"Fourteen-year-old Sofia Martinez knelt eight months pregnant in the confession booth at St. Anthony's Church in Chicago on May 20, 1922, and instead of confessing sins, she'd begged seventy-two-year-old Father Michael O'Brien ""Father, I need help but I'm afraid to tell anyone but you in confession where it's secret""—and Father Michael had said gently ""Child, if you're in danger, I must help you. Tell me everything""—and Sofia had confessed not sins but crimes committed against her: ""I was sold at twelve to Miguel Martinez who is thirty-nine. My parents took $800. For two years he's kept me locked in a house. I'm eight months pregnant. Yesterday I heard him tell his brother that after the baby is born, he's taking the baby to sell to people in New York for $4,000, and he's putting me in an asylum so I can't report him. Father, is there any way you can help without breaking confession secret?""—and Father Michael, trained in canon law, had known that confession seal didn't apply to plans to harm others in the future, and he'd said ""Sofia, what he plans to do—sell your baby, imprison you—these are future crimes, not past sins. I can act on this. Will you let me write down what you've told me as a formal statement, not a confession?""—and Sofia had agreed, and Father Michael had written a detailed statement of everything Sofia had told him, she'd signed it, and he'd taken it directly to police with Sofia—and Miguel Martinez was arrested that evening before he could execute his plan, and the detailed statement from the confession booth—technically not a confession but a plea for help—was used as evidence, and Miguel was convicted of child trafficking, kidnapping, and conspiracy to sell a child—and Father Michael's careful documentation of Sofia's ""confession"" that wasn't a confession became a model for other clergy learning to distinguish between confidential sins and reportable crimes.
Sofia lived until 2005, dying at age ninety-seven. Before her death, she reflected: ""I was fourteen and eight months pregnant when I went to confession and told the priest not my sins but the crimes committed against me. I begged for help. Father Michael said future plans to harm are not protected confession secrets. He wrote down everything I told him—not as confession but as a legal statement. That document from a confession booth saved me and my baby. The priest understood the difference between sacred confidentiality and criminal conspiracy. My confession booth became a witness stand. My plea for help became legal evidence."""
"Jeśli Papież poprowadzi mnie ku protestantyzmowi, nie pójdę za tym wezwaniem; będę stawiał opór i pozostanę wierny temu, co należy do wiary katolickiej.
Nawet najwyższe władze nie zdołają mnie oderwać od integralnej wiary katolickiej"
- abp M. Lefebvre
Please pray for Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX
Who has tirelessly served the Church as bishop for the past 38 years
He deserved better than being excommunicated because he upholds the authentic Catholic Faith
.@SSPXEN
"Jeśli Papież poprowadzi mnie ku protestantyzmowi, nie pójdę za tym wezwaniem; będę stawiał opór i pozostanę wierny temu, co należy do wiary katolickiej. Nawet najwyższe władze nie zdołają mnie oderwać od integralnej wiary katolickiej" - abp M. Lefebvre
In the year 1231, during the rule of Muslim king Abu Zeid in Caravaca, a Catholic priest that was previously held as a prisioner was asked to give a list of everything needed to offer Mass. Once all items had been procured by the Muslim king and Mass was about to begin, the priest realized he had forgotten to ask for a crucifix. Reluctant to start Mass without it, two angels came down from Heaven with a crucifix so that Mass could be offered.
Notice anything missing from Prevost’s table?
HERR Gott, himmlischer Vater, beschütze Heimat und Vaterland. Walte mit Deiner Gnade und Hilfe über jene, die uns regieren. Bewahre uns in Deiner Freude und im Gehorsam gegen Dein Wort. Und lass uns wachsen in der Liebe zu Jesus Christus, Deinem lieben Sohn, unserem HERRN. Amen.
Ich lebe in der Diaspora . Wenn ich ein Priorat vor der Tür hätte , würde ich ich sehr gerne dort die Messe besuchen . Hier gibt es oft Messen ohne Priester ...Wortgottesdienst von Frauen geleitet . Ohne mich natürlich
@CNAdeutsch Ich hoffe, dass die Trennung nicht das letzte Wort ist. Aber tatsächlich kenne ich als normaler Katholik, der durchaus verschiedene katholische Milieus kennt, praktisch niemanden, der zur Piusbruderschaft geht. Die sind meist exklusiv dort. (irl; online ist anders)
Niemand würde sich einen Schrank kaufen, nur um dann darin hin und her zu laufen.
Niemand würde sich leere Bilderrahmen an die Wand hängen, um für Stunden die Wand dahinter anzustarren.
Dennoch leben wir in einer Welt, in der sie dir solche Dinge als "normal" verkaufen wollen ...