Just pray for him. There's a picture of him in one of this morning's UK papers. Standing at the window blessing an empty St. Peter's Square, he cuts a very lonely figure. Whether he be a saint, evil personified or crazy, he needs our prayers now more than ever. Looking on the brights side, at least we're getting a reprieve from Jeffrey Sachs being shoved down our throats as some kind of personification of the Holy Spirit.
I haven't been on in a long while.... but saw this this morning and can't remember which prophesy referred to this. I'm fairly certain someone said something about the pope dropping his title and being called bishop of Rome only... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-drops-vicar-of-christ-title-in-vatican-yearbook
DM, Wow! Thank you for posting this. I hope that you and your family are doing well. How is your little one? I can't believe that she is year old now, Happy 1st Birthday to her!
Thank you Carol! Yes, it was bitter sweet not being able to attend Mass on the feast (for those who don't know my #6 was born last year on the Feast of the Annunciation. Awesome memory Carol ). My life has been crazy busy this last year, but my radar has been constantly on concerning events.
Oh dear God, if Abp Vigano has got this right, has the Pope thrown the Keys handed to Peter back, in the face of God. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-vigano-has-pope-now-disavowed-being-vicar-of-christ
My feeling is that Archbishop Vigano is perhaps clutching at straws here -- it is a mystery and an anomaly --- it is better to let someone be hoisted on their own petard rather than micro-analysing all that they do.
I'm not so sure that Archbishop Vigano is clutching at straws but I'm also not sure that it's wise for him to be the go-to critic of Pope Francis. The reason I don't think the Archbishop is clutching at straws is that this isn't the first reference I have seen to Pope Francis belittling the "Keys". I have a poor memory for detail but I'm fairly sure that I read something previously about Pope Francis and the keys. It had something to do with an "out and proud" priest - possibly an English priest - who had been suspended. There was something about the Pope having 'phoned the priest and told him that he, Pope Francis, was giving the keys to the priest. That said, Pope Francis has no problem exercising the power of the keys here on earth when it suits him - usually against clergy who actually believe that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ. He's not so quick to exercise any authority over blatant heretics or apostates. Perhaps that's because he knows they wouldn't pay any more attention to him than they did to previous Popes, or perhaps it's because they are his stalking horses. We probably don't know the half of what really goes on. Sad that this should happen during Holy Week when the faithful throughout much of the world are excluded from the Sacraments. I know of no channel other than the Sacraments though which we can be sure of receiving sanctifying grace. I'm reminded of something Fr. Malachy Martin said about God withdrawing grace from the world. Anyway, all we can do is pray, beg God's forgiveness for our own contribution to the state of the world and the Church, and trust that the Lord will never abandon us.
Excerpt from the article; (emphases are mine - SgC): "On March 25, the 2020 Pontifical Yearbook was published with a real novelty. It may seem like a typographical trifle, in the part dedicated to the reigning pontiff, but this is not the case. Until last year, in fact, Francis’s titles were listed at the top of the page, beginning with “Vicar of Christ”, “Successor of the Prince of the Apostles” etc., and ending with his birth name and a very brief biography. In the new edition, on the other hand, the secular name JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO stands out in large letters, followed by the biography, the date of election and the beginning of his “ministry as universal Pastor of the Church.” Separated by a dash and the words, “Historical titles,” all the titles of the Roman Pontiff are then listed, as if they were no longer an integral part of the Munus Petrinum that legitimizes the authority which the Church recognizes in the Pope. This change in the layout and content of an official text of the Catholic Church cannot be ignored, nor is it possible to attribute it to a gesture of humility on the part of Francis, which is not in keeping with his name being so prominently featured. Instead, it seems possible to see in it the admission — passed over in silence — of a sort of usurpation, whereby it is not the “Servus servorum Dei” who reigns, but the person of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who has officially disavowed being the Vicar of Christ, the Successor of the Prince of the Apostles and the Supreme Pontiff, as if they were annoying trappings of the past: only mere “historical titles.” An almost defiant gesture — one might say — in which Francis transcends every title. Or worse: an act to officially alter the Papacy, by which he no longer recognizes himself as guardian, but becomes master of the Church, free to demolish it from within without having to answer to anyone. In short, a tyrant. May the significance of this most serious act not escape pastors and the faithful, for by it the sweet Christ on earth — as St. Catherine called the Pope — releases himself from his role as Vicar to proclaim himself, in a delirium of pride, absolute monarch even with respect to Christ. We are approaching the sacred days of the Savior’s Passion, which commences in the Upper Room with the betrayal of one of the Twelve. It is not illegitimate to wonder whether the understanding words with which Bergoglio tried to rehabilitate Judas on June 16, 2016 were not a clumsy attempt to exonerate himself. This chilling thought is further confirmed by the terrible decision to allow an almost universal ban of the public celebration of Easter, for the first time since the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. “The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!” (Mt 26:24) + Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop Also, earlier in the same article: "Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, also raised concern about the Pope’s move, calling the change “theological barbarism.” “No Pope or Ecumenical Council,” the German prelate continued, “could, with reference to their highest authority over the Church, do away with the primacy, the episcopacy, or the Sacraments, or to re-interpret them in their essence.” +
Yes. I think we have to repent on behalf of ourselves and our Church and our countries. None of this happened in a vacuum. All our sins contributed. I am keenly and sorrowfully aware of my own dark contributions to this chastisement. I shudder to think of what will be revealed to me during the illumination of conscience.
Yes, I feel the same way. This is very sell stated Ann. Sg, Thank you for posting this especially the text itself and in a large font so we can read more easily. I find this truly amazing. I keep saying to myself that God will show me certain things if we wants me to see them. I was looking for something that connected Pope Francis to the date of March 18th or March 19th but I felt that I would not be able to find it easily and then this happens. I feel a bit foolish that I did not realize the Pope Francis was inaugurated on March 19th, 2013. I focus more on the date that he was elected, March 13th 2013. I am not going to get into all of the details right now of why I think that March 19th is prophetic but it does have to do with the fact that he has been the pope for the past 7 years and that Our Lady Of Medjugorje stated that a future March 18th would be significant and we learned that she was, in fact, speaking of this past March 18th. I read that this year's annual Pontifical Yearbook was published on March 25th but the customary date of preparation might be by March 13th or March 19th, perhaps. In any case, this change was made this year to the yearbook as opposed to any of the former years that Pope Francis was pope and I find this to be extremely significant. + I noticed that the Remnant wrote about this also https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/in...ope-francis-abandon-the-title-vicar-of-christ .
Moving 'Vicar of Christ' title in Vatican yearbook is ‘theological barbarism’, says cardinal CNA).- A cardinal has criticized the Vatican’s official yearbook after it listed the term Vicar of Christ to a section headed “historical titles” in its latest edition, published March 25. A Vatican spokesman said the change merely highlights the historical dimension of the title. Under the heading “historical titles”, the yearbook lists the designations “Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome, Sovereign of Vatican City State, Servant of the Servants of God." On Thursday, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, the Vatican’s former doctrinal chief, described the change as an act of “theological barbarism.” In a commentary for the German weekly Die Tagepost, the cardinal said that, while the Annuario is issued by the Vatican Secretariat of State via the Vatican Publishing House, it is “only an address book and lacks any teaching authority.” As in the 2019 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, the new edition has a single page describing the pope as “Francis, bishop of Rome.” But instead of heading a subsequent page with the title "Vicar of Christ." as it did in 2019, the 2020 edition has the pope’s baptismal name, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, followed by a brief biography. Mueller argued that the next section, marked “historical titles”, mixed the term Vicar of Christ with designations that “have nothing to do with primacy and have only grown historically but [have] no dogmatic meaning, such as ‘Sovereign of Vatican City State’.” “It is a theological barbarism to devalue the Pope's titles ‘Successor of Peter, Vicar of Christ and visible head of the whole Church’ as a mere historical ballast,” he wrote. Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See press office, told the Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire that the yearbook was not declaring that the title Vicar of Christ was merely of historical significance. If that were the case, Avvenire reported, the title would simply have been removed. Bruni cited Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to drop the title “Patriarch of the West” from the Annuario in 2006. This was widely understood to be an ecumenical gesture aimed at healing the centuries-long breach between Catholics and other Christians. Bruni said that the titles were classified as “historical” because they are tied historically to the title bishop of Rome. A new pope acquires them the moment he is elected in a conclave. The Annuario Pontificio, which contains more than 2,000 pages and has a distinctive red cloth binding, contains a directory of the Roman Curia, as well as the names and addresses of the world’s bishops and official Vatican statistics. The Church has published a yearbook in various forms since 1716. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/...-is-theological-barbarism-says-cardinal-46679
Yes, it does seem as if Archbishop Vigano has taken this role upon himself. It reminds me of someone else: Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 "Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; 9 and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. The question comes to mind: has Archbishop Vigano been called by God to be His Prophet? I have to admit he acts and talks like one, though the only public appearance he has made in almost two years was standing and praying the Holy Rosary in silent protest with others like Michael Matt in Germany. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
This article from the Remnant is very, very chilling: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/in...ned-bishop-of-boise-makes-revolution-official In part: And now comes this, as if to verify the hypothesis: a memorandum or “clarification” from Bishop Peter Christensen, Bishop of Boise, dated February 28 but published only in the latest edition (March 27–April 9) of the Idaho Catholic Register. It has already gained quite a bit of notoriety for being quite possibly the most in-your-face liturgical slapdown we have seen since Pope Francis embarrassed Cardinal Sarah on the world stage after the London Sacra Liturgia conference in July 2016. His Excellency wastes no time in getting right to his points, which can be summed up as follows. Priests should not consider trustworthy any websites or sources not approved by the Vatican or the USCCB, and their only point of reference for celebrating the NOM should be the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM). Priests must face the people when celebrating the NOM. The GIRM allows ad orientem only in an historic church where the high altar against the wall is the only altar. Vatican II wanted the priest to face the people. Communion shall be received standing, and no altar rail or prie-dieu is to be set out for the use of the faithful. Priests who celebrate the “Extraordinary Form,” although technically they do not need the bishop’s permission, are to inform him “as a matter of courtesy” of any such celebration, together with frequency and number of attendees, for “record-keeping” and a “formal report” to the Vatican. But it is to remain extra-ordinary, not a common occurrence. Priests must refrain from enriching the NOM from the TLM. Lord have Mercy on Your Flock, especially in Boise, Idaho. We should keep in mind that part of the country has many faithful, fervent Catholics!
At least the bishop admitted it would be an enrichment! O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
