Finally... peace in the Middle East

South Park - Van Halen from Alvaro Gómez Viveros on Vimeo.

Did the South American Socialist REALLY deny the existence of Hell?

“An error which is not resisted is approved; a truth which is not defended is suppressed…. He who does not oppose an evident crime is open to the suspicion of secret complicity.” – Pope Felix III

Presider-in-Chief Bergoglio is at it again.

His rather schizophrenic brand of eschatology is again sowing confusion and dissent among the Faithful.

As everyone by now knows, he supposedly has denied the existence of Hell.

In all fairness, when I first heard this, I just blew it off as just another anti-Catholic rant.

Upon looking a bit deeper into the accusation, come to find out that this was published by Eugenio Scalfari, the 93 year old professional atheist of La Repubblica, Italy's communist-friendly newspaper.

Scalfari, famed for never taking notes or using any recording devices, only relying on his memory, is reporting that his sit-down with Bergoglio went something like this;

[Scalfari:] Your Holiness, in our last meeting you told me that at a certain point our species will disappear, and God, always using His creative seed, will create other species. You never spoke to me about souls who die in sin and go to hell to suffer there for eternity. Instead you spoke to me of good souls who are admitted to the contemplation of God. But what of evil souls? Where do they go in punishment?

[Francis:] They do not go anywhere in punishment. Those who repent obtain the forgiveness of God and go among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and therefore cannot be forgiven vanish. Hell does not exist, only the disappearance of sinful souls.

Now I'm never one to take the word of a watered-down communist, but the official Vatican response came up as being, as usual for Bergoglio, it was confusing and more than capable of sowing dissent.

As reported by the National Catholic Register;

In a statement Thursday, the Vatican said the Pope had “recently received” Scalfari “in a private meeting at Easter, but did not grant him any interviews.” It added that “as reported today” by Scalfari, “the article is the result of his reconstruction, in which the exact words spoken by the Pope are not quoted.” The statement said “no quotation marks in the above article should therefore be considered as a faithful transcription of the Holy Father's words.”

What the hell is that suppose to mean? I have a novel idea... how about just denying that he didn't just piss all over 2,000 of Catholic teaching.

The Cave is OPEN!

Yeah, the Lair has been shut-down for over a decade, but due to popular demand, the stone has been rolled away.

If you think I've mellowed with age, you couldn't be more wrong.

If anything, I'll be going after the Novus Ordo with even more vigor than before.

Heretics, Roman Protestants, liberation theologists, South American Jesuits... stand by to be cleansed with fire.

Blast from the Past
Adolf and the Caveman

I Don't Think This Would Count As A Baptism Of Blood...

My latest and greatest tattoo.

And yes, it hurt. A LOT!

Now if I can just find a priest who will bless this particular Scapular.

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Who Knew There Was A New El Cerro Grande In Wilmington, NC?
Helmet tip to the enigmatic and far away C

Or is the Diocese of Raleigh just making a run for the border? Hey, where's the Churro stand?

Yo Quero Novus Ordo The Shrine of St. Mary's, Wilmington, N.C. Diocese of Raleigh
Hmmm... I wonder if there's going to be a Corned Beef & Cabbage Mary during the celebration for Our Lady of Knock?

Bishop declares appearances of Blessed Virgin in Wisconsin as “worthy of belief"

The California Catholic Daily is reporting that Bishop David Ricken announced today that he officially approves the Marian apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help at Champion.

Declared with moral certainty

Reading from his decree, the Bishop stated, "I declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele Brise in October of 1859 do exhibit the substance of supernatural character, and I do hereby approve these apparitions as worthy of belief (although not obligatory) by the Christian faithful."

The declaration makes Our Lady of Good Help at Champion the first and only site in the United States of an approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Three apparitions in 1859

In October 1859, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on three occasions to Adele Brise, a young Belgian immigrant. Brise stated that a lady dressed in dazzling white appeared to her and claimed to be the "Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners."

The Lady asked Brise to pray for sinners, as well as to gather the children and teach them what they should know for salvation. The Blessed Virgin followed the commands with these words of assurance to Adele Brise, "Go and fear nothing, I will help you."

What many Catholic news organs are leaving out is the warning from Our Lady of Good Hope at Champion; (emphasis mine)

"I am the Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same. You received Holy Communion this morning, and that is well. But you must do more. Make a general confession, and offer Communion for the conversion of sinners. If they do not convert and do penance, my Son will be obliged to punish them."Click here for the entire article from Cal Catholic.

More Fallout From The Dolan Comments On God
"Him or Her or whatever" according to Dolan

Social Security, Abortion, and the Year 2025

In 1950, there were 16 workers for each Social Security retiree. Present day, that number has dropped to 3.3 workers per retiree, and by 2025, it will take two workers per retiree.

LifeNews.com is reporting that since the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, 53 million American children have had their lives terminated via the abortion procedure.

America has always had enough citizens to pay for Social Security. The only problem -- we keep killing them.

This Moment of Lunacy was Brought to you by The Second Vatican Council

Rorate Caeli has posted the 'Pre-Party Mass' in the Archiocese of Maringá, Brazil. The novel way of the entrance of the Gospel is quite interesting (1 minute into the video).


Contacted by a concerned Catholic by e-mail, the Archbishop of Maringá responded thus:

The pre-party masses are the mass of the Roman Ritual [sic] which all of us Roman Apostolic Catholics celebrate. It is just celebrated with certain symbols, dances, for young people... [sic]

No one needs to be scandalized by this... [sic]

God bless you!!

Abp. Anuar Battisti [Source: Fratres in Unum; tip and translation: reader]

Here We Go, Again!

"Spirit of Vatican II" Vs. Vatican II

Anglican Bishop to convert to Catholicism

According to CatholicCulture.org, a bishop of the Church of England has announced his plan to resign before the end of this year, and join an Anglican ordinariate in the Catholic Church.

Bishop John Broadhurst of Fulham is the first leading Anglican prelate to announce that he plans to accept the invitation offered by Pope Benedict XVI in Anglicanorum Coetibus.

Click here for the remainder of the article...