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American Bishops Dismal Response to COVID

American Bishops Dismal Response to COVID  (see Catholic Leadership Critique Rationale)

Below is a summary of what I have come to believe about the American Bishops and their dismal handling of the COVID so-called “pandemic”.

  1. The American Bishops buckled under political pressure and closed churches in most dioceses during Lent & Holy Week 2020; in many cases withheld sacramental confession and even baptism and last rites for several weeks.
  2. Cardinal Gerhard Müller Calls COVID-Related Sacrament Restrictions ‘Grave Sin’| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com) (12/2/21)
  3. Cupich Fires Catholic School Principal Over Mask Mandate – Complicit Clergy– 2/18/22
  4. Queen of Martyrs principal ousted by Cupich over mask compliance – Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)– 2/16/22
  5. Bishops should’ve followed the example of St. Charles Borromeo in dealing with a pandemic (lifesitenews.com) – 6/9/22
    • Cardinal Burk: No Pope, Bishop or Priest has the authority to close the churches and deprive the faithful of the sacraments
  6. Another local Catholic priest draws national criticism, this time for anti-vaccine remarks | Baltimore Brew – 11/30/21
  7. Catholic Accountability Project
  8. Many Bishops pushed the faithful to get the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccines, going along with the tyrannical government.
      1. deprived of the last sacraments as they died;
      2. denied Mass for months on end;
      3. refused family weddings and funerals because of arbitrary attendance rules;
      4. offered invalid sacraments while bishops said medical personnel could do the actual anointing of a sick person while the priest stood behind the door praying;
      5. probably invalidating Confirmation by the use of Q-tips. (I would maintain longstanding sacramental theology holds that it is invalid).
      6. There has been no accounting.  Without accounting, we cannot even begin to talk about “amnesty” or pardon.

 

Pope Francis

Pope Francis and the Vatican

(For those uncomfortable with criticizing the Catholic Church hierarchy, see Catholic Leadership Critique Rationale)

Before getting into the critique of Pope Francis and the Vatican, here are 13 Good Things Pope Francis Has Done – OnePeterFive – 1/19/24

Here are the primary reasons why I believe Pope Francis has lost all moral credibility with serious Catholics like myself:

  1. Sexual abuse coverups (15+ articles)
  2. Scandals and Lack of Accountability (15+ articles) including Pachamama idolatry
  3. Liberal Appointments (30+ articles)
  4. Support for pro-abortion politics (15+ articles)
  5. Suppression of Catholic conservatives and Tradition; ignores Dubia (20+ articles)
  6. Acceptance of Homosexuality (60+ articles)
  7. Heretical Statements and Actions (40+ articles)
  8. Synod on Synodality (9 articles)
  9. Promoter of Globalism and One World Government (30+ articles)
  10. Promoter of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates (25+ articles)

Additional notable items:

  1. Pope rips EWTN ‘work of the devil’ | News Headlines | Catholic Culture (9/21/21) – He clearly does not believe a Pope should ever be criticized. But he has no problem ripping into those whose viewpoint differs from his.
    • Evidently linking such criticism to support for the Tridentine liturgy, the Pope went on to speak of “the decision to stop the automatism of the ancient rite.” He said that when young priests seek permission to celebrate the Latin Mass, it is “a phenomenon that indicates we are going backward.”
    • Earlier in the exchange, Pope Francis had spoken out against a tendency to “look back to the past: to seek security.” He said: “This is the evil of this moment—namely, to seek the path in rigidity and clericalism, which are two perversions.”
    • The Pope vs. EWTN: too hot to handle? | Catholic Culture (9/22/21)
  2. Consistory Reveals Francis’ Motives & Ambitions (marklambert.blogspot.com) – 5/29/22
  3. Pope Francis condemns ‘serious sin’ of ‘proselytism’ but has ‘no explanation’ for vocations crisis – lifesitenews.com – 1/16/23
  4. Lightning Strikes St. Peter Statue on Pope Francis’ Birthday 12/17/23, Internet Lights Up – CatholicVote org – 1/1/24 – The lightning struck the statue, despite there being lightning rods some 30-40 feet above it.
  5. Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics (townhall.com)– Michelle Malkin
    • Pope Francis donated $500,000 nine months ago from his Peter’s Pence fund to assist illegal immigrant caravan participants. The subsidies cover “27 projects in 16 dioceses and Mexican religious congregations” for “housing, food and basic necessities,” as well as “migrant” assistance programs “run by seven dioceses and three religious congregations: the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Hermanas Josefinas,” according to the Catholic News Service.
    • Make no mistake: These are not desperate people suddenly seeking refuge from violence and harm. They are low-wage workers, pew-fillers and future ethnic-bloc voters being exploited by Big Business, the Vatican and the Democrat Party.
  6. Francis affirms ‘transgender’ group in papal audience (lifesitenews.com) – 6/30/22 – :26 minutes into the 43-minute video
  7. Cardinal Müller responds to Pope Francis’ dubia on ‘transsexual’ godparents, baptisms – Lifesitenews.com – 11/9/23
  8. Say what? Cardinal with strong Pope Francis ties says Catholic LGBTQ stance is wrong | Faith | frontiersman.com– 2/23/22
  9. 2020 REMATCH: The Pope, the WHO, and the Next Lockdown – YouTube – 1/14/24 – 48-minute video – In this episode of The Underground, Michael Matt takes a look at the new documentary, “The Fall of Minneapolis,” which argues that the death of George Floyd was exploited by the radical Left to eradicate law and order, to defund the police, and to leave America’s streets and courtrooms in chaos. So why did Pope Francis describe those “peaceful protestors” as “good Samaritans”?
  10. What are the conditions for being a validly elected pope? – Lifesitenews.com – 1/16/24
  11. Murray tells Raymond Arroyo ‘women deacons’ would be ‘serious moment of heresy’ – Lifesitenews.com – 2/16/24
  12. Jordan Peterson SLAMS Pope Francis’ preoccupation with climate change, ‘worshipping Gaia’ (lifesitenews.com) – 2/27/24 – instead of the salvation of souls.
  13. Anonymous cardinal publishes rebuke of Pope Francis, lays out what next pope should focus on – Lifesitenews.com – 2/29/24