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While symptoms of the post-Christian collapse are self-evident, sincere diagnoses and prescriptions always fall short. Fundamentally flawed, they are as circular and futile as the outcries they predictably spark. The real issue is the refusal of the Catholic hierarchy to teach with the authority vested in their apostolic succession by the Head of the Church, Christ Himself. This is the heart of the matter: the episcopal preference for endless "dialogue" in lieu of the Catholic mission to re-convert the English to the Faith of their Fathers.

The Pope's statement at Aosta, about "the great vision of Teilhard de Chardin… [in which] we shall achieve a true cosmic liturgy, where the cosmos becomes a living host," is not just a casual remark, high-sounding phrase, or piece of Modernist fluff. It entails very specific scientific, philosophical, and theological beliefs and principles formulated in profound opposition to traditional Catholic belief. These principles have been clearly delineated in the writings of both Teilhard de Chardin and Joseph Ratzinger.

Ever since the Council they commandeered with the blessing of John XXIII, loquacious Liberals have presented Catholic scattering and perishing as "renewal," "vision," "mission," "experience," "dialogue," "communio" ... and a million other insidious clichés. The recent Popes have led the dizzying, anti-Scholastic assault. Plain and concise speech has not been their forte. For every clear pronouncement and reflection, several dense personal offerings and weasel-worded curial documents have followed. And since precise and unequivocal direction from the head office of any institution is vital to the correct and cohesive functioning of its branches, Vatican Verbomania is a gift to heretical branch managers.

In speaking of dogmatic formulas and what must happen to them in light of evolutionary growth of understanding, Teilhard states that "[Dogmatic formulas] will necessarily assume a continually new aspect…. And yet, when thousands of years have gone by and Christ's true countenance is a little more plainly seen, the Christians of those days will still, without any reservations recite the Apostles' creed." In other words, dogmatic formulations can remain the same but only be subjected to a "hermeneutics of continuity" which sees them under new "aspects." And even the Mass, for the most part, can remain the same, but its perceived meaning and spiritual orientation can be radically altered by small changes. But underneath all this "sameness," or what might appear as only "modest" changes, an entirely new "aspect" pervades the Church, which acts like a corrosive acid upon the faith of millions. And all this can be passed off as "in continuity with tradition."

Medjugorje calls to mind the analogous phenomenon of Storm Chasers. These hunt down violent tornados and hurricanes and put themselves in harm's way for thrills or scientific observation. But in doing so they endanger only themselves and their bodies. Vision Chasers who pursue signs and wonders, on the other hand, place not only their own souls in peril but also those of "the pious public" who "naively" follow their "great propaganda" en masse, as Bishop Žanić noted. In this cumulative way, uprooting truth, objectivity and all commonsense, Medj madness has sucked untold millions into the corrupting vortex of Apparitionitis, acting as a gateway to a multitude of other private revelations by pseudo-seers with their snouts in the same money trough. It all begs the most intriguing and fundamental question: is the Medjugorje "Gospa" just a money-spinning fabrication, or an Angel of Light [2 Cor. 11:14]?

The establishment of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931 has been hailed as a great moment by liberals and progressives around the world. Its final demise in 1939 after a nearly 3 year conflict at the hands of Franco's Nationalist forces has been regarded as a tragedy and a great backward step. For the Church, however, the establishment of the Republic began a period of vicious persecution and untold horror and its end came as a relief.

Author Lina Murr Nehme argues convincingly that "the time has come to see what really happened [in 1453." She asks a very grave question of her fellow Orthodox: "The chief collaborators were thus those who worked to replace Orthodoxy with Islam. Conversely, the leaders of the party in favour of the Union were also the leaders of the defense of Constantinople. I show with facts that are generally not noticed, that the Orthodox were in their majority favourable to the Union at the time. It is the contrary of what one generally reads in books, but so be it. As for me, I prove what I say."

Heavenly Father, we ask Thy blessing on our efforts. Show us the way to spread the Truth of the Catholic faith in the midst of error and infidelity. Fill our hearts with authentic love for our priests, bishops, pope and all the clergy, a love that moves us to unceasing prayer for their souls and to constant exhortation to faithfully fulfill their sacred task of preaching the whole truth of the Catholic faith without compromise. Grant us wisdom in our deliberations, courage in exposing error and corruption, and humility and charity in all the things we do. Bless our Holy Father with the wisdom and holiness to discern and carry out Thy Will, and the loyalty and fidelity of bishops, priests and all Religious in helping him carry out this task. May Thy will be done in all things.

We ask this through the intercession of our Holy Mother Mary.