tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post4759461295869854702..comments2024-03-28T09:14:32.869-04:00Comments on southern orders: THINK SAINT PETER’S BASILICA BEING CAPTURED AND TURNED INTO A MOSQUE Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70196014424954179302020-07-15T17:16:52.750-04:002020-07-15T17:16:52.750-04:00The Pope may be first and foremost a spiritual lea...The Pope may be first and foremost a spiritual leader, but the Holy See has always been a diplomatic player (although it probably exaggerates its influence on the world stage).<br /><br />Pace Mark Thomas, a Catholic is in no way obliged to agree with the foreign policy of the Holy See. Paul VI's and Casaroli's 'Ostpolitik' was surely misguided. It did little or nothing to improve the lot of Catholics behind the Iron Curtain and had the effect of allowing Communist infiltration of the Vatican. This was recognized by Cardinal Wyszynski, the venerable Primate of Poland, and the dynamic young Archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla. The latter's elevation to the papacy in 1978 marked a change in policy. <br /><br />Th current policy with regard to China has also been criticized, and justifiably so.<br /><br /><br />As for Hagia Sophia, Pope Francis was probably advised by his Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin to say nothing to start with, which would upset the Orthodox (and Vladimir Putin) but would not antagonize Erdogan and the wider Islamic world, with which PF is anxious to build bridges. Eventually, he had to break his silence or lose credibility as a Christian spiritual leader.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75514858233467988132020-07-13T08:31:21.911-04:002020-07-13T08:31:21.911-04:00Anonymous at 11:43,
True and far less people are ...Anonymous at 11:43,<br /><br />True and far less people are going to Mass since PF was elected. There was no positive "Francis Effect" that the left was predicting. His leadership during the China Flu crisis has been almost non-existentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12070276519450849572020-07-12T23:43:53.080-04:002020-07-12T23:43:53.080-04:00Polls and percentages don't mean jack.
It doe...Polls and percentages don't mean jack.<br /><br />It doesn't matter how many people agree with something or disagree to determine whether it is right or wrong.<br /><br />Postconciliar reasoning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80615688885078093572020-07-12T17:49:40.331-04:002020-07-12T17:49:40.331-04:00Speaking of religions of peace, my friends:
"...Speaking of religions of peace, my friends:<br /><br />"And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men" (50,070) Samuel 6:19<br /><br />"When two men are fighting and the wife of one intervenes to save her husband from the blows of his opponent, if she stretches out her hand and seizes the latter by his genitals, you shall chop off her hand; show no pity." Deuteronomy 25:11-12<br /><br />"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again." Exodus 21: 7-8<br /><br />Plain and Simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63483967759651716442020-07-12T15:44:11.503-04:002020-07-12T15:44:11.503-04:00Anonymous, it is not "my" 77 percent. It...Anonymous, it is not "my" 77 percent. It is the Pew Research Center's 77 percent.<br /><br />-- Pew Research Center. April 3, 2020 A.D.<br /><br />-- Three-quarters of U.S. Catholics view Pope Francis favorably <br /><br />-- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/03/three-quarters-of-u-s-catholics-view-pope-francis-favorably-though-partisan-differences-persist/<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21252533000478382362020-07-12T14:48:42.994-04:002020-07-12T14:48:42.994-04:00Mark Thomas your 77% is absolutely false sir! Good...Mark Thomas your 77% is absolutely false sir! Good try but this Papacy is a complete and utter disaster I shan’t say anything nasty but again your wrong sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30572892230072546332020-07-12T13:40:23.907-04:002020-07-12T13:40:23.907-04:00Again Islam is not and I repeat not a religion of ...Again Islam is not and I repeat not a religion of peace! Islam is a military force based on brutal conquest it always has been. It does not tolerate Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Homosexuality, abortion, feminism, rock music or any music, pork, I can speak of this for I came from Iraq as a Chaldean Catholic refugee and yes Islam cannot be trusted there religion allows them to lie and spread falsehoods to trick the non believers, the Quran states this clearly anyone can read it plain and simple. I plead with all of you do not trust Islam not Muslims in general but the religion itself!! I know firsthand how the will kill you I lived it my friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70145367925345413222020-07-12T13:22:34.217-04:002020-07-12T13:22:34.217-04:00Father McDonald,
A very candid assessment of the ...Father McDonald,<br /><br />A very candid assessment of the Pope’s coterie. We will survive this. By the way, I noticed this morning a decided shift in the reception of Holy Communion at my little country church. Probably close to half of the congregation received Holy Communion on the tongue, including children and young adults. When I started going there 7 years ago, it was probably 1-2 percent of us that did. Could this possibly be a Covid miracle?TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36090945101813753032020-07-12T13:12:11.159-04:002020-07-12T13:12:11.159-04:00Istanbul is a beautiful city and the tour of Hagia...Istanbul is a beautiful city and the tour of Hagia Sophia definitely worth it, but the politics of Turkey leave a lot to be desired!<br /><br />I think "60 Minutes" had a story a few years ago on the ecumenical patriarch and the restrictions under which he operates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43759290224762846452020-07-12T11:18:04.551-04:002020-07-12T11:18:04.551-04:00Father do you really think he is vulnerable to man...Father do you really think he is vulnerable to manipulation? That's an angle I never thought about at all. He certainly seems to have his own ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-60784555502184247312020-07-12T09:51:35.451-04:002020-07-12T09:51:35.451-04:00On his defense, the Holy Father is approaching 84 ...On his defense, the Holy Father is approaching 84 years old. Given the fact of his eccentricities, he could be more vulnerable to the onslaught of dementia. It was thought in his latter years, Pope Pious XII also suffered somewhat from this. <br /><br />More concerning, though, is the fact that Pope Francis has surrounded himself with people who have an ideological agenda out of continuity with the emeritus Pope and settling scores and evidently can manipulate Pope Francis, especially as he ages. Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-17570323283780762892020-07-12T09:28:27.921-04:002020-07-12T09:28:27.921-04:00Mark Thomas,
You may want to consider this from N...Mark Thomas,<br /><br />You may want to consider this from NPR, not a glowing report card:<br /><br />"Pope Francis, whose humility and warmth made him highly popular among U.S. Catholics and non-Catholics alike, is now rated no more favorably than his somewhat aloof predecessor, Pope Benedict.<br /><br />A new survey by the Pew Research Center shows that roughly half of the U.S. public still says it has a favorable view of Pope Francis. That is down sharply, however, from early 2015, when 7 of 10 Americans saw him favorably. It puts Francis on a par with Benedict, who, according to Pew, was seen favorably by 49 percent of Americans when he resigned the papacy in 2013.<br /><br />The declining confidence in Francis is clearly related to the sex abuse scandal in the church. More than one-third of U.S. Catholics rate his handling of the crisis as "poor" in the latest survey, triple the share who said that in 2015. Just 3 in 10 Catholics say Francis has done an "excellent" or "good" job addressing the abuse scandal, down about 24 percentage points from 2015 and down 14 points from January of this year, when Pew researchers last asked the question."<br /><br />I would like to see a post McCarrick surveyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75289597457798768002020-07-12T02:37:05.863-04:002020-07-12T02:37:05.863-04:00Anonymous, even after years of lies concocted to d...Anonymous, even after years of lies concocted to defame him...to attempt to pin the non-existent sexual abuse scandal, perceived to be widespread throughout the Church — only a microscopic amount of priests have been shown to have abused others sexually — surveys found that millions of Catholics, for example, in the U.S., insisted that Pope Francis had handled the sexual abuse "scandal" in proper fashion.<br /><br />In fact, national surveys conducted prior to such coordinated events as Archbishop Viganò's attacks upon Pope Francis, as well as pieces of trash such as the Pennsylvania Report, that was heaped unfairly upon Pope Francis, reported that nearly 50 percent of Catholics insisted that Pope Francis had handled the sexual abuse "scandal" in good to excellent fashion.<br /><br />https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/10/7-facts-about-american-catholics/ <br /><br />====================================================================================<br /><br />In 2020 A.D., even after years of coordinated, vicious lies and attacks designed to defame him, national surveys reported that the overwhelming amount of Catholics viewed Pope Francis in favorable fashion. <br /><br />April, 2020 A.D.<br /><br />-- 77 percent of Catholics in America view Pope Francis favorably<br /><br />https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/03/three-quarters-of-u-s-catholics-view-pope-francis-favorably-though-partisan-differences-persist/<br /><br />The overwhelming majority of Catholics stand with our holy and great Culture of Life Vicar of Christ - Pope Francis.<br /><br />God calls us to stand with our holy priests - from our holy parish priests, to such holy men as Father McDonald, to Pope Francis.<br /><br />Although I am a lousy sinner, and a nobody, I stand with Rome, and each holy priest in communion with Rome.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark Thomas<br />Mark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77833165844743419812020-07-11T19:40:45.578-04:002020-07-11T19:40:45.578-04:00I think Fr. McDonald’s point is to morn squandered...I think Fr. McDonald’s point is to morn squandered moral authority.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-64027713375357979722020-07-11T13:58:26.090-04:002020-07-11T13:58:26.090-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-78312626057767819882020-07-11T13:23:03.218-04:002020-07-11T13:23:03.218-04:00Mark Thomas,
LOL. No, millions do NOT share your ...Mark Thomas,<br /><br />LOL. No, millions do NOT share your opinion. It probably numbers in the hundreds at best. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66480042246518457852020-07-11T12:59:01.283-04:002020-07-11T12:59:01.283-04:00This is about to become the ultimate ecumenical wr...This is about to become the ultimate ecumenical wreckovation. Under Islam those images of Mary and the Christ Child will not survive in a mosque. To think it started with the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afganitan, moved to the destruction of ancient sites in Syria, migrated to the destruction of statues in the USA and now this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-90104978431832264372020-07-11T12:25:41.305-04:002020-07-11T12:25:41.305-04:00Father McDonald said..."And of course there i...Father McDonald said..."And of course there is the sex abuse scandal and Rome's miserable track record to this day."<br /><br />Father, that is your opinion. I disagree with your opinion in question. But millions of people share your opinion. Millions of people share my opinion.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-47101722415841807242020-07-11T12:23:11.147-04:002020-07-11T12:23:11.147-04:00Erdogan has been straddling the fence between Isla...Erdogan has been straddling the fence between Islam and the secular military for a while. This is probably a response to what is going on in Syria and Iraq as a repudiation of Western activity. <br /><br />The reaction, or lack of it, from our Church is predictable. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-8039767540722916642020-07-11T12:12:14.687-04:002020-07-11T12:12:14.687-04:00Why would Pope Francis complain about turning the ...Why would Pope Francis complain about turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque? Isn't he the pope who has assured us that God wills all this religious diversity?Vatican Zeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36410787410650112752020-07-11T11:58:40.567-04:002020-07-11T11:58:40.567-04:00Father McDonald said..."Mark this article mak...Father McDonald said..."Mark this article makes a very true or factual historical analysis."<br /><br />Perhaps. <br /><br />In regard to The Orthodox Times' criticism of Pope Francis' supposed "silence" in regard to Sophia Hagia:<br /><br />It may be that His Holiness has contacted Turkish officials. He may have worked behind the scene. Pope Francis may speak publicly about the issue at hand. <br /><br />Who is to say that there is a sure and certain way that Pope Francis should approach the Hagia Sophia situation?<br /><br />But of course, Pope Francis is always wrong. His critics, such as those among the Eastern Orthodox, are always right.<br /><br />=====================================================================<br /><br />Father McDonald said..."Rome has indeed been at fault many times in history and also how it handled Martin Luther and of course the sale of indulgences to build St. Peter's. It is good when the Church comes clean about religious and political errors."<br /><br />Father, it is good when you come clean about your errors. It is good when I come clean about my errors.<br /><br />It is good when, if you will, Luther comes clean about his errors...when the SSPX acknowledges it's errors...when Eastern Orthodox acknowledge their errors.<br /><br />Let us explore Pope Venerable Pius XII (his supposed sympathy to Nazi Germany).<br /><br />Let us explore Pope Venerable Pius XII's role in the radical reform of the Roman Liturgy.<br /><br />Let us explore the Church's history. Fine.<br /><br />But no matter what, Rome's critics (Luther, Archbishop Lefebvre, Eastern Orthodox, non-Catholics) will always be right...Rome/Holy Mother Church will always be wrong.<br /><br />Father McDonald, your critics will always be right. You will always be wrong.<br /><br />That is the way that the game is played. :-)<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-29590560722425878532020-07-11T11:55:17.174-04:002020-07-11T11:55:17.174-04:00Are the Turks now going to whitewash the remaining...Are the Turks now going to whitewash the remaining frescos and wall paintings of saints in the basilica? Clearly for the Turks, the transformation is a powerful symbol of the victory of the great and mighty Islam over the infidel Christians. When will Notre-Dame in Paris be next, 50 years? Allahu akbar! Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-41301542588326518122020-07-11T10:24:22.258-04:002020-07-11T10:24:22.258-04:00Father McDonald, the mutineers aren't getting ...Father McDonald, the mutineers aren't getting under my skin. I noted simply that they have demanded that Pope Francis lecture Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in regard to Hagia Sophia/mosque situation.<br /><br />The mutineers reject Pope Francis' Magisterium. They have refused Pope Francis' God-given authority to "lecture" them. They have insisted that Pope Francis is "irrelevant." They have tuned out Pope Francis. They have told him to "shut up."<br /><br />Suddenly, they demand that Pope Francis speak...to wield his moral authority and good will status that he enjoys to, in turn, lecture Erdoğan. <br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30446662302357963012020-07-11T10:18:55.569-04:002020-07-11T10:18:55.569-04:00Father McDonald! I didn't know you smoked a pi...Father McDonald! I didn't know you smoked a pipe!😊Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-29113845140895468372020-07-11T10:02:49.626-04:002020-07-11T10:02:49.626-04:00What is really pathetic is that we have a “priest”...What is really pathetic is that we have a “priest” posting anonymously suffering from TDS but adoring the Abortion Party, now also the Rioting and Looting PartyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com