Saint John Paul II believed in reincarnation!

...according to Robert Spaemann

Robert Spaemann eating lunch with Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo during the Schülerkreis-Treffen (student circle) of 2-3 September 2006 with the topic of ‘Schöpfung und Evolution’. Spaemann also gave one of the lectures.

The late Robert Spaemann was ballyhooed in his obituaries as, “the Last Great Catholic Philosopher”, as “one of its greatest lights, and an eloquent defender of the traditional Mass and traditional Catholic doctrine, as well as of the perennial philosophy”, and “one of the most outstanding and formative figures of Catholic thought of the past 60 years.”   The most truthful thing in that previous sentence is that Spaemann was as ‘perennialist’ as occultist are.  He was a confidant of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. It was to Spaemann that Benedict XVI first showed his apostolic letter, ‘Summorum Pontificum’ in May 2007.  Spaemann in turn announced it to the world, through select media outlets, before it was promulgated by Benedict XVI on 7 July 2007 (777).

Little known is that Spaemann edited and wrote the foreword to Die großen Arcana des Tarot : Meditationen (Literal translation: ‘The great Arcana of the Tarot: Meditations’. It was published in English as ‘Meditations on the Tarot’ sans Spaemann’s foreword.)  In the German foreword, Spaemann speaks:  of alchemy; the Tabula Smaragdina; the power of 22 letters; states that the hermetic, gnostic, and theosophist traditions have enabled us to communicate the content of the Christian Creed; lauds German idealists like Hegel and Schelling for taking up occult traditions; explicitly endorses Hermeticism; says the Christians of the future will have to be those “gnostic, mature, enlightened Christians”; affirms Eastern Orthodoxy; and insinuates that to save the church, civilization, and world one needs to practice the ideas of the Kabbalah like Tikkun Olam.

Not only did he write the foreword and edit Die großen Arcana des Tarot : Meditationen, he made sure that John Paul II and then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger received copies.  This is a work which teaches reincarnation as fact and among other things quotes Eliphas Levi approvingly!  Few care to acknowledge that Spaemann held occult views which he shared in common with John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Below is Robert Spaemann stating to Pietro Archiati in December of 1987 that John Paul II believed in reincarnation and that this belief is compatible with being Catholic.

A “Philosophy Professor” convinced of reincarnation 

John Paul II was a connoisseur of spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner. In his Polish time - when he was still a member of the Kraków theater group, he studied literature, and he wrote dramas — He regularly borrowed [a series of publications] from the librarian of a Polish anthroposophical branch working in the underground; he acquainted himself with Steiner's speeches and known dramatic arts and will also probably have studied Christological publications. The same Polish anthroposophist, who personally knew the branch leader in question and had already communicated these things to the author of these lines about twenty years ago, also told me about a photograph he himself saw which shows Valentin Tomberg's works published in German at the beginning of the 1980s on Wojtyla’s desk. As is commonly known, Tomberg curiously managed to convert to Catholicism after decades of studying and practicing anthroposophy. And for that reason he became particularly interesting and valuable to certain circles of the Catholic Church, as shown further below.

And also before the idea of reincarnation — a core idea in the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner — Woityla did not recoil. That is unmistakably clear, and in the most direct way, from a conversation that the Catholic philosophy professor and co-editor of Tomberg's works, Robert Spaemann, had one day with John Paul II. At the request of the author, the former Catholic and present anthroposophist Pietro Archiati had recorded this conversation, which [record] he sent to him in summer of 1990 without reservations. We quote without change:

“At the beginning of December 1987 I had a conversation with Professor Robert Spaemann. It was on the day that I (about an hour earlier) had sent to Rome the explanation of my leaving the church. When I shared this message with Prof. Spaemann, he was very upset. To prove that I had taken the wrong step, he told me a private conversation he had had with the current Pope [John Paul II]. With that he said he would show me that the church was a lot more open and liberal than I wanted to impress on him. Immediately [afterwards] I wrote down this conversation in writing, so that my reproduction, if not verbatim, can at least be regarded as being very faithful. 

Now I let Professor Spaemann speak for himself:

At the end of our conversation I [Spaemann] asked the pope altogether directly: “Your Holiness, what do you think of a Catholic, who is convinced of reincarnation?” He [John Paul II] did not want to answer, waited a bit and then he said smiling, “Ask cardinal Ratzinger, whom you know well. He is responsible for questions of faith!” But I [Spaemann] continued, “No, Your Holiness, I want you to tell me what you think about it.” There was repeated silence and waiting. After a few seconds, the Pope [John Paul II] said, “We must always follow the Scriptures. What do we find there? Do we find statements that speak clearly against reincarnation? No. Do we find statements that clearly speak for it? Also, no. Although perhaps the Scriptures are more likely to be interpreted in the direction of non-reincarnation.” Here the pope waited for a little while, and then he [John Paul II] continued, “I know a Polish philosophy professor who went to mass and communion every day and was very much convinced of reincarnation.” 

Then he waited a few more seconds and with his Polish accent said, “Many questions ... few answers!” 

Thus far the retelling of the the conversation. I still remember well how Spaemann imitated the Pope’s accent in the last sentence. Then Prof. Spaemann added that he knows with certainty from reliable sources that by “philosophy professor” the pope meant himself. He wanted to show me thereby how open the Pope is on this very important issue, and that there is room in the Church for people who, like me, are convinced of reincarnation.”

excerpt from Papsttum, Weltpolitik und Anthroposophie: Eine Betrachtung anlässlich des Todes von Johannes Paul II - Thomas Meyer, (pp. 3-9), Der Europäer Jg. 9 / Nr. 7 / Mai 2005, (English translation by Call Me Jorge...)

This account written of by Pietro Archiati was never disavowed by either Robert Spaemann nor John Paul II in their lifetimes even though both had ample years to do so.  This recounting was first published in a fuller version on 13 December 1992 in ‘Zur Gegendarstellung Prof. Spaemanns’ by Pietro Archiati in Das Goetheanum.

The public personas of Spaemann and Saint John Paul the Great are as staunch Catholics while the reality is the opposite. This shouldn’t be surprising because occultists are double-minded.  John Paul II in his apostolic letter ‘Tertio Millennio Adveniente’ wrote against reincarnation while he held a belief in it since 1938.  Spaemann was Mr. Catholic personified while he shared this occult belief. Both of these occultists tried to infect pewsitters with their double-minded psychosis in the hopes of bring about a Kosher Katholicism.

A reverse printed image of John Paul II sitting at his desk with 2 volumes of Die großen Arcana des Tarot : Meditationen (Meditations on the Tarot) as mentioned in the above quoted article.

Francis venerates a Russian Orthodox saint!

The Russian Orthodox are almost as frequent visitors to the Vatican as the Talmudists are.

Francis met once again with his friend, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.  The two have known each other for some time and were introduced by the late Rabbi Angel Kreiman who, as a Cooperator of Opus Dei, met Hilarion at an interfaith congress held at one of Opus Dei’s universities.  (Rabbi Kreiman was Francis go to rabbi until he died.)  One wonders what these two chums discussed that didn’t make the official record — communism or navel-gazing?

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk is a frequent visitor at the Vatican and he usually brings a delegation of orthodox with him.  This time the group was rather large.  In the public statement, Francis concedes to Metropolitan Hilarion’s complaints from 2014 concerning “Uniatism”, Greek Catholics, and the Ukraine.  Francis told Hilaron and the delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) that the Vatican under him has abandoned the goal of converting the members of the ROC to the Catholic Faith and also doesn’t care about correcting the errors in their beliefs.

“I am happy to take the road of unity with you: the only road that promises us something certain, because the path of division leads us to war and destruction. And before you I would like to reiterate – in a special way before you, my dear brother, and before all of you – that the Catholic Church will never allow an attitude of division to arise from her people. We will never allow ourselves to do this, I do not want it. In Moscow – in Russia – there is only one Patriarchate: yours. We will not have another one. And when some Catholic faithful, be they laypeople, priests or bishops, raise the banner of Uniatism, which does not work anymore, and is over, then it causes me pain. The Churches that are united in Rome must be respected, but Uniatism as a path of unity is not valid today.” — Francis 

Francis said further that he and Kirill are brothers that are spiritually walking together.  Perhaps, Francis is running a scheme with cigarettes à la the “Tobacco Metropolitan”?  After all, calculating Francis must of had an ulterior motive for prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to Vatican employees.  Or is this Francis’ way of stating that he is a communist and agrees with the goals of the KGB-agent (codename ‘Mikhailov’) Kirill?

Seraphim of Sarov

“I would like to say something to you: when we met with the Patriarch, afterwards he sent me a relic of Saint Seraphim. I keep that relic on my nightstand, and at night, before going to bed, and in the morning, when I get up, I venerate it and pray for our unity.” — Francis

Francis told the ROC delegation and the world that he (like John Paul II) regards the navel-gazing (hesychast) sympathizer of the Old Believers, Seraphim of Sarov, a saint and further that he venerates him twice a day!

Wow, what else does one need to know?

Francis doesn’t want to convert the Russian Orthodox people, or correct the errors of their church, and he venerates one of their saints!

Francis’ full remarks

Thank you so much for your visit, and also for this meeting, which helps us so much to live our faith in unity and in the hope to walk together. I am happy to take the road of unity with you: the only road that promises us something certain, because the path of division leads us to war and destruction. And before you I would like to reiterate – in a special way before you, my dear brother, and before all of you – that the Catholic Church will never allow an attitude of division to arise from her people. We will never allow ourselves to do this, I do not want it. In Moscow – in Russia – there is only one Patriarchate: yours. We will not have another one. And when some Catholic faithful, be they laypeople, priests or bishops, raise the banner of Uniatism, which does not work anymore, and is over, then it causes me pain. The Churches that are united in Rome must be respected, but Uniatism as a path of unity is not valid today. Instead it brings me comfort when I find this: the extended hand, the fraternal embrace, thinking together, and journeying. Ecumenism is made by journeying. We walk. Some think – but this is not right – that there must first be doctrinal agreement, on all the points of division, and then the journey. This does not work for ecumenism, because we do not know when agreement will come. I once heard a man of the Church, a man of God, who said: “I know which day a doctrinal agreement will be signed”. They asked him: “When?” – “The day after the coming of the glorious Christ”. We must continue to study theology, to clarify the points, but in the meantime let us walk together, let us not wait for these things to be resolved in order to walk, no. We journey together and also do this, but walking in love, in prayer; as in this example of the relics. Prayer together, for each other, in dialogue. This is so good. The meeting with His Holiness Kirill was very good for me, I found a brother.  

And now, spiritually, we walk together. And a couple of words to finish. One on the respect of Catholics towards you, Russian Orthodox brothers: the Catholic Church, the Catholic Churches must not get involved in internal matters of the Russian Orthodox Church, nor in political issues. This is my attitude, and the attitude of the Holy See today. And those who meddle do not obey the Holy See. This regards politics. The second thing: piety. It is important that we pray for each other, also in personal prayer. We know new brothers and sisters, and then there is also personal prayer. I would like to say something to you: when we met with the Patriarch, afterwards he sent me a relic of Saint Seraphim. I keep that relic on my nightstand, and at night, before going to bed, and in the morning, when I get up, I venerate it and pray for our unity.

Thank you very much. Let us pray for each other. Let us bless each other. And let us go together. Thank you.

To the Delegation of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, Vatican, (30 May 2018).

Somewhere on this nightstand is the relic of Seraphim of Sarov that Francis venerates.

Ever wonder when the papal press conferences in the sky began?

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On this day in 1997 — Vatican Lights Its First Candle for Hanukkah

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy lights the first candle of Hanukkah on behalf 

of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican Gardens (24 December 1997).  Hanukkah 

songs and the Israeli national anthem “Hatikva” were sung.

Vatican Lights Its First Candle for Hanukkah

December 24, 1997|RICHARD BOUDREAUX | TIMES STAFF WRITER

VATICAN CITY — Building on its ties with Israel and its effort to reconcile Roman Catholics and Jews, the Vatican celebrated Hanukkah for the first time Tuesday, lighting a candle in a sheltered garden where popes have strolled for centuries.

"There is much darkness in the world around us. There is much need of light," declared Cardinal Edward Cassidy before lighting the candle on Pope John Paul II's behalf, shielded from a late afternoon drizzle by an aide holding an umbrella.

"It is our hope that these celebrations will bring much joy to the people of Israel, light to those who govern the state and peace to all who live within its borders," the Australian cardinal added.

Hanukkah is the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, and this year it officially launches a year of commemorations of Israel's 50th anniversary as a state. Israeli officials said the leaders of 33 nations, including the United States, also heeded their appeal to light Hanukkah candles Tuesday in honor of the anniversary.

In his Hanukkah message, President Clinton offered optimism for prospects in the Middle East and said, "May the candles of the menorah light our way to a true and lasting peace."

The Italian government, in an act of atonement, held its Hanukkah ceremony under Rome's Arch of Titus, built to celebrate the Roman Empire's destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi used the event to urge Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians.

But of all the worldwide celebrations, the one here near the brick embattlement that enclosed the Vatican in the 9th century was arguably the most poignant. It was blessed by a pope who has done more than any predecessor to rid his church of anti-Semitism but still faces criticism for not doing enough.

"This is an important chapter in that historic process of reconciliation," Aharon Lopez, Israel's ambassador to the Holy See, told a small gathering of dignitaries in the Vatican Gardens.

Hanukkah marks the victory by a small band of Jewish fighters 2,161 years ago over the Greco-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to impose its culture and adorn the Jewish Temple with statues of Greek gods.

According to legend, when the Jews tried to rekindle the temple's eternal flame, they found what they thought was enough oil for just one day. Instead, it lasted eight days. Jews celebrate the legend by lighting one candle on each of eight evenings on a ceremonial candelabra, or menorah, placed on windowsills in their homes.

Cassidy, head of the Vatican commission for relations with Jews, called the battle celebrated at Hanukkah "a victory of principle over compromise, of faith over power, of truth and sound moral living over the dazzling and seductive attractions of a wealthy and mighty empire, of the true God over false imitations of the divinity.

"These are values that Jews and Christians can and should share," he added.

The cardinal lighted a menorah that was borrowed from the Jewish Museum of Rome and set on a table by an olive tree. The tree was first planted in Jerusalem in 1965 to mark a retreat from the historic animosity between Catholics and Jews--the Second Vatican Council's declaration that Jews cannot be held responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

In June 1995, the tree was replanted in the Vatican Gardens as a symbol of Vatican-Israeli diplomatic relations, established 18 months earlier. Those ties were strengthened last month with an agreement placing Roman Catholic institutions in Israel under jurisdiction of Israeli law--a move that will make it easier for the church to acquire property there.

Since the start of his papacy in 1978, John Paul has reached out in other ways to Jews. On a visit to the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, he called the Holocaust the "Golgotha of our century." In Rome in 1986, he became the first pope to visit a synagogue.

And last month he declared that certain erroneous interpretations of the New Testament had fueled centuries of hostility toward Jews, to the point of numbing many Christians into passivity when they should have been resisting the Nazis' systematic slaughter of Jews across Europe.

"Our parents could certainly never have imagined that so much progress could have been made in [Catholic-Jewish] relations in such a short time after so many centuries of misunderstanding," said Tullia Zevi, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, adding that she was "overjoyed and moved" by Tuesday's candle lighting.

But Zevi was quick to point out, in remarks to reporters, that Jewish leaders still expect a Vatican apology for its own silence during the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was not mentioned in Tuesday's speeches here--by Cassidy and Msgr. Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican foreign minister, and by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Katzav. Neither did they discuss recent recriminations by some Jews against the Vatican for its alleged secrecy about its possible role in handling Nazi gold.

Instead, each side congratulated the other for its ecumenical spirit.

Unwrapping a Hanukkah gift from the Israelis, Cassidy found a brass menorah and admitted never having used one. He said he first realized he wanted one when Lindy Boggs, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, arrived last week with hers--awarded seven years ago by New Orleans Jewish women for her ecumenical work.

"I was jealous of Lindy Boggs," the cardinal said. "I thought, 'That's very unpleasant for me, being in charge of relations with Jews and not having a candle stand.' Now I'm very grateful to have one."

source: Los Angeles Times, Vatican Lights Its First Candle for Hanukkah

Vatican: From left to right: Foreign Minister Tauran, Cardinal Cassidy, 

Israel Tourism Minister Katzav, Israel Ambassador Lopez

Vatican: Cardinal Cassidy

source : Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Around the Globe

Chanukah Ceremonies at Vatican, Arch of Titus Are Full of Symbolism

December 25, 1997

ROME (Dec. 24)

Chanukah was ushered in in Rome this year with two unprecedented menorah-lighting ceremonies — one at the Vatican and one at the ancient Roman arch that is the symbol of the Jewish Diaspora.

After Rome’s Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff chanted the blessings, Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro lit the first candle of a huge menorah set up underneath the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum, near the Colosseum.

The arch was built to celebrate the Roman victory over the Jews and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. On its inner side it has a carving showing the menorah from the Temple being carried by Jews brought to Rome as slaves.

That carving is one of the most infamous images in Jewish history — so much so that for centuries Jews would not walk through the arch. The menorah as shown, however, was the basis for the one that became the symbol of the State of Israel.

“This evening, a circle closes,” said Israel’s ambassador to Italy, Yehudah Millo. “We are here at the arch not as slaves but as representatives of the independent, free State of Israel.”

The ceremony at the arch, organized by the Israeli Embassy in conjunction with Italian authorities, was an hourlong extravaganza that marked not only the beginning of Chanukah, but also kicked off celebrations that will take place during the coming year to mark the 50th anniversary of Israel.

Italy’s political elite took part in the ceremony, which drew a crowd of hundreds, most of them members of the 15,000-strong Roman Jewish community.

Two hours earlier, just after sunset, Vatican, Israeli and Italian Jewish representatives lit a 2-foot-high silver menorah, on loan from the Rome Jewish Museum, in the Vatican garden.

The lighting, the first time that a Chanukah candle was kindled at the Vatican, also was aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of Israel’s founding.

The ceremony took place next to an olive tree that was planted there in 1995 to mark the first anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Vatican and Israel.

The Vatican delegation was led by Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, who lit the candle as the personal representative of Pope John Paul II.

Cassidy praised the development of Jewish-Catholic relations since the historic Nostra Aestate declaration of 1965.

“It is because of our common heritage and values as faith communities that we have come together here this evening,” he said before lighting the candle.

“There is much darkness in the world in which we live,” he said, expressing the hope that light and peace would prevail.

Aharon Lopez, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, said the ceremony symbolizes “the portent of the normalization of our mutual relations” and also represents “an important chapter in the historic process of reconciliation between the Jews and the Catholic Church.”

The past anti-Semitism of the Catholic Church, as well as the Vatican role’s during the Holocaust era, has long been a subject of controversy. The latest development came earlier this month, when the Vatican denied it had stored money and gold for Croatian fascists after World War II.

A Vatican spokesman rejected calls for the Holy See to open its archives from that period.

source: Jewish Telegraph Agency, Chanukah Ceremonies at Vatican, Arch of Titus Are Full of Symbolism

Vatican Hanukkah menorah lighting

source: The Restoration of Israel: Christian Zionism in Religion, Literature, and Politics, p. 179.

For photos and commentary on this year’s Chanukkah lighting at the Vatican:

• A Pharisaic ‘Christmas’ — First night of Chanukkah celebrated in the Vatican

More on the background of Hanukkah, the menorah, and the Vatican:

• What is Hanukkah?

• Hanukkah: A Brief Introduction

• The Hanukkah Hoax and Hatred for Christmas

• the false light of Hanukkah

• The Menorah exhibit — “the emblem of Judaism par excellence” “in the heart of the Vatican”

• The symbolism of the gifts Francis received and gave while at the Great Synagogue of Rome

• the Vatican honors the menorah

Is Benedict XVI still in touch with John Paul II?

Benedict XVI being interviewed in the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

Benedict XVI was interviewed by Polish television on 16 October 2005.  It was his first television interview after his election.  During the interview the reporter asked Benedict XVI about his first homily which he gave to the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on 20 April 2005, specifically when he said, (underlines are ours for emphasis),

“Dear friends, this deep gratitude for a gift of divine mercy is uppermost in my heart in spite of all. And I consider it a special grace which my Venerable Predecessor, John Paul II, has obtained for me. I seem to feel his strong hand clasping mine; I seem to see his smiling eyes and hear his words, at this moment addressed specifically to me, "Do not be afraid!".”

Benedict XVI answered explaining,

“The Pope [John Paul II] was always very close to me through his writings [texts]: I see him and hear him speak, and I can be in a continuous dialogue with the Holy Father because he always speaks to me through these words; I also know the origin of many writings, I remember the conversations we had about one text or another. I can continue the dialogue with the Holy Father. Of course this proximity through the words is not just a proximity purely with the writings but also with the person; behind the writings I feel the Pope himself. A man who goes to the Lord does not leave; more and more I feel that, being with the Lord, he [John Paul II] is close to me also. Insofar as I am close to the Lord, I am close to the Pope and he helps me now to be close to the Lord. I try to enter into his ambience [atmosphere] of prayer, into his love for the Father, his love for the Mother of God, and I entrust myself to his prayers [intercession]. It is thus a continuous dialogue and a being-close-to-one-another — although in a new, yet also very profound, way.” (English translation is CMJ’s)

After reading this a few questions spring to mind:

• Was John Paul II holding Benedict XVI’s hand when he resigned?

• Did John Paul II whisper the incorrect Latin into Benedict XVI’s ear as he read his resignation?

• Did the deceased spirit of John Paul II help Benedict XVI clean up ‘gay lobby’?

• Did he tell him to have Wande Abimbola, head of the Yorùbá voodoo, come to Assisi?

• Is Benedict XVI in his retirement still in contact with this saint?

• Is this what is meant by the hermeneutics of continuity?

• Did he congratulate Benedict XVI for revealing the “Third Secret of Fatima”?

• Etc...

John Paul II in touch with Cardinal Ratzinger.

Cardinal Josef Ratzinger touching John Paul II.

Maybe they will touch hands again, one day soon...

Who does papal biographer George Weigel work for?

George Weigel writes in his autobiography, Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II,

“The cross beneath which I wrote Witness to Hope and The End and the Beginning is a framed reproduction of Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion.”

Here we have Chagall’s blasphemous portrayal of Jesus as a Hasidic ‘Christ denying’ Jew turning up once again.  Not only is this Francis’ favorite painting but George Weigel’s as well.   Why would a ‘Catholic’ write two biographies of John Paul II under a painting with the inscription, above a crucified Jesus, which is a Hebrew rabbinic acronym for, “May his name and his memory be wiped out”?

Who is Weigel revealing this fact for?  Looking at George Weigel’s behavior elsewhere: we see that he endorses the Kabbalistic Gnosis of Rabbi Abraham ‘I Want to Attack Christians’ Souls’ Heschel; has written, “Christian supersessionism — the notion that ‘the people of God of Israel has ceased to exist’ — is heresy and must be firmly rejected.”; has connections to IDF Intelligence and MEMRI (known for its fraudulent translations and cherry picking of Arabic clips) via Yigal Carmon; supports the Jonathan Institute’s creation the ‘War on Terror’; and associates with a slew of neo-cons among them Menahem Milson.

It’s obvious that Weigel isn’t a Catholic nor does he serve Jesus the Christ.  In his autobiography his occultic nod, like Francis, to Chagall’s blasphemous painting is a form of ritual mockery showing whom he serves.  This taken together with the other evidence shows that George serves Orthodox Judaic supremacists.


For more information see:

• CATHOLIC KULCHUR, GEORGE WEIGEL: LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

John Paul II would have had no problem with Amoris Laetitia

...as he gave communion to the twice divorced, thrice married, and famous Zen-Buddhist playboy conductor, Herbert von Karajan.

By now the five dubia of cardinals Caffarra, Burke, Brandmuller, and Meisner submitted to Francis should been seen for the side-show that they are.  Dubias #2, #4, and #5, all reference John Paul II’s Encyclical "Veritatis Splendor".  Why are they bringing up an encyclical which no one pays attention to, much less the author of it?   What speaks louder, the meaningless words of John Paul II or his actions?  Yes, John Paul II wrote this encyclical several years after the above video but we would bet that John Paul II continued to give communion to divorcees after it was written.  John Paul II never did public penance in reparation for this.  Why are the four cardinals pretending that John Paul II was anything other than a modernist?  This is duplicitous behavior on the part of the four cardinals.  How come none of the conservative religious media have pointed any of this out?

Amoris Laetitia is just another

hermeneutic of continuity!

That time a FSSPX priest stabbed John Paul II

On 12 May 1982 while in Fatima, Portugal, John Paul II was stabbed by Fr. Juan María Fernández y Krohn of the Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X (SSPX) with a bayonet.

the day Saint John Paul II was exorcised by a Mexican witch doctor

“To this day, I recall being in Mexico City with John Paul II in 2002 for the canonization Mass of Juan Diego, and watching a female Mexican shaman perform a dancing purification ritual on the pontiff with a bit of shrubbery during the Mass - in effect, the witch doctor exorcised John Paul. (Marini later explained that the ritual is part of traditional Mexican religiosity, arguing there’s a time-honored thrust in Christianity to “baptize” such expressions of popular faith.)”

— John L. Allen writing in New parlor game —

witchcraft incorporated into the new rite by a future saint

the entire mess

Related:

• A shaman visits Francis at the Vatican and works her sorcery during a private audience

The “purification of memory” — Martin Luther

A note from Call Me Jorge..., the term “purification of memory” was to our knowledge coined by John Paul II.  This concept is a central key to understanding his reign which consisted of traveling all over the world and asking the Church’s enemies for forgiveness.  The document, MEMORY AND RECONCILIATION: THE CHURCH AND THE FAULTS OF THE PAST (December 1999) explains it thus,

The purification of memory is thus “an act of courage and humility in recognizing the wrongs done by those who have borne or bear the name of Christian.” It is based on the conviction that because of “the bond which unites us to one another in the Mystical Body, all of us, though not personally responsible and without encroaching on the judgement of God, who alone knows every heart, bear the burden of the errors and faults of those who have gone before us.”

There is also another aspect to the “purification of memory” as written of by Alberto Carosa for The Catholic World Report, (underlines are ours for emphasis)

The papacy of John Paul II also signaled a new re-visiting of memory and tradition, which paved the way for reconciliation and peace-building, Cardinal Turkson explained, pointing specifically to the historical cases of Galileo and the Inquisition. In these cases John Paul spoke about “purifying memory”; we need not only to preserve history and build up memory, but there are times when particular incidents need to be revisited, re-interpreted, and sometimes even corrected, including asking for pardon when necessary.

We at Call Me Jorge... are guessing that Francis and the Vatican will soon purge the history books of the fact that Martin Luther is and was a heresiarch by throwing this inconvenient truth down the memory-hole.  After all, Francis has said Luther “made a medicine for the Church” and that Luther, “was a reformer.” Not only that, he told a private audience of Lutheran pilgrims, “that the Church’s greatest reformers are the saints” while sharing the stage of the Paul VI Audience Hall with a statue of Martin Luther.  Finally, this year the Vatican will commemorate the 500th anniversary of Luther’s Revolt by issuing a stamp in its honor.  And now onto the speech Francis gave to the participants at the conference promoted by the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, entitled “Luther: 500 Years Later: A rereading of the Lutheran Reformation in its historic ecclesial context”.

FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING PROMOTED BY
THE PONTIFICAL COMMITTEE FOR HISTORICAL SCIENCES:
"LUTHER: 500 YEARS LATER: 
A rereading of the Lutheran Reformation in its historic ecclesial context"

Clementine Hall
Friday, 31 March 2017

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Ladies and Gentleman,

I am pleased to greet all of you and to offer you a warm welcome. I thank Father Bernard Ardura for his introduction, which summarizes the purpose of your meeting on Luther and his reform.

I confess that my first response to this praiseworthy initiative of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences was one of gratitude to God, together with a certain surprise, since not long ago a meeting like this would have been unthinkable. Catholics and Lutherans together, discussing Luther, at a meeting organized by an Office of the Holy See: truly we are experiencing the results of the working of the Holy Spirit, who overcomes every obstacle and turns conflicts into occasions for growth in communion. From Conflict to Communion is precisely the title of the document of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission prepared for our joint commemoration of the fifth centenary of the beginning of Luther’s reform.

I am particularly happy to know that this commemoration has offered scholars from various institutions an occasion to study those events together. Serious research into the figure of Luther and his critique of the Church of his time and the papacy certainly contributes to overcoming the atmosphere of mutual distrust and rivalry that for all too long marked relations between Catholics and Protestants. An attentive and rigorous study, free of prejudice and polemics, enables the churches, now in dialogue, to discern and receive all that was positive and legitimate in the Reformation, while distancing themselves from errors, extremes and failures, and acknowledging the sins that led to the division.

All of us are well aware that the past cannot be changed. Yet today, after fifty years of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Protestants, it is possible to engage in a purification of memory. This is not to undertake an impracticable correction of all that happened five hundred years ago, but rather “to tell that history differently” (LUTHERAN-ROMAN CATHOLIC COMMISSION ON UNITY, From Conflict to Communion, 17 June 2013, 16), free of any lingering trace of the resentment over past injuries that has distorted our view of one another. Today, as Christians, all of us are called to put behind us all prejudice towards the faith that others profess with a different emphasis or language, to offer one another forgiveness for the sin committed by those who have gone before us, and together to implore from God the gift of reconciliation and unity.

I assure you of my prayers for your important historical research and I invoke upon all of you the blessing of God, who is almighty and rich in mercy. And I ask you, please, to pray for me. Thank you.

another interview with Francis

One hopes, or at least we at Call Me Jorge... hope that Francis gives up all forms of public speaking for Lent — homilies, interviews, off the cuff remarks, speeches, addresses, etc...  This will likely stay simply a wish.  Just before Lent began, Francis found time to fit in one more interview which was not about the Faith, nor about Lent, or Our Lord’s Passion but about his ‘humble’ self, the homeless, and the plight of the Moslem invaders living in Europe. The interview was conducted on 16 February 2017 in the Vatican by Stefano Lampertico the director of Scarp de’ tenis (Tennis Shoes), the magazine which some homeless sell in Milan, Italy.  Scarp de’ tenis is a monthly magazine conceived of and supported by Caritas Ambrosiana and Caritas Italiana in the diocese of Milan. 

Get the latest interview of Francis in Milan from people dressed in red bibs.

(Circa 2012) Hassad a homeless Moroccan and Robert a gypsy from Romania/Hungary sell Scarp de’ Tenis in Milan, Italy.  This is back when illegal immigrants had jobs in Italy and before the State put them on the dole.  Hopefully by now Hassad and Robert have assimilated to life in Italy or better yet, returned home.

Francis with Stefano Lampertico and Antonio Lampertico Mininni 

in Casa Santa Marta being interviewed for Scarp de’ tenis.

The interview Francis gave was titled “Mettiamoci Nelle Scarpe Degli Altri” (Let’s place ourselves in the shoes of others).  It consists of ten questions posed to Francis and his answers.  It is filled with the usual gospel according to Francis the ‘humble’ which consists of a claptrap of naturalistic and modernist garbage.  Among the lowlights:

• Francis feels pride in the way the Novus Ordo churches and schools have opened their doors to the homeless Moslem invaders and this is a step in accompanying them in their integration to Europe,

• Francis brings up one of his favorite Talmudic concepts ‘the other’ but with a twist connecting it to being in ‘the other’s’ shoes,

• When giving alms to the poor you need to touch their hands and look them in the eye,

• The Moslem invaders have the right to immigrate to our countries because we have exploited their homelands and haven’t built up enough employment opportunities for them in their native countries,

• Sweden is a positive example of integrating Moslem invaders into a country,

• Among Francis’ answers one gets the sense that he is trying to recreate in the world the native Argentina of past, where he grew up around immigrants or the children of immigrants which  shaped his faith experience profoundly,

• What Francis misses most about Argentina is going to the slums,

• It’s a quirk of fate that Francis was even born as his parents were to be on a ship which sank,

• The poor can change the world, as they are more raw and honest as well as show more solidarity than the rest of the human race, 

• The miraculous story of the homeless Polish priest, Caritas, and Saint John Paul II,

• Children know better than their parents do about feeding the homeless, and

• Francis expects to see many people during his upcoming trip to Milan.

We reiterate what we wrote above, Francis doesn’t mention saving souls or anything really pertaining to the spiritual element of Christianity.  He only touches corporal works of mercy and he doesn’t do a good job of even covering that properly from a Catholic perspective.  Examining one of Francis’ answers we see how idiotic it is.  Francis tells a story of children who befriend homeless people and bring them into the home to feed them when their parents are out.  The sense one gets when reading Francis’ answer is that these children are wiser than their parents.  This is a dangerous answer which Francis gives for several reasons.  Who are these homeless?  Criminals?  People who should be in mental institutions?  Child rapists?  Drug addicts?  Moslem invaders?  People down on their luck?  The answer to this is important but not to Francis.  Don’t parents have an obligation to protect and raise their children, often making decisions for them which are for their good even though they may not like them?  Instead, Francis sells his modernist program of trash and destruction on emotion.  The interview is filled with all sorts of prescriptions which only make one more sick and the disease worse than before.  How much longer until everyone sees that Francis is the emperor with no clothes?

The last time Scarp de’ tenis printed an interview with Francis it was conducted by the Dutch homeless newspaper, Straatnieuws. and published in several other magazines also sold by the homeless.  Francis said that he wanted “a world without poor” and his childhood dream was to become, “a butcher”.  Christ told us “the poor you have always with you” (Matthew 26,11) and Francis is certainly making mincemeat out of Catholic Tradition.

Saint John Paul II addresses B'nai B'rith in a 1996 private audience

Address of John Paul II 

to a Group of Representatives 

of the "B'nai B'rith International"

Monday, 11 March 1996

Dear Friends, 

I am pleased to welcome once more a group of representatives of B nai B'rith International. The significance of your visit lies in the fact that it is an opportunity for us all to re-commit ourselves to the joint efforts needed to build ever greater understanding and solidarity between Catholics and Jews. At a time when hopes for peace have again been jeopardized by recent terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, we must renew our prayer and our efforts to insist on what unites rather than on what divides and separates. 

An essential tool for advancing mutual understanding and creating an ever closer rapport between Catholics and Jews is education. In this education, an essential element from both of our traditions is memory. The memory of our respective traditions, of the good and the bad of past relations, should teach us humble faith and trusting hope. It should guide us as we seek "to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God" (Cfr. Mic. 6, 8). It will strengthen our responsibility and commitment. 

This is the path to which we are committed, and I pray that the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, will grant us his bounteous mercy and grace so that we may truly progress down this path together. Upon all of you I invoke abundant divine blessings.

Francis cold calls an Italian television show, Unomattina

“In this world where money is worshiped as the God, may Christmas helps us to look at the smallness of this God [the Christ-child] who has overturned the worldly values. I wish you a Holy Christmas, and happy, so happy Christmas. Hugs to all!”
— Francis to Italians on Unomattina —

Francis telephones ‘Unomattina’ (One Morning)

Video excerpt from Rai Play, Gli auguri di Papa Francesco a Unomattina

full video can be found at Rai Play, Unomattina, St 2016/17 Puntata del 22/12/2016.

• The official Vatican transcript of Francis’ telephone call

Calling a television talk show must now be ‘tradition’ since Francis is only following in the footsteps of his predecessors Saint John Paul the Great and Benedict XVI!

John Paul II calls Italian television program ‘Porta a Porta’ (Door to Door) on 13 October 1998

Benedict XVI teleconferences with Italian television program ‘A Sua Immagine’ (In His Own Image) 22 April 2011

• Official Vatican transcript of Benedict XVI’s television teleconference