Missouri: The "Show Me State," Has Succumbed To The Constant Mantra And Brainwashing Of The Culture Of Death Maniacs Who Hate And Deny The Rights Of Pre-born American Children!

 How sad...

But it's more than just sad, it is now embedded in the Missouri state constitution, that a female has a "right" to kill her pre-born baby girl just as the tiny creature is about to exit the womb!

That's right, infanticide is now "legal" for just about any reason!

It is apparent that there are far too many dyed-in-the-wool leftist Christ-haters even in the so-called "Bible Belt" of "conservative" Missouri.

But how did this happen??

Where did they come from??

Were they born and raised here in Missouri, or did they escape the corrupt and morally poisoned states of California, or Colorado, or Oregon, or Washington, and spread their modernist lunacy with the help of the always leftist media, especially in the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas??

And that's one of the keys: the anti-Natural Law, anti-Catholic media are almost always complicit in pushing for the destruction of pre-born life even after -- or because? -- the Supreme Court overturned and destroyed the horrendous and diabolical Roe v Wade decision of 1973...

These demons will never stop until they get what they want, and at least for the foreseeable future, pre-born babies will continue to be sacrificed on the altar of Satan.

It seems that the fear of the Lord has been abandoned, including the errant thinking that they will not have to account for their actions of murdering their offspring, as well as the "doctors" and "nurses" who participate in that hellish ritual -- or the politicians who supported this disastrous amendment!!

The following article from lifesitenews.com and written by the LifeSiteNews staff

Missouri narrowly approves amendment legalizing abortion up to birth, including for ‘mental health’ - LifeSite

Wed Nov 6, 2024 - 3:42 pm EST

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(LifeSiteNews) — Missouri voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes abortion up to “viability” for any reason and up to birth for vague “health” reasons, including for “mental health.” The amendment will likely overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban and could legalize “gender transitions” for children.

Missouri’s Amendment 3 was narrowly approved by a majority of 51.6 percent on election day. The amendment posits a so-called “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” that applies to “all matters relating to [so-called] reproductive health care, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion care [sic], miscarriage care, and respectful birthing conditions.”

The measure prohibits the legislature from banning abortion until “fetal viability” and after “viability” if an abortionist claims that killing a woman’s unborn child is “needed to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant person.”

Abortion is always gravely immoral and never needed nor justifiable to protect a mother’s life or health.

Missouri currently has a near-total abortion ban, only allowing abortion when allegedly necessary to avoid the mother’s death or “substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.”

Amendment 3 does not automatically repeal the existing pro-life law, meaning that pro-abortion activists will have to sue to overturn the ban.

READ: Missouri’s ‘illegal’ pro-abortion amendment would repeal bans on ‘gender transitions,’ cloning: attorneys

However, while the courts will likely overturn the law due to the new amendment, a year-long legal struggle regarding abortion laws and the protection of the unborn is expected from both sides. Missouri has many pro-life laws on the books that seek to limit the number of abortion from the time before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The courts will have to deem which of these laws they consider to violate the amendment.

Amendment 3 states that the so-called “right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied, interfered with, delayed or otherwise restricted unless the government demonstrates that such action is justified by a compelling governmental interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

Republicans and pro-life leaders could also attempt to overturn the amendment by putting it to a vote again in a future election. Republican Senator Josh Hawley and other GOP politicians have mentioned this possibility.

READ: Pro-abortion groups are massively outspending pro-lifers on ballot initiatives this year

“Life supporters will not sit back and watch as Big Abortion works to dismantle all the health and safety protections put in place to protect women and babies,” Missouri Stand with Woman spokeswoman Stephanie Bell stated.

The Kansas City Star wrote, “Ongoing legal fights over regulations and a push by GOP lawmakers to reverse Amendment 3 could create an atmosphere of uncertainty that could slow down abortion providers as they work to open.”

Conservative groups, including the Thomas More Society, have also warned that Amendment 3 would reverse the state’s ban on transgender surgeries for children and protections for girls’ sports and bathrooms.

While some states, like Arizona and Missouri, have voted in favor of pro-abortion amendments, others, like Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska, rejected attempts to weaken the protection of the unborn on election day."

READ: Florida defeats radical pro-abortion amendment in victory for pro-lifers

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The bottom line is that we must never stop fighting for the most defenseless of our species: the pre-born baby girl and boy.  As we have seen over the years, it takes more than prayers, it takes action!  And we have also seen that those fighters have sacrificed their very freedom and have spent time behind bars, in some cases, for years!  President Trump must pardon those unjustly persecuted and jailed by the corrupt justice system simply because they prayed outside of an abortion mill or counseled some poor misguided female about to have her baby killed!!

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla 

 

 

 

Pope Francis' Meetings With Notorious Abortionist, Not To Admonish And Convert, But To Praise Her As One Of The Nation's "Forgotten Greats"!!

 Can this really be happening?

Can a real pope of the Catholic Church praise a notorious abortionist instead of admonishing her to give up her murderous activities and revert back to the Catholic faith?

Of course, the answer is no; a resounding no! 

Yet this is what has happened in the past and continues to happen in the present.  Such horrendous scandal can only lead to more pre-born babies being slaughtered in the womb of her "mother," by emboldening these merchants of death to continue their diabolical operations without accountability, at least not in this life...

And since it is the duty of a real pope to warn those murderers of the consequences of their actions, he too, will be held accountable for the sin of omission and dereliction of his office.

Such creatures are morally and spiritually sick!

The following article from lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, will highlight this unholy relationship between Bergoglio and the notorious Italian abortionist Emma Bonino...

Tue Nov 5, 2024 - 7:27 am EST

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"VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis made a private visit to notorious Italian abortionist Emma Bonino today after she was recently discharged from hospital following breathing problems.

Late Tuesday morning, Pope Francis made an unannounced visit to Bonino at her residence in Rome. Francis had left the Vatican to be present at the Pontifical Gregorian University for a series of public meetings with the university community earlier in the morning.

Shortly after then, his cavalcade made the short drive through the historic center to Bonino’s home. According to La Repubblica – an Italian daily with left-leaning communist origins – Francis told reporters outside that Bonino was “very well,” when asked about her health. Bonino had been hospitalized in intensive care earlier in October after experiencing breathing difficulties.

Francis commented that the visit was a “cordial” one.

Bonino is widely acknowledged as one of the key lobbyists and leading voices who brought about the legalization of abortion in Italy. Notwithstanding this, Francis has repeatedly praised her during his pontificate, most recently saying in 2022 that he has “great respect for her,” though adding he did not “share her ideas.”

Bonino – who has publicly supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. election – had an illegal abortion when she was 27 years old, and after spending four months abroad evading arrest, returned to Italy where she served a 10-day prison term. Bonino credited her arrest with causing the topic of abortion to take center stage in Italy.

She subsequently became a heroine in the eyes of the left-wing media, and notorious for performing abortions with a homemade device, operated by a bicycle pump. She founded the Information Centre on Sterilization and Abortion (CISA) in 1975, which lobbied to promote abortion in Italy prior to its legalization in 1978. 

As such, she was described in 2017 as being at least partially responsible for over 6 million abortions since 1978, and has personally boasted that she and her group committed 10,141 illegal abortions. 

Bonino is a career politician, having been a member of the European Parliament. She spent many terms in the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was appointed as Italy’s foreign minister in 2013. 

Francis first praised her in February 2016 in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere Della Serra. He described the notorious abortion advocate as one of the nation’s “forgotten greats,” comparing her with great historical figures such as Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman.

Acknowledging her differing views, Francis said, “true, but never mind. We have to look at people, at what they do.”

Some months later in November 2016, Francis then received Bonino in a private audience, in her capacity as minister of Foreign Affairs. According to the Holy See Press Office at the time, the meeting was “mostly on the topics of the influx of migrants, of welcoming migrants, and their integration.”

July 2017 saw Bonino speak in a Catholic church in northern Italy, following praise from Pope Francis, while pro-life advocates were ejected from the church due to their protests at her presence.

Yet the history of Pope Francis and Bonino goes further back than 2016. As foreign minister, Bonino, along with President Georgio Napolitano and his key ministers, were granted an audience with Francis on June 8, 2013, only two months after he ascended to the papacy.

READ: Pope claims he speaks out often against abortion, his actions suggest otherwise

In April 2014, Bonino called Pope Francis to help end the hunger strike of Radical Party leader Marco Pannella. The Pope made the call and promised to join Pannella in his bid to better conditions in Italian prisons.

In April 2014, Bonino called Pope Francis to help end the hunger strike of Radical Party leader Marco Pannella. The Pope made the call and promised to join Pannella in his bid to better conditions in Italian prisons.

In May 2015, the Vatican Insider reported that Pope Francis personally invited Bonino to an audience in the Paul VI Hall, within the Vatican City state.

Indeed, in a now-archived 2018 report in The Guardian, Bonino described a regular and close relationship with Pope Francis, with The Guardian calling Francis an “ally” for Bonino. According to that report: “The two, she says with a grin, are in touch. ‘We have some connections, so we pass messages quite often, through friends.’”

Following the 2023 overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, Bonino argued that the ruling “makes the USA jump back 50 years.” “The Supreme Court ruling that after 50 years cancels the right to abortion in the USA is a strong reminder also for us, women and men in Italy and in Europe: on rights you can never stand still, if you do not go forward you risk going back,” she said."

End of very disturbing article...

Pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters, and for their conversion to orthodoxy and the Catholic faith!

Pray too for strength and honor, as things under Bergoglio will get much worse before they get better!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla 

NOT Voting For President Trump WILL Lead To A Moral And Spiritual Disaster For The U.S. -- And The World!!

 If you are worried and concerned about President Trump's stance on "women's reproductive rights," so am I, however, if Mr. Trump is not elected president, I can assure anyone reading this missive, the U.S. -- and the world will suffer a moral and spiritual disaster not seen since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki!

Is this hyperbole?  

Not at all...

Just take a look or listen to the lunatic, Harris, and her VP pick, Walz, the even-more-crazy thug who forced school districts in his state to install feminine products -- tampons!! -- in boy's bathrooms!! -- and decide that not voting for President Trump is the better option because he is not 100% pro-life!

Really?

That would be crazy!

If the Marxist maniac Harris and Walz steal the White House this time, there will be absolutely no choice for the pre-born -- none at all!!

Plus, those two loonies have never met a war they didn't like -- or love!  

(As you know, under Mr. Trump, genuine efforts were made for peace even in the hot spots of the Middle East and Asia, with varying degrees of success.)

On the other hand, we can vote for President Trump invoking the principle of double effect as taught by St. Thomas Acquinas (and the Church!)...

Here is that principle: 

Principle of Double Effect

The Principle of Double Effect is used to determine when an action which has two effects, one good and one evil, may still be chosen without sin. This principle is attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas, who used it to show that killing in self-defense is justified (Summa Theologiae I-II q64 art. 7).

With respect to voting, it would allow under certain conditions the toleration of the unintended evil of another for a proportionate reason. All four conditions must be satisfied:

1. The action must be morally good, or indifferent, as to object, motive and circumstances.
2. The bad effect(s) may only be tolerated, not directly willed.
3. The good effect must be caused at least as directly as the bad.
4. The good effect(s) must be proportionate to compensate for the bad effect(s).

It is important to separate the constant musings I hear from Catholic podcasters -- and even priests, bishops and cardinals! -- saying over and over again that we must vote for "the lesser of two evils"!

That is not correct. 

I find it hard to believe that no one, and I mean no one, has mentioned the "principle," if I'm wrong, please correct me.

In any event, we must vote for President Trump and also pray for his conversion to the real (traditional) Catholic Church.  I might add that there have been many recent indications that something is moving him in that direction, but time -- and the Holy Ghost! -- will determine what happens...

Before I close, here is an article I posted back on Sept. 9, 2024...

Trump Posts ‘Happy Birthday Mary’ On The Nativity Of Our Lady!!!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla 

 

Watch And Heed: "Synodal" "Cardinal" Admits That A New, New "Mass" Is Needed In Order To Conform To The "New" "Synodal" Church!

 If you are sick and tired as I am regarding the diabolical news emanating from apostate Rome, still, I must beg you to watch, listen, and heed this one more piece of the puzzle that these non-Catholic imposters want to fit into their new synodal "church."

This short video (less than 10 minutes) from returntotradition.org, is tough to listen to, but confirms the demonic intention of completely destroying the real Catholic Mass of the ages in order to conform to the idolatry of a man-centered "mass" of the new, new synodal "church"! 

This is right out of the deepest pit of hell and continues the horrendous rebellion of the former Augustinian Friar and arch-heretic, Martin Luther's almost complete success in negating the aim of the Mass in the first place: the Holy Sacrifice of Our Lord -- and replacing it with a communal meal of the "people of God." 

Listen closely and judge for yourself, then decide whom you should obey and follow in order to save your immortal soul!

God or man?

Practicing Catholics know the obvious answer...

Vatican Cardinal Admits That A New New Mass Is Needed

We must pray ardently and continuously for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion to orthodoxy and the Catholic faith!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla 

 

The Disastrous Communion In The Hand Has Led To The Denial Of The REAL PRESENCE Of Our Lord!

 And you wonder why the novus ordo church is in such horrible shape -- and the world for that matter?

The diabolical Communion in the hand from the time of the arch-heretic, Luther, to the modern day "Luthers" posing as Catholic clergy...

And from the time of Pope Paul VI, and forward, there has been a horrific denial of Christ's REAL PRESENCE after the priest consecrates the bread and wine, mostly, I might add, in the novus ordo religion.  This is exactly what Luther wanted to accomplish, and it has been outrageously successful! 

I will now post a comment from Archbishop Vigano and his take on what a monstrous heresy Communion in the hand is, and the "great" apostasy that has infected over 1,000,000,000 -- that's BILLION -- poorly catechized Catholics worldwide...

From lifesitenews.com and written by Archbishop Vigano himself...

EXCLUSIVE: Abp. Viganò uses AI to show how Communion in the hand destroys belief in the Real Presence - LifeSite

Thu Oct 31, 2024 - 2:16 pm EDT

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"(LifeSiteNews) — The following is a brief reflection given by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò after he was asked if he could comment on the findings of the largest survey of Catholics in the United States which found that the #1 reason for loss of faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is communion in the hand.

The poll conducted by the Real Presence Coalition confirms what was already evident when Paul VI authorized the modification of the discipline in this matter. First of all, it was clear that the so-called “reforms” imposed by a group of subversives Modernists did not respond to any request “from the grass roots.” Neither the Novus Ordo nor the new ways of administering Communion were the fruit of a real need of the ecclesial body. The opposite is true, however, that the so-called liturgical reform was intended to help spread the doctrine it contained among the clergy and the faithful, causing the πρᾶξις (praxis) to influence the δόξα (belief). The concept summarized by the adage Lex orandi, lex credendi has been widely adopted by the proponents of the conciliar reform, but in reverse and maliciously: in this case it is not in fact the oρθοδοξία (orthodoxy) that determines the ὀρθοπραξία (orthopraxy), but the ἑτεροπραξία (heteropraxy) that shapes the ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxy).

The faithful who are asked to kneel to receive Holy Communion in the mouth are led by the gestures they make to recognize the Real Presence in the Sacred Species and to adhere to the corresponding Catholic doctrine. Similarly, the faithful who are asked not to kneel and to touch the Host with their hands end up believing the heterodox doctrine insinuated by the Reformed rites. This doctrinal change is further favored when the ritual change replaces an entirely opposite practice. 

This shows unequivocally that those who meddled with the Liturgy after the Council knew very well what would be the disruptive scope of the Novus Ordo in corrupting the Faith of the people of God. They did not explicitly modify the lex credendi, but wanted to express their deviations in the lex orandi, knowing full well that it would have been much easier to make people lose faith in the Real Presence by making them receive Communion standing and in their hands, rather than preaching these errors from the pulpits while continuing to administer Communion on their knees and in the mouth. The fact that the Hierarchy has imposed standing and holding Communion on the faithful has been perceived as a repudiation of the past and a rejection of previous doctrine.

The evidence for this reasoning is confirmed by an unusual source: ChatGPT, a conversational “artificial intelligence” app. I tried to interrogate ChatGTP not because I consider it a true form of intelligence but because its data processing system identifies causal relationships on the mathematical model and it is therefore interesting to see how an algorithm is able to detect what the mainstream narrative pretends not to see.

This is the question I asked:

If a Pope wanted to weaken the faith of Catholics in the Real Presence, how should he modify the rite of Communion? 

This is the answer I got: 

If a Pope wanted to weaken the Catholic faith in the Real Presence, he might consider some changes to the rite of Communion, such as:

1. 1. Simplified rituals: Reduce the number of ritual elements that emphasize the sacredness of Communion, such as worship or genuflection.

0. 2. Symbolic elements: Promote an emphasis on the symbolism of the bread and wine, rather than on their transformation into the Body and Blood of Christ.

0. 3. Verbal communication: Use language that highlights Communion as a commemorative act rather than an actual encounter with Christ.

0. 4. Modification of prayers: Change prayers and liturgical texts to reflect a more symbolic vision of Communion, minimizing references to the Real Presence.

0. 5. Flexibility in administration: Allow alternative forms of receiving Communion that may seem less sacramental, such as receiving it in a more informal form or without liturgical celebration.

These changes could contribute to a more muted view of the Real Presence among the faithful.

We know very well that so-called “artificial intelligence” is nothing more than a very fast computer system for the collection and analysis of a huge amount of data; but precisely for this reason we can understand how a machine without conscience knows how to answer a question clearly, revealing the premeditation and malice of those who have tampered with the Liturgy of the Church in order to tamper with the Church’s Faith.

In the face of the evidence of the subversive intentions of the conciliar revolution and the even more evident disaster that it has caused in the faithful and in the entire ecclesial body, it is indispensable to oppose a contrary action, which must necessarily consist, on the one hand, in the sine glossa rejection of the Novus Ordo and of the doctrinal and ecclesiological structure that underlies it; and on the other hand, in a full return to the traditional Apostolic Rite, which by the very admission of the proponents of Vatican II is incompatible with their “church.” This liturgical restoration cannot and must not be motivated by mere aesthetic or taste preferences, but by the awareness that the only lex orandi of the Catholic Church is the one sanctioned by two thousand years of uninterrupted and integral profession of the same Faith, and not the fruit of a heretical bricolage cobbled together by Freemasons and Protestants."

+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop

End of article...

We must pray and pray hard for the defeat of the heresy of modernism and for the conversion of the current regime of the hierarchy of the novus ordo, synodal religion back to orthodoxy and the Catholic faith!!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla

The Devil And His Henchmen: "Cardinals" McElroy, Cupich Join "Fr." James Martin In Praising Synod On Synodality’s Final Text!

 Just when you thought that things couldn't get any worse in the new, novus ordo, synodal "church," comes these masters of deceit slobbering all over themselves because they think that their sin of Sodom will finally -- and officially? -- be recognized throughout what's left of the make believe "Catholic" church!

I almost don't want to post this article from lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

 Why?

Because it is filled with an amazing display of heresy, apostasy and wolves in sheep's clothing gleefully forecasting the end of objective truth as taught by the real Catholic Church for 2,000 years and replacing it with some man-made concoction right out of the pit of hell! 

Their new "religion" will feature female clergy, and the rampant sin of Sodom, all the while allowing those wicked and evil thugs to continue to receive the Holy Eucharist, adding to their monstrous mortal sins blackening their immortal souls.

And instead of calling those sodomites and divorced and "remarried" Catholics to repentance, they're affirming them -- in their sin!

What a horrendous price these false shepherds will pay at their Particular Judgment, that is, if they even believe in God in the first place...

Mon Oct 28, 2024 - 3:58 pm EDT

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"VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinals Robert McElroy of San Diego and Blase Cupich of Chicago joined Father James Martin, SJ in praising the Synod’s conclusions and calling for immediate changing of the U.S. ecclesial sphere in line with “synodality.”

The “whole hierarchy is called to embrace this important effort of building a synodal, missionary church,” Cupich said Sunday, hours after the Synod on Synodality’s concluding Mass.

Speaking to the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) along with McElroy, Cupich praised the Synod’s final text after Pope Francis made the rare step of adopting the final document rather than writing an apostolic exhortation. So rare was it that Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said he had not seen the like in 40 years of attending synods.

READ: Synod final text calls for continued ‘process’ with synodal ‘listening’ and dialogue

The two American cardinals – who were received in private papal audience recently along with Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey – called for a reform of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) leadership structure. Cupich said that in light of the Synod it is “very clear from the document that this is what we’re supposed to do.”

McElroy called for setting up “a committee on synodality,” adding that “I don’t think there’s any escaping it.”

The Synod’s final document made strong calls for implementing increased lay roles through the Church, especially with regard to governance. Some further limits would be also placed on papal power, with the document arguing a pope cannot “ignore a direction which emerges through proper discernment within a consultative process, especially if this is done by participatory bodies.”

Reforming the U.S. church structure in line with synodality “has to come in at the top of the list,” Cupich said, adding that the USCCB must commit to “holding ourselves accountable for building a synodal, missionary church.”

The role of women and LGBT issues emerged last year as some of the most contentious at the Synod. This year, such questions were officially moved to study groups, with that of women (including female deacons) being addressed by Study Group 5.

But the Synod text echoes the recent words of Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in saying that “the question of women’s access to diaconal ministry remains open.”

McElroy has previously expressed his personal support for ordaining women to the diaconate, although the Catholic Church infallibly teaches that such an eventuality is impossible. Expanding on this to the NCR, McElroy said that “obstacles” to advancing women’s role in the Church are due to “prejudices that women shouldn’t be doing certain things or that men should be preferred.”

He opined that there is a “cultural change that needs to take place so those obstacles aren’t present.”

“I myself am in favor of women being ordained to the diaconate, and I hope to see that happen,” he added, while attesting that there is a “visible challenge” of the sanctuary being “all male.” “That’s such a countersign to the life of the church.”

Another contentious issue is the Synod document’s proposal that liturgy and synodality between more intimately linked, and “to adopt celebratory styles that make visible the face of a synodal Church.” Referencing this, Cupich commented that “opportunities for lay involvement in the liturgy is (sic) not universally applied,” but added that some benefit could come from “looking at what point can there be testimony witness to the Gospel by the lives of people included in the homily presentation.”

Also speaking about the increased role of lay people envisaged by the Synod was Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the Synod. Late Saturday night, he said that lay people would see a “Church where they count, where they are important, where their talents, their gifts, their life experience, are important because they belong to the people of the baptized.”

Such an opening attitude in the Synod on Synodality has been recognized by Martin, who highlighted a “surprisingly positive” approach to “LGBTQ” questions at the 2024 session contrasted with the 2023 session.

While noting that the final document mirrors the 2023 synthesis report in avoiding using the term “LGBT,” Martin said that “I was surprised to find the conversations about LGBTQ Catholics much friendlier, much more relaxed and much more open this year.”

The Synod final text said that “unfortunately, others (synod participants) continued to experience the pain of feeling excluded or judged because of their marital situation, identity or sexuality,” thus alluding to LGBT issues and the divorced and “remarried.” (Paragraph 50: 333 votes for/22 against)

This passage in particular Martin welcomed: “There is a general consensus that the church needs to reach out to LGBTQ people, even if the term is not used. (Frankly, the inclusion of the word ‘identity’ was a pleasant surprise to me.)”

He praised the Synod for having allowed LGBT issues to now be “on the table” for discussion in the Church. “But in the past two years in the Synod Hall, the overall attitude towards LGBTQ issues seems to have changed noticeably – for the good. Much of that was a surprise to me. But the Holy Spirit is full of surprises.”

End of very disturbing article...

We must pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion to the Catholic faith!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!!

Gene DeLalla