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The Day the Host Dropped
On Communion in the Hand
by John Vennari
I was fascinated and edified by the procedure. I remember thinking to myself, “truly, the Sacred Host is the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” because the priest tended to It with awe-inspiring care and reverence. It was the best catechism lesson on the Real Presence I ever had. click here
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Attention Facebook users:
I have started a group titled:
A Call for Caution against the beatification of Paul VI
https://www.facebook.com/groups/220774561390684/
The group is meant to be a resistance to the beatification,
as well as educational concerning the Catholic Faith.
Please feel free to join and follow the posts;
and posters, may respectfully I ask you to please stay on topic.
- John Vennari
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Paul VI to be Canonized?
The Triumph of Wayward Sentiment
By John Vennari
The Conciliar revolution thus must be imposed by intimidation; not an intimidation at gunpoint, but an intimidation that overwhelms Catholics by proclaiming the alleged saintliness of its most determined innovators... click here
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November 29 is the birthday of Archbishop Lefebvre
November 29, 1905 - March 25, 1991
“I Have Handed on What I Have Received”
“They literally took me by the scruff of the neck and said: ‘Something must be done for these seminarians!’ It was useless my saying that I was sixty-five and retired, or that it was foolish to begin something that I could not continue if I should die within the next few years ... they wouldn’t have it.”
The year was 1969. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre was sixty-five and retired. He had survived the tumultuous battles of the Second Vatican Council. He had just resigned as Superior General of Holy Ghost Fathers. He had spent himself for over 40 years in the Lord’s vineyard. He assumed his work was over. Providence had other plans. click here
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Cardinal Koch: Ecumenism at the Heart of New Evangelisation
2012-12-10 Vatican Radio
This is a clear example of the new and false definition of Christian unity. No longer does it mean non-Catholics converting to the one true Church, but rather a vauge "visible unity of the Churches," a notion contrary to reason and to the perennial magisterium of the Church... click here
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Dinesh D'Souza - No Obamacare!
5 minute video
Seven Top Reasons to Attend our
Catholic Family News Conference
April 5-7, 2013
-- full schedule now listed --
Here are the seven top reasons you should attend the Catholic Family News Conference in Cleveland, Ohio... click here for conference and hotel details
Ten Speakers: Father Cyprian, OSB; Father Nicholas Gruner; Louis Verrecchio; Dr. Peter Chojnowski; Dr. Andrew Childs; John Vennari; Cornelia Ferreira; Dr. Brian McCall; Susan Vennari; Christopher Ferrara
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On my way to Rome - a Note from John Vennari
"Time will tell if the Cardinals elect a Pius XIII, a John Paul III, or someone in between. " click here
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Fatima Today 2013: Conclave Edition Part I
Father Gruner interviews CFN editor John Vennari
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Conclave May Start on March 11
From Rome's La Stampa
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More Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels
CFN Conference: April 5-7, 2013, in Cleveland
We are pleased to announced our “Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels, Part II” conference that will take place on the weekend of April 5-7, 2013, the first weekend after Easter. The conference will be held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Speakers: Father Cyprian, OSB, Father Nicholas Gruner, Dr. Andrew Childs, Dr. Peter Chojnowski, Dr. Brian McCall, John Vennari, Christopher Ferrara, Cornelia Ferreira, Susan Vennari, Louie Verrecchio - click here
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Vatican workers seal the doors leading to the pope's private apartment in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Feb. 28. Pope Benedict XVI ended his reign pledging unconditional obedience to whoever is elected to succeed him. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
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Please don’t say “We’re all sedevacantists now”
It is usually said in light-hearted jest: “We’re all sedevacantists now"... click here
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Three Troubling Aspects of Benedict’s Resignation
By John Vennari
As one Eastern Rite priest explained: "A father of a family does not retire". click here
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Pope changes conclave rules; Conclave may start sooner
The rule change allows the conclave to take place sooner than the mandatory 15 days from a papacy's end, and so before mid-March... click here
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Bombshell
Cardinal Zen: Vatican appeases Chinese government
Compromise has led to communists making 'slaves of the bishops'
At 81 years old, the bishop who once led hundreds of thousands through the streets of Hong Kong — defying Beijing, demanding democracy and an accountable government — is not holding his tongue. - click here
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The Function of Civil Authority
By Raphael Waters, D.Ph., L.Ph., Ph.C..
(Professor of Thomistic Philosophy)
Governments around the world are venturing into state absolutism, socialism, statism, totalitarianism, Communism, Fascism or whatever you like to call it. They apparently do not know that, in trying to take over several social functions and ownership or partial ownership of productive enterprises, they are offending the following arguments which determine the function of the state.. click here
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President Barack Obama’s Pro-Abortion Record:
A Pro-Life Compilation
The following is a compilation of bill signings, speeches, appointments and other actions that President Barack Obama has engaged in that have promoted abortion before and during his presidency. click here
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“If you can outwait all, you can rule all”
A Lesson in Dealing with Rome
"Romanita rests upon one basic principle: Cunctando regitur mundus. If you can outwait all, you can rule all..." click here
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Brilliant short excerpt from Yes, Prime Minister
about opinion polls
Clever and funny - about 2.5 minutes
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The Second Vatican Council and the
Rejection of the Social Reign of Our Lord
By Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
Finally, a third error, they [modern Catholic Churchmen] reject the social reign of our Lord Jesus Christ under the pretext that it is no longer feasible. I have heard this from the mouth of the Nuncio of Berne; I have heard it from the mouth of the Vatican ambassador Fr. Dhanis, former Rector of the Gregorian University, who came in the name of the Holy See to ask me not to perform the ordinations of 29 June. It was 27 June at Flavigny, and I was preaching the retreat to the seminarians. He said to me, "Why are you against the Council?" I answered, "Is it possible to accept the Council, while in the name of the Council you say that all the Catholic States must be destroyed, that there must be no Catholic States left, and thus no more States where our Lord Jesus Christ reigns? click here
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Blessed Abbot Marmion on
The Gifts of the Three Kings
The attitude of adoration in the Magi translates in eloquent language the depth of their faith; the presents that they offer are likewise full of signification. The Fathers of the Church have laid stress on the symbolism of the gifts brought to Christ by the Magi. In ending this conference, let us stay to consider the depth of this symbolism: it will be a joy for our souls and food for our devotion. click here
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The Cardinal Siri Thesis
While this indicates that “serious things have taken place” at recent conclaves, it also reveals that Cardinal Siri was certainly not the Vicar of Christ. As one astute priest observed, only the Sovereign Pontiff is not bound by conclave secrets, so the fact that Siri said, “I am bound by the Secret” demonstrates he was not Pope.
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December 26
Happy Saint Stephen's Day
"Good King Wenceslas" by the Irish Rovers
A terrific, upbeat arrangement!
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Christmas Midnight Mass
Merry Christmas to all
December 25, 2012
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Blessed Abbot Columba Marmion
on Christmas
(The Third Joyful Mystery)
In the heart of Mary are joined in perfect harmony a creature's adoration
of her God and a Mother's love for her only Son. click here
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The Abortion Party Wins Again
Barack Obama re-elected • four more years!
Kyrie eleison
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Father Nicholas Gruner and Christopher Ferrara
Interview at European Union Parliament
Concerning Consecration of Russia
On October 23, 2012 Father Nicholas Gruner of the Fatima Center in Canada and Catholic attorney and author Christopher A. Ferrara of the United States appeared at the headquarters of the EU in Strasbourg, France to speak in support of a motion for a declaration by the EU Parliament calling upon Pope Benedict XVI to carry out the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary...click here
Saturday Vespers at Traditional Dominican Monastery at Avrille
Not all Friars were present as they were out on various duties. Video taken John Vennari on location on October 13, 2012 -- the 95th Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.
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Ordinations of Dominicans and Capuchins
at Benedictine Monastery at Bellaigues
A photo report from John Vennari
I traveled to France to attend the ordinations of the Dominicans from Avrille and the Capuchins from Morgan. The ordinations were held at the traditoinal Benedictine monastery at Bellaigues and performed by Bishop Alphonsus de Galarreta, SSPX.
click here for photo report..
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Archbishop Müller at ecumenical service giving a joint "blessing" with a counterfeit bishop who represents a counterfeit "church".
Prefect of CDF: No more talks with SSPX
True to form, ecumenical Müller continues to defend Vatican II - click here
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Update: Catholic Identity Conference
a Great Success
Audio CDs available: click here
CD offer contains description of each talk...
"We can claim with gratitude that no other Pope in history has visited as
many synagogues as Benedict XVI." - Cardinal Kurt Koch
Nothing Traditional About It
Pope Benedict’s Approach to Modern Judaism
By John Vennari
Pope Benedict XVI, whom some people regard as traditional, is actually a man dedicated to the new orientation of Vatican II. This is especially apparent in Pope Benedict’s dealing with modern Judaism, which is based on the Council’s teaching on the Jews found in the document Nostra Aetate. This new orientation has almost nothing in common with the 2000-year Tradition of the Church.
... The ADL press-release quoted Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg, ADL Interfaith Director, saying that the ADL “respectfully urges that any potential rehabilitation of the SSPX include the requirement that the Society public reject their decades of hatred[sic], and that as an expression of their affirmation of Nostra Aetate, be required to remove all anti-Semitic rhetoric from both their online and their print publications.” We cannot too quickly wilt before the charge of “anti-semitism” or “anti-Judaism” until we know exactly how these pot-boiler terms are defined. Keep in mind this same ADL, in line with Jewish historian Jules Isaac, consider Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint John Chrysostom, the Saints, Popes and Fathers of the Church, and the Holy Gospel writers themselves as “anti-Semitic”. click here
SSPX's Bishop Tissier de Malleraise confirms:
With the Pope's own signature: Vatican II and the post-conciliar Magisterium must be accepted in full
"Evidently, we could not sign it. Because we are required to sign it, the agreements do not move forward..." - click here
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The Continuing Embarrassment
of Cardinal Dolan
by Christopher A. Ferrara
Then there was the Cardinal's humiliating appearance at Fordham University on September 14 along with that famous Church-basher Stephen Colbert, who professes to be a Catholic while he relentlessly promotes the Obama agenda. The next day Laurie Goodstein of the New York Times was plainly delighted to report that when "Mr. Colbert went to shake Cardinal Dolan's hand... the cardinal took Mr. Colbert's hand and kissed it..." click here
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A Key to Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict's pan-religious Meeting at Assisi: October, 2011
The Oath Against Modernism
vs. the "Hermeneutic of Continuity”
by John Vennari
The term “Hermeneutic of Continuity” came into vogue with the ascension of Pope Benedict XVI. But the "hermeneutic of continuity" does not signal a return to Tradition. Rather, it is another attempt, first and foremost, to save Vatican II.
Note: This article is now reposted as was recently off-line due to a technical glith.
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The Müller Disaster
by Christopher Ferrara
So, now we have as head of the Catholic Church's highest doctrinal authority, next to the Pope, a prelate who suggests that the wholly orthodox Catholics who belong to the Society of Saint Pius X are not really Catholics, while he happily appears alongside a phony Lutheran bishop to administer a blessing together with this false shepherd — a gesture he would never consider making alongside one of the true bishops of the SSPX, whom he treats like pariahs... click here
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Pope Benedict’s “long-term aim is not simply to allow the old and new rites to coexist,
but to move toward a ‘common rite’ that is shaped by the mutual enrichment
of the two Mass forms...” – Cardinal Koch
Revised Traditional Missal Planned
for Next Summer in Rome?
The Principle of Gradualism • Toward A Hybrid Mass
Pope Benedict’s “Reform of the Reform” in liturgy goes hand-in-glove with his “Reform in Continuity” that
seeks a balance between tradition and some of the most revolutionary aspects of Vatican II.
Posted Sept 5: New expanded article - click here
Read the Protestant who is thrilled with Vatican II's Schema on the Liturgy...
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Statue marks Our Lady’s appearance in Valinhos
August 19, 1917
Our Lady of Fatima’s Visitation at Valinhos
Years later, Lucia’s mother, speaking in the third person, said the following at a 1923 canonical inquiry: “The mother took the branch and noticed that it smelled very nice. The smell could not be compared with any other smell. She was an unbeliever [in Fatima] but was slightly shaken and became slightly more convinced." click here
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Magnificent Si Si No No Series on
"The Errors of Vatican II"
The welcoming of Protestant Observers at Vatican II
Seven part series: click here for links
Highlights:
• Vatican II's Ambiguous Juridical Nature
• Mutilated concept of the Magisterium
•The contamination of Catholic doctrine with intrinsically anti-Catholic "modern thinking."
• Relevant Omissions - at least 8 points the Council should have addressed but failed to... These are highlights only from Part I. See list for entire Seven part series.
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It is important for us to re-study this series, especially when we are confronted with Archbishop Müller and Archbishop DiNoia who try to tell us there are no errors in Vatican II, but only bad interpretation. Time to re-study at a time when ecumenical post-Conciliar Vatican prelates try to convince of a position that is not true!
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Saint Philomena, Wonderworker
Feast Day: August 11
Click here for more on Saint Philomena
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Pan-Religious "Summit of Mount Hiei" gathering in 2011
Pope Sends Greetings to "Summit of Mount Hiei"
Pan-Religious Event
August 3: Continues to Praise "Spirit of Assisi"
- click here for report and commentary
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A Si Si No No Classic
Memoirs of a Destructive Mind:
Cardinal Ratzinger's Milestones
Part I • Part II
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Brief Commentary on the
SSPX General Chapter Statement
From J Vennari: As a number of people have asked for an opinion about today's
SSPX General Chapter Statement, I'll give my initial thoughts... click here
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Society of St. Pius X General Chapter Statement
"The Society continues to uphold the declarations and the teachings of the constant Magisterium of the Church in regard to all the novelties of the Second Vatican Council which remain tainted with errors, and also in regard to the reforms issued from it. We find our sure guide in this uninterrupted Magisterium which, by its teaching authority, transmits the revealed Deposit of Faith in perfect harmony with the truths that the entire Church has professed, always and everywhere.
"The Society finds its guide as well in the constant Tradition of the Church, which transmits and will transmit until the end of times the teachings required to preserve the Faith and the salvation of souls, while waiting for the day when an open and serious debate will be possible which may allow the return to Tradition of the ecclesiastical authorities... click here
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Archbishop Lefebvre on Vatican II's
Ecumenism and Religious Liberty
In 1964, Archbishop Lefebvre correctly warned that the Conciliar schemas “have a spirit of rupture and suicide,” and went on to say, “There exists a spirit of non-Catholic or rationalist ecumenism that has become a battering ram for unknown hands to pervert doctrine.”
A quick snapshot - click here
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New Vatican doctrine chief stresses
need for SSPX to accept Vatican II
Above: Müller giving "joint blessing" with Protestant clergyperson. Ecumenical to the gills. As one diocesan priest said to me, "Müller should be investigated by the CDF, not placed in charge of it." - JV - click here
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Archbishop Di Noia Admits:
The Goal is to Convert SSPX
to Conciliar Thinking
“This is a new concept which we know the Traditionalists will not be able to accept immediately.
Convincing them will take time, and in this respect we will have to be patient.”
– Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, newly-appointed Vice-Prefect of the Vatican’s Ecclesia Dei
click here
Is the Vatican using
Jiu-Jitsu on the SSPX?
“ I myself saw, in the years after 1988, how the return of communities which had been separated from Rome changed their interior attitudes; I saw how returning to the bigger and broader Church enabled them to move beyond one-sided positions and broke down rigidity so that positive energies could emerge for the whole.” – Pope Benedict XVI, 2009
Cardinal Ratzinger's life-long Progressivism • Assisi • Three visits to the Synagogue • Pope Benedict rejoices that once Traditionalist groups are "regularized," they soften their stand • SSPX will need local bishop's permission for new foundations? • more... click here
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Ecumenical Muller appointed Head of the
Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
For photo gallery of Muller at ecumenical "Vespers" with Lutherans and others, click here.
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SSPX Bishop de Galaretta
Warns against New Head of CDF
New Head of CDF: Reportedly Denies Perpetual Virginity, Fan of Liberation Theology click here
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Statement from Father Karl Stehlin, SSPX
District Superior of Eastern Europe
" I informed the faithful about the General Chapter..."
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Fr. Gaudron responds to Msgr. Bux on Abp. Müller
"The whole process appears to me to be symptomatic of our relationship to the Vatican. We submit
a problem and one answers us with pretexts or with appeals to obedience."
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July 13,1917: The Vision of Hell
"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go..."
- Our Lady of Fatima
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"Voice of Catholic Radio" Interview with John Vennari
on Archbishop Müller, newly appointed head of Vatican CDF
Müller is a proponent of the modernist "Living Tradition"
• Learn the two principles of modernism that Müller follows:
1) adapting non-Catholic elements into the Faith
2) Moving from doctrinal clarity to ambiguity
• Discusses Müller's questionable teaching on ecumenism,
on the Perpetual Virginity of Our Lady, etc.
• What impact will this have on Rome/SSPX discussion?
• Quotes Bishop Tissier de Mallarais' brilliant unmasking of the
modernist "Living Tradition" to which the highest authorities
in today's Vatican adhere....
30 minute interview • click here to listen or download
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Obamacare: Largest Tax
Increase in History
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Two Short Videos
Who is Benedict XVI?
Extract from a Commentary given on May 1, 2005
"I believe he [Benedict XVI] has the potential to split the traditionalist camp right in half, and to split traditionalist groups right in half..."
- J. Vennari, 12 days after the election of Benedict XVI
From Audio CD: "A Look at Benedict XVI" click here for more information
Benedict's Assisi 2011
Sadly, Pope Benedict's Vatican II progressivism appears virtually unchanged up to the present...
both videos also posted here
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Bishop Tissier de Mallerais:
"The irregularity is that of Rome, a Modernist Rome."
Rivarol Inteview with SSPX Bishop Tissier de Mallerais
"According to the project of prelature, we would not be free to create new priories without the permission of the local bishops and, additionally, all our recent foundations would have to be confirmed by these same bishops. It would thus mean subjugating us quite unnecessarily to an overall Modernist episcopate."
- Bishop Tissier de Malleraise
for full interview, click here
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The Euro-Titanic has Hit the Iceberg - Nigel Farage, MEP
June 13, 2012: Magnificent intelligent oratory, and he never has a teleprompter...
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During Vatican II, Father Yves Congar, acting as official Vatican envoy, met with Jews in France to ask them what they wanted. The Jews answered they wanted to be considered as “brothers, partners equal in dignity”. Lazare Landau writes, “the Council granted our wishes”. Since then, two new concepts have emerged in the Church’s relations with Jews; the notion of “praying to the same Lord”, and that of a “common mission” to bring God to the world (that requires no need for Jews to convert to Christ's Church for salvation), which are the principles followed to this day by Pope Benedict XVI
The Vatican-Synagogue Agreement
Vatican II & Rome’s Secret Accord with Jewish Leaders
by John Vennari
During the early days of the Second Vatican Council, a secret meeting took place between
the Holy See and a group of Jews... click here
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NDAA unconstitutional: Federal judge bans
Obama from indefinitely detaining Americans
"In the face of what could be indeterminate military detention, due process requires more,” said the judge.
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New Interview with Bishop Bernard Fellay
on the Rome/SSPX Relations
Posted: June 7, 2012 - from DICI
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Questions and Answers on Salvation
by Father Michael Muller, C.SS.R.
Outside the Church there is no salvation
Father Michael Muller was one of the most widely read theologians of the 19th Century. He ranks as one of the greatest defenders of the dogma “Outside the Church there is no salvation” in modern times. ... This article, first published in 1875, is one of the finest treatments of the doctrinal truth that Our Lord founded one true Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation. Father Muller’s firm writings are desperately needed in our time when this doctrine is denied by those who are the most influential members of our Holy Church. We publish Father Muller’s excellent little Catechism as an antidote to the prevalent religious indifferentism — an indifferentism that is the direct result of what Blessed Pius IX denounced as “Liberal Catholicism”. click here
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In light of SSPX/Rome discussions...
Archbishop Levada being incensed by an altar girl
Ecumenical Archbishop Levada:
Head of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
by John Vennari
Updated intro from JV - 6/1/12: In light of the SSPX discussions with Rome, we are re-posting the following piece about Cardinal Levada, one of today’s most liberal and ecumenical prelates who was hand picked by Pope Benedict XVI to be head of the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – the Vatican Discastery whose purpose is supposed to be ensuring the integrity of the Faith.
Cardinal Levada was the head of Rome’s side of the “doctrinal discussions” that took place with the Society of St. Pius X. It is unnerving to think that this man will have some sort of final say over the fate of the SSPX...
Cardinal Levada: Rabid Ecumenist - First US Bishop to visit a Synagogue - Pioneer of "Spirit of Assisi" events in the US - Permitted Schismatic priests of Chinese Patriotic Church to celebrate Mass in His diocese - Claims Transubstantiation is a "long and difficult term we don't use any more"; Shaky Moral Teaching - More... click here
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The SSPX is aware of its duty to keep alive in its schools and in its seminaries
the anti-liberal zest and theological precision of Father Henri Le Floch and Archbishop Lefebvre;
both of whom were outstanding expositors of traditional papal teaching.
Rome-SSPX: The Drama Continues
We here present the latest reports about the Society of St. Pius X and Rome. In the midst of all talk of “regularization” and the SSPX being brought “back into the fold”, it must be first mentioned that the SSPX is not and never was outside the Church in the first place... click here
(includes latest sermons on the topic from Bishop Fellay)
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Huge Pro Life March in Rome, May 13, 2012
On Sunday May 13 there was an impressive pro-life March from the Coliseum to the Vatican.
click here for photos
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Society of St. Pius X “Regularization”
Not as Easy as You Think
Here are just some of the 1,001 questions that need to be answered
before a canonical agreement is reached... click here
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"Trial by Jury" at BVM Academy
June 10, 2012: I was invited to give a graduation speech for Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God Academy, the SSPX school in Syracuse, New York.
The day started with High Mass, followed by the graduation program, followed by a picnic, and concluding with a magnificent production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury". A strong cast with terrific performances. Congratulations to the school and the staff. - J. Vennari
Click here for collection of photos
Click here for 4 video snippet
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Catholic Family News Conference:
"Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels"
A Great Success!
click here for photo report
Audio CDs now available - click here
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Rabbis Recognize Vatican II Rupture
By John Vennari
When Pope Benedict XVI “lifted” the alleged excommunications of the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X in 2009, a daily secular newspaper in New York State interviewed me on the topic.
The reporter said a local rabbi told him the following: “We rabbis are concerned about a possible ‘regularization’ of the Society of St. Pius X. We fear this may bring about the Vatican’s return to the pre-Vatican II teaching that the Old Covenant is superseded by the New Covenant.” click here
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Seven Top Reasons to Attend our
Catholic Family News Conference
April 27-29, 2012
Don't miss our Conference in Cleveland: "Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels"
Here are the seven top reasons you should attend the Catholic Family News Conference in Cleveland... click here
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Click here for updates on Rome/SSPX
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Up Close: The SSPX and Rome
Two hour discussion - now archived on line
Host: Colleen Hammond
The SSPX sent their letter of clarification to Rome last week. What will happen? Join us as we discuss what has taken place, what effect it can have on the Church, and what we can expect. Call in with your thoughtful questions! Our guests include Louie Verrecchio, John Vennari, Dr John R.T. Lamont, and Stephen Dupuy. April 16 webcast. Listen to on line or download: click here
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A Key to Pope Benedict XVI:
The Oath Against Modernism vs. the
"Hermeneutic of Continuity"
by John Vennari
Pope Benedict does not employ traditional terminology for the preservation of Tradition, but has effectively invented a new term: “hermeneutic of continuity”. He never says the answer to today’s ecclesiastical chaos is to return to the formula contained in the Oath Against Modernism, that the Catholic is bound to “... sincerely hold that the doctrine of Faith was handed down to us from the apostles through the orthodox Fathers in exactly the same meaning and always in the same explanation.", which is the terminology used by the Church for 1500 years, and which necessarily negates the novelties of Vatican II. Rather, the "hermeneutic of continuity" approach is yet another attempted synthesis between Tradition and the novelties of the Second Vatican Council click here
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New York Cardinal Dolan says Churchmen
failed to teach against contraception
“We forfeited the chance to be a coherent moral voice when it comes
to one of the more burning issues of the day,” says Dolan.
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Do The Bishops Know With Whom They are Dealing?
What Obama Learned from Alinsky
“Crush the Opposition”
Catholic author Russell Shaw warned in November that the persecution of religion in the United States “will be a tight-lipped campaign of secularist inspiration in which the coercive power of the state is brought to bear on church-related institutions to act against conscience or go out of business.” Shaw’s prediction quickly came to pass with the Contraception Mandate now threatened by the Obama Administration. Click here
Communiqué from the General House
of the Society of Saint Pius X
March 29, 2012
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Update on Rome and the Society of St. Pius X
The April 15 Deadline
By John Vennari
On March 16, a Vatican Communiqué related that Bishop Fellay’s January 2012 response holds a position “not sufficient to overcome the doctrinal problems which lie at the foundations of the rift between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X” ... In 2009, SSPX Bishop de Galarreta said regarding the doctrinal discussions. “We do clearly know what we are not disposed to accept. If we do not know perfectly how things may evolve, on the other hand, we do know clearly what we have no intention of doing under any circumstances: firstly, to yield on matters of doctrine, and secondly, to make a purely practical agreement." click here
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Archbishop Lefebvre and Vatican II
A Bishop Speaks at the Council
The Defense of Tradition
by John Vennari
"...Archbishop Lefebvre made, I believe, his most important intervention at Vatican II even before the Council opened (and it was reiterated in November 1962, after the close of the First Session). This intervention was fiercely rejected by the innovators, for obvious reasons. Had the intervention been successful, it would have gone a long way in saving the entire Council from being the catastrophe that it was..." click here
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CFN Conference Schedule Now Posted
Theme: Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels
Weekend of April 27-29, 2012 • Cleveland, Ohio
Speakers include Father Albert, OP • Father Nicholas Gruner
Andrew Childs, Ph.D. • Peter Chojnowski, Ph.D.
Cornelia Ferreira • Brian McCall, J.D.
Colleen Hammond • Michael Matt
Tom Gabriele • John Vennari
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Disorientation: DC Priest who
denied Lesbian Communion is Suspended ...
"Sadly, after Mass this evening, I received word that Fr. Guarnizo's assignment at St. John Neuman Parish
has been withdrawn and he has been placed on administrative leave with his priestly faculties removed..."
see related story: Lesbian denied Communion at her mother’s funeral is also a Buddhist
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March 7: The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas,
One of the greatest minds the world has ever produced
Modern man, and even too many modern churchmen, ignore him at their peril.
“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men
have thought, but what the truth of things is. ” – Aquinas
“Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.” – Aquinas
“Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.” - Aquinas
“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act
with compassion without thinking of personal gain.” - Aquinas
see Aquinas School of Philosophy
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Visit to La Salette Academy
Feb. 27-29, 2012
I had the privilege this week of visiting the SSPX's
La Salette Academy for boys for the first time. - John Vennari
click here for photo page
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The 13 Catholic Senators who voted against
allowing Catholic organizations conscience rights
The following is a list of how the 24 Catholic Senators voted on the Blunt amendment: click here
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Senate Defeats Blunt Amendment
to Stop Obama HHS Mandate
March 1: The Senate voted today against an amendment to restore the religious liberty protections for employers who don’t want to be forced to pay for birth control or drugs that may cause abortions in their employee health plans. Leading pro-life organizations called on the Senate to vote for the amendment to the mandate the Obama administration issued, but Democrats banded together against republicans to defeat it on a 51 to 48 margin by adopting a motion to table, or kill, it... click here
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Video: Planned Parenthood Does Not Provide Mammograms
Video was shot at Planned Parenthood Teen Lobby Day May 3rd 2011
(Video only about 2.5 minutes. Worth watching, especially the ending...)
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Extract from the Sermon of Bishop Fellay
on February 2, 2012
"... they have another meaning with the word 'tradition,' and even maybe even with 'coherence.' And that’s why we were obliged to say no."
Catholic Family News Conference 2012
Saints, Sinners, Scholars and Scoundrels
Last weekend of April in Cleveland
Speakers include Father Albert, OP • Father Nicholas Gruner
Andrew Childs, Ph.D. • Peter Chojnowski, Ph.D.
Cornelia Ferreira • Brian McCall, J.D.
Colleen Hammond • Michael Matt
Tom Gabriele • John Vennari
Ten speakers will pick a person (or persons) from history, whether he or she be a saint or a scoundrel, present his or her life story, and explain how this person is of interest to Catholics today. We have amassed an impressive lineup... click here
The New English Liturgy
A Cleaner Translation of a Protestantized Rite
By John Vennari
The First Sunday at Advent saw the mandatory introduction of the new English translation of the Novus Ordo into the nation’s parishes. I visited a local parish church this morning for the purpose of observation. I wanted to see and hear the new translation, and take note of parishioners’ reactions. click here
Fatima Now Big News in Rome
The Tiburtina Station is the major transportation hub in Rome, hosting high speed rail service to Milan and Naples, traditional train service to all other destinations in the city and the nation, a major international bus terminal and a Metro subway line. An estimated 300,000 people pass through the terminal each day.
The NDAA's Historic Assault on American Liberty
By signing into law the NDAA, the president has awarded the military extraordinary powers to detain US citizens without trial.
CFN Report from Assisi III
CFN Editor John Vennari's report from the pan-religoius event at Assisi, Oct. 27, 2011
Society of St. Pius X “Regularization”
Not as Easy as You Think
The September 14 letter from the Vatican to the Society of St. Pius X has launched a wave of premature celebration ... Here are just some of the 1,001 questions that need to be answered before any canonical agreement is reached...
Communist Party USA Endorses Obama Again
The June 29. 2011 edition of People’s World, the official organ of Communist Party USA, has formally endorsed Barack Obama for the President once again. The Commuist Party had previously endorsed Obama in 2008. See the latest endorsement by Sam Webb, who is the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA.
Amtrak to Albany for “Marriage” Vote
My train lurched out of Buffalo at 4:30 am. It was Monday, June 20, and I was beginning my six-hour trip to Albany to show support for traditional marriage. I wanted to be there for what was supposed to be the final NY Senate vote on “marriage” for homosexuals. By the end of my brief day at the State Capitol, I spoke with religious leaders who oppose the bill, and with former NFL football star David Tyree who publicly denounces same-sex “marriage”. I also saw supporters for the other side... click here
We have been manipulated and corrupted
Tactics of the Homosexual Movement
1987 “Overhauling of Straight America”
Detailed Strategy for public acceptance of Homosexuals
A six-point strategy laid out in 1987 by homosexual activists.
“….by conversion [toward public acceptance of homosexuality] we mean something far more profoundly threatening to the American Way of Life, without which no truly sweeping social change can occur. We mean conversion of the average American’s emotions, mind, and will, through a planned psychological attack, in the form of propaganda fed to the nation via the media.”
- Kirk & Madsen, After the Ball, page. 153.
2011 CFN Conference CDs and DVDs available for online order
2011 Conference Theme: "The Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdom of Satan"
Helen Westover • John Vennari • Andrew Childs, Ph.D. • Father Kevin Robinson, SSPX • Colleen Hammond
Father Nicholas Gruner • Peter Chojnowski, Ph.D.• Randy Engel • Cornelia Ferreira • Tom Gabrielle
Go to our new CFN Bookstore site
More to be added...