Some More Post-Election Heresies from the Apostate Benedict XVI

By Bro. Michael Dimond, O.S.B.

Make sure to check out the other feature article on the heresies of Benedict XVI [PDF file]; many of his worst heresies are there.*

 

Benedict XVI promotes the heresy of religious freedom; he states that the SSPX is not in communion with the Church; and he aggressively promotes the need for “a world political authority”

 

 

 

Benedict XVI’s July 10, 2009 Address to the new ambassador of Mexico to “the Holy See”: “… a series of commemorative events were organized in Mexico City in which various topics of common interest were examined, such as the correct way of understanding an authentic democratic state and its duty to safeguard and encourage religious freedom in all the dimensions of the nation’s public and social life.  Indeed, religious freedom is not merely one right among the many, nor is it a privilege demanded by the Catholic Church.  It is the rock on which human rights are firmly founded, since this freedom reveals in a particular way the transcendent dimension of the human person and the absolute inviolability of his dignity.  Religious freedom therefore belongs to the essence of every person, of every people and nation.  The central meaning of religious freedom does not allow it to be limited to the mere coexistence of citizens who practice their religion in private.  Nor may it be restricted to the free exercise of worship; on the contrary, believers must be offered the full guarantee that they may publicly express their own religion and make their own contribution to building the common good and to a correct social order in every walk of life, without any kind of restriction or coercion.  In this regard the Catholic Church supports and encourages this positive view of the role of religion in society and has no wish to interfere in the proper autonomy of civil institutions.” [i]

 

Here we see the apostate Benedict XVI encouraging religious freedom.  He encourages false religions of whatever kind to be involved in “all the dimensions of the nation’s public and social life.”  This is a clear rejection of traditional Catholic teaching. 

 

Benedict XVI then states that religious freedom is “the rock” and that it reveals “the absolute inviolability of his [man’s] dignity.”  The word inviolable means “incorruptible” or “secure from destruction.”  Benedict XVI believes that embracing false religions leads to an incorruptible state of dignity in God’s eyes.  This is blatantly heretical.  In fact, the freedom for people to embrace false religions is the very thing that destroys a man’s dignity.  It puts him in a state of mortal sin.  Benedict XVI then promotes the heretical teaching of religious freedom as “the essence of every person, of every people and nation.”  He says the opposite of what Catholic popes throughout the centuries have solemnly taught when he asserts that false religions “must be offered the full guarantee that they may publicly express their own religion” without any kind of restriction!  He finishes his heretical speech by uttering the blasphemy that “the Catholic Church supports and encourages this positive view of the role of [any] religion in society”!   

 

Points 4 and 7 of Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Ecclesiae Unitatem with which Benedict XVI has restructured the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei to facilitate the full ecclesial communion of the priests, seminarians, communities and individual religious linked to the Society of St. Pius X: “4. In the same spirit and with the same commitment to encouraging the resolutions to all fractures and divisions in the Church and to healing a wound in the ecclesial fabric that was more and more painfully felt, I wished to remit the excommunication of the four Bishops illicitly ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre.  With this decision I intended to remove an impediment that might have jeopardized the opening of a door to dialogue and thereby to invite the Bishops and the ‘Society of St Pius X’ to rediscover the path to full communion with the Church.  As I explained in my Letter to the Catholic Bishops of last 10 March, the remission of the excommunication was a measure taken in context of ecclesiastical discipline to free the individuals from the burden of conscience constituted by the most serious of ecclesiastical penalties.  However, the doctrinal questions obviously remain and until they are clarified the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry… 7. With this decision I have wished in particular to show fatherly solicitude to the ‘Society of St Pius X’ in order that it rediscover full communion with the Church.” [ii]

 

Benedict XVI again states clearly in this Motu Proprio that the SSPX is not in full communion with the Church.  He says that the SSPX “has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry” until doctrinal issues are resolved.  He is referring to his demand that they accept all of Vatican II.  He even puts the SSPX in quotation marks, showing that he believes they are a pseudo-“Catholic” order.

 

Message from Benedict XVI on the recent attack in Iraq against people who claimed to be Christians.  The message was sent to Iraq on July 13, 2009.  In the letter Benedict XVI expresses “assurances of his prayers and spiritual closeness to the city’s Catholic and Orthodox community at this time.” [iii]

 

Benedict XVI mentions his spiritual closeness to the schismatic Orthodox.  This is heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s July 8, 2009 Catechesis commenting on his new social encyclical Caritas in Veritate – charity in truth: “Without doubt, the role and political power of States must be carefully reassessed, in an epoch in which limitations to their sovereignty de facto exist because of the new international economic, commercial and financial context… the appropriate framework in which to encourage collaboration between believers and non-believers, in the shared prospective of working for justice and peace in the world… Lastly, in the face of the problems of today’s world that are so immense and profound, I point out the need for a world political authority, regulated by law, which would abide by the above mentioned principles of subsidiarity and solidarity and would be firmly oriented to the realization of the common good with respect for humanity’s great moral and religious traditions.” [iv]

 

Benedict XVI says that the “role and political power of States must be carefully reassessed, in which limitations to their sovereignty de facto exist because of the new international economic, commercial and financial context.”  Benedict XVI clearly explains his desire for the future when he expresses “the need for a world political authority.”  He then talks about what he calls humanity’s different “great moral and religious traditions.”  There aren’t any great moral or religious traditions outside the true Catholic faith.  This is just more heresy from Benedict XVI.

 

Note from the Secretariat of State of the Vatican, July 12, 2009: “In the past few days everyone’s attention has been focused on the G8 Summit which was held in L’Aquila, a city harshly tried by the earthquake.  Some of the items on the agenda were dramatically urgent.  There are inequalities in the world that can no longer be tolerated which demand a coordinated strategy, in addition to necessary immediate interventions, in the search for lasting global solutions.  During the Summit the Heads of State and Government of the G8 reaffirmed the need to reach common agreements in order to secure a better future for humanity.  The Church has no technical solutions to propose but, as an expert in humanity, offers to all the teaching of Sacred Scripture on the truth about mankind, and proclaims the Gospel of Love and justice.  Last Wednesday, commenting at the General Audience on the Encyclical Caritatis in Veritate, published precisely on the eve of the G8, I said: ‘What is needed, then, is new financial planning in order to redesign development globally, based on the ethical foundation of responsibility before God and to the human being as God’s creature’, (see part 11). [v]

 

Benedict XVI again promotes a new global financial order.

 

Response from Benedict XVI on July 13, 2009 during his vacation.  Benedict XVI was greeted by about 40 journalists.  Benedict XVI was asked about the recent G8 Summit.  He responded: “It seems to me that it all went very well.”[vi]

 

Yes, Benedict XVI is very happy that the evil bankers’ push for global enslavement in a coming new world order is moving along quite nicely.

 

The Heresies in Benedict XVI’s Recent Encyclical, Charity in Truth; His Call for a New World Order

 

Benedict XVI’s encyclical Charity in Truth #56: “The Christian religion and other religions can offer their contribution to development only if God has a place in the public realm, specifically in regard to its cultural, social, economic, and particularly its political dimensions. The Church's social doctrine came into being in order to claim “citizenship status” for the Christian religion. Denying the right to profess one's religion in public and the right to bring the truths of faith to bear upon public life has negative consequences for true development. The exclusion of religion from the public square — and, at the other extreme, religious fundamentalism — hinders an encounter between persons and their collaboration for the progress of humanity. Public life is sapped of its motivation and politics takes on a domineering and aggressive character.”[vii]

 

Benedict XVI teaches the heresy that other religions can offer a true contribution to a positive development in the world.  He then says that “denying the right to profess one’s religion in public has negative consequences for true development.”  This is heresy.  Benedict XVI then utters the heresy that when different false religious beliefs are excluded from the public sphere it hinders the progress of humanity and “public life is sapped of its motivation.”

 

Benedict XVI’s encyclical Charity in Truth #57: “Fruitful dialogue between faith and reason cannot but render the work of charity more effective within society, and it constitutes the most appropriate framework for promoting fraternal collaboration between believers and non-believers in their shared commitment to working for justice and the peace of the human family. In the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, the Council fathers asserted that ‘believers and unbelievers agree almost unanimously that all things on earth should be ordered towards man as to their centre and summit’. For believers, the world derives neither from blind chance nor from strict necessity, but from God's plan. This is what gives rise to the duty of believers to unite their efforts with those of all men and women of good will, with the followers of other religions and with non-believers, so that this world of ours may effectively correspond to the divine plan: living as a family under the Creator's watchful eye.”[viii]

 

Benedict XVI says that believers and non-believers help bring justice and peace to the human family.  He then utters the blasphemy that all things on earth should be ordered toward man, instead of God.  Benedict XVI then utters the heresy that when believers in any religion on the planet work together the world will more correctly follow the divine plan.

 

Benedict XVI’s encyclical Charity in Truth #67: “In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need, even in the midst of a global recession, for a reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth. One also senses the urgent need to find innovative ways of implementing the principle of the responsibility to protect and of giving poorer nations an effective voice in shared decision-making. This seems necessary in order to arrive at a political, juridical and economic order which can increase and give direction to international cooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity. To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority, as my predecessor Blessed John XXIII indicated some years ago. Such an authority would need to be regulated by law, to observe consistently the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity, to seek to establish the common good, and to make a commitment to securing authentic integral human development inspired by the values of charity in truth. Furthermore, such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Obviously it would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties, and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various international forums. Without this, despite the great progress accomplished in various sectors, international law would risk being conditioned by the balance of power among the strongest nations. The integral development of peoples and international cooperation require the establishment of a greater degree of international ordering, marked by subsidiarity, for the management of globalization. They also require the construction of a social order that at last conforms to the moral order, to the interconnection between moral and social spheres, and to the link between politics and the economic and civil spheres, as envisaged by the Charter of the United Nations.”[ix]

 

Benedict XVI calls for a world authority that manages the world’s economies.  He calls for it to have effective power to control the nations.  He says it would need to be universally recognized.  According to Benedict XVI, it would need to have the authority “to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties.”  Benedict XVI is clearly endorsing the economic New World Order of the international bankers, which is the prime cause of the financial problems in the world.  Benedict XVI is without any doubt calling for the world authority “envisaged by the Charter of the United Nations.”  This is extremely evil.

 

Benedict XVI’s June 27, 2009 Address to the Delegation of the “Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church”: “Last year, His Holiness Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch, wished to honor us with his presence in order to celebrate together the inauguration of this year of prayers, reflection and the exchange of acts of communion between Rome and Constantinople.  In our turn, we had the joy of sending a delegation to the corresponding celebrations organized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate… Welcome, therefore dear Brothers who have been sent by His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, to whom, in reciprocation, I ask you to take my warm fraternal greeting in the Lord… By your presence, which is a sign of ecclesial brotherhood, you remind us of our common commitment to seeking full communion.  You know this already, but I have the pleasure today once again of confirming that the Catholic Church intends to contribute in every possible way to re-establishing full unity, in response to Christ’s will… I hope with all my heart that the misunderstandings and tension encountered among the Orthodox Delegates at the last Plenary Meetings of this Commission have been resolved in brotherly love in such a way that this dialogue may be more broadly representative of Orthodoxy.  Beloved Brothers, I thank you once again for being with us today and I ask you to convey my fraternal greeting to His Holiness Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch, to the Holy Synod and to all the clergy, as well as to the Orthodox faithful.  May the joy of the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul that we traditionally celebrate on the same day fill your hearts with trust and hope.”[x]

 

Benedict XVI calls the schismatic leader “His Holiness.”  This is a manifestation of communion with schism and heresy.  He then directly speaks of “communion” between the Catholic Church and the schismatic church.  The true Catholic Church has no true communion with any schismatic churches.  Benedict XVI states that the Catholic Church intends to re-establish fully unity.  This is also heresy because unity always exists in the true Catholic Church.  To say that the Catholic Church needs to re-establish full unity of faith is heresy.  Benedict XVI then called the schismatics “beloved” and “faithful” and he referred to their synod as “holy.”   This is another schismatic address by the schismatic Antipope Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI’s Tidal Wave of Apostasy

 

Benedict XVI’s May 20, 2009 Catechesis: “In Bethany I had the joy of blessing the foundation stones of two churches that will be built on the site where St John baptized the people.  This event was a sign of openness and respect for religious freedom and for the Christian tradition which prevails in the Hashemite Kingdom and deserves deep appreciation.  I was able to show this just recognition, united with profound respect for the Muslim community, the Religious Leaders, the Diplomatic Corps and the university Rectors who met at the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque, that King Abdallah II commissioned in memory of his father, the famous King Hussein, who welcomed Pope Paul VI on his historic pilgrimage in 1964.  How important it is that Christians and Muslims live side by side peacefully and in mutual respect!  Thanks be to God and to the commitment of the government leaders this is happening in Jordan.  I prayed that it would be like this also elsewhere, thinking especially of the Christians who instead experience difficult situations in neighboring Iraq… But nothing is impossible to God and to those who trust in him!  For this reason faith in the one just and merciful God, which is the most precious resource of those peoples, must be able to release its full charge of respect, reconciliation and collaboration.  I desired to express this wish in paying a visit both to the Grand Mufti and the leaders of the Islamic community of Jerusalem and to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, as well as at the meeting with the organizations involved in inter-religious dialogue and then, at the encounter with the religious leaders of Galilee.  Jerusalem is the cross-roads of the three great monotheistic religions, and its very name – “City of Peace” – expresses God’s plan for humanity: to make it one great family… It is to this that Jews, Christians and Muslims are called to bear witness, in order to honor with acts that God to whom they pray with their lips.  And it is exactly this that I carried in my heart, in my prayers, as I visited in Jerusalem the Western – or Wailing Wall – and the Dome of the Rock, symbolic places respectively of Judaism and of Islam.  The Visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial, built in Jerusalem in honor of the victims of the Shoah, was also a moment of intense recollection.  In silence we paused there, praying and meditating on the mystery of the “name”: every human person is sacred, and his name is written in the heart of the eternal God.  The horrendous tragedy of the Shoah must never be forgotten!...  My pilgrimage ended last Friday with the stop at the Holy Sepulchre and with two important ecumenical meetings in Jerusalem: at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, where the representatives of all the Churches in the Holy Land had gathered, and lastly, at the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchal Church.” [xi]

 

Benedict XVI promotes religious freedom and “profound respect for the Muslim community.”  Benedict XVI has profound respect for Muslims who reject the Catholic faith and the divinity of Jesus Christ.  Benedict XVI then states that Islam and Judaism are “great monotheistic religions.”  Benedict XVI then utters the heresy that Jews and Muslims honor God and are called to bear witness to God’s plan for humanity.  Benedict XVI then states that visiting the sacred sites of the false religions of Islam and Judaism were moments of “intense recollection.”  Benedict XVI also says that Jews and Muslims, who reject the Trinity, pray to God “with their lips.”  This is bold apostasy from the arch-apostate Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of India: “India is a fertile land with ancient wisdom.  Her people, representing many different religions and cultures, are sensitive to the need for self-awareness, integrity and harmonious coexistence with one’s neighbor for overall personal and social well-being.  The immense variety with your borders opens a range of possibilities for dialogue between philosophies and religious traditions intent upon probing life’s deepest questions.  Cultivating this dialogue not only enriches your own Nation but serves as an example to others throughout Asia and indeed throughout the world… Madam Ambassador, as Chief Shepherd of the Catholic Church, I join religious and governmental leaders throughout the world who share a common desire that all members of the human family enjoy the freedom to practice religion… For her part, the Catholic Church in your Country will continue to play a role in promoting peace, harmony and reconciliation between followers of all religions, especially through education and formation in the virtues of justice, forbearance and charity. [xii]

 

Benedict XVI states that India is a land with ancient wisdom because it contains a multitude of different false religions.  This is apostasy.  He then encourages the human family to “enjoy the freedom to practice religion.”  He ends this heretical address by promoting harmony between followers of all religions.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 6, 2009 Message about Jesuit missionary Fr. Matteo Ricci: “Given his intense scientific and spiritual activity, it is impossible not to be favorably impressed by his innovative and special skill in bringing together with full respect China’s cultural and spiritual traditions in their totality. ”[xiii]

 

Benedict XVI states that “it is impossible not to be favorably impressed” by “full respect” for China’s false spiritual traditions.  This is blunt heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of Benin: “The development of harmonious relations between Catholics and the members of other religions, which in your country usually consist of reciprocal understanding, must also be encouraged.  Cultural or religious diversities must pave the way to an enrichment in the quality of society as a whole.  As I have had the opportunity to say recently, “Together we must show, by our mutual respect and solidarity, that we consider ourselves members of one family: the family that God has loved and gathered together from the creation of the world to the end of human history.’” [xiv]

 

Here the apostate Benedict XVI states that religious diversities pave the way to an enrichment in the quality of society.  He then says that we need to have mutual respect and that God’s family is comprised of people who practice false religions.  This is complete religious indifferentism and apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Discourse to eight new Ambassadors to “the Holy See”: “Your Excellencies, you are not unaware that new forms of violence have been manifested in recent years and that unfortunately they rely on the Name of God to justify dangerous behavior… Such excesses have sometimes led to seeing religions as a threat to societies.  People then attack them and discredit them, maintaining that they are not factors of peace.  Religious leaders are duty bound to guide believers and to enlighten them so that they may advance in holiness and interpret the divine words in truth.  It is therefore appropriate to encourage the emergence of a world in which religions and societies can be open to one another through the openness that exists in them and with one another.  This would be bearing an authentic witness of life.  It would be to create a space that would render dialogue positive and necessary.  In making her own contributions to the world, the Catholic Church seeks to witness to a positive vision of humanity’s future.  I am convinced “of the irreplaceable role of religion for the formation of consciences and the contribution which it can bring to – among other things  - the creation of a basic ethical consensus in society”’(Welcome Ceremony, Elysee Palace, 12 September 2008; 17 September 2008, p. 3). [xv]

 

Benedict XVI states that false religious leaders should guide the followers of their false religions to “holiness.”  For Benedict XVI to assert that practitioners of false religions can “advance in holiness” is outrageous apostasy.  He then states that “religion,” any religion, is critical for the formation of consciences! 

 

Benedict XVI’s May 22, 2009 Address to the President of Bulgaria:  “Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Government Delegation, Venerable Representatives of the Orthodox Church and of the Catholic Church… I offer a respectful greeting to each one of you and I extend these sentiments to the authorities and to the whole of the Bulgarian people, as well as to the leaders and faithful of the Orthodox Church and of the Catholic Church, present in your beloved country.” [xvi]

 

Benedict XVI calls the schismatic “Orthodox” representatives “venerable.”  He respects each one of them as a fellow schismatic.  He also mentions the “Orthodox” Church before the Catholic Church, probably because he believes that the “Orthodox” Church is of a higher order and dignity than the Catholic Church.  He then calls people of a schismatic Church “faithful.”  Benedict XVI is a heretic and a schismatic.       

 

Benedict XVI’s May 22, 2009 Address to the former President of Macedonia: “Mr President, Honorable Members of the Delegation, Venerable Brothers of the Orthodox Church and of the Catholic Church!... I avail myself of the occasion to express the sentiments of esteem and friendship that unite the Holy See to the beloved Macedonia people… I wish to assure you of my personal esteem and friendship.” [xvii]

 

Benedict XVI again praises the Eastern schismatics as the “venerable brothers of the Orthodox Church.”   In the eyes of Benedict XVI, to be a schismatic is to be venerable.  He then tells the schismatic “Orthodox” people that he wants to make sure they understand his personal esteem for them.  This is schismatic. 

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of New Zealand: “Your Excellency, cultural diversity brings much richness to the social fabric of New Zealand today.  The growing presence within your shores of migrant communities from various religious traditions together with the Government’s increasing participation in Pacific and Asian affairs has raised the awareness of the fruits that can be obtained through inter-religious dialogue.  Indeed, not so long ago, your nation hosted the Third Asian-Pacific Regional Interfaith Dialogue in the historic setting of the Waitangi.  Yet some continue to question the place of religion in the public sphere and struggle to imagine how it might serve society, particularly in a highly secular culture.  This of course heightens the responsibility of believers to bear witness to the significance of the essential relationship of every man and woman to God, in whose image they are made.”[xviii]

 

Benedict XVI promotes cultural diversity.  He says that the presence of various false religious traditions brings good “fruits” to a country.  Benedict XVI states that different false religions serve society.  Benedict XVI then utters the heresy that “believers” in various religions have a responsibility to bear witness to God.  Therefore, Benedict XVI believes people of any religion bear witness to the true God.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of South Africa: “South Africa’s rapid and peaceful transition to democratic rule has been widely acclaimed and the Holy See has followed with interest and encouragement this historic period of change.  None can doubt that much credit for the progress achieved is due to the outstanding political maturity and human qualities of former President Nelson Mandela.  He has been a promoter of forgiveness and reconciliation, and enjoys great respect in your country and in the international community.  I would ask you kindly to convey to him my personal good wishes for his health and well-being.” [xix] 

 

Benedict XVI praises the Communist Nelson Mandela.  He declares that Mandela is a person with “outstanding political maturity and human qualities.”  He states that Mandela “has been a promoter of forgiveness and reconciliation.”  He then expresses his desire to give Mandela “my personal good wishes for his health and well-being.”

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of Mongolia: “… Mongolia’s long standing respect for religious freedom.  This fundamental human right, enshrined in Mongolia’s Constitution and upheld by its citizens as conducive to the full development of the human person, allows them to search for the truth, engage in dialogue and fulfill their duty to worship God immune from any undue coercion.  The opportunity for adherents of different religions to speak and listen to one another has a vital role in strengthening the human family.  You have referred to the bold initiative of Chinggis Khan in the 13^th century to invite Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Daoists to live together on the steppes of Mongolia: a gesture that continues to find expression in the openness of the Mongolian people, who treasure the religious customs passed down from generation to generation, and who show a profound respect for traditions other than their own.  This religious earnestness was especially evident as Mongolia emerged from years of oppression under a totalitarian regime.  In this time of greater peace and stability, I heartily encourage forums that facilitate the amicable exchange of ideas about religion and how it contributes to the good of civil society.  Peoples who practice religious tolerance have an obligation to share the wisdom of this tenet with the entire human family, so that all men and women might perceive the beauty of tranquil co-existence and have the courage to build a society that respects human dignity and acts upon the divine injunction to love one’s neighbor.” [xx]

 

Benedict XVI promotes religious freedom.  Benedict XVI states that the opportunity to listen to different false religions is “vital” and is a source of “strengthening the human family.”  Benedict XVI praises people for treasuring their false religions, and for having profound respect for other false religions.  Benedict XVI also encourages an exchange of ideas about religion, as if we can gain religious wisdom and insight from people in false religions.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of Burkina Faso: “To contribute to building the nation, the consolidation of bonds of friendship between all believers is a task that must be pursued without respite.  I am particularly glad about the good relations and collaboration between Christians and Muslims in your country which have developed for some years.  In seeking ever better understanding, in mutual respect and rejecting all forms of violence and intolerance, believers bear an eloquent witness to God and further the common good.”[xxi]

 

Benedict XVI states that there are bonds between “believers” of different false religions.  Benedict XVI says that we should have respect for Muslims and that “believers” of Islam (a false religion) “bear an eloquent witness to God.”

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of Norway: “Like many European countries today, Norway is increasingly called upon to examine the implications of the right to religious freedom in the context of a liberal and pluralist society.  I am confident that the high ethical principles and the generosity so characteristic of Norway’s activity on the international scene will also prevail at home, so that all the citizens of your country will be free to practice their religion, and all the different religious communities will be free to order their affairs in accordance with their beliefs and juridical systems, in this way making their particular contribution to the common good.”[xxii]

 

Benedict XVI promotes the condemned heresy of religious freedom.  He says that people should be able to practice whatever religion they like, regardless of whether it is the true religion or a false religion.

 

Benedict XVI’s April 25, 2009 Address to 8,000 “Catholic” Religion Teachers: “The very person of the Catholic religion teacher constitutes this bond: to you, in fact, in addition to the duty of the human, cultural and didactic competence proper to every teacher, belongs the vocation to make it clear that the God of whom you speak in the classrooms is the essential reference point of your life.  Far from constituting interference or a curtailment of freedom, your presence on the contrary is an effective example of that positive spirit of secularism which makes it possible to promote a constructive civil coexistence, based on reciprocal respect and loyal dialogue, values which a country always needs.” [xxiii]

 

Benedict XVI promotes “that positive spirit of secularism,” as if secularism is a great thing.  This is not Catholic.

 

Benedict XVI’s May 29, 2009 Address to the new Ambassador of Namibia: “The Holy See is confident, Mr Ambassador, that your country can contribute to positive developments in Africa and in the international community.  Because of its history of peaceful independence and integration, its unity in diversity, and its responsible management of natural resources, Namibia can offer an example for the development of other countries… The Catholic Church is pleased to exercise her mission in a climate of religious freedom.” [xxiv]

 

Benedict XVI again encourages religious freedom and “unity in diversity.”

 

Interview printed in the L’Osservatore Romano with Fr. Theodoro Mascarenhas, Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture:

 

Question: Among the eastern religions perhaps Buddhism is the one most known in the western world.  Can you explain to us the philosophy that underlies the idea of fasting in this religion?

 

Answer from Fr. Mascarenhas: “The spiritual enlightenment of Buddha is closely linked to fasting.  Interestingly, he arrived at enlightenment not during the fasting, but immediately after he had broken the fast.  Therefore, fasting is a practical exercise to progress towards the liberation of the person.”

 

Question: What can Christians learn from the understanding of fasting by faithful of other religions?

 

Answer from Fr. Mascarenhas: “The practice of fasting in the three religions which we have discussed can enrich our way of conceiving and observing fasting.  From Buddhism, in particular of its conception of the liberation of the person by way of fasting, we can learn to reinforce our ancient notion of fasting, as explained by Benedict XVI in his message, that fasting may be ‘a great help to avoid sin and all that leads to it.’  From the practice in Hinduism, we learn that fasting can become a form of prayer, as stated by Benedict XVI in his message, ‘open in the heart of the believer a path to God’.” [xxv]

 

This is incredible apostasy.  Even though these last few heresies don’t come directly from Benedict XVI, they are fully approved by him.  They were prominently published in his official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.  There were many other heretical statements by Fr. Mascarenhas, but these few should provide a small idea of the kind of heresies he was promoting. 

 

Benedict XVI’s Pilgrimage of Apostasy in the Middle East Part II

 

Benedict XVI’s Message to “Catholic” Archbishop Ioan Robu of Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2009: “I rejoiced to learn that the Roman Catholic Church in Romania, the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian State have wished to commemorate together the 10^th anniversary of the memorable Visit to Romania of the Servant of God John Paul II… I also impart a warm greeting and Blessing to the beloved Orthodox Patriarch and to all the members of that noble Church.” [xxvi]

 

Benedict XVI imparts a warm “blessing to the beloved Orthodox Patriarch and to all the members of that noble Church.”  Benedict XVI calls the leader of a schismatic non-Catholic Church “beloved,” and he calls the schismatic church “noble.”  This is outrageous heresy and schism.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to Rabbis and members of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, May 12, 2009: “Distinguished Rabbis, I reciprocate by expressing my own respect and esteem for you and your communities… Jews and Christians alike are concerned to ensure respect for the sacredness of human life, the centrality of the family, a sound education for the young, and the freedom of religion and conscience for a healthy society… Today I have the opportunity to repeat that the Catholic Church is irrevocably committed to the path chosen at the Second Vatican Council for a genuine and lasting reconciliation between Christians and Jews.  As the Declaration Nostra Aetate made clear, the Church continues to value the spiritual patrimony common to Christians and Jews and desires an ever deeper mutual understanding and respect through biblical and theological studies as well as fraternal dialogues. “[xxvii]

 

Benedict XVI states that he has nothing but esteem for rabbis and other Jews who reject Jesus Christ.  This is heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s Discourse to Leaders of different religions from Galilee, May 14, 2009: “Dear Friends, Grateful for the words of welcome offered by Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo and for your warm reception, I cordially greet the leaders of different communities present, including Christians, Muslims, Jews, Druze and other religious peoples… Galilee, a land known for its religious and ethnic diversity, is home to a people who know well the efforts required to live in harmonious coexistence.  Our different religious traditions have a powerful potential to promote a culture of peace, especially through teaching and preaching the deeper spiritual values of our common humanity.  By molding the hearts of the young, we mold the future of humanity itself.  Christians readily join Jews, Muslims, Druze, and people of other religions in wishing to safeguard children from fanaticism and violence while preparing them to be builders of a better world.  My dear friends, I know that you accept cheerfully and with a greeting of peace the many pilgrims who flock to Galilee.  I encourage you to continue exercising mutual respect as you work to ease tensions concerning places of worship, thus assuring a serene environment for prayer and reflection here and throughout Galilee.  Representing different religious traditions, you share a desire to contribute to the betterment of society and thus testify to the religious and spiritual values that help sustain public life.  I assure you that the Catholic Church is committed to join in this noble undertaking.  In cooperation with men and women of good will, she will seek to ensure that the light of truth, peace and goodness continue to shine forth from Galilee and lead people across the globe to seek all that fosters the unity of the human family.  God bless you all.” [xxviii]

 

Benedict XVI states that various false religions have a powerful potential to do good, “especially through teaching and preaching the deeper spiritual values.”  This is heresy.  He encourages these false religions to mold the hearts of the young.  He encourages them to “mold the future of humanity itself.” 

 

The apostate Benedict XVI then goes on to state that Jews, Muslims, Druze, and people of other religions safeguard children while preparing them to be builders of a better world.  Benedict XVI then encourages the different religions to have a mutual respect for one another.  He also endorses these different religions by stating that their false temples of worship assure “a serene environment for prayer and reflection here and throughout Galilee.”  He goes on to say that different religious traditions “testify to the religious and spiritual values that help sustain public life.”  Benedict XVI adds that: “I assure you the Catholic Church is committed to join in this noble undertaking.”  This is nothing but blatant apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s Discourse to President Shimon Peres at Presidential Palace in Jerusalem, May 11, 2009: “Religious leaders must therefore be mindful that any division or tension, any tendency to introversion or suspicion among believers or between our communities, can easily lead to a contradiction which obscures the Almighty’s oneness, betrays our unity, and contradicts the One who reveals himself as ‘abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.’  My friends, Jerusalem, which has long been a crossroads for peoples of many different origins, is a city which affords Jews, Christians and Muslims both the duty and the privilege to bear witness together to the peaceful coexistence long desired by worshippers of the one God; to lay bare the Almighty’s plan for the unity of the human family announced to Abraham.”[xxix]

 

Benedict XVI states that any divisions among different religious leaders contradict God.  This is total apostasy.  This is equivalent to asserting that different beliefs about who God is make absolutely no difference.  Benedict XVI then says that Jews and Muslims are worshippers of the one God, and that they lay bare the Almighty’s plan for the unity of the human family.  This means that God desires that men follow different religions.  This is pure religious indifferentism.  

 

Benedict XVI’s Discourse at Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem, May 11, 2009: “I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name… I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off” (Is 56:5).  This passage from the Book of the prophet Isaiah furnishes the two simple words which solemnly express the profound significance of this revered place:  yad – “memorial”; shem – “name.”  I have come to stand in silence before this monument, erected to honor the memory of the millions of Jews killed in the horrific tragedy of the Shoah.  They lost their lives, but they will never lose their names… Most of all, their names are forever fixed in the memory of Almighty God.  The Catholic Church, committed to the teachings of Jesus and intent on imitating his love for all people, feels deep compassion for the victims remembered here.  Similarly, she draws close to all those who today are subjected to persecution on account of race, color, condition of life or religion – their suffering are hers, and hers is their hope for justice… My dear friends, I am deeply grateful to God and to you for the opportunity to stand here in silence: a silence to remember, a silence to pray, a silence to hope.” [xxx]

 

Benedict XVI honors the memory of millions who died without believing in Jesus, the Catholic faith, and were not baptized.  He clearly indicates that all of them are saved.  He then says that the Catholic Church is close to anyone who is being persecuted on account of whatever kind of religious beliefs they have.  This means that Benedict XVI is stating that the Church is close to Satanists, if they are being persecuted.  Benedict XVI even goes further by saying that their suffering is the same thing as the Catholic Church suffering.  This is apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s address at Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion International Airport, May 11, 2009: “It is right and fitting that, during my stay in Israel, I will have the opportunity to honor the memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Shoah, and to pray that humanity will never again witness a crime of such magnitude.  Sadly, anti-Semitism continues to rear its ugly head in many parts of the world.  This is totally unacceptable.  Every effort must be made to combat anti-Semitism wherever it is found, and to promote respect and esteem for the members of every people, tribe, language and nation across the globe.  During my stay in Jerusalem, I will have the pleasure of meeting many of this country’s distinguished religious leaders.  One thing that the three great monotheistic religions have in common is a special veneration for that Holy City.”[xxxi]

 

Benedict XVI states that every effort must be made to esteem everyone on the planet regardless of what they believe or do.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address outside the Jerusalem Mosque, May 12, 2009: “Dear Muslim Friends, Peace upon you!  I cordially thank the Grand Mufti, Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, together with the Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, Sheikh Mohammed Azzam al-Khatib al-Tamimi, and the Head of the Awquaf Council, Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, for the welcome they have extended to me on your behalf.  I am deeply grateful for the invitation to visit this sacred place, and I willingly pay my respects to you and the leaders of the Islamic community in Jerusalem.  The Dome of the Rock draws our hearts and minds to reflect upon the mystery of creation and the faith of Abraham.  Here the paths of the world’s three great monotheistic religions meet, reminding us what they share in common.  Each believes in One God, Creator and ruler of all.  Each recognizes Abraham as a forefather, a man of faith upon whom God bestowed a special blessing.  Each has gained a large following throughout the centuries and inspired a rich spiritual, intellectual and cultural patrimony… Since the teachings or religious traditions ultimately concern the reality of God, the meaning of life, and the common destiny of mankind – that is to say, all that is most sacred and dear to us – there may be a temptation to engage in such dialogue with reluctance or ambivalence about its possibilities for success… This places a grave responsibility upon us.  Those who honor the One God believe that he will hold human beings accountable for their actions. [xxxii]

 

Benedict XVI teaches the heresy that Islam and Judaism are great religions that have inspired a rich spiritual patrimony.  This is utterly heretical.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to Greek Orthodox Patriarch during ecumenical meeting, May 15, 2009: “Of particular joy for our Churches has been the participation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Holiness Bartholomew I, at the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome dedicated to the theme: The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.  The warm welcome he received and his moving intervention were sincere expressions of the deep spiritual joy that arises from the extent to which communion is already present between our Churches.  Such ecumenical experience bears clear witness to the link between the unity of the Church and her mission… I pray that the aspirations of the Christians of Jerusalem will be understood as being concordant with the aspirations of all its inhabitants, whatever their religion: a life of religious freedom and peaceful coexistence… Your Beatitude, I thank you again for your kindness in inviting me here, together with the other guests.  Upon each of you and the communities you represent, I invoke an abundance of God’s blessings of fortitude and wisdom!  May you all be strengthened by the hope of Christ which does not disappoint!”[xxxiii]

 

Benedict XVI encourages living a life of religious freedom, regardless of what religion you are; and he says that the Catholic Church is in communion with a schismatic sect.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to the Armenian “Orthodox” Patriarch of Jerusalem, May 15, 2009: “Your Beatitude, I greet you with fraternal affection in the Lord, and I offer prayerful good wishes for your health and your ministry… I count it a great blessing to have met in this past year with the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and with the Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I.  Their visits to the Holy See, and the moments of prayer which we shared, have strengthened us in fellowship and confirmed our commitment to the sacred cause of promoting Christian unity.  In a spirit of gratitude to the Lord, I wish also to express my appreciation of the unwavering commitment of the Armenian Apostolic Church to the continuing theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.” [xxxiv]

 

Benedict XVI calls the leader of the schismatic church “Your Beatitude.”  Benedict XVI goes on to say that the schismatic leader Karekin II is “the Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians.”  This is to clearly indicate that all Armenian people need to look to the schismatic leader as the lawful leader of the one true Church.  This is another outrageous heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to journalists on flight back to Rome, May 15, 2009: “I have also had the opportunity to meet the leaders of the various Christian Churches and ecclesial communities as well as the leaders of other religions in the Holy Land.  This land is indeed a fertile ground for ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue, and I pray that the rich variety of religious witness in the region will bear fruit in a growing mutual understanding and respect… The ceremony at the Presidential Palace was followed by one of the most solemn moments of my stay in Israel – my visit to the Holocaust Memorial at Yad Vashem, to pay my respects to the victims of the Shoah… That appalling chapter of history must never be forgotten or denied.” [xxxv]

 

Benedict XVI thinks it’s a great thing to have a “rich variety of religious witness in the region.”  He then says that there should be mutual respect among the different religions.

 

Benedict XVI’s Farewell Discourse at Tel Aviv International Airport, May 15, 2009: “There are three fundamental impressions: the first is that I found everywhere, in every context, Muslim, Christian and Jewish, a determined readiness for interreligious dialogue, for encounter and collaboration among the religions.  And it is important that everyone see this not only as an action – let us say inspired by political motives in the given situation – but as a fruit of the very core of faith.  Because believing in one God who has created us all, the Father of us all, believing that God is love and wants love to be the dominant force in the world, implies this encounter, this need for an encounter, for dialogue, for collaboration as a requirement of faith itself.” [xxxvi]

 

Benedict XVI’s Pilgrimage of Apostasy in the Middle East

 

Benedict XVI address at Amman International Airport, May 8, 2009: “My visit to Jordan gives me a welcome opportunity to speak of my deep respect for the Muslim community, and to pay tribute to the leadership shown by His Majesty the King in promoting a better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam.”[xxxvii]

 

Benedict XVI tells us to pay tribute to a man for “promoting a better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam.” 

 

After Benedict XVI visited the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque, he had a meeting with Muslim leaders and gave an address on May 9, 2009: “Places of worship, like this splendid Al-Hussein Bin Talal mosque named after the revered late King, stand out like jewels across the earth’s surface.  From the ancient to the modern, the magnificent to the humble, they all point to the divine, to the Transcendent One, to the Almighty.  And through the centuries these sanctuaries have drawn men and women into their sacred space to pause, to pray, to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty, and to recognize that we are all his creatures.  For this reason we cannot fail to be concerned that today, with increasing insistency, some maintain that religion fails in its claim to be, by nature, a builder of unity and harmony, an expression of communion between persons and with God.  Indeed some assert that religion is necessarily a cause of division in our world; and so they argue that the less attention given to religion in the public sphere the better.  Certainly, the contradiction of tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied.  However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?  In the face of this situation, where the opponents of religion seek not simply to silence its voice but to replace it with their own, the need for believers to be true to their principles and beliefs is felt all the more keenly.  Muslims and Christians, precisely because of the burden of our common history so often marked by misunderstanding, must today strive to be known and recognized as worshippers of God faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and live by the Almighty’s decrees, merciful and compassionate, consistent in bearing witness to all that is true and good…  And God endows us with the capacity to participate in his reason and thus to act in accordance with what is good.  Muslims worship God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, who has spoken to humanity.  And as believers in the one God we know that human reason is itself God’s gift and that it soars to its highest plane when suffused with the light of God’s truth… Together, Christians and Muslims are impelled to seek all that is just and right… And we are reminded that because it is our common human dignity which gives rise to universal human rights, they hold equally for every man and woman, irrespective of his or her religious, social or ethnic group.  In this regard, we must note that the right to religious freedom extends beyond the question of worship…”[xxxviii]

 

First, Benedict XVI promotes mosques as “places of worship.”  According to him, to worship at a mosque is to worship the one true God.  Second, he proclaims that mosques “stand out like jewels across the earth’s surface.”  This is total apostasy!

 

Third, speaking of mosques, he states: “from the ancient to the modern, the magnificent to the humble, they all point to the divine, to the Transcendent One, to the Almighty.  And through the centuries these sanctuaries have drawn men and women into their sacred space to pause, to pray, to acknowledge the presence of the Almighty…”   These are simply mind-boggling heresies from the arch-apostate Benedict XVI. 

 

Fourth, he says that all mosques point to the divine.  Fifth, he states that all mosques are sanctuaries and sacred, and that they contain the presence of the Almighty.  Sixth, he calls Muslims worshippers of the true God, faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and live the Almighty’s decrees, merciful, compassionate, and believers in the one, true God.  This is total apostasy. 

 

Benedict XVI address at the Basilica on Mount Nebo, May 9, 2009: “The ancient tradition of pilgrimage to the holy places also reminds us of the inseparable bond between the Church and the Jewish people… May our encounter today inspire in us a renewed love for the canon of Sacred Scripture and a desire to overcome all obstacles to the reconciliation of Christians and Jews in mutual respect and cooperation in the service of that peace to which the word of God calls us!” [xxxix]

 

Benedict XVI proclaims “the inseparable bond between the Church and the Jewish people.”  Jews do not believe that Jesus Christ is God.  They are outside the Church.  But the apostate Benedict XVI proclaims the opposite by stating that the Jews are united to the Church by an “inseparable bond.”  This is heresy.

 

Benedict XVI, answer to a question during his flight to the Middle East, May 8, 2009:

 

Question to Benedict XVI: “Your Holiness, this journey has two essential dimensions of interreligious dialogue  - with Islam and with Judaism.  Are the two directions completely separate from one another, or will there also be a common message concerning the three Abrahamic religions?

 

Part of the answer from Benedict XVI: “… it is important on the one hand to have bilateral dialogues – with the Jews and with Islam – and then also trilateral dialogue.  I myself was the Co-Founder of a foundation for dialogue among the three religions, at which leading figures like Metropolitan Damaskinos and the Chief Rabbi of France Rene Samuel Sirat and others came together, and this foundation also issued an edition of the books of the three religions: the Koran, the New Testament and the Old Testament.  So the trilateral dialogue must go forward, it is extremely important for peace and also – let us say – for living one’s own religion well.”[xl]

 

Here Benedict XVI tells us that each person should live his own religion well – no matter what religion he believes in!  This is utter apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI, address at Madaba University, May 9, 2009: “Religion is disfigured when pressed into the service of ignorance or prejudice, contempt, violence and abuse.  In this case we see not only a perversion of religion but also a corruption of human freedom, a narrowing and blindness of the mind… You are called to be builders of a just and peaceful society composed of peoples of various religious and ethnic backgrounds.  These realities – I wish to stress once more – must lead, not to division, but to mutual enrichment… I pray that your dreams may soon come true, that you may see generations of qualified men and women Christian, Muslim and of other religions, taking their place in society, equipped with professional skills, knowledgeable in their field, and educated in the values of wisdom, integrity, tolerance and peace.” [xli]

 

Benedict XVI states that when you have different false religions represented, this leads to a “mutual enrichment.”

 

Benedict XVI, homily at the Amman International Stadium, May 10, 2009: … enable a fruitful encounter of people of different religions and cultures, and thus enrich the fabric of society.” [xlii]

 

People of different religions enrich the society, according to the apostate Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI, farewell address at Queen Alia International Airport, May 11, 2009: “One of the highlights of these days was my visit to the Mosque Al-Hussein Bin Talal, where I had the pleasure of meeting Muslim religious leaders together with members of the diplomatic corps and University Rectors.  I would like to encourage all Jordanians, whether Christian or Muslim, to build on the firm foundations of religious tolerance that enable the members of different communities to live together in peace and mutual respect.  His Majesty the King has been notably active in fostering inter-religious dialogue, and I want to put on record how much his commitment in this regard is appreciated.” [xliii]

             

Benedict XVI states that one of his highlights was his visit to the mosque.  He also again calls for respect for false religions.

 

Benedict XVI’s Flight of Apostasy

 

Benedict XVI’s Outrageous Heresies during his recent trip to Africa

 

Benedict XVI, March 19, 2009 Address:

“In the Lord Jesus there is no more Jew or Gentile, man or woman (cf. Gal 3:28).  In his flesh he has reconciled all peoples.  In the power of the Holy Spirit, I appeal to everyone: “Be reconciled to God!” (2 Cor 5:20).  No ethnic or cultural difference, no difference of race, sex or religion must become a cause for dispute among you.” [xliv]

 

This is an example of Benedict XVI totally twisting the scriptures.  He quotes Galatians 3:28, which states that we are all one in Jesus Christ.  Then he says this means that differences of religion or religious issues should never become a dispute among people!  This is apostasy from Benedict XVI. 

 

Benedict XVI, March 19, 2009 Address to Muslim community of Cameroon:

 

“Dear Friends, Grateful for this opportunity to meet representatives of the Muslim community in Cameroon, I express my heartfelt thanks to Mr Amadou Bello for his kind words on your behalf.  Our encounter is a vivid sign of the desire we share with all people of good will – in Cameroon, throughout Africa and across the globe – to seek opportunities to exchange ideas about how religion makes an essential contribution to our understanding of culture and the world, and to the peaceful coexistence of all the members of the human family… Cameroon is home to thousands of Christians and Muslims, who often live, work and worship in the same neighborhood.  Both believe in one, merciful God who on the last day will judge mankind (cf. Lumen Gentium, 16).  Together they bear witness to the fundamental values of family, social responsibility, obedience to God’s law and loving concern for the sick and suffering.  By patterning their lives on these virtues and teaching them to the young, Christians and Muslims not only show how they foster the full development of the human person, but also how they forge bonds of solidarity with one’s neighbors and advance the common good.  My friends, I believe a particularly urgent task of religion today is to unveil the vast potential of human reason, which is itself God’s gift and which is elevated by revelation and faith.  Belief in the one God, far from stunting our capacity to understand ourselves and the world, broadens it.  Far from setting us against the world, it commits us to it.  We are called to help others see the subtle traces and mysterious presence of God in the world which he has marvelously created and continually sustains with his ineffable and all-embracing love.  Although his infinite glory can never be directly grasped by our finite minds in this life, we nonetheless catch glimpses of it in the beauty that surrounds us...

 

“Genuine religion thus widens the horizon of human understanding and stands at the base of any authentically human culture.  It rejects all forms of violence and totalitarians: not only on principles of faith, but also of right reason.  Indeed, religion and reason mutually reinforce one another since religion is purified and structured by reason, and reason’s full potential is unleashed by revelation and faith.  I therefore encourage you, my dear Muslim friends, to imbue society with the values that emerge from this perspective and elevate human culture, as we work together to build a civilization of love.  May the enthusiastic cooperation of Muslims, Catholics and other Christians in Cameroon be a beacon to other African nations of the enormous potential of an interreligious commitment to peace, justice and the common good!  With these sentiments, I once again express my gratitude for this auspicious occasion to meet you during my visit to Cameroon.  I thank Almighty God for the blessings he has bestowed upon you and your fellow citizens, and I pray that the links that bind Christians and Muslims in their profound reverence for the one God will continue to grow stronger, so that they will reflect more clearly the wisdom of the Almighty, who enlightens the hearts of all mankind.”[xlv]

 

First, Benedict XVI states that Muslims are “of good will.”  Second, he states that “religion” – any religion – “makes an essential contribution”!  Third, he utters the heresy that Muslims believe in the one God who will judge mankind on the last day.  Fourth, he says that Muslims have obedience to God’s law.  Fifth, he states that all religions have “vast potential”!  Sixth, he states that different religions “are called to help others see the subtle traces and mysterious presence of God.”  Seventh, he states that “genuine religion thus widens the horizon of human understanding and stands at the base of any authentically human culture”; and he adds: “I therefore encourage you, my dear Muslim friends, to imbue society with the values that emerge from this perspective and elevate human culture”!  This means that there is more than one “genuine” religion.  Eighth, he states that “I thank Almighty God for the blessings he has bestowed upon you.”  Benedict XVI therefore believes that God blesses Muslim leaders who reject the one true God, Jesus Christ.  Ninth, Benedict XVI then utters the heresy that “I pray that the links that bind Christians and Muslims in their profound reverence for the one God will continue to grow stronger, so that they will reflect more clearly the wisdom of the Almighty.”  This is pure heresy and blasphemy.

 

Benedict XVI, March 20, 2009 Discourse to political and civil authorities in Cameroon:

“I am glad, too, that members of other Christian ecclesial communities were able to be present at some of our gatherings, and I renew my respectful greetings to them and their leaders… My meeting with members of the Muslim community here in Cameroon was another highlight that will remain with me.  As we continue on our journey towards greater mutual understanding, I pray that we will also grow in respect and esteem for one another, and strengthen our resolve to work together to proclaim the God-given dignity of the human person…”[xlvi]

 

Benedict XVI respects and esteems heretics and the leaders of false religions.

 

Benedict XVI, March 15, 2009 Discourse at Simile International Airport:

“I gratefully acknowledge too the presence of members of other Christian confessions and the followers of other religions.  By joining with us today you offer a clear sign of the good will and harmony that exist in this country between people of different religious traditions… Not bitter interethnic or interreligious rivalry, but the righteousness, peace and joy of God’s kingdom, so aptly described by Pope Paul VI as the civilization of love.”[xlvii]

 

Benedict XVI says he is grateful for heretics and for members of false religions.  He also says that the joy of God’s kingdom is demonstrated by members of false religions!

 

Benedict XVI, March 17, 2009 answers to questions during his flight to Cameroon: “I have now spoken with more than half of the African Bishops, and they have told me that relations with the Muslims, despite the problems that can be identified, are highly promising.  Dialogue is growing in mutual respect and cooperation in common ethical responsibilities.  Moreover, there is a growing sense of catholicity which helps overcome tribalism, one of the great problems, and from this comes the joy of being Christian.  One problem with the traditional religions is the fear of the spirits.” [xlviii]

 

Benedict XVI states that he has respect for Muslims who reject Jesus Christ, are outside the Church and on road to eternal damnation.

 

Benedict XVI’s recent heresy on the Jews, Benedict XVI reading his own heresies, SSPX and more

 

On March 12, 2009, Benedict XVI received and spoke to a Delegation from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel: “Distinguished Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel… The Jewish people, who were chosen as the elected people, communicate to the whole human family, knowledge of and fidelity to the one, unique and true God.”[xlix]

 

This is outrageous apostasy!  Benedict XVI states that the modern-day Jewish people, who reject Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity, “communicate to the whole human family, knowledge of and fidelity to the one, unique and true God.”

 

Benedict XVI’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue held a meeting with the “Permanent Committee of al-Azhar Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions.”  This joint Committee for Dialogue included a Muslim Delegation and a “Catholic” Delegation presided over by “Cardinal” Jean-Louis Tauran who is the president of the Pontifical Council.  On Feb. 24-25, the participants agreed on the following:

 

“3. Religious leaders, especially Muslims and Christians, have the duty to promote a culture of peace, each within his respective community, especially through teaching and preaching.

“4.  A culture of peace should permeate all aspects of life: religious formation, education, interpersonal relations and the arts in their diverse forms.  To this end, scholastic books should be revised in order not to contain material which may offend the religious sentiments of other believers, at times through the erroneous presentation of dogmas, morals or history of other religions.

5. The media have a major role and responsibility in the promotion of positive and respectful relations among the faithful of various religions.

6. Recognizing the strong link between peace and human rights, special attention was given to the defense of the dignity of the human person and his/her rights, especially regarding freedom of conscience and of religion.”

 

Sheikh Ali Abd al-Baqi Shahata

Head of al-Azhar Delegation

 

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran

Head of the Catholic Delegation[l]

 

This means that, with the approval of Benedict XVI, a “Pontifical Council” of the Vatican declares that Muslims and the leaders of other false religions should teach and preach.  It declares that traditional Catholic books should be revised so that anything which offends the religious beliefs of others is removed.  That means that statements affirming traditional Catholic dogma should be removed!  This is complete apostasy.   Finally, the “Pontifical Council” again promotes the heresy of freedom of conscience and religion.

Benedict XVI reading his own heresies - this is for those who don't think he's aware of what is published in his (the Vatican's) newspaper, such as the heresies covered in this article

Benedict XVI’s March 10, 2009 (released to the public on March 12) Letter of Clarification on the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre: “Dear Brothers in the Episcopal Ministry… An unforeseen mishap for me was the fact the Williamson case came on top of the remission of the excommunication.  The discreet gesture of mercy towards the four Bishops ordained validly but not legitimately suddenly appeared as something completely different: as the repudiation of reconciliation between Christians and Jews, and thus as the reversal of what the Council had laid down in this regard to guide the Church’s path.  A gesture of reconciliation with an ecclesial group engaged in a process of separation thus turned into its very antithesis: an apparent step backwards with regard to all the steps of reconciliation between Christians and Jews, as well as peace within the Church, is something which I can only deeply deplore…

 

“I thank all the more our Jewish friends, who quickly helped to clear up the misunderstanding and to restore the atmosphere of friendship and trust which – as in the days of Pope John Paul II – has also existed throughout my pontificate and, thank God, continues to exist… An episcopal ordination lacking a pontifical mandate raises the danger of a schism, since it jeopardizes the unity of the College of Bishops with the Pope.  Consequently the Church must react by employing her most severe punishment – excommunication – with the aim of calling those thus punished to repent and to return to unity.  Twenty years after the ordinations, this goal has sadly not yet been attained.  The remission of the excommunication has the same aim as that of the punishment: namely, to invite the four Bishops once more to return.  This gesture was possible once the interested parties had expressed their recognition in principle of the Pope and his authority as Pastor, albeit with some reservations in the area of obedience to his doctrinal authority and to the authority of the Council…

“The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons.  As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church…

“In order to make this clear once again: until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church…

“Their disunity, their disagreement among themselves, calls into question the credibility of their talk of God.  Hence the effort to promote a common witness by Christians to their faith – ecumenism – is part of the supreme priority.  Added to this is the need for all those who believe in God to join in seeking peace, to attempt to draw closer to one another, and to journey together, even with their differing images of God, towards the source of Light – this is interreligious dialogue…

“Should not civil society also try to forestall forms of extremism and to incorporate their eventual adherents – to the extent possible – in the great currents shaping social life, and thus avoid their being segregated, with all its consequences?  Can it be completely mistaken to work to break down obstinacy and narrowness, and to make space for what is positive and retrievable for the whole?  I myself saw, in the years after 1988, how the return of communities which had been separated from Rome changed their interior attitudes; I saw how returning to the bigger and broader Church enabled them to move beyond one-sided positions and broke down rigidity so that positive energies could emerge for the whole."[li]

 

Benedict XVI makes it clear (once again) that the priests and bishops of the SSPX “do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.”  In other words, they have no approval from the Counter Church, and thus their position, which claims to accept the hierarchy of the Counter Church, is illogical and false.   He also mentions (again) that the SSPX must fully accept Vatican II in order to be legitimately accepted into his Church.

 

Fabio Colagrande’s conversation with the Vice-Director of the Pontifical Gregorian University’s conference on biological evolution: “What has been, and what is today, the position of the Church with regard to Darwinism?

 

Answer: “I should say quite simply that it has never been one of condemnation.  And this is one of the reasons that make any effort at the salvaging or rehabilitation of Darwin superfluous, in my opinion, because neither the Catholic Church, nor any of its notable exponents, has ever condemned either Darwinism or the theory of evolution.  On the contrary, it has always shown great interest in the theory.  We should remember that Cardinal John Henry Newman, in England, was a clear supporter of Darwinism from its very beginnings.  Indeed, I should say that after the famous stance taken by John Paul II in 1996, we passed into a phase in which the theory has been recognized…. I do not think that the results of science and those of philosophy and religion can or should always be in agreement.  I hold that, on the contrary, sometimes a sharp confrontation is healthy, because in that way we go forward.[lii]

 

This apostate points out that after John Paul II’s statement – in which he said that evolution was more than a hypothesis – the theory of evolution has been “recognized.”  So, according to the antichrist Vatican, evolution is the theory they recognize.  He also states that the results of science and those of religion cannot always be in agreement!   This is blasphemy and heresy.

 

Benedict XVI and the Vatican declare, in a special published note, that if Bishop Williamson doesn’t accept belief in “the Shoah” (“the Holocaust”) he cannot be accepted as a Catholic; and other amazing heresies from the apostate Benedict XVI

 

 

Note from the Secretary of State of the Vatican, February 4, 2009: “In the wake of reactions to the recent Decree of the Congregation for Bishops by which the excommunication of four prelates of the Society of Saint Pius X was remitted, and with regard to the negationist or reductionist statements made by Bishop Williamson concerning the Shoah, it seems opportune to clarify some aspects of the matter… The remission of the excommunication has freed the four bishops from a very serious canonical penalty, but it has not changed the juridical status of the Society of Saint Pius X, which presently does not enjoy any canonical recognition by the Catholic Church.  The four bishops, even though they have been released from excommunication, have no canonical function in the Church and do not licitly exercise any ministry within it.  

 

“2. Tradition, Doctrine and the Second Vatican Council-

A full recognition of the Second Vatican Council and the Magisterium of Popes XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and Benedict XVI himself is an indispensable condition for any future recognition of the Society of Saint Pius X…

 

“3. Statements about the Shoah-

The positions of Bishop Williamson with regard to the Shoah are absolutely unacceptable and firmly rejected by the Holy Father, as he himself remarked on 28 January 2009 when, with reference to the heinous genocide, he reiterated his full and unquestionable solidarity with our brothers and sisters who received the First Covenant, and he affirmed that the memory of that terrible genocide must lead “humanity to reflect upon the unfathomable power of evil when it conquers the heart of man”, adding that the Shoah remains “a warning for all against forgetfulness, denial or reductionism, because violence against one single human being is violence against all”.  In order to be admitted to function as a Bishop within the Church, Bishop Williamson must also distance himself in an absolutely unequivocal and public way from his positions regarding the Shoah, which were unknown to the Holy Father at the time of the remission of the excommunication.”[liii]

 

This note is an important statement by the Vatican on the status of the SSPX.  This note from the Secretary of State of the Vatican declares that the SSPX’s juridical status is that it “presently does not enjoy any canonical recognition by the Catholic Church.”  He goes on to state that they “have no canonical function and do not licitly exercise any ministry” within the Catholic Church. 

 

Most of the people who go to the SSPX for the sacraments seem to believe that because the SSPX believes that Benedict XVI is a valid pope, they are not in schism for going there.  This is completely wrong, and proven wrong by the clear statements above on how the SSPX is looked at by Benedict XVI and the Vatican.  The note also mentions that, in order to be a Catholic, you have to accept the teachings of Vatican II, many of which are still not accepted by the SSPX.  Finally, the apostate Vatican declares that to be a Catholic you cannot deny or minimize “the Holocaust.”  What a complete joke of a “Catholic Church.”  This is a “Church” that binds you to accept the Jewish version of history in order to be accepted as a Catholic! 

 

Anyone who sees and understands these facts, and still thinks that Benedict XVI and the Vatican are Catholic, is a heretic.  This note states at the end that Benedict XVI did not know that Bishop Williamson denied “the holocaust” at the time he removed the “excommunication” against him.  This note clearly implies that Benedict XVI never would have removed the “excommunication” against Williamson if he had known that Bishop Williamson is a Holocaust denier.  To think that Benedict XVI has bound someone to believe what the Jews think happened during World War II, in order for that person to be admitted to full communion with his sect, is amazing.  But of course, the apostates at the Vatican, who worship and serve the Jews, do bind people to Jewish ideas.   And fact that the Jews reject God Himself means absolutely nothing to the pack of usurping apostates who sit in the Vatican.  They are nothing more than an abomination to Jesus Christ.

 

In a private meeting with Benedict XVI on February 12, 2009, Rabbi Arthur Schneier gave the following address: “As a Holocaust survivor, these days have been painful and difficult days when confronted with Holocaust denial by no less than a bishop of the Society of St. Pius X… Victims of the Holocaust have not given us the right to forgive the perpetrators nor the Holocaust deniers.  Thank you for understanding our pain and anguish and your firm statement expressing “unquestioned solidarity” with the Jewish people and condemning Holocaust denial.  In our autumn years, we must transmit “never again” through Holocaust education to future generations.  Holocaust education can be a call to conscience and awaken us from our slumber of indifference to the threat of genocide in our own day.  Your Holiness, through the guidelines of Nostra Aetate, we have been able to heal the wounds of the past and effect reconciliation between the Church and the Jewish people.  Your personal commitment and that of Pope John Paul II, of blessed memory, to “embrace the older brother” has given us further encouragement to build even closer ties between Catholics and Jews all over the world… Our relationship, based upon the solid foundation of Vatican II, can overcome periodic setbacks.” [liv]

 

The rabbi calls for Benedict XVI to promote “Holocaust education” to future generations.  The rabbi also speaks of the solid foundation of Vatican II.  When a rabbi calls a so-called council of the Catholic Church “a solid foundation,” you can know for sure that it was not a real Catholic council.

 

After Rabbi Schneier’s address, Alan Solow, President of the Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations, addressed Benedict XVI: “We recall your important and historic visit to the synagogue in Cologne and to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps.  Recent events have strained the Church and the Jewish community.  The demand, by the Holy See, that Bishop Williamson renounce his abhorrent Holocaust denial, which the US Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced as “utterly false”, was a welcomed step.  It must be made clear again and again that there can be and will be no tolerance for any form of Holocaust denial.  We note, with appreciation, the position against anti-Semitism taken by the Holy See, that any attack on Jews or Judaism is an attack on the Church and your Holiness’ statement… We welcome and appreciate your Holiness’ planned visit to Israel.  The people and leaders of Israel are anxiously looking forward to it, as are we.  The Holy Land holds great significance for both of our faiths.  For the Jewish people, our past, present and future are intertwined with this sacred land promised to our forefathers millennia ago, as confirmed in Nostra Aetate – the covenant between God and the Jewish people is eternal.  The increasing efforts to demonize and delegitimize the State of Israel are cause of great concern.  It is our hope that the reaffirmation of the principle and provisions embodied in Nostra Aetate will send a clear message of the Church’s positions, rooted in its religious and moral foundation.” [lv]

 

Jew Alan Solow correctly points out that “the Holy See” demanded that Bishop Williamson renounce his position on “the Holocaust”; otherwise he will not be accepted as a “Catholic.”  He forcefully says to Benedict XVI that: “It must be made clear again and again there can and will be no tolerance for any form of Holocaust denial.”  He then goes on to utter an incredibly outrageous heresy by stating that “any attack on the Jews or Judaism is an attack on the Church…”  We will see below that Benedict XVI had no objection to this outrageous heresy.  He also said that Vatican II’s document Nostra Aetate confirmed that the Jewish covenant with God is eternal.  (It’s a dogma that the Old Covenant was revoked by God.)

 

Benedict XVI’s February 12, 2009 Address to the Delegation of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “Dear Friends, I am pleased to welcome all of you today, and I thank Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Mr. Alan Solow for the greetings they have addressed to me on your behalf… Rabbi Schneier, you graciously received me at Park East Synagogue just hours before the celebration of Pesah.  Now, I am glad to have an opportunity to offer you hospitality here in my own home.  Such meetings as this enable us to demonstrate our respect for one another… I look back with gratitude to the various opportunities I have had over many years to spend time in the company of my Jewish friends.  My visits to your communities in Washington and New York, though brief, were experiences of fraternal esteem and sincere friendship.  So too was my visit to the Synagogue in Cologne, the first such visit in my Pontificate.  It was very moving for me to spend those moments with the Jewish community in the city I know so well, the home to the earliest Jewish settlement in Germany, its roots reaching back to the time of the Roman Empire.  A year later, in May 2006, I visited the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.  What words can adequately convey that profoundly moving experience?  As I walked through the entrance to that place of horror, the scene of such untold suffering, I meditated on the countless number of prisoners, so many of them Jews, who had trodden that same path into captivity at Auschwitz and in all the other prison camps.  Those children of Abraham, grief-stricken and degraded, had little to sustain them beyond faith in the God of their fathers, a faith that we Christians share with you, our brothers and sisters… From the earliest days of Christianity, our identity and every aspect of our life and worship have been intimately bound up with the ancient religion of our fathers in the faith… John Paul II stood at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, pleading for God’s forgiveness after all the injustice that the Jewish people have had to suffer.  I now make this prayer my own: “God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendents to bring your Name to the Nations: we are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking your forgiveness we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the covenant” (26 March 2000)… It is beyond question that any denial or minimization of this terrible crime [the “Shoah”] is intolerable and altogether unacceptable.  Recently, in a public audience, I reaffirmed that the Shoah must be “a warning for all against forgetfulness, denial or reductionism, because violence committed against one single human being is violence against all” (28 January 2009)…. It is my fervent prayer that the memory of this appalling crime will strengthen our determination to heal the wounds that for too long have sullied relations between Christians and Jews.  It is my heartfelt desire that the friendship we now enjoy will grow ever stronger, so that the Church’s irrevocable relations with the people of the Covenant will bear fruit in abundance.”[lvi]

 

Benedict XVI thanks the Jewish leaders for their statements.  This includes the incredible statement from Alan Solow that “any attack on Jews or Judaism is an attack on the Church.”  It includes the statement that the Old Covenant is eternal – a clear heresy – and that Vatican II taught it (which is true).  Benedict XVI endorses and accepts all of this apostasy.  Benedict XVI is a total apostate.  Benedict XVI mentions his respect and esteem for Jews, who totally reject Jesus Christ.  Benedict XVI then calls the Jews the “children of Abraham,” which is utter heresy.  St. Paul teaches the following in Galatians 3:26-29:  

 

“For you are all the children of God by faith, in Christ Jesus.  For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.  There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.”

 

St. Paul clearly teaches that it is only by faith in Jesus Christ (which comes first in receiving baptism) that you become a child of God.  He then states that only if you have Jesus Christ are you to be considered a child of Abraham.  But the heresy that Jews and Muslims are the “children of Abraham” has been taught constantly by Antipopes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI then declares that Jews have “a faith that we Christians share with you”!  Benedict XVI also indicates that the only teaching that you must accept is the Jewish view of “the Holocaust.”  Yes, you can support abortion; you can hold to virtually any heresy and you will not be denounced as a non-Catholic.  Pro-abortion politicians abound and are not excommunicated.  They parade to Novus Ordo “Communion” without a problem.  There is “tolerance” for those things, and for every kind of false religion on Earth.  But if you dare to utter anything that minimizes or denies “the Holocaust,” you will not be accepted by him as a Catholic.  Benedict XVI then declares the Jews to be “the people of the covenant.”  This is heresy, as covered already.  The only valid Covenant is the New Covenant.  Jews reject it and are therefore not people of the Covenant.  Just rack it up as another heresy from Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI’s January 29, 2009 Address to the Russian Bishops: “You live in a particular ecclesial context, that is, in a country the majority of whose population is distinguished by a thousand-year Orthodox tradition with a rich religious and cultural heritage.  It is essential to take into account the necessity for a renewed commitment in dialogue with our Orthodox brothers and sisters… In these days I feel spiritually near to our dear brothers and sisters of the Russian Orthodox Church, who are rejoicing at the election of Metropolitan Kirill, the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia.  To him I address my warmest wishes for the delicate ecclesial task with which he has been entrusted.” [lvii]

 

The “Orthodox” religion is a non-Catholic religion, in schism with the Catholic Church.  But the arch-heretic Benedict XVI looks at this as a rich religious heritage.  Benedict XVI says he feels spiritually near to the schismatic “Orthodox” Church.  This is no surprise, because he is a schismatic like them.  He then declares, as he has mentioned many times recently, that the newly elected schismatic patriarch is “the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia.”  He then indicates that God has entrusted the schismatic to continue leading a church of schism.  Benedict XVI says “my warmest wishes for the delicate ecclesial task with which he has been entrusted.”

 

Benedict XVI’s February 2, 2009 Address to the Bishops from Turkey: “… I am pleased to recall that the meditation on the Word of God by Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, was a key moment in this Synodal Assembly… Moreover, the distinction between the civil and religious spheres is certainly a value that must be protected.  Yet in this framework it behooves the State to guarantee effectively freedom of worship and religious freedom, both for citizens and for religious communities…[lviii]

 

Benedict XVI’s statement that the State must guarantee freedom of worship for false religions is exactly the opposite of what true popes have infallibly declared.  Popes have solemnly taught that to be a Catholic one must reject the heretical idea that States are bound to recognize false religions.  The true popes have infallibly declared that states cannot allow the public profession of false religions, and that the Catholic religion is to be the only religion that can be protected and promoted by the State.  All of these facts prove, once again, that Benedict XVI is a non-Catholic antipope.      

                       

Benedict XVI’s incredibly heretical statements on the Russian “Orthodox” Church and Schismatic “Orthodox” Patriarch Kirill

On February 1, 2009, Benedict XVI sent a delegation to take part in the celebrations of “Orthodox” Patriarch Kirill’s “enthronement as the new Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia.”  Benedict XVI gave “Cardinal” Walter Kasper a chalice and a message to deliver to the new “Patriarch” Kirill:

 

“To His Holiness Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia: “I greet Your Holiness with joy as you undertake the great responsibility of shepherding the venerable Russian Orthodox Church.  I readily recall the good will which characterized our meetings at the time of your service as President of the Department of Eternal Church Relations.  On the occasion of your enthronement I wish, therefore, to reaffirm my esteem and my spiritual closeness.  I pray that our heavenly Father will grant you the abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit in your ministry and enable you to guide the Church in the love and peace of Christ.  You are now the successor of our beloved brother of revered memory, His Holiness Alexy II, who left his people a deep and abiding inheritance of ecclesial renewal and development, as he led the Russian Orthodox Church out of the long and difficult period of suffering under the totalitarian and atheistic system to a new, active presence and service in today’s society.  Patriarch Alexy II worked assiduously for the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church and for communion with the other Orthodox Churches.  He likewise maintained a spirit of openness and cooperation with other Christians, and with the Catholic Church in particular, for the defense of Christian values in Europe and in the world.  I am certain that Your Holiness will continue to build on this solid foundation, for the good of your people and for the benefit of Christians everywhere….

            “Conscious of the enormous responsibilities which accompany the spiritual and pastoral ministry to which the Holy Spirit has called you, I renew to Your Holiness the assurance of my prayers and fraternal good will.  I ask Almighty God to bless you with his love, to watch over the beloved Russian Church, and to sustain the Bishops, priests and all the faithful in the unfailing hope which is ours in Christ Jesus.”[lix]

 

Benedict XVI asserts that the new schismatic leader is “patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.”  When Benedict XVI refers to different schismatic leaders in other countries (as we have shown many times before), he mocks the Catholic Church by declaring that the schismatic leader is the lawful head or patriarch of the city and country.  Also as usual, when referring to schismatic leaders, Benedict XVI calls the new schismatic leader “Holiness.”  This is because schismatics and schism are holy to Benedict XVI.  He then describes the great joy he has that another schismatic will lead a non-Catholic Church. 

 

Benedict XVI also describes the schismatic non-Catholic Church as “the venerable Russian Orthodox Church.”  Benedict XVI then states that he wants to “reaffirm my esteem and my spiritual closeness” with the new schismatic leader.  Yes, Benedict XVI needs to reaffirm his “esteem” for schismatic leaders.  Benedict XVI then describes the recently deceased schismatic leader as “our beloved brother of revered memory, His Holiness Alexy II.”  Benedict XVI calls the schismatic leader “beloved,” “His Holiness,” and says that he was of “revered memory.”  What a total schismatic! 

 

Benedict XVI then praises the recently deceased schismatic leader for attempting to strengthen a schismatic communion with other schismatic churches!  Benedict XVI then calls for the new schismatic leader to follow the other deceased schismatic leader (Alexy II), and build upon his “solid foundation.”  So, schism is the “solid foundation,” according to the heretic Benedict XVI.  Benedict XVI then states about the new schismatic leader: “conscious of the enormous responsibilities which accompany the spiritual and pastoral ministry which the Holy Spirit has called you.”  This clearly means that Benedict XVI believes that the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, calls people to become leaders of schismatic non-Catholic churches.  What an incredible blasphemy!!!  He then closes out his schismatic message by calling the schismatic church the “beloved Russian church.”  He also asks the schismatic to maintain the schismatic church, and sustain the bishops, priests and “faithful” in schism!

 

Also, as mentioned above, Benedict XVI sent an official delegation “to take part in the celebrations of Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement as the new Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia.”  Benedict XVI gave “Cardinal” Walter Kasper a message and a chalice to give to the new schismatic “patriarch.”  Therefore, he encourages the schismatic to offer the Mass and receive the Eucharist outside the true Church, and thus to desecrate the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.

 

Besides this message and special gesture by Benedict XVI, he also sent the new schismatic leader a special telegram four days earlier.

 

Benedict XVI’s January 28, 2009 telegram to “His Holiness Kirill” on his election as “Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,” of the Russian Orthodox Church: “To His Holiness Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia: I have received with gladness the news of your election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.  I warmly congratulate you and wish you every strength and joy in the fulfillment of the great task which lies before you as you guide the Church over which you now preside along the path of spiritual growth and unity.  In prayer, I ask the Lord to grant you an abundance of wisdom to discern his will, to persevere in loving service of the people entrusted to your patriarchal ministry, and to sustain them in fidelity to the Gospel and the great traditions of Russian Orthodoxy.  May the Almighty also bless your efforts to maintain communion among the Orthodox Churches… I assure Your Holiness of my spiritual closeness and of the Catholic Church’s commitment to cooperate with the Russian Orthodox Church for an ever clearer witness to the truth of the Christian message and to the values which alone can sustain today’s world along the way of peace, justice and loving care of the marginalized.  With brotherly affection in the Lord Jesus Christ, I invoke upon you the Holy Spirit’s gifts of wisdom, strength and peace.”[lx]

 

Benedict XVI states that he received with gladness the news of a schismatic’s “election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.”  Benedict XVI, the total schismatic antipope, has gladness when the schismatic church continues its schismatic non Catholic tradition, and at the election of another schismatic to lead the schismatic church.  Benedict XVI then states that the new schismatic leader guides the true Church!  Benedict XVI then tells the new schismatic leader to keep other schismatics in schism by his “patriarchal ministry, and to sustain them in fidelity to the Gospel and the great traditions of Russian Orthodoxy.”  He states that the schismatic has fidelity to the Gospel and speaks of the “great traditions of Russian Orthodoxy.”  There are no great traditions of Orthodoxy; it is simply a schismatic church.  He then asks God to strengthen the “communion” of the schismatic churches; and he states that they bear witness to the truth of the Christian message.  What a schismatic!!!

 

Benedict XVI’s January 28, 2009 comments after his General Audience:  “Before greeting the Italian pilgrims, I have three more announcements to make.  The first: I have received with joy the news of the election of Metropolitan Kirill as the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.  I invoke the light of the Holy Spirit upon him for a generous service to the Russian Orthodox Church, entrusting him to the special protection of the Mother of God… I decided several days ago to grant the remission of the excommunication to which the four Bishops ordained in 1988 by Archbishop Lefebvre without a Papal mandate, were subject.  I fulfilled this act of paternal compassion because these Bishops repeatedly manifested their active suffering for the situation in which they had found themselves.  I hope that this gesture of mine will be followed by an earnest commitment on their behalf to complete the necessary steps to achieve full communion with the Church, thus witnessing true fidelity to, and true recognition of, the Magisterium and the authority of the Pope and the Second Vatican Council.  The third statement: in these days when we remember the Shoah, [“the holocaust”] images come to mind from my repeated visits to Auschwitz, one of the concentration camps in which the heinous slaughter of millions of Jews occurred, innocent victims of a blind racial and religious hatred.  As I affectionately renew the expression of my full and unquestionable solidarity with our fellow receivers of the First Covenant, I hope that the memory of the Shoah will lead humanity to reflect upon the unfathomable power of evil when it conquers the heart of man.  May the Shoah be a warning for all against forgetfulness, denial or reductionism, because violence committed against one single human being is violence against all.  No man is an island.  May the Shoah especially teach both old and new generations that only the arduous path of listening and dialogue, of love and forgiveness leads peoples, cultures and religions of the world to the desired goal of fraternity and peace in truth.  May violence no longer degrade the dignity of man!” [lxi]

 

Benedict XVI again states that the new schismatic leader Kirill is the “Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.”  He calls for the schismatic leader to continue in schism by giving “a generous service to the Russian Orthodox Church.”  Benedict XVI then admits that, even though he recently removed the “excommunications” against the four bishops of the SSPX, they are still outside “full communion” with his “Church.”  Benedict XVI clearly states that they need to accept “true fidelity to, and true recognition of, the Magisterium and the authority of the Pope and the Second Vatican Council.”  As we have proven in our material, the documents of the Second Vatican Council are binding and were authoritatively proclaimed if you believe that Paul VI (who ratified them) was a true pope.  This will mean that the SSPX will no longer be able to promote their schismatic positions (for example, rejecting the “canonizations” declared by these recent antipopes), if they decide to join in full communion with Benedict XVI.  This will also mean, among other things, that they will have to accept and profess the “legitimacy” of the New Mass; and they will not be able to criticize Benedict XVI’s ecumenism – such as the activity and statements detailed above concerning the Eastern schismatics.   

 

Benedict XVI calls the schismatic “Orthodox” Church great and venerable; His telegram to Barack Obama; and his Heretical Addresses to new Ambassadors

 

Benedict XVI’s January 21, 2009 Catechesis: “I had the pleasure of receiving… the Armenian Apostolic Church: His Holiness Karekin II of Etchmiadzin and His Holiness Aram I of Antelias.  And, lastly, I shared in the sorrow of the Patriarchate of Moscow at the departure of our Beloved Brother in Christ, His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II, and I continue to remain in communion through prayer with these brothers of ours who are preparing to elect the new Patriarch of their venerable and great Orthodox Church.”[lxii]

 

Benedict XVI refers to leaders of schismatic churches as “Holiness.”  He then calls the recently deceased schismatic “Patriarch” of Moscow “our beloved brother in Christ.”  He goes on to state that “I continue to remain in communion through prayer” with schismatics.  This means that he publicly professes communion with open schismatics, which is blatant heresy.  He then caps off his heretical “Catechesis” by calling the openly schismatic Church “venerable and great.”  What a heretic!

 

Benedict XVI’s January 25, 2009 Reflection: “Certainly, we Christians still have not reached the goal of full unity…”[lxiii] 

 

One of the four marks of the true Catholic Church is that it always possesses unity or oneness in faith among all true Christians (Catholics).  Benedict XVI says that Christians have not reached full unity simply because he is not a real Christian. 

 

Benedict XVI’s Telegram to President Barack Obama: “The Honorable Barack Obama… On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-fourth President of the United States of America I offer cordial good wishes, together with the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will grant you unfailing wisdom and strength in the exercise of your high responsibilities.  Under your leadership may the American people continue to find in their impressive religious and political heritage the spiritual values and ethical principles needed to cooperate in the building of a truly just and free society, marked by respect for the dignity, equality and rights of each of its members… Upon you and your family, and upon all the American people, I willingly invoke the Lord’s blessings of joy and peace.”[lxiv]

 

Benedict XVI says that America’s history of different false religions is “impressive” – apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to new ambassador of Kazakhstan: “Your President has wished to make your land a place for meeting and dialogue, a sort of laboratory in which one seeks to live a respectful coexistence of cultural and religious diversity, a space that can show other peoples and nations that it is possible for men to live in dignity, peace and respect for the belief and particular nature of each one.  I could not sufficiently encourage all the initiatives taken both within your frontiers and outside them for interpersonal, intercultural and interreligious dialogue….  You know, Mr. Ambassador, the positive role that religions can play in society, with respect for one another and collaborating to achieve common aims.  It is certainly the State’s role to guarantee full religious freedom but also to learn to respect the religious dimension and not to interfere in matters of faith or in the citizen’s conscience… Every State is consequently required to be watchful in order to avoid the negative effects of interference in the area of religion and its abuse as well as to respect the individual religious dimension which only asks to be simply and freely expressed without hindrance… The various religious traditions that coexist in your nation will be able to suggest positive approaches in order to contribute successfully to its construction and development.  They will not fail to help their faithful to conform to God’s will and to work for the common good.”[lxv]

 

Benedict XVI promotes “religious diversity” and states that we must respect the belief of everyone.  He states: “It is certainly the State’s role to guarantee full religious freedom.”  This is exactly the opposite of what the Catholic Church teaches.  He also says that false religions can play a positive role in society and “they will not fail to help their faithful to conform to God’s will” – apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to Ambassador of Belize: “Belizeans are rightly proud of their rich history, the diversity of their cultural and religious traditions, and the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation which has long characterized relations between various groups within society.  That impressive legacy cannot be taken for granted, but needs to be constantly reappropriated and consciously handed down to the younger generation at every level of education and community life.”[lxvi] 

 

Benedict XVI states that Belizeans are rightly proud of having a history of different false religions.  He states that this “impressive legacy” of having false religions needs to be constantly handed down to younger generations – apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to the new ambassador of Iceland: “It is my fervent hope that the people of Iceland, as individuals and as a nation, will continue to draw inspiration from this rich tradition.  I pray that it will enlighten them as they defend and promote human rights at home and abroad while encouraging respect for all religions and the legitimate exercise of freedom.”[lxvii]

 

Benedict XVI prays to encourage respect for all false religions – apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to new ambassador of Bahrain: “Religious freedom that enables each one to live his belief alone or with others, in private or in public, also requires the possibility for the person to change his religion should his conscience so require.  Moreover, at the time of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church solemnly stressed the obligation that man has to follow his conscience in all circumstances and that no one be forced to act contrary to his conscience (cf. Declaration on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis humanae, n. 3).”[lxviii]

 

Benedict XVI promotes that religious freedom requires that each person should be able to change his religion.  He then states that “at the time of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church solemnly stressed the obligation that man has to follow his conscience in all circumstances…” – apostasy.  This means that if a person believes that babies should be killed, he should do so and follow his conscience, according to the heretical words of Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to new ambassador of Tunisia: “I acknowledge the efforts that Tunisia has made for the education of youth… Special attention to cultural and religious differences will enable them to be better integrated in a world increasingly marked by the intermingling of cultures and religions, as well as to help in building a more fraternal world with greater solidarity.  Intercultural and interreligious dialogue is indeed an unavoidable necessity in our day if we are to be able to act together for peace and stability in the world and to further authentic respect for the person and for fundamental human rights.  Moreover, recognition of the central place of the person and the dignity of each human being, as well as respect for life that is a gift of God, hence sacred, are a common foundation on which to build a more harmonious world that better accepts legitimate differences.  The construction of a society in which the dignity of each person is recognized also implies respect for freedom of conscience and freedom of religion for each one, for the expression of authentic religious beliefs is the truest manifestation of human freedom. “[lxix]

 

Benedict XVI’s December 18, 2008 Address to new ambassador of Fiji: “Owing to the presence of Christians from different traditions, as well as members of other religions, Fiji provides fertile ground for the development of ecumenical initiatives and interreligious dialogue.  The Catholic Church is pleased to contribute her expertise in these areas, and to cooperate with all men and women of good will so as to offer a common witness to the values that must underpin a ‘civilization of love’.”[lxx]

 

These addresses prove, once again, that Benedict XVI is an apostate.

 

More Outrageously Heretical Statements on the “Orthodox” from Benedict XVI

 

Benedict XVI’s December 5, 2008 Telegram to the “Holy” Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church after the death of the “Patriarch” of Moscow Alexei II: “I was profoundly saddened to receive news of the death of His Holiness Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and of All the Russians, and with fraternal affection I wish to convey to the Holy Synod and to all the Members of the Russian Orthodox Church my most sincere condolences, assuring you of my spiritual closeness at this very sad time.  In my prayer I beseech the Lord to welcome into his Kingdom of eternal peace and joy this tireless servant, and to grant consolation and comfort to all those who mourn his passing.  Mindful of the common commitment to the path of mutual understanding and cooperation between Orthodox and Catholics, I am pleased to recall the efforts of the late Patriarch for the rebirth of the Church, after the severe ideological oppression which led to the martyrdom of so many witnesses to the Christian faith.  I also recall his courageous battle for the defense of human and Gospel values, especially in the European Continent, and I trust that his commitment will bear fruit in peace and genuine progress, human, social and spiritual.  At this sad time of loss, as his mortal remains are consigned to the earth in the sure hope of resurrection, may the memory of this servant of the Gospel of Christ be a support for those who are now in sorrow and an encouragement for those who will benefit from his spiritual legacy as leader of the venerable Russian Orthodox Church.  With fraternal affection in the Risen Lord, Benedictus PP. XVI” [lxxi]

 

Quoted above is the entire letter from Benedict XVI to the schismatic synod of the Russian “Orthodox” Church.  As usual, Benedict XVI refers to the schismatic leader as “Holiness” and to the schismatic synod as “holy.”  He then describes the recently deceased schismatic leader as “this tireless servant” and says that he was responsible “for the rebirth of the Church.” Benedict XVI closes out his letter by talking about the schismatic’s “spiritual legacy” and how the schismatic was a “servant of the Gospel of Christ.”  He also calls the schismatic church “venerable.”  This letter is blatantly heretical.  It is just more proof that Benedict XVI believes in universal salvation and total religious indifferentism.

 

Benedict XVI’s December 7, 2008 Reflection after the Angelus: “H.H. [His Holiness] Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russians, died a few days ago.  Let us join our Orthodox brethren in prayer to commend his soul to the goodness of the Lord so that he may welcome him into his Kingdom of light and peace.” [lxxii] 

 

He tells people to join schismatics in prayer to honor the leader of the schismatic church.

 

Benedict XVI’s November 26, 2008 Message to “His Holiness” “Orthodox” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: “To His Holiness Bartholomew I Archbishop of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch – ‘Grace to you and peace from God the Father’ (Gal 1:3).  It is with deep joy that I address these words of Saint Paul to Your Holiness, the Holy Synod and all the Orthodox clergy and lay people…   In the course of the year we have been blessed three times by the presence of Your Holiness in Rome…  These experiences of encounter and shared prayer contribute to an increase in our commitment to attain the goal of our ecumenical journey.  In this same spirit, Your Holiness has informed me of the positive outcome of the Synaxis of the Primates and Representatives of the Orthodox Churches, which took place recently at the Phanar.  The hopeful signs which emerged for inter-Orthodox relations and ecumenical engagement have been welcomed with joy.”[lxxiii] 

 

Benedict XVI again calls a schismatic leader “Holiness” numerous times.  He also states that he and the fellow members of his church have been “blessed” to be visited by the schismatic leader.

 

Benedict XVI’s Most Heretical Statements in October and November 2008

 

Benedict XVI’s October 1, 2008 Message to Alexy II, “Orthodox” Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia: “… Your Holiness my cordial and fraternal greetings in the Lord.  I have a deep affection for all the Orthodox brethren, and I am particularly close to them in these most recent days… Invoking upon Your Holiness the maternal protection of Mary, Mother of God, that she may preserve you in full health and assist you in your daily ministry, I renew to you the assurance of my heartfelt fraternal regard.”[lxxiv] 

 

Benedict XVI states that he is particularly close to schismatics.  He calls the schismatic leader “Your Holiness.”  He then asks that Our Lady protect the leader of a schismatic church.  He prays that Our Lady assist this schismatic in his daily schismatic ministry. 

 

Benedict XVI’s October 30, 2008 Address to International Jewish Committee: “Dear Friends, I am pleased to welcome this delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations.  For over 30 years your Committee and the Holy See have had regular and fruitful contacts, which have contributed to greater understanding and acceptance between Catholics and Jews.  I gladly take this occasion to reaffirm the Church’s committment to implementing the principles set forth in the historic Declaration Nostra aetate of the Second Vatican Council…  As the Psalmist reminds us, God’s Word is a lamp and a light to our path; it keeps us alive and gives us new life.  That word spurs us to bear common witness to God’s love, mercy and truth… In our troubled world, so frequently marked by poverty, violence and exploitation, dialogue between cultures and religions must more and more be seen as a sacred duty incumbent upon all those who are committed to building a world worthy of man.  The ability to accept and respect one another, and to speak the truth in love, is essential for overcoming differences, preventing misunderstandings and avoiding needless confrontations.  As you yourselves have experienced through the years in the meetings of the International Liaison Committee, dialogue is only serious and honest when it respects differences and recognizes others precisely in their otherness.  A sincere dialogue needs both sides, in order for each to be enriched by the gifts of the other.  In recent months, I have had the pleasure of meeting with Jewish communities in New York, Paris and here in the Vatican.  I thank the Lord for these encounters, and for the progress in Catholic-Jewish relations which they reflect… With these sentiments, dear friends, I ask the Almighty to continue to watch over you and your families, and to guide your steps in the way of peace.” [lxxv]

 

Benedict XVI first promotes a greater acceptance of Jews in their false belief system – heresy.  Second, he states that the Jews bear witness to God’s love, mercy and truth – heresy.  Third, he states that we need to respect Jews, as if they are perfectly fine while not believing in Jesus Christ.  Fourth, he states that Catholics respect differences in religious beliefs – heresy.  Fifth, he says that we can be enriched by members of false religions.  Sixth, he says to the Jews: may the Almighty “guide your steps in the way of peace.”  This is to assert that people can have the true peace that comes from God while rejecting the true God.

 

Rabbi David Rosen (of the International Jewish Committee) address to Benedict XVI, October 30, 2008: “Your Holiness… The fact that in Hungary where half of the Jewish community was exterminated, Kristallnacht will be commemorated by us together with the Catholic Church led by H.E. Cardinal Erdo who has been publicly recognized by the Jewish community for his work “to preserve the memory of the Jews killed during the Holocaust and those who saved Jews”, is itself a reflection of how far we have come in transforming the tragedy to advance our friendship and cooperation.  At a Papal Audience for the ILC in 1990 celebrating the 25^th anniversary of Nostra aetate, Pope John Paul II emphasized in accordance with that historic Document, that the Church’s very nature is intrinsically linked with her reflection… on the nature of the Jewish People.  He then mentioned the challenge for the Church to further “reflect upon the ‘mystery’ which is the Jewish people” as “an intimate part of the ‘mystery’ of revelation and salvation”…  During the last year and a half there has been some concern within the Jewish community that the commitment to this charge might be weakening and there were interpretations in the wake of Your Holiness’ Motu Proprio and reformulation of the Latin rite prayer in the Easter liturgy for the Conversion of the Jews, that portrayed these as a regression in terms of our relationship of mutual respect…  We were accordingly most grateful for the clarifications we received from H.E. Cardinal Kasper – reiterated by H.E. Cardinal Bertone in his letter to the Chief Rabbi of Israel – affirming that this prayer is eschatological in nature and in no way reflects any endorsement of proselytization of Jews on the part of the Church…  We are furthermore greatly heartened by the fact that the Synod of Bishops meeting just concluded here in Rome made a point of emphasizing the importance not only of the Hebrew Scriptures themselves for the Church, but also of the place of the people of these Scriptures, the people of Israel, in this regard.  Moreover the fact that the Synod was addressed for the first time ever by a rabbi – one of the leading rabbis of Israel – is itself surely a remarkable testimony…  Above all we profoundly appreciate the words of Your Holiness at your meeting last month with our co-religionists in France – a meeting which like those held by Your Holiness on your visit to the USA, reflected special regard of the Holy See for the Jewish community.  In Paris you emphasized “the eternal Covenant of the Almighty” with the Jewish People, whom the Church sees “as her beloved brothers in faith.” [lxxvi]

 

This rabbi mentions that a “Cardinal” will be commemorating Jewish people who died during the holocaust – heresy.  He then states that the Jews were concerned when Benedict had put a prayer for Jews’ conversion in the Easter liturgy.  But then the chief rabbi of Israel was assured in a letter from the apostate “Cardinal” Walter Kasper that this is no way meant that Catholics believe that Jews need to be converted or will in any way attempt to convert Jews.  The rabbi then mentions how incredible it was that Benedict XVI allowed one of the leading rabbis in the world to recently give a speech to the synod of “Bishops.”  This is total apostasy.

 

Benedict XVI’s October 30, 2008 Angelus Reflection: “St. Andrew is the Patron of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, thus the Church of Rome feels linked to that of Constantinople by a special bond of brotherhood.  Therefore, in accordance with tradition, on this happy occasion a delegation of the Holy See led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, went to visit the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.  I wholeheartedly address my greeting and my good wishes to him and to the faithful of the Patriarchate, invoking upon all an abundance of heavenly Blessings.” [lxxvii]

 

He calls people who are outside the one true Church and following a schismatic “the faithful” – heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to Ambassador of the Arab Republic, November 6, 2008: “Egypt was already advanced in seeking to build bridges between peoples and religions.  Such relations are certainly based on deep mutual respect for one’s identity... to develop dialogue and cooperation among the members of the diverse cultures and religions… Religions can and must be peacemakers… I have just recalled the fundamental role of religions in establishing harmony among peoples, cultures and individuals.  For decades the annual meetings between the Permanent Committee for Dialogue among Monotheistic Religions of the Al-Azhar al Sharif Institute and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue seek to open a way towards reciprocal understanding and respect between Islam and Christianity… mutual respect that should bring a reciprocal esteem.  The individual and humanity would benefit, as would religions…  This would be a beautiful sign that Egypt would give to the world, favoring friendly and fraternal relations among religions…”[lxxviii] 

 

Benedict XVI says that he has deep mutual respect for people that are in false belief systems and are on the road to eternal damnation.  He then speaks of his respect and esteem for the false religion of Islam – heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s Address to Muslim leaders and other participants of the Catholic-Muslim Forum, November 6, 2008:  “This gathering is a clear sign of our mutual esteem and our desire to listen respectfully to one another… I am well aware that Muslims and Christians have different approaches in matters regarding God.  Yet we can and must be worshippers of the one God who created us and is concerned about each person in every corner of the world.  Together we must show, by our mutual respect and solidarity, that we consider ourselves members of one family: the family that God has loved and gathered together from the creation of the world to the end of human history… religious leaders have the duty of ensuring the free exercise of these rights in full respect for each individual’s freedom of conscience and freedom of religion… God’s name can only be a name of peace and fraternity, justice and love.  We are challenged to demonstrate, by our words and above all by our deeds, that the message of our religions is unfailingly a message of harmony and mutual understanding.  It is essential that we do so, lest we weaken the credibility and the effectiveness not only of our dialogue, but also of our religions themselves… May God sustain us in our good intentions, and enable our communities to live consistently the truth of love, which constitutes the heart of the religious man, and is the basis of respect for the dignity of each person.  May God, the merciful and compassionate One, assist us in this challenging mission, protect us, bless us and enlighten us always with the power of his love.” [lxxix]

 

Benedict XVI first states that he esteems Islam – heresy.  Second, he says that even though Muslims and Catholics have different beliefs about God, that Muslims can still worship God while practicing Islam – heresy.  Third, he states that he respects Islam, and that Muslims are part of the same family as Catholics.  He gives the clear impression that Muslims are perfectly fine in God’s sight – heresy.  Fourth, he promotes freedom of conscience and religion – heresy.  Fifth, he promotes the heretical idea that all religions have “credibility” – heresy.  Sixth, he presumes good intentions on the part of the leaders of false religions and also says: “May God sustain us in our good intentions.”

 

Benedict XVI’s Speech after the Angelus, November 9, 2008: “Today is the 70^th anniversary of that sad event – which happened during the night of 9-10 November 1938 – when the Nazi fury against the Jews broke out in Germany.  Shops, offices, houses and synagogues were attacked and destroyed, numerous people were also killed, starting the systematic and violent persecution of the German Jews, which ended in the Shoah… we commit ourselves, at all levels, to work against every form of anti-Semitism and discrimination, educating above all the young generations in respect and reciprocal acceptance.  I invite you, moreover, to pray for the victims of those times and to unite with me in a profound manifestation of solidarity with the Hebrew world.” [lxxx]  He invites people to pray for deceased Jews, which is a mortal sin and then he talks about his “profound manifestation of solidarity with the Hebrew world”- heresy.

 

Benedict XVI’s November 26, 2008 Greeting to H.H.[“His Holiness”] Aram I of the Armenian “Orthodox” Apostolic Church: “This morning I greet with great joy His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, together with the distinguished delegation accompanying him, and the Armenian pilgrims from various countries… Your Holiness, I wish to express my particular gratitude for your constant personal involvement in the field of ecumenism…”[lxxxi]

 

He calls another false schismatic religious leader “Your Holiness” and praises the schismatic for his involvement in ecumenism.  Yes, for Benedict XVI the word “schism” is the same word as “holiness.”

 

Benedict XVI’s amazingly heretical statements on Islam, Judaism and other issues

 

Benedict XVI, Address to seven hundred representatives of French culture, members of the EU and UNESCO, and several representatives of the Muslim community in France, September 12, 2008: “I thank the delegates of the French Islamic community for having accepted the invitation to participate in this meeting: I convey to them my best wishes for the holy season of Ramadan already underway.” [lxxxii] 

 

Benedict XVI calls the Islamic season of Ramadan “the holy season of Ramadan”!

 

Benedict XVI, Address during meeting in France with representatives of the Jewish Community, September 12, 2008:  “Dear friends, it is with great pleasure that I meet with you this evening.  Our meeting auspiciously coincides with the vigil of the weekly celebration of the Shabbat, the day which from time immemorial has occupied a significant position in the religious and cultural life of the people of Israel.  Every pious Jew sanctifies the Shabbat with the reading of the Scriptures and the reciting of the Psalms… Does not the Talmud Yoma (85b) say: the Sabbath is offered to you, but you are not offered to the Sabbath?... we share a relationship that should be strengthened and lived.  And we know that these fraternal bonds constitute a continual invitation to know and to respect one another better.  By her very nature the Catholic Church feels obliged to respect the Covenant made by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Indeed, the Church herself is situated within the eternal Covenant of the Almighty, whose plans are immutable, and she respects the children of the Promise, the children of the Covenant, as her beloved brothers and sisters in the faith… I cannot neglect, on an occasion such as this, to recall the eminent role played by the Jews of France in the building up of the whole nation and of their prestigious contribution to her spiritual patrimony.  They have given – and continue to give – great figures to the spheres of politics, culture and the arts.  To each one of them I extend affectionate and respectful wishes and with fervor I invoke upon all of your families and upon all your communities a special Blessing of the Lord of time and history.  Shabbat shalom!” [lxxxiii] 

 

Benedict XVI says that Jews are our brothers and sisters in the faith and that they add to the spiritual patrimony of the nation!  He also clearly teaches that the Jews are part of God’s covenant (heresy).

 

Benedict XVI, Answer to question during flight to Australia, July 12, 2008:

 

Question: “Do you think that, due to secularism, France is losing its Christian identity?

 

Answer from Benedict XVI: “It seems to me obvious today that secularism in itself is not in opposition to the faith.  I would even say that it is a fruit of the faith…”[lxxxiv]

 

Benedict XVI, Reflection, August 10, 2008:  “Together with our Orthodox brethren, let us pray intensely for these intentions which we confidently entrust to the intercession of Mary Most Holy….” [lxxxv]

 

Benedict XVI, Address, July 5, 2008:  “… the splendid new organ and of the choir conducted by Mr. Kohlaufl and in the beauty of that luminous church, we felt the joy that comes from God – not only the “spark of the gods” of which Schiller speaks but truly the splendor of the flame of the Holy Spirit…” [lxxxvi]

 

Benedict XVI, Answer to question during flight to Australia, July 12, 2008:

 

Question: “There is a risk of the fragmentation of the Anglican Communion and the possibility that some may ask to be received into the Catholic Church.  What are your hopes for the Lambeth Conference and for the Archbishop of Canterbury?

 

Answer from Benedict XVI: “My essential contribution can only be prayer and with my prayers I shall be very close to the Anglican Bishops meeting at the Lambeth Conference.  We cannot and must not intervene immediately in their discussions, we respect their responsibilities and what we desire is that new divisions or ruptures may be avoided and a responsible solution found in keeping with our time and also with fidelity to the Gospel.  These two things must go hand and hand… This is my hope for the Archbishop of Canterbury: that the Anglican Communion in communion with the Gospel of Christ and of the Word of the Lord may find responses to the current challenges.” [lxxxvii]

 

Benedict XVI, Reflection, August 3, 2008: “… seek to make the earth more human, that is, closer to God.” [lxxxviii]

 

Benedict XVI promotes that an openly schismatic leader is beloved and “His Holiness”

 

Benedict XVI’s June 29, 2008 Comment:  “Moreover, on today’s Solemnity it is a cause of special joy to the Bishop of Rome to welcome the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the beloved person of His Holiness Bartholomew I…” [lxxxix]

 

He calls the leader of the schismatic “Orthodox” Church a “beloved person.”  Benedict XVI constantly refers to the leaders of openly schismatic and heretical sects as “your Holiness.”  In this case, he refers to the leader of the schismatic “Orthodox” Church as “His Holiness.”  To reject Catholic teachings is to be “His Holiness,” according to the apostate Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI promotes that each person must be able to choose whatever religion he likes

 

Benedict XVI, April 29, 2008, Address to the new ambassador of Chad:  “The quality of relationships between the religious communities that live in Chad, especially among Christians and Muslims, is an important element along the way of peace and reconciliation.  Each must be able to express his own faith without fear and follow the voice of his conscience in the choice of his own religion.” [xc]

 

To promote that any person must be able to choose whatever false religion he likes, and therefore damn himself to Hell, is to promote apostasy.

           

Benedict XVI speaks of his esteem for ministry in the schismatic “Orthodox” Church, his best wishes for a schismatic’s ministry, and he declares a schismatic’s service to be “service to the Church.”

 

On May 29, 2008, Cardinal Walter Kasper presented a letter to Alexis II “Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia”.  The letter was written by Benedict XVI on May 19, 2008:

 

“To His Holiness Alexis II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia- The visit to Russia of His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper offers me a welcome opportunity to extend my cordial greetings, to express my esteem for your ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church and to restate my appreciation for your commitment to fostering relations between Catholics and Orthodox… I extend in this Easter season my warmest best wishes for your ministry, entrusting to the Lord my prayer that the great mystery of our salvation, the Death and Resurrection of our Lord, may ever more deeply guide your life and your service to the Church.”[xci]

           

First, he calls the openly schismatic “Orthodox” patriarch “His Holiness Alexis II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.”  This means that, according to Benedict XVI, an open schismatic is the patriarch leader of the one true Church for all of Moscow and Russia.  He then speaks of “my esteem for your ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church.”  Benedict XVI esteems the ministry of a schismatic and esteems that he is spreading schism.  Then Benedict XVI extends his “warmest best wishes for your ministry, entrusting to the Lord my prayer that the great mystery of our salvation, the Death and Resurrection of our Lord, may ever more deeply guide your life and your service to the Church.”  He thereby extends warmest best wishes for schism and states that the schismatics’ service of being the head of a schismatic non-Catholic Church is “service to the Church.”  Benedict XVI’s promotion of a schismatic and his promotion of schism almost could not be expressed more clearly in this letter.

 

Benedict XVI states that the immense task of rebuilding the Church has been laid on the shoulders of an open schismatic!

 

Benedict XVI, Catechesis, May 7, 2008, welcoming Eastern Schismatic Karekin II: “Dear Brothers and Sisters, As you see we have with us this morning His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and a distinguished delegation… my beloved Predecessor John Paul II gave him a famous relic of St. Gregory the Illuminator… I am sure that this visit of the venerable Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians will help to intensify the relations of fraternal friendship that bind our Churches. “[xcii]

 

Benedict XVI, May 9, 2008, Speech to Karekin II of Armenia: “The path towards the restoration of full and visible communion among all Christians may seem long and arduous.  Much remains to be done to heal the deep and painful divisions that disfigure Christ’s Body… The recent history of the Armenian Apostolic Church has been written in the contrasting colors of persecution and martyrdom, darkness and hope, humiliation and spiritual rebirth.  Your Holiness and the members of your delegation have personally lived through these contrasting experiences in your families and in your own lives.  The restoration of freedom to the Church in Armenia has been a great joy for us all.  An immense task of rebuilding the Church has been laid on your shoulders.  I cannot but voice my great esteem for the remarkable pastoral results that have been achieved in such a short time, both in Armenia and abroad, for the Christian education of young people, for the training of new clergy, for building new churches and community centers, for charitable assistance to those in need, and for promoting Christian values in social and cultural life.  Thanks to your pastoral leadership, the glorious light of Christ shines again in Armenia and the saving words of the Gospel can be heard once more.”[xciii]

           

Benedict XVI praises the schismatic Karekin II by calling him “Holiness and the venerable Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians.”  He also praises the act of giving relics to schismatics; he also says that the schismatics have true martyrs, which is heresy.  Then he utters the following incredible heresy: “An immense task of rebuilding the Church has been laid on your shoulders.  I cannot but voice my great esteem for the remarkable pastoral results that have been achieved in such a short time, both in Armenia and abroad, for the Christian education of young people, for the training of new clergy, for building new churches …” Benedict XVI says the true Church of Christ has been laid on the shoulders of an open schismatic!  He then says that he has great esteem for the schismatics’ remarkable pastoral work and leadership!  These speeches demonstrate, once again, that Benedict XVI is a total schismatic.

 

Benedict XVI promotes esteem for Buddhist monasteries and the contribution they make to people

 

Benedict XVI, May 16, 2008, Address to Bishops of Thailand: “In your Country this mission of the small Catholic community is undertaken within the context of relationships, most especially with Buddhists.  In fact, you have readily expressed to me your great respect for the Buddhist monasteries and the esteem you have for the contribution they make to the social and cultural life of the Thai people… yourselves and other religious leaders in your Country, in fact point to the importance of interreligious cooperation.  They call for a concerted effort to uphold the spiritual and moral soul of your people.  In concordance [harmony] with Buddhists, you can promote mutual understanding concerning the transmission of traditions to succeeding generations, the articulation of ethical values discernable to reason, reverence for the transcendent, prayer and contemplation.  Such practices and dispositions serve the common well-being of society and nurture the essence of every human being.”[xciv]

 

First, he speaks approvingly of the bishops’ “great respect for the Buddhist monasteries” and “the esteem you have for the contribution they [Buddhist monasteries] make to the social and cultural life of the Thai people.”  This is a major heresy!  Second, Benedict XVI promotes harmony with the Buddhists in transmitting to succeeding generations ethical values, reverence for the transcendent, prayer, and contemplation!  This is major heresy.  Then he says that if Catholics and Buddhists do this in harmony “such practices and dispositions serve the common well-being of society and nurture the essence of every human being.”  This is heresy.  He totally promotes the false religion of Buddhism, a false religion which sends people to eternal damnation.  This is an outrageously heretical address from the apostate Benedict XVI.

 

Some other heretical statements from Benedict XVI while in America

 

Interview of Benedict XVI during Flight to the United States, April 15, 2008: “And naturally, interreligious and ecumenical meetings are part of this Visit, especially an additional Meeting in the Synagogue with our Jewish friends on the eve of their Passover Feast.  This is, therefore, the religious and pastoral aspect of the Church in the United States at this moment in our history, and the Meeting with all the others in this common brotherhood that binds us in a common responsibility… What I find fascinating in the United States is that they began with a positive concept of secularity, because this new people was composed of communities and individuals who had fled from the State Church and wanted to have a lay, a secular State that would give access and opportunities to all denominations, to all forms of religious practice.  Thus, an intentionally secular new State was born; they were opposed to a State Church.  But the State itself had to be secular precisely out of love for religion it its authenticity, which can only be lived freely.  And thus, we find this situation of a State deliberately and decidedly secular but precisely through a religious will in order to give authenticity to religion.”[xcv]

 

First, Benedict XVI says that the religious and pastoral aspect of the Church in the U.S., at this moment in history, is to meet with false religious leaders and to have apostate interreligious gatherings!  Second, Benedict XVI states that, no matter what religion you believe in, we are all bound together in common brotherhood - heresy.  Third, he says that the Church should be separated from the state, and that only when the Church and the state are separated can religion have authenticity – heresy. 

 

Benedict XVI, April 15, 2008, Discourse at the White House: “Historically, not only Catholics, but all believers have found here the freedom to worship God in accordance with the dictates of their conscience, while at the same time being accepted as part of a common-wealth in which each individual and group can make its voice heard.”[xcvi]

 

He praises the heretical idea that people should worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience – heresy.

 

Benedict XVI, April 20, 2008, Prayer at Ground Zero in New York City: “O God of love, compassion and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain.  We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace.”[xcvii]

 

He asks for God to give eternal light and peace to people who practice false religions.  This is heresy.  Noticing that he is invoking God, as if he is speaking in union with the other religions – as if he is presenting them all, and their false faiths, to the one true God!  This is striking.  It contrasts with, for instance, the prophets of the Old Testament.  They would specifically distinguish their true sacrifice to the true God from the false ones of false religions to their false gods.  It’s as if Benedict XVI is joining all of their offerings and religions together in abominable fashion! 

 

Benedict XVI, April 20, 2008, Discourse at JFK International Airport in New York: “It was heart-warming to spend time with leaders and representatives of other Christian communities and other religions, and I renew my assurances or respect and esteem to all of you.”[xcviii]

 

He says that he renews his respect and esteem for leaders of false religions.  This is apostasy.

 

Some of Benedict XVI’s Heretical Statements on the Jews during his trip to America

 

Benedict XVI, April 14, 2008, Message from the Vatican to the Jewish community on the feast of Pesah: “My visit to the United States offers me the occasion to extend a warm and heartfelt greeting to my Jewish brothers and sisters in this country and throughout the world.  A greeting that is all the more spiritually intense because the great feast of Pesah is approaching. ‘This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance forever. (Ex. 12:14)… At this time of your most solemn celebration, I feel particularly close… At the Passover Seder you recall the holy patriarchs Abraham, Issac and Jacob, and the holy women of Israel… Our Easter and your Pesah, while distinct and different, unite us in our common hope centered on God and his mercy.  They urge us to cooperate with each other and with all men and women of goodwill to make this a better world for all as we await the fulfillment of God’s promises.” [xcix]

           

Benedict XVI, April 17, 2008, after a meeting with representatives of other religions, Benedict XVI met briefly with members of the Jewish community and gave them a message: “My dear friends, I extend special greetings of peace to the Jewish community in the United States and throughout the world as you prepare to celebrate the annual feast of Pesah.  My visit to this country has coincided with this feast, allowing me to meet with you personally and to assure you of my prayers as you recall the signs and wonders God performed in liberating his chosen people.  Motivated by our common heritage, I am pleased to entrust to you this Message as a testimony to our hope centered on the Almighty and his mercy.”[c]

 

Benedict XVI, April 18, 2008, Address at the East Park Synagogue after receiving the tribute of Rabbi Arthur Schneider: “Dear Friends, Shalom!  It is with joy that I come here, just a few hours before the celebration of your Pesah, to express my respect and esteem for the Jewish community in New York City… I thank Rabbi Schneier for his words of welcome and I particularly appreciate your kind gift, the spring flowers and the lovely song that the children sang for me.  I know that the Jewish community make a valuable contribution to the life of the city, and I encourage all of you to continue building bridges of friendship with all the many different ethnic and religious groups present in your neighborhood.  I assure you most especially of my closeness at this time, as you prepare to celebrate the great deeds of the Almighty and to sing the praises of Him who has worked such wonders for his people.  I would ask those of you who are present to pass on my greetings and good wishes to all the members of the Jewish community.   Blessed be the Name of the Lord!”[ci]

 

Benedict XVI esteems and praises the Jews for celebrating their false religion.  Benedict XVI speaks of “Catholics” and Jews “common hope centered on God.”  Therefore, according to Benedict XVI, the practice of Judaism is “centered on God.”  So much for Jesus Christ, according to the apostate Benedict XVI.  Benedict XVI states that “as we [Jews and “Catholics”] await the fulfillment of God’s promises.”    Benedict also says: “It is with joy that I come here [the synagogue], just a few hours before the celebration of your Pesah, to express my respect and esteem for the Jewish community...”  Benedict also assures the Jews of his “closeness at this time as you prepare to celebrate”[Judaism!].  These speeches again demonstrate Benedict XVI’s apostasy.  Anyone who thinks that Benedict XVI doesn’t esteem Judaism and Jews who reject Jesus Christ is simply a liar.

 

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1441, ex cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, the Mosaic law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and sacraments… after our Lord’s coming… ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began…  All, therefore, who after that time (the promulgation of the Gospel) observe circumcision and the Sabbath and the other requirements of the law, the holy Roman Church declares alien to the Christian faith and not in the least fit to participate in eternal salvation.”

 

Pope Benedict XIV reiterated this dogma in his encyclical Ex Quo Primum.

 

Pope Benedict XIV, Ex Quo Primum (# 61): “The first consideration is that the ceremonies of the Mosaic Law were abrogated by the coming of Christ and that they can no longer be observed without sin after the promulgation of the Gospel.”

 

Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi (#’s 29-30), June 29, 1943: “And first of all, by the death of our Redeemer, the New Testament took the place of the Old Law which had been abolished… on the gibbet of His death Jesus made void the Law with its decrees [Eph. 2:15]… establishing the New Testament in His blood shed for the whole human race.  ‘To such an extent, then,’ says St. Leo the Great, speaking of the Cross of our Lord, ‘was there effected a transfer from the Law to the Gospel, from the Synagogue to the Church, from many sacrifices to one Victim, that, as our Lord expired, that mystical veil which shut off the innermost part of the temple and its sacred secret was rent violently from top to bottom.’  On the Cross then the Old Law died, soon to be buried and to be a bearer of death…”

 

Benedict XVI says false religions enrich public life and teaches the heresy of religious freedom

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse to 200 Representatives of five different religious communities: Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains, at an Ecumenical Meeting at the John Paul II Cultural Center, April 17, 2008:

 

“This Country has a long history of cooperation between different religions in many spheres of public life.  Interreligious prayer services during the national feast of Thanksgiving, joint initiatives in charitable activities… I encourage all religious groups in America to persevere in their collaboration and thus enrich public life with the spiritual values that motivate your action in the world… This institution [the John Paul II Cultural Center] reminds us of this Nation’s conviction that all people should be free to pursue happiness in a way consonant with their nature as creatures endowed with reason and free will.  Americans have always valued the ability to worship freely and in accordance with their conscience.  Alexis de Tocqueville, the French historian and observer of American affairs, was fascinated with this aspect of the nation.  He remarked that this is a Country in which religion and freedom are “intimately linked” in contributing to a stable democracy…  The transmission of religious traditions to succeeding generations not only helps to preserve a heritage; it also sustains and nourishes the surrounding culture in the present day… I have noticed a growing interest among governments to sponsor programs intended to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue.  These are praiseworthy initiatives…  In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Psalms are full of such expressions: “My spirit is overwhelmed with me… May the followers of all religions stand together in defending and promoting life and religious freedom everywhere.  By giving ourselves generously to this sacred task – through dialogue and countless small acts of love, understanding and compassion – we can be instruments of peace for the whole human family.  Peace upon you all!”[cii]

           

First, he says that all religious groups (all different religions) enrich public life with their spiritual values – heresy.  Second, he praises the heretical idea that all people should have the right to worship freely in accordance with their conscience – heresy.  Third, he states that “the transmission of religious traditions to succeeding generations not only helps to preserve a heritage; it also sustains and nourishes the surrounding culture in the present day” – heresy.  Fourth, he asks that “the followers of all religions stand together in defending and promoting life and religious freedom everywhere” – heresy.  He then states that defending and promoting religious freedom is a “sacred task” – heresy.  This is what is called a heretical speech by an antipope.

 

Benedict XVI praises the “invaluable work of ecumenism”

 

Benedict XVI, Address to 250 Representatives of about 10 different “Christian” denominations at Ecumenical Meeting, April 18, 2008: “Through you, I express my sincere appreciation for the invaluable work of all those engaged in ecumenism: the National Council of Churches, Christian Churches Together, the Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and many others… I thank you all.”[ciii]

           

To praise ecumenism is heresy.

 

Benedict XVI states that he has “esteem for the United Nations”

 

Benedict XVI, Address at the UN, to the representatives of the Member Nations, April 18, 2008: “The United Nations embodies the aspiration for a greater degree of international ordering… through binding international rules and through harmonizing the day-to-day unfolding of the lives of peoples… If States are unable to guarantee such protection, the international community must intervene with the juridical means provided in the United Nations Charter and in other international instruments… The activity of the United Nations in recent years has ensured that public debate gives space to viewpoints inspired by a religious vision in all its dimensions, including ritual, worship, education, dissemination of information, and the freedom to profess and choose religion.  It is inconceivable, then, that believers should have to suppress a part of themselves – their faith – in order to be active citizens.  It should never be necessary to deny God in order to enjoy one’s rights… The full guarantee of religious liberty cannot be limited to the free exercise of worship, but has to give due consideration to the public dimension of religion, and hence, to the possibility of believers playing their part in building the social order… My presence at this Assembly is a sign of esteem for the United Nations, and it is intended to express the hope that the Organization will increasingly serve as a sign of unity between States and an instrument of service to the entire human family… That is why the Church is happy to be associated with the activity of this distinguished Organization, charged with the responsibility of promoting peace and good will throughout the earth.  Dear friends, I thank you for this opportunity to address you today, and I promise you of the support of my prayers as you pursue your noble task. ”[civ]

 

First, Benedict XVI appears to be promoting a New World Order under the UN established “through binding international rules.”  Second, he promotes the heretical idea that people should be able to choose any religion and promote that false religion publicly in all ways.  Third, he basically states that if members of false religions are deprived of their right to publicly propagate their false religion it would be to “deny God.”  This means that Benedict views the practice of false religions as worshipping the true God.  Fourth, he again promotes the heresy of religious liberty.  Fifth, he says that he has “esteem for the United Nations.”  This is also heresy because the UN is officially involved in promoting sex education; it actively distributes condoms and other contraceptive devices for men and women.  This means that Benedict XVI esteems sex education and contraception.  Sixth, he says that the Church is associated with the activity of the UN, and that the UN’s task is “noble.”  See the links below from the UN’s official website and from others on how the UN actively promotes population control, contraception, etc. 

 

“… UNICEF has increasingly pushed controversial sex education among children, population control and abortion programs that risk alienating beneficiaries in developing Christian, Muslim and traditional societies.  This trend was codified in the 1998 declaration in Geneva of a partnership of the Children's Fund, World Health Organization and UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). That partnership -- the Co-ordinating Committee on Health -- aligned UNICEF with UNFPA's major partner agency, International Planned Parenthood, which ranks second only to the Chinese government in the volume of abortions it provides.” (See http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/oct/021030a.html)

 

“… the PRI says that through a September investigation in China at the family planning facilities, the UNFPA sat back and watched its Chinese counterparts enforce the very situations it claims to avoid.

"We located the family planning offices, and in that family planning office, we located the UNFPA office, and we confirmed from family planning officials there that there is no distinction between what the UNFPA does and what the Chinese Family Planning Office does," said Scott Weinberg, spokesman for PRI.”(See http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/18/204424.shtml)

The UN gave China its first UN Population Award in 1983 "for the most outstanding contribution to the awareness of population questions."  In 1983, the Beijing Review reported China's family planning minister as saying that his award was "a symbol of UN support and encouragement for China's family planning program."

Nor does the UNFPA's support go unnoticed by those whose rights are violated.  Renowned Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng testified on this before Congress on February 3, 1998.

“… the Chinese people have a very serious view of all U.N. activities in China in the field of population control. ... When the United Nations gave the Chinese government population control award, the Chinese people were flabbergasted. They were asking, is the U.N. on the side of the Chinese government? And so the Chinese people have a very negative image of the U.N. organization in this field.” (See http://www.nrlc.org/news/1999/NRL399/chris.htm)

An example of how the UN supports abortion: http://www.zenit.org/article-21020?l=english  

The UN  Population Fund (UNFPA) is actively involved in supporting and actively distributing condoms and other contraceptive devices. (See http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/programming.htm)

“In an effort to fight these meaningless deaths, UNFPA, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Federation of the Red Cross in 1996 looked at the reproductive health needs of refugees from Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire in the Great Lakes regions of Central Africa. As a result, about 220,000 displaced women of child-bearing age received a package of reproductive health care services together with other emergency supplies.” (See http://www.un.org/geninfo/faq/factsheets/FS6.HTM)

“In mid-April of 1999, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) announced emergency shipments of reproductive health services to Kosovar refugees. …The list of reproductive health supplies sent to 350,000 Kosovar refugees included an oral contraception kit, a sexually transmitted disease kit, intrauterine devices (IUDs), a "complications from abortions" kit, and condoms. The kits also contained emergency contraception pills that prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.  Critics charge that UNFPA promotes abortion in refugee camps, which are among the most unsanitary and dangerous places on earth. "It is outrageous that they are not providing basic health services for these people," said Jeanne Head, chief UN lobbyist for International Right to Life Federation. "Basic things, like clean water. UNFPA seems to be obsessed with preventing people from having children.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund)

 

Benedict XVI baptizes another woman in a questionably valid way

 

Traditional practice is that the baptismal water must hit the skin of the forehead.  Benedict XVI’s “baptisms” seem to never hit the skin, only the hair. 

This is a photo of another "baptism" (the one he performed on the former Muslim), in which we see the same thing:

 

Benedict XVI calls schismatic leader a “devoted Pastor” and calls the new schismatic leader “Archbishop of Greece” and prays “for his fruitful ministry”

 

Benedict XVI, Address to the new Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, March 15, 2008: “... an exchange of visits from Orthodox and Catholic delegations to and from Rome and Athens.  In 2006, I was happy to receive your President here at the Vatican, and I was graced by a visit from His Beatitude Christodoulos, whose recent death Christians in your Country and throughout the world continue to mourn.  I pray that the Lord will grant this devoted Pastor rest from his labors and bless him for his valiant efforts to mend the breach between Christians in the East and West.

“I avail myself of this occasion to extend to the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, my sincere fraternal greetings of peace, together with an assurance of my constant prayers for his fruitful ministry and good health...

“In this regard, Your Excellency has highlighted the signs of hope emerging from the ecumenical meetings that have taken place over the past decades.  Not only have these reaffirmed what Catholics and Orthodox already hold in common, but they have also opened the door to deeper discussions about the precise meaning of the Church’s unity... inviting all participants to ongoing conversion and prayer, which alone are able to ensure that Christians will one day attain the unity for which Jesus prayed so fervently.”[cv]

 

First, Benedict XVI calls the recently deceased “Orthodox” schismatic “this devoted Pastor” - heresy.  Second, he calls the new schismatic leader “the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece”- heresy.  Third, he assures the new schismatic of his constant prayers “for his fruitful ministry” - heresy.  Fourth, he asks for prayers so that one day all Christians will attain unity – heresy.  Benedict XVI rejects the fact that the unity of Christians already exists with true Catholics.  It’s a constant mark of the one true Church of Christ. 

Antipope Benedict XVI prays with and blesses with “Orthodox” schismatic

L’Osservatore Romano, March 12, 2008, p. 3.

This is forbidden by Catholic teaching.

 

The Vatican publicizes that the newly elected “Orthodox” schismatic in Athens is the “Archbishop” of Athens and all of Greece

L’Osservatore Romano, Feb. 27, 2008, p. 12.

 

This shows us again that the Vatican II sect under Benedict XVI not only thinks that the “Orthodox” schismatics are in the Church, but that the “Orthodox” leaders are authorities in the Church.  This is heretical.

 

Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (#15), June 29, 1896 – Bishops Separated from Peter and his Successors Lose All Jurisdiction: “From this it must be clearly understood that Bishops are deprived of the right and power of ruling, if they deliberately secede from Peter and his successors; because, by this secession, they are separated from the foundation on which the whole edifice must rest.  They are therefore outside the edifice itself; and for this very reason they are separated from the fold, whose leader is the Chief Pastor; they are exiled from that Kingdom, the keys of which were given by Christ to Peter alone… No one, therefore, unless in communion with Peter can share in his authority, since it is absurd to imagine that he who is outside can command in the Church.”

 

Benedict XVI praises the UN and interreligious dialogue; he states that people who are committed to false religious creeds are of good will

 

Benedict XVI, Address to the new Ambassador of the United States, February 29, 2008: “Your Nation’s example of uniting people of good will, regardless of race, nationality or creed, in a shared vision and a disciplined pursuit of the common good has encouraged many younger nations in their efforts to create a harmonious, free and just social order.  Today, this task of reconciling unity and diversity, of forging a common vision and summoning the moral energy to accomplish it, has become an urgent priority for the whole human family...

“... The resolution of these and similar problems calls for trust in, and commitment to, the work of international bodies such as the United Nations Organization, which by their nature are capable of fostering genuine dialogue and understanding, reconciling divergent views, and developing multilateral policies and strategies capable of meeting the manifold challenges of our complex and rapidly changing world. 

“I cannot fail to note with gratitude the importance which the United States has attributed to interreligious and intercultural dialogue as a positive force for peacekeeping.  The Holy See is convinced of the great spiritual potential represented by such dialogue...”[cvi]

 

First, Benedict XVI first says that there are people embracing false religions that are of “good will” – heresy.  Second, he speaks about reconciling unity and diversity in the context of different creeds.  This is religious indifferentism.  Third, he calls for everyone to “trust” and for “commitment to” the UN – heresy.  The UN promotes abortion, contraception and population control.  Fourth, he describes interreligious dialogue as “positive force for peacekeeping” that has “great spiritual potential” – heresy. 

Benedict XVI states that he is grateful to a schismatic non-Catholic Church and promotes the heresy of religious liberty again

 

Benedict XVI, Address to the Ambassador of Serbia, February 21, 2008:  “... build together a civilization of love in which all are accepted and respected... I rejoice in the progress that has been made in relations between Orthodox and Catholic Christians, and I am especially grateful to the Serbian Orthodox Church...  Serbia’s geographical location on the border between Eastern and Western Christianity gives her a unique opportunity to promote ecumenical dialogue, while her familiarity with Islam, both through her encounter with the Ottoman Empire and through the presence of many Muslims in the region today, opens up rich possibilities for progress in interreligious dialogue... Be assured that the Catholic Church in Serbia is eager to build further on its good relations with the Holy Synod and to play its part in joint initiatives designed to foster Christian unity and a genuine rapprochement between the adherents of different religions, contributing in this way to the building of peace and harmony within and between nations.

 “Freedom of religion is an indispensable element in building the kind of society in which such harmony can develop, and the steps taken by Serbia in recent years to guarantee this fundamental human right are greatly appreciated.”[cvii]

 

Benedict XVI first says that he is “especially grateful to the Serbian Orthodox Church.”  This is to say that he is “especially grateful” for the existence of a schismatic non-Catholic sect.  This of course is to promote heresy and schism.  Second, we see that Benedict is again promoting ecumenism, interreligious dialogue and cordial relationships with different false religions.  Third, Benedict XVI speaks of “the Holy” Synod, which is the Synod of the schismatic “Orthodox” Bishops of Serbia.  Finally, Benedict XVI concludes his most recent heretical speech by again promoting the heresy of religious liberty.

Benedict XVI states again that St. Paul’s desire was not so much to baptize all peoples and that we should have respect for different false religions

 

Benedict XVI, answering questions during a meeting with the Clergy of Rome, February 7, 2008:  [Benedict XVI’s answer to a question from a “priest”] “Let us think of the great figure of Mahatma Gandhi: although he remained firmly bound to his own religion... Let us think of St. Paul... His desire was not so much to baptize all peoples as rather that the Gospel, hence, the fulfillment of history as such, be present in the world... “[cviii]

[Question for Benedict XVI from “Fr” Umberto Fanfarillo] “Holy Father, I am a Conventual Franciscan and parish priest of Saint Dorotea in Trastevere.  Together with the Christian community in the parish, I am eager to point out a conspicuous if not deeply rooted presence of other religious contexts.  We encounter them daily with reciprocal esteem, knowledge and respectful coexistence.  I can list in this substantial positiveness of intentions the commitment of the Academia dei Lincei, of the John Cabot American University, with more than 800 students from about 60 countries and with religious backgrounds that range from Catholic to Muslim.  It is precisely these young people who, on the death of John Paul II, gathered in prayer in our Church... We find a similar situation and respectful encounters among the different religions contained in Regina Coeli Prison, again in the parish territory.  Holy Father, we are all seeking new and more balanced attitudes of knowledge and respect.  We have always appreciated your talks, filled with respect and dialogue, in the quest for the truth.  Please help us again with your words.”

[Benedict XVI’s response to this question] “Thank you for your testimony of a truly multidimensional and multicultural parish.  It seems to me that you have somewhat concretized what was discussed earlier with our Indian brother: the whole picture that consists of dialogue, respectful co-existence, respect for one another, acceptance of one another as they are in their otherness, in their communion... through respect for our differences...”[cix]

 

Just a few weeks ago the Heresy of the Week was Benedict XVI stating that St. Paul was not concerned about baptizing people.  Benedict XVI stated in his Address to Cardinals, December 21, 2007:

 

     “St. Paul travelled tirelessly, taking the Gospel with him.  He even felt under a sort of ‘compulsion’ to proclaim the Gospel (cf. I Cor 9:16) – not so much out of concern for the salvation of the single non-baptized person who had not yet been reached by the Gospel, but rather because he was aware that history as a whole could not attain fulfillment until the Gospel had reached the full number of Gentiles.”

 

Well, he utters the same heresy again by saying: “Let us think of St. Paul... His desire was not so much to baptize all peoples.”  I guess Benedict XVI is really trying to stress that St. Paul was not concerned about baptizing people.  We know that St. Paul said that he came to preach the Gospel, but Benedict XVI is trying to give the heretical impression that St. Paul did not believe that men need baptism for salvation.   Benedict XVI then goes on to state that we should respect members of different false religions “in their communion” and in “their otherness” and that we should “respect our differences.”  This is to say that we should respect people who are in false religions which lead them to everlasting damnation.

Benedict XVI praises praying with heretics and states that Catholics have a bond of communion with Lutherans

 

Benedict XVI, Address to members of the Finnish Ecumenical Delegation, January 18, 2008: “The joint prayer of Lutherans and Catholics from Finland is a humble but faithful sharing in the prayer of Jesus, who promised that every prayer raised to the Father in his name would be heard.  This indeed is the royal door of ecumenism: such prayer leads us to look at the Kingdom of God and the unity of the Church in a fresh way; it reinforces our bonds of communion...”[cx]

           

Benedict XVI praises praying with non-Catholics.  This rejects the tradition of the Church and endorses heresy.  Benedict XVI then goes on to say that Catholics have a bond of communion with Lutherans, which is heresy. 

 

Benedict XVI Promotes Heresies During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

 

Benedict XVI, Catechesis, January 23, 2008: “In these days, Christians of various Churches and Ecclesial Communities are joining in a unanimous chorus of entreaty to ask the Lord Jesus to re-establish full unity among all his disciples... In asking for the grace of unity Christians join in Christ’s own prayer... The patient journey of the search for full communion between all Christians continued after the Council... Thanks precisely to this spiritual ecumenism – holiness of life, conversion of heart, private and public prayer – the common search for unity has in recent decades recorded considerable development... And this is because, in praying together, Christian communities place themselves before the Lord... Prayer in common is not, therefore, a voluntaristic or purely sociological act, but rather an expression of faith that unites all Christ’s disciples.  In the course of the years, fertile collaboration has been established in this field, and since 1968, the then Secretariat for Christian Unity, which subsequently became the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and the World Council of Churches prepare jointly these booklets for the Week of Prayer for Unity; they then distribute them throughout the world, covering areas that they never would have managed to reach on their own.” [cxi]

 

Notice that Benedict XVI states that the booklets for the Week of Prayer for Unity are actually prepared by the non-Catholics at the World Council of Churches and Benedict XVI’s Church. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is an international ecumenical organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.  The WCC has a membership of over 340 churches and denominations. [cxii]  So Benedict XVI is praising the joint publications made by heretics and his sect.

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse to members of the Joint Working Group of the World Council of Churches and the “Catholic Church” on the occasion of their visit to the Vatican, January 25, 2008: “The World Council of Churches and the Catholic Church have enjoyed a fruitful ecumenical relationship dating back to the time of the Second Vatican Council... On this day, then, we think back with gratitude to the work of so many individuals who over the years have sought to spread the practice of spiritual ecumenism through common prayer...”[cxiii]

           

Benedict XVI, Homily, January 25, 2008, for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “This evening I cordially greet the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, who has come to Rome to join us on the centenary of the Week of Prayer.  I am pleased that members of the ‘Joint Working Group’ are present and I greet them with affection.  The Joint Group is the means of cooperation between the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches in our common search for unity.” [cxiv]

 

The Catholic Church already possesses unity.  The Catholic Church is one, holy, catholic and apostolic.  The oneness or unity of the true Church is one of the four marks of the Church.  Therefore, unity is something that already exists in the Catholic Church. 

 

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 10), Jan. 6, 1928: “So, Venerable Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics: for the union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it…”

 

But according to the statements above from Benedict XVI, as well as the official teachings of Vatican II, “Christians” are still searching for Christian unity and for the re-establishment of Christian unity.  Such a notion is heretical.

 

We can also see how Benedict XVI promotes “common prayer” together with Lutherans, other heretics and the World Council of Churches.  Praying in common with heretical sects and non-Catholic religions is a grave sin, but Benedict XVI does it and encourages it all the time.

 

Pope Pius IX, Neminem vestrum (# 5), Feb. 2, 1854: “We want you to know that those same monks sent Us a splendid profession of Catholic faith and doctrine… They eloquently acknowledged and freely received the regulations and decrees which the popes and the sacred congregations published or would publish – especially those which prohibit communicatio in divinis (communion in holy matters) with schismatics… They acknowledge that they condemn the error of the schismatic Armenians and recognize that they are outside of the Church of Jesus Christ.”

 

Benedict XVI states that the deceased leader of the schismatic “Orthodox” Church was a distinguished Pastor in the Church, the Archbishop of Greece and a faithful servant of the Lord

 

Benedict XVI, Telegram to Seraphim, Bishop of the Orthodox Church, on the passing of Schismatic “Orthodox” Bishop H.B. Christodoulos, January 28, 2008: “Deeply saddened by the news of the untimely death of His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, I express to you, to the Holy Synod and all the faithful my earnest condolences, assuring you of my spiritual closeness to all those who mourn the passing of this distinguished Pastor of the Church of Greece... I and Catholics around the world pray the Orthodox Church of Greece will be sustained by the grace of God in continuing to build on the pastoral achievements of the late Archbishop and that in commending the noble soul of His Beatitude to our Heavenly Father’s loving mercy you will be comforted by the Lord’s promise to reward his faithful servants.  Please accept, Your Eminence, this expression of my closeness in prayer to you and your Brother Bishops as you guide the Church in this time of transition.  With fraternal affection in the Lord, Benedictus PP. XVI ”[cxv]

 

This short telegram is jam-packed with heresy.  As some of you know, we have proven before that Benedict XVI has signed joint declarations with “Orthodox” schismatics in which he declares them to be “pastors in the church of Christ.”  In this heretical telegram, Benedict XVI declares that the deceased schismatic Christodoulos was the “Archbishop of Athens and All Greece” (something he has also done before).  Many of you probably may not know that, in the country of Greece, there are bishops who claim to be Catholic and accept Benedict XVI as a valid pope.  But Benedict XVI has declared repeatedly in the past, and does so again here, that the openly schismatic “Orthodox” bishop was the true “Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.”  Benedict XVI gives the schismatic the title of jurisdiction by calling him “Archbishop.”  To declare that someone is a true archbishop is to declare that this person is part of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.  This is, therefore, an outrageous heresy by Benedict XVI.  Even though the “Orthodox” schismatics have validly ordained bishops and priests, they openly deny numerous Catholic dogmas, including papal infallibility.  They are outside the Catholic Church.  The Orthodox Church is just like the Protestant Churches, with the exception that they have some valid sacraments and valid priests.  So to call a schismatic an archbishop and a distinguished pastor of the Church is to be a schismatic. 

 

Benedict XVI then goes on to say that “I and Catholics around the world pray the Orthodox Church of Greece will be sustained by the grace of God in continuing to build on the pastoral achievements of the late [schismatic] Archbishop.”  This statement is so heretical that there are almost no words to describe it.  Think deeply about what Benedict XVI is saying.  Benedict XVI declares that he and the other “Catholics” around the world pray that the openly schismatic Church “will be sustained by the grace of God” in continuing to build on the “pastoral achievements” of the late schismatic.  Benedict XVI is therefore saying that all Catholics pray that the schismatic church will continue to promote its schism and be strengthened in schism.  He then declares that the schismatic bishop was a “faithful servant” of the Lord.  He then caps off his amazingly schismatic telegram by stating to the other openly schismatic “Orthodox” bishops: “you guide the Church.”

 

Benedict XVI states that people should have the right to change their religion, practice false religions and that people should respect false religions

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse, January 18, 2008: “Moreover, I firmly hope that authentic religious freedom may be effective everywhere and that the right of each individual to practice his or her religion freely, or to change it, may not be hindered.  This is a primordial right of every human being... with respect for those who do not share their own convictions.”[cxvi]

 

Benedict XVI, Address to Ambassador of Kuwait, December 13, 2007: “... I think here with satisfaction of the increasing contacts between Muslims and Christians – is essential for overcoming misunderstandings and forging solid relations marked by mutual respect and co-operation in the pursuit of the common good of the whole human family.  Children in particular need to be educated in the authentic values underlying their own culture and in a spirit of openness to other cultures, respect for others...

            “... This fundamental right, [religious freedom] grounded in the inviolable dignity of the person, is fittingly considered the cornerstone of the whole edifice of human rights...

            “... Kuwait’s Catholics have sought to contribute to the development of the larger society, not least through their educational institutions.  These, though few in number, are fully committed to forming the minds and hearts of their students in an environment emphasizing sound spiritual values and inculcating respect for the dignity and beliefs of others.” [cxvii]

 

First, Benedict XVI states that the “right” to have false beliefs should “be effective everywhere” and that the “right” to freely practice a false religion or change one’s religion “may not be hindered.”  This is heresy.  Second, he goes on to say that we must have respect for those who believe in false religions. 

 

In the second speech, he states that Catholics have “respect” for those who believe in the false religion of Islam.  He then says that children need to be educated in a spirit of respect for those who hold false beliefs.  He then finishes off his heretical speech by stating that Kuwait’s Catholics respect the beliefs of others.  To have respect for people who reject the true God and are the road to eternal damnation, and to respect “beliefs” which contradict the Catholic faith, is to a heretic.

 

Pope Leo XIII, Custodi di Quella Fede (#15), Dec. 8, 1892: “Every familiarity should be avoided, not only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect for all religions...”

 

Pope Pius IX, Quanta Cura (#’s 3-6), Dec. 8, 1864, ex cathedra: “From which totally false idea of social government they do not fear to foster that erroneous opinion, most fatal in its effects on the Catholic Church and the salvation of souls, called by Our predecessor, Gregory XVI, an insanity, NAMELY, THAT ‘LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE AND WORSHIP IS EACH MAN’S PERSONAL RIGHT, WHICH OUGHT TO BE LEGALLY PROCLAIMED AND ASSERTED IN EVERY RIGHTLY CONSTITUTED SOCIETY; and that a right resides in the citizens to an absolute liberty, which should be restrained by no authority whether ecclesiastical or civil, WHEREBY THEY MAY BE ABLE OPENLY AND PUBLICLY TO MANIFEST AND DECLARE ANY OF THEIR IDEAS WHATEVER, EITHER BY WORD OF MOUTH, BY THE PRESS, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY.’  But while they rashly affirm this, they do not understand and note that they are preaching liberty of perdition…  Therefore, BY OUR APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY, WE REPROBATE, PROSCRIBE, AND CONDEMN ALL THE SINGULAR AND EVIL OPINIONS AND DOCTRINES SPECIALLY MENTIONED IN THIS LETTER, AND WILL AND COMMAND THAT THEY BE THOROUGHLY HELD BY ALL THE SONS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS REPROBATED, PROSCRIBED AND CONDEMNED.”

 

Benedict XVI states that false religions should be valued; that Church teachings evolve; that things adopted by the authorities of the Catholic Church have been shown by history to be false

 

Benedict XVI, Address to La Sapienza University in Rome, January 17, 2008: “... humanity’s wisdom – the wisdom of the great religious traditions – should be valued as a heritage that cannot be cast with impunity into the dust-bin of the history of ideas.  Let us go back to our initial question.  The Pope speaks as the representative of a community of believers in which a particular wisdom about life has evolved in the course of the centuries of its existence... Various things said by theologians in the course of history, or even adopted in practice by ecclesiastical authorities, have been shown by history to be false, and today make us feel ashamed.”[cxviii]

 

First, Benedict XVI states that different false religions’ religious traditions should be valued and “cannot be cast with impunity into the dust-bin of the history of ideas.”  The Catholic Church teaches the opposite of Benedict XVI.  It teaches that false religious traditions should not be valued and should be cast with impunity into the dust-bin of the history of ideas. 

 

Second, he defines the Church as “a community of believers in which a particular wisdom about life evolved in the course of the centuries of its existence.”  The teachings of the Church did not evolve over the centuries, but were delivered by Jesus Christ to St. Peter and the apostles.  The body of Catholic teachings – the essential teachings that must be believed – are the same now as they were at the very beginning of the Church.  Therefore, what Benedict XVI is teaching is simply the modernist heresy of the evolution of doctrine. 

Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominic Gregis (# 26), Sept. 8, 1907, On the doctrine of the Modernists:
"To the laws of evolution everything is subject - dogma, Church, worship, the Books we revere as sacred, even faith itself, and the penalty of disobedience is death. The enunciation of this principle will not astonish anybody who bears in mind what the Modernists have had to say about each of these subjects."

Third, he says that things which were “adopted in practice by ecclesiastical authorities [by popes, etc.] have been shown by history to be false, and today make us feel ashamed.”  Benedict XVI doesn’t go on to explain what specific teachings he says “have been shown in history to be false, and today make us feel ashamed.”  Benedict XVI could be talking about any number of defined dogmas of the Church.  Dogmas such as infant baptism being necessary for salvation, which he recently attempted to change, might be included in his statement.  Nevertheless, this speech of Benedict XVI shows us once again that he is a heretic.

 

Benedict XVI praises Religious Diversity and says differences in belief are marvelous

 

Benedict XVI, Address to the new ambassador of the Republic of Suriname, December 13, 2007: “Your Excellency has noted the extraordinary ethnic and religious diversity present in your Country.  Differences of origin, custom and belief are marvelous opportunities for people to learn and practice tolerance and sympathy for one another.  Such habits build social cohesion and lay the groundwork for a robust democracy... I am grateful for your assurance of Suriname’s commitment to religious freedom...”[cxix]

 

First, Benedict XVI praises the “extraordinary religious diversity present in your country.”  To praise someone because his country is home to many different false religions is to be an apostate (or to be Benedict XVI).  Second, he says that “differences of belief are marvelous opportunities for people to learn and practice tolerance.”  It’s “marvelous” because Benedict XVI doesn’t believe at all that it’s necessary to be a Catholic to be saved.  Benedict XVI thinks it’s a neat thing that people belong to different religions and it’s a “marvelous” opportunity to tolerate false religions that lead people to eternal damnation.  He then adds that these attitudes “lay the groundwork for a robust democracy.”  Benedict XVI only cares about building a robust democracy; he could care less what religion people belong to.

 

Benedict XVI praises both Assisi Prayer Meetings and states that St. Paul was not concerned for the salvation of those who did not hear the Gospel!

 

Benedict XVI, Address to Cardinals, December 21, 2007: “A disciple of Jesus Christ, the document tells us, must also be a ‘missionary’, a Gospel messenger.  It is here, furthermore, that the objection arises: is it still legitimate today to “evangelize”?  Should not all the world’s religions and conceptions rather coexist peacefully and seek together to do their best for humanity, each in its own way?

     “Well, that we must all coexist and cooperate in tolerance and reciprocal respect goes without question.  The Catholic Church is actively committed to this and, with the two meetings in Assisi, has left evident signs of it, signs that we renewed again at this year’s Meeting in Naples.

     “On this topic, I would like to mention the kind letter sent to me last 13 October by 138 Muslim religious leaders, testifying to their common commitment to world peace.  I responded joyfully, expressing my convinced adherence to such noble intentions, and at the same time emphasized the urgent need for a binding accord to safeguard the values of reciprocal respect, dialogue and collaboration... 

     “St. Paul travelled tirelessly, taking the Gospel with him.  He even felt under a sort of ‘compulsion’ to proclaim the Gospel (cf. I Cor 9:16) – not so much out of concern for the salvation of the single non-baptized person who had not yet been reached by the Gospel, but rather because he was aware that history as a whole could not attain fulfillment until the Gospel had reached the full number of Gentiles.” [cxx]

 

Benedict XVI states that we must have respect for the world’s different religions.  He then goes on to say that “The Catholic Church is actively committed to this…”  It is blatant heresy to state that the Catholic Church must respect false religions.  He also praises the outrageous interreligious prayer meetings at Assisi, Italy.  These meetings included leaders from just about every religion on the planet, including a high priest of Voodoo.  Benedict XVI states that the Assisi meetings are the “evident signs” of how the “Catholic Church” officially views other religions.  The apostate Benedict XVI therefore gives, once again, his wholesale endorsement to apostasy. 

 

Benedict XVI then goes on to utter the incredible heresy that St. Paul’s proclaiming of the Gospel was “not so much out of concern for the salvation of the single non-baptized person who has not been reached by the Gospel,” but rather because he was trying to achieve some kind of historical achievement!  He is therefore stating that St. Paul didn’t believe the Gospel was necessary to receive for salvation!  This is outrageous heresy from the apostate Benedict XVI.  It contradicts the defined dogma Outside the Church There is No Salvation.  One could also refute this heresy by quoting St. Paul himself on the necessity of receiving the Gospel for eternal salvation.

 

St. Paul, 2 Cor. 4:3-4 “And if our Gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost.  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.”

 

Benedict XVI states that it’s necessary to be enriched by contact with members of false religions and that we should be open and have respect for heretical beliefs

 

Benedict XVI, Message for 94^th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, October 18, 2007: “Then, among the migrants... It is necessary to help them find a way to open up to the dynamism of interculturality and be enriched in their contact with other students of different cultures and religions.” [cxxi]

 

Benedict XVI states here that it’s necessary to be “enriched” by having contact with members of false religions.

 

Benedict XVI, Address to the Baptist-Catholic Joint International Commission, December 6, 2007: “The theme which you have chosen for this phase of contacts – The Word of God in the Life of the Church: Scripture, Tradition and Koinonia – offers a promising context for the examination of such historically controverted issues as the relationship between Scripture and Tradition, the understanding of Baptism and the sacraments, the place of Mary in the communion of the Church, and the nature of oversight and primacy in the Church’s ministerial structure.  If our hope for reconciliation and greater fellowship between Baptists and Catholics is to be realized, issues such as these need to be faced together, in a spirit of openness, mutual respect... Today, as ever, the world needs our common witness to Christ and to the hope brought by the Gospel... For the lack of unity between Christians ‘openly contradicts the will of Christ’”[cxxii]

 

First, he says that we should have “respect” for false beliefs on Church dogmas and should have an “openness” to such heresies.  Second, he states that the world needs to receive the teachings of people who promote false views of Christianity.  Third, he utters the heresy that there is not unity in Christianity.

 

Benedict XVI promotes a new international order and utters more heresy

 

Benedict XVI, Address to Spanish Ambassador, October 27, 2007: “It is therefore necessary and urgent to work for the construction of an internal and international order... [cxxiii]

 

Here Benedict XVI promotes a new international order or a new world order.

 

Benedict XVI, Message to the world’s Bishops, priests and faithful, August 10, 2007: “I would like to recall the solemn gesture with which my most beloved Predecessor, the Servant of God John Paul II, presented important relics of Sts. John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in November 2004.  The Pontiff noted how that gesture was for the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches a truly ‘blessed occasion to purify our wounded memories in order to strengthen our journey of reconciliation.’”[cxxiv]

 

To give relics of Catholic saints to heretics and schismatics is to be a heretic and a schismatic.

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse to the heads Address to Ukrainian Bishops, September 24, 2007: “The Church... subsists in the Catholic Church... [cxxv]

 

This is heresy. The Catholic Church is the Church of the Christ.

 

Benedict XVI, Address to Indonesia Ambassador, November 12, 2007: “Indonesia, as a multireligious country with the largest Muslim population of any nation in the world, plays an important and positive role in promoting interreligious cooperation, both within its borders and in the international community.  Dialogue, respect for the convictions of others and collaboration in the service of peace are the surest means of securing social concord.  These are among the noblest goals which can bring together men and women of good will, and in a particular way, all those who worship the one God...”[cxxvi]

 

Benedict XVI praises Islam, as if it contributes good to the world, and then states that we should “respect the convictions of others.”  We should always respect evil and false religious beliefs, according to Benedict XVI.  This is utter heresy.

 

Benedict XVI promotes apostasy with Hinduism

 

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, sent a message on the occasion of the Hindu feast of “Diwali”, a three-day celebration:

“Dear Hindu Friends, As Diwali approaches, your religious feast, I am sure all of you in your respective families, neighborhoods and communities will be taking time to share your joy with one another.  On behalf of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue I am happy to have this opportunity, for the first time since taking office, to send you my greetings.  Sensitive to your religious feelings and respectful of your ancient religious tradition, I sincerely hope that your search for the Divine, symbolized through the celebration of Diwali, will help you to overcome darkness with light, untruth with truth and evil with goodness.  The world around us is yearning for peace.  Religions promise peace because they trace their origin to God who, according to Christian belief, is our peace.  Can we, as believers of different religious traditions, not work together to receive God’s gift of peace and to spread it around us so that the world becomes for all people a better place to live?  Our respective communities must pay urgent attention to the education of believers, who can so easily be misled by deceitful and false propaganda…

“Forming believers first of all to discover the full dimensions and depth of their own religion, and then encouraging them to know other believers as well constitutes an important challenge for religious communities committed to building world peace… Like all human relationships, those between people of different religions need to be nourished by regular meetings, patient listening, collaborative action, and above all, by an attitude of mutual respect.  Accordingly, we must work to build bonds of friendship, as indeed must the adherents of all religions…

“Only through dialogue, avoiding all forms of prejudice and stereotyped ideas about others and by faithful witness to our religious precepts and teaching, can we truly overcome conflicts.  Dialogue between followers of different religions is the necessary path today; indeed, it is the only appropriate path for us as believers.  Together, in collaboration, we can do much to build a society of harmony and a world of peace… Once again, I wish each one of you a happy Diwali.”[cxxvii]      

                                              

A few weeks ago Benedict XVI’s official newspaper promoted Islam by sending a message at the close of Ramadan (the Muslim month of fasting) to the Muslim community.  This week we find Benedict XVI promoting the false and evil religion of Hinduism.

 

First, he says that he is respectful of the evil Hindu religion - heresy.  Second, he states that Hinduism is a true search for the true God - heresy.  Third, he says that through celebrating this false Hindu feast Hindus will overcome darkness with light, untruth with truth and evil with goodness.  In other words, he is saying that by deepening their union with this false religion they will be able to overcome darkness, untruth and evil.  Hinduism itself is darkness, untruth and evil, and by deepening their practice of this horrible religion created by the Devil they fall deeper into evil.  Fourth, he states the blasphemy that different religions trace their origin to God.  Every religion outside the Catholic religion traces its origin not to God, but to the Devil.  Fifth, he states that religions can receive God’s peace and spread it around successfully “so that the world becomes for all people a better place to live” – heresy.    Sixth, he encourages false religions to keep the followers of their false religions educated in their false religious belief-systems.   His words are that different religions “must pay urgent attention to the education of believers” – heresy.  Seventh, he promotes “forming believers first of all to discover the full dimensions and depth of their own religion” - heresy.  Here he encourages people of all religions to discover the “full dimensions” and “depth” of their evil religions!  Eighth, he promotes that “different religions need to be nourished by an attitude of mutual respect” – heresy.  He therefore promotes that Catholics should “respect” false religions.  Ninth, he states that members of false religions are “believers”- heresy.  Tenth, he encourages members of false religions to have “faithful witness to… religious precepts and teaching”- heresy.

 

These heresies are found in L’Osservatore Romano, Benedict XVI’s official newspaper.  Therefore all of these heresies in this short letter are fully approved of by the apostate Benedict XVI.

 

Benedict XVI promotes Assisi again and says that Protestants are Strong Christian Witnesses

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse to a Delegation of the Mennonite World Conference on the occasion of their visit to the Vatican, October 19, 2007: “In the ecumenical spirit of recent times, we have begun to have contacts with each other after centuries of isolation.  I am aware that the leader of the Mennonite World Conference accepted the invitation of Pope John Paul II, to join him in Assisi both in 1986 and in 2002 to pray for world peace at a great gathering of leaders of Churches and Ecclesial Communities and other world religions.

And I am pleased that officials of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity have responded to your invitations to attend your world assemblies in 1997 and 2003… Mennonites are well known for their strong Christian witness of peace…”[cxxviii]

           

Benedict XVI again promotes again the amazingly heretical prayer meeting in Assisi.  He then goes on to say that the Mennonites (a heretical Protestant religion) are “well known for their strong Christian witness.”  Benedict XVI is a heretic.

 

Benedict XVI promotes total apostasy with Islam

 

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and Archbishop Pier Luigi Celeta, Secretary, sent a message at the close of Ramadan (the Muslim month of fasting) to the Muslim community on the theme, “Christians and Muslims: called to promote a culture of peace”:

 

“Dear Muslim Friends, It gives me special pleasure to send you for the first time friendly and warmest greetings from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on the occasion of your joyful feast of ‘Id al-Fitr, with which the month-long fasting and prayer of Ramadan ends.  This month is always an important time for the Muslim community and gives to each individual member a new strength for their personal, family and social existence.  It matters that all of us witness to our religious beliefs with a life increasingly integrated and in conformity with the Creator’s plan, a life concerned with serving our brothers and sisters in ever increasing solidarity and fraternity with members of other religions…  In the troubled times we are passing through, religious believers have, as servants of the Almighty, a duty above all to work in favour of peace, by showing respect for the convictions of individuals and communities everywhere through freedom of religious practice.  Religious freedom, which must not be reduced to mere freedom of worship, is one of the essential aspects of freedom of conscience, which is the right of every individual and a cornerstone of human rights…

  “As religious believers, it is up to us all to be educators of peace…  No individual in the national community should be excluded on the grounds of his or her race, religion or any other personal characteristic.  Together, as members of different religious traditions, we are called to spread a teaching which honors all human creatures, a message of love between individuals and peoples…  Christians and Muslims will work together in mutual respect for peace and for a better future for all people; it will provide an example for the young people of today to follow and imitate…

“…This is the ardent hope I share with you: that Christians and Muslims continue to develop increasingly friendly and constructive relationships in order to share their specific riches, and that they will pay particular attention to the quality of the witness of their believers.  Dear Muslim friends, once again I give you my warmest greetings on the occasion of your festival and I ask the God of Peace and Mercy to give you all good health, serenity and prosperity.”[cxxix]

                                               

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran

                                                            President

 

                                                            Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata

                                                            Secretary       

                       

First, they encourage the Muslims to practice their false religion by sending them warmest greetings on the day of their “feast” - heresy.  Second, they state that the false religion of Islam gives the individual Muslim “strength” – heresy.  Third, they say that members of all religions are “servants of the Almighty”- heresy.  Fourth, they state that we must show “respect for the convictions of individuals and communities everywhere through freedom of religious practice” – heresy.  Fifth, they state that religious freedom is the “cornerstone of human rights” – heresy.  Sixth, they say different religious “believers” are educators of true peace – heresy.  Seventh, they say that no one, no matter what they believe, should ever be excluded – heresy.  Eighth, they say that as “members of different religious traditions we are called to spread a teaching which honors all human creatures, a message of love” – heresy.  Ninth, they declare that “Christians and Muslims will work together in mutual respect” and this will “provide an example for the young people to follow and imitate” – heresy.  Tenth, they state that Christians and Muslims will “share their specific riches, and that they will pay particular attention to the quality of the witness of their believers”- heresy.  This is to state that Islam possesses riches, which is something the apostate Paul VI also stated.  They also declare here that members of Islam are witnesses of God.

 

These heresies are found in L’Osservatore Romano, Benedict XVI’s official newspaper.  In fact, Benedict XVI’s published letter to the new editor of L’ Osservatore Romano is on page one of the most recent edition of L’Osservatore Romano (October 31^st edition).  In the letter Benedict XVI states that L’Osservatore Romano is “the Vatican newspaper”[cxxx] and “the ‘Pope’s paper’.”[cxxxi]  Therefore all of these heresies in this short letter are fully approved of by the apostate Benedict XVI.       

 

Benedict XVI’s amazingly heretical statements praising leaders of false religions at a recent Assisi-like Interreligious Prayer-Meeting

 

Benedict XVI with rabbis, schismatics and the representatives of other false religions at a recent Assisi-like apostate prayer-meeting