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 + JMJ  So there is quite a lot of noise this past month with the publication of Fiducia Supplicans.  Suffice to say that this is the Fruit of Vatican II, but deserved its own category this month. The Spirit of the Second Vatican Council continues to disappoint with the confusion and outright audacity of the Pope and Clergy. I will add commentary and note any updates as time allows. P^3 Persecution of Catholics Update 1: It is not new that persecution follows people who believe what the Catholic Church Teaches - As the Catholic Church Understands the Teachings. Bloody, economic and social persecutions have been going on for thousands of years. So as the Western World moves away from its Christian (i.e. Catholic) foundation, it will turn upon it creating a frenzy.   Were it just the World, it would be one thing, but since the Second Vatican Council, there has been a steady and continuous persecution of Catholics, by Catholics. Why? Simply because we wouldn't give in to the marriag

 + JMJ    Hamas is getting the war that it wanted, but I wonder who is the real opponent. The media is focused on the Gazan civilian's that Hamas is putting or holding in the crossfire, and people are going to die. However, the question becomes who provides the weapons to the terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah et al?  Who provides the resources of people, equipment, training, and most of funding?  They say to follow the money to get to the root. So far we've heard that Iran is a big supplier as the leaders of Hamas in Qatar or the attack and await the outcry when civilians are killed as a result. Is this really just a war about secular matters, i.e. the erasure of Israel from the map?   ... or ... Is it actually a religious war under the cloak of secularism? Something to consider and watch - even if the Israeli's think of this as a secular war, is that the same for the Muslims? I'm beginning to wonder if this is linked in some fashion to the crisis of the Chu

 + JMJ  Just another collection of articles lovingly scraped from the intergnat by hand.  When time allows to poke around to see if there is anything new and find - sadly - that very little is new.  This means we need to continue to stay the course and remain Catholic by doing what Catholic Dogma, Doctrine and Principles demand.  To depart from this path is to depart from the path to salvation. P^3 SSPX:  Salza and Siscoe  continue their attacks against the SSPX and, to me, are obviously operating under a confirmation bias / cognitive dissonance.  Reading their article below (8.4) we find a caricature of what the SSPX actually states.  First for clarity, the SSPX position on the documents of the Second Vatican Council is that of the theological note provided by the Cardinal Felici (if memory serves): Accept any statement that repeats prior dogma and doctrine, Interpret inline with prior doctrine any ambiguous statement and be very cautious of any novelty.  Their article goes on at len

 + JMJ  So the world continues to spin on its axis and the struggle that is the human condition spins as well. What follows are articles that caught my interest or served as a basis from some of my own work. P^3 Crisis of the Catholic Church and Social Morality Tradicat Commentary: There is a lot of conflict happening both in and outside the Catholic Church. Externally, is it on the moral issues, inside moral, theological and liturgical. Francis Church: Decadence Down to the Last Detail – Gloria.tv US Apostolic Nuncio receives blowback for slamming the cassock, Traditional Latin Mass - LifeSite Zen threatens boycott of HK cardinal’s Mass if Beijing bishop attends EWTN Vatican on X: "🎥VIDEO | At the Mass for deceased cardinals and bishops who passed away in the last year, Pope Francis highlighted the memory of Benedict XVI, from whom he recalled an important teaching: "Faith is not an idea, but a Person, Jesus Christ." https://t.co/MEcIIVTg3p" / X Open L