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"Two Popes": Has the Papacy become a Diarchy?
Messori enters into the picture, Socci stands his ground and questions
Special double-article post
Our contributor Francesca Romana presents us with a special double translation: first, Vittorio Messori's article published in Corriere della Sera earlier this week (May 28) in which he presents his (in our opinion disturbing and theologically troubling) view of a kind of diarchical papacy. Antonio Socci, who has been defending this bizarre concept for months, published on the following day (May 29) a reply in Libero.
What is going on? Why on earth is probably the most influential Vatican affairs commentator, Messori, raising this matter now? Why, as Socci implies, does he seem to have made a 180-degree turn on the very important matter of "here we rule one at a time." We provide no answers, as it often happens we just wish to bring to English-speaking readers what is being written in other languages but is being overlooked by the mainstream media. We report, you decide.
Ratzinger did not withdraw to a private life. Here is why we truly have two Popes.
Corriere della Sera, May 28, 2014
"Dear Brothers, I have convoked you […] also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God […]and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter."
Completely unexpected, said in Latin in a low voice, those words were like a whip that went round the globe in just a few minutes. And also into countries where the majority is not Catholic and not even Christian, but where the historical uniqueness of the event was understood immediately. Let us not forget that - according to the recent words of the Protestant Obama, the Orthodox Putin and the Anglican Cameron - the Roman Pontiff would be today the highest moral authority on the planet.
To return to that February 11, 2013, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, those who know the Catholic world are aware that we are still questioning and confronting each other [about it], even harshly.
The sides seem to be two: on the one hand there are the guardians of Tradition, for whom the "renunciation" (not demission, the Pope not having anyone on earth to present it to) even if it is foreseen in Canon Law, would be a sort of defection, almost as if Benedict XVI considered his office like that of a president of a multinational or a State. And so, it was necessary he retire to a private life because of declining age, for the sake of issues of efficiency; [he]refused, instead, the long public agony chosen by John Paul II. On the other hand, we have the side of those who are rejoicing: the renunciation would end the sacredness of the Pontiff - that mystical aura surrounding his person - and therefore [there would be] the conforming of the Bishop of Rome to the same norm of all bishops - desired by Paul VI; that is, the renunciation of the governing of a diocese and official appointments in the Roman Curia at the age of 75.
In the background, though, there remained questions which seemed to have no answers: why did he not choose to call himself "Bishop Emeritus of Rome" (as the Civiltà Cattolica suggested) rather than "Pope Emeritus" ? Why did he not renounce the white cassock, even if he took off the cape and the annulus piscatorius from his finger, the sign of his ruling authority? Why did he not withdraw into the silence of a cloistered monastery, instead of staying within the confines of Vatican City, next to Saint Peter's - meeting often – even if in private – with his successor, receiving guests and participating in ceremonies and canonizations like the ones recently of Roncalli and Wojtyla?
I must confess I asked myself similar questions - remaining perplexed.
A response to these questions comes now from a study by Stefano Violi, esteemed Professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Theology in Bologna and Lugano. It is worth examining these many pages, since with Benedict's decision, unknown and somewhat disconcerting scenarios have opened up for the Church. It is probable that the conclusions by Professor Violi will stir up debate among colleagues, seeing that this canon lawyer hypothesizes that Ratzinger's act is profoundly innovative, and that there really are two living Popes: even if one of them by his own will, – to say it in a simplistic but not wrong way – in our view - "halved himself".
So that we understand: firstly, all of the delirium from conspiracy hunters is to be abandoned, by taking Benedict seriously when he spoke of the growing burden of old age as the prime and only motive for his decision: "[…]strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me […] my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." However, studying in-depth the very precise Latin with which Joseph Ratzinger accompanied his decision, the eyes of the canon lawyer discovered that it goes way beyond its few historical antecedents and also beyond the discipline foreseen for the "renunciation" in the present Code of the Church.
That is to say, we discover, that Benedict XVI did not intend to renounce the munus petrinus, nor the office, or the duties, i.e. which Christ Himself attributed to the Head of the Apostles and which has been passed on to his successors. The Pope intended to renounce only the ministerium, which is the exercise and concrete administration of that office. In the formula employed by Benedict, primarily, there is a distinction between the munus, the papal office, and the execution, that is the active exercise of the office itself: but the executio is twofold: there is the governmental aspect which is exercised agendo et loquendo - working and teaching; but there is also the spiritual aspect, no less important, which is exercised orando et patendo – praying and suffering. It is that which would be behind Benedict XVI's words : "I do not return to private life […] I no longer bear the power of office for the governance of the Church, but in the service of prayer I remain, so to speak, in the enclosure of Saint Peter." "Enclosure" here would not be meant only in the sense of a geographical place, where one lives, but also a theological "place."
Here then is the reason for his choice, unexpected and innovative, to have himself called "Pope Emeritus." A bishop remains a bishop when age or sickness obliges him to leave the government of his diocese and so retires to pray for it. More so, for the Bishop of Rome, to whom the munus, the office, and the duties of Peter have been conferred once and for all, for all eternity, by the Holy Ghost, using the cardinals in conclave only as instruments. Here we have the reason for his decision to wear the white cassock, even though bereft of the signs of active government. Here is the reason for his will to stay near the relics of the Head of the Apostles, venerated in the great basilica.
To cite Professor Violi: "Benedict XVI divested himself of all the power of government and command inherent in his office, without however, abandoning his service to the Church: this continues through the exercise of the spiritual dimension of the pontifical munus entrusted to him. This he did not intend renouncing. He renounced not his duties, which are, irrevocable, but the concrete execution of them." Is it perhaps for this that Francis seems not to be fond of calling himself "Pope" aware as he is of sharing the pontifical munus, at least in the spiritual dimension, with Benedict?
Instead, what he has inherited entirely from Benedict, is the office of the Bishop of Rome. Is it for this reason, as everyone knows, this has been his favourite definition, from the very first words of greeting to the people after his election? So much so, that many surprised, asked themselves why he had never used the word "Pope" or "Pontiff" on such a solemn occasion, in front of the televisions of the entire world and spoke only about his role as the successor to the Roman Episcopate.
Therefore: would the Church then for the first time, truly have two Popes, one reigning and one emeritus? It appears that this was the will of Joseph Ratzinger himself, with the renunciation of active service only and that it was "a solemn act of his magisterium" to cite the canon lawyer.
If it truly is so, so much the better for the Church: it is a gift that they are near each other even physically - one who directs and teaches and one who prays and suffers for everyone, but most of all to sustain his confrere in his everyday pontifical office.
Now even the "Corriere" and Messori have discovered that there are two Popes. Repeating what we had written three months ago, but pretending not to know the consequences ("they hide their hand after throwing the stone")
Libero, May 29, 2014
Yesterday a page written by Messori in the "Corriere della Sera" (with the title: "Here is why we truly have two Popes") disclosed a sensational revelation: Benedict XVI, in renouncing his mandate by using certain expressions, left: "only his power of government and command over the Church."
Nevertheless he maintains" the munus, the papal office" which "is irrevocable". He renounced only "its concrete exercise." Which means that the Church would really have "two Popes" – a diarchy.
This revelation is truly sensational. It is a shame that it was already made and commented upon – many times, with plenty of argumentation – three months ago, here in the columns of "Libero" (four installments of my inquiry, starting on February 9).
Three months later, Messori and the "Corriere" presented all of it as if it were their own scoop (taking as a pretext one of the essays by a canon lawyer which came out recently), without referring to everything that had happened between February and March.
THE SWISS GUARDS
Indeed, my inquiry into the demission of the Pope, a year after the renunciation, caused a great row: and the "Swiss Guards" of Vatican Insider- La Stampa" immediately protested, scandalized.
On February 14, the most zealous of them, Andrea Tornielli, after the first three installments of my enquiry, excommunicated it with these textual and surreal words:
"(a year after the demission) we have read many comments and analyses. Some – I must confess - reading them made me shudder – the idea almost of a diarchy is outlined, and even the notion that the "true" Pope is still Ratzinger. And unfortunately I am not referring only to the galaxy of prophecy followers – or of the false, apocalyptic prophecies – but also to writers, whose positions, nobody would have been able to imagine a year ago. Not to mention the many, who sensing they are no longer as "confirmed" in their vision, cultural battles, pastoral strategies, patterns of thought and their presence everywhere as "first of the class " - instead of a healthy examination of conscience, end up by being nostalgic and oppose - more or less subtly – the magisterium of Benedict to that of Francis."
Will Tornielli shudder also this time because of Messori's article? Last February, such was the horror of the Vatican journalist, investing himself in the role of tutor in the public order of ideas, that he felt it his duty to bother even poor Benedict XVI in order to ask him to deny or confirm my theses – despite knowing well that he had chosen the cloister.
THE IRONY OF RATZINGER
The "Pope Emeritus" obviously could not evade this petulant request, otherwise who knows what insinuations would have been made. Neither could he talk about what he had remained silent about until then. So he gave a fantastic answer…
"La Stampa" displayed – as a worldwide scoop, launched all over the globe – that strange note by Pope Ratzinger wherein –as the Turin newspaper reported – he denied my argumentation. In a particular way – according to Tornielli – Ratzinger denied being " Pope number two - he is not part of a "diarchy."
In reality, that note was not at all about a diarchy. Primarily his note however, contained a single piece of real news: it was in an enigmatic, exquisite response given by the Pope Emeritus, which by itself, should have made the "insiders" jump up onto their chairs!
Having to explain why he had kept the title of "Pope Emeritus", the name "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and the white cassock, Ratzinger wrote verbatim: "at the moment of my renunciation there were no other clothes available."
"La Stampa-Vatican Insider" thought such a surreal answer sounded just right. They were not even aware of the Pope's sensational irony and how he had elegantly eluded them.
It is obvious in fact, that such an answer meant that the Pope could not or did not want to speak nor explain the reasons for that choice.
You do not need much to understand it, since the renunciation had also been decided a year before and was announced twenty days prior to it becoming official. Therefore, it is impossible that "at the time of the renunciation" there were no "other clothes" available.
Anyway, nobody could believe that one would remain Pope for [purely] sartorial reasons…
In fact, two days after, February 28, the trusted Don Georg Gänswein, Ratinger's secretary, in an interview to "Avvenire" gave the real answer which Benedict could not or did not want to give in person. Here is how Don Georg explained why he had kept the title of Pope Emeritus: "He considers that this title corresponds to reality."
Anyone can understand that this statement is of exceptional importance: it means that Ratzinger dresses like a Pope because "he is" Pope.
So Tornielli, who became the fireman that extinguished a fire I caused, ended up involuntarily setting off a bigger one. It was increasingly evident that Benedict XVI did not resign from the Petrine Ministry, but only it from its "active exercise."
If and how this is possible and what it implies is a completely unresolved question, above all theologically.
In fact, last April 7, Sandro Magister, the most authoritative and reliable of Vatican journalists, on his very well-known internet site, recalled my inquiry and the "answer" given by "Vatican Insider" saying that – in his judgment – it did not respond the questions I had raised.
The TV had broadcast news of the controversy along with the Pope's extraordinary note; even the "Corriere della Sera" had (although with a superficial and arrogant article).
It is surprising that of all this, in the page of yesterday's "Corriere", there was not even the slightest mention.
What is particularly surprising however, is that Messori concludes his article with an (apparently) ingenuous hymn about the beauty of having two Popes "in the enclosure of Peter". An enclosure – explains Messori enthusiastically – that is not only geographic, but also a theological "place."
Evidently Messori does not remember his interview of a year ago, precisely with Andrea Tornielli, who never appeared to be enthusiastic about the fact that Ratzinger remained Pope Emeritus. In that interview – spurred by Tornielli's questions – Messori said he was very perplexed at the fact that Benedict had decided to stay in the Vatican.
And he said it very brusquely:
"What had surprised me at the time was the decision by Benedict XVI to stay "within the enclosure of St. Peter's"[…] I always remember this motto from the Savoia House: 'Here we rule one at a time.' The idea that one can construe being on the outside is that the emeritus may in some way, despite himself, influence his successor."
Yesterday Messori wrote something that seems to be the exact opposite:
"Would the Church then for the first time, truly have two Popes, one reigning and one emeritus? It appears that this was the will of Joseph Ratzinger himself, with the renunciation of active service only, and that it was "a solemn act of his magisterium" […]If it truly is so, so much the better for the Church: it is a gift that they are near each other even physically - one who directs and teaches and one who prays and suffers for everyone, but most of all to sustain his confrere in his everyday pontifical office."
Is everything just fine then? Is everybody happy? It is exactly the opposite. Messori in fact, as an "insider" – cannot ignore that this situation – as he outlines it – does not have any theological nor canonical foundation.
Through the Divine Constitution of the Church, in reality only one can be the Pope. And if it is as Messori says – Benedict XVI "did not intend to renounce the pontifical munus" which "is irrevocable" what kind of demission is his?
Messori knows well that his entire article induces one to ask a dramatic question (who is the Pope?), but he avoids carefully formulating it, allowing the reader to pose it. Why? Is this article a signal that many are posing it in Church circles?
Labels: Benedict Pope Emeritus, Magister on Francis, Messori, Papal Abdication, Socci, The Bergoglio Pontificate
The [Separated] Orthodox Churches and Second Marriages
By Monsignor Nicola Bux
Recently Cardinal Walter Kasper made reference to the Orthodox practice of second marriages to support the notion that even Catholics who are divorced and remarried should be admitted to Communion. But perhaps he did not pay attention to the fact that the Orthodox do not have Holy Communion in the rite for a second marriage, even as in the Orthodox rite for Holy Matrimony there is no provision for Communion, but only an exchange of a common cup of wine that is not consecrated. It is now commonly said among Catholics that the Orthodox permit second marriages, and therefore, that they tolerate divorce from the first spouse.
In truth this is not the case, because it has nothing to do with the modern legal system. The Orthodox Church is disposed to tolerate second marriages of persons whose matrimonial bonds have been dissolved by the Church, not by the State. The basis of this practice has its basis in the power given by Jesus to the Church to "loosen and to bind". This second chance is conceded to those in particular circumstances: typically, cases of long standing adultery, but by extension as well to certain cases in which the matrimonial bond has become a pretence. There is also provided for, although discouraged, even the possibility of a third marriage. Moreover, the possibility of entering into a second marriage is conceded only to the innocent partner.
By Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla at 5/31/2014 10:00:00 PM
Thanks be to God for His new Priests!
As we had announced previously here, Bp. Athanasius Schneider ordained today in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) seven new priests, the Reverend Fathers Joshua Curtis, Robert Dow, Michael Flick, Joseph Heffernan, Paul Leung, Daniel Nolan, and Joshua Passo. Congratulations to all involved, and to the new Priests in particular, as well as their families!
As the FSSP North American District reminds today, two other deacons will still be ordained to the priesthood: the Rev. Deacons Zachary Akers and Daniel Heenan, who will be Ordained on Saturday, June 14, 2014, by the Most Reverend James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, in Leesburg, Virginia (St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 101 Oakcrest Manor Dr. NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 - June 14, 2014, 9:00 a.m.)
Update: The European FSSP Diaconal Ordinations also took place this Saturday in Lindau, Germany, conferred by Abp. Guido Pozzo, of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei".
(Source: via Confraternité Saint-Pierre)
Labels: FSSP, Ordinations, The Priesthood of the New Testament
Bishop Rey once again ordains in the Traditional Rite
On the feast of the Ascension, His Excellency Dominique Rey, bishop of Fréjus-Toulon ordained two priests according to the Traditional Rite of Ordination at Toulon Cathedral. Frs. Florent Molin and Matthieu Bevillard are members of Missionaries of Divine Mercy, a society attached to the traditional liturgy which was founded by Bishop Rey himself. The two men were formed at the diocesan seminary at la Castille.
By Mornac at 5/31/2014 03:12:00 PM
Social concerns are Traditional Concerns - do not leave the social battlefield at the mercy of unbelieving liberals
"Breaking down the Left"
In order to give more energy to the unstoppable advance of the traditional movement we need to accomplish a "breakdown of the left". There are many faithful [Catholics] who for years have sympathized with progressive environments, attracted by social problems such as hunger in the world and the worker's issues, but now they are becoming aware of the desacralizing of Catholicism and are hoping for its "restoration". There are a lot of people, in good faith. who have found themselves on "the left", and now we must lead them back to the bedrock of Tradition. One of the mistakes that needs absolutely to be avoided is that of leaving " the social questions" in the hands of the modernists and "reds".
We must exploit every occasion to gain some advantage for the good of souls, and therefore for the greater glory of God. We must not stay at the window merely looking at the passing of events; we have to make an effort to attract souls to Tradition, by trying to make use of every occasion that presents itself. I shall explain better. People like those who do not limit their talking to liturgical and doctrinal questions i.e. those who are involved concretely as well in social works. At present the traditional movement has remained on the fringes of ecclesial life, but the time has arrived to take advantage of the situation.
In what way? We ought to give life to new initiatives also in the social sphere, so as to snatch people away from the clutches of the sterile philanthropy of modernism and try to make them fully aware of the great devotional and doctrinal patrimony of Tradition. The primacy of the doctrinal and liturgical questions must remain, but we absolutely need to avoid leaving "the social issues" in the hands of the modernists and their communist friends. The true militant of Catholic Tradition is interested in social questions and is always on the side of the poor and suffering.
If we fail to accomplish "the breakdown of the left" a lot of people will fall into the modernist net, which might continue to increase its philanthropic works for the poor, without however, trying to lead souls to Christ, [thus] giving the wrong idea that the Church is one of the many humanitarian NGOs. If we do nothing, people will think that the faithful linked to the traditional liturgy are interested only in the Cappa Magna, brocade chasubles, shoes with silver buckles, altar cards in gold-chiseled frames and hand-embroidered surplices. This is false, as in reality, traditionalists are the greatest friends of the people (St. Pius X said this), and are interested in the problems of those who are in need. However they do not do this for political reasons nor to make a good impression, but out of simple fraternal charity, which is the true love that comes from God.
We were and always will be against communism. To "break down the left" then, there is no need to understand it as a slide towards the political positions of the progressives, as many people did when they voted for the Christian Democrats. On the contrary, it means snatching away from the modernist and communists, the mass of poor people who have been deceived for decades and bringing them back to Christ, the one and only true Saviour of the human race.
Our points of reference to imitate are not the heads of the modernist NGOs or even the secularists, but rather the heroic figures who have given luster to the Church Militant. I am referring to the examples of St. John Bosco, St Joseph Cottolengo, St. Louis Orione, St. Frances Cabrini, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Bartolomea Capitaneo, and many other valiant followers of the Divine Redeemer.
[Source: Cordialiter - May 28, 2014. Translation: contributor Francesca Romana.]
Labels: Charitable works, Social Doctrine, Traditional Apostolate, Traditional Catholic life
By New Catholic at 5/31/2014 09:34:00 AM
The total destruction and reconstruction of the FI
New "wrecker" of the Franciscan Sisters a final death knell for true FI charism?
We've been doing our best to bring you, our readers, everything we can on the tragic and chilling situation of the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FI) under intervention -- ordered by Pope Francis.
There are so many unexplainable moves -- and naked attempts to stomp out tradition and orthodoxy within one of the few flourishing orders -- by the Vatican in this matter you'd think you were reading a fiction novel by Malachi Martin.
Yet, unlike the villains in Martin's stories, those attacking the Church from the inside aren't the sly, skillful enemies playing expert Machiavellian politics -- they're ham-handed amateurs who just don't care that anyone knows their true motives because there's seemingly so little anyone can actually do to stop them.
Cue the latest news, concerning the beloved Sisters of the Immaculate:
By Mauro Faverzani, Corrispondenza Romana
Translated by Rorate reader, Seamus O'Halloran
The Wind of Beijing is Blowing on the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
Well, by order of His Eminence João Cardinal Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of the Consecrated Life, Sister Fernanda Barbiero, from the Institute of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, has become the new "Visitor" or "Wrecker" of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate.
It is a rather bizarre choice, because the new Commissar has absolutely nothing in common with their charisma. Certainly nothing with the male branch of the religious Family founded by Father Manelli, where at least they sent a Capuchin (Fr. Fidenzio Volpi) [Rorate note: that gives us no comfort whatsoever, for all the evident reasons]. The task given to Sr. Fernanda is rather like forcing a healthy patient to take medicine: there is no reason for it. Leaving aside any harm it might cause, because medicines also have side-effects, especially when they are taken for no reason.
Who exactly is this Sister Fernanda Barbiero? One may begin to get an idea by reading what she said in an article entitled "Religious Sisters in the Church," published on 28 January 2012 by the Italian LCWR. What immediately strikes the reader is the reference she makes to the Fourth World Conference on Women by the United Nations at Beijing in 1995. Sr. Fernanda goes overboard in stressing the "great importance" of the Conference on Women, saying that it is the first stage on the path towards "women's power," which will give women a new sort of "citizenship" in "society, politics, economics, the Church, and academia."
Actually, Beijing turned out to be something completely different: it was the first stage on the path towards promoting "gender equality" at world level, a concept which has been ideologically, speciously, and falsely understood as a synonym for freedom and "orientation." Beijing in 1995 was the starting point for many current evils: the second edition of the preparatory document uses the term "gender equality" in almost every paragraph.
Notable on the other hand is the complete absence of any reference to maternity and to the roles of husbands and wives. They only ever speak about the concepts of "man" and "woman," and thus try to impose gender equality upon every aspect of the UN policy. A disaster.
Indeed, immediately after the Conference the Holy See statements and corrections in a document entitled "Reserves and Declarations concerning Interpretation," although it is still only available in Spanish on the Vatican website. It heavily criticises the "platform of action" at Beijing as an attack on marriage and the family, as a promotion of abortion, homosexuality, and contraception when using the false language of "reproductive health," "sexual health," "reproductive rights," "family planning," and "regulating fertility," all of which are defined by the Holy See as "morally unacceptable."
The Vatican document repeats the firm and total opposition of the Holy See to any sort of law giving legal rights to abortion, and asks for these "reserves" to be included in the final report of the Beijing Summit. Now, the fact that Sister Fernanda has nothing better to do than see in this devastating Conference a "starting point" is seriously worrying.
Sister Fernanda Barbiero absolutely loves the new "Church of Mercy," as can be seen in an editorial she wrote on 26 January this year about "Consecration and Service," taking her cue from a book on the same subject by Cardinal Kasper, where he talked about the upcoming Consistory on the Family. Sr. Fernanda just cannot hold herself back: "The symphony of God's mercy is music you can hear throughout the Bible," and then she goes on to define it as the "defining principle of God" and the "key to understanding all the Gospel" before coming to her final apotheosis, "Let us all live a life of mercy!"
She doesn't stake out her territory, doesn't feel the need to make any distinctions, doesn't hold back, doesn't express any whys or wherefores; the danger – a very real danger – is that the whole order of things will be changed, and cheap sociology will take the place of transcendent faith. According to the Italian news agency Adnkronos, Sr. Barbiero, President in 1998 of the Pontifical Institute Regina Mundi, was asking for some very loose and ill-defined "overall reform" in the life of Nuns, and was asking the Nuns themselves to "set out on a path of liberation," using a language more commonly found in feminist tracts than in convents.
In that article in 2012 she more or less preached the same mantra, shining the light of sociology on the life of Nuns and bringing out "women's questions" with references to an ongoing "difficult period of transition." The life she spoke of was one of alienation, frustration, and unsatisfied desires so far away from the spiritual fullness and internal calm of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate. They do not need any sort of ideological "emancipation," nor have they ever asked for it. If only people would leave them alone. Then they could get on with their life of prayer.
LET US PRAY that the Sisters hold strong through their passion -- as they did in December of last year, when they issued an official statement courageously attacking Fr. Volpi's accusations against them as totally unfounded.
Labels: FFI under intervention, The Bergoglio Pontificate
By Adfero. at 5/30/2014 01:56:00 PM
On the 60th anniversary of the Canonization of Saint Pius X
Full canonization address by Pope Pius XII
2014 is the glorious centennial year of the entrance of Pius X into eternal life, in 1914. On May 29, 1954, exactly 60 years ago, Pope Pius XII celebrated this widely expected canonization with an intense and firm speech, which followed the canonization ceremony.
Statue in the Chiesa di San Salvador, Venice
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XII
FOLLOWING THE RITE OF CANONIZATION OF SAINT PIUS X [in Italian here]
[Quest'ora di fulgente trionfo...] This hour of splendid triumph which God, Who lifts up the lowly, has arranged and as it were hastened in order to set His seal on the marvelous elevation of His faithful servant Pius X in the supreme glory of the altars, fills Our heart with joy, a joy in which you, Venerable Brothers and Beloved Sons, share abundantly by your presence here. We offer heartfelt thanks then to God in His goodness for allowing Us to take part in this extraordinary event; all the more so since, for perhaps the first time in the history of the Church, the formal canonization of a Pope is proclaimed by one who had the privilege of serving him in the Roman Curia.
This day is blessed and memorable, not only for Us, who count it among the happiest days of Our pontificate, to which Providence has allotted so many sorrows and cares, but also for the entire Church, which, gathered around Us in spirit, rejoices all together in a great thrill of religious feeling.
This wonderful evening the endearing name of Pius X, pronounced in the most diverse accents, spans the whole earth; it resounds in enduring testimony to the fruitful presence of Christ in His Church, by evoking everywhere aspirations to sanctity, great graces of faith, of purity, of devotion to the Holy Eucharist. God, Who rewards with liberality, bears witness to His servant's lofty sanctity in exalting him. It was this sanctity, even more than the supreme Office he held, that made Pius X an outstanding hero of the Church, and as such today the Saint raised up by Providence for our times.
Now it is precisely in this light that We wish you to contemplate the gigantic and yet humble figure of the holy Pope, so that when the shadows of this memorable day fall and the cries of the immense hosanna fade away, the solemn rite of his canonization may linger to bless your souls and help in saving the world.
1. He solemnly announced the programme of his pontificate in his very first Encyclical (E supremi of Oct. 4, 1903) in which he declared that his only aim was "to re-establish all things in Christ" (Eph. 1:10), that is, to sum up, to restore all things to unity in Christ. But where is the road that leads to Christ, he asked himself, looking in compassion at the hesitating, wandering souls of his time. The answer, valid yesterday as well as today and always, is: the Church! His primary aim then, unceasingly pursued till death, was to make the Church ever more effectually suitable and ready to receive the movement of souls toward Jesus Christ. With this aim, he conceived the bold undertaking of recasting the body of church law in such wise as to give the Church a more ordered life, greater certainty and flexibility of movement, such, as was demanded by an age typified by growing dynamism and complexity. It is surely true that this work, which he himself called "truly an arduous task," was consonant with his eminent practical sense and the vigour of his character. Nevertheless the ultimate reason for his undertaking this difficult task is not, it seems, to be found only in the temperament of the man. The well-spring of the legislative work of Pius X is to be looked for above all in his personal sanctity, in his profound personal conviction that the reality of God, which he experienced in a life of constant union, is the source and basis of all order, all justice, all law on earth. Where God is, there is order, justice and law; and conversely, all just order safeguarded by law manifests the existence of God. But what institution here below ought to demonstrate this relationship between God and law more clearly than the Church, the mystical body of Christ Himself? God has blessed abundantly this work of the Holy Pontiff, so that the Code of canon law will remain for future ages the great monument of his pontificate and he himself will justly be hailed the providential Saint of our age.
Would that this spirit of justice and law, which Pius X gave witness to and exemplified for the modern world, could penetrate the conference halls of nations, where the most serious problems affecting the whole human family are discussed, particularly the method of banishing forever the fear of terrifying cataclysms and of guaranteeing for all peoples a lasting happy era of tranquility and peace.
2. In the second of his distinguished accomplishments Pius X is revealed as the indomitable champion of the Church and the providential Saint of our times. In sometimes dramatic circumstances this accomplishment resembled the struggle of a giant in defence of a priceless treasure: the internal unity of the Church in her innermost foundation, the faith. Even from his childhood years Divine Providence was preparing the Saint in his humble family, built upon authority, good habits, and the exact practice of the faith. No doubt every other Pontiff would by virtue of the grace of state have fought and repulsed the assaults which were aimed at the very foundation of the Church. But we must recognize that the perspicuity and strength with which Pius X carried on the victorious struggle against the errors of Modernism, testify to the heroic degree with which the virtue of faith burned in his saintly heart. Uniquely concerned that the inheritance of God be preserved intact for the flock confided to his care, the great Pontiff knew no weakness when dealing with persons of dignity or authority; nor did he manifest vacillation when confronted with alluring but false doctrines within or without the Church; nor did he betray fear lest he bring upon himself personal affronts and unjust interpretations of his pure intentions. He had the clear conviction that he was fighting for the most holy cause of God and souls. The words which the Lord addressed to the Apostle Peter are literally verified in him: "I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not, and you.. . will confirm your brethren" (Luke 22:32). The promise and the command of Christ once again instil in the indefectible rock of one of His Vicars the invincible courage of an athlete. It is right that the Church by conferring upon him the supreme glory in this hour and in this very place where the ever lustrous glory of Peter has shone forth for centuries, thus uniting both one and the other in a single exaltation, should offer to Pius X her gratitude and at the same time invoke his intercession that she may be spared new conflicts of the same nature. The subject then under consideration, namely, the preservation of the close alliance between faith and science, is so noble a good for all humanity, that this second great achievement of the saintly Pontiff exercises a notable influence even beyond the Catholic world.
Labels: Anniversaries, Pius XII, Saint Pius X Centennial
Sermon for the Ascension by the Father Abbot of Fontgombault:
"Fight the Dictatorships of our age with the Gospel."
Ascension of Our Lord
Sermon of the Right Reverend Dom Jean Pateau
Abbot of Our Lady of Fontgombault
(Fontgombault, May 29, 2014)
Prædicate Evangelium omni creaturæ.
Preach the Gospel to every creature.
(Mk 16:15)
My dearly beloved Sons,
The final words of Saint Mark's Gospel chosen by the Church to be read during Ascension's Mass recount how the eleven Apostles are sent forth on mission.
The earthly sojourn of Jesus is drawing to its end. The Incarnate Son of God's visible mission has reached its completion. It is now the Apostles' turn to proclaim Jesus Christ's good news, the Gospel, and to proclaim it to all creatures. A great novena opens up for the Apostles which will close on the morning of Pentecost's feast with the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. During these days the Apostles are not to leave Jerusalem, but are to wait there for the Paraclete Whose visit has been promised by the Father (cf. Acts 1:4) and Who will light up and warm up still quite lukewarm hearts and soul. Jesus does not ignore the limitations of those to whom He entrusts the evangelizing of the world. Prior to sending the Apostles forth on mission, He upbraids His disciples "with their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen Him after He was risen again" (Mk 16:14).
Are the words of Jesus still up to date?
On this very day Jesus still sends forth on mission, He sends us forth on mission. Let us turn towards the Father and ask that those who have become adult Christians when they received the anointing of the sacred chrism during confirmation should receive a renewed outpouring of the Holy Ghost, so that like the Apostles we may become true witnesses of Christ again. Mission lands are opening up in front of us: Omni creaturæ, all creatures.
To proclaim Christ does not mean shackling man under the burden of commandments, it means liberating him from his passions. More than three centuries were needed so that societies of the antiquity should understand what an extraordinary grace the visit of God is for man. Today we have to follow the same way, which begins by our own conversion. Are we really convinced that choosing Christ is making the right choice? Have we therefore truly chosen Christ? Last, do we believe that proclaiming Christ means serving our neighbours?
Today's world is a world of dictatorships: dictatorship of a single man, dictatorship of the most powerful men, dictatorship of a majority. Saint Thomas Aquinas has given a paramount criterion for political discernment: the common good. The various dictatorship regimes are evil insofar as they propose to promote the good of a part only of the group. A good political regime should discern and promote the common good of all the members of the group.
It is difficult to discern in today's political life a will to promote common good. The law rather aims at supervising a maximal permissiveness, as it offers to each and all to assuage their passions while at the same time seeking to minimise consequences for others, thus avoiding to make too many disgruntled persons. A new mankind is being shaped which brushes aside all of those who stand in its way or are burdensome: unwanted or crippled children, elderly people, social misfits where are to be found so many young people who will find but in alcohol, drugs or suicide an answer to their misery. Society is serenely assured to be well within its rights and will restrict itself to record the fact into soulless statistics, thus concealing behind anonymous figures those who are its own victims and who are not to be mentioned.
Even as societies jettison man, should not man jettison these societies and choose anew man and his good? Preach the Gospel to every creature! That is Christ's answer.
The Apostles around the Lord were but eleven. That is not much. The disciples of Jesus accounted for at most a few hundred persons. That is not much either, for a Roman Empire which encompassed the whole Mediterranean basin. Yet, with the help of the Holy Ghost and in obedience to the marching orders received from Christ, the Apostles undertake to proclaim the Good News which will be accompanied and confirmed by the signs granted by the Lord.
Today's world is not that different from the decadent Roman Empire, especially as concerns morals and the family. Refusing to give children or adolescents any authentic reference point has been, is and will be the weapon of all and sundry dictators. Faced with those, Christians must be counter-revolutionary insofar as they refuse to be dazed by the artificial proliferation of ideas, but rather dash them against Christ and reality so as to discover what really underpins them.
How could we still listen to the champions of relativism, those who will receive with starry-eyed wonder any stupid idea, the sole merit of which consists in antagonizing customs inherited from so many centuries of Christianity and that have shown their mettle, and who condemn with the utmost harshness to be silenced those who advocate what was yesterday only still called truth, or the foundations of our society?
There is no longer, as they say, any truth, any certainty. That is a lie: there is the Gospel. "Preach the Gospel to every creature", Christ asks from all His disciples. Young people, grown-up men and women, all creatures have a right to the truth. They have a right to know God.
Shall we be courageous and answer their expectation? In these days let us join the Apostles in the Cenacle. Let us unite in their prayers and let us ask for each other the grace of the Holy Ghost. Jesus will not fail to hear our prayer. May He not have someday to upbraid us with our lukewarmness and our incredulity.
May Mary, the Woman who believed, walk with her children on the path. Let us be apostles, let us be courageous witnesses unto the ends of the world of Him in Whom we believe.
Amen, Alleluia.
Labels: Fontgombault and daughter houses, Reminders for the Liturgical Year, Sermons and Homilies
SSPX Bp. Fellay on Pope Francis: "He has read the biography of Abp. Lefebvre twice - and he liked it."
And some other important revelations
In a visit to the French city of Fabregues on May 11 (the day following this post), the Superior-General of the Society of Saint Pius X, Bp. Bernard Fellay, spoke at length about various matters of relevance to his congregation. The most important part was that related to the personality of Pope Francis:
With the current pope, as he is a practical man, he looks at people. What a person thinks, what he believes, is at the end a matter of indifference to him. What matters is that this person be sympathetic in his view, that he seems correct to him, one may say it like this.
And therefore he read twice Bp. Tissier de Mallerais' book on Abp. Lefebvre, and this book pleased him; he is against all that we represent, but, as a life, it pleased him. When, as a Cardinal, he was in South America, the District Superior [Fr. Christian Bouchacourt] came to ask him for an administrative favor with no relation to the Church; a visa problem, of permanent residency. The Argentine government, which is very leftwing, makes use of the concordat that was established to protect the Church to bother us quite seriously, and tells us, "you say you are Catholic, it is thus necessary for you to have the signature of the bishop in order to reside in the country." The District Superior therefore went to him to present the problem: there was an easy solution, and that would be to declare ourselves an independent church [before Civil Law], but we did not want to do it because we are Catholic. And the Cardinal told us, "no, no, you are Catholic, that is evident; I will help you;" he wrote a letter in our favor to the government, that is so leftwing that they managed to find an opposing letter by the nuncio. Therefore, a 0-0 tie. Now he is the pope, and our lawyer had the opportunity of having a meeting with the Pope. He told him that the problem was still going on with the Society, and asked him to please designate a bishop in Argentina with whom we could sort out this problem. The Pope told him, "Yes, and this bishop is myself, I promised to help, and I will do it."
I am still waiting for it, but anyway he said it, just as he said that, "those people there, they think I will excommunicate them, but they are mistaken;" he said something else that was very interesting: "I will not condemn them, and I will not stop anyone from visiting them [lit. 'd'aller chez eux'.]" Once again, I will wait to see.
[Source: French District of the SSPX]
Labels: After the talks (Holy See-SSPX), SSPX under Pope Francis
New oratory community in San Francisco
Oratories, societies and priestly fraternities come and go, depending on the whim of the local bishop. There are several examples, particularly in the U.S. and Canada, of priests in such organizations that have been restricted, persecuted or even thrown out of dioceses when too many young adults flocked to communities that favored traditional Latin Masses.
His Excellency Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, archbishop of San Francisco, California, on the other hand, has been one of the most friendly archbishops in the world toward traditional and traditional-leaning Catholics. He has celebrated numerous pontifical High Masses and even travels for FSSP ordinations.
One year ago we posted a report that Archbishop Cordileone personally requested a parish in San Francisco offer the traditional Latin Mass on a regular basis. This was a huge accomplishment considering just a few years back, under much different leadership, there was a lone, brave priest in that archdiocese -- the Rev. Fr. William Young -- offering a catacomb-like TLM, and he was rewarded by former archdiocesan officials with residence at the notorious Most Holy Redeemer parish until becoming seriously ill.
The parish that offers the regular TLM established by Archbishop Cordileone will now be the home of the latest community-in-formation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
By Kenneth J. Wolfe at 5/28/2014 07:53:00 PM
A CALL TO PRAYER
on behalf of the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate
Regardless of your opinion on specific Church matters, please spread as widely as possible this appeal to prayer for justice and peace regarding the recently initiated visitation (with intervention tones) of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate decided by the Congregation for Religious.
We join Italian website Corsia dei Servi in this appeal, and ask all to join in prayer to the Lord and His Virgin Mother.
She's paying attention - and He's listening to Her
After hearing the news about the appointment of a visitator to the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, we are more than ever convinced that these days being Catholic is a problem for some Vatican authorities. We have decided (at least for the time being) to suspend any comment or publication whatever related to this incredible and disconcerting affair: let this be a time of prayer and staying spiritually close to the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate.
For this reason, we are launching a Rosary Crusade appeal, requesting the help of everyone who intends to support the Fathers, Brothers and Sisters who are being hit and persecuted so unjustly, through the recitation of at least a decade of the Rosary every day, dedicated to the Franciscans of the Immaculate.
Corsia dei Servi
Labels: Call to prayer, FFI under intervention
Pope tries to clarify what Kasper's Doctrine on Marriage means for the Synod
On the plane back from the Holy Land, the Pope answered some questions, including this most important attempt at clarification of the most controversial ongoing topic of the upcoming Synod of Bishops:
- [Reporter:] You are a political and spiritual leader, who opens up many expectations with initiatives such as the meeting with the leaders of Israel and Palestine. Also in the Church there are many hopes of change, as it occurs with the situation of the divorced. Does it not seem to you that you are putting too much meat in the oven? Do you not think that you have opened up too many fronts and too many expectations?
- [Francis:] This meeting in the Vatican will be a prayer meeting. It will not be to establish mediation or to search for a solution. It will be prayer, and then they come back home. But I do believe prayer is important. Praying together, without starting discussions... It will be a prayer meeting. There will be a rabbi, a Muslim, and myself. I asked the Custodian of the Holy Land to arrange the practical things.
I thank you for your question on the divorced. The [October 2014] Synod will be on the family, its problems, about the richness of family, the current situation of the family. The preliminary presentation that cardinal Kasper made had five chapters. Four on the beautiful things of the family from a theological perspective, family problems, the pastoral problem of separations, matrimonial nullity, divorced and the problem of communion... It did not please me that so many people, including in the Church, priests, etc, spoke of communion for the divorced as if it were all reduced to casuistry. We know that there is a crisis of the family. Young people do not want to get married, or do not get married, live together... I do not wish that we got into casuistry: what can be done or cannot be done... That is why I am so thankful for this question, because it gives me the opportunity to clarify. The pastoral problem of the family is very, very wide, and should not be plucked case by case. That which Pope Benedict said three timesv - once in the South Tyrol, another time in Milan, and another in a consistory - is that the procedures of matrimonial nullity have to be examined. To study the faith with which a person enters matrimony, and clarify that divorcees are not strange. Oftentimes they are treated as if they were. I am certain that it was the Spirit of the Lord who guided us to choose this theme for the Synod. The family needs much pastoral help.
[Source: Spanish daily La Razón, text in Spanish. Ellipses in original text, merely indicating oral tone.]
Labels: Communion for "Remarried" Divorcees, Kasper's Destruction of the Indissolubility of Marriage, Marriage, The Bergoglio Pontificate
Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society: Eighty-second posting of Souls
Below, please find the eighty-second posting of enrolled Souls of the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society. It's another large list this month with over 1,000 Souls. We have also added yet another priest in the services of the Souls enrolled in the Society and are now up to 40 priests.
Priests: The Souls still need more of you saying Mass for them! Please email me to offer your services. There's nothing special involved -- all you need to do is offer a weekly or monthly TLM with the intention: "For the Souls enrolled in the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society."
How to enroll souls: please email me at athanasiuscatholic@yahoo.com and submit as follows: "Name, State, Country." If you want to enroll entire families, simply write in the email: "The Jones family, Ohio, USA". Individual names are preferred. Be greedy -- send in as many as you wish and forward this posting to friends as well. And please follow this formatting strictly.
Event - Rome, October 2014, Two Pontifical Masses in two days:
Cardinal Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for Economy to celebrate Pontifical Mass as part of Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage
The International Juventutem Federation is pleased to announce that His Eminence George Cardinal Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for Economy, has kindly accepted our invitation to be the Celebrant at a Pontifical Solemn High Mass according to the Missal of St John XXIII on Friday 24 October 2014, 6:30pm, at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Parish Church of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter in Rome, Italy. The Holy Sacrifice will be offered in thanksgiving for the tenth anniversary of Juventutem, the worldwide youth movement fostering the sanctification of the young through the Roman traditions of Holy Mother Church. We are grateful to His Eminence who generously presided at Solemn Pontifical Vespers organised by Juventutem during World Youth Days in the past, first in Düsseldorf on 17 August 2005, and again in Sydney on 16 July 2008.
After Vespers in Düsseldorf, Cardinal Pell gave the following encouragements to the young WYD pilgrims of Juventutem: "I am happy to be here because the old Latin rite is one of the most beautiful things in the entire Western civilization. And I am very glad that this ancient rite has its place in the Church today. I am happy because this rite helps you to love God and to love one another. In this ancient rite we always see that our prayer is an act of worship. It is impossible to see a celebration like these Vespers as something horizontal. We have one Church only, whose Head is the Successor of Peter, with the Bishops as successors of the Apostles, and this unity is very important for the life of the Church" (translated from the original French).
Members and supporters of Juventutem are cordially invited to make arrangements to be in Rome and attend the Mass, which will be preceded by other Juventutem activities (full schedule to be advertised soon). All pilgrims in Rome are naturally invited as well, regardless of their involvement with Juventutem. The event will be part of the Populus Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2014. The following day, on Saturday 25 October, His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical High Mass according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in Saint Peter's Basilica, at 12:00 noon.
[Source: International Juventutem Federation, May 27, 2014]
Labels: Events, Juventutem, Pilgrimages
The Intervention on the Franciscans of the Immaculate "reflects very badly on this Papacy"
A great short comment by Father Ray Blake, following a fortuitous encounter with some Sisters of the Immaculate after a mass celebrated at Ramsgate:
...without getting into ad hominem arguments I tend to have sympathy with a comment made by friend.
There really is nothing here to justify the drastic action taken. Since it would appear that the overwhelming number of friars supported the direction the institute was taking, surely it was for the five to ask to be transferred to an institute more to their taste; there is no lack of non-traddy Franciscan congregations, most of whom are desperate for vocations. In fact, this response confirms my view that the action taken by Aviz, Volpi and others is disproportionate, scandalous and downright cruel. His entire defence is simply a more elaborate way of saying that the Friars were getting too traditional for his taste.
It is the disproportionate nature of the Holy See's response that is scandalous. It reflects very badly on this Papacy.
Father Blake and his friend are, of course, both quite right. A minority within the Institute resented their superiors, and they are 100% responsible for all that has happened - curiously enough, while the majority of the institute, including their founder, have been placed under strict silence or worse, the members of the minority are quite free to write, speak, travel, and even blog... Quite interesting, is it not?... One would tend to think that this was not the Congregation they had joined, but that was not at all the case. The Franciscans of the Immaculate had always been traditional in their intimate thinking, while mostly dedicated to the Paul VI liturgy; after 2005, they were also clearly moved by the call to action promoted by Pope Benedict XVI himself and his vision of "hermeneutic of continuity", in liturgy and in theology.
It truly does reflect badly on this Papacy, as if an atomic weapon had been used to settle a discussion initiated by a couple of rebellious children against their parents and the rest of the family. The foxes have been let loose to devastate the hortus conclusus: may God have mercy on those who have caused this.
You Report: Traditional Masses - two "Firsts"
1. A High Mass in Birmingham Cathedral for the first time in several decades.
[Source. Tip: M. Doyle]
2. Traditional Masses in Split (Spalato), Croatia, for the first time in several decades: a local reader reports that, "three Traditional Latin Masses were celebrated in Split, Croatia on May 21, 24, and 25 in th Church of Saint Philip Neri. The Masses were celebrated by Father Matthew Bartulica from Kansas City. Around 200 people gathered in these three days to experience the Latin Mass, many for the first time."
[More images here.]
Labels: Croatia, England and Wales, You report
Tradition must also learn how to show a Kind and Gentle Face
You are wandering through a city filled with historical landmarks. You enter a beautiful church that you had never seen before. As you admire the interior, the priest sees you kneeling, and comes to invite you to a little gathering they are having in an adjoining hall.
"But Father," you say, "I'm just someone passing by, I don't want to bother you." "No," he says, "you must come! Must I force you?"
The gathering is quite nice, sandwiches and beignets done by women of the community, in honor of a group of people who help in the church. Father makes sure you eat something. He also gives you a booklet on the building. "It's a gift, take it."
You tell him, "Father, I'd never received this kind of welcome in a church before." "Good," he says, "now we have a new friend."
This old Franciscan friar had just celebrated a Paul VI mass, just before you entered the church. "Why," you think to yourself, "have I never seen anything even resembling this level of welcoming of a complete and utter stranger in a traditional community, even after visiting so many around the world? Why does it seem, at least in my experience, that we can't make the effort to be kinder, gentler, and more welcoming?" Now, one may be well aware that this kind of experience is very rare in Paul VI settings as well, but that is not the point. The point is that those who try to excel in the liturgical worship of God and in the dispensation of traditional doctrine must also try to excel in the charitable welcoming of all.
Thank you, Mother Help of Christians, for this wonderful experience. Please, Mother Most Holy, teach kindness, gentleness, and true mercy to your children in this vale of tears. Each one can begin this small yet significant job in our own communities, with the help of the Lord and the Gentle Lady.
Labels: Traditional Apostolate, Traditional Catholic life
Solemn High Mass at Sts. Peter & Paul Cathedral Basilica in Philadelphia
From the Latin Liturgy Association:
"On June 15th, 2014, Trinity Sunday, Rev. Fr. Joseph Heffernan, FSSP, will celebrate a Solemn Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul, at 18th and the Ben Franklin Parkway. The Mass will begin at 2:00 PM. Father Heffernan is from Philadelphia and was a parishioner at Mater Ecclesiae, of Berlin, NJ."
[h/t reader]
By Adfero. at 5/24/2014 05:00:00 AM
Fisher More College awaiting answer from Ecclesia Dei
After having TLM suppressed by Bishop Olson, school expects answer soon
Rorate has obtained a first look at a statement to be released tomorrow by Fisher More College. In the statement below, the school -- for the first time -- confirms publicly what Rorate has known: that it has rightly appealed to Ecclesia Dei and expects an answer soon.
Back in March, Rorate broke the exclusive story that the Most Rev. Michael Olson, the newly-ordained bishop of the Fort Worth Diocese, had suppressed the Traditional Latin Mass at the college, writing to the president it was for the good of "your own soul" (read the whole story here).
Maybe most disturbing is that Bishop Olson not only took this unjust action, but has remained silent on the matter since, refusing to even meet with some of the students of whom he has banned their God-given patrimony.
Bishop Olson has also ignored a list of questions Rorate asked of him in writing, giving him every opportunity to use our blog to explain his actions to those scandalized by this matter. We still welcome His Excellency to respond to our questions and will run them in full without editorial comment.
Let us pray Ecclesia Dei steps up and stomps out this complete and unjust overreach. The statement from Fisher More College follows:
The business operations and programs of the College proceed as usual into normal summer mode. An announcement regarding fall courses and enrollment will be made as soon as it is possible. The College has petitioned the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei for hierarchical recourse against the decision of Bishop Michael Olson prohibiting Mass in the forma extraordinaria of the Roman Rite at the College chapel. Based on our understanding of canonical procedure, the Commission can be expected to rule on this matter by mid-July. At this time, the College intends to withhold making any decisions regarding its campus and residential program until it receives a ruling from the Commission.
The Fisher More Academy online program is healthy and operates with business-as-usual in preparation for next school year. The Academy continues to add exceptional teachers and staff from across the country, has been accepting enrollment for grades 4 thru 12 since the beginning of April, and looks forward to another year of providing an education program to Catholic families that is traditional, formative, excellent, and affordable.
Labels: Bergoglian Milestones, Church of Vatican II, Crisis of Bishops, Summorum at 6, The Bergoglio Pontificate, Traditional Mass denied, Vatican II at 50


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Herrera tells Monkey Parking to drop mobile app for auctioning city parking spots
June 23, 2014 August 18, 2015 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Motorists face $300 fines for each violation under existing law, City Attorney says — and three startups could be liable for penalties of up to $2,500 for each transaction
SAN FRANCISCO (June 23, 2014) — San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera today issued an immediate cease-and-desist demand to Monkey Parking, a mobile peer-to-peer bidding app that enables motorists to auction off the public parking spaces their vehicles occupy to nearby drivers. The app, currently available for iOS devices, describes itself on the Apple iTunes App Store as the "the first app which lets you make money every time that you are about to leave your on-street parking spot."
The letter Herrera's office issued this morning to Paolo Dobrowolny, CEO of the Rome, Italy-based tech startup, cites a key provision of San Francisco's Police Code that specifically prohibits individuals and companies from buying, selling or leasing public on-street parking. Police Code section 63(c) further provides that scofflaws — including drivers who "enter into a lease, rental agreement or contract of any kind" for public parking spots — face administrative penalties of up to $300 for each violation. Because Monkey Parking's business model is wholly premised on illegal transactions, the letter contends that the company would be subject to civil penalties of up to $2,500 per violation under California's tough Unfair Competition Law were the city to sue. Such a lawsuit would be imminent, Herrera's office vowed, should the startup continue to operate in San Francisco past July 11, 2014.
"Technology has given rise to many laudable innovations in how we live and work — and Monkey Parking is not one of them," Herrera said. "It's illegal, it puts drivers on the hook for $300 fines, and it creates a predatory private market for public parking spaces that San Franciscans will not tolerate. Worst of all, it encourages drivers to use their mobile devices unsafely — to engage in online bidding wars while driving. People are free to rent out their own private driveways and garage spaces should they choose to do so. But we will not abide businesses that hold hostage on-street public parking spots for their own private profit."
Herrera's cease-and-desist demand to Monkey Parking includes a request to the legal department of Apple Inc., which is copied on the letter, asking that the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant immediately remove the mobile application from its App Store for violating several of the company's own guidelines. Apple App Store Review Guidelines provide that "Apps must comply with all legal requirements in any location where they are made available to users" and that "Apps whose use may result in physical harm may be rejected."
Two other startups that similarly violate local and state law with mobile app-enabled schemes intended to illegally monetize public parking spaces in San Francisco will also face legal action in the form of cease-and-desist demands this week, according to the City Attorney's Office. Sweetch charges a $5 flat fee when its users obtain a parking spot from another Sweetch motorist. Sweetch drivers who pass their spots off to other Sweetch members are refunded $4 of that fee. ParkModo, which appears poised to launch later this week, according to recent employment postings on Craigslist, will employ drivers at a rate of $13.00 per hour to occupy public parking spaces in the Mission District. As with Monkey Parking and Sweetch, ParkModo then plans to sell the on-street parking spots to its paying members through its iPhone app. Sweetch and ParkModo members who make use of the apps to park in San Francisco are also subject to civil penalties of $300 per violation, and both companies are potentially liable for civil penalties of $2,500 per transaction for illegal business practices under the California Unfair Competition Law.
A copy of Herrera's demand letter to Monkey Parking and additional information about the San Francisco City Attorney's Office is available at: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/.
PDF of the Monkey Parking Cease-and-Desist Demand Presskit (June 23, 2014)
Categories Illegal Businesses, NewsTags Monkey Parking
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In this episode, an average game that needs no words; as the Xbox One may hear them and confuse them for something else; or ignore them altogether until you speak louder; repeating the same phrase several times.
11:45 Arguably the best Xbone launch window game.
14:00 Ryse takes a turn for the better when you hit the Colosseum!
19:39 You can actually hear a colon happen at this very moment.
23:27 We reference the wonderful giraffe scene from The Last of Us.


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NUUXS is all about self-preservation on "No Good For Me"
NUUXS is removing all undesirable elements from her life on her new single "No Good For Me."
The French-born singer just shared the video for the single, a record that dwells on self-care and the idea of never to reciprocate someone else's negativity. Over a piano-driven backdrop, the singer delivers a story filled with pure honesty and passion as she banishes ruling characters and finding a new empowerment in life. With an unfiltered emotional-drenched vocal style and a ballsy attitude, the listener will get to hear both sides of her experience as she frees herself from her abusive past.
The video directed by Jason McNab and styled by March Jacques Burton looks closely at power and manipulation and is inspired by NUUXS' personal journey spent in an oppressive cult. It also stars Craig McGinlay who featured in Guy Ritchie's film King Arthur. She is currently signed to Jake Gosling's (Ed Sheeran, The Libertines, and James Bay) Goldun Egg label.


WCW Meaning: What does WCW mean?
Find the meaning of WCW and Hashtag WCW that's used commonly on Instagram and other forms of social media.
It's very likely that you've heard the WCW Acronym or hashtag used in a social media app such as Instagram or Vine, or on a website like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, Reddit, etc. We are here to provide you with the #WCW meaning and give you some examples of its uses and its users.
So, what is the WCW meaning? Woman Crush Wednesday!
There are over 80 million photos with the hashtag WCW on Instagram.
WCW, or Woman Crush Wednesday, is an extremely popular hashtag used on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and a few other social networks. The hashtag WCW is used when a user posts a photo of a woman that they find attractive or have a crush on. One may refer to a woman as "my WCW" in conversation. "WCWs" can either be cloose friends of a user or a star or idol whom they admire. While the tag is typically used on Wednesday, users may use post a #WCW on another day, possibly because of differences in time zones, or just because they don't care. A WCW photo may jbe a simple selfie on someone or it may be a photograph shot by a professional photographer. Occasionally a WCW will be posted as a joke, possibly with an unbecoming photo of a user's friend.
Example 2.) "My WCW: Miley Cyrus! JK! lol".
One hashtag/acronym similar to WCW is MCM. MCM stands for MCM means "man crush monday" and is very similar to WCW. Rather than posting photos of women, social media users post photos of men that they find attractive or have a crush on. and is basically the same thing as Woman Crush Wednesday. MCM meaning.
um gland to no wat it means, wat about the Guys?
Haha how are we stupid when u dont even know how to spell totally?


Wondering how much to tip your wedding florist—or, if you even need to? It's a fair question. If the florist has gone above and beyond to bring your floral vision to life, you definitely want to do something to say thank you. On the other hand, you're trying to stick to a wedding budget, and even the thought of shelling out gratuities on top of already negotiated vendor fees can be overwhelming. The good news is that a florist tip is strictly optional, and, moreover, there are other ways to say thank without spending more cash. Here, a look at some of your options, with expert insights from professional wedding planners.
Do you tip a florist? You can, but you don't have to. A good rule of thumb to remember: You don't need to tip the owner of a business; a vendor who's self-employed or is the owner of a business is generally not tipped. If your florist owns his or her studio or floral boutique, there's no need to tip on top of the already negotiated fee. Nonetheless, you might want to tip them anyway because of their exceptional service. If your florist truly went above and beyond—maybe she was somehow able to source those out-of-season Japanese peonies for your bridal bouquet—you might want to give them a cash tip.
"From the florist's perspective, a tip isn't generally expected, but it's always going to be well-received. As a small business owner, they may or may not be raking in the money, so a little extra as a tip can be a super sweet bonus," says wedding planner Leah Weinberg, owner of Color Pop Events.
If you're going to give your florist a cash tip, don't feel pressure to tip a certain percentage. Given that floral budgets can sometimes reach upwards of $5,000, even a 10% tip can get really expensive really quickly, says Weinberg. "A set amount is probably more appropriate and realistic," she says.
Regardless of your floral budget, a $50 to $100 tip for the florist is a thoughtful way to say thank you for all their hard work. "A tip is a wonderful gesture to say thank you for any vendors hard work on your wedding day. The act of showing appreciation and gratitude is never out of style," says Ashley Stork, owner of Magnolia Vine Events.
Stork suggests placing the tip in a sealed envelope and having your wedding planner gift it to them on the day-of. "While it is nice to give the wedding florist tip in person, you might not see all your vendors throughout the course of the day," says Stork. Plus, you'll have a million other things to do, and you don't want the tips to get lost in the shuffle.
One of the best things you can do for your florist is leave a glowing review for them online. A positive online review can go a long way in showing gratitude, and helping your florist land more business! "For a small business, reviews are so incredibly important because they give a glimpse into what it's like working with the florist that pictures can't convey," says Weinberg.
In addition to positive reviews, make sure to tag their bouquets and arrangements in your social media posts from the wedding to give them well-deserved credit (and exposure!).
Don't discount the humble thank you card. A handwritten note means a lot. "It warms their hearts to hear the kind words couples have to say and serves as a wonderful reminder of the work and event you shared together," says Stork.
As an alternative to a cash tip, you can get your florist a thoughtful gift. Find something that is personal and you know they'll love. Stork suggests a gift card to a restaurant they love.
Just by talking to them or checking out their social media profiles, you might find a restaurant they frequent, or something they particularly love and give them a gift card to enjoy dinner at their favorite place or surprise them with a beloved item. Some of my personal favorite 'tips' have been beautiful Kate Spade bags and wallets because my brides I know I love Kate!" says Stork.


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Albali eller Epsilon Aquarii (ε Aquarii, förkortat Epsilon Aqr, ε Aqr) som är stjärnans Bayerbeteckning, är en ensam stjärna belägen i den västra delen av stjärnbilden Vattumannen. Den har en skenbar magnitud på 3,77 och är synlig för blotta ögat där ljusföroreningar ej förekommer. Baserat på parallaxmätning inom Hipparcosuppdraget på ca 15,7 mas, beräknas den befinna sig på ett avstånd på ca 208 ljusår (ca 64 parsek) från solen.

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Epsilon Aquarii har det traditionella namnet Albali, som kommer från det arabiska الساق (albāli' ), vilket betyder "sväljaren". Tillsammans med My Aquarii (Albulan) och Ny Aquarii (även Albulaan), var de Al Bula''' (البلع), vilket betyder "sväljningen".Allen, R. H. (1963), Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.), New York: Dover Publications Inc, p. 53, , hämtad 2010-12-12. I stjärnkatalogen i Al Achsasi al Mouakket-kalendern betecknades den Nir Saad Bula (نير سعد ألبلع nayyir sa'd al bula'), som översattes till latin som Lucida Fortunæ Dissipantis, vilket betyder "sväljarens starkaste lycka".

År 2016 organiserade Internationella astronomiska unionen en arbetsgrupp för stjärnnamn (WGSN) med uppgift att katalogisera och standardisera riktiga namn för stjärnor. WGSN fastställde namnet Albali  för Epsilon Aquarii i september 2016 och detta är nu inskrivet i IAU:s Catalog of Star Names.

EgenskaperEpsilon Aquarii'' är en blå till vit stjärna i huvudserien av spektralklass A1 V. Den har en radie som är ca 3,8 gånger större än solens och utsänder från dess fotosfär ca 123 gånger mera energi än solen vid en effektiv temperatur av ca 9 500 K.

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 https://www.universeguide.com/star/albali
 http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/albali.html

Stjärnbilden Vattumannen
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A Scottsdale mom thought Bruce Wayne the pup was stolen. A tortoise named Bianca was actually to blame
With the help of the fire department and a herpetologist, one Scottsdale family's pets were saved.
Credit: Michelle Fortin
Author: Ariana Taylor
Published: 12:45 PM MST November 24, 2021
Updated: 3:53 PM MST November 25, 2021
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Most would never think that Bruce Wayne could be trapped underground and would need help from firefighters to escape.
But that was the case on Sunday at a Scottsdale home.
Except it wasn't Bruce Wayne, the bat-dressed action hero who protects Gotham City that needed help. It was Bruce Wayne, a french bulldog, who got himself stuck in quite the predicament.
Over the weekend, the Scottsdale Police Department became the superheroes after saving a Scottsdale family's dog, Bruce Wayne, from being trapped in the underground burrow of their pet tortoise, Bianca.
Michelle Fortin thought a crime had been committed at her house. She couldn't find Bruce Wayne anywhere and assumed he was stolen from the backyard because there was just no way he could have gotten out himself.
She immediately turned to social media, alerting people in the area to keep an eye out for Bruce Wayne, who happened to have on a Batman collar.
It wasn't until Fortin heard faint barking coming from the ground that she realized what happened.
Apparently, Bruce Wayne crawled in Bianca's burrow and became trapped after the tortoise went in after him and wouldn't move.
Having no experience in situations like that, — because how often does a tortoise trap a dog underground — Fortin called the local fire department... who also didn't know what to do.
RELATED: How many people does it take to pull a horse out of a hole? (Hint: a lot)
According to Fortin, the burrow was about eight feet deep and the animals were too far down to reach by hand. The firefighters didn't want to dig because they feared the burrow could collapse.
Fortin became emotional at one point when the fire captain turned to her and said, "We're going to do what we can to give the dog the best chance."
Fortin thought she and her kids would be witnessing the death of Bruce Wayne.
A breakthrough finally came after the firefighters called a herpetologist, which is an expert on amphibians and reptiles, who advised the crew on what to do. After some careful digging and removing the roof of the burrow, Bianca popped out.
After Bianca was pulled away, Bruce Wayne popped up next, safe and sound.
A happy ending was the outcome of a very unique situation, and all it took was a fire department, a herpetologist and a stressed momma.
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Male Grooming is quickly catching up with the global phenomenon that is the female beauty market with men's hair being one of the top Googled subjects of 2015; here are a list of the must-have gentleman's bathroom products.
There is nothing gentlemanly about the results of using the wrong type of razor or products to shave with; dry, itchy shaving rash has never been a sophisticated look.
The Fitzrovia safety razor white resin shaving set allows for even coverage of the correct shaving foam for your skin type, before finishing with a close, yet safe, shave with the classic safety razor.
These Sandalwood and Clove shaving products offer a pre-shave scrub to remove any dead skin cells and dirt to allow for a cleaner shave, shaving cream to protect your skin and post-shave balm to calm and soothe the skin after you shave. The male grooming market has taken off in recent years, making high-end shaving products one of our number one must-have gentleman's bathroom products.
A good quality shampoo and conditioner is vital to correctly cleanse and condition your hair type for healthy hair worthy of gentleman status.
Our shampoo and conditioner includes tea tree oil, which helps cleanse and moisturize the scalp, therefore eliminating any dandruff.
For dry or damaged hair, try our Argan range which helps blitz dandruff and itchy scalp as well as repairing split ends.
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Military intelligence report indicate that the Middle East based ISIL has set a training camp in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, Somalia.
In a published video publish by Daesh recently announces the installation of a training camp named Commandant Cheikh Abou Nouman.
The camp is named after an ex-Al Shabaab commander who was assassinated by Al-Shabaab after his defection to Daesh/ISIS/ISIL.
Daesh wish to expand foothold in Somalia has not been received well by the Al Qaeda branch in Somalia.
Al-Shabaab Amniyaat (intelligence and military wing) has not welcomed the new entrant citing rivalry and divisions among their followers/fighters.
Pro-ISIL faction has faced stiff resistance with Al-Shabaab hunting down the defectors and assassinating them.
The rivalry between Al-Shabaab and pro-ISIL has seen some jihadists surrender to the authorities fearing Shebab assassinations.
A new ISIL terrorist unit dedicated for East Africa has since been created.
Jahba East Africa is affiliated to ISIL/ISIS and has been calling on Al-Shabaab affiliated groups in East Africa such as Al-Muhajiroun, Al-Hijra and Ansar Islam to leave their parent terror group Al Qaeda to and pledge bayah to Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State self-proclaimed caliph.
"We are telling the mujahideen in East Africa that al-Shabaab has now become a psychological and physical prison.
Similarly the newly created Jahba East Africa will suffer the same humiliation in the hands of SNA and AMISOM forces.
On 3rd May 2016, SNA Special Forces (Commandos) overrun an ISIS training camp in Janale Killing trainees in numbers.


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Q: Rails 4 scope includes with nested association hash Within Rails 3 I had been using the following includes scope (defined in a module) which worked fine.
base.send :scope, :with_includes, { :include => {:questions => [:answers, :question_group, {:dependency => :dependency_conditions}]}}

This no longer works within Rails 4, so I have tried converting it to the now preferred lambda method as follows.
base.send :scope, :with_includes, -> { includes(:questions => [:answers, :question_group, {:dependency => :dependency_conditions}]) }

This just raises an exception NoMethodError Exception: undefined method includes

A: Try with base.includes(...) inside the lambda.
Basically, the self captured in your lambda is not your record's class : it's where the scope is send(t).

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The kit: spanking new cleats and shoes. Can't wait to destroy that signature bright Teva blue.
Teva Launches Pivot All-mountain Shoe
By Kevin Glover on	 May 2, 2013 0 Comments
Teva is one of the biggest names in the outdoor industry – the same company that brought the 'amphibious utility sandal' to the world and headlined the Teva Mountain Games for years has a promising new shoe for all-mountain bikers. The Teva Pivot is aimed at gnarheads who earn their gravity and we snagged an early-release pair to put through its paces. We wanted to give you a taste of this newsmaker and we'll follow up with a full review in about a month.
The kit: spanking new cleats and shoes. Can't wait to destroy that signature bright Teva blue.
Teva probably said it best in their press pack – "We built the Pivot to be an All-Mountain shoe that climbs well, descends well, hikes well and looks terrible with spandex." They partnered with world-class freerider Jeff Lenosky to develop a shoe that stays rock solid on big stuff but has the give to be able to walk comfortably. It's a tricky balance, so how did Teva do? You'll have to wait for the full review to know that.
The reverse cleat attachment is reached via port in the tongue.
The Pivot has a few tricks up its sleeves that you won't find on any other shoe: a unique cleat attachment system and specially shaped midsole plate are designed to mitigate some of the problems that come with cycling shoes. A straightforward lacing design and wide velcro strap serve to keep the shoes on your feet, and the shoes look like normal street shoes – I've happily worn them around the supermarket after commuting back and forth.
Watch for the Teva Pivot to hit stores in July with an MSRP of $150. In the mean time, check out this video from last week's Sea Otter classic that highlights the Pivot, courtesy of Bike Magazine.
More Info: Visit Teva.com
Kevin Glover
Kevin Glover is an outdoorsman living, climbing and biking in Spokane, WA. Originally from the Nevada high desert, he moved to the PNW for its mild winters and allergen-free summers. He has guided throughout the Cascades and Enchantments for Peak 7 Adventures.


Discus and support Shortcuts Winkey+V for notification doesn't work in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; According to the shortcut keys list, Winkey+V can Cycle through notifications. There is a lot of notifications in my action center, but there is no... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Isabel, Oct 13, 2015.
There is a lot of notifications in my action center, but there is no reaction after press Winkey+V on desktop or Winkey+A first then Winkey+V.
I have no idea how this shortcut key works.
the winkey-X shortcut not working properly.
The only fix I found is to take a flash drive and go to a system that has a working quick link menu and copy the files you need for it to run correctly then load them on your machine.
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX folder. Copy WinX folder to the flash drive. Disconnect flash drive and go to your machine.
The on your screwed up machine Open File Explorer, go to View tab and make sure the hidden items box is "checked".
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX folder and delete the WinX folder.
Do the same thing on your user folder found at, C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX, deleting your existing WinX folder.
Then go to your "your user" folder and paste the WinX folder into Windows as show below.
Win+V doesn't do anything for me as well.
If you like, you could use Win+A to open the action center, then use the arrow keys to scroll through the notifications.
Makeing a shortcut to the Mail app with this guide doesn't work.
With the Windows File Explorer, is there any way of changing the default display window column widths?


Anti Black Coat is a nightmare whereas Red Eyes is a heartless, so they aren't the same.
The theory about Anti Black Coat appearing because of Aqua's encounter with Red Eyes playing through Sora's dreams is pretty interesting but nevertheless unlikely.
The Anti-Black Coat track (The Dread Of Night) uses Hand in Hand/Hand to Hand as base (listen to the horn), I guess because that track is use to symbolise the friendship, whereas Hunter of the Dark seems to be based around the world of darkness (and I think dearly beloved).
Hey I'm just saying Red Eyes is definitely a heartless whereas Anti Black Coat is a Nightmare, it's not impossible that they're connected I'm just saying unlikely! Your theory is interesting.
Btw the heartless has a name, it is "Dark Hide".
you sure i never heard that name before? ok so this theory proof red eyes and anti black are connected that seals it right?
really? they went with dark hide? I was betting money the official name would be "red eyes black heartless" and that it would have a blue eyed white nobody.
Red eyes is technically incorrect as the eyes aren't really red, just have that aura glowing around them from time-to-time and I believe Dark Thorn was already taken.
— Riku fights a Nightmare wearing a black coat in this world, just who was that?
Nomura: That Nightmare was the personification of the nightmare Sora was having.
Listening to the themes is pointless. The similarities mean nothing because Nomura has told what the anti-coat was bluntly. It was Sora's nightmare and it was subsequently destroyed. It's honestly just that simple.
His words aren't magical, there's no need to be that way. He's the top brass on the series so naturally anything he says is, is unless he changes or contradicts it later either in word or the games.


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Turning Points in Spiritual History: Zarathustra, Hermes, Moses, Elijah, Buddha, Christ (CW 60, 61)
6 lectures, January 19, 1911 - January 25, 1912 (CW 60, 61)
"In our long human journey, individual and collective, the journey that science calls evolution, many indeed are the turning points. But they are not so much turning points in outer, material manifestation in the fossils of paleontology, for those fossils are only the shed garments worn by humans in an earlier age, vestments designed by providence to meet the need of a changing human consciousness moving through time. Where the real evolution occurs, for which the necessary outer garments are tailored over time, is in the realm of consciousness as it transitions from spirit to matter and back to spirit."
—Edward Reaugh Smith (from the introduction)
Rudolf Steiner gave the six lectures in this volume between January 1911 and January 1912. Soon after Steiner's death in 1925, Marie Steiner—realizing the importance of those lectures for understanding the evolution of consciousness and the central role of the Christ event in that process—collected them under the title Turning Points in Spiritual History.
According to Rudolf Steiner, Earth is the crucible of cosmic evolution, and earthly evolution is accomplished through humanity. Further, there were five turning points—or critical, transformative moments—in the process leading to the culmination of the Christ's incarnation through the Mystery of Golgotha. Each of those five points is exemplified by an individual: Zarathustra, Hermes, Moses, Elijah, and the Buddha.
Each of these lectures deals in turn with one of these great beings. In them, Steiner provides us with astonishing views of esoteric history and shows the remarkable ways in which the spiritual world guided and nurtured the spiritual evolution in preparation for the Christ's appearance on Earth.
The lectures in this book were originally published in German as Wendepunkte des Geisteslebens by Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung (Dornach, 1974).
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