Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Catholic But Not Under The Hierarchy

In May I noted that Google was obviously being googlebombed by right wingers and fascists in politics and, after doing some research on the allegedly non-tracking Duck-Duckgo search engine into some issues surrounding the unholy alliance between Catholic fascists and Steve Bannon, I'm coming to see that, if anything the small faction of right-wing, fascist, neo-Nazis among Catholics have done even more in that direction.   Outrageously, they are blaming the right-wing bishops and cardinals who have both covered up for sexual abusers and, in some cases, may have participated, themselves on liberals.  That is especially hypocritical in that virtually all of those who have been well investigated and for whose crimes there is ample evidence, were appointed by John Paul II and his chief henchman, the right wing Bendict XVI - who is obviously a center of extremist reactionary liars and gangsters.  

While I have been very much in favor of much of what Pope Francis has written and much of what he has done, it's clear in recent weeks that he is feeling the pressure from that well-financed group of thugs and fascists.  The recent walk back from progress on once-again, after more than a millenium, ordaining of Women to the diaconate, the just issued atrocity on gender, various other issues shows Francis is feeling the force of these thugs.  

The viperous Raymond Burke's obvious caving to the criticism of his joining forces with Steve Bannon and who knows what billionaire backers of his neo-fascist promotion in Europe and the world is, I think, also evidence of this extreme right-wing attempt to take over the Catholic establishment, one which a large number of JPII BXVI era bishops and Cardinals have either played footsie with or have been a part of.  And that's not to mention many right wing Catholic organizations - who put out a lot of the lies and shit that the googlebombing on Catholicism brings up to the front page.  

As it is, I'm seeing, with Francis' reluctance to a. open the priesthood and other venues of authority in the Church to married People, Women as well as Men,  is rapidly leading to large segments of The Church, which, by official Catholic teaching is The People, leaving the official church behind and reestablishing the parishes closed down to pay off the cost of male celibate sexual scandal.  Only they're doing it by unofficially having Roman Catholic Womenpriests, laicized priests - many having been laicized so they could marry - to conduct masses for eucharistic communities.  And in many cases, where ordained clergy may or may not be available, foregoing a ordained celebrant and communally consecrating bread and wine in a way which very likely is more like the original Eucharistic celebration from the earliest days of Christianity.  

That "A" is big enough that I don't think I need to give a "B". just now. 

I think Catholics in large number were willing to give Pope Francis a time to make substantial changes and he has changed much, but it's clear he's either unwilling to go far enough or, if he's willing, he is being thwarted by the right-wingers in the hierarchy and in the billionaire funded Catholic network of fraternal organizations, their auxiliaries, the vile sort of fascist organization that are like Opus Dei,  The Legionaires of Christ, started by one of JPII's favorites, the criminal Marcial Marciel, who was so bad that Benedict XVI couldn't stomach him.  There are many, many other such gangs of right-wing thugs in Catholicism, obviously some of them backing Steve Bannon's neo-fascist putsch. 

As I said, people were willing to give it one last chance with Pope Francis but I am hearing more and more people who are fed up waiting.   A few years back I remember hearing Sr. Simone Campbell saying that people shouldn't be surprised that Pope Francis, for all of the great improvement over his past two predecessors would only go so far in making reforms, being unwilling to risk a split in the Church.  I am coming to the conclusion that in trying to prevent a schism with the right-wing among the Cardinals and Bishops and clergy and the billionaire backed establishment, he's unwittingly leading to a far bigger split with a far larger number of Catholics who have waited for the changes promised by Vatican II for more than half a century.   The Catholic Church, with its long history, is infamous for its glacial rate of change.  But I think that artifact of the past is one of the things that is giving way in reality.  I think the time is coming when a large number, perhaps most people who identify with the Catholic Church will not be identified with official parishes, official bishops or even the Pope. 

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