tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7511354833167146937..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: GIVEN WHAT CARDINAL WILLEM JACOBUS EIJK, ARCHBISHOP OF UTRECHT, NETERLANDS, SAYS ABOUT HIS DIOCESE BY 2028, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, THAT MOST OF THE CATHOLIC PARISHES IN HIS ARCHDIOCESE WILL BE CLOSED, YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERY BISHOP IN THE WORLD TO INCLUDE THE CURRENT BISHOP OF ROME WOULD IMPLEMENT WHAT POPE BENEDICT XVI ENUNCIATED TO THE CARDINALS IN 2005 AT THEIR CHRISTMAS GREETINGS BY THE POPE WHICH IS BENEDICT'S AGENDA FOR THE CHURCHFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57030007928226187912018-12-15T15:53:36.523-05:002018-12-15T15:53:36.523-05:00European Catholicism is going dawn the tubes and w...European Catholicism is going dawn the tubes and will not stabilize until Christianity will once again be important for its citizens. The decline came for many reasons but the greatest contribution was made by its faithlessness hierarchy. The Church in its documents from the VC-2,l and after the council failed to sufficiently defend the 2000 year old teachings and its Teacher. Moreover, the Church persecuted those, such as the SSPX and other less organized bodies attempting to do that. In addition, the Church functionaries appointed criminals, careerists and sexual perverts in important governing positions and to this day continues to suppress those who would strive for a turn-around in the status quo. Of course, this situation responsible individuals are all well known. Nuf said. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27763403463251229952018-12-15T11:05:52.831-05:002018-12-15T11:05:52.831-05:00I recall a time when the Netherlands was considere...I recall a time when the Netherlands was considered more Roman than Rome. Yet, the willfully blind members of the hierarchy will view this situation as another Vatican Disaster II "success" story with the new Springtime being just around the corner.<br /><br />Most of the hierarchy must be insane, because Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."<br /><br />Instead of following Pope Benedict's approach to restoring the Liturgy and providing for a more liberal use of the EF, many in the hierarchy and clergy are looking for new gimmicks in an attempt to fill the empty seats. Banal music, bland vestments, and altering the sacred texts and violating the rubrics will lead to even more empty seats. When I attend the EF I see a much larger percentage of young folks there than I do when attending the OF but I guess I am supposed to believe the hierarchy rather than my lying eyes. TJMnoreply@blogger.com