I am certain that when the Superior General of the SSPX, Bishop Bernard Fellay, sat down to be interviewed by Tim Sebastian for the program “Conflict Zone,” he did so motivated to accomplish some good.
I am also certain that his interviewer’s designs were far less pure.
Sebastian, who fancies himself a journalist who can “get through the spin to the truth,” once remarked that he doesn’t ask questions of his interviewees to which he doesn’t already know the answer. Don’t you believe it.
It is entirely evident having watched his interview of Bishop Fellay (which you may watch below, but be forewarned that it will elevate your blood pressure) that he is truly nothing more than a glorified shock-jock with a camera crew; an obnoxious self-serving blowhard who is neither the least bit interested in the truth nor even remotely well-informed on matters Catholic.
He also happens to be the willing servant of a globally powerful anti-Catholic taskmaster. (We’ll return to that point momentarily.)
I had never even heard of Tim Sebastian until yesterday, but a five minute review of his body of work on Youtube alone is enough to indicate that this particular interview request should have been flatly denied; not because anyone need fear such a belligerent jackass as he, but because the man simply is not worthy of the privilege.
Oh, well… what is done is done.
For now, I’d like to address the topic that is headlining the interview; the ever popular leftist charge of anti-Semitism.
In January of 2013, during a conference given in Canada, Bishop Fellay said that among those most vocally opposed to the idea of Rome granting the SSPX formal jurisdiction are “the enemies of the Church: the Jews, the Masons, the modernists.”
Tim Sebastian opened the interview by zeroing-in on this comment in order to suggest that the Society is anti-Semitic, and given the source of his meal ticket, I would say that this line of attack was entirely predictable.
Sebastian’s program, “Conflict Zone,” is an offering of the German-based international broadcast entity Deutsche Welle, a subsidiary of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – otherwise known as ARD.
ARD is the world’s largest public broadcaster, with more than 20,000 employees and an annual budget of over $7 billion, with a substantial part of its revenues generated by a mandatory government fee that is levied against German households.
Deutsche Welle (DW), Tim Sebastian’s employer, is directly funded by the federal Bundestag parliament, a German legislative body that is roughly equivalent to the U.S. Congress.
According to its mission statement, DW seeks to convey, via their international broadcasts, that theirs is a nation “rooted in European culture … as a liberal, democratic state based on the rule of law.”
As many readers are well aware, the so-called “rule of law” in Germany is such that one dare not even whisper a word that could in any way be construed as an insult to “the Jews” for fear of indictment on charges of inciting hatred. This is a land wherein one can literally be imprisoned as a “Holocaust denier” for simply questioning widely accepted WWII death figures.
As a direct beneficiary of such a government’s funding, one can hardly be surprised that DW, via its vile little mouthpiece, Tim Sebastian, went out of its way to accuse Bishop Fellay and the SSPX of anti-semitism.
That said, let’s be very clear: The object of Sebastian’s attack was not so much the Society as it was the Holy Catholic Church; a nemesis of politically correct media giants like ARD and DW not to be confused with the ecumenical church-of-man that was born at Vatican Council II.
Indeed, it is obvious from the totality of the interview that one of Sebastian’s main objectives was to paint anyone who continues to embrace Eternal Rome and her timeless decrees as if they are an enemy of the Church; meaning, of course, the “new-and-improved” conciliar version that no longer condemns, nor actively seeks to convert, anyone.
In other words, Tim Sebastian was doing the bidding of “the Jews” from the very moment he landed in Metzingen.
At this, let’s talk about what is meant by “the Jews.”
In response to the feigned outrage that ensued following Bishop Fellay’s remarks, the SSPX issued an explanation:
The word ‘enemies’ used here by Bishop Fellay is, of course, a religious concept and refers to any group or religious sect which opposes the mission of the Catholic Church and her efforts to fulfil it: the salvation of souls.
In other words, His Excellency (as he attempted to explain to his combative interlocutor) was not fingering every individual self-identified “Jew” as an avowed enemy of the Church subjectively speaking.
No matter, Sebastian didn’t really want an explanation; he was more interested in quoting Fr. Federico Lombardi who said, “It is absolutely unacceptable, impossible, to define the Jews as enemies of the church.”
What Sebastian intended as a “gotcha,” however, was yet another reminder to authentic Catholics of just how far the men of modernist Rome have fallen.
To demonstrate just how reasonable, and Catholic, Bishop Fellay’s words truly were, one need look no further than Sacred Scripture wherein we are told:
“No man spoke openly of Jesus, for fear of the Jews” (John 7:13).
“Now when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews” (John 20:19)
Clearly, it is understood that “the Jews” in these instances does not refer to every individual Jew as if each one was to be feared; rather, it refers to that well-organized group of which it is written elsewhere, “the Jews consulted together to kill Paul” (cf Acts 9:23).
In fact, the disciples themselves, Paul included, were Jews!
There can be no doubt that “the Jews” as so mentioned in Sacred Scripture were indeed properly understood as “enemies of the Church” insofar as they had set themselves in opposition to her mission. Even so, it may help to recall what Our Blessed Lord had to say about those who would oppose Him:
“He who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects Him who sent me…” (Luke 10:16)
“He who is not with me is against me…” (Matthew 12:30)
“He who does not gather with me scatters…” (ibid.)
My friends, this is what it means to be an “enemy of the Church,” and it is beyond any question whatsoever that it is an apt description of the self-identified Jews of today.
The bottom line is simply this:
This interview should never have taken place. Now that it has, however, let it be said that to the extent that Bishop Fellay was unjustly treated for the high crime of speaking after the manner of Sacred Scripture, and for believing as the Church has always believed, blessed is he.
This interview made me sick.
I caught this video yesterday and I was heartsick watching Bishop Fellay being lambasted by this bombastic buffoon. The more I learn about this sick game being played by the powers that be who are definitely controlling the Catholic Church as well as the world governments , finances ect I clearly see that Our Lady of Fatima was without a doubt trying to protect the Holy Roman Catholic Church from just this very Garbage. God help us and Our Lady of Fatima, Ora Pro Nobis!
I felt the same heart sickness watching this interview. I had to skip most of it. It was unbearable to watch. It was like watching a wretched bully beating up on a child. Why on earth did Bishop Fellay grant this interview? Did he not know that this man was a wolf? How incredibly sad this was to watch. O God come to our assistance, O God make haste to help us.
This was not an interview. It was an interrogation by a shrewd and cunning person with evil intent. Let us pray for Bishop Fellay. His goodness shined through under difficult circumstances.
I’ve been praying for Bishop Fellay since I saw this. I was so worried because on the surface he looked vulnerable under this guy’s fire. It was weird, the interviewer asked his sins and then totally stared at the Bishop without blinking. I think his eyes must have hurt afterwards.
I can’t help but think that Bishop Fellay needs our prayers.
If you turn devoutly to the wounds and precious stigmata of Christ, you will find great comfort in suffering, you will mind but little the scorn of men, and you will easily bear their slanderous talk.
Thomas a Kempis
I saw a very humble, charitable Bishop/man. There is no doubt in my mind he could have attacked that interviewer but he stayed meek. Yes, the interviewer was out to get him and as Louie said, the whole Catholic Church but Fellay was Christ like, very, very hard to do. We’re not used to seeing men like this and we think thats weak as anyone in Our Lord’s time would have thought seeing the men scourge Our Lord. “Why doesn’t he fight back?” I’m sure many thought…yes, the interviewer was out to get him but met with charity and truth.
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UNCTUOUS! OILY! SLIMEBALL! There is no word adequate to describe this Tim Sebastian. Bishop Fellay heroically maintained his serenity. At some level I believe even a totally secular person without faith can see through the hostile posturing and hatred of the Church on Sebastian’s part. The phrase “God’s rights” was used by the bishop. That, I suspect, is a novel concept to many and may give pause. We can only pray! Sts Timothy and Sebastian pray for this eponymous Devil’s minion and all who persecute Our Lord and His Bride.
Shame on Abp Levebvre for expelling Cekada and Sanborn from the SSPX. If he had not done that both of them would have been true voices for the SSPX, and an interview like this would have NEVER, EVER, been able to take place. Either one of them would have destroyed this man…..Bp Fellay on the other hand doesnt defend the Faith and looks extremely weak in the process. Disgusting.
Dear Lord he is actually defending, to an extent, bergoglio at the 15 min mark. Why???
That was an excellent interview. It showed how “The Jew ” mind works. How it aggressively seeks to destroy any one or anything that still claims to hold on to the Truth.
The Bishop took a few hard right hooks in the beginning, actually fell down. He looked way over matched and very unsure of himself, he actually gave into the whole “PC” version of the Jews and tried to white wash some hard sayings. It was very pathetic, he should have just spoken the truth about Jews being the enemy of the Church and took him on , instead of looking guilty for being a Catholic.
He regained his composure once the Jewboy got into doctrine, and made a few good comebacks. The whole middle to end reminds me of debates I’ve had where I’m asked a question, but once I start answering, I get another question in a whole different direction coming back at me. The only way to stop that tactic is to just let the opponent talk and once he shuts up, simply ask “I’m sorry do you want a reply , or are you planning on continuing your speech?” This gets the person to actually either let you make a reasoned point or just end the conversation.
Over all The Bishop was way over matched, this makes me worried that SSPX will succumb to pressure and accept false teachings if they ever sign a deal with Rome….. Case in point is how Fellay back peddled even on the homo issue … Very disappointing!!!
Im sorry but after hearing this entire interview I am ashamed for Bp Fellay.
You demonstrate the sour grapes syndrome. In addition, your blindness prevents you from seeing the transcendent goodness of Bishop Fellay. Sedevancantism has done a number on you.
He’s weak and it showed. Im sure he’s a very nice man…..but a staunch defender of the Faith he is not…..and its very evident.
With the exception of Rich, you all have been interpreting the interview incorrectly. Yes the guy was a bully but the good Bishop was like a deer caught in headlights. His responses were weak. And he went to special pains to avoid being offensive to the jews or his future master Bergolio. When asked what his sins were, he should of simply said it was nobody’s business but between God and him in the confessional.
If you would give me pardon to reply along similar lines of logic…
YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
Thanks
Fellay was, of course, a humble gentleman and son of The Truth
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With all due respect there is a vast difference between true humbleness and outright capitulation. He conceded to almost everything the interviewer set forth. He did a very bad job in defending Catholicism.
This interrogation made me think of Our Lord being brutally seized and unfairly questioned after His Agony in the Garden in the early morning hours of Good Friday. Was Our Lord weak by being silent and not defending Himself? Perhaps we could all use this prayerful Lenten meditation to beg God’s graces for His suffering Church, which is going through Her own passion. We need holy bishops. Let us not be too harsh on Bishop Fellay. His burdens are many.
Akita, I agree. What is it about sedevacantism that makes people mean spirited and uncharitable. I am speaking ONLY of the sedevacs that I know PERSONALLY. These, once very nice people, became vicious after they took that step. I could understand their position because the post-conciliar Popes are horrible and getting worse. However, I see no reason to behave in such undignified manner. Again, I’m speaking of PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I am not judging commenters on this blog although what they say does reinforce this observation.
Im a sede and Akita responded to me. I wasnt mean spirited. Bp Fellay was made to look like an idiot and did not defend the Faith at all…..rather he let the atheist have his way and actually AGREED with him at certain points. True charity is pointing out to others the error of their ways because you do not want them to go to hell. False charity is letting sin go unchallenged. Dont fall into the “who am I to judge” camp.
I have to agree with Rich. As much as I couldn’t stomach watching Bishop Fellay get beat up I also found it hard to stomach his unconvincing wavering ability to defend himself. No doubt these questions were made to challenge him and even it seems to make him and the Church look bad. This wasn’t an easy interview. I just think he did more damage to himself and the Church in accepting to go up to bat with these questions than if he had chosen to never give this interview.
I meant to say “These questions were meant to challenge him and WERE ABSOLUTELY meant to make the Church look bad.” and NOT “and even it seems these questions were meant to make the Church look bad.”
I know Bishop Fellay has a great devotion to Our Lady. She will comfort him in this trial.
Rosaries! Rosaries! Rosaries!
(Pope Francis may not like Rosary counters, but I’ll bet Our Lady LOVES them.)
If Tim Sebastian could have it completely his way he would have tied Bp. Fellay to a chair and physically assaulted him at each question. It is clear that English is not Bp. Fellays strength and he would have done a much better job of his answers had he been able to speak in his preferred language. It also clearly showed that Bp. Fellay was not prepared for such an interview and likely assumed it would be an interview answering “get to know it” type questions of the Society. The wolf came with his guns all loaded and ready and the sheep was totally caught off guard. But these bully tactics are the only way the wolves know how to operate.
“When asked what his sins were, he should have simply said it was nobody’s business but between God and him in the confessional”
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Bp Fellay ends up agreeing with the hateful sebastian in opposition to Pope Saint Pius X over Pius’ words about men and women. According to Bp Fellay, yes, updating is/was needed. His ‘defense’ of the faith is so weak, a term invented by Lenin could apply to the Bishop’s role in this interview.
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There is speculation that the interview was a requirement of the deal the SSPX are doing. If so, Bergoglio – enemy of Christ and His Bride – has found a very useful tool to continue to attack and mock Christ and His true Church, His true popes.
It remains a plain fact that the SSPX, including Archbishop Lefebvre, chose the path of ambiguity regarding the atrocity that is the Novus Ordo and its heresiarchs. They would not make their yes ‘yes’, and their no ‘no’. As has been said before: “They want to have their pope and beat him too.” This position is simply not Catholic and it continues, as this interview is evidence, to cause great scandal.
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PS. It’s the feast of Pope Saint Lucius the first – a martyr. Of him St Cyprian said, “the Pastor who guards the flock, the Pilot who steers the ship, the King who leads his people, and in one word, the Bishop of the Church.” Pope Saint Lucius, pray for us.
After reading the comments here, I’m not going to watch the interview. I can only take so much.
For those who have lived in the UK in the late ’90 – early 2000’s, know Mr. Sebastian well. He was the host of the program Hardtalk on BBC for many years. I stopped watching it when I realized that Mr Sebastian’s schtick had nothing to do with getting to the “truth”, but rather trying to abuse anyone who is not politically correct. Fits the BBC’s ideological profile quite well. On an aside, what I also noticed is that it was the Asian hosts who tended to be more objective than their English colleagues.
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Having said that, I think that Bishop Fellay made the mistake of not being prepared for the interview. He obviously did not do his research as to who Mr Sebastian is. The other thing needs to be mentioned is that when dealing with people who are well behaved (the Germans would say “well bred”), they are always at a disadvantage when they run across a crass uncivil ideologue the likes of Mr Sebastian. But it is what it is….
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On the other side, I don’t think that Bishop Fellay came out as bad as certain SSPX enemies make it out. I don’t think Card. Burke, or even Francis would have fared any better under the same conditions. Or anyone else for that matter. Which leads me to suspect that the reason why Mr Sebastian showed up in Menzingen now is that he received “inspiration” from certain quarters, most likely in Germany and most likely in the ecclesiastical structures. One can suspect that the some German hierarchs are not amused with Francis’ outreach efforts to the SSPX.
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On an aside, from what I understand, Deutsche Welle was a media outlet set up by the US occupation troops after WWII but with German money. Its mission is similar to BBC World service which propagates German interests to the outside world. Which also supports the contention that this “interview” was meant for a non German audience.
Rich …In the eyes of the world all Catholics look like idiots….the vitriol against Bishop Fellay from Sebastion was a testament to his burning hatred against the One True Faith, his path crossed Bishop Fellays for a reason and I’m certain the good Bishop will be offering up the sufferings endured in that interview for the salvation of that reprobates soul.
Sorry louie i have to disagree with your post about this interview and im quite shocked at the comments too. We should all know what the interviewer was going to be like and im sure bishop fellay knew if not he definatly should of done. Tim sebastian is just as you say louie ” doing the bidding of jews” i agree thats the real enemy here on earth the THE TALMUDIC ZIONIST JEWS its not all crazy ideas or conspiracy theories its a reality that these are the NWO elitists led at the top by satan of course. (Not the individual jew ) There aim is preparing the world for the rein of the antichrist. Back to the interview most here seem to be focusing on tim Sebastian too much, bishop fellay should of and could of if wanted too have put Tim Sebastian right in his place with the catholoc faith but he didnt he didnt defend the faith as he should of in my opinion. He had a great platform to put forth the churchs teaching against all his questions instead he let that baffion sebastian talk as if catholic faith was a joke.
I need to say that I am not a staunch supporter of Father Cekada or Sanborn because of their support of Pius XII’s teaching and Humanae Vitae teaching’s on NFP and it being acceptable to plan to exclusive recourse to the infertile period during conjugal relations in order to avoid having children while benefiting from all the other possible effects the conjugal act may have. However, I need to also say that I beleive that sedevacantists don’t always get everything wrong either when discerning errors from our hierarchy.
Blessed be the good Bishop for imitating His Master in perfect humility, while the wolf gnashing his razor sharp teeth, foolishly thought that he has weakened the Bishop, not seeing in his conceit, the true strength, that only comes from Jesus Christ. Sadly, so many Catholics have missed it, because of pride that poisoned their hearts, who serve their master ‘its ego’.
Hold your peace, and do not judge the good Bishop, the Lord is not in the earthquake, this is what the heathens do.
Viva Cristo Rey!
Hey CraigV, I’m on the same exact page as you. I just cannot bring myself to watch the interview. I personally know the angry tyrade that the TRUTH Aka: Our Lord Jesus Christ, could bring out in so many. Still His Mercy amazes me. I am reminded of St. Longinus, the soldier who thrust his spear into Our Lord’s side. Immediately after he did this, his physical sight was restored to perfection along with his spiritual sight, as he repented in the spot and had a true conversion immediately.
Barbara, you are so right. I love how you have been an advocate for Our Lady of Fatima’s message. She had told us of our ONLY remedy. It is through her Immaculate Heart that we will be spared. As Barbara put it so well, ROSARIES, ROSARIES, ROSARIES!
No on has a better plan than Our Dear Mother. Thank you, Barbara, for this reminder and your kind, steady, patience in the face of all this evil. I appreciate it.
Also, I cannot bring myself to watch this torturous interview. I just can’t take it. But I am attaching an empowering link of St. PiusX to soothe all of our pain. There is NO ONE out there today who says it like it is more than him.
What a true man he is. What a gift from God for us all!
http://www.stpeterslist.com/12670/restore-all-things-to-christ-12-memes-on-pope-st-pius-x-with-explanations-sources/
I still think Bishop Fellay should have held his peace and have never granted this interview. Like he said himself one of his sins is talking too much.I couldn’t agree with him more on this.As for his personal accusation of he being too sure of himself I couldn’t agree less with him.
Just this morning while listening to todays epistle read by my husband during our family morning prayer time I couldn’t help but be amazed that the reading from Numbers 20 was about our Lord’s command to Moses to speak to the rock in order to receive the waters that will quench the people of Israel’s thirst. What did Moses do instead? He spoke to the people rather than the rock (meaning God perhaps. This is my thoughts on it however. I did”t read this anywhere though) and dialogued with the people on their doubts. What did Moses do instead but strike the rock twice. What was his punishment for striking the rock twice? The punishment was to not see the day where they will be brought into the land designated for them. If one has a Haddock Douay Rheim’s Bible with the commentaries on Scripture one will see that even though ‘to doubt’ may not be a sin, as Saint Augustine says, it is met with some punishment nonetheless.
I agree that this interview may have been requested by the Vatican. It wasn’t conducted for the edification of Traditional Catholics.
I agree that Bishop Fellay is very kind and means well but the interviewer hits him hard with all kinds of social pressure issues. To “get” the Bishop the interviewer uses social pressure, accusations of hypocrisy, and accusations of lack of respect and obedience to the Pope. Bishop Fellay takes a defensive attitude which the interviewer is counting on to score. How should Catholics respond to social pressure and accusations like these?
What would “to doubt” be, a lack of perfection?
Hi Louis and all your followers, of whom I am one (although I have not posted a comment here as yet).
I am fortunate to have an SSPX chapel in my city so I’m grateful to be able to avail of the sacraments the way all Catholics should, had not the disastrous VII betrayal of Our Lord ever occurred.
As soon as I read that Bishop Fellay’s interrogator, I mean ‘interviewer’ was Tim Sebastian I had a pretty good idea of the disrespect and arrogance and pure hostility likely to ensue. He worked for our state organ of mind manipulation aka BBC! Unfortunately such rudeness is typical of what passes for journalism this side of the pond and is especially dealt out to all who have an alternative view from the liberal agenda.
Much as I admire Bishop Fellay I was dismayed how he dealt with that cretin who baited him.
I came across this on YouTube today and found it something of an antidote to the sinking feeling I got from from the Fellay interview. https://youtu.be/78K9e5GGU5E It’s a plucky lady from your side of the pond. That’s maybe how these more of these evil liars and wrongheaded jerks should be dealt with.
That sounds right to me. a lack of perfection.
Thats Ann Barnhardt. She writes articles for The Remnant.
Almost every time Bergoglio opens his mouth (which is much too often!), he puts his foot in his mouth much to the detriment of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. There seems to be no accountability in spite of the fact that he is supposed to be the Vicar of Christ. Perhaps, we could give Bishop Fellay, who only speaks to praise God and save souls, charity and kindness regarding this unfortunate interrogation. In hindsight, I am sure Bishop Fellay regrets consenting to this “interview”. However, it was not a total loss if we could see before us pure evil and pure goodness. God bless Bishop Fellay and the SSPX.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/12183838/Non-Catholics-invited-to-the-confessional.html
Correct. I think she’s great. She gives a class lesson in dealing with the opposition, who are indeed enemies of the Church. I think she’d eat Tim Sebastian for breakfast.
That was in reply to ‘rich’.
Oh yeah, she would have been all over him. Then again, he’d probably never be dumb enough to interview her.
Good grief, did you see the photo in that article of the “confessional” that bergoglio is sitting at? What the heck is that thing?
Here are a few quotes, not in order, from an interview with Archbishop Lefebvre (just to cheer up everybody):
Q: But doesn’t the Koran display moving verses of praise toward Mary and Jesus?
A: Islam accepts Jesus as a prophet and has great respect for Mary, and this certainly places Islam nearer to our religion than say, for instance, Judaism, which is far more distant from us. Islam was born in the 7th century and it has benefited to some degree from the Christian teachings of those days.
Judaism, on the other hand, is the heir to the system, which crucified our Lord. And the members of this religion, who have not converted to Christ, are those who are radically opposed to our Lord Jesus Christ. For them, there is no question whatever of recognizing our Lord.
They are in opposition to the very foundation and existence of the Catholic faith on this subject. However, we cannot both be right. Either Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Lord and Savior or He is not. This is one case where there cannot be the slightest compromise without destroying the very foundation of Catholic faith. This does not only apply to religions, which are directly opposed to the divinity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God but also to religions, which, without opposing Him, do not recognize Him, as such.
Q: Therefore you are very sure and dogmatic on this point?
A: Completely dogmatic. For example, the Moslems have a very different way to conceive God than we have. Their conception of God is very materialistic. It is not possible to say that their God is the same as our God.
Q: How can you be loyal to the church and disobedient to the pope?
A: One must understand the meaning of obedience and must distinguish between blind obedience and the virtue of obedience. Indiscriminate obedience is actually a sin against the virtue of obedience.
So if we disobey in order to practice the virtue of obedience rather than submit to unlawful commands contrary to Catholic moral teachings, all one has to do is to consult any Catholic theology books to realize we are not sinning against the virtue of obedience.
Q: But as the bishops (of old) obeyed the popes of their days, shouldn’t you obey the pope of your day?
A: The bishops do not have to obey the humanist orders that contradict Catholic faith and doctrine as established by Jesus Christ and all the various popes throughout the centuries.
Q: So then are you deliberately choosing to disobey the present pope?
A: It has been a soul-searching and painful choice because events have really made it a choice of whom you disobey rather than whom you obey. I am making this choice without doubt or hesitation. I have chosen to disobey the present pope so that I could be in communion with 262 (former) popes.
Q: Your independence has been attributed by several observers to a tradition of Gallicanism.
A: On the contrary, I’m completely Roman and not at all Gallican. I’m for the pope as successor of St. Peter in Rome. All we ask is that the pope be, in fact, St. Peter’s successor, not the successor of J.J. Rousseau, the Freemasons, the humanists, the modernists and (the) liberals.
I still feel so sorry for Bishop Fellay. May God bless him with the grace to learn from this sorry fiasco.
Yes, I feel sorry for him as well after seeing the video. My question though is WHY was this interview granted to begin with? Of all the people in the world to sit down with WHY would the SSPX agree to sit down with this piece? Bp Fellay isnt a stupid man….so why in the world would he agree to be interviewed by a person like this? Bigger things are at play here. Im pretty sure that the SSPX is about to sell out to the false vatican 2 religion.
*piece of filth*
Whoa! That has certainly not cheered me up for one. I think Archbishop Lefebvre dropped a clanger there to say that Islam is in anyway nearer to our religion than Judaism!
Yesterday’s Gospel spelt that out clearly as Our Lord addressing the non Jewish woman at the well that “salvation is of the Jews”.
Clearly Talmudic Judaism is a terrible heresy and a reaction to Christianity at a level I think we can use a phrase given by Our Lady to describe the apostasy occurring in our time in the new Israel, diabolical disorientation.
However the key to salvation remains within the Torah as any Jew can see if the veil can be lifted, or at least if they dare to see (which a few notable converts to the true faith have) that Christ is clearly the Messiah foretold and all events including His being rejected by His own are prophesied within the true scripture that the Jews still hold. Even the sacking of Jerusalem occurring in the year 70AD is prophesied, but the stiff necked people of God are too stubborn to acknowledge.
Looking at the current apostasy we are not doing much better.
As for Islam being nearer? Give me a break!
Might as well say that Mormonism is closer. It’s just the same a fake religion hatched up for the sole purpose of the gratification of it’s founder, but with even more terrible results.
I attend SSPX and am grateful for the heroic work of Archbishop Lefebvre, but can’t figure out why he said that.
Burt, I found interesting what you had to say. It makes sense to me the distinctions you make between the Jewish religion and the Muslim ideology. I agree with you.
@ Salvemur and Rich.
Have either of read True or False Pope yet? It completely distroys sedevecantism. It shows that all the theologians agree that AT LEAST formal heresy had to established in the exterior/ecclesiastical forum which is known as the Crime of heresy in order for a pope to loose office.
Archbishop Sheen:
“The final evidence of the relationship of Fatima to the Moslems is the enthusiastic reception that the Moslems in Africa and India and elsewhere gave to the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Moslems attended the Catholic services in honor of Our Lady; they allowed religious processions and even prayers before their mosques; and in Mozambique the Moslems, who were unconverted, began to be Christian as soon as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was erected.”
Thanks Anastasia, I’m glad I’m not alone on that.
Bishop Fellay’s duty is to teach and preach the Holy Faith to all, including Mr Sebastian, not to cooperate in the latter’s particular contribution to the furtherance of the atheistic, materialist mischief of the dominant ideology of the world (that has long taken over and corrupted most of the visible Church).
Well said, dear Lynda.
Hard to know what’s going on here: Have you fallen on your head or do you have a different scale for your friends or are you being paid to persuade others to follow Fellay’s agenda? Every other bishop gets criticized by you for NOT criticizing Francis more strenuously–you even imply that they are NOT men! If this were a Burke/Schneider etc. interview, you’d interpret all answers in the most unfavorable light. But Fellay gets a pass because–wait for this–he MAY be negotiating to JOIN the N.O./VC2/Francis Church. All the other bishops are supposed to be separating from Francis, but Fellay is “wonderfully restoring” the SSPX by joining–at the direct “let’s make a deal” invitation of Francis! Fellay will report directly to the man that you decry as not catholic… but oh how wonderful!
P.S. Felly no longer condemns murderers because murderers are now those who are “attracted” to murder which the Bible doesn’t condemn (Huh? What a lie!!!!!).
Even then, Catholic apologetics for a thousand years denied the competence of any earthly authority, including an Ecumenical Council, to judge the Holy Father.
2 Thess: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;
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It still does. The pope cannot be judged here on earth. The idea that a council could be set up to prove whether or not the pope is a heretic is false. If tomorrow Francis said that Christ was actually not God there would be no council that could condemn him as a heretic; he could not be put on “trial”. However, he would be a public heretic and would therefore cease to be Catholic and in turn cease to be pope. This proposition doesnt even take into account that a public heretic couldnt be elected a valid pope to begin with….but thats another story.
The interview was shameful and scandalous. Bp. Fellay not only failed to defend the Faith, but in order to appease the enemy threw Bp. Williamson, Abp. Lefebvre, and even St. Pius X under the bus. God help the SSPX.