lifesitenews--2020-10-19--German priest says new papal encyclical has ‘Masonic’ tone, links it to St. Gallen group

October 19 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Father Frank Unterhalt , a diocesan priest of Paderborn , Germany has written an analysis of the new papal encyclical Fratelli Tutti , whose tone of religious indifferentism and the call to universal fraternity reminds him of the language and program of Freemasonry .
He also reminds us all that the so-called Sankt Gallen ( St. Gallen ) Group – a group of progressivist cardinals who unsuccessfully tried to elect then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope in 2005 – played a major role in electing Pope Francis in 2013 and that their goals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In his new statement ( see full text below ) , Father Unterhalt makes it clear that this new papal document that is promoting a sense of equality among religions and downplays Catholic beliefs and positions is not in accordance with the Church ’ s teaching on the unique role of the Catholic Church for the salvation of man .
Reminding us of Nathan the Wise , a play written by the German poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Unterhalt points out that it is the goal of Freemasonry to establish a new “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equal .
This idea also appeared during the French Revolution which was , at its core , deeply anti-Catholic .
These congruences are for Fr .
Unterhalt a sign for our “ apocalyptic ” times .
“ In this apocalyptic time of the False Prophecy , ” he writes , “ in which the diabolical lie is limping around , the Church of the Lord has the duty to proclaim Jesus Christ , the Son of God , as the only Savior and true Redeemer.
” Thus , he refuses to follow such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not proclaim Jesus Christ as the only Savior .
For Fr .
Unterhalt – a priest who has repeatedly made his public witness against the weakening of the faith – Catholics need to turn to Our Lady , the Mother of God , as a refuge of sinners and a protector against heresies .
He states : “ In the lived consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary , the Mother of God , who alone ‘ conquered and destroyed all heresies ’ , we will be able to preserve the purity of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready to follow faithfully our crucified and risen Lord , who sent his own to bear witness to the one God and the true Gospel.
” In an August 15 statement published by LifeSiteNews , Unterhalt had pointed out that Our Lady of Fatima already warned us of an apostasy that was to come in the Church and that that apostasy was to start “ at the top.
” With this statement and critique of Fratelli Tutti , Father Unterhalt joins the voices of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between this new papal document and Freemasonic thought .
Both have also rejected the tone of religious indifferentism found in this new text .
Father Unterhalt has been making strong statements in the last years pertaining to the preservation of the Catholic faith .
He and his priestly group Communio veritatis opposed , for example , the idea of intercommunion with Protestants ; he publicly rebuked the head of the German bishops , Cardinal Reinhard Marx , for adapting the Catholic Church to the zeitgeist ; and he condemned the practice of receiving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Unterhalt also rejected Pope Francis ’ s new rule of giving Holy Communion to adulterers .
Once before he encouraged us to remain close to Our Lady , saying , “ Many faithful are asking themselves today how one can withstand the current storm of the great test and remain in the true Faith .
I would like to answer that with the famous words of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima : ‘ My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way which leads you to God !
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Father Frank Unterhalt : The new letter from the Vatican is here — signed politically correct in a sterile manner with the exclusion of the faithful to a large extent .
After surfing on the immanent ecowave of the secular climate religion and the pantheistic vision from the fairy-tale Amazon , now the very thick board is to be drilled .
In continuation of the embrace with the Grand Imam from Cairo , the present paper Fratelli tutti proclaims the brotherhood of all people .
The brochure delivers — entirely in the spirit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mafia ” [ 1 ] , whose program was handed over to the author .
Even his choice of name and the supposed connection with the saint from Assisi were planned .
Cardinal Danneels had testified to this as a member of the circle at a press conference in loquacious hubris .
[ 2 ] Later , during the official presentation of his biography , both the massive agitation against Pope Benedict XVI and the enforcement of the selected candidate organized by a network were explicitly mentioned .
[ 3 ] As a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coordinator [ 4 ] Danneels was allowed to be on the loggia on March 13 , 2013 .
Furthermore , the man from Brussels , who was known as an activist for abortion , homosexuality , same-sex “ marriage ” [ 5 ] and the cover-up of abuse [ 6 ] , was able to present his intentions as a special envoy ( ! )
at the so-called family synod [ 7 ] , the consequence of which became the unacceptable text Amoris laetitia .
A major theme of the conspirators from St. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ interreligious dialogue in a global framework , ” with a striking affinity to Islam and what is called the “ Sacred Scriptures.
” [ 8 ] Thus we are within the dimension of the present paper Fratelli tutti .
Expressly mentioned at the beginning and at the end ( Numbers 5 and 285 ) is the direct connection with the Abu Dhabi Declaration .
There , according to the analysis of the renowned philosopher Prof. Josef Seifert , no less than the sum of all heresies was proclaimed [ 9 ] and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , namely , that the pluralistic diversity of religions corresponds to the will of God .
This Magna Charta of ultimate relativism then led to the neo-pagan madness of sacrilegious and blasphemous Pachamama worship in the Vatican [ 10 ] .
Fratelli tutti tries at the beginning ( numbers 1-4 ) and at the end ( number 286 ) to claim St. Francis of Assisi as the patron saint of a supposed interreligious brotherhood “ without borders ” by completely distorting his visit to the Sultan in Egypt 800 years ago .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precisely not the goal of throwing itself at Islam in the desire “ to embrace everyone ” ( number 3 ) , in the noncommittal concealment of the Gospel in a weakening way , but rather in concern for the eternal salvation of souls to call for conversion to the true faith .
The Poverello was imbued with the Word of God : “ Go out into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creatures !
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved ; but whoever does not believe will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For this he was literally ready to go through the fire .
St. Bonaventure reports that Francis of Assisi “ preached to the Sultan with such fearlessness , spirituality and fervor the one triune God and the Savior of all men , Jesus Christ ” [ 11 ] that the hearer was enormously impressed .
The Bulled Rule therefore testifies to the zeal for mission , “ that we , always subdued and subjected at the feet of this holy Church , established in the Catholic faith , [ … ] may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ , which we have firmly promised.
” [ 12 ] The author of Fratelli tutti , on the other hand , has repeatedly used his dreaming of “ a single human family ” ( number 8 ) as an occasion to propagate a religious relativism .
This intention was particularly striking in the context of the so-called prayer intention for January 2016 , which was combined with a telling video .
The symbols of the different religions were shown , equally placed next to each other .
The child Jesus was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next to the other signs in the camera and lined up in sayings of faith in Allah and trust in Buddha .
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres testified on September 4 , 2014 , after his audience in the Vatican , to his proposal to the Bishop of Rome to “ found the ‘ United Religions ’ ” — developed out of the United Nations .
[ 13 ] The Grand Lodge of Spain , in view of the Christmas address of December 25 , 2018 , in the Vatican , has already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name of all Freemasons , has joined the proclaimed “ fraternity between men of different religions.
” [ 14 ] In view of the latest brochure , the same Grand Orient is currently raising an even louder cry of euphoria when it states that in Fratelli tutti “ universal fraternity , the great principle of modern Freemasonry , ” [ 15 ] is now welcomed .
This idea has already been well advanced in the context of the Abu Dhabi Declaration .
The Bishop of Rome , following up on the same document @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Human Fraternity ” to implement it .
The construction project “ Abrahamic Family House ” has already been launched in Abu Dhabi — an interreligious house with mosque , synagogue and church .
The three buildings of the so-called “ Abrahamic religions ” look similar , are designed with identical dimensions and create the impression of equality .
The common ground floor with teaching center connects the temples .
The next step to the world-unifying religion is thus not far away .
[ 16 ] The Bishop of Rome recently proclaimed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nations .
[ 17 ] Praising its charter , Fratelli tutti has again emphasized this postulate ( number 257 ) .
The agenda that took shape in Abu Dhabi is , of course , not new , but the exact implementation of the Masonic ideology in Lessing ’ s drama “ Nathan the Wise , ” which is based on the lodges ’ creed that truth and religion are relative .
In the struggle against the claim to absoluteness of Christ and his Church , Lessing painted in the Parable of the Ring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed fraternal unity of the three so-called “ Abrahamic religions , ” which in their historical conditionality were only of relative importance and interchangeable — in a manner typical of the rationalist dictate of tolerance of the Enlightenment .
The striving for universal ecumenism of religions has always been a concern of Freemasonry on the way to its actual goal , namely to bring about the breakthrough of that self-constructed religion in which all human beings are supposedly in agreement .
[ 19 ] Bishop Dr. Rudolf Graber accurately described the pertinent plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interweaving and thus prepare the one-world-religion in the one-world-state.
” [ 20 ] The decisive term here is the so-called “ synarchy ” on the way to a “ unified government planned as a counter-church.
” [ 21 ] The French Revolution is of particular importance in Masonic strategy .
It is striking that Fratelli tutti literally adopts its slogan when the headline of numbers 103 to 105 reads “ Liberty , Equality and Fraternity.
” A glance at history makes it clear that the aforementioned “ Great ” Revolution came upon us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upheaval , but its innermost essence must be described as anti-Christian .
[ 22 ] The late Enlightenment philosopher Sylvain Maréchal was one of the initiators of the “ Manifesto of Equals ” in 1796 .
[ 23 ] He regarded the French Revolution and its bloody reign of terror as merely the “ forerunner of another , much larger , much more serious revolution , which will be the last.
” [ 24 ] The Manifesto already proposed socialism as practical politics at that time and provided decisive ideas to later social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convinced since his Parisian exile years that 1789 was only the prelude to the actual , the communist revolution .
[ 25 ] When Fratelli tutti explicitly uses the crisis brought about by Covid-19 as an occasion to express the call “ Let us dream , then , as a single human family ” ( number 8 ) , one should be well aware of the clear statements of those behind the scenes who have already spoken out with the aim of a globalized New World Order .
[ 26 ] Bishop Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time : “ Politically , synarchy strives for the integration of all social and financial powers , which this world government under socialist leadership naturally has to support and promote .
Catholicism , like all religions , would therefore be absorbed by a universal syncretism.
” [ 27 ] The letter Fratelli tutti makes itself the advocate of all religions in the eighth chapter , when it praises them by emphasizing the plural in “ the service of fraternity in our world ” ( number 271 ) .
The concept of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ function in terms of building a supposedly humane society .
The reader is practically invited to indifferentism when the author quotes the message of the film made about himself , that God ’ s love is “ the same for everyone , regardless of religion .
Even if they are atheists , his love is the same ” ( number 281 ) .
Which “ God ” and which “ love ” are meant ?
Here the all-decisive question of truth is completely ignored .
Based on the testimony of Holy Scripture ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Declaration Dominus Jesus proclaimed in the Holy Year 2000 : “ God wills the salvation of everyone through the knowledge of the truth .
Salvation is found in the truth.
” [ 28 ] The indifferentism underlying the eighth chapter of Fratelli tutti was sharply rejected by St. John Paul II in his encyclical Redemptoris missio , because that attitude “ is characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘ one religion is as good as another.
’ ” [ 29 ] In this apocalyptic time of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lie is limping around , the Church of the Lord has the duty [ 30 ] to proclaim Jesus Christ , the Son of God , as the only Savior and true Redeemer .
St. Pope John Paul II has pointed this out with great emphasis : “ Nowadays the call to conversion which missionaries address to non-Christians is put into question or passed over in silence .
It is seen as an act of ‘ proselytizing ’ ; it is claimed that it is enough to help people to become more human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that it is enough to build communities capable of working for justice , freedom , peace and solidarity .
What is overlooked is that every person has the right to hear the ‘ Good News ’ of the God who reveals and gives himself in Christ , so that each one can live out in its fullness his or her proper calling.
” [ 31 ] In this time of great apostasy from the true faith ( cf .
2 Thess 2:3-8 ) , it is necessary to confess Christ , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fearlessly with St. Peter before the Sanhedrin : “ In no one else is salvation to be found .
For there is no other name under heaven given to us men by which we shall be saved ” ( Acts 4:12 ) .
In the lived consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary , the Mother of God , who alone “ conquered and destroyed all heresies , ” [ 32 ] we will be able to preserve the purity of faith and clarity of thought and be ready to follow faithfully our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his own to bear witness to the one God and the true Gospel : “ All power is given to me in heaven and on earth .
Go therefore to all nations , and make disciples of all men , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost , and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you .
Be sure : I am with you always , until the end of the world ” ( Mt 28:18-20 ) .
October 13 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Fatima of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Queen of the Rosary and Victor in all God ’ s battles Fr .
Frank Unterhalt [ 1 ] Cf .
Jeanne Smits , “ Cardinal Danneels admits being part of clerical ‘ Mafia ’ that plotted Francis ’ election , ” in : LifeSiteNews , September 25 , 2015 .
[ 3 ] Cf .
Amand Timmermans , “ Danneels und der Mafiaklub 'Gruppe von Sankt Gallen , ' ” [ “ Danneels and the Mafia club 'Sankt Gallen Group ' ” ] in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ 4 ] Cf .
Walter Pauli , “ Godfried Danneels a oeuvré pendant des années à l'élection du pape François , ” [ “ Godfried Danneels has worked for years for the election of Pope Francis ” ] in : Le Vif , September 23 , 2015 .
[ 9 ] Cf .
Dr. Maike Hickson , “ Pope asks universities to disseminate his claim ‘ diversity of religions ’ is ‘ willed by God ’ , ” in : LifeSiteNews , March 25 , 2019 .
[ 11 ] Bonaventura @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Große Franziskusleben [ The Great Life of Francis ] , chapter IX,8,6 , in : Franziskus-Quellen , Kevelaer 2009 , page 745 .
[ 16 ] Cf .
Giuseppe Nardi , “ In Abu Dhabi entsteht der Tempel der Welteinheitsreligion – mit Unterstützung von Papst Franziskus , ” [ “ In Abu Dhabi , the Temple of the One World Religion is being created with the help of Pope Francis ” ] in : Katholisches.info , November 21 , 2019 .
[ 17 ] Cf .
Jeanne Smits , “ Vatican gives nod @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equates Christianity , Judaism , Islam , ” in : LifeSiteNews , September 25 , 2019 .
[ 20 ] Bischof Dr. Rudolf Graber , Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit [ “ Athanasius and the Church of Our Time ” ] , Abensberg 1987 ( 11th edition ) , page 38 .
[ 23 ] Cf .
Chronique de la Révolution , [ “ Chronicle of the Revolution ” ] Paris 1988 , pages 37 and 520 .
[ 25 ] Heinrich August Winkler , “ Marx und die Folgen .
Gedanken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Marx and the Consequences .
Thoughts on the Change of the Revolution ” ] Opening talk in the series “ Nach dem Ende der Illusion : Was bleibt vom Kommunismus im 21 .
Jahrhundert ?
, ” [ “ After the End of the Illusion : What Remains of Communism in the 21th Century ?
” ] Humboldt-Universität Berlin , February 7 , 2017 .
[ 26 ] Cf .
Dorothy Cummings McLean , “ Kissinger : Failure to establish post-Covid new world order ‘ could set the world on fire , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 7 , 2020 ; Cf .
Martin Bürger , “ Bill Gates : Life won ’ t go back to ‘ normal ’ until population ‘ widely vaccinated , ’ ” LifeSiteNews , April 6 , 2020 .
[ 28 ] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Declaration Dominus Jesus .
On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church , August 6 , 2000 , number 22 .
[ 30 ] Cf .
Catechism of the Catholic Church , 851 ; Cf .
CIC , can .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Montfort , Abhandlung von der Wahren Andacht zur allerseligsten Jungfrau Maria [ “ On the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary ” ] , II , 2 , in : Das Goldene Buch , Feldkirch 1987 , page 120 .

'In this apocalyptic time of the False Prophecy,' he writes, 'in which the diabolical lie is limping around, the Church of the Lord has the duty to proclaim Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as the only Savior and true Redeemer.'
October 19, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Father Frank Unterhalt, a diocesan priest of Paderborn, Germany has written an analysis of the new papal encyclical Fratelli Tutti, whose tone of religious indifferentism and the call to universal fraternity reminds him of the language and program of Freemasonry. He also reminds us all that the so-called Sankt Gallen (St. Gallen) Group – a group of progressivist cardinals who unsuccessfully tried to elect then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope in 2005 – played a major role in electing Pope Francis in 2013 and that their goals are now being implemented by Francis.
In his new statement (see full text below), Father Unterhalt makes it clear that this new papal document that is promoting a sense of equality among religions and downplays Catholic beliefs and positions is not in accordance with the Church’s teaching on the unique role of the Catholic Church for the salvation of man.
Reminding us of Nathan the Wise, a play written by the German poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Unterhalt points out that it is the goal of Freemasonry to establish a new “brotherhood” in which all religions are equal. This idea also appeared during the French Revolution which was, at its core, deeply anti-Catholic.
These congruences are for Fr. Unterhalt a sign for our “apocalyptic” times.
“In this apocalyptic time of the False Prophecy,” he writes, “in which the diabolical lie is limping around, the Church of the Lord has the duty to proclaim Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as the only Savior and true Redeemer.”
Thus, he refuses to follow such a teaching from Pope Francis that does not proclaim Jesus Christ as the only Savior.
For Fr. Unterhalt – a priest who has repeatedly made his public witness against the weakening of the faith – Catholics need to turn to Our Lady, the Mother of God, as a refuge of sinners and a protector against heresies.
He states: “In the lived consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Mother of God, who alone ‘conquered and destroyed all heresies’, we will be able to preserve the purity of faith and clarity of thought and be ready to follow faithfully our crucified and risen Lord, who sent his own to bear witness to the one God and the true Gospel.”
In an August 15 statement published by LifeSiteNews, Unterhalt had pointed out that Our Lady of Fatima already warned us of an apostasy that was to come in the Church and that that apostasy was to start “at the top.”
With this statement and critique of Fratelli Tutti, Father Unterhalt joins the voices of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, both of whom have pointed to resemblances between this new papal document and Freemasonic thought. Both have also rejected the tone of religious indifferentism found in this new text.
Father Unterhalt has been making strong statements in the last years pertaining to the preservation of the Catholic faith. He and his priestly group Communio veritatis opposed, for example, the idea of intercommunion with Protestants; he publicly rebuked the head of the German bishops, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, for adapting the Catholic Church to the zeitgeist; and he condemned the practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand while standing. Unterhalt also rejected Pope Francis’s new rule of giving Holy Communion to adulterers. Once before he encouraged us to remain close to Our Lady, saying, “Many faithful are asking themselves today how one can withstand the current storm of the great test and remain in the true Faith. I would like to answer that with the famous words of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima: ‘My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way which leads you to God!’”
Below is the full statement by Father Frank Unterhalt:
A Document in Masonic Mode
The new letter from the Vatican is here — signed politically correct in a sterile manner with the exclusion of the faithful to a large extent. After surfing on the immanent ecowave of the secular climate religion and the pantheistic vision from the fairy-tale Amazon, now the very thick board is to be drilled. In continuation of the embrace with the Grand Imam from Cairo, the present paper Fratelli tutti proclaims the brotherhood of all people.
The brochure delivers — entirely in the spirit of the self-proclaimed “St. Gallen Mafia”[1], whose program was handed over to the author. Even his choice of name and the supposed connection with the saint from Assisi were planned. Cardinal Danneels had testified to this as a member of the circle at a press conference in loquacious hubris.[2]
Later, during the official presentation of his biography, both the massive agitation against Pope Benedict XVI and the enforcement of the selected candidate organized by a network were explicitly mentioned.[3] As a reward at the time, the election coordinator[4] Danneels was allowed to be on the loggia on March 13, 2013. Furthermore, the man from Brussels, who was known as an activist for abortion, homosexuality, same-sex “marriage”[5] and the cover-up of abuse[6], was able to present his intentions as a special envoy (!) at the so-called family synod[7], the consequence of which became the unacceptable text Amoris laetitia.
A major theme of the conspirators from St. Gallen was also syncretism, disguised as “interreligious dialogue in a global framework,” with a striking affinity to Islam and what is called the “Sacred Scriptures.”[8]
Thus we are within the dimension of the present paper Fratelli tutti. Expressly mentioned at the beginning and at the end (Numbers 5 and 285) is the direct connection with the Abu Dhabi Declaration. There, according to the analysis of the renowned philosopher Prof. Josef Seifert, no less than the sum of all heresies was proclaimed[9] and sealed by signature — in the assertion, namely, that the pluralistic diversity of religions corresponds to the will of God. This Magna Charta of ultimate relativism then led to the neo-pagan madness of sacrilegious and blasphemous Pachamama worship in the Vatican[10].
Fratelli tutti tries at the beginning (numbers 1-4) and at the end (number 286) to claim St. Francis of Assisi as the patron saint of a supposed interreligious brotherhood “without borders” by completely distorting his visit to the Sultan in Egypt 800 years ago. This path with the readiness to martyrdom had precisely not the goal of throwing itself at Islam in the desire “to embrace everyone” (number 3), in the noncommittal concealment of the Gospel in a weakening way, but rather in concern for the eternal salvation of souls to call for conversion to the true faith. The Poverello was imbued with the Word of God: “Go out into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creatures! Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; but whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16). For this he was literally ready to go through the fire. St. Bonaventure reports that Francis of Assisi “preached to the Sultan with such fearlessness, spirituality and fervor the one triune God and the Savior of all men, Jesus Christ”[11] that the hearer was enormously impressed. The Bulled Rule therefore testifies to the zeal for mission, “that we, always subdued and subjected at the feet of this holy Church, established in the Catholic faith, […] may observe the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, which we have firmly promised.”[12]
The author of Fratelli tutti, on the other hand, has repeatedly used his dreaming of “a single human family” (number 8) as an occasion to propagate a religious relativism. This intention was particularly striking in the context of the so-called prayer intention for January 2016, which was combined with a telling video. The symbols of the different religions were shown, equally placed next to each other. The child Jesus was also present — held in a circle next to the other signs in the camera and lined up in sayings of faith in Allah and trust in Buddha.
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres testified on September 4, 2014, after his audience in the Vatican, to his proposal to the Bishop of Rome to “found the ‘United Religions’” — developed out of the United Nations.[13]
The Grand Lodge of Spain, in view of the Christmas address of December 25, 2018, in the Vatican, has already expressed its enthusiasm and, in the name of all Freemasons, has joined the proclaimed “fraternity between men of different religions.”[14] In view of the latest brochure, the same Grand Orient is currently raising an even louder cry of euphoria when it states that in Fratelli tutti “universal fraternity, the great principle of modern Freemasonry,”[15] is now welcomed.
This idea has already been well advanced in the context of the Abu Dhabi Declaration. The Bishop of Rome, following up on the same document, established the so-called “Higher Committee for Human Fraternity” to implement it. The construction project “Abrahamic Family House” has already been launched in Abu Dhabi — an interreligious house with mosque, synagogue and church. The three buildings of the so-called “Abrahamic religions” look similar, are designed with identical dimensions and create the impression of equality. The common ground floor with teaching center connects the temples. The next step to the world-unifying religion is thus not far away.[16]
The Bishop of Rome recently proclaimed that man is obliged to obey the United Nations.[17] Praising its charter, Fratelli tutti has again emphasized this postulate (number 257).
The agenda that took shape in Abu Dhabi is, of course, not new, but the exact implementation of the Masonic ideology in Lessing’s drama “Nathan the Wise,” which is based on the lodges’ creed that truth and religion are relative. In the struggle against the claim to absoluteness of Christ and his Church, Lessing painted in the Parable of the Ring[18] the picture of the supposed fraternal unity of the three so-called “Abrahamic religions,” which in their historical conditionality were only of relative importance and interchangeable — in a manner typical of the rationalist dictate of tolerance of the Enlightenment.
The striving for universal ecumenism of religions has always been a concern of Freemasonry on the way to its actual goal, namely to bring about the breakthrough of that self-constructed religion in which all human beings are supposedly in agreement.[19]
Bishop Dr. Rudolf Graber accurately described the pertinent plan to make religious coexistence “an ecumenical interweaving and thus prepare the one-world-religion in the one-world-state.”[20] The decisive term here is the so-called “synarchy” on the way to a “unified government planned as a counter-church.”[21]
The French Revolution is of particular importance in Masonic strategy. It is striking that Fratelli tutti literally adopts its slogan when the headline of numbers 103 to 105 reads “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.”
A glance at history makes it clear that the aforementioned “Great” Revolution came upon us only externally as a political and social upheaval, but its innermost essence must be described as anti-Christian.[22]
The late Enlightenment philosopher Sylvain Maréchal was one of the initiators of the “Manifesto of Equals” in 1796.[23] He regarded the French Revolution and its bloody reign of terror as merely the “forerunner of another, much larger, much more serious revolution, which will be the last.”[24] The Manifesto already proposed socialism as practical politics at that time and provided decisive ideas to later social revolutionary movements. Karl Marx had been convinced since his Parisian exile years that 1789 was only the prelude to the actual, the communist revolution.[25]
When Fratelli tutti explicitly uses the crisis brought about by Covid-19 as an occasion to express the call “Let us dream, then, as a single human family” (number 8), one should be well aware of the clear statements of those behind the scenes who have already spoken out with the aim of a globalized New World Order.[26]
Bishop Dr. Rudolf Graber aptly summarized the corresponding strategy at the time: “Politically, synarchy strives for the integration of all social and financial powers, which this world government under socialist leadership naturally has to support and promote. Catholicism, like all religions, would therefore be absorbed by a universal syncretism.”[27]
The letter Fratelli tutti makes itself the advocate of all religions in the eighth chapter, when it praises them by emphasizing the plural in “the service of fraternity in our world” (number 271). The concept of religion is here reduced to its immanent function in terms of building a supposedly humane society.
The reader is practically invited to indifferentism when the author quotes the message of the film made about himself, that God’s love is “the same for everyone, regardless of religion. Even if they are atheists, his love is the same” (number 281). Which “God” and which “love” are meant? Here the all-decisive question of truth is completely ignored.
Based on the testimony of Holy Scripture (cf. 1 Tim 2:4), the Declaration Dominus Jesus proclaimed in the Holy Year 2000: “God wills the salvation of everyone through the knowledge of the truth. Salvation is found in the truth.” [28]
The indifferentism underlying the eighth chapter of Fratelli tutti was sharply rejected by St. John Paul II in his encyclical Redemptoris missio, because that attitude “is characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘one religion is as good as another.’”[29]
In this apocalyptic time of the False Prophecy, in which the diabolical lie is limping around, the Church of the Lord has the duty[30] to proclaim Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as the only Savior and true Redeemer.
St. Pope John Paul II has pointed this out with great emphasis: “Nowadays the call to conversion which missionaries address to non-Christians is put into question or passed over in silence. It is seen as an act of ‘proselytizing’; it is claimed that it is enough to help people to become more human or more faithful to their own religion, that it is enough to build communities capable of working for justice, freedom, peace and solidarity. What is overlooked is that every person has the right to hear the ‘Good News’ of the God who reveals and gives himself in Christ, so that each one can live out in its fullness his or her proper calling.”[31]
In this time of great apostasy from the true faith (cf. 2 Thess 2:3-8), it is necessary to confess Christ, the king of eternal glory, faithfully and fearlessly with St. Peter before the Sanhedrin: “In no one else is salvation to be found. For there is no other name under heaven given to us men by which we shall be saved” (Acts 4:12).
In the lived consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Mother of God, who alone “conquered and destroyed all heresies,”[32] we will be able to preserve the purity of faith and clarity of thought and be ready to follow faithfully our crucified and risen Lord, who sent his own to bear witness to the one God and the true Gospel: “All power is given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore to all nations, and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. Be sure: I am with you always, until the end of the world” (Mt 28:18-20).
October 13, 2020
Anniversary of the last apparition in Fatima of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary and Victor in all God’s battles
Fr. Frank Unterhalt
Translation by LifeSite’s Martin Bürger
[1] Cf. Jeanne Smits, “Cardinal Danneels admits being part of clerical ‘Mafia’ that plotted Francis’ election,” in: LifeSiteNews, September 25, 2015.
[2] Cf. Jürgen Mettepenningen, Karim Schelkens, Godfried Danneels: biographie, Dutch edition (e-Book), Kalmthout 2015, chapter 26.
[3] Cf. Amand Timmermans, “Danneels und der Mafiaklub ‘Gruppe von Sankt Gallen,’” [“Danneels and the Mafia club ‘Sankt Gallen Group’”] in: Katholisches.info, October 5, 2015.
[4] Cf. Walter Pauli, “Godfried Danneels a oeuvré pendant des années à l’élection du pape François,” [“Godfried Danneels has worked for years for the election of Pope Francis”] in: Le Vif, September 23, 2015.
[5] Cf. Jeanne Smits, “Cardinal Danneels congratulated Belgian gvmt for legalizing gay ‘marriage,’” in: LifeSiteNews, September 23, 2015.
[6] Cf. Mark Eeckhaut, „En als we nu eens vergiffenis zouden schenken? Hoe kardinaal Danneels probeerde het schandaal-Vangheluwe geheim te houden“, in: Het Nieuwsblad, August 28, 2010.
[7] Cf. Dr. Benjamin Leven, “Wenn Vertuschung scheitert,” [“When Cover-up Fails”] in: Römische Korrespondenz, September 7, 2018.
[8] Cf. Mettepenningen, Schelkens, chapters 22 and 24.
[9] Cf. Dr. Maike Hickson, “Pope asks universities to disseminate his claim ‘diversity of religions’ is ‘willed by God’,” in: LifeSiteNews, March 25, 2019.
[10] Cf. Contra Recentia Sacrilegia. Protest against Pope Francis’ sacrilegious acts.
[11] Bonaventura von Bagnoregio, Legenda Maior – das Große Franziskusleben [The Great Life of Francis], chapter IX,8,6, in: Franziskus-Quellen, Kevelaer 2009, page 745.
[12] Bullierte Regel, chapter 12,4, in: Franziskus-Quellen, page 102.
[13] Cf. Giuseppe Nardi, “Das Video vom Papst – “Das mir nicht gefällt,’” in: Katholisches.info, January 7, 2016.
[14] El Oriente, “Todos los masones del mundo se unen a la petición del Papa por ‘la fraternidad entre personas de diversas religiones,’” Segunda época – Número 243.
[15] El Oriente, “El Papa abraza la Fraternidad Universal, el gran principio de la Masonería,” Segunda época – Número 409.
[16] Cf. Giuseppe Nardi, “In Abu Dhabi entsteht der Tempel der Welteinheitsreligion – mit Unterstützung von Papst Franziskus,” [“In Abu Dhabi, the Temple of the One World Religion is being created with the help of Pope Francis”] in: Katholisches.info, November 21, 2019.
[17] Cf. Jeanne Smits, “Vatican gives nod to ‘Abrahamic Family House’ that equates Christianity, Judaism, Islam,” in: LifeSiteNews, September 25, 2019.
[18] Gotthold E. Lessing, Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise], Stuttgart 1948, pages 89–97, 3. Aufzug, 7. Auftritt.
[19] Cf. Manfred Adler, Die antichristliche Revolution der Freimaurerei [“The anti-Christian revolution of Freemasonry”], Jestetten 1994 (5th edition), page 166.
[20] Bischof Dr. Rudolf Graber, Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit [“Athanasius and the Church of Our Time”], Abensberg 1987 (11th edition), page 38.
[21] Id., S. 31.
[22] Cf. Manfred Adler, page 24.
[23] Cf. Chronique de la Révolution, [“Chronicle of the Revolution”] Paris 1988, pages 37 and 520.
[24] Heinrich August Winkler, “Zur Wiederholung nicht empfohlen,” [“Not recommended for Repetition”] in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 8, 2017.
[25] Heinrich August Winkler, “Marx und die Folgen. Gedanken zum Wandel der Revolution 1789–1989,” [Marx and the Consequences. Thoughts on the Change of the Revolution”] Opening talk in the series “Nach dem Ende der Illusion: Was bleibt vom Kommunismus im 21. Jahrhundert?,” [“After the End of the Illusion: What Remains of Communism in the 21th Century?”] Humboldt-Universität Berlin, February 7, 2017.
[26] Cf. Dorothy Cummings McLean, “Kissinger: Failure to establish post-Covid new world order ‘could set the world on fire,’” in: LifeSitenews, April 7, 2020; Cf. Martin Bürger, “Bill Gates: Life won’t go back to ‘normal’ until population ‘widely vaccinated,’” LifeSiteNews, April 6, 2020.
[27] Bischof Dr. Rudolf Graber, page 33.
[28] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Dominus Jesus. On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church, August 6, 2000, number 22.
[29] Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Redemptoris missio, number 36.
[30] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 851; Cf. CIC, can. 781.
[31] Papst John Paul II, number 46.
[32] Louis de Montfort, Abhandlung von der Wahren Andacht zur allerseligsten Jungfrau Maria [“On the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary”], II, 2, in: Das Goldene Buch, Feldkirch 1987, page 120.
Follow Maike Dr. Maike Hickson was born and raised in Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Hannover, Germany, after having written in Switzerland her doctoral dissertation on the history of Swiss intellectuals before and during World War II. She now lives in the U.S. and is married to Dr. Robert Hickson, and they have been blessed with two beautiful children. She is a happy housewife who likes to write articles when time permits. Dr. Hickson published in 2014 a Festschrift, a collection of some thirty essays written by thoughtful authors in honor of her husband upon his 70th birthday, which is entitled A Catholic Witness in Our Time. Hickson has closely followed the papacy of Pope Francis and the developments in the Catholic Church in Germany, and she has been writing articles on religion and politics for U.S. and European publications and websites such as LifeSiteNews, OnePeterFive, The Wanderer, Rorate Caeli, Catholicism.org, Catholic Family News, Christian Order, Notizie Pro-Vita, Corrispondenza Romana, Katholisches.info, Der Dreizehnte, Zeit-Fragen, and Westfalen-Blatt.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-19--How do we know Jesus rose from the dead? Here’s the proof

October 19 , 2020 ( Community in Mission ) — If asked “ How do you know that Jesus Christ rose from the dead ?
” most would answer , “ Because it says so in the Bible.
” While this is true , there is a much better answer : “ We know that Jesus is risen from the dead because the Apostles said so.
” They were eyewitnesses .
Jesus Himself attested to this when He said , And we read in Acts : The Apostles also said of themselves , And again , from Acts , So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Apostles on which our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is founded .
Surely , too , the Holy Spirit assists us who have Faith to assent and cling to this truth .
Some may ask , “ How can we know that what the Apostles , and later wrote , is true ?
What if they made the whole thing up or were delusional ?
What if , by Resurrection , they merely meant that Jesus lived on in their hearts and in their memory ?
” The best reply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ John Chrysostom and was read by clergy and religious recently in the Breviary : How could twelve uneducated men , who lived on lakes and rivers and wastelands , get the idea for such an immense enterprise [ of spreading the Gospel worldwide ] ?
How could men who perhaps had never been in a city or a public square think of setting out to do battle with the whole world ?
That they were fearful , timid men , the evangelist makes clear ; he did not reject the fact or try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he turned these into a proof of the truth .
What did he say of them ?
That when Christ was arrested , they fled , despite all the miracles they had seen , while he who was leader of the others denied him !
How then account for the fact that these men , who in Christ ’ s lifetime could not stand up to the attacks by the Jews , now set forth to do battle with the whole world if Christ was dead — if , as you claim , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them and rouse their courage ?
Did they perhaps say to themselves : “ What is this ?
He could not save himself but now he will protect us ?
He did not help himself when he was alive , but now that he is dead he will extend a helping hand to us ?
In his lifetime he brought no nation under his banner , but by uttering his name we will win over the whole world ?
” Would it not be wholly irrational even to think such thoughts , much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is evident , then , that if they had not seen him risen and had proof of his power , they would not have risked so much ( Hom .
4,3.4 : PG 61,34–36 ) .
Indeed , and not only did they risk so much , they suffered so much !
Every one of them except perhaps John died as a martyr .
I highly doubt that they would done this for a lie they had concocted or for some vague notion that Jesus lived on in some way in their hearts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and moved by the Resurrection that their lives were profoundly changed .
In modern slang , “ It really rocked their world !
” St. Paul , too , saw Christ not only risen but ascended and at the Father ’ s right hand .
He was never the same and devoted his life to the relentless proclamation of the Gospel in spite of beatings , stoning , imprisonments , shipwrecks , and finally martyrdom .
Who would do such a thing for a made-up story or a vague hope ?
The evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives that the Resurrection was something both real and profoundly animating .
They could not help but speak of what they saw and heard : That which was from the beginning , which we have heard , which we have seen with our own eyes , which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life .
And this is the life that was revealed ; we have seen it and testified to it , and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard ( 1 John 1:1–3 ) .
As for the charge of delusion , it may be possible for one man to be delusional , maybe even two , but twelve men collectively having the same delusion ?
To believe this would take more faith than simply to believe they were telling the truth .
Recall that Thomas at first disbelieved the other Apostles , perhaps thinking them to be lying or even crazy .
But then he , too , saw the Risen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traveled to far off-India to preach Christ and ultimately died for the truth he proclaimed .
It was not a lie nor a fanciful hope nor a delusion — only the actual occurrence of the Resurrection can adequately explain the heroics and tenacity of the Apostles in going forth to proclaim the truth .
The Apostles are trustworthy eyewitnesses .
Christ is risen indeed !
Published with permission from the Archdiocese of Washington .

It is the eyewitness testimony of the Apostles on which our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is founded.
October 19, 2020 (Community in Mission) — If asked “How do you know that Jesus Christ rose from the dead?” most would answer, “Because it says so in the Bible.” While this is true, there is a much better answer: “We know that Jesus is risen from the dead because the Apostles said so.” They were eyewitnesses. Jesus Himself attested to this when He said,
Thus it is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things (Luke 24:46–48).
And we read in Acts:
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8).
The Apostles also said of themselves,
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him (Acts 5:32).
And again, from Acts,
God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead … (Acts 10:40–42).
So, it is the eyewitness testimony of the Apostles on which our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is founded. Surely, too, the Holy Spirit assists us who have Faith to assent and cling to this truth.
Some may ask, “How can we know that what the Apostles, and later wrote, is true? What if they made the whole thing up or were delusional? What if, by Resurrection, they merely meant that Jesus lived on in their hearts and in their memory?”
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The best reply to such questions was given by St. John Chrysostom and was read by clergy and religious recently in the Breviary:
How could twelve uneducated men, who lived on lakes and rivers and wastelands, get the idea for such an immense enterprise [of spreading the Gospel worldwide]? How could men who perhaps had never been in a city or a public square think of setting out to do battle with the whole world? That they were fearful, timid men, the evangelist makes clear; he did not reject the fact or try to hide their weaknesses. Indeed, he turned these into a proof of the truth. What did he say of them? That when Christ was arrested, they fled, despite all the miracles they had seen, while he who was leader of the others denied him! How then account for the fact that these men, who in Christ’s lifetime could not stand up to the attacks by the Jews, now set forth to do battle with the whole world if Christ was dead — if, as you claim, Christ did not rise and speak to them and rouse their courage? Did they perhaps say to themselves: “What is this? He could not save himself but now he will protect us? He did not help himself when he was alive, but now that he is dead he will extend a helping hand to us? In his lifetime he brought no nation under his banner, but by uttering his name we will win over the whole world?” Would it not be wholly irrational even to think such thoughts, much less to act upon them? It is evident, then, that if they had not seen him risen and had proof of his power, they would not have risked so much (Hom. 4,3.4: PG 61,34–36).
Indeed, and not only did they risk so much, they suffered so much! Every one of them except perhaps John died as a martyr. I highly doubt that they would done this for a lie they had concocted or for some vague notion that Jesus lived on in some way in their hearts. Clearly, they were so convicted and moved by the Resurrection that their lives were profoundly changed. In modern slang, “It really rocked their world!” St. Paul, too, saw Christ not only risen but ascended and at the Father’s right hand. He was never the same and devoted his life to the relentless proclamation of the Gospel in spite of beatings, stoning, imprisonments, shipwrecks, and finally martyrdom. Who would do such a thing for a made-up story or a vague hope? The evidence is clear from the response of their lives that the Resurrection was something both real and profoundly animating. They could not help but speak of what they saw and heard:
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life. And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard (1 John 1:1–3).
As for the charge of delusion, it may be possible for one man to be delusional, maybe even two, but twelve men collectively having the same delusion? To believe this would take more faith than simply to believe they were telling the truth. Recall that Thomas at first disbelieved the other Apostles, perhaps thinking them to be lying or even crazy. But then he, too, saw the Risen Lord and was forever changed. He traveled to far off-India to preach Christ and ultimately died for the truth he proclaimed.
It was not a lie nor a fanciful hope nor a delusion — only the actual occurrence of the Resurrection can adequately explain the heroics and tenacity of the Apostles in going forth to proclaim the truth. The Apostles are trustworthy eyewitnesses. Christ is risen indeed!
Published with permission from the Archdiocese of Washington.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-19--Federal judge refuses to block COVID-19 restrictions on Diocese of Brooklyn

BROOKLYN , New York , October 19 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A federal judge on Saturday refused a motion of the Diocese of Brooklyn , New York , to halt the implementation of new coronavirus restrictions , even as he praised the diocese for “ enforcing stricter safety protocols than the State required at the given moment.
” In his ruling , Judge Nicholas Garaufis , a Clinton appointee , wrote , “ if the court issues an injunction and the state is correct about the acuteness of the threat currently posed by hotspot neighborhoods , the result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scale like New Yorkers experienced in the spring.
” The number of daily deaths associated with COVID-19 in New York City , of which Brooklyn is a part , has been below 30 since mid-June .
There haven ’ t been more than 10 daily deaths ever since August .
Almost 10,000 of the 20,000 New Yorkers with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis were older than 75 years .
The daily number of people tested positive for COVID-19 has been consistently below 1,000 since early June .
Roughly 8.4 million people live in New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a group of Jewish communities have sued Governor Cuomo over the new restrictions .
In announcing the diocese ’ s lawsuit on October 8 , Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio complained , “ The State has completely disregarded the fact that our safety protocols have worked and it is an insult to once again penalize all those who have made the safe return to Church work.
” The diocese had been extremely cautious when reopening in July .
It had enforced strict mask mandates and social distancing measures and limited church services to 25 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the diocese can accommodate more than 500 people .
In his response to court ’ s ruling , DiMarzio wrote that the “ proof of our compliance is the fact that we have not had any COVID outbreaks or significant cases in either our churches or schools.
” At the same time , he emphasized that the diocese would abide by the State ’ s restrictions .
Moreover , exceeding the State ’ s demands , he announced that all churches in the “ red ” zones will close .
He wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limits “ are extremely difficult to implement because we never want to turn away worshippers.
” Now , nobody will be allowed to attend Mass .
Despite the current ruling , the bishop is planning to press forward with the case .
“ We will also continue to advocate for places of worship to be classified as essential , for there is nothing more necessary today than a community of believers , united in prayer , asking the Lord to end this pandemic , ” he wrote .
NY Gov Cuomo blames ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases , singles out ‘ ultra- orthodox ’ community

PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this important petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
And, please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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lifesitenews--2020-10-19--Melania Trump treated COVID-19 with ‘vitamins and healthy food’: White House

WASHINGTON , D.C. , October 19 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – First Lady Melania Trump recovered from the coronavirus utilizing “ a more natural route ” focused on “ vitamins and healthy food , ” as stated in an official release from the White House on October 14 .
Though she experienced only “ minimal symptoms , ” she explains that they came upon her “ all at once , ” including “ body aches , a cough and headaches , ” along with feeling “ extremely tired most of the time.
” Emphasizing the necessity for maintaining sound @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combatting the virus , she encouraged all “ to live the healthiest life they can , ” including “ a balanced diet , fresh air , and vitamins , ” which “ really are vital to keep our bodies healthy.
” Though it is broadly acknowledged that proper nutrition and exercise will not prevent one from being infected with a virus , such measures will help mitigate its severity should it arrive .
For example , one study on the effectiveness of vitamin D supplements found that COVID-19 hospital patients who were treated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ type of vitamin D , fared much better than those who were not .
Another study confirmed the same , concluding that COVID-19 “ patients with sufficient vitamin D , or levels above a clinical deficiency , were less likely to have severe infections and difficulty breathing ” and thus “ were more likely to survive.
” Consistent with these and other findings , many health experts and organizations advise people to ensure they are getting enough vitamin D from sunshine or supplements “ not only as a precaution against coronavirus , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Mrs. Trump ’ s statement was that the first couple ’ s son , Barron , tested positive for the virus as well , but as “ a strong teenager ” he “ exhibited no symptoms.
” Over the course of the spread of this novel disease , more knowledge regarding its lethality provides a sound justification for the return to normalcy for the non-vulnerable population , experts say .
One recent study in the U.K. showed , that like Barron Trump , a “ staggering 86 ( percent ) of people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not have key symptoms.
” The New York Times ran an article in September demonstrating that “ up to 90 percent of people testing positive ” carried “ insignificant amounts of the virus ” and “ are not likely to be contagious.
” And Swiss Policy Research ( SPR ) affirms that “ about 80 percent of all people ” who are infected with the virus “ develop only mild symptoms or no symptoms.
” “ Even among 70-79-year-olds , ” SPR continues , “ about 60 percent develop only mild symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all people develop at most moderate symptoms and do not require hospitalization.
” With “ the age and risk profile of deaths ” essentially corresponding “ to normal mortality , ” and a danger of death “ for the healthy general population of school and working age ” being “ comparable to a daily car ride to work , ” thousands of medical and public health scientists , medical practitioners and concerned citizens advocate an approach called “ Focused Protection.
” With a goal “ to minimize mortality and social harm ( additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the recent Great Barrington Declaration affirms the “ most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity , is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection , while better protecting those who are at highest risk.
” And thus , while maintaining great vigilance in protecting the vulnerable , the Declaration confirms , “ Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather than from home .
Restaurants and other businesses should open .
Arts , music , sport and other cultural activities should resume .
People who are more at risk may participate if they wish , while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/11/2020)
Right before Thanksgiving, YouTube deleted a LifeSite video of a distinguished Canadian physician protesting the "unfounded public hysteria" over COVID-19 and accused us of spreading "medical misinformation."
Our account was suspended, and we were prohibited from posting videos on our YouTube channel for one week. And, while that may not seem like a big deal, it's a huge deal for a news organization like LifeSite.
Then, earlier this week, YouTube again suspended our account – this time for two weeks – over an episode of The Bishop Strickland Show wherein Bishop Strickland said he would not take an unethical COVID-19 vaccine.
We were able to appeal the suspension, and our request was granted.
This means that in YouTube's three-strikes-and-you're-out content-policing, idea-cleansing scheme, we are back down to one strike. But, we still face the threat of losing our account permanently.
And, we're not the only ones.
In a recent turn of events, YouTube just announced that it will remove videos alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
But, what is YouTube afraid of? The truth???
Thankfully, however, there is a one, big bright spot on the horizon: 48 states filed suit against Facebook just this week.
And, although this seems like a step in the right direction, the draconian measures which YouTube just rolled out, which are already wielded by Twitter, are an assault against free speech.
So, the fight for freedom of speech against Big Tech goes on. And, we must do everything we can to protect it!
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-youtube-reverses-ban-on-lifesitenews?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-bans-lifesite-over-video-of-bp-strickland-refusing-to-take-corona-vaccine
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesites-channel-was-suspended-by-youtube-heres-how-you-can-still-watch-our-videos
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-starts-removing-videos-that-contain-allegations-of-mass-voter-fraud
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/12/10/facebook-sued-by-48-states-federal-trade-commission-over-allegations-of-monopolistic-practices/
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PETITION UPDATE (11/18/2020)
Everyone thought the censorship by Big Tech corporations would decrease after the 2020 election, but the truth is that censorship is being felt just as much as it was before the election.
And, given the election outcome, perhaps Big Tech censorship now is even more consequential than it was before the election!
The two biggest social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, and other Big Tech companies, are still censoring and suppressing stories and posts favorable to conservatives, and especially anything that has to do with election fraud.
Here are a few recent examples:
Women for America First organized the March for Trump on November 14, which was shut down by Facebook, MailChimp and Eventbrite. Despite Big Tech’s best efforts to cancel the event, the march went on and gathered a huge crowd.
Twitter has been suppressing a large number of President Trump’s Tweets. Most of his Tweets have been flagged arbitrarily with a warning stating: “This claim about election fraud is disputed."
Please READ this recent article about Big Tech's attempt to choke information conerning the recent Million MAGA March in Washington, DC: '5 things mainstream media won’t tell you about massive DC ‘Stop the Steal’ rally'
Then, please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
PETITION UPDATE (10/15/2020)
In a remarkable development, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham have announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be issuing subpoenas to Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg for their company's suppression of two critical expose news stories about how Hunter Biden and the Biden Family allegedly profited from business deals made because of Joe Biden's position as Vice President.
Please WATCH LifeSite's exclusive video of the announcement by Senator Ted Cruz below.
According to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham, the subpoenas will be issued next Tuesday, for hearings to be held on Friday of next week.
This is a MASSIVE development, and should be welcomed by those who champion freedom of speech.
Again, this is all happening because Twitter and Facebook refuse to allow their members to share stories which would be favorable to conservatives.
Here's the timeline:
Yesterday, Twitter and Facebook suppressed a NY Post story about how Hunter Biden allegedly profited from introducing a Ukrainian businessman to his then-Vice President father, Joe Biden. The story also alleges that Vice President Biden then subsequently pressured Ukrainian authorities to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the businessman's company.
And, just this morning, Twitter suppressed another expose by the NY Post alleging that the Biden Family improperly profitted from deals made with one of the largest Chinese energy companies because of Vice President Biden's position in government.
But, right after the story broke, Senator Cruz tried to share the latest story on Twitter and was blocked. Twitter says that they are blocking the stories because they claim that the information was obtained illegally. However, Twitter showed no problem allowing illegally obtained information about President Trump's tax returns to be shared.
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
'GOP senators decry Big Tech censorship of NY Post story exposing Biden corruption' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gop-senators-decry-big-tech-censorship-of-ny-post-story-exposing-biden-corruption
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PETITION UPDATE (9/17/2020)
Big Tech is out to kill free speech. LifeSite is out to protect it!
LifeSite has been digging deep into the many claims of liberal bias and selective censorship of pro-life, pro-family, and conservative voices on social media.
And, we are now launching our new series 'Uncensored: Big Tech vs. Free Speech', which will unpack how the actions of Big Tech censors actually affect conservative and Christian organization and individuals.
Please WATCH the first video in our series featuring Brigitte Gabriel, the Founder of ACT For America, one of the nation's premier national security grassroots organizations.
Ms. Gabriel's organization, ACT For America, has been targeted by Big Tech especially in the manipulation of search results.
Big Tech “think[s] they are God and they are exercising their godly power over everybody else,” Gabriel explained. "Because in today's world, anytime you want to find out any information about somebody, what do you do? Google. You go to the internet to find out some information about them. When you research anything about somebody, the first thing that comes up [in the search results] is the Southern Poverty Law Center’s labeling of ‘hate groups.’”
“And who are the ‘hate groups’? Family Research Council is a hate group because they are pro-family. American Family Radio is a hate group…LifeSiteNews is a hate group. My organization is a hate group because we sound the alarm about terrorism and protecting our constitutional freedom. And so they try to character assassinate you. And they control the language.”
LifeSite's research shows that Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, and others have become far too dangerous for democracy.
They can and do sway elections and public opinion in whatever direction they want, primarily by manipulating search results, tracking our online behavior, and by blocking truthful content from their platforms.
Today, LifeSite is starting to fight back, with facts and with stories of conservatives and Christians who are being negatively impacted by Big Tech's liberal bias.
Please continue to follow our 'Big Tech vs. Free Speech' series which aims to launch a new video each week for the next eight weeks.
And, please sign our petition demanding that Big Tech monopolies are broken up. Thank you!
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ORIGINAL PETITION BACKGROUND TEXT:
The outrageous erasing of the White Coat Summit from the internet is only the latest in a long series of brazen acts of censorship against conservatives and all those who support legitimate free speech.
You may agree or disagree with the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, but everyone should agree on this point:
No Big Tech company should have the power to erase from the internet the medical opinions of licensed practicing doctors simply because they do not like what they have to say about the coronavirus or their experience treating it. Americans and other free peoples do not need leftist computer programmers deciding what the best course of medical treatment is for them.
Google/Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and their Big Tech friends want to control what you see, what you read, what you think, and ultimately, how you vote. Not only do they spend hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying congress and buttering up big Washington DC think tanks, but now they brazenly and directly censor any content they don't want you to see.
Big Tech, like other interest groups, aggressively lobby to help their businesses thrive, but increasingly, Big Tech is using blatant internet censorship to impose its radical world view over those they consider to be "deplorables."
This must stop, but it won't unless we demand it as forcefully as legally possible. We believe that we have reached the point were Big Tech must be broken up if legitimate free speech is going to survive and continue to thrive on the internet.
Please sign our petition to demand real consequences for Big Tech's suppression of legitimate free speech.
In 2016, emails revealed by Fox News' Tucker Carlson proved that Google tried to influence the election by affecting voter turnout. Thankfully they failed. But they didn't give up. Instead, they have been preparing and testing how to manipulate information to continue to abuse their monopolistic power.
In 2018, Google/Youtube et. al. succeeded in manipulating the Irish abortion referendum by blacklisting pro-life videos, manipulating pro-life search terms and results and intentionally withholding pro-life information. Again, this is not an opinion or a conspiracy theory, Project Veritas obtained first hand information proving the intentional censorship by Big Tech.
And the Coronavirus has just made things worse. You see, scared people are more easily manipulated into giving up their freedom of speech. Children are being kept from going to school, tens of millions of Americans are out of work, and rioting has broken out in most major American cities.
Now, more than ever, freedom of speech is necessary to secure all of our freedoms. Freedom of speech is crucial to truly exercise the freedom to vote for the person that best represents one's own views, or the freedom to decide what course of medical treatment to accept - especially the decision to control what vaccines are administered to our children.
Some experts, like Dr. Robert Epstein, a behavioral psychologist who has testified before congress against Big Tech believes that we may already be too late to control Big Tech's tyrannical control over information.
President Trump took a step in the right direction with his Executive Order calling for increased regulation of Big Tech. But much more can be done and needs to be done right now.
In an era where almost everything is polarized, there is an overwhelming support for breaking up the Big Tech monopolies. A recent Pew poll found that 75% of Americans believe that Big Tech companies have too much influence.
It is time to bring serious accountability to Big Tech for their attempts to use their monopolies to kill free speech.
It is time to break up Big Tech.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Google, Facebook, Twitter shut down ‘frontline’ US doctors who promote ‘cure for COVID’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/google-facebook-twitter-shut-down-frontline-us-doctors-who-promote-cure-for-covid?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard
Americans overwhelmingly agree Big Tech has too much power: Pew poll - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll
Leaked Google employee's email reveals effort to boost Latino vote, surprise that some voted for Trump - https://www.foxnews.com/tech/leaked-google-employees-email-reveals-effort-to-boost-latino-vote-surprise-that-some-voted-for-trump
Undercover video proves Google interfered in Irish abortion referendum - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll