Okay. So, I don’t really talk too much about the news, specifically. That is to say, I haven’t really focused on particular headlines. Typically, The Weltgeist touches on the macro-view of what’s going on and what to expect in the grand scheme of things. The 30,000-foot view.
Yet so many people think everything is fine, and that times like these are perfectly normal. In fact, they’re a part of a cycle that we should all expect. “It always gets like this from time to time. There is nothing new about the Church!” So many people remain unconvinced of the state of emergency we are in. So I thought that today, we’d revisit some of the horrible news going on in the Roman Catholic Church’s juridical spaces within only the last two weeks.
So, for example, on August 5th, Catholic leaders were calling for the Church to “change its identity.” The Synodal Church’s demands for further doctrinal and institutional change continue apace. Then, that same day, we learned that retired German 87-year old Fr. Winfried Abel of the Diocese of Fulda, publicly criticized “Pride” celebrations during Germany’s Christopher Street Day. In a letter, he described the events as manifestations of a society abandoning Christian morality, and the parades were displays of indecency and moral disorder. For this, he was repudiated by his own diocese, which went on to state that Fr. Abel’s views did not reflect their position.
Just one day later, August 6th, Pope Leo approved another Chinese bishop associated with the Communist Party. Meanwhile, the Diocese of Hong Kong issues a statement saying that Catholics should refrain from attending SSPX Masses and avoid contact with the Society. The SSPX, in turn, was forced to publish a sharply-worded response, attacking Cardinal Fernández’s role in the excommunications and accusing the Vatican of doctrinal and disciplinary inconsistency.
The next day, we heard about the Las Palmas bishop defending a “Pride” demonstration outside the Cathedral of Santa Ana, in which nude participants were painted and arranged to form the colors of the Pride flag. And then, that same day, we learned about a European priest who dared to call for a Reconquista over mass migration. But of course, his liberal archdiocese wasted no time in publicly rebuking him for such an outrage.
All month it’s been like this. Attacks against normalcy are so frequent, it’s expected anymore.
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