So long twitter.

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Twitter came bearing gifts on Christmas Day.

What pushed Twitter’s overlords over the edge?

Intolerance of the Truth.

Surely, it’s only a coincidence that, the anti-Catholic and anti-Black,  ADL of B’nai B’rith (here, here) lobbied for and is a founding member of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council which seeks to limit free speech under the guise of it being hateful (here, here, here).

Colorized footage of Pope Leo XIII (1896)

Brother André Marie, MICM caught lying about Charles Coulombe’s Feeneyite corporation

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Coulombe’s biggest defenders are Feeneyites and self-named trads of the eCarnie circuit.

The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Richmond, New Hampshire have long been defenders of Charles A. Coulombe.  The reasons for this are simple — Coulombe is a Feeneyite, a religious brother of the St. Benedict Center, and CEO of the St. Benedict Center - West. 

Below is a recent exchange of tweets between Alistair McFadden and Brother André Marie (the Prior of St. Benedict Center in N.H., real name Louis Villarubia): 

Brother André Marie writes, “I don’t know. I have no responsibility for them. I’m not a fan of the gentleman or his weird ideas, but I certainly won’t participate in your campaign of nastiness regarding who sits on the board of directors of a secular corporation.” (Bold is CMJ's for emphasis.)

The “gentleman” Brother André Marie is referring to none other than Stephan A. Hoeller, a freemason theosophist gnostic bishop, and the “secular corporation” he is referring to is the Saint Benedict Center - West. 

What does the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary/Saint Benedict Center’s website have to say about the Saint Benedict Center’s West Coast location?

'The Church of Salvation' by Brother Leonard Mary, MICM, Catholicism.org, (4 Feb 2010)

 

 Brother Leonard Mary, M.I.C.M., Has Died, Catholicism.org, (25 Nov 2013)

 

 

Founded by a religious brother... Does that sound like “a secular corporation”?

Previously, it was pointed out that Hoeller’s name is on the article of incorporation and that in its most recent filing, thirty-three years later, Hoeller serves as Secretary of this corporation. That’s a long association with Saint Benedict Center - West. 

How do the documents of incorporation for the Saint Benedict Center West read?

“ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of SAINT BENEDICT CENTER - WEST A California Nonprofit Religious Corporation”

“This corporation is a religious corporation and is not authorized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Religious Corporation Law exclusively for religious purposes.”

 

“This corporation is organized exclusively for religious purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1984...”

 

“The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to religious purposes, as set forth in Article TWO above. No part of the net earnings of this corporation shall inure to the benefit of its directors, trustees, officers, private shareholders of members, or any individual.”

 

 

The State of California - Franchise Tax Board recognizes the Saint Benedict Center - West is a religious corporation too.

 

It should come as little surprise to anyone who has been paying attention, that Brother André Marie refers to the religious corporation of Saint Benedict Center - West as “a secular corporation” as Brother André Marie, the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Richmond, New Hampshire and their corresponding Saint Benedict Center were the ones who rehabilitated Coulombe’s image the first time he was busted by the SSPX as a Feeneyite occultist in the 1990s. 

It‘s obvious the entire purpose of calling the Saint Benedict Center - West, “a secular corporation” is to deflect attention away from the fact that the Feeneyites are intimately connected to the grand poobah of gnosticism - Stephan A. Hoeller; a Feeneyite brother regularly divines tarot cards in a theosophical lodge with Hoeller; and he also participates in activities of the Gnostic Society in Los Angeles run by Hoeller. Anyone who points this out is, “participat[ing] in [a] campaign of nastiness”! 

 

One only need look to the example set by the excommunicated Catholic priest, Leonard Feeney, to see that truth and Feeneyism are diametrically opposed.

As Alistair McFadden tweeted, “Someone's telling porkies...!”

Louis Villarubia — Feeneyite extraordinaire

Another Epic Fail in Taylor Marshall’s ‘Infiltration’

Marshall writes that Pope Saint Pius X was Polish!

Infiltration - Chapter Six

 

Yes, he really wrote that.

It’s not something so important that it invalidates, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within, but it demonstrates once again, the sloppiness and the lack of research in Marshall’s own words of, “The greatest literary accomplishment of my life”.

So where does this tall tale originate from? None other than the flim-flam philanderer, Malachi Martin. It comes from his book, The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Domination Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev & The Capitalist West, published in 1990.  On pages 535 & 536 one reads this lie along with a slew of others. 

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p. 535, The Keys of This Blood

p. 536, The Keys of This Blood

 

This should come as no surprise as Martin was known for his gift of blarney and tailored his lies to his audience claiming: John XXIII wrote the Christians’ blood-libel & Jews are God prayer; Roman soldiers sodomized Our Lord before crucifying Him; God acts through Kabbalists; that he served as John XXIII’s emissary to Mao Tse-Tung; that a “superforce” surrounded John Paul II and tied his hands; that he was the confessor for John XXIII; God could have incardinated as a cow; Gematria is good when used properly by the rabbis; that two of the Catholic Church’s deficiencies are lack of women and a theology of love; that he was consecrated by Pius XII as a secret bishop; that an integral part of Catholicism is antisemitism; etc... Martin was a master at sowing confusion and misdirection with his juicy tales.

This legend was popularized and spread around the world so much by Martin’s readers, that in 2013 a meeting took place in Opole, Poland on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of Sarto's election as pope and the centenary of his death, which “wanted to prove that there were two popes of Polish origin in history”. This meeting concluded however, “without a shadow of a doubt... Pius X's family came from Italy” and  “the hypotheses about Pius X’s Silesian origin should finally be rejected.”

The Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences in 2016 issued a book, Genealogia dei desideri. Pio X nella memoria del popolo dell'alta Slesia / Genealogia pragnień. Pius X w pamięci ludności Górnego Śląska, on this subject. The English title would be, A Genealogy of wishes/desires. Pius X in memory of the people of Upper Silesia.

Genealogia dei desideri. Pio X nella memoria del popolo dell'alta Slesia

 

Returning to Taylor Marshall and his copy-and-paste book, Infiltration, imagine if he had used a search engine and asked a simple question. He would have come up with something like the following:

 

Or he would have found this excellent website on Pope St. Pius X which contains the genealogy of the Sarto family all the way back to the 15th century and his parents’ marriage certificate, both of which show what Malachi Martin and Taylor Marshall wrote to be false.

Genealogy of the Sarto Family going back to the 15th century.

Marriage certificate of Pope Saint Pius X’s parents.

Considering his history, the fact that anyone listens to, reads, or donates money to Taylor Marshall is sad. Their time would be better spent reading the writings of saints, praying the Rosary, or attending Holy Mass.

 

 

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• gnosticism from Dr. Taylor Marshall
• A Holy Land Pilgrimage with Taylor Marshall
• Who are the people that Taylor Marshall thanks in his books ‘The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (The Origins of Catholicism, Volume 1)’ & ‘Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within’?
• Infiltration — Who is really doing it?
• Taylor Marshall, “[Infiltration] is the greatest literary accomplishment of my life!”
• Sins of omission are the worst kind...for a scholar.
• Taylor Marshall thanks occultist infiltrator, Charles A. Coulombe, in Acknowledgements of ‘Infiltration’

 

Lesbian Methodist Mayor of Chicago goes to Holy Communion at the funeral of Officer French with Cardinal Cupich looking on

Cupich in the lead.

Mayor Lightfoot was first in line.

And the smoking gun.

Lori Lightfoot the lunatic lesbian Mayor of Chicago and member of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church receives Holy Communion at the funeral of Officer Ella French as Talmudic Space Cadet Cardinal Blase Cupich oversees the mess.

clip from - LIVE: Funeral for fallen CPD Officer Ella French


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What could be so important that Francis interrupted his weekly adulation session?

 

Pope gets a phone call during the Audience. Haven’t seen this before. Then he quickly leaves and says he will be back. pic.twitter.com/npCuPzdnxP

— The Catholic Traveler (@MountainButorac) August 11, 2021

It was Abp. Edgar Robinson Peña Parra, Substitute for the Secretariat of State, who was involved in the recent scandal of mismanagement during the acquisition of a € 300 million building in London. Still no word on what the phone call was about. Interesting that Francis uses an Apple iPhone.

Vatican issues stamp commemorating the ‘613 Talmudic commandments’ under the guise of honoring interreligious dialogue

 

The above stamp is of Francis giving a Yemeni Sifra to Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni at the Great Synagogue of Rome as a gift and was issued on 22 February 2021. The stamp was issued as one of four in the Interfaith Dialogue Efforts of Pope France series and is to celebrate the 9th year of Francis pontificate.

 

Francis’ halakhic gift

The gift Francis gave the rabbis at the synagogue was reported by L’Osservatore Romano as “a 14th century commentary on the book of Leviticus”,  and by Catholic Philly as being “a codex containing five pages of Jewish biblical commentary”.  Both of these are incorrect but L’Osservatore Romano correctly states that Francis presented the rabbis with Codex Vaticano Ebraico 700.  This name can also be read in photos where it is printed Vat. Ebr. 700 on a sheet of paper.  One can go to the Digital Vatican Library and search many items that have been scanned from the Vatican’s library.  There one finds Vat. Ebr. 700 listed in the archived manuscripts where it states that it is from the 12th to 13th century and that Vat. Ebr. 700 is a Sifra. (Elsewhere we discovered that it is of Yemeni origin.) So what is a Sifra?  It is to put it simply a Halakhic Midrash.  So what does that mean?  Wikipedia states, “Midrash halakha (Hebrew: הֲלָכָה‎) was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah [i.e. Talmud] study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot (commandments) by identifying their sources in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), and by interpreting these passages as proofs of the laws' authenticity.”  In other words, the Sifra is a “a hermeneutic of camouflage,” aimed at presenting oral traditions [Talmudic] as though they were Scripture-based injunctions.  Why would the rabbis be so excited to receive Codex Vaticano Ebraico 700?  The reason is that the 613 mitzvot or laws which Talmudic Jews are required to follow were codified and enumerated by Maimonides and this very rare manuscript on the 613 mitzvot was written within Maimonides’ lifetime.  It’s all together another question as to why the Vatican is in possession of this manuscript.

 A page of the Codex Vaticano Ebraico 700.

Talmudic math which proves that the 613 mitzvot are of Biblical origin just
like the 10 Commandments, taken from cover of a book on the 613 mitzvot.

Excerpted from: The symbolism of the gifts Francis received and gave while at the Great Synagogue of Rome or Francis’ occult day at the synagogue (6 June 2017).

 

Archbishop Lefebvre - A Documentary

 

courtesy of the Society of St. Pius X

Q: Guess who is happy about ‘Traditionis Custodes’?

A: None other than the merchant of bigotry, name-calling, and Christ-denial himself.

source: twitter@FoxmanAbraham, 19 July 2021

Charles A. Coulombe & Satanic holidays

Haunted Places in America: A Guide to Spooked and Spooky Public Places in the United States (2004) - Charles A. Coulombe

Considering that Charles Coulombe: practices tarot card divinization at a theosophical lodge; attends Halloween parties sponsored by the Gnostic Society; likes The Gnostic Society of Los Angeles on social media; enjoys occult movies; channels the Amazing Criswell who he is also obsessed with; rubs shoulders with gnostics socially and gives them lectures on everything but Catholicism; all the while he is a Feeneyite religious brother who has a gnostic bishop serve on the board of the nonprofit corporation he co-founded for his religious order, we should look at Coulombe’s every move with suspicion. 

Charles Coulombe wrote a book, Haunted Places in America: A Guide to Spooked and Spooky Public Places in the United States. There are several peculiar items in it such as: the first quote in the book is from a Catholic occultist and the second from an Anglican priest; Coulombe feels “privileged” to go on a “ghost hunt” with psychics and parapsychologists where he uses “divining rods” and to boot he brings along his nephew — Guy; that those who go to haunted places and come away encountering something strange are one of the “lucky” ones; and Coulombe believes that hauntings are caused by souls, demons, or another race of beings. What really sticks out is the dates on which Coulombe wrote the Introduction and the Afterword and how he chose to write them.

 

Introduction

 

Afterword

In The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey) in the section Religious Holidays writes, “After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween (or All Hallows’ Eve).”

 

Considering that the Introduction and the Afterword are dated on two of the three major Satanic holidays and the only photo Charles Coulombe has posted of himself celebrating his birthday just happens to be at the [Annie] Besant Lodge, plus his history with the occult and gnostics, we have to conclude that something isn’t right with Coulombe spiritually or morally.  How much longer can Coulombe use excuses such as: it was only a coincidence; I was taken out of context; they are haters; or equivocate it away before Catholics wake up?

 

Birthday in the Lodge

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(pp. 96-98) The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey

 

Francis adds another book by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to his private Judaica Library

Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel giving Francis a book.

On 29 January 2018, Francis kicked off the Rome International Conference on the Responsibility of States — Institutions and Individuals in the Fight against Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Area (see here & here for more details) with an audience at the Vatican for the delegates and speakers.  Francis told those in attendance, “I offer you a warm welcome and thank you for your presence here. I am grateful for the noble aim that brings you here: to reflect together, from varying points of view, on the responsibility of States, institutions and individuals in the struggle against anti-Semitism and crimes associated with anti-Semitic hatred.”  After addressing the group, he exchanged pleasantries and posed for photos with the delegates.

One particular person stood out during the meet-and-greet, Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel, who came bearing a gift for Francis.  Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel is the son of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (aka Rabbi Adin Even-Israel — he changed his name at the suggestion of the Rebbe — Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson) who Francis previously met in Vatican on 5 December 2016.  The day after meeting with Adin Steinsaltz, the rabbi suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.  His son Menachem is the Executive Director of Shefa (Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications) — Rabbi Steinsaltz's umbrella organization.  During the previous meeting Rabbi Steinsaltz gave Francis a copy of Excerpt from the Talmud Tractate Berachot which discusses the minutiae of the ‘Shema’ that Francis is obsessed about and the ‘Birkat Kohanim’ he has publicly performed.  It’s safe to say that Rabbi Steinsaltz sent his son as his emissary as he was recovering from the aforementioned stroke at the time.  The book which Francis is so happy to be receiving from Rabbi Adin Even-Israel is HaTanakh HaMevo'ar Daniel Ezra Nehemia and in Hebrew.   This leaves us at Call Me Jorge... with the thought that Francis was getting this book of Rabbi Steinsaltz’s because of their previous conversation.  Francis can read Hebrew and speak it too.  Also, Francis already has Hebrew books in his collection and has seen to it that the key documents between the Vatican, the Talmudic Jews, and the Holocaust (dating back to 1965) were translated into Hebrew as well as his book (containing blasphemies) with Rabbi Abraham Skorka.

Advertisement for the book by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

HaTanakh HaMevo'ar Daniel Ezra Nehemia

Here’s the publisher’s description of the work:

“Like his edition of the Talmud, The Steinsaltz Tanakh is a work of monumental and prodigious brilliance that took years to complete. Fueled with a lifelong mission to make learning accessible to Jews of all backgrounds, Rabbi Steinsaltz included a treasure trove of information to make the books of Tanakh clear, concise, user friendly, and above all, enticing students to delve even deeper.

Now you can learn Daniel, Ezra and Nehemia with Rabbi Steinsaltz’s clarifications on King David’s verses, including scientific explanations, background notes on flora and fauna, historical information, and much more.”

The publisher continues in a flyer that HaTanakh HaMevo'ar Daniel Ezra Nehemia contains, “Verse-by-verse elucidations written in clear, simple language to make the text as accessible as possible” and “supplemental background materials, cross-references found elsewhere in Tanakh, alternative interpretations, enriching ideas from Midrash and Jewish philosophers, linguistic notes, and more.”  The book also features the Tanahkh commentary of Rashi (aka Shlomo Yitzchaki, Salomon Isaacides, Salomon de Troyes) (A.D. 1040-1105).

Did Francis just receive HaTanakh HaMevo'ar Daniel Ezra Nehemia or 

did he receive the entire Koren Steinsaltz Tanakh HaMevoar Set?

Rashi also wrote commentary for what became the standard Talmud still used today.  He’s another who believes all sorts of blasphemies about Our Lord (such as believing Jesus to be in hell for harming Israel) and the Blessed Mother. His commentaries are one of the foundations of Talmudic Judaism which seeks to nullify the Word of God and twist it into the desires and fantasies of the rabbis. Rashi was very influential among ‘Christian Kabbalists’ (CMJ uses this term only because historians do) as well as the Franciscan monk, Nicholas of Lyra, who copied from him copiously and spread his ideas. One of the most notable persons who picked up Rashi’s ideas from Nicholas of Lyra was Martin Luther.  As we wrote in the post, Talmudic Jewish Supremacism,

“Rashi, a rabbi from 11th century France who is highly esteemed by Talmudists as being an elite practitioner of PaRDeS. The technique of PaRDeS “is a rabbinic literary invention, whereby each word of the Torah has four levels of interpretation: the literal meaning, peshat, a more subtle or hinting reading, remez, a creative commentary, drash, and a totally hidden or mysterious meaning, sod.” In other words Rashi was great at nullifying what the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) says and twisting it through PaRDeS to what the rabbi wanted it to say.”

We know from a past interview with Rabbi Abraham Skorka that Francis studied Torah with the rabbi.  Francis’ favorite figure is Abraham because he questioned God and challenged God.  After all, it should become clearer why Francis relished telling children that he had “the audacity to rebuke Jesus”.  Lastly, there is the big problem that the Tanakh (aka Hebrew Bible or Masoretic Text) wasn’t composed until after Jesus the Christ ascended to heaven and the destruction of Jerusalem happened!

Sometime around A.D. 95 Akiba ben Yosef (aka Rabbi Akiva) drew up the canon which would became the Tanakh.  Rabbi Akiva believed Bar Kochba was the messiah.  He had hired a man named Aquila to translate from Hebrew to Greek, the rabbinical version of the Old Testament which included the Halakahic laws.  Let’s see a rabbi who believes in a false messiah, the insane man-made Halakahic laws, and set out to write his canon to destroy the credibility of the Gospels — all of which became the foundation for the Tanakh... sounds like a work which is right up Francis’ alley!  It’s no wonder that Francis is reading this book and that L'Osservatore Romano recommended daily Talmud and Tanakh lessons back in 2013!

“The Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible was consolidated in Tiberias in the 10th century and codified by Aaron Ben Asher... The final stamp of sacred authorization was given to the Masoretic text by Maimonides.”

Bible Studies / The Things That You're Liable to Read in the Bible, Haaretz, (3 April 2011)

Look it’s another one of Francis’ favorite Talmudic Jews, the Rambam (aka Moses ben Maimon, Maimonides).  Francis in 2004 stated he admires Maimonides’ open attitude towards other faiths.  What was Moses Maimindes ‘open attitude’?  “Maimonides is on record, in his commentary on the Mishnah, calling for the execution of all Christians and hoping that the name of Jesus, the “name of the wicked, shall rot.””  Four years later the Talmudic Jews in Argentina would award Jorge Mario Bergoglio with the Maimonides Award for Inter-religious Dialogue.

As we have covered here recently, Francis isn’t ignorant, in fact he is the opposite being very well read.  He has exhaustively studied and understand all facets of what he teaches.  Conservatives in the religious media are often puzzled at why Francis teaches un-Catholic beliefs in his homilies, catechesis, interviews, and speeches.  They overlook the elephant that is standing in the room because it is too simple an answer.  This isn’t difficult to figure out, it’s quite easy.  Go to the Vatican’s website and check the “Bollettino quotidiano” to find out who will be visiting Francis that day.  Next browse over to “Servizio Fotografico Vaticano” and peruse the photos from the visitors to see what books were given to Francis.  Lastly, look up the books and read them to compare with the ideas Francis has been sharing.   The one thing which turns up time and time again is a rabbi bearing a gift of anti-Catholic books which Francis happily accepts.

Hasidic rabbis pass on rabbinic policies with gifts of books and brief off-the-record directives.

Adin Steinsaltz receives a Tanya from Rebbe Schneerson - 5 February 1990

As one can plainly see Francis is interested and glad to be receiving another book by Rabbi Steinsaltz.

One photo of Francis says it all

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Three Jesuits: Francis, and Arturo Sosa (the Superior General of the Jesuits), and Pascal Calu (a Belgian Jesuit at the General Curia in Rome) tell jokes on 3 May 2021.

 

 

A photo of Francis in meeting room on the floor he uses as his apartment in Casa Santa Marta hotel says all you need to know about him. See his favorite blasphemous painting behind him which reads, “May his name and memory be blotted out” on the placard above the crucified Jesus.

 

In the book, El Jesuita: Conversaciones con el cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, Francis states, “The White Crucifixion, Chagall, who was a Jewish believer, is not cruel (but) it is hopeful. Pain is shown there calmly. I believe that it is one of the most beautiful things he painted.”  Blasphemy in Francis’ eyes is beauty and ‘blotting out the name and memory’ of Jesus the Christ gives him hope. This should come as no surprise as Francis is a traditionalist, albeit a rabbinical one.

 Close up view of Francis and Chagall’s blasphemous painting.

The Talmudic acronym YESHU for Jesus Christ which means “may his name and his memory be blotted out.”

source: twitter@pcalu, 4 May 2021

 

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Malachi Martin — agent for the American Jewish Committee at Vatican II

Malachi Martin's Double Agent Status Documented

By John Grasmeier
Angelqueen.org
June, 2007

Angelqueen.org has obtained numerous incriminating documents proving not only that Malachi Martin was indeed the infamous Vatican II “double agent,” but also that his duplicitous activities during the Council ran far deeper than had been previously thought.

Background

During the Second Vatican Council, Martin acted as an assistant and translator to Cardinal Augustin Bea, head of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity (SPCU). At the time, a major focus of the SPCU was the Jewish declaration portion of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II document that addressed the Church’s relations with other religions. Cardinal Bea would later be referred to by Archbishop Lefebvre as an “instrument of betrayal.”

In January of 1966, Look Magazine ran an article entitled “How the Jews Changed Catholic Thinking,” a lengthy, in-depth look at the influence various Jewish lobbying groups had over the final draft of Nostra Aetate. In the article, Senior Editor Joseph Roddy tells of an unnamed Jesuit priest who held a key position in Rome during the time the Second Vatican Council was in session. The priest, described as a “double agent who “could never turn down work” and a “savior in the diaspora,” would use his position to gather and disseminate inside information to the secular press and the Jewish lobbying groups, who would in turn use that information in their efforts to influence the Council fathers – particularly the progressive American bishops. Although the priest’s actual name is withheld, several pseudonyms he used for his various activities are revealed.

As “Michael Serafian,” he wrote “The Pilgrim” (Ferrar, Straus & Giroux, 1964), a tell-all book on the politics, key figures and inner dealings of the council. As “F.E. Cartus,” he penned two timely articles, one for Harper’s Magazine and one for the American Jewish Committee’s influential intellectual periodical “Commentary.” As “Pushkin,” he would feed “inside tips and tactical leaks,” often in the form of notes slipped under doors, to journalists of major media organizations.

This all took place many years before Malachi Martin became a cult figure and public author who wrote books under his own name. Although word began to get around in certain circles that Martin and the pen-names were one in the same, it wasn’t until 5 years after he left Rome, when he wrote “The Encounter” (Ferrar, Straus & Giroux), that the first solid nexus was made between Martin and the double-agent priest. On the back cover of The Encounter, it states clearly that Malachi Martin did indeed write “The Pilgrim” under the pseudonym Michael Serafian.

Despite the indisputable self-admission that Michael Serafian was Martin’s pen name, many of his devoted fans would claim that there was no evidence that he was the mole priest identified in the Look article who wrote for the American Jewish Committee and used his position in Rome to pass sensitive information to the press. What follows, will indisputably show not only that Martin was the double-agent priest in the Look article, but that the “warm friendship with the AJC” described by Joe Roddy was far warmer than anyone, including Roddy, had suspected.

The documents referenced below were made available to AQ by the Manuscripts Department of the New York Public Library. They are part of the Ferrar, Straus & Giroux collection, which contains correspondence and documentation on the publishing company’s dealings with many of its authors. They are available to any and all. None have been altered in any way shape or form.

THE DOCUMENTS

Exhibit A: Setting up the Swiss bank account – This memo, dated March 19, 1964 was written by FSG treasurer Robert Wohlforth (RW) and sent to Robert Straus (RWS). Roger Straus was the president of Ferrar, Straus and Giroux and the sole heir to the Guggenheim fortune. The memo describes a discussion the two had regarding “The Pilgrim contract” and what steps needed to be taken to set up a Swiss bank account.

Exhibit B: Zachariah Shuster receives royalty payments from Martin’s book, “The Pilgrim” – This extraordinarily fascinating sheet of paper must be colloquially described as the proverbial “doozey.” It’s a Ferrar, Straus and Giroux royalty statement listing payouts and deductions for The Pilgrim. Only instead of the payee being the author of the book, Malachi Martin (aka Michael Serafian), the payee just happens to be Zachariah Shuster of the American Jewish Committee.

Exhibit C: Zachariah Shuster wonders where the check is – Zachariah Shuster of the American Jewish Committee writes a letter to FS&G treasurer wondering why a check that was destined for a Swiss bank account hasn’t yet arrived. He follows up with a confirmation then receives a response from Ferrar, Straus and Giroux treasurer Robert Wohlforth.

Exhibit D: Martin’s services are requested by the AJC – Here we have Marc Tanenbaum, Director of Interreligious Affairs for the AJC, accepting a gracious offer from Roger Straus to use Malachi Martin as he sees fit. Tanenbaum thinks the idea is a good one, stating that “Serafian (Martin) could provide a genuine service if he were to deal with the crucial issue of the deicide problem…” Although the hoped for late summer deadline would not be met, in the January 1965 issue of the AJC publication, Commentary, Martin, as F.E. Cartus, writes an article entitled “Vatican II and the Jews,” At the beginning of the third paragraph, it reads in part as follows:

“Roman Catholic believers drew a whole range of practical conclusions from these premises. The Jews as a people-not only the Jews of Christ’s time but Jews of all time-were guilty of having killed Christ, the God-man: theologically speaking, they were deicides.”

Not only does Martin dutifully write the article (containing a vast amount of insider information) as requested, but he exceeds all expectations when he fabricates a statement on the Jews that he attributes to Pope John XXIII, claiming it was written shortly before his death and was to be read on a set date in all Catholic Churches worldwide. That story HERE.

Also of note is Tanenbaum referring to three ”secret memoranda” submitted by the AJC to Cardinal Bea.

Exhibit E: Robert Straus receives Martin’s assignment from the AJC – Robert Straus acknowledges receiving Tanenbaum’s letter and notes that he simultaneously had received the assignment for “The Pilgrim” to write the article for the AJC publication.

Exhibit F: Roger Straus wants to discuss Martin with Podhorez – Roger Straus wishes to discuss a letter from Michael Serafian (Malachi Martin) with Norman Podhorez, the editor of Commentary – the publication where the article was to appear. It’s unclear what is meant when Straus states they should discuss the matter as a “possible post mortem.” Perhaps he was referring to the fact that the hoped for timeframe of late summer couldn’t be met.

Exhibit G: Straus makes undeniable connection between Martin and F.E. Cartus – Roger Straus writes to a British publisher telling him to look for an article by pseudonym Michael Serafian (Martin) that will appear in the September 1965 issue of Harper’s Magazine. As promised, an article by F.E. Cartus entitled “The Vatican Council Ends – Reform on borrowed time?” by F.E. Cartus appears in the September edition of Harpers.

Exhibit H: An ledger with interesting transactions – A ledger that was created to show “actual payments to or in (sic) behalf of Michael Serafian,” offers some interesting insights. On line 1, it shows the check sent to Zachariah Shuster on June 25, 1964 (see Exhibit C). On line 3, it shows the net royalty payment that is shown on line 29 of the document at Exhibit B. On line 2, it shows another payment to Zachariah Shuster that does not have any corresponding documentation in the FS&G collection. On line 5, it shows a payment of $500 to Abe Karlikow. Abe Karlikow was the director of the American Jewish Committee’s European office, based in Paris, France. On line 9, it shows Martin’s last payment as being on June 7, 1965. Just a few weeks later, on June 24, 1965, Martin would receive a $7,350 (around $48,000 in 2007 dollars) fellowship grant from the Harry F. Guggenheim foundation. The founder of that foundation, Harry Frank Guggenheim, just so happens to be Roger Straus’ uncle on his mother’s side.

In Summary

There is no doubt whatsoever that the double agent described in the Look article by Joseph Roddy was in fact Malachi Martin. The document at exhibit G undeniably ties Michael Serafian – who is undeniably Malachi Martin – to the F.E Cartus pseudonym.

Joe Roddy was somewhat remiss, in that the relationship between Martin and the American Jewish Committee was far more than “warm friendship.” The relationship was outright collusive. Zachariah Shuster and Abe Kalikow were receiving payments on Martin’s behalf that were laundered through a Swiss bank account set up specifically for that purpose. Marc Tanenbaum requested custom propaganda for the AJC periodical “Commentary,” which Martin happily provided. Shuster and Kalikow were attached to the European office of the AJC in Paris, France, which just so happens to be where Martin fled to after he left Rome.

Martin was paid well for his services. According to the Straus ledger (exhibit H), during the latter half of 1964, he received a total of $3,651.03. According to the Federal Reserve consumer price index calculator, that would equal $24,202.80 today. In the first half of 1965, he received $4,282.85, which works out to $27,940.50 in 2007 dollars. Immediately after receiving his last payment from Straus in June of ’65, Martin receives a grant from Straus’ uncle’s foundation for $7,350 or $47,950 adjusted to 2007. In fairness to Martin, it must be noted that he took that grant in monthly payments over 15 months following the time it was awarded to him. The fact remains however, in the year’s time that spanned from June of ’64 and June of ’65, Martin was paid, granted, or received on his behalf at least $100,000 adjusted for inflation. This sum only includes what has been documented by AQ as being paid from Guggenheim and FS&G from in that one year span. It does not include other payments, if any, from Guggenheim and FS&G that AQ doesn’t have a record of. It does not include any payments Martin would have received for writing the articles for Commentary and Harpers. It does not include any other possible income sources. In the summer of 1963, Robert Kaiser claims that Martin “always had a wallet was stuffed with hundred dollar bills,” that he believed was provided by the AJC. In any case, he most certainly didn’t do the AJC’s bidding for free. It’s more than safe to assume that Martin had income aside from that which AQ has been able to document 40 years after the fact.

While Malachi Martin was supposed to be working on behalf of Holy Mother Church, the Holy See and his brother and sister Catholics, he was working for secular publishers, secular media organization and Jewish interest groups.

 

For more on Malachi Martin see The Malachi Martin Dossier.