By Charlie Johnston
Mico, Texas – Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis said he wanted to, “make a mess,” and urged young people to do the same. With the normalization of transgenderism in the Church and the approval for blessing same sex unions, combined with the dismissal of two orthodox Bishops for vague or no reasons, all I can say to him is, “Mission accomplished!”
Yet I think the hour of darkness in the Church is almost over. The Pope’s dismissal of Bishop Joseph Strickland, formerly of Tyler, Texas, while promoting various prelates who support gay marriage, intrinsically support abortion and routinely violate Church law is a sign that we have nearly reached the bottom of depravity in the disordered faction of the hierarchy…and may very well trigger the backlash that routs the depraved from our ranks.
While Strickland presided over a relatively small Diocese, his unflagging public advocacy of orthodoxy and fidelity to Christ raised his stature and profile throughout the world. When it first came out that the Vatican was targeting him, top orthodox prelates around the world spoke out on his behalf. He has become a sort of battle flag for those prelates and laity who do NOT believe the mission of the Church is to renegotiate Scripture, the Magisterium and the nature of sin with God. Detaching Strickland from his Diocese is much less likely to silence him than it is to free him to speak more powerfully throughout the world. Pope Francis wanted Strickland emasculated. He may just get Strickland unchained.
A quarter of a century ago I told my Priests, who take pride in both their fidelity to the Magisterium and their loyalty to the Holy Father, that John Paul was easy to be loyal to. They should prepare themselves for a time when they had a more difficult superior – and must, at that time, balance their legitimate duty of fidelity to the Magisterium and their legitimate duty of obedience to authority over them. It would require careful thought about the extent of – and limitations on – authority. You cannot just choose one or the other, you must struggle to live both well.
I have been skeptical of some of the cancelled Priests. Though some are solid, some just want to be their own Bishop, some have notably eccentric takes on doctrine, and some seem to have just fallen in love with their own celebrity. I’m not going to hitch my wagon to that kind of star. Bp. Strickland, however, has lived fidelity to the Gospels while taking care to be obedient to the legitimate authority of the Pope – while speaking candidly in criticism of those areas where the Pope has tried to exert authority he does not have either temporally nor spiritually.
I have seen some of the Vatican’s clumsy efforts to justify the removal. I watched a full video of a clown (who I will not name other than to call him a clown; he was so absurd and pathetic, desperately trying to be somebody who counts) who claims to be a theologian use the most absurd arguments against Strickland. First, he argued that Strickland did not respect the “papal magisterium.” Well, neither do I – because there is no such thing, any more than there is a “Biden Constitution” or a “Trump Constitution.” The Church has one Magisterium – and the Pope is its primary guardian, not its master. This concept started being floated about five years ago as an effort to reduce the Magisterium to whatever political program a given Pope advocated for. The clown then blasted Strickland for accusing the Pope of material heresy in several cases, asking if Strickland did not know that the Pope is infallible. This only showed the clown has no understanding of infallibility and how rare its exercise is – or intentionally prostituted himself in hopes of getting a pat on the head from the Vatican. There are two forms of heresy, material and formal. Material heresy is a proposition that is objectively heretical, but unknown and unintended by the person who makes it. A very common material heresy is to think that because Christ is a man, He is a human person. He is a divine person with both a human and a divine nature. Rather than an attempt to undermine the faith, a material heresy is usually just an error, even if it can be a very damaging one. Formal heresy occurs when the author knows what he says is heresy and both intends and holds to it, anyway. That is a very difficult case to prove without a direct confession. It is widely acknowledged that both Popes Honorius and Liberius promoted material heresies, either through their actions or through their silence when they were obliged to speak in defense of the faith. The clown was just giving a lecture advocating for ultramontanism. He did trot out a couple of anonymous Priests from the Tyler Diocese who claimed that Strickland was a bad administrator and very “divisive.” Alas, those Priests used several left-wing buzz phrases in their critiques, identifying them as liberal activists. Yes, if you are a left-wing activist wearing a clerical collar; if you think it is a horrible offense that no Gay Pride flags are allowed on Church property, I can see why you would think Strickland is a bad Bishop. I visit Tyler regularly…and there is no Diocese in the country where the Bishop is as fully engaged with his flock as in Tyler. Strickland is so beloved there that part of me pities whoever is given the unenviable task of following him. In Tyler this week, they are conducting prayer vigils and consoling each other over their loss. The mood much more resembles the loss of a beloved family member than it does a change in ecclesial administration. The video was so chock full of error, malice, and palpably eager ambition I could only conclude the clown was trying to curry favor with the current Vatican establishment – after failing for several years to curry favor with traditionalists. God save us from mediocrities who are willing to parrot any line if only someone, anyone, would pay them notice!
I don’t doubt that somewhere along the line Bp. Strickland has said something intemperate. All but the most slippery among us have, at times. That said, Strickland is one of the most temperate men I have ever met.
The Vatican has yet to release a canonical reason for the dismissal. I am sure it will concoct one in time. But everyone already knows the actual reason: Bp. Strickland actually believes in God and that Scripture and the Magisterium are not negotiable. It is the second time in two years that Pope Francis has summarily dismissed, without stated canonical cause, a Bishop who was inconvenient to his politically-charged papacy. I have read some canon lawyers who say the Pope has this authority without condition; I have read more who say the Pope cannot do it except in the case where a serious canonical offense is involved. Canon lawyers, like their temporal counterparts, can be found on both sides of any dispute. What is beyond dispute is that, whatever he says about synodality or collegiality, this Pope is viciously ruthless in suppressing and defaming any who disagree with him. He is the most rigidly intolerant man to hold the papal seat in my lifetime. In theory, every Bishop is supposed to be the independent head of his Diocese and the Pope the first among equals. In practice, this move reveals that every Diocese is just a branch office of Vatican, Inc.
Even so, this move, following on so many other idiosyncratic moves by the Pope, may be the spark that begins real renewal in the Church. Bishops, like other men, are often ambitious for promotion. There is nothing wrong with that. Ambition fuels a lot of genuine accomplishment. But every orthodox Bishop in the world now knows he has risen as high as he ever will so long as Francis is Pope. If they want to rise, they must get enthusiastic about same-sex relationships, approving of transgenderism, and tolerant of abortion. If they want bonus points, they can say nasty things about St. John Paul. Ideally, your fidelity to your calling should act in service to your ambition. Now, fidelity to Scripture and the Magisterium are impediments to ambition – at least in the short term. To adapt and amend Thomas Paine’s quote from another great crisis, “These are the times that try Bishop’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their Divine Lord; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” Once again, as I have been saying, it is decision time. If an orthodox Bishop is quiet and keeps his head down, the Vatican might not go after him. But that is the very definition of “shrinking” from service. If a Bishop speaks with bold clarity in defense of the faith, the Pope and the minions in the Vatican are likely to make his life hard. If he betrays, he might win advancement. But who trusts a betrayer from either side? Even more, with all the sketchy characters Pope Francis has surrounded himself with in the Vatican, the odds are pretty good that a gigantic scandal is going to surface sometime, perhaps one big enough to tank the Vatican’s entire progressive project, one in which orthodoxy will be the only chance to survive public revulsion and backlash. The most prudent course for any Bishop at this time is to imitate the first Apostles who gave their lives to Christ’s teaching out of love and conviction, both for Christ and their fellows. Now, more than ever, it is time to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do – and because it is the most prudent thing to do. Each Bishop will have to calibrate for himself how vocal he will be and what the priorities for his Diocese must be. Then, casting your bread of fidelity upon the water, take St. Padre Pio’s advice to “pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
Bp. Strickland is not the only prominent prelate who has accused the Pope of material heresy. Some very prominent and respected theologians and scholars have done so. Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the former prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith (back when it protected and clarified, rather than bowdlerized and blurred, doctrinal integrity), has said that Pope Francis has made several statements that could be reasonably understood as material heresies. I was chuckling with a prominent theologian at the subtext of Cdl. Muller’s statement: the only way someone could be guilty of regular, serial material heresies without being guilty of formal heresy would be if they were not very bright.
When God wants to clarify things He often sends controversy. In the first thousand years of the Church the great controversies were over the nature of Christ. Now, we are engaged in a great controversy over the extent and limitations of any Pope’s authority and over the relationship between the Bishops of the world and the Pope – what their legitimate obligations are and the extent of their autonomy. It is messy (to use one of Francis’ favorite words), but I have no doubt that it will bear the fruit of clarity. When all is resolved, the “do your own thing” Catholics and the “do whatever the current Pope says on all things” Catholics will clearly know their error. They will know that they have a legitimate duty of obedience to the legitimate authority of Bishop and Pope, but that submission to an illegitimate exercise of that authority will not excuse them from accountability to the Lord for their fidelity to His commands. Our God is a demanding God. He demands that we try valiantly with our whole heart, mind and soul to serve Him with fidelity. But He is also a merciful Father. He knows our hearts. When we try our very best, He fortifies us and quickly forgives our many honest errors. But He knows when we slyly try to pretend a knowing infidelity is an honest error – and that kindles His wrath. Be open-hearted, do your best, and don’t worry.
Many in the Vatican establishment hope that this will be the end of Bp. Strickland’s influence in the Church. I think it is the beginning.
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A Sign of Hope 
Refreshing!! T.o.t.a.l.l.y. love this, Charlie, and all your insights as well as the hope shared. The interview which you describe sounds like a familiar one making the rounds. If it’s who I think it is, the whole website, Where Peter Is, is filled with people who have turned a blind eye to the problems with the current papacy. Papolatry reigns at that site.
Onward: TNRS, ASOH, CORAC!!
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God Bless, Charlie and safe travels!!!
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First thing Monday morning my Pastor, to me privately, railed against Bishop Strickland and said he doesn’t know him, doesn’t know anything about him, but hopes he retires and truly thinks about what he has done and prays for forgiveness! I was shocked into silence!
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“… doesn’t know him, doesn’t know anything about him…” Well, then, that was an uninformed hope and bit of advice. What a whirlwind of chaos we humans can swirl.
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This reminds me of an instance where a priest also privately railed against our good and holy pastor for advocating for our own chapel of Perpetual Adoration. This priest thought he was convincing me but I know he was surprised by my horror when he said, “There’s something wrong with the theology. Jesus isn’t in there.” I pray that my reaction made him rethink his heresy before he died in a single-car accident a few months later.
Your silence and facial cues may have made an impact on this priest, Nance. Pray hard for him because Jesus, our Lord, does not take such remonstrations lightly.
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Looking for a new parish yet? (Only half joking)
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Well…this same priest “left the door unlocked” while he said Mass during the c-time and said he assumed any host on the altar would indeed be consecrated…so we were never without Our Lord. For this alone, I think I’ll bloom where I am planted.
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Charlie, would this particular clown happen to claim to be both reasonable and a tad theological?
If so, this clown is far more dangerous than he appears. For not only does he make long, rambling, often incoherent videos about some of the most controversial subjects of our day, he insists anyone who disagrees with his particular take is confused by satan. He also says people can disagree with his position, then blocks anyone offering level headed criticism of his positions.
As Charlie said above, this person vigorously defends the current pontificate, and refuses to recognize that it is even possible for any issues doctrinally or theologically to come from not only the pope, but any organ of the magisterium. Of course, this person has spent the past ten years in a wide variety of religions, including Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy, but has claimed to be Catholic since the end of 2019/early 2020.
His danger comes from the fact I am starting to see him cited as an authority on the crisis in the church, especially online. The subreddit r/Catholicism is full of people who post his videos as if they have more magisterial weight than what the pope has actually said. I once watched his video on “explaining” Amoris Laetitia, which is something like 2-1/2 hours long. I then found a document from Ratzinger in 1994, and from a cardinal in 2007, explaining that the divorced and remarried cannot receive communion unless they agree to live as brother and sister.
To sum up- don’t buy this persons arguments defending Francis. Just because someone is cited as an authority, especially online, does not they are not a clown.
PS- Charlie, I am the relatively young CORAC member you met in Columbia MD early this year, if you remember.
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Welcome to commenting, LongSun. You have characterized this figure well. His seeming rising authority online is a reflection of poor catechesis on the part of too many Catholics. Blessedly, over the last nearly ten years now, Charlie has prepared this community well in discerning carefully and in realizing that we all – including the clowns among us – must Choose or perish. God IS making all things new. May we, each one, open wide our hearts to His work in us as well. Such a JOY to have been created for these times!! 🙂
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Thank you Beckita!
I realized I typed that whole comment without mentioning the Almighty. I hope He will soon let all the scales fall from everyone’s eyes and the truth be revealed. And I definitely didn’t mean to imply the people here aren’t prepared or on guard! Nor do I wish to be overly harsh towards this person, just the right amount of harsh, haha.
A lot of younger YouTubers who are in the traditional Catholic space are worried that this person may falsify Catholicism for his followers. If Pope Francis or Fernandez or some other high ranking official ever published something even this person could not deny as heretical, a lot of people’s faith could be shaken.
As Charlie has said, we seem to be on the cusp of something major happen in the Church or the world (or both at the same time). When that happens, I don’t want people to loose faith. I will trust and pray that any led astray by this man will remain in the Baroque of Peter!
Also, my odd username is a reference to my favorite Catholic author- Gene Wolfe. His series “The Solar Cycle” is a masterpiece. Tolkien gets all the love, but Wolfe is just as good, says I!
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It’s all good, LongSun. You’re in the company of a community that agrees with your concerns that we remain in the Barque of Peter while following Christ’s actual teachings. Glad you’re with us. Have you looked into CORAC yet?
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Beckita,
I am a member, as I mentioned in the PS of my first comment! Also, my mom just told me she knows you – she is a member in Region 8. I am in Region 3. I am also heavily involved in my local parish, in both youth ministry and young adults (though like many young people, am pro-latin mass). I am trying to build up some strong local connections to endure the storm to come. Most people I have spoken to about the coming storm have been very receptive. I am trying to get some of them to start coming to the CORAC .
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Since I’m on the computer, I can’t post the icon where the female slaps herself on the forehead for not remembering your PS. 🙂 So happy you’re in CORAC. Prayers for you, Dear Longsun, and all the good things you’re doing as you next right step your way through these days. Nice work on inviting others to join you/us in CORAC.
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Ah yes, I hope to see you again sometime after the first of the year. The Deep Church loves to use clowns like this, playing on their desperation to be somebody, then tosses them to the curb when their usefulness is exhausted. Kind of like the satan treats his minions.
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I suppose I’m just a naive And I’ve been told I’m idealistic (yes I had to look the latter one up 😂) but isn’t it possible that Pope Francis is really not doing these horrible things…but In actuality those evil people around him?!?!?! 🙏🙏🙏. But then again, I’d probably not believe the evil people around him are capable of such evil either since I’m an idealistic 😩😩😩🙏🙏🙏 Lord have mercy on us all
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Linda, the Pope himself has invited a LOT of the bad actors to come to the Vatican and take up a position of power while he is very aware of what is going on around him. Why has he not corrected those who are making an awful mess of things? A Pope has great authority. Why not exert it to clean up messes?
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It’s so sad😩. Mike and I are watching Fr heilman Doug berry Fr ripperger podcast that came out tonight on this and it’s very interesting 🧐 thank you Beckita 🥰🙏😘
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Fr Ripperger is focusing people well. I just listened to two of his You Tube recording which were posted in the last two weeks. It’s also a time of JOY and great hope as a New Day is dawning in the midst of the darkness. We can actually live the Triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart in our own hearts… even now.
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Amen beckita amen!!!🙏🙏🙏. I might be crazy 😜 but I am actually feeling great joy at what is happening for I feel we are getting closer to the triumph 🥰🙏🥳. Thanksgiving too 🦃😳lol doesn’t time seem to be going faster or is that just part of getting old😂😂😂
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Linda 🙂
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Perhaps, but leaders are responsible for what happens under their watch and who they choose to advise them. Willful ignorance only goes so far.
Lake
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I certainly do cling to the hope “that the hour of darkness in the Church is almost over”! If there is a separation of the sheep and the goats, I have great fear for our diocese. You, Charlie, at one time correctly named our leader as one of the most controversial in the U.S. (Hint: he is no longer “just” a bishop.) I hate to think how many priests might follow him into error.
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“The Vatican has yet to release a canonical reason for the dismissal. I am sure it will concoct one in time. But everyone already knows the actual reason: Bp. Strickland actually believes in God and that Scripture and the Magisterium are not negotiable.”
(CJ).
I had a similar experience back in the early 80’s at my home church here in Florida.
Our Lady of Fatima had a very Marian priest who’s dedication to God lead our parish to great events, even a few visits from Fr. Gobbi of the Marian Movement of Priests and Vincent P. Miceli Author of the books The Gods of Atheism and The Antichrist as well as dozens of other priests who came for our Mariopolis events. It was a highly spiritual time full of devotion and processions, we even went to every corner of our county with Fr Gobbi and consecrated it to Our Lady.
It was a glorious time!
Alas, the powers that be in our Diocese didn’t like this and sent a spy among us to “document” the “cultist behavior” which lead to them dismissing our pastor overnight and locking him out of the church. We went through a chastisment period where all devotions were stopped, statues removed and pastors with little faith installed.
It was difficult to continue after our pastor was removed. So many stories went around about “back door” shenanigans that were obviously made up to impune him but the fruits of this priest’s life precluded such tripe.
God bless us in these times of trouble.
I saw a short video from Bishop Fulton Sheen. It is amazingly prescient for today even though it was recorded decades ago.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS:
Latest from Taylor Marshall – Strickland & Crusade against Demons:
https://allenwest.substack.com/p/the-vs-these
https://www.declassified.live/p/video-contradicts-doj-allegations
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/85507/san-francisco-clears-out-bums-builds-wall-for-xi-jinpings.html
I’m deeply saddened by this 😉
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/company-behind-miss-universe-files-bankruptcy-accepting-transgender-contestants
https://stream.org/category/us/
https://townhall.com/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258jvcdv.1s7v/4d076a7f
https://www.thedailybs.com/news
https://patriotpost.us/digests/102197-mid-day-digest-2023-11-15?mailing_id=7917
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!
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Bishop Strickland after being removed said he respects the pope’s decision and called for prayers for himself and for Pope Francis. Bp Strickland stated that even though dark forces are trying to eliminate the truth, the truth gloriously is not going to go away.
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I’ve heard a lot of people saying that their priests have cautioned them not to air dirty laundry on the internet and have a “let’s see what happens” attitude.
There was a saint, I’m thinking a Catherine? I THINK of Sienna. Something about how she was sick of the silence that was rotting the church.
I don’t know, I see this as a good teaching opportunity. Not arguing, but instruction.
(And I still haven’t heard back from Region 4)
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Hey Briana, I like that. Some years ago, one of my director Priests suggested I read Sigrid Unset’s biography of St. Catherine of Sienna because she reminded him of me. I’ll tell you what, here at CORAC, we are not contributing to the rot of the Church by silence, are we? To take a page from CrewDog, God bless you and all here!
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Will someone in the know check out Julie Green on youtube. She appears to be sending on words from god, but she keeps saying God will save us…never does He seem to say, like Mary, pray, pray, pray.
Yes she appears to be Evangelical, but I started watching, so glad God was telling them also. Now I’m not so sure. Seems like she is preparing for the Antichrist. But I am not at all discerning, so will someone else please advise?
Meanwhile, I will say another Rosary.
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I’ve listened to some of Julie Green’s alleged prophecies, Nance, as someone else recommended them to me. She sounds sincere, but I opted out because she has no spiritual director guiding her and assisting her in discernment. Most of all, though, I have heard so many prophetic words over time, some alleged and some approved. We have to remember what Charlie taught us well (More than 80 pieces back at TNRS about prophecy): It is verrrry difficult work to interpret correctly.
Additionally, knowing that if we lived the Gospel there would be NO need for the private revelation which guides us back to fully living Public Revelation. I also recall another dimension of prophecy which Charlie has taught us: (paraphrasing now) God does not give prophetic words so we get the inside scoop on what’s going to happen nor that we may know the details in His Mind about what His Plan entails. Ultimately, God communicates via prophecy to urge us to repent as well as to pray for our brothers and sisters who are far from Him.
Then, I ponder how this Storm will draw us into relying on God completely and to refocus on the truth that the Source of every iota of goodness can be traced back to Him. Isn’t it enough to simply trust God and His Great Plan for these times? To open our hands in prayer to welcome whatever it is that He is doing and to obey Him right away when He signals to us what it is He wishes us to do? And, as ever, to live the ordinary and wondrous ways given by the Church to grow in deeper union with The One Who wants an intimate union with us on THIS side of the veil… and this includes praying for our fellows that they, too, will make a wholehearted return to the Lord.
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … Happy Day! 😉
https://catholicexchange.com/how-our-worldly-failures-lead-us-to-grow-in-hope/
https://catholicvote.org/catholic-photojournalist-reflects-on-explosion-of-nyc-eucharistic-processions/
Not a good SIGN ;-( … Be Careful Out-There-There this Christmas Shopping Season … especially after Dark .. Situational Awareness … Something doesn’t look feel right? Bug Out!
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2023/11/16/bethlehem-cancels-christmas-hamas-martyrs-celebrated-instead/
…… Why is this Letter coming back 21 years on!? Not a good SIGN #2
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/11/15/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-goes-viral-21-years-later-n592784
https://onepeterfive.com/the-woman-who-refuted-the-feminists/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/silence-in-the-face-of-the-homosexual-infestation-of-the-clergy
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/the-demise-of-the-parish-cemetery/
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/broglio-pierre-spar-on-synodality
https://catholicvote.org/teachers-union-boss-slammed-homeschool/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/who-is-to-blame-when-catholics-leave-the-church
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/16/what-this-pro-life-ohioan-learned-from-losing-to-pro-abortion-radicals/
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/11/16/report-anti-christian-hate-crimes-in-europe-leapt-by-44-percent-in-2022/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/15/editorial-justice-department-fbi-and-congress-team/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.thedailybs.com/news
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258jvn29.1trf/bbb0682b
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
https://hotair.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
https://patriotpost.us/digests/102226-mid-day-digest-2023-11-16
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!
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https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/16/what-this-pro-life-ohioan-learned-from-losing-to-pro-abortion-radicals/
a quote from above excellent article:
“Wednesday-morning quarterbacks will also say we lost because Ohio’s six-week ban on abortion (the Heartbeat Law), which allowed no exceptions for rape or incest, was “too extreme.” But rape and incest exceptions are not actually “exceptions” — these are human persons. No politician effectively made this point, or even tried to. So it is not “extreme” to hold fast to principles of science and medical ethics when pro-lifers say that the manner in which one is conceived does not eliminate one’s humanity or right to be born.”
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I am impressed by Bishop Strickland’s calm courage to show up at the annual USCCB meeting, and to pray the Rosary outside with the faithful, immediately following a worldwide public shaming event that, because of its secrecy, intentionally invites any number of unjust speculations against him by those so inclined. Our Lord was similarly publicly shamed. And then . . . .
God bless and keep you, faithful Bishop Strickland.
Sister Bear
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Slight correction: According to Bishop Strickland’s interview yesterday with Raymond Arroyo, the Bishop was in Baltimore to fulfill some prior commitments. He was asked not to attend the meeting with the bishops, and he didn’t.
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … Happy Day! 😉
https://catholicexchange.com/faithfulness-in-waiting-the-33rd-sunday-of-ordinary-time/
https://onepeterfive.com/traditional-catholic-womens-conference/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/twilight-in-tyler
https://www.catholicleague.org/phony-christian-group-rips-bishop-strickland/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-most-insane-reaction-to-stricklands-ousting
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/eeoc-denying-reality-to-punish-christians/
https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2023/11/16/weekly-news-roundup-bishop-strickland-removed-court-ordered-euthanasia-in-uk-national-survey-of-priests-in-us/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/welcome-candor-from-us-bishops-conference/
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/11/15/several-states-may-have-measures-next-year-for-abortions-up-to-birth/
https://catholicvote.org/what-the-fbi-sent-us/
https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/now-right-in-front-of-us
If you net-search this subject ALL The Usual Media Suspects claim it’s Bogus! THEY march Lockstep ANYTIME negative VAXX News is published .. Satanic Genocide Enablers!
https://vigilantnews.com/post/ob-gyn-drops-alarming-miscarriage-data-before-congress-ive-never-seen-this-before
Nikki Babe is a Swamp UniParty NeoCon
https://catholicvote.org/haley-gov-should-doxx-anon-social-media-users/
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/11/16/chaos-is-a-choice-n2631203
https://canadafreepress.com/article/time-to-boot-the-obamas-out-of-washington
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/14/biden-admin-removes-restrictions-on-china-purchasing-american-technology-that-could-be-used-against-us/
https://justthenews.com/podcasts/victor-davis-hanson-show/victor-davis-hanson-military-academies-our-censors-and-us-debt
https://www.thedailybs.com/news
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!
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The not so good guys continue to be exposed.
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Amen!
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Hi Becks, How are you doing? Been a while. Lots going on in my family, but doing OK. How is Fr. Wang doing?
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Doing well, Doug. Pressing forward in all that is, knowing that the only way out of what is is through it. 🙂 God bless you and your clan.
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS:
https://www.markmallett.com/blog/the-big-lie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/judge-rules-trump-can-remain-on-colorado-primary-ballot
https://peachykeenan.substack.com/p/osamas-so-hot-right-now
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2023/11/17/breaking-speaker-johnson-releases-j6-footage-the-left-is-gonna-flip-out-n4924035
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/16/report-rhodes-college-chaplain-tries-to-hold-unsanctioned-bdsm-workshop/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-declines-to-reinstate-florida-law-regulating-drag-shows/
https://floppingaces.net/2023/11/17/the-week-in-radical-leftism-11-17-2023/
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bud-light-exec-resigns-trans
https://patriotpost.us/digests/102272-mid-day-digest-2023-11-17
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!
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