On September 28, National Catholic Register published an extensive interview of Cardinal Gerhard Muller conducted by Edward Pentin.
The portion of the interview that seems to be garnering the most attention concerns his comments surrounding the current climate in Rome:
I heard it from some houses here, that people working in the Curia are living in great fear: If they say one small or harmless critical word, some spies will pass the comments directly to the Holy Father, and the falsely accused people don’t have any chance to defend themselves. These people, who are speaking bad words and lies against other persons, are disturbing and disrupting the good faith, the good name of others whom they are calling their brothers.
Sure, shame on the “people who are speaking bad words,” but what about the Heretic-in-Chief who welcomes their reports and then acts on them without giving the accused any chance to defend themselves?
This is the man Muller (and other spineless fools who care more for appearances and benefices than substance) calls “Holy Father.”
Muller, as the sum total of his comments suggest, doesn’t have either the fortitude or the faith to lay blame where it belongs.
According to Muller, not even the controversy surrounding Amoris Laetitia is poor Francis’ fault:
I think the Pope should not be blamed for this confusion [re: AL], but he is authorized by Jesus Christ to overcome it.
As I mentioned in a recent post, we live in a world wherein the focus is almost entirely on rights, real or perceived; with very little attention given to duties.
As Cardinal Muller’s comments indicate, this is true even among churchmen.
Whether or not one thinks Francis is to be blamed for the present crisis surrounding Amoris Laetitia (and of course he is), the fact remains that he is duty bound to overcome it; never mind being authorized to do so.
As for who exactly is to blame if not Bergoglio, when asked about the Filial Correction, Muller replied:
What the Church needs in this serious situation is not more polarization and polemics, but more dialogue and reciprocal confidence.
Yes, let’s ignore the Argentinian arsonist-in-white so we can throw stones at those who dare to sound the fire alarm.
With regard to the object of the Correction, Amoris Laetitia, he said:
Nowhere in Amoris Laetitia is it demanded by the faithful to believe anything that is against the dogma because the indissolubility of marriage is very clear. The only question is whether, in some cases, true matrimony exists in today’s context, in a culture where the definition of matrimony is very different from what the Church is teaching.
First, no one with any credibility whatsoever is arguing that Amoris Laetitia is binding upon the faithful.
The objective sense of the text is the issue; the first issue, that is.
On this note, Muller insists:
[Amoris Laetitia] does not contain any “new dogma,” but is, rather, an exposition of dogma always held and taught by the Church. In Amoris Laetitia there’s no new doctrine or explication of some juridical points of the doctrine, but an acceptance of the doctrine of the Church and the sacraments.
So, according to Muller, Amoris Laetitia is an exposition of dogma always held and taught by the Church, and an acceptance of the doctrine of the Church.
A moderately well-formed adolescent knows better.
In any case, the second issue concerns Francis’ willingness, or unwillingness, to conform the teaching in Amoris Laetitia to the true faith; thereby letting it be known whether or not he is a formal heretic.
At this point, one would have to be in a deep state of denial (and many apparently are) to imagine that Francis is anything other than entirely unwilling to recant his heresies in favor of authentic Catholic doctrine. And you know what that makes him, don’t you?
(HINT: It starts with “anti” and ends with “pope.”)
Now, let’s return to the most revealing thing Muller said in this interview:
The only question is whether, in some cases, true matrimony exists in today’s context, in a culture where the definition of matrimony is very different from what the Church is teaching.
If nothing else, we can be grateful for the cardinal’s candor. He’s not pulling any punches; he’s telling us that he believes that a legitimate question exists as to whether or not “true matrimony” today is “very different” from what the Church has always taught.
This is precisely the error of modernism; the synthesis of all heresies.
…dogma may [not] be tailored according to what seems better and more suited to the culture of each age; rather, that the absolute and immutable truth preached by the Apostles from the beginning may never be believed to be different, may never be understood in any other way. (cf Oath Against Modernism)
Look, we’ve long since known that Gerhard Muller is just another man-of-the-Council; a sellout to modernism and an enemy of Holy Mother Church. This latest interview only further confirms as much.
Tell me again why his dismissal from the CDF is so unfortunate?
Louie, you said: “…And you know what that makes him, don’t you? (HINT: It starts with “anti” and ends with “pope.”)…”
Is it your contention that Bergolgio is an anti-pope? And, if so, this indicates you believe that Benedict’s resignation is invalid due to coercion? Or that his election is invalid- making him an imposter? Just wondering. (HINT: BTW, I agree with you!).
And…Louie, I have to ask you. Is it A: Benedict is still the pope OR B: Benedict’s resignation was valid, but the College of Cardinals violated UDG to such an extent that Bergoglio’s election is invalid? Just curious.
It is C, none of them were Popes.
Surely he doth protest too much. Who could have sympathy for marinated modernists in general?
Is not intrigue, subterfuge, treachery and double speak their badges of dishonour? Would a Cardinal go along with Vatican 11 and still expect honesty, Truth, continuity of the Faith, filial love for his fellows, while willing standing in a “brood of vipers”. Silence was deafening at the serial blasphemies and heresies espoused for 50 years or more. Blindness, and wilful blindness must have its darkest moments, having known the truth since his childhood, he put his faith in “crooked theology, warped ideas that grew legs and became “deeper meanings…et al ..drivel”
We pray to God that he and others like him, comes to his senses, like the Prodigal Son, realise that His Father doth love him, and return to what the Church actually has taught, from Its Founder and his true disciples. Aided by true Councils such as Trent, which has ruled on all of the issues, emphatically. Who needs AL? All it tries to shove down our gullets is mortal sin posing as “concrete situations” and “doing ones best with what a sinner can muster” Seriously? Too corrupt for commenting further.
Our Lady of La Sallette – Ora pro nobis.
French SSPX speaks out against Burke:
https://gloria.tv/article/WrH9ajdRbQXP47BhPqGRFYqLB
I’m waiting for +Fellay to make a statement—soon, I hope.
I posted something similar on LifeSiteNews. The moderator removed my comment. What in the heck are these people afraid of? They can’t even handle the truth. Ah, I know. Neo-Catholics one and all.
Don’t hold your breath.
Free Pope Benedict XVI ! Get the impostor anti pope out !
So assuming Benedict dies before Francis, then you become a sedevacantist?
Benedict begot Francis. Why arent people getting this?
This article may apply to some of us:
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O how I long for the days when the Pope was truly and without question the Vicar of Christ and there were no aka Catholics. Everyone was Catholic without any other label. All of this confusion is the work of the devil. “To Whom Shall We Go, Lord?” A very good questions for these times!
Oh, this is intolerable. These insufferable men.
Would anybody like to weigh in, and tell me if, at this time of obvious heresy from the FrancisChurch, what they think of attending a local diocesan Latin Rite Mass? The Mass itself is fine, and a vast improvement over the NO Mass, but what are we supporting with the offertory!
Yes, we are obviously supporting the Latin Rite Mass. Good.
But that money goes into the NO Church coffers. Bad. We just do not want to support the NO Church at ALL.
This presents a serious, personal moral dilemma. There is no one to ask.
Anyone here have an opinion? Thank you in advance.
And, there is no SSPX anywhere near here.
Dear Evangeline,
I wish I had an answer for you, but that would be like the blind leading the blind. All I can say is that for a while I was attending the TLM at a local diocesan church (due to the “generosity of the Bishop” who could take it away at any time!). Then it dawned on me that this building was “owned” by Bergoglio and what on earth am I doing there??? Also, the priests who celebrated the TLM seemed very Traditional in their sermons and the TLM followed the correct rubics. However, these same priests celebrated the N.O. “mass”probably that same day. Can you turn Tradition on and off like a faucet? Yes, it is a serious, personal moral dilemma and I don’t have any answers for you–only my feelings that this was not the place for me.
My love for the Catholic faith tells me to stay away. May Our Lady guide all Her children during this time of terrible crisis. God bless you and yours.
I would also worry about the 1968 Rites of Ordination. They may not even be priests.
I foresee Benedict dying “peacefully while holding his breviary” one day, just at the height of the Francis rebellion.
The true Church is in the wilderness of Apoc Ch 13, being fed by God, not with pieces of bread distributed by unlawful, layman ministers. The Great Apostasy occurred during and after Vat II, when almost all of the then lawful priests and bishops fell from the Faith, just as Sr Lucia warned in 1957. Every single person, priest or prelate who went along with the changes apostasized. Those born into it were born into heresy. There are strict Church laws which are to be followed governing the reflection of an heretic into the true Church prior to receiving any Sacraments. Who among us has abjured our errors before a lawful prelate and have had our censures for heresy removed? None. We are much further along than anyone realizes, and the frighteningly vast majority are outside of the Church and don’t even know it. The Church is in ECLIPSE. Only God can open anyone’s eyes now, but you must put all pride and personal, worldy interests aside BEG for it like your life depends on it, because it does.
Correction: reflection should be reception.
To the Lord alone, that’s where. Unfortunately very few want to hear much less accept this it seems. Our Lord did repeatedly say “few”, however…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qezpN2T5fs
See my posts above, and stay home, make the Profession of Faith of the Council of Trent to abjure your heresy. Keep the true Faith at home every day and on Sundays recite 15 decades of the Rosary and read the Mass and an old sermon for that Sunday. Make frequent perfect Acts of Contrition. Consecrate yourself or renew your Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Beg for the light of Faith to read the signs of the times and know what to do and why. Look to Church Law regarding the Papacy, and how valid ministers are made and from whence they must come, including the true interpretation of frequently cited and misused Canon Law, even now (of course God foresaw all of this. We can never break Church Law for a “sacrament”). Our Lady of Good Success showed Mother Mariana the Tabernacle light being out. The Tabernacle light is only out when the Lord is not present in the Sanctuary. Connect the dots…. Hurry, we could be dead by morning!
With an abundance of caution and prayer, find a priest ordained to the Roman Catholic Rite by a bishop consecrated to the Roman Catholic Rite. That means, because of a positive doubt as to the line of Apostolic Succession broken by novus ordo sacraments, go only to true Latin Roman Catholic priests. An SSPX chapel does not insure anything unless you ask the priest about his ordination. There are priests associated with SSPX who are novus ordo priests, never conditionally ordained to the Roman Catholic Rite. There are a few true Roman Catholic priests with FSSP, but they are under the conciliar dioceses and Vatican II.
The Holy Mass and Confession are so vital to our lives–be willing to drive great distances once a month if need be! We look at our journey as a pilgrimage to Our Lord, difficult but definitely worth it!
Ok, thank you to all, one thing, what specific question would be asked of a priest about his ordination, to find out whether he was ordained to the Roman Catholic rite? Wouldn’t they all say yes?
Would God inflict a penalty on Catholics who belonged to an apostate church but didn’t know it. Still don’t know it with all certainty. The magnitude of what we are witnessing takes time to soak in.
Lord, have mercy on us, many have no idea what is going on.
Evangeline, I’ve been going to new Mass daily when possible for close to last 20 years, on Sundays TLM. And guess what, completely and suddenly out of nowhere there became a daily Latin Mass available every day about 2O minutes from where I live which I have been attending. And if you or any doubters are ever in philly and get a chance to ever attend this Mass you’ll find out how far off the radar screen your beliefs are about it not being catholic. 100 % Catholic, 12 cloistered nuns attending with their prayers everyday (can Mass get any more efficacious than that) and sermons that are, well, lets put it this way, during one sermon last week Father mentioned quotes from St. Alphonsus de Liquori about 4 times during one sermon. It doesn’t get any better than that. Anyway, Lots of people on here are in LaLa land since they don’t even attend a Church they have no idea what’s goin on except what they read from others or hear whats going on in the news with the Pope and Bishops. But at the ground level locally in many places good authentic Catholic things are happening that they have no idea about so I can understand why they act and tell people like you it’s so hopeless.
Dear johnjobilbee,
You have found a true, holy, Roman Catholic priest! Kiss his consecrated hand for me. Thank you so much for your comments–they are an answer to prayer. Many blessings are already flowing from that “privileged altar”. You will be taught the true Catholic Faith so soak it up like a sponge. I am so happy for you and for the sisters–still jealous, but I’m working on that and so, your comments are very much appreciated! You and Father are in my prayers!
Thanks for kind words, Coastalfarm. As Bishop Fellay said it’s bad idea to throw out the baby with the bath water. Imho, I would hang in there, go to new Mass if thats all thats available but prepare yourself before, during and after as you would if attending the TLM because thats only thing we really have contol over anyway and can still do in the best way possible pleasing to God regardless of things outside of our control like decisions the Church makes regarding the Mass, etc. Just have to do the best with whatever cards we are dealt, probably deservingly anway, and put what’s out of our control in God’s hands.
Also I have no idea when and how the priest was ordained but feel no doubt in my mind that he is truly a priest as I do with all the priests even liberal ones. Dominus Vobiscum!
Evangeline, the magnitude of what is going on prevents most Catholics from even considering the damage that has truly happened. I would not base validity of ordination because Johnjobilbee “feels no doubt in his mind.” If you read Pope Leo XIII’s reasoning for declaring Anglican ordinations invalid and apply that same logic to Novus Ordo ordinations you will have serious doubts as to the new ordinations. The serious issues facing the Faith must be addressed with logic and reasoning and not emotions, feelings, or the anecdotal observations of Johnjobilbee. To attend a NO worship service states that you lend your assent to the drastic changes and that you accept the authority of the conciliar popes to bind you to the new faith. If that is so, you must accept all that the conciliar popes teach and may not resist them in any manner. It is an all or nothing proposition, Evangeline. There is no picking or choosing what you will or will not accept.
Attending the N.O. V2 “mess”, which desecrates the Body and Blood of Christ, validates Modernist Rome (assuming the consecration actually does take place—which I doubt very strongly) In any case, sitting in the pew gives credence to the postconciliar “church” which is the enemy of Christ. I agree with Tom A.
The Carmelite Monastery, 66th Ave., Philadelphia, is a safe refuge for the remnant and for those who absolutely have no clue, but are blessed by the grace of God to find it—-as long as the Chaplain who is there now remains.
Did Blessed Mother give credence to what the Jews were doing to Christ by being at foot of the Cross with Him? Just another way looking at it but as I said before I do my best as to what’s under my control by showing reverence and doing what I can do to the best of my ability to most please Our Lord. What else can I say except we got the Mass and the Popes that we deserved and I can do my part to try make it better.
Hello Tom A, I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with “emotions, feelings and anectodal observations” as long as they are based on truths with the intentions of giving glory to God and the salvation of souls. Hopefully, by the grace of God, thats what I and everyone else is doing it for.
There is nothing wrong per se with emotions. Coupled with reason and proper formation they can motivate us to do God’s Will. Detached from reason and proper formation, emotions can reduce man to the animal state. Anecdotal evidence also, coupled with right reason and proper formation can illuminate truths. Again, without right reason and proper formation it can be a great weapon of the enemy to deceive even the elect.