Get Pell even when he’s dead?
A guilty verdict without a court
By Serre Verweij
for Rorate Caeli
One of Australia’s favourite left elite mouthpieces, the ABC, has published an article by Louis Milligan and Charlotte King that reveals new abuse accusations against the late Cardinal Pell. Specifically, they revealed two new accusations against Pell.
by Diego Fusaro
(Translator’s Comment: I do not agree with all of Professor Fusaro’s ideas but as an informed academic his analyses on the present state of global and Italian scenarios and international issues are frequently right in my view. With this article he is spot on. The way I see it, he is describing the ever-increasing decline of Italian Catholic Culture and the frightening mushiness of the modern mind formed in modernist schools and universities). F.R.
The most insane and ridiculous public protest in recent history took place on March 15th in support of the European Union.
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Traditionis custodes is back in the news. Following DDW Prefect Arthur Cardinal Roche’s interview with The Catholic Herald, even non-traditionalist commentators are wondering: does Traditionis custodes have a future? (One of the individuals interviewed was RC contributor Joseph Shaw; and RC contributor Peter Kwasniewski's article on Andrea Grillo was linked.) In considering this question, I would like to take a slightly different approach, and also directly answer one of the stated justifications for it in the article.
The Zone is Flooded
One of the biggest threats to the survival of Traditionis has been the ability of traditionalists to dominate the discourse surrounding the Latin Mass. As Cardinal Roche himself admitted in the interview:
Pope approves convocation of post-synodal Ecclesial Assembly in 2028
Pope Francis officially initiates a new phase in the Church’s synodal journey by approving an accompaniment process that will culminate in an Ecclesial Assembly in 2028. [Vatican News]
Wait, Francis? Or "Francis"?
“To make known to us the obligation we have to do penance all through our lives; to imitate in some way the rigorous fast of forty days that Jesus Christ did in the desert; to prepare ourselves by means of penance for a holy celebration of Easter.” (No 36)
[Author's note:] This article was written before illness led the Supreme Pontiff to hospitalization. Like all the faithful, I too offer my prayers for the physical and spiritual health of Francis. What I write below is valid for the orientation of his pontificate, which is still true today, as can be seen in the recent suppression of the Miles Christi Religious Institute, announced on Thursday, the 6th of this month.
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The current Pontificate is distinguished by a true contradiction: the Pope is an enemy of Tradition, persecutor of those who follow it and identify with it. This persecution is accomplished in many ways: he displaces good bishops, appointing coadjutors for them; he elevates to the episcopate progressive characters; he takes care to elevate to the cardinalate those who second his projects of reforming the Church; he promotes progressive religious institutes and undermines or eliminates those attached to Tradition. It is significant that he has chosen the unusual name of Francis - alien to papal history - probably thinking of the saint of Assisi, considering him an ecclesial reformer.
Cardinal McElroy will be installed as the new Archbishop of Washington tomorrow, in the Basilica of the National Shrine.
He is receiving some warm welcome:
For the story on the unbelievable events leading to this, read this from Crux in 2018:
Well, that is a "vibe shift" if ever there was one.
The great persecutor of the Traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Roche, apparently has no problem with Latin or the Latin Mass! What miracles do the airs of a possible upcoming conclave bring forth...
Here is his answer on the matter in his interview to the Catholic Herald:
CH [Herald]: One of the phenomena that has become apparent in the modern Church is the devotion that young people have to the Traditional Latin Mass, the 1962 Roman Missal promulgated by Pope John XXIII. What advice would you give to those who want to remain faithful members of the Church and love the Latin Mass but find themselves restricted in attending?
When a Pontificate lasts for many years, it is natural to think about what will happen when it ends. Catholics look to the future of the Church. What, then, is appropriate for the time to come?
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/comunicazioni/2025/03/03/250303b.html
Today the Holy Father presented two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency, caused by a major accumulation of endobronchial mucus, and consequent broncospasm.
Two bronchoscopies were therefore performed, with the need for aspiration of copious secretions.
In the afternoon, non-invasive mechanical ventilation was resumed.
The Holy Father remained alert, oriented and cooperative at all times.
The prognosis remains reserved.
Cardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State, is considered very hostile to the Traditional Mass (playing on the nickname, “the Mass of All Time,” he is quoted as saying, “We must put an end to this Mass for all time!” At this time, when Rome is more or less preparing for a conclave, his friends are doing everything to sell, as the communicators say, an image of Parolin as a “moderate”, “man of consensus.” Pietro Parolin, who is said to be considering the name of John XXIV, would be in perfect continuity with the latter, but in a less disorderly, more administrative style.
Parolin would be a more efficient Francis
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Rorate: Paix Liturgique, the French traditionalist newsletter, then makes reference to an article we also published in December 2023. We repost it here now to recall to our readers the main characters of the future conclave, whenever it may take place.
Cardinal Parolin Lying in Ambush
Is Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, the real candidate of the Bergoglian left[1]? It's worth remembering that in 2013, the self-appointed cardinals of the "St. Gallen Group", who brought Jorge Bergoglio to power, used the maneuver of putting forward the name of Cardinal Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, to more effectively advance their real papabile, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Similarly today, behind the 66-year-old Filipino Cardinal Tagle, prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, but depressive and rather insignificant, or behind the 65-year-old Jesuit Cardinal Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, rapporteur of the Synod of Bishops for a synodal Church, but too noisily heterodox, would actually be Cardinal Parolin.
