Posted on 10/08/2015 5:39:19 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
"Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB has become "THE STORY" to the disgrace of Federico Lombardi and Pope Francis himself!"
Father Thomas J. Rosica, the Vatican's English-language spokesman for the Synod, has committed the greatest error of any media spokesman or communications expert -- becoming the actual story.
Consider this screenshot from PewSitter.Com taken at 11:00PM, EDT on October 7.
Read those headlines - four specific articles about Father Thomas Rosica and what he has said and not said. One, is a republishing by LifeSiteNews of his interview with the heretic, defrocked priest, Vatican II expert and same-sex so-called marriage supporter Gregory Baum. Father Rosica has become the story. OnePeterFive writes, "Father Rosica's bias: Are we getting the full story?" Even Edward Pentin asks the question and gives the answers.
There is even more when one searches for what others have written on blogs and other social media.
The public media has reported on the great discussions on sodomy and how the language for homosexuals must change in the Church. Rosica is quoted extensively. Yet, we have the proof, as I was tipped off early this morning and confirmed a few hours later by Archbishop Charles Chaput, that the number of points about homosexuality that came up at the Synod was "one or two." Yet, according to the global media, based upon comments in Zenit by Father Thomas Rosica, it was the preeminent issue.
Father Federico Lombardi, S.J. as Director of the Holy See Press Office and Jorge Bergoglio, the Pope have a responsibility to the English speaking world to ensure that we have the truth of what is discussed and what our bishops are saying.
Have you need for more proof that we are not getting the full story?
Barona, at Toronto Catholic Witness reports on Cardinal Jose Luiz Lacunza Maestojuan of Panama, being "rebuked" by the Greek-Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Gregory III Laham. The Cardinal suggested that the Law of Christ be overturned for that of Moses. Yes, you read that correctly. How do we know this? Because Barona scoured the Polish blog of Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki. Yet, Father Rosica and Federico Lombardi did not feel that this example of "bishop against bishop and cardinal against cardinal" to quote Our Lady of Akita, should be known by you or me.
Do you need more proof? No one less than Archbishop Charles Chaput himself commenting that he can't read the official Italian texts and the English texts do not have accurate translations. The days are gone when Latin was the universal language to prevent this problem. All these prelates praising St. John XXIII and ignored his work on Latin in the seminaries. Fools.
Not acceptable!
A Synod, by its nature, is open and votes. The Pope has forbidden this. Adding to this the obfuscation of communication to the largest language group in the Catholic world is deplorable, scandalous and despicable that we, the Catholic faithful, should be kept in ignorance as to what is really being said.
The Synod is quickly becoming a sham and the proof is there for all to see and the Pope and Lombardi are responsible for it because they have set this up and allowed this scandalous charade.
Stating that the Holy Spirit is guiding it is an insult to Almighty God.
We must have full disclosure on what is being said without the filter of any agenda.
Viva Cristo Rey!
Maybe I’m missing something but this all seems like “inside baseball” stuff.
What matters is what indeed is said inside the synod by the participants (the bishops) not what some English language spokesman says is said (or done)
Again am I missing something? Can what Fr. Rosica (or any spokesman) says influence the synod? Is Fr. Rosica (or any spokesman) part of the synod? Does he (the spokesmen) have any voice there?
If the answer to all of those questions in the previous paragraph are “no” it seems to me this is all excitement about nothing. Who cares what some spokesman says about what’s going on in the meeting if he doesn’t have any influence on the meeting? If the answers to my questions are “no” then I think all the blogging commentators need to learn a measure of patience (it is a virtue isn’t it?). And yes, I include Fr. Z in that recommendation (again if the answers to the above questions are “no”).
Information regarding the inner workings of the Synod is being tightly controlled (at the behest of the Pope). Rosica and the Lavender Mafia are engaged in opinion-shaping in advance of the Pope's final document (which at the end of the day is all that matters, since the synod is an essentially powerless consultative body).
LOL! Hopefully Rosica has learned his lesson.
Francis elevated Maestojuan to the cardinalate just this past February. More evidence of synod rigging.
Shameless, in-your-face synod rigging and PR manipulation. The Yoyo Grassi meeting in D.C. was initiated by Francis and publicized by his lavender squadron.
Delivered Before Synod: 790,000 'Save the Family' Petitions to Pope Francis
The petition included the signatures of over 201 Catholic Cardinals, Archbishops or Bishops. Instead Francis runs around greeting homosexual couples in his "mercy mission".
Apparently he is only attracted by the smell of certain sheep.
“To this date, Francis has not acknowledged reception of this petition.”
Did any pope ever acknowledge receiving petitions from lay people? Ever? Again, we see the Faux Traditionalists are just out of touch with reality.
Since when where 201+ Catholic Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops considered lay people? Are they all “Faux Traditionalists”?
“where” = “were”
Well one has; and his name is Francis.
SIGN THE CATHOLIC CLIMATE PETITION
POPE FRANCIS ENDORSED THE PETITION.
Left: Pope Francis is informed about the Catholic Climate Petition by GCCM representatives (Tomás Insua from Argentina and Allen Ottaro from Kenya). Right: Pope Francis holds the Catholic Climate Petition in his personal office.
Pope Francis asked the Pontifical Ceremonieri, Monsignor Guillermo Karcher, to sign the petition on his behalf as a way to show his endorsement (given that popes don’t sign petitions because of protocol).
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