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The Whitewashing of the Conciliar Church continues Sept 28, 2018 11:26:06 GMT

Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2018 11:26:06 GMT

In near-continuous stream of articles to attempt to show the 'good' in the Conciliar Church, the FSSPX pens yet another testimonial, showing how wonderful the Papacy of Pope Francis is.

But wait, it is not as wonderful as it is made to seem.

Notice in the FSSPX article, they do not show the actual crucifix being handed out. We will include that picture in a different Conciliar article at the end.

Note too, in the FSSPX article, they include their own paragraph about the Cross at the end to give this action of the pope just enough of a traditional 'spin' - just enough traditionalism to keep their faithful lulled to passivity.

Notice throughout the FSSPX article how the language of the article echoes perfectly what Bishop Williamson has said [once again, the FSSPX and the Bishop Williamson seem to have the same understanding of the Conciliar Church], "There is still something Catholic in the conciliar church, so it’s wrong for us to reject it completely.” (Bp. Williamson, Eleison Comments #447)

Notice that all the people who are at the Vatican on Sunday are in very casual clothes and most of the women are in pants.

Lastly, notice in the Conciliar article how the Vatican used refugees, as well as nuns [of course you neither hear nor see this in the FSSPX article], to hand out these crucifixes. This is a clear nod to Pope Francis' repeated efforts to bolster and promote the influx of [mostly Muslim] refugees into Europe. See here, here, and here.

40,000 Crucifixes Distributed after the Angelus at the Vatican

September 22, 2018
By fsspx.news

Two days after the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, silver metal crucifixes were given to the people present for the Angelus on Sunday, September 16, 2018. In all, 40,000 crosses were distributed by the Office of Papal Charities directed by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski.

Pope Francis presented the crucifix from the window of the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, explaining its religious meaning:

I thought of giving you who are here in the Square a crucifix (…). The crucifix is the sign of the love of God, who in Jesus gave His life for us. I invite you to accept this gift and place it in your homes, in your children’s rooms, or that of your grandparents…, or wherever you like, but somewhere it can be seen.

The pope explained that the crucifix also helps us pray: “It is not an ornamental object, but a religious sign meant for contemplation and prayer. Gazing upon Jesus Crucified, we gaze upon our salvation.” The pope insisted that the crucifixes were free and that no one could ask for money in exchange for one: “You pay nothing. If anyone tells you that you have to pay, they are tricking you! No, nothing! It is a gift from the pope!”

The crucifixes were distributed in little bags, with a card inside on which was printed in three different languages – Italian, English, and Spanish – the phrase: “In the cross of Christ is all the love of God, His immense mercy.” These words were pronounced by Pope Francis during the Way of the Cross he presided over on July 26, 2013, in Copacabana, during the World Youth Days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Cross of Christ is the instrument of salvation and the sign of the true religion, for it is by signing himself in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost that the Christian professes the true Faith. Anyone coherent can only flee false ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue that encourage an ambiguous attitude towards heresy and false religions, on the pretext that they contain “elements of salvation”. Anyone who wishes to honor the Cross of Christ cannot put it in his back pocket or accept compromise with the world. Anyone who wishes to be saved must carry his cross every day and renounce himself to follow the Divine Master.

Sources: cath.ch / zenit / afp / FSSPX.News – 9/22/2018

Here is an article with the picture of the crucifix being handed out:

Wow Pope Francis gives out 40,000 Free Crucifixes with Prayer to People at Angelus

Pope Francis gives crucifix to Angelus-goers

To mark the recent Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Pope Francis gives those present at the Angelus prayer a small crucifix, calling it “a sign of the love of God, who in Jesus gave his life for us.”

Pope Francis gave a crucifix to every person present at the Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, to mark the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrated on Friday, September 14th.

“Today, two days after the Feast of the Holy Cross, I thought of giving you who are here in the Square a crucifix,” the Pope said, in his remarks following the Angelus prayer.

Around 40,000 silver-plated metal crucifixes were distributed, along with a prayer card with the words (in English, Italian, and Spanish): “The Cross of Christ contains all the love of God; there we find his immeasurable mercy.” Pope Francis pronounced those words during the Way of the Cross held at the World Youth Day in Brazil on July 26, 2013.

Sign of God’s love

“The crucifix is the sign of the love of God, who in Jesus gave his life for us,” he said before distribution. “I invite you to accept this gift and place it in your homes, in your children’s rooms, or that of your grandparents.”

Pope Francis pointed out that it is “not an ornamental object”. He said the crucifix is “a religious sign meant for contemplation and prayer.”
“Gazing upon Jesus Crucified, we gave upon our salvation.”

The Holy Father thanked the sisters, poor people, and refugees [once again we see the political maneuvering to promote refugees in Europe] who distributed the gift, which, he said, “is small but precious.”

Afterwards, the volunteers were offered a sandwich and a soft drink, which the Office of Papal Charities dispensed in Pope Francis’ name.

"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Archbp. Lefebvre 1980

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The Whitewashing of the Conciliar Church continues Sept 28, 2018 12:02:20 GMT

Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2018 12:02:20 GMT

Behind the Contorted Papal Cross

The Scorzelli papal cross commissioned by Paul VI in 1963

There is a history behind the famous broken papal cross habitually associated with John Paul II who always carried it. Many Catholics are oblivious that it was not JPII, but Paul VI who commissioned it from Italian sculptor Lello Scorzelli in 1963 and used it for the first time December 8, 1965, at the official closing of the Second Vatican Council.

Crucifixion - From the Via Crucis by Servaes - 1919

But the cross actually dates back much further to Belgian artist Albert Servaes (1883-1966). In 1919, Servaes made 14 charcoal drawings on white paper depicting the stations of the Via Crucis for the monastery chapel of Luithagen. The skeleton figures he sketched, especially the emaciated figure of Christ on the Cross in the 12th station – are pervaded by a dark despair. The contorted figures are supposed to express extreme pain, and in one sense the artist was successful: It is certainly painful for the viewer to see them.

These drawings are a clear example of the new school of "Expressionism" applied to sacred art. Servaes was one of the artists of the Laethem School living together in community outside of Ghent in Laethem-Saint-Martin, Flanders. The works of the Laethem School and the Expressionalism it adopted were characterized by pessimism, mystical symbols, a distorted stylization and search for “exotic” primitivism in nature.

[On September 11, 1670, under Pope Clement X, the Holy Office prohibited the making of crucifixes “in a form so coarse and artless, in an attitude so indecent, with features so distorted by grief that they provoke disgust rather than pious attention” (quoted by Jacques Maritain, Speech to Journées d’Art Religieux, Feb. 23, 1924). The reason for this prohibition has never been more obvious than now, now that the Vatican II Church has spent decades disregarding this decree and has commissioned, promoted, allowed, and tolerated the foulest modernistic displays of religious “art” around the world. {emphasis added} Source]

Different Popes with the cross of Paul VI

The broken cross became a symbol of the Vatican II papacy

The Laethem Group, whose best known artist is Gustave de Smet, was animated by a violent reaction against Impressionism, which it felt was too positive and unable to grasp the deep complexities and darkness of the world, which was heading toward the First World War.

Rebelling against the decorous and delicate forms of French Impressionism, the Expressionists sought to discover a supposed tragic inner reality of which the artist is the interpreter. Albert Servaes was guided spiritually by Carmelite mentor Fr. Jerome, who initiated him in an occult “mysticism of suffering.” It was under this influence that he sketched the Stations of the Cross for the Luithagen chapel soon after WWI.

Servaes’ style became so macabre in his dark Expressionalism that this Way of Cross (1919) drew upon him the condemnation of the Church. Indeed, the condemnation of the Via Crucis of Servaes came straight from the Holy Office, with the direct approval of Pope Benedict XV. This Decretum stands out because it is not just a condemnation of one specific work of Albert Servaes, but the banning of an entire school of art as being opposed to Faith and Tradition.

Now, as the reader can see, the Scorzelli papal cross - commissioned by a Pope a half century after that condemnation - is nothing but the revival of that condemned Expressionism. It is, as a commentator who inspired this article noted, “the revenge of Servaes proclaimed to the world in 1965.”

In fact, not only was this condemnation ignored after Vatican II, but the crozier inspired by Servaes became a symbol of the pontificates of Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II & Benedict XVII. Francis I was quick to assume this horrific insignia in the first days of his papacy.

Anyone who looks closely at this gruesome crucifix, with the Christ whose hands look like claws, his legs rudely sprawled open, and his hidden downcast head, can see something devilish in it. It is no wonder the Church solemnly condemned the artist who inspired it. Now, we witness this sad sign of the times: That same cross has been assumed as a symbol of the conciliar Popes in open scorn of the previous condemnation by Benedict XV.

Since the papacy of John Paul II, this crucifix has been placed on every papal rosary that is given out. Thus, many unknowing Catholics have become accustomed to this monstrosity, believing it to be acceptable just because it has been approved by the conciliar Popes.

Source

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The Jansenist Crucifix

[...] the indecent Scorzelli crucifix also has something in common with the heretical crucifixes of the Jansenists.

The so-called “Jansenist Crucifix” is defined as a “crucifix in which the arms of our Lord are not extended at right angles with His sacred body, but are contractedly suspended from the cross-beam parallel with the upright portion of the cross. The symbolism of the outstretched arms is that Christ died for all men; that of the Jansenist crucifix, that Christ died only for the elect” (Frederick George Lee, A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms, s.v. “Crucifix, Jansenist” [London: Bernard Quaritch, 1877], p. 103). (This is not to be confused with the “for many” vs. “for all” issue in the Canon of the Mass – the Catechism of the Council of Trent clarifies: “…if we look to its value, we must confess that the Redeemer shed His blood for the salvation of all; but if we look to the fruit which mankind have received from it, we shall easily find that it pertains not unto all, but to many of the human race”.) Source