American Reform
06.05.202513:58
Ethnic Jews who have converted to Catholicism ought to refrain from speaking publicly on political matters, particularly when it comes to issues like immigration, national identity and economics. As a rule, barring some extraordinary exceptions, this should be enforced by Catholics, gently at first, then vigorously.
This can be proven in several ways, but common sense, practical experience and a working-knowledge of history are sufficient. For one, the unique racial character and disposition of the Jew is not immediately vitiated by his conversion and baptism. For two thousand years he has considered himself apart, certainly distinct from the gentiles and often above them. Assimilation in his host country, for him, means ethnic extinction and a renunciation of his special status, as chosen by God. There is a real tension in his person since he knows that, after the coming of Christ, the faithful Christian nations, no longer the Jews, are the chosen people. Yet it is hard for him to detach from his ethnic baggage, so-to-speak. It is not natural for that to happen immediately, and we ought not to be surprised when it, invariably, does not.
As Fr. Raffaele Ballerini, editor of La Civiltá Cattolica, observed in 1897, “The Jew always continues to be immutably Jewish in every place. His nationality is not in the soil where he was born, it is not in the language he speaks; it is in the seed, in the lineage and in that mixture of Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah, which he calls his history and his religion […] Everywhere he is a stranger to all, except those with whom he shares his origin and curse. Outside of his own interest, he has no other political aim, wherever he lives.”
In all of this, Catholics must not lose sight of the truth that we must presume sincerity on the part of the convert, whether he is an ethnic Jew or ethnic gentile. Charity and the Church demand that. However, we must not error into credulity, which is decidedly not a virtue. Presumption must give way to facts, to observable objective intentions, even if they are for ill—no, especially if they are for ill. The common good is at stake. Catholicism informs political thinking—that is, if the convert is sincere—but it takes time, particularly for the true outsider, the ethnic Jew.
Finally, a warning of St. Thomas, while not directly related to this issue of Jewish converts involving themselves in domestic politics, ought not to go unheeded. This principle, surely, can apply here, “[I]f foreigners were allowed to meddle with the affairs of a nation as soon as they settled down in its midst, many dangers would occur, since the foreigners not yet having the common good firmly at heart might attempt something hurtful to the people.” (ST I-II, q. 105, a.3)
This can be proven in several ways, but common sense, practical experience and a working-knowledge of history are sufficient. For one, the unique racial character and disposition of the Jew is not immediately vitiated by his conversion and baptism. For two thousand years he has considered himself apart, certainly distinct from the gentiles and often above them. Assimilation in his host country, for him, means ethnic extinction and a renunciation of his special status, as chosen by God. There is a real tension in his person since he knows that, after the coming of Christ, the faithful Christian nations, no longer the Jews, are the chosen people. Yet it is hard for him to detach from his ethnic baggage, so-to-speak. It is not natural for that to happen immediately, and we ought not to be surprised when it, invariably, does not.
As Fr. Raffaele Ballerini, editor of La Civiltá Cattolica, observed in 1897, “The Jew always continues to be immutably Jewish in every place. His nationality is not in the soil where he was born, it is not in the language he speaks; it is in the seed, in the lineage and in that mixture of Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah, which he calls his history and his religion […] Everywhere he is a stranger to all, except those with whom he shares his origin and curse. Outside of his own interest, he has no other political aim, wherever he lives.”
In all of this, Catholics must not lose sight of the truth that we must presume sincerity on the part of the convert, whether he is an ethnic Jew or ethnic gentile. Charity and the Church demand that. However, we must not error into credulity, which is decidedly not a virtue. Presumption must give way to facts, to observable objective intentions, even if they are for ill—no, especially if they are for ill. The common good is at stake. Catholicism informs political thinking—that is, if the convert is sincere—but it takes time, particularly for the true outsider, the ethnic Jew.
Finally, a warning of St. Thomas, while not directly related to this issue of Jewish converts involving themselves in domestic politics, ought not to go unheeded. This principle, surely, can apply here, “[I]f foreigners were allowed to meddle with the affairs of a nation as soon as they settled down in its midst, many dangers would occur, since the foreigners not yet having the common good firmly at heart might attempt something hurtful to the people.” (ST I-II, q. 105, a.3)
05.05.202503:22
Q. Can we not say that we are not obliged to accept the decisions of a general Council if they were not conformed to the Word of God?
A. This is a sophism, for it is to suppose that the Church can teach what is opposed to the word of God. However, this is impossible, because God would not then keep His Word. Were His Holy Ghost to not teach, as He promised to His Church, all truth and for ever, the gates of Hell would prevail against her. God did not provide that men would guide themselves with what they judged to conform to Scripture. He sent his ministers that they might teach all nations and He ordained that he who would not believe would be condemned.
- ¿Por qué somos Católicos y no Protestantes?, cap IX, (1937), Fr. Pacifico Albero O.F.M.
A. This is a sophism, for it is to suppose that the Church can teach what is opposed to the word of God. However, this is impossible, because God would not then keep His Word. Were His Holy Ghost to not teach, as He promised to His Church, all truth and for ever, the gates of Hell would prevail against her. God did not provide that men would guide themselves with what they judged to conform to Scripture. He sent his ministers that they might teach all nations and He ordained that he who would not believe would be condemned.
- ¿Por qué somos Católicos y no Protestantes?, cap IX, (1937), Fr. Pacifico Albero O.F.M.
02.05.202516:31
Which cardinal(s) in the upcoming conclave—if any—have not only identified religious liberty as heresy, but then have condemned it, publicly? Have any of the conservative ones?
Similarly, which cardinal(s) have said, ideally in official writings or speeches, that to manufacture religious unity with dissident cults, for example Protestants or ‘Eastern Orthodox’, in public joint-prayer services or ecumenical worship is sinful?
Are there cardinals who maintain that the Jews of today are a once-chosen people, who now labor—collectively— under a curse and, until a happy conversion to Catholicism, will remain enemies of Christ and His Mystical body?
There are many more doctrinal positions which could be brought up, but this short list should suffice to make the point.
The only standard for Catholicism is orthodoxy, which is truly and essentially different from either conservative [Catholicism] or progressive [Catholicism].
Similarly, which cardinal(s) have said, ideally in official writings or speeches, that to manufacture religious unity with dissident cults, for example Protestants or ‘Eastern Orthodox’, in public joint-prayer services or ecumenical worship is sinful?
Are there cardinals who maintain that the Jews of today are a once-chosen people, who now labor—collectively— under a curse and, until a happy conversion to Catholicism, will remain enemies of Christ and His Mystical body?
There are many more doctrinal positions which could be brought up, but this short list should suffice to make the point.
The only standard for Catholicism is orthodoxy, which is truly and essentially different from either conservative [Catholicism] or progressive [Catholicism].
28.04.202513:12
Q. Is the example of Pope Honorius I a historical precedent for the present crisis in the Church?
A.
I. Pope Honorius I did not universally impose error on the Church, thus compromising Her indefectability, meaning there can be no comparison to the present crisis in the Church. In short, the historical analog fails.
II. Honorius was only condemned in a very particular sense: “From this, I conclude that Honorius could have been condemned as a heretic by these three councils, and that he in fact was, not for having taught error, but solely for not having exerted the necessary vigor in his duties as Head of the Church, for not having vigorously used his authority to repress heresy, for having prescribed silence about the manner of expressing a truth, and having thus contributed to the diffusion of error.
This is the same conclusion which was reached by almost everyone who dealt with this question during the Vatican Council. Dom Guéranger, Abbot of the Solesmes Benedictines, said on the matter, ‘The real Sixth Council, the one to which the Roman Pontiff gave the necessary and canonical form, the one which requires the respect of the faithful, condemned Honorius only as an unfaithful guardian of the deposit of the faith, but not as having himself been an adherent of heresy. Justice and truth forbid us from going beyond that.’” - Fr. Louis-Nazaire Bégin, The Primacy and Infallibility of the Soverign Pontiffs: The Case of Pope Honorius I, 1873
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1916841814700535994?s=46
A.
I. Pope Honorius I did not universally impose error on the Church, thus compromising Her indefectability, meaning there can be no comparison to the present crisis in the Church. In short, the historical analog fails.
II. Honorius was only condemned in a very particular sense: “From this, I conclude that Honorius could have been condemned as a heretic by these three councils, and that he in fact was, not for having taught error, but solely for not having exerted the necessary vigor in his duties as Head of the Church, for not having vigorously used his authority to repress heresy, for having prescribed silence about the manner of expressing a truth, and having thus contributed to the diffusion of error.
This is the same conclusion which was reached by almost everyone who dealt with this question during the Vatican Council. Dom Guéranger, Abbot of the Solesmes Benedictines, said on the matter, ‘The real Sixth Council, the one to which the Roman Pontiff gave the necessary and canonical form, the one which requires the respect of the faithful, condemned Honorius only as an unfaithful guardian of the deposit of the faith, but not as having himself been an adherent of heresy. Justice and truth forbid us from going beyond that.’” - Fr. Louis-Nazaire Bégin, The Primacy and Infallibility of the Soverign Pontiffs: The Case of Pope Honorius I, 1873
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1916841814700535994?s=46
22.04.202514:59
Msgr. Henri Delassus highlights the similarities between the Talmudic messiah, whom the religious Jews await, and the antichrist.
“Make no mistake; the traits of the Talmudic messiah are indeed the traits of the Antichrist. It is the same sinister character who is announced from both sides [I am come in the name of my Father and you receive me not, but when another will come in his own name, you will receive him, John 5:43]: a man of the Jewish race who will become king of the Jews and will concentrate in his heart, his discourses and his works, all that the malice of the centuries could pit against Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church. And God, for the completion of His mysterious designs, will allow him for a time to control the most formidable empire all over the world.”
“Make no mistake; the traits of the Talmudic messiah are indeed the traits of the Antichrist. It is the same sinister character who is announced from both sides [I am come in the name of my Father and you receive me not, but when another will come in his own name, you will receive him, John 5:43]: a man of the Jewish race who will become king of the Jews and will concentrate in his heart, his discourses and his works, all that the malice of the centuries could pit against Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church. And God, for the completion of His mysterious designs, will allow him for a time to control the most formidable empire all over the world.”
16.04.202521:59
My answer, using proofs from popes, saints and Catholic prelates is below:
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1912624918316929161?s=46
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1912624918316929161?s=46
05.05.202501:40
01.05.202503:00
My main purpose of the above post was to draw attention to the considerable merits of the National Socialist program and to, frankly, ridicule the way “Nazi” is popularly used as a pejorative and used dismissively—oftentimes dishonestly. They, the Germans, got much more right than most people are comfortable admitting, self-styled traditional Catholics (certainly) being no exception. Additionally, with the benefit of hindsight, many of the problems we face today are the direct result of demonizing, in a histrionic and irrational way, “Nazism” and those who are “Nazis”. Right or wrong, descriptively, that is the situation in the world’s most powerful country, America.
The principles of true Catholic political philosophy transcend any one regime or point in time, they are independent of circumstances. As a historical-political system, National Socialism should receive no preferential treatment, nor contempt, and be weighed on its merits. The authority of the Church, particularly in MBS, should be the principal guide, coupled with good history and Catholics on the ground in the Third Reich. We should outline the bad, careful to avoid exaggeration, and we should identify the good, equally careful not to exaggerate. This is decidedly not what happens today, or has ever happened. The elephant in the room preventing this honest discussion is Jewry. The same power structure that the world was so keen on allying with, against the Germans and the other Axis Powers. The Jews have ascended since WW2, dominating the Americas and Europe, and the formerly Christian nations have paid the highest price for it. We all live, whether we admit it or not, in “fear of the Jews”.
I do not think we should resurrect National Socialism or any party dedicated to it. Their time has passed and we are not Germans. We live in America and we need to apply Catholic political philosophy to our—somewhat unique—circumstances. That does not mean, however, that the National Socialist system it is to be discarded or for us to pretend it is without instructive value. However, a new solution is needed for our problems, something that challenges—most importantly in a moral and legal way—the, fundamentally, wicked principles of America: naturalism, revolutionism, liberalism and individualism. In short, what is needed is a program of supernaturalism and all that entails. Christ must reign over all of public life. America’s original sin is revolution, her founding, and until we atone for it and lovingly correct our mistaken ways, we will not be a good country, let alone a great one.
Finally, there is a real difference between Marxism and National Socialism, in that the former was condemned by the Church, without qualification, whereas the critique of the latter was—which did condemn radical elements of the movement—not categorical, but incidental, and focused on excesses. Real, dangerous excesses but not without ruling out compatibility with Catholicism. This is why the distinction between Christian and unchristian National Socialism is hugely important. Reading Abp. Hudal’s book on the question, where he argued for a bridge between Catholicism and National Socialism, has given clarity on the issue for me.
The principles of true Catholic political philosophy transcend any one regime or point in time, they are independent of circumstances. As a historical-political system, National Socialism should receive no preferential treatment, nor contempt, and be weighed on its merits. The authority of the Church, particularly in MBS, should be the principal guide, coupled with good history and Catholics on the ground in the Third Reich. We should outline the bad, careful to avoid exaggeration, and we should identify the good, equally careful not to exaggerate. This is decidedly not what happens today, or has ever happened. The elephant in the room preventing this honest discussion is Jewry. The same power structure that the world was so keen on allying with, against the Germans and the other Axis Powers. The Jews have ascended since WW2, dominating the Americas and Europe, and the formerly Christian nations have paid the highest price for it. We all live, whether we admit it or not, in “fear of the Jews”.
I do not think we should resurrect National Socialism or any party dedicated to it. Their time has passed and we are not Germans. We live in America and we need to apply Catholic political philosophy to our—somewhat unique—circumstances. That does not mean, however, that the National Socialist system it is to be discarded or for us to pretend it is without instructive value. However, a new solution is needed for our problems, something that challenges—most importantly in a moral and legal way—the, fundamentally, wicked principles of America: naturalism, revolutionism, liberalism and individualism. In short, what is needed is a program of supernaturalism and all that entails. Christ must reign over all of public life. America’s original sin is revolution, her founding, and until we atone for it and lovingly correct our mistaken ways, we will not be a good country, let alone a great one.
Finally, there is a real difference between Marxism and National Socialism, in that the former was condemned by the Church, without qualification, whereas the critique of the latter was—which did condemn radical elements of the movement—not categorical, but incidental, and focused on excesses. Real, dangerous excesses but not without ruling out compatibility with Catholicism. This is why the distinction between Christian and unchristian National Socialism is hugely important. Reading Abp. Hudal’s book on the question, where he argued for a bridge between Catholicism and National Socialism, has given clarity on the issue for me.
28.04.202502:15
In 1933, Bishop Johannes Maria Gföllner, after observing that “many godless Jews exert an excessively harmful influence on almost all areas of modern cultural life”, said that “breaking this harmful influence of Judaism” is a “strict duty of conscience of every convinced Christian”.
Following that challenge, the Bishop of Linz hoped that for the “Aryan and Christian sides, these dangers and harms caused by the Jewish spirit would be more appreciated and more sustainably combatted”.
Following that challenge, the Bishop of Linz hoped that for the “Aryan and Christian sides, these dangers and harms caused by the Jewish spirit would be more appreciated and more sustainably combatted”.
22.04.202513:23
Rooting for the election of a conservative pope at the coming conclave, as opposed to a potential liberal contender, betrays a mistaken view of the Catholic religion. To illustrate, Pope Benedict XV taught in his encyclical Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, “Such is the nature of Catholicism that it does not admit of more or less, but must be held as a whole or as a whole rejected: ‘This is the Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly; he cannot be saved’ (Athanas. Creed)”. Put another way, the Catholic religion does not admit of degrees. There can be no conservative brand or school of Catholicism, only Orthodoxy. Similarly, there is no liberal or progressive school of Catholicism, again, only Orthodoxy. The existence of various and competing strains of Catholicism, that are legitimate to a greater or lesser extent, would imply a denial of the unity of the Church of Christ, in which all men must profess the same Faith. Without this mark of unity, the religion in question is, necessarily, false. A popular expression which captures this line of thinking is “the fullness of the faith”. Though often used innocently enough, it is just as alien to the Catholic religion as it is deadly.
Continuing, the reality of a dialectic between conservative [liberal] prelates and progressive [liberal] prelates in the Church is merely the effect of a much deeper problem—the crisis in the Church since Vatican II. This problem must be studied by those who are exercising their Faith. Then, once diagnosed, the true cause identified.
Before ending, it is necessary to make a distinction. What is not ruled out in a papal conclave is a diversity of views, attitudes and approaches among prelates in the practical order or, perhaps, differing views on unsettled theological questions, both distinct—strictly speaking—from the doctrinal order. These differences, so long as they are circumscribed by the Faith, are, indeed, legitimate. Doctrinal diversity, on the other hand, would be nothing but a euphemism for heterodoxy.
Continuing, the reality of a dialectic between conservative [liberal] prelates and progressive [liberal] prelates in the Church is merely the effect of a much deeper problem—the crisis in the Church since Vatican II. This problem must be studied by those who are exercising their Faith. Then, once diagnosed, the true cause identified.
Before ending, it is necessary to make a distinction. What is not ruled out in a papal conclave is a diversity of views, attitudes and approaches among prelates in the practical order or, perhaps, differing views on unsettled theological questions, both distinct—strictly speaking—from the doctrinal order. These differences, so long as they are circumscribed by the Faith, are, indeed, legitimate. Doctrinal diversity, on the other hand, would be nothing but a euphemism for heterodoxy.
16.04.202520:26
What a relief for Christians and White Americans, Mr. Weinstein, for you two to have this discussion.
Two Jews, one is a liberal agnostic and the other a liberal atheist, are publicly, yet very respectfully, dialoguing about Israel and the war in Gaza on behalf of the American public. This discussion is—in part—a reflection on a recent argument advanced by a British sodomite and Zionist, Douglas Murray (it is unclear if he is/was “married” to a Jew), who is more devoted to Israel than either of the two Jewish ethnics. Incidentally, this argument was just put forward on the world’s biggest and, perhaps, most influential podcast. Weinstein also talked about Daryl Cooper and was happy that his provocative comments about Winston Churchill were just that, provocative, meant to “rib” his friends, and only half-serious. After all, Weinstein and Smith both agree Hitler was a genocidal maniac.
Oh, and during the segment Eric mentioned that on Twitter, he “cannot walk a foot without being covered by antisemitic leeches”, and that he “understand[s] the same thing has been happening to [Dave]”.
Truly a mystery why those “antisemitic leeches” won’t leave them alone.
https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1912245874253808084?s=46
Two Jews, one is a liberal agnostic and the other a liberal atheist, are publicly, yet very respectfully, dialoguing about Israel and the war in Gaza on behalf of the American public. This discussion is—in part—a reflection on a recent argument advanced by a British sodomite and Zionist, Douglas Murray (it is unclear if he is/was “married” to a Jew), who is more devoted to Israel than either of the two Jewish ethnics. Incidentally, this argument was just put forward on the world’s biggest and, perhaps, most influential podcast. Weinstein also talked about Daryl Cooper and was happy that his provocative comments about Winston Churchill were just that, provocative, meant to “rib” his friends, and only half-serious. After all, Weinstein and Smith both agree Hitler was a genocidal maniac.
Oh, and during the segment Eric mentioned that on Twitter, he “cannot walk a foot without being covered by antisemitic leeches”, and that he “understand[s] the same thing has been happening to [Dave]”.
Truly a mystery why those “antisemitic leeches” won’t leave them alone.
https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1912245874253808084?s=46
06.05.202502:39
In 1569, Pope St. Pius V expelled the Jews from Papal States, warning Christians about their usurious practices, magic and superstition.
The holy saint and pope began with the following declaration, “The Jewish people, the only nation once chosen by the Lord, which was infused with divine utterances to be a partaker of the heavenly mysteries, as much as it excelled all others in grace and dignity, only afterwards, despised and neglected by the merit of its unbelief, deserved to be overthrown, because, when the fullness of time had come, it treacherously and ungratefully condemned its Redeemer to an unworthy and impious death.”
The holy saint and pope began with the following declaration, “The Jewish people, the only nation once chosen by the Lord, which was infused with divine utterances to be a partaker of the heavenly mysteries, as much as it excelled all others in grace and dignity, only afterwards, despised and neglected by the merit of its unbelief, deserved to be overthrown, because, when the fullness of time had come, it treacherously and ungratefully condemned its Redeemer to an unworthy and impious death.”
05.05.202501:39
The Catholic King of France, Louis XVI, forbids, in law, his White subjects from contracting marriage with Blacks, Mulattos or other people of color.
The original order in French, published on April 5, 1778, can be seen below.
The original order in French, published on April 5, 1778, can be seen below.
30.04.202518:44
All of the moral horror and opprobrium directed towards the National Socialist program, almost always misguided and devoid of any serious, Catholic analysis, ought to be leveled with an even greater intensity—orders of magnitude more—at the program of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. That is, if people were consistent in their moral analyses.
German National Socialism got many important things correct, namely its repudiation of individualism, liberal capitalism and, to a good extent, an appreciation of a pre-1789 (the religion of human rights, secularism and enlightenment principles) political order. Recent history has vindicated their intransigence, opposition to Jewish power and commitment to maintaining national and racial identities.
That said, any serious critiques, which are warranted, must begin with a critical distinction between Christian and unchristian strains within the movement. To present a blanket condemnation of National Socialism, making no such distinction or appreciation of the many things it got right, is to betray any pretense of seriousness.
German National Socialism got many important things correct, namely its repudiation of individualism, liberal capitalism and, to a good extent, an appreciation of a pre-1789 (the religion of human rights, secularism and enlightenment principles) political order. Recent history has vindicated their intransigence, opposition to Jewish power and commitment to maintaining national and racial identities.
That said, any serious critiques, which are warranted, must begin with a critical distinction between Christian and unchristian strains within the movement. To present a blanket condemnation of National Socialism, making no such distinction or appreciation of the many things it got right, is to betray any pretense of seriousness.
26.04.202500:45
The post is live! 🔔
New release for The Journal of American Reform, entitled “The Dispersion of Israel in the Modern World” by Fr. Raffaele Ballerini, S.J.
“The Jew always continues to be immutably Jewish in every place. His nationality is not in the soil where he was born, it is not in the language he speaks; it is in the seed, in the lineage and in that mixture of Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah, which he calls his history and his religion [...] Everywhere he is a stranger to all, except those with whom he shares his origin and curse. Outside of his own interest, he has no other political aim, wherever he lives.”
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New release for The Journal of American Reform, entitled “The Dispersion of Israel in the Modern World” by Fr. Raffaele Ballerini, S.J.
“The Jew always continues to be immutably Jewish in every place. His nationality is not in the soil where he was born, it is not in the language he speaks; it is in the seed, in the lineage and in that mixture of Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah, which he calls his history and his religion [...] Everywhere he is a stranger to all, except those with whom he shares his origin and curse. Outside of his own interest, he has no other political aim, wherever he lives.”
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21.04.202500:50
Christ is Risen! I hope everyone and their family had a wonderful Easter Sunday.
May the celebration of Our Lord’s glorious resurrection continue throughout the entire Easter Octave.
May the celebration of Our Lord’s glorious resurrection continue throughout the entire Easter Octave.
16.04.202500:54
Pope Leo XIII, in his landmark 1888 encyclical Libertas Praestantissimum, which carefully distinguishes between true liberty, Christian liberty, and its liberal and modern counterpart, what is rather false liberty, outlines the duties of the State towards God and religion. As explained in the encyclical, liberty, detached from its object, namely objective truth and goodness, becomes license and—in fact—is no liberty at all.
In particular, after rejecting the absurdity of liberty of worship, based on the false principle, religious freedom, that every man is free to profess any religion which he so chooses (or none), teaches that is is the duty of the State to worship God in the true religion. This is naturally followed by the obligation of the State to not only assist man in his temporal life, but to help him achieve his eternal salvation—reasonably removing obstacles and promoting virtue in public life.
The full text can be found here: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13liber.htm
In particular, after rejecting the absurdity of liberty of worship, based on the false principle, religious freedom, that every man is free to profess any religion which he so chooses (or none), teaches that is is the duty of the State to worship God in the true religion. This is naturally followed by the obligation of the State to not only assist man in his temporal life, but to help him achieve his eternal salvation—reasonably removing obstacles and promoting virtue in public life.
The full text can be found here: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13liber.htm
05.05.202520:15
Liberals, conceding that Pope Leo XIII was thoroughly anti-liberal in his magisterium, his doctrinal pronouncements, will often attempt to represent the Holy Father as sympathetic to their cause in the practical order. The history recorded below will suffice to dispel any such notion. While it is true that Leo XIII proposed the Ralliement to the French Republic, it was an entirely a strategic maneuver—though a definite failure in hindsight—and was aimed at re-installing authoritarian monarchy as the government of France.
“If you follow my advice, you will have four hundred Catholic deputies in France, and you will establish the monarchy. I am a monarchist myself.”
- Pope Leo XIII
“Authoritarian values and defensiveness against democratic ideals were part of the ideology that Leo XIII and Pius X shared. The Ralliement was not a call for Catholics to support republican democracy; instead it was an appeal for Catholics to defend the interests of the church via the tactic of constitutionality rather than monarchism. Leo’s private letter to Monseigneur de Cabrières indicated the pope's personal preference for royal government. In his public writings, in his charges against Americanism and in his encyclical against Christian Democracy, he showed that his principles were alien to democratic values. Pius X promulgated similar views.”
- Why the French Christian Democrats Were Condemned, Oscar Arnal
“If you follow my advice, you will have four hundred Catholic deputies in France, and you will establish the monarchy. I am a monarchist myself.”
- Pope Leo XIII
“Authoritarian values and defensiveness against democratic ideals were part of the ideology that Leo XIII and Pius X shared. The Ralliement was not a call for Catholics to support republican democracy; instead it was an appeal for Catholics to defend the interests of the church via the tactic of constitutionality rather than monarchism. Leo’s private letter to Monseigneur de Cabrières indicated the pope's personal preference for royal government. In his public writings, in his charges against Americanism and in his encyclical against Christian Democracy, he showed that his principles were alien to democratic values. Pius X promulgated similar views.”
- Why the French Christian Democrats Were Condemned, Oscar Arnal
03.05.202500:15
Very good read on conclave frontrunner, Cardinal Aveline.
An outline of his views on Talmudic-rabbinical Judaism from his own writing (translated from the original French), compared to Catholic doctrine. The latter which is primarily expressed in various papal bulls, writings of doctors and saints, as well as the ordinary and universal magisterium of the Church.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/conclave-frontrunner-cardinal-avelines-views-on-judaism-subvert-church-teaching/
An outline of his views on Talmudic-rabbinical Judaism from his own writing (translated from the original French), compared to Catholic doctrine. The latter which is primarily expressed in various papal bulls, writings of doctors and saints, as well as the ordinary and universal magisterium of the Church.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/conclave-frontrunner-cardinal-avelines-views-on-judaism-subvert-church-teaching/
29.04.202513:55
Pope Pius IX and Pope Benedict XV vs. Bp. Athanasius Schneider
“For this mother and teacher of all the churches has always preserved entire and unharmed the faith entrusted to it by Christ the Lord. Furthermore, it has taught it to the faithful, showing all men truth and the path of salvation. Since all priesthood originates in this church, the entire substance of the Christian religion resides there also.” (Qui Pluribus, no. 10-11)
“For in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been preserved unblemished, and sacred doctrine been held in honor […] for they knew very well that this See of St. Peter always remains unblemished by any error, in accordance with the divine promise of our Lord and Savior to the prince of his disciples: ‘I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.’ This gift of truth and never-failing faith was therefore divinely conferred on Peter and his successors in this See so that they might discharge their exalted office for the salvation of all, and so that the whole flock of Christ might be kept away by them from the poisonous food of error and be nourished with the sustenance of heavenly doctrine.” (Pastor Aeternus, no. 6)
“May through a new Pope, burning with the zeal for the glory of Christ and the salvation of souls, the Lord come to the assistance of the Apostolic See, which in our day is spiritually laying in chains, resembling to the material chains in which the Apostle Peter were put at the beginning of the life of the Church, freeing the Apostolic See from the chains of the alignment with the materialistic, morally depraved and anti-Christian globalist agenda of this world.” (Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave, para. 3)
“Such is the nature of Catholicism that it does not admit of more or less, but must be held as a whole or as a whole rejected: ‘This is the Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly; he cannot be saved’(Athanasian Creed). There is no need of adding any qualifying terms to the profession of Catholicism…” (Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, no. 24)
“May all true sons and daughters of the Church import the grace of the election of a new Pope, who will be fully Catholic, fully Apostolic and fully Roman.” (Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave, para. 5)
Conclusion
Pious-sounding, unapproved prayers are no substitute for Orthodoxy.
Despite any potential good-will, Schneider is undermining the very foundations of the Roman Papacy with his heterodox prayers. A sure sign you are not accurately diagnosing the crisis in the Church correctly—to say nothing of explaining it—is running afoul of basic, Catholic doctrine.
Source for the [heterodox] prayers, published by 1Peter5:
https://onepeterfive.com/appeal-for-a-worldwide-crusade-of-prayers-for-the-upcoming-conclave/
“For this mother and teacher of all the churches has always preserved entire and unharmed the faith entrusted to it by Christ the Lord. Furthermore, it has taught it to the faithful, showing all men truth and the path of salvation. Since all priesthood originates in this church, the entire substance of the Christian religion resides there also.” (Qui Pluribus, no. 10-11)
“For in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been preserved unblemished, and sacred doctrine been held in honor […] for they knew very well that this See of St. Peter always remains unblemished by any error, in accordance with the divine promise of our Lord and Savior to the prince of his disciples: ‘I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.’ This gift of truth and never-failing faith was therefore divinely conferred on Peter and his successors in this See so that they might discharge their exalted office for the salvation of all, and so that the whole flock of Christ might be kept away by them from the poisonous food of error and be nourished with the sustenance of heavenly doctrine.” (Pastor Aeternus, no. 6)
“May through a new Pope, burning with the zeal for the glory of Christ and the salvation of souls, the Lord come to the assistance of the Apostolic See, which in our day is spiritually laying in chains, resembling to the material chains in which the Apostle Peter were put at the beginning of the life of the Church, freeing the Apostolic See from the chains of the alignment with the materialistic, morally depraved and anti-Christian globalist agenda of this world.” (Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave, para. 3)
“Such is the nature of Catholicism that it does not admit of more or less, but must be held as a whole or as a whole rejected: ‘This is the Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly; he cannot be saved’(Athanasian Creed). There is no need of adding any qualifying terms to the profession of Catholicism…” (Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, no. 24)
“May all true sons and daughters of the Church import the grace of the election of a new Pope, who will be fully Catholic, fully Apostolic and fully Roman.” (Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave, para. 5)
Conclusion
Pious-sounding, unapproved prayers are no substitute for Orthodoxy.
Despite any potential good-will, Schneider is undermining the very foundations of the Roman Papacy with his heterodox prayers. A sure sign you are not accurately diagnosing the crisis in the Church correctly—to say nothing of explaining it—is running afoul of basic, Catholic doctrine.
Source for the [heterodox] prayers, published by 1Peter5:
https://onepeterfive.com/appeal-for-a-worldwide-crusade-of-prayers-for-the-upcoming-conclave/
22.04.202523:04
Eric Sammons boldly condemns Catholic racism, proving his antiracist bonafides, forgetting that Pope Pius XI approved the very views he holds in contempt. https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1914816138166288564?s=46
18.04.202516:29
May everyone have a blessed Good Friday.
10.04.202519:45
Joel Berry, an ethnic Jew, who has now converted to Protestantism and is the managing editor of the Babylon Bee, is asked a simple question and, nearly immediately, blocks my account.
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1910416313672998945?s=46
Least subversive Jew.
https://x.com/americanreform_/status/1910416313672998945?s=46
Least subversive Jew.
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