,  midwives,   and obstetricians 

 

He is invoked by women in labor and by persons falsely accused. The appendix to the Roman ritual gives a formula for the blessing of water, in his honor, to be used by the sick, and another of candles.

 

St. Raymond Nonnatus (1204–1240) was born and died in the kingdom of Aragon (Spain.) His surname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") is derived from the fact that he was removed from his mother’s womb  (Caesarean section) after her death during labor.

 

Traditionally, he is pictured in the habit of his order surrounded by ransomed slaves, with a padlock on his lips. He was of a noble family, but poor, showing early traits of piety and great talent. He joined the Mercedarians, and  made such progress in the  religious life that  became master-general of the order. In the office of ransomer, he went to Algiers and freed many Catholics imprisoned by the Muslims. When money ran out he gave himself as a hostage. He was zealous in teaching the Faith and made many converts, which embittered the Muslim authorities. Raymond was subjected to all kinds of indignities and cruelty, was made to run the gauntlet, and was at last sentenced to impalement.  The Muslim governor commuted Raymond’s death sentence hoping to receive a higher ransom for the Mercedarian leader.   In prison, his lips were pierced with a red-hot iron and closed with a padlock to prevent him from preaching the Faith. After his arrival in Spain, in 1239, he was made a cardinal by Gregory IX.1. The next year, he was called to Rome by the pope, but died near Barcelona along the way. In 1657 his name was placed in the Roman martyrology by Alexander VII.

Sources/Footnotes: (1.) www.newadvent.org, www.wikipedia.org  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DNA tests for Vatican 2 progeny

 

By Kathleen Plumb

Editor, The Four Marks

 

President of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, 59, has been ordered to have a DNA test to see if a second toddler is his son. The former Conciliar bishop shocked Paraguay last year when he acknowledged a 2-year-old boy as his son, whom he apparently fathered while still functioning as a bishop.

 

“The mother in the most recent case, Hortensia Moran, said her son, Juan Pablo, was conceived while she was working for one of the left-wing parties that supported Mr Lugo's candidacy for president in 2008,” reports the BBC. 2 If Lugo’s DNA is not obtained for the mandated tests by August 24, the second boy, Juan Pablo (John Paul) will be declared Lugo’s son by court order.  Lugo may prefer this arrangement, since it leaves room for doubt in his favor. In the case of the first boy, political analysts predicted that his offer to “assume all responsibilities”1 would disarm any negative response.

 

Lugo --known as the “Red Bishop”—has embarrassed the Conciliar Church said one member of  the Church hierarchy who believes this scandal is a “slap in the face.”  While it is typical for many within the Vatican 2 religion to wear blinders ignoring extreme liberals in the ranks, Lugo ended 61 years of conservative rule in Paraguay when he took office as president two years ago.2

Is he too extreme even for the Vatican? Is that why Benedict XVI  gave unprecedented permission for Lugo to resign, having previously insisted that he’d always be a bishop as per Church law? Does Lugo make a better example than those priests and bishops steeped in the unnatural realm of pedophilia and homosexual conduct, where vastly more victims have been prey to their ministry? Perhaps a beloved president is an easier scoundrel to defend, since he evokes more sympathy having just been flown to Brazil for further medical tests after being diagnosed with cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma2.  (And yet, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is often associated with homosexuals, so perhaps they know something...)

News reports have kindly steered away from certain facts: The ages of his sons indicate that Lugo was in his 50s when he had relations with the two teenage girls.

Paternity facts according to Wikipedia:

“On April 13, 2009, Lugo admitted he is the father of a child conceived with Viviana Carrillo, age 26, while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop. The revelation came five days after lawyers for Ms. Carrillo announced they were filing a paternity suit against the President. Ms. Carrillo's lawyers say the boy was born on May 4, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI did not relieve Lugo from his vows of chastity until July 31, 2008. A minor judicial investigation ensued as it was claimed that the woman was under 18 years old when the relationship started. Nothing was proven.

“One week later, a second woman, Benigna Leguizamón, came forward in Paraguay alleging that President Fernando Lugo fathered one of her children in 2002 when he was serving as a Catholic bishop.  However, Lugo did not acknowledge this child as in the first case. Leguizamón then filed a lawsuit against the President demanding a DNA test. Other Paraguayan bishops were reportedly informed of such allegations in 2004, but did not make them public at the time. A third woman, pro-government political activist Hortensia Morán, appeared a day after Leguizamón and also claimed President Lugo is the father of her child — this one a 16-month-old boy she claimed she named after late Pope John Paul II. Initially she waited for Lugo's spontaneous recognition of her child, but as this didn't happen after seven months, Morán became the third woman to sue the President.”3

Regardless of how Lugo’s affairs stack up against pedophile priests, the paternity scandal has been a black eye for both the government and the Vatican Church. Associated with their president and perceived as the “Catholic Church,”  90 percent of Paraguay’s citizens say they are “Catholics.” 

FOOTNOTES

1. www.telegraph.co.uk/.../paraguay/.../Paraguays-red-bishop-president-faces-paternity-tests.html

2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10945504

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Lugo

 

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BBC News - New paternity test for Paraguay's President Lugo

Aug 11, 2010 ... New paternity test for Paraguay's President Lugo. Fernando Lugo leaving hospital on 6 August 2010 President Fernando Lugo was recently ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10945504 - Cached

Paraguay's 'red bishop' president faces paternity tests - Telegraph

Apr 23, 2009 ... Fernando Lugo, Paraguay's President and a former Roman Catholic Bishop, is facing paternity tests after three women claimed that he fathered ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../paraguay/.../Paraguays-red-bishop-president-faces-paternity-tests.html

Paraguay leader must take paternity test

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been ordered to take a DNA test to ... compounded problems the president - a former Catholic bishop - faces after a ...
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New paternity test for Paraguay's President Lugo - UK Wired News

Aug 11, 2010 ... New paternity test for Paraguay's President Lugo. ... The former Roman Catholic bishop shocked Paraguay last year when he acknowledged ...
www.ukwirednews.com/.../81215-New-paternity-test-for-Paraguay-039-s-President-Lugo - United Kingdom

President of Paraguay Had a Child as Bishop - NYTimes.com

Apr 13, 2009 ... The confession came after lawyers who filed a paternity suit on Ms. ... which would have forced the president to submit to a DNA test. ...
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Islam and legal pedophilia?

 

A story  was forwarded to The Four Marks,  entitled, “450 Grooms Wed GIRLS Under Ten In Gaza.”  The article, attributed to Paul L. Williams, Ph.D., with a link to his website:  Thelastcrusade.org. Although, thousands of other websites have posted this article, I cannot guarantee its accuracy and present it with some reservations. If this is true, however—and   I personally do not doubt that this kind of thing is happening—how can such actions be tolerated by Benedict XVI instead of condemned? How can the Vatican 2 Church and its “pope” enter their religious buildings, praise them or pray with them?!  

 

I am posting only a couple key sentences from the article along with 2 of the photos and a video – which corroborate the story. Quote:


Hamas sponsored a mass wedding for four hundred and fifty couples. 
Most of the grooms were in their mid to late twenties; most of brides were under ten. 

Each groom received a gift of 500 dollars from Hamas.

The pre-pubescent girls, dressed in white gowns and adorned with garish make-up, received bridal bouquets.

 



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Rev. Fr. Joven Soliman

Interview with  former priest of the SSPX

 By  Fra Pio-Francis  T.O.S.F.

 

This article was first printed in The Four Marks  in February 2010. Fr. Soliman is shown in photo below.

 

In your generosity, please remember Father’s temporal and spiritual needs. You may contact Fr. Joven Soliman here:

138 General St., Area F, Veterans Village, Brgy.

Holy Spirit, Quezon City, 1127 Philippines

Email: frjsoliman@yahoo.com, Mobile phone number:  +639089883916.

 

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Ave Maria Mater Boni Consilii!

 

 

Fra Pio: Dear Rev. Fr. Joven Soliman, may God give you His holy peace!

 

Fr. J.S: Thank you, Brother. May God give you His holy peace, too!

 

Fra Pio: Rev. Father, please tell us about yourself. Are you a cradle Catholic or did you come to Tradition later on in your life?

 

Fr. J.S: I was baptized Catholic, but grew up ignorant of the Catholic faith. I was not really a practicing novus ordo Catholic, which in a way is a blessing because later on it was not difficult for me to come to Tradition. It was at the age of sixteen that I took religion seriously taking notice that some of my classmates were becoming Protestants. I was convinced that the Catholic religion is the only true religion, but I was ignorant how to defend it against their objections. From that time I decided to study seriously the Catholic Faith, although not aware of the crisis in the Church. So I came to Tradition gradually until I decided to stop going to the new mass at the age of twenty.

 

Fra Pio: Where and when did you enter the seminary and who was your ordaining bishop?

 

Fr. J.S: I entered Holy Cross Seminary in Goulburn, Australia on April 1992 and spent three years of Philosophy there. I continued my theological studies in Econe, Switzerland from 1995 to 1998. Finally, I was ordained priest by His Excellency Bishop Bernard Fellay on July 11,1998 at Our Lady of Victories Church in Quezon City, Philippines.

 

Fra Pio: I have read that you were the first Filipino priest ordained for the SSPX that you were the Prior in Manila, is that correct? Do you have any other family members in religion?

 

Fr. J.S: Yes, it is correct, and I was the prior in Manila from October, 2003 to September 6, 2008. I have a sister who is an Oblate Sister of the SSPX and she is assigned in Switzerland.

 

Fra Pio: Father, you have since left the Society of St. Pius X. Can you tell us why it is that you left that priestly Society?

 

Fr. J.S: I left the Society of St. Pius X suddenly on September 6, 2008. I cannot tell you the reason in an interview why I left because it is not for public consumption. Whether my action was right or wrong, for me it was an act of protest. So you may call it for personal reason why I left.

 

Fra Pio: Father, do you believe that Benedict XVI is the current Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church which Jesus Christ founded for the salvation of man?

 

Fr. J.S: No, for me, Benedict XVI is an anti-pope and precursor of the Antichrist. Even Archbishop Lefebvre called him a heretic in one of his conferences.

 

Fra Pio: What led you to discover that sedevacantism is truly the unfortunate situation we see ourselves in today?

 

Fr. J.S. The lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops of the SSPX on January 21, 2009 made me consider studying sedevacantism. Although I was already out of the SSPX at that time, I was not yet officially expelled. A few priests were expelled from SSPX because of their public opposition to that so called “lifting of Excommunication”. When no priests in the Philippines expressed criticism to the decree of Jan. 21, 2009 and to the letter of Benedict to the Bishops on March 10, 2009, I gave two conferences criticizing the two documents to some faithful  who maintained communications with me.

 

Fra Pio: Were you always partial to the sedevacantist position or did you rebel against it at first?

 

Fr. J.S: Being trained in the SSPX, it is natural that I was against the sedevacantist position. I thought that the SSPX position is the prudent one between sedevacantism and modernism, but I sympathized with those who hold the sedevacantist position because I knew they are Catholics who are fighting the errors of the novus ordo religion. Since the decree of January 21, 2009 to July 25, 2009, I had plenty of time to study seriously the sedevacantist position and arriving at the inevitable conclusion that Ratzinger can not be a legitimate pope but an anti-pope I began to omit the name of Benedict XVI from the Canon of the Mass last July 25, 2009 and I stopped saying the Mass according to the rubrics of John XXIII.

 

Fra Pio: What has been your experience since leaving the Society, is there an understanding of the incredible crisis we face today in the Philippines, or is Tradition there associated with the SSPX alone?

 

Fr. J.S: For the first four months after I left the priory in Manila in September 2008, I spent those times saying Mass in private and without an apostolate even thinking of asking permission from the Superior General to grant me an extended sabbatical in Albano, Italy because I know some priests there. That “lifting of excommunication” made me decide that I can no longer return to SSPX. It would be dishonest for me to ask for readmission just to disagree with their present orientation and to be expelled because of it. After January 21, 2009, I started giving conferences to some faithful and on September 27 of last year, I started saying Mass publicly to a handful of faithful knowing that the Holy Mass is offered not una cum Benedicto. My situation is quite difficult since I have no church or a chapel to say Mass but in a house of one of the faithful. It is like going back to the catacombs. I heard that my former confreres warned the faithful against me, saying that I am dangerous, yet they say good things about Ratzinger who is the real enemy. Just only a few understand the crisis we face today in the Philippines. It is sad that a lot of the faithful understand the crisis as a question of the Latin Mass. For them, they are satisfied with the ‘62 Missal of John XXIII and take for granted the integral Catholic faith. The majority  in Tradition are associated with the SSPX, but there are also some of the motu-proprio groups coming out.

 

Fra Pio: What is the main difficulty with the Society’s position, is it a matter of doctrine?

 

Fr. J.S: Of course it is a matter of doctrine. I don’t need to repeat again what other sedevacantist priests have said before, but one thing that we must notice from SSPX position is the error on the Universal Ordinary Magisterium. With their resist and recognize stand, they can disobey the New Mass, the new catechism, the new code of canon law, reject novus ordo canonizations, disregard the encyclicals, etc. They fail to realize that the liturgy, catechism, canon law, canonizations are also covered by the infallibility  of the Church, the Universal Ordinary Magisterium. If we accept the SSPX position, then one can conclude that after Vatican II the Church’s Universal Ordinary Magisterium is now fallible.

 

Fra Pio: Are there any priests within the SSPX who are sedevacantists that you know of?

 

Fr.J.S: I don’t know anyone, but there is one who follows the rubrics of St. Pius X for the Mass.

 

Fra Pio: Are you then the only sedevacantist priest in the Philippines right now?

 

Fr. J.S: Yes, I would be happy if there is another one.

 

Fra Pio: How many have followed you and agree with your stance today?

 

Fr.J.S: They are more or less thirty faithful.

 

Fra Pio: It is a great pleasure to have contact with one of your parishioners in the Philippines who has just recently entered Novitiate into the Third Order of Penance of St. Francis. I was particularly impressed with his knowledge concerning the crisis in the Church and his familiarity with Catholic doctrine. Do you spend time educating your little flock there? Is this a part of your apostolate now?

 

Fr. J.S: Yes, I am instructing them and I hope that little by little their knowledge of Catholic doctrine grows.

 

Fra Pio: What is your situation now Rev. Father, with such a small flock, is it difficult to continue the apostolate? How can souls help you financially if they so desire?

 

Fr. J.S: Yes, it is difficult, but I trust Divine Providence. For those who are willing to help, you may give my e-mail address to contact me.

 

Fra Pio: In your opinion, where do we go from here? That is, what will happen in the future in Rome? Of course the good God will deal with the situation of the vacancy of the Seat of Peter, but in your opinion how will this take place?

 

Fr.J.S: We are now in the midst of the great apostasy foretold in the Holy Scriptures. One is blind if he say that we are not yet in the great apostasy. The destruction of the faith among nations and individuals after Vatican II is enough to show that the great apostasy is ongoing and the post-conciliar anti-popes are the ones teaching and implementing the doctrines of the Antichrist. It is sad that those traditional Catholics attached to the Conciliar Church are silent about Ratzinger who promotes the new world order. It is because of the vacancy of the seat of Peter which is now usurped by an antipope that prepares for the coming of the Antichrist. God knows how the issue of the vacancy will be resolved. Whether by miraculous intervention or by conclave or by an ecumenical council, God knows. Let us not forget that St. Peter the first Pope was not elected by a conclave. He was directly appointed by Our Lord Jesus Christ. So God knows how it will be resolved and when. What our sensus catholicus tells us now is that the seat of Peter is occupied by an anti-pope at the moment and he is to be opposed and denounced by every Catholic who loves the faith.

 

Fra Pio: Is there anything that you would like to say to encourage those in the Church who share your position in the crisis? If there are priests of the SSPX who will read this interview what would you like to share with them, what would you say to them about sedevacantism and the crisis in the Church?

 

Fr.J.S: In these difficult times, it is our duty to keep the Catholic faith whole and entire. Let us keep before our eyes the constancy and perseverance of our ancestors in the faith who did not compromise to heresies and even shed their blood to defend their faith. Receive the sacraments from those priests who do not compromise to the counterfeit church of Vatican II when you have access to them. Pray the holy rosary everyday. If there are priests of the SSPX who read this interview I hope that they find time to study the issue of sedevacantism. They must not read only the writings against sedevacantism, but read also the writings of sedevacantists. They must not forget that Msgr. Lefebvre himself said in one of his conferences in 1986, speaking about  John Paul II, that  “it is possible we may be obliged to believe this Pope is not Pope” and this applies now to Benedict XVI. They must not trust Benedict XVI. He is the real enemy, not the sedevacantists.


Fra Pio: Rev. Father Soliman, thank you very much for your time and for answering these questions, may the good God bless you and Mary keep you in these difficult times! Would you be so kind as to extend your priestly blessing to the interviewer and to all who read this? Pax et Bonum!

 

Fr.J.S: Thank you very much also, Fra Pio. Benedictio Dei Omnipotentis, Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, descendat super vos et maneat semper. Amen.

 

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Texas Saloon Sues Church

 

Not confirmed, but it’s cute…

 

In Mt. Vernon , Texas , Drummond's Bar began construction on a new building to increase their business. In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up until the week before opening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

 

The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means.

 

In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.

 

The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not."


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·         Please publish prayers for Sr. Bernadette Urban's sister, Pauline Urban who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had extensive surgery on Nov 7.

·         Cancer victim—traditional Catholic.

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·         Matthew Tripp Kennedy—died May 7, 2010,  aged 48 (brother of Suzanne Kennedy and son of Col. James D. Kennedy who had died this past December 2, 2009)

·         I’m sorry to send the news of my mother’s death. Maria Horwath, aged 88, died suddenly on April 21, 2010, at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL. She was a resident of Norridge, IL for over 50 years and a member of St. Pius V Shrine, Lake Zurich, IL. Her Requiem Mass was at the Shrine on April 27, 2010. --George Horwath

·         John Henshaw died March 24, 2010. He was a parishioner at Our Lady of the Snows in Denver.

·         Kenneth Louis Strain, died March 15, 2010. See above for obituary.

·         Marjorie Prestini aged 89, died Jan 11th 2010—a generous benefactor of Mt. St. Michael’s and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Spokane.

·         Mary Gertrude Royals Connolly—Dies March 5, 2010. She was 92 years old.

·         Ed Stépanich—88, died Jan. 30. Brother of Fr. Martin Stépanich. [My prayers and condolences to Fr. Martin.]

·         Sr. Mary Francisca, CMRI died Jan. 28, while on a trip with her mother in Florida. It might have been a heart attack. Sister was a science teacher, registered nurse and counselor at St. Michael’s Academy --Mount St. Michael’s. Patti Melvin of the Living Rosary Association was her sister.

·         Danny Delawder (Debbie Wilker’s brother) —died Jan. 29, of a heart attack early morning. Also, to pray for the Wilker family.

·         Br. John Collins O.C.S.O died on Epiphany at Christ the King Abbey in Cullman, AL.

·         Mrs Anne Vopalenky, died Jan. 3, 2010, Omaha Nebraska.

·         Ada Raphael Federspiel, who died Jan 13, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age 91, well-fortified with the sacraments. She was the mother of 14 children, of whom my wife, Catherine Ahern, was the youngest. Last year, at the age of 90, she published a 700-page book of Catholic poems that she wrote.  She and her late husband Frank were in the forefront of the fight for the Faith back in the late 60s and early 70s. Her funeral will be on Friday, at Immaculate Conception Church (SSPV) in Cincinnati.

·         Bev (a distant relative by marriage) who had been mentioned here before, died Dec 18. She had been on dialysis most of her life, had lost fingers and toes on her right side after a heart attack. She lost both breasts to cancer, and ultimately both legs were amputated. Apparently, her pacemaker failed.

·         Charlie Desmond died Dec. 5, of renal failure and complications from an amputated leg and diabetes.

·         RIP Theodore Francis Vaillancourt

 

 –Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord. And may perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen

 

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our countries and their leaders,

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http://truerestoration.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-fr-michael-oswalt-for.html

Please help Fr. Michael Oswalt. Send donations to: Mount St. Michael, 8500 North St. Michael’s Road, Spokane, WA 99217. Or email him at: moswalt1972@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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