
After the coronavirus: the road of true freedom
Mons. Giampaolo Crepaldi | June 30, 2020 A few weeks ago, right in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, I had an opportunity, as both
The recitation of the Holy Rosary in Fatima on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ended with a triple act of consecration of Portugal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, pronounced by a visibly moved Cardinal Marto in union with the bishops of other churches scattered throughout the world. It was of an absolutely touching religious intensity.
In a time of emergency such as the current pandemic triggered by the notorious Covid-19, to know how to cling to the Heart of the Mother of God is what distinguishes those who still have the true Catholic faith from those who have been overwhelmed by discouragement. There is no middle ground or possible compromise.
At the same time, it is sad and painful to ascertain the total absence of any interest, however remote, from the Italian bishops. Although they received many solicitations by email to join the initiative promoted by this blog, signed by Dr. Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, our bishops have not shown the slightest disposition to join, as part of the Italian Church, this extraordinary act to renew the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I cannot even remotely think they did this out of malice – only God can judge. I am unable to doubt the sincerity and kindness of those whom I know. Instead, I just think that this is further proof of our still fragile faith, which the Lord wants us to renew. This reminded me of that passage from the Old Testament in which Moses is unable to convince the Pharaoh of Egypt to let the people of Israel go, who are enslaved in that country. In that passage, God himself says: “I will harden the heart of Pharaoh” (Ex 7,3). But He goes on to say: “I will multiply my signs and wonders.”
I expect with full confidence that the Lord will grant our people a true conversion, precisely through these and other tests for our faith. The system is exploding at all levels, and even the Church, which had held until a few years ago, is losing public visibility, but not in the innermost part of the minds and hearts of many laity and clergy.
If they want, there is still time to perform in Italy an act similar to the one held in Fatima, renewing the consecration done by Pius XII in 1942.
In any case, if the Italian bishops at least individually remain silent, entrenched behind the Italian Bishops’ Conference, almost as if it were a body of divine law instituted by Christ (!), the individual faithful are still able to perform (even repeatedly and from a distance) individual or community acts of consecration. And the priests can consecrate their parishes in private celebrations behind closed doors like those in the Cenacle (“when the doors were shut where the disciples gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came”- John 20:19) to consecrate their parishes, religious communities, and groups of faithful entrusted to them. I am sure that many will do so, and they would do well to make it known through friendly blogs like this one and many others. It will be an example for everyone! Veni Sancte Spiritus, venit per Mariam!
Source: Stilum Curiae
Translated by the staff of Fatima Today: Tragedy and Hope.
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Mons. Giampaolo Crepaldi | June 30, 2020 A few weeks ago, right in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, I had an opportunity, as both
“Compared to the Church in the south, our situation is rather tranquil. In past years we have had a relatively tranquil location; Sunday Masses, solemn Masses, and all activities of prayer proceeded in a more or less regular way. All this ended with the signing of the provisory Sino-Vatican agreement on September 22, 2018
Someday, when historians study the huge crisis triggered by the coronavirus, they will ask many questions they may already have some elements to answer. Amid the crisis, with Italy still in quarantine, we cannot but ask questions. They are neither few nor trivial.
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Founded just weeks ago by Lisa Bergman and Joe and Ann Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League, the Chicago-based St. Charles Borromeo Society has expanded its focus from getting churches in the Chicagoland area to reopen to now serving as a nationwide resource for U.S. Catholics interested in getting churches in their own dioceses opened up again.
Indeed, the management of the coronavirus crisis accepts no help from outside. God has no meaning or function inside all the efforts to eradicate it. In God’s stead, there are the immense powers of government mobilized to control every aspect of life to prevent its spread. The mighty arm of science scrambles to find a vaccine. The worlds of finance and technology are brought to bear to mitigate the disastrous effects of the crisis.
If today we take a look at the institutionalised evil in our societies we are stunned by its vastness and depth. We discover that, in general, evil is committed by public authorities who imposed it as a lawful duty, forbidding the exact opposite: doing good. The sheer number of evil structures is astounding. Think about the numbers of surgical and chemical abortions that occur,
The group of Mexicans noted that “their idea and mission is to snatch souls from the enemy since today’s youth no longer approach the sacraments nor Jesus and Mary.”
This year, due to the mandatory confinement decreed by the Government, the faithful were unable to keep this tradition to express their Marian devotion. For this reason, the Diocese of Cucuta decided to walk the streets carrying the statue of the Blessed Virgin on a caravan to visit her children.
“To serve this population, we have three hospitals, 108 health centers, and approximately ten thousand workers, including professionals, technicians, and auxiliaries. Today, May 13, we decided to celebrate the feast of the Virgin of Fatima as an act of gratitude and tribute to God,” he explained.
All the priest-volunteers on the “Anointing Corps,” which launched early this month, are under 50, and most are parochial vicars. The team has anointed at least a dozen patients so far, the archdiocese said May 12.
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The first names of its signatories, which have become public, are representative of an episcopal current whose doctrine has clearly inspired the writing of the document. They are prelates of German descent, now retired, who in their youth were thrilled with the Marxist revolution promoted by the standard-bearers of Liberation Theology. After the collapse of the USSR, these prelates – and others of the same ideological current – recycled themselves into environmentalist and indigenous utopians.
By the end of the century, almost every country in the world will have fertility rates below the replacement level, 23 countries will see their population more than cut in half, and if societies do not reorganize, it will be a disaster. Finally, someone who is not labeled as pro-life (and thus discredited) has become aware of the demographic catastrophe that we are facing.
Thus, while some are distancing themselves from Sanger and her ideas about race, this is no problem for the more than 800 abortion clinics spread throughout the United States. Eugenics, for them, is nothing more than a private belief of Margaret Sanger. Eugenics can be certainly condemned but has no affect on the “meritorious” birth control activities at Planned Parenthood.
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A recent op-ed in the British daily, The Guardian, is an eye-opener. The author is Jessa Crispin, a U.S. correspondent for the paper and a former Planned Parenthood employee, who worked at a Texas chapter of the organization for around five years. She bitterly complains that “the pro-choice movement is in tatters” and “Planned Parenthood is part of the problem.”
As the Vatican continues to evaluate a reported Eucharistic miracle in Poland, the priest of the parish where it occurred says that the extraordinary event has led to conversions.
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It takes a certain stubbornness not to consider the real danger that the pandemic has produced for unborn life, given the increased commitment by governments to guarantee abortion in every situation, even at home,
Italian Bishops Shun Fatima Consecration The recitation of the Holy Rosary in Fatima on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ended
Lucia writes, “Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke,
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“It was upon saying these last words, ‘the grace of God…’ that for the first time she opened her hands, which emitted a most intense light that penetrated our breasts, reaching the innermost part of our souls and making us see ourselves in God, Who was that light, more clearly than we can see ourselves in the best of mirrors.
At Fatima in 1917, the Blessed Mother herself warned that if humanity did not change its ways and convert, the crisis that had already begun would worsen. In the second part of the secret revealed by the visionary Lucia, Mary announced chastisements that would affect temporal society, but which could be avoided if people converted, if atheism was opposed and the world was consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart. Practically speaking, Mary warned that the moral crisis would provoke a material crisis.
“The Tears of Our Lady Wet my Finger” by Fr. Elmo Romagosa. It was published on July 20 in the Clarion Herald, a New Orleans weekly, distributed in eleven Louisiana parishes or counties.
It is always good to listen when pro-abortion feminists speak frankly about the state of their movement. It reveals the weakness of the other side and helps dispel the illusion of liberal invincibility.
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The other day, during Sunday Mass in a leading parish in Milan, the celebrant revealed a chilling fact: after the reopening, in the Ambrosian diocese, only 30% of the faithful returned to the churches. “Families and children have totally disappeared, he said.” The situation in the rest of Italy is not much better.
Without malice, I thought, “you abandoned them during the most critical period of the pandemic, and they now repay you in the same manner.”
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