Pope Benedict enforcing traditional rules and orthodoxy

Pope Benedict enforcing traditional rules and orthodoxy...

"Many clergy have given themselves over to pleasures of the flesh. Many have fallen into sin and heresy, and have cast aside the truth of their vocations. Many now rebel against their leader, their God-given leader, your Vicar. In matters of Faith and Morals, man must not change the God-given laws, coming from the Seat of Peter, and established through Tradition upon earth through My Son's Church." - Our Lady of the Roses, October 6, 1979

LifeSiteNews.com reported on November 24, 2005:

In an apostolic letter released by the Vatican Press this past Saturday, Pope Benedict again demonstrated his unwillingness to tolerate serious dissent in the Church and further raised the ire of liberal groups, already up in arms anticipating the newly leaked Vatican document reaffirming the centuries-long ban on admitting homosexuals into the priesthood.

In the "motu proprio" (on his own initiative) letter, Pope Benedict officially revoked the unusual four decade long autonomy of the notoriously liberal Franciscan basilicas in Assisi, again placing them under the jurisdictional authority of the local bishop. The bishop of Assisi, said the pope, "from this moment on, will have the jurisdiction foreseen by (canon) law over churches and religious houses regarding all pastoral activities undertaken by the Conventual fathers in the Basilica of St. Francis and by the Friars Minor of St. Mary of the Angels."

Annoyed liberal commentators have interpreted this unexpected maneuver by the Holy Father as an attempt to 'reign-in' the Franciscans in regards to some of their more controversial or unorthodox initiatives, most notably the abuses of their so-called "inter-faith dialogues" that Benedict strongly spoke out against while still Cardinal Ratzinger. One minister of the liberal Democrats of the Left Party, however, complained bitterly that, "Now the Franciscans have their hands tied and can no longer be a bridge between the Church and society."

In Italy the Franciscan basilicas have come to be widely associated with left-leaning groups, including, amongst others, leaders of the communist party. However, the particular event that many Italian news-sources have been rehashing in the last number of days is the highly controversial visit to Assisi by former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's right-hand men, in 2003, shortly before the commencement of the Iraq wars.

Former Assisian bishop Goretti welcomed Benedict's new directives, lamenting, "Often I would learn about their initiatives from the newspapers…in Assisi it was absurd that there existed autonomous enclaves over which the bishop had no power at all."

But while conservative sources in Rome agree that, while true that this is most likely a disciplinary measure on Benedict's part aimed at the Franciscan Friars, that isn't the complete or most important part of the story.

Almost simultaneous with the announcement that the basilicas were to again answer to the bishop, Benedict announced the appointment of Archbishop Dominico Sorrentino as bishop of the diocese of Assisi. Although slipping by general notice amidst the furor over the controversy surrounding the Franciscan shrines, some commentators are speculating that the appointment of Sorrentino may be the most important development yet in Benedict's papacy.

Until his new appointment Sorrentino had served in one of the highest positions in the Church as secretary of the Congregation for Liturgy. Catholic World News reports that "The new appointment for Archbishop Sorrentino is one of the first important changes that Pope Benedict has made in the leadership of the Roman Curia, and the first time that he has assigned a Curial official to a new post outside the Vatican."

For some time now Sorrentino has not been looked upon favorably by orthodox Catholics who have questioned some of his decisions and motives pertaining to a number of technical but important issues related to the Catholic liturgy. And in Italy, especially, Sorrentino has received criticism for his involvement in seminars related to exonerating Giordano Bruno, a crazed 16th century Dominican monk who taught anti-Catholic, anti-Christian doctrines, arguing, amongst other things, that Christ was merely a skilled magician, that the Devil would be saved, and similarly and universally repugnant teachings to Christians.

Sorrentino's new post, in one of the smallest dioceses in Italy, with a population of a mere 77,000 Catholics, removes the vast majority of his universal influence in the Church. Furthermore, both Sorrentino and the Franciscan basilicas, according to Benedict's directives, will now also answer to Cardinal Ruini, one of the most conservative members in the College of Cardinals.

Archbishop Sorrentino, says the Pope, "will hear the opinion of the president of the Umbra Episcopal Conference for initiatives that affect the Region, of the Presidency of the Italian Episcopal Conference for those of a larger radius." Which is to say that any pastoral decisions having a far-reaching effect, most especially any further attempts at hosting "Peace Conferences", which in the past have appalled Christians by openly celebrating pagan religions, will have to pass by Cardinal Ruini.

Some are calling this dual decision, of reinstating the normal authority of the bishop over churches in his diocese, particularly the Franciscan basilicas, and the transfer of Sorrentino from the Roman Curia, as "brilliant", the killing of two birds with one stone.

Indeed, in light of a series of recent dramatic decisions by the Holy Father, many hopeful Catholics are increasingly speaking about the so-called "reform of the reform" that the new pope has undertaken since the beginning of his pontificate. Although the "do and don't ask questions" technique that he has employed has caused consternation amongst Catholic liberal fringe groups, many see this practical, hands-on approach as the natural conclusion to the papacy of John Paul II, who painstakingly laid the philosophical and pastoral groundwork for the new reform.

"My children, you will recognize the signs of your times. The evil has accelerated. Satan has poisoned many minds, even in the clergy. It is now the full responsibility of parents to be the leaders, the teachers of their children. Satan has poisoned the minds of many in the clergy and doctrines of demons are being introduced into My House.

"My children, it is with great sorrow that We look upon the abominations being committed in My houses upon earth. Know now, O bishops, shepherds of My flock, that We look upon you and find you wanting. You bring about a change, and for what? You were not satisfied with the rules, so now you make rules to suit your own basic carnal nature of man. And what are you doing, but you are reforming My House, and for what?

"In arrogance and pride you have placed yourself above your God. Believe, and do you believe, O clergy? Shall you stand before Me and say that your teaching has been pure in My sight? I say unto you: I shall spit you out as vermin into the flames! Vipers upon earth you have become. I say unto you: Your days shall be counted in the few.
"Many of My clergy are on the road to perdition and taking many trusting souls with them." - Jesus, July 25, 1977

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THE MAJOR OFFENSE
"The major offense being committed in your world is an offense far above any sin committed in such majority in the past. You have committed the great sin of heresy. You have opened the doors of your Eternal City, the home of your Vicar, to all manner of heretics and non-believers." - St. Michael, February 1, 1977

EXCOMMUNICATE
"Pastors in the houses of your God, you must return from your wanderings and gather your straying sheep. Discipline must be returned. Holiness and piety must be returned. Heresy and heretics must be taken out of Rome! The power of excommunication must be used. You will cleanse the Eternal City now, or you will accept the sword!" - St. Michael, December 27, 1975

INDOCTRINATED IN HERESY
"Your children must be protected from the evils that abound in your school systems in your country and most nations throughout the world. They are being taught immorality and a loss of faith in the supernatural and the knowledge of their God. All manner of heresy has been indoctrinated into their youthful minds. It is a diabolical plan of Lucifer." - Our Lady, June 18, 1979

SPEAK OUT
"Many homes shall be torn asunder by the fall of the children. Parents shall shed tears of anguish. Therefore, prevent this now while your children are at a young age. Give them a firm foundation of their faith. Be not afraid to speak out against heresy and abominations, even if you have to do this against your clergy. For many now have fallen in with the modernists, the socialists, the communists, and some the satanists. Therefore, My children, I make known to you the crisis that lies ahead." - Our Lady, June 18, 1979

HERESY, APOSTASY ABOUND
"Because of the arrogance and pride of My clergy, many of Our sheep, Our children, are lost to the Kingdom of Heaven. Many mitres are destined for the abyss. Heresy and apostasy abounds upon earth." - Jesus, June 18, 1979

MOURNFUL HERESY
"Heresy, O mournful heresy! Pastors, this shall not be tolerated. You must not destroy Our young flowers, the children. You must nurture them with pure waters of faith. This faith must not be tainted by modernism and humanism. You have set upon the world a confusion of mind and a darkening of spirit." - Our Lady, November 20, 1975

MUST NOT COMPROMISE
"You must not compromise your Faith. You cannot lower your standards and bring others into My Son's Church, for you bring in all manner of heresy and abominations. By your example did you gather Our sheep, and by your example now do you scatter them. I say, as your Mother: Turn back from your road, for you are on the way to perdition." - Our Lady, June 5, 1976

HERESY PREVAILS
"Each man shall be accountable for his own soul. You shall not allow heresy to prevail in My House! You shall not permit the corruption and destruction of the young souls with error, fallacy, and heresy! You shall not, in the name of technology and science, corrupt the teachings given to you by those who came before you, sent by the Eternal Father to enlighten you on the path and the way to your Kingdom, the Kingdom of your God in Heaven!" - Jesus, February 10, 1976

HELL-HOLES OF HERESY
"Can you, O bishops, not spare but the little time to look into your seminaries? I say but one expression to you: they have become hell-holes of error and heresy! Clean out your seminaries, My bishops! My Son will lay upon you a heavy hand in penance! Is this what you want? Do you not have the courage of your convictions to stand by the truth of your Faith? Have you given yourselves to such foul sin, O bishops, in your personal lives that you do no longer recognize sin as being a way of life? Are you also condoning sin to become a way of life?" - Our Lady, October 2, 1976

HERESY IN THE CLASSROOMS
"And what are they teaching in the classrooms? Oh, my sister, you must tell the world—all the children of earth, of the Eternal Father—that they are teaching heresy! Oh, that's untruth. Satan is deluding many and poisoning their minds. Heresy, O mournful heresy!" - St. Theresa, May 17, 1975

LEGACY OF TRUTH
"I recognized, my child, the evils that were to fall upon the world. Search for the knowledge I have left to you. I, too, was enlightened by the Holy Spirit. Read well the legacy of truth* that I left to you. Modernism must be erased from your world!" - Pope St. Pius X, September 7, 1974

* Read especially the famous encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis (The Doctrine of the Modernists) by Pope St. Pius X.

MANY REBEL
"Many clergy have given themselves over to pleasures of the flesh. Many have fallen into sin and heresy, and have cast aside the truth of their vocations. Many now rebel against their leader, their God-given leader, your Vicar. In matters of faith and morals, man must not change the God-given laws, coming from the Seat of Peter, and established through tradition upon earth through My Son's Church." - Our Lady, October 6, 1979

Directives from Heaven...

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D164 - Heresy PDF
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D185 - Church of Man, Part 2 PDF
D186 - Excommunication PDF

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