Robert Allen (syndicated columnist)
New York (RAP) June 14, 2014 - A storm of protests by Neo-Catholics who consider being called "Neo-Catholics" the moral equivalent of the N-word led Wikipedia editors to suppress their entry on "Neo-Catholicism" today at 23:25 PM EST. The previous attempt at a similar entry was deleted on February 16th of this year.
We managed to track down one of the original contributors to the Wikipedia entry on "Neo-Catholicism," Daniel Ferrara, and one of the opponents of the article who successfully lobbied for its deletion, Chuck Shea, who both consented to be interviewed in a conference call:
Robert Allen: Welcome gentlemen. Are you both online with us now? Yes? Good.
Mr. Shea, if we could start with you, we understand that you've been pushing for some time to have this Wikipedia entry suppressed. Can you tell us why?
Chuck Shea: Abso-frickin'-lutely. Calling someone a "Neo-Cath" or "Neo-Catholic" is like using the N-word or calling a fag a "fag." It's hate speech.
R.A.: Can you explain why you think so?
C.S.: Damn skippy. When these frickin' Rad-Trads call us "Neo-Caths," they're sayin' that we're not r-e-e-e-e-l Catholics like they think they are. Frickin' bigots! They're sayin' we're second class citizens in the Church, or not citizens at all.
R.A.: Mr. Ferrara, maybe you'd like to step in and explain your side of the debate. Do you find it insulting to be called a "Rad-Trad," and why do you call people like Mr. Shea "Neo-Caths"? What exactly do you man when you say that?
Daniel Ferrara: Yes, of course. Well, I'd rather just be called a "Catholic," but since I believe Catholics adhere to Catholic tradition, and should do so radically, I would say that it's a label we are willing to wear with pride.
We came up with the term "Neo-Catholic" to refer to those Catholics, like Mr. Shea, who, sometimes through no fault of their own, think that dancing the Hokey pokey during the rite of peace or jabbering nonsense like Pentecostals in the middle of Mass are things that Pope Pius XII would have been comfortable with.
R.A.: So you ...
C.S.: [Interrupting] Sonofabitch! You foam-at-the-mouth Rad-Trads are so sneering condescending! You are so frikin' stuck in the stale, stone-cold petrified traditions of the past! Don't you realize that Catholic teaching develops? H-e-l-l-o!!! Have you ever heard of Cardinal Newman??? Duhh!! Can you spell "doctrinal d-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t"?
R.A.: Let me see if I understand you gentlemen correctly. So Mr. Shea, you maintain that the changes in the Church and liturgy following the Second Vatican Council are natural "developments" of Church teaching and that they don't represent a break with earlier Catholic traditions, is that right?
C.S.: Damn skippy. Now that garbage about the Hokey Pokey is just a smoke screen.
D.F.: What about your so-called "speaking in tongues" by charismatics?
C.S.: The Charismatic Renewal is part of the New Pentecost and Springtime of the New Evangelization following Vatican II, you idiot. Even Pope Francis has shown this by recently speaking at a Charismatic conference in Rome.
R.A.: Let me now move over to you, then Mr. Ferrara. If I understand your position correctly, what you maintain is that many of the changes embraced by those you call "Neo-Catholics" since Vatican II are not natural "developments" of traditional Catholic teaching, properly speaking, but departures from it in various ways, is that right?
D.F.: That's right. So by going along with everything from babbling incoherently and calling it a "charism," to holding hands during the Our Father and kissing and hugging and flashing peace-signs at their neighbours during the rite of peace, and talking to Protestants as though they're just another "denomination" in the Church, they're breaking with Catholic tradition. It's simply Modernism. They reject Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors and accept the new "Counter-Syllabus" of Vatican II. That's why we call them "Neo-Caths." They think they have the "New and improved" version of Catholicism. They think they're "new-and-improved" Catholics. They use a new Mass. Gathering Hymns, anyone?
C.S.: You think you're so clever, don't you, you blithering stuck-in-the-mud Rad-Trad bigot! What a sorry, depressed live you must lead! What's wrong with "gathering hymns" or any of the things you just mentioned? How dare you call us "Neo-Caths," as thought we've broken with Catholic tradition? That's nothing short of pure defamation!
D.F.: If the shoe fits, wear it.
C.S.: I question the authenticity of your faith. If that shoe fits, wear that, buddy!
R.A.: We're just out of time, gentlemen. On behalf of Road Apples Press, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us today. We hope to ...
C.S.: [Interrupting] If I could just get in a closing word with your audience about my website. Go to the "gear" link at the top of the page, and you can buy T-shirts, coffee mugs, buttons, barbecue aprons and all sorts of cool stuff with slogans like: "I'd Rather be Roasting Self-absorbed Promethean Neo-pelagians"! You would be supporting our ministry by doing so. Thanks for your business. God bless!
Friday, June 20, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
"Liturgical niggers not welcome" Archdiocese of NY tells traditionalists
Robert Allen (syndicated columnist)
New York (RAP) June 13, 2014 - Fr. David Duke, a liaison of the public relations office of the Archdiocese of New York, generously consented to grant us an interview today over the events surrounding the dismissal of Fr. Justin Wylie from the Archdiocese of New York.
Robert Allen: Fr. Duke, I want to thank you for your generosity in allowing time in your busy schedule at the chancery offices to meet with us here today. As you know, the internet has gone viral with stories about the Cardinal's dismissal of Fr. Wylie.
Fr. David Duke: It's my pleasure to meet with you. Yes, but let me make one thing clear at the outset. It was not the Cardinal himself who dismissed Fr. Wylie. It was the Cardinal's "office," as reported in Rorate Caeli. The Cardinal himself knew nothing of this whole affair.
R.A.: A little background may be helpful here. Can you tell us a little about Fr. Wylie? Who is he? Where's he from?
Fr. D.D.: Yes, of course. Fr. Wylie is a priest of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, who, until very recently, had been on assignment in New York City as attaché to the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations.
R.A.: How was Fr. Wylie involved with the Archdiocese of New York?
Fr. D.D.: Well, he was here, of course, by permission of the Archbishop of New York, and he also filled in for us as an occasional celebrant at some of our Sunday liturgies at churches around the city. In fact, he proved to be an extremely popular preacher.
R.A.: Why was he dismissed, then? What was the problem?
Fr. D.D.: Well, a few eyebrows were raised initially before he was came to New York when we were contacted by his own archdiocese with a request that we would grant him preaching assignments in nigger parishes.
R.A.: Excuse me? Do you mean African-American parishes?
Fr. D.D.: No, I'm sorry. I wasn't referring to colored people. I was referring to those upstart throwbacks that ought to be bulldozed into the waste dump of history, you know, traditionalists?
R.A.: So Fr. Wylie was serving parishes that wish to offer the traditional Latin Mass?
Fr. D.D.: Yes, in fact, the Archdiocese of New York kindly consented to let him serve, as was his wish, at nigger liturgies three times a month at the Church of St. Agnes and once a month at the Church of the Holy Innocents.
R.A.: This was a problem for the Cardinal Archbishop?
Fr. D.D.: As I mentioned, the Cardinal knew nothing about this. Certainly there was not much anyone in the chancery offices could do about it, given the need for diplomatic courtesies in our age of political correctness and all. What I mean is that while we have every desire to see that the demands of social justice are fulfilled in every corner of the Archdiocese [of New York].... You know, if these people want their nigger liturgies, of course they can have them. But the idea that anyone would want actually sit down and to break bread wish these people, you know, to use the same water fountains and toilets with them, much less participate in their style of worship. Well, to each his own, I guess.
R.A.: So why wasn't Fr. Wylie allowed to continue serving in his New York assignments? Were there complaints from parishioners? Was he discovered to be a closet pederast? What gives?
Fr. D.D.: No, no [laughing]. St. Francis Xavier is our pederast parish. Queers are very much welcomed there, as the Cardinal himself has indicated.
No, Fr. Wylie is so straight he makes Arnold Schwartznegger look like a queer. In fact, he's probably what you would call a top-drawer priest in any diocese, except for maybe his incomprehensible desire to fraternize with nigger Mass lovers. The straw that broke the camel's back was the homily he preached on May 18th at Holy Innocents.
R.A.: Was there a point of orthdoxy in question?
Fr. D.D.: Not really. You couldn't ask for more "orthodox" homilies, so orthodox, in fact, they'd probably set John Kerry's teeth on edge, if you know what I mean. It was more a case of fatal indiscretion. He crossed the line.
R.A.: What do you mean? I thought the homily was an exhortation to charity.
Fr. D.D.: Yes, but he crossed the line: he suggested that there was an urgent need in the Archdiocese to provide regular pastors sympathetic to nigger liturgies to serve and guide their parishes. It's one thing to allow niggers to show up occasionally in a food line in one of your soup kitchens, but another thing altogether to build houses for them right here in our neighbourhoods. Good heavens, before you know it, their kids will be sharing the same playgrounds with ours!
R.A.: Just to be clear, then, you're saying that Fr. Wylie was not dismissed for any defect of doctrine or discipline or character, but simply because he was urging a more charitable support for parishes that provide the traditional Latin liturgy?
Fr. D.D.: Putting it that way makes us seem like the bad guys, which wouldn't be right. All we want is to preserve the purity of our liturgies in the Archdiocese, to keep them, you know, white.
R.A.: As you know, the Archdiocese recently announced, in April, I believe, that it is planning to shut down a large number of parishes. As you also know, Holy Innocents is a thriving parish with a large and enthusiastic constituency, with multiple Sunday Masses, weekday Masses, and, as I understand, the sacrament of Confession available nearly around the clock. Is Holy Innocents slated for closure?
Fr. D.D.: I'm sure you understand that I'm not free to divulge that information. However, as they say, and I'm going to stand by my statement unlike those craven journalists that want to keep anything controversial "off the record," you know ... and so I'm going to say loud and clear: The only good liturgical nigger is a dead liturgical nigger. Not literally of course. But you know what I mean. These guys would bring back the Spanish Inquisition if you let them!
New York (RAP) June 13, 2014 - Fr. David Duke, a liaison of the public relations office of the Archdiocese of New York, generously consented to grant us an interview today over the events surrounding the dismissal of Fr. Justin Wylie from the Archdiocese of New York.
Robert Allen: Fr. Duke, I want to thank you for your generosity in allowing time in your busy schedule at the chancery offices to meet with us here today. As you know, the internet has gone viral with stories about the Cardinal's dismissal of Fr. Wylie.
Fr. David Duke: It's my pleasure to meet with you. Yes, but let me make one thing clear at the outset. It was not the Cardinal himself who dismissed Fr. Wylie. It was the Cardinal's "office," as reported in Rorate Caeli. The Cardinal himself knew nothing of this whole affair.
R.A.: A little background may be helpful here. Can you tell us a little about Fr. Wylie? Who is he? Where's he from?
Fr. D.D.: Yes, of course. Fr. Wylie is a priest of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, who, until very recently, had been on assignment in New York City as attaché to the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations.
R.A.: How was Fr. Wylie involved with the Archdiocese of New York?
Fr. D.D.: Well, he was here, of course, by permission of the Archbishop of New York, and he also filled in for us as an occasional celebrant at some of our Sunday liturgies at churches around the city. In fact, he proved to be an extremely popular preacher.
R.A.: Why was he dismissed, then? What was the problem?
Fr. D.D.: Well, a few eyebrows were raised initially before he was came to New York when we were contacted by his own archdiocese with a request that we would grant him preaching assignments in nigger parishes.
R.A.: Excuse me? Do you mean African-American parishes?
Fr. D.D.: No, I'm sorry. I wasn't referring to colored people. I was referring to those upstart throwbacks that ought to be bulldozed into the waste dump of history, you know, traditionalists?
R.A.: So Fr. Wylie was serving parishes that wish to offer the traditional Latin Mass?
Fr. D.D.: Yes, in fact, the Archdiocese of New York kindly consented to let him serve, as was his wish, at nigger liturgies three times a month at the Church of St. Agnes and once a month at the Church of the Holy Innocents.
R.A.: This was a problem for the Cardinal Archbishop?
Fr. D.D.: As I mentioned, the Cardinal knew nothing about this. Certainly there was not much anyone in the chancery offices could do about it, given the need for diplomatic courtesies in our age of political correctness and all. What I mean is that while we have every desire to see that the demands of social justice are fulfilled in every corner of the Archdiocese [of New York].... You know, if these people want their nigger liturgies, of course they can have them. But the idea that anyone would want actually sit down and to break bread wish these people, you know, to use the same water fountains and toilets with them, much less participate in their style of worship. Well, to each his own, I guess.
R.A.: So why wasn't Fr. Wylie allowed to continue serving in his New York assignments? Were there complaints from parishioners? Was he discovered to be a closet pederast? What gives?
Fr. D.D.: No, no [laughing]. St. Francis Xavier is our pederast parish. Queers are very much welcomed there, as the Cardinal himself has indicated.
No, Fr. Wylie is so straight he makes Arnold Schwartznegger look like a queer. In fact, he's probably what you would call a top-drawer priest in any diocese, except for maybe his incomprehensible desire to fraternize with nigger Mass lovers. The straw that broke the camel's back was the homily he preached on May 18th at Holy Innocents.
R.A.: Was there a point of orthdoxy in question?
Fr. D.D.: Not really. You couldn't ask for more "orthodox" homilies, so orthodox, in fact, they'd probably set John Kerry's teeth on edge, if you know what I mean. It was more a case of fatal indiscretion. He crossed the line.
R.A.: What do you mean? I thought the homily was an exhortation to charity.
Fr. D.D.: Yes, but he crossed the line: he suggested that there was an urgent need in the Archdiocese to provide regular pastors sympathetic to nigger liturgies to serve and guide their parishes. It's one thing to allow niggers to show up occasionally in a food line in one of your soup kitchens, but another thing altogether to build houses for them right here in our neighbourhoods. Good heavens, before you know it, their kids will be sharing the same playgrounds with ours!
R.A.: Just to be clear, then, you're saying that Fr. Wylie was not dismissed for any defect of doctrine or discipline or character, but simply because he was urging a more charitable support for parishes that provide the traditional Latin liturgy?
Fr. D.D.: Putting it that way makes us seem like the bad guys, which wouldn't be right. All we want is to preserve the purity of our liturgies in the Archdiocese, to keep them, you know, white.
R.A.: As you know, the Archdiocese recently announced, in April, I believe, that it is planning to shut down a large number of parishes. As you also know, Holy Innocents is a thriving parish with a large and enthusiastic constituency, with multiple Sunday Masses, weekday Masses, and, as I understand, the sacrament of Confession available nearly around the clock. Is Holy Innocents slated for closure?
Fr. D.D.: I'm sure you understand that I'm not free to divulge that information. However, as they say, and I'm going to stand by my statement unlike those craven journalists that want to keep anything controversial "off the record," you know ... and so I'm going to say loud and clear: The only good liturgical nigger is a dead liturgical nigger. Not literally of course. But you know what I mean. These guys would bring back the Spanish Inquisition if you let them!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Kenneth Copeland offers to teach Pope how to speak in tongues
Robert Allen (syndicated columnist)
ROME (RAP) June 5, 2014 - A representative of Kenneth Copeland Ministeries (KCM) sat down with us this morning to talk about the offer recently made by the Rev. Kenneth Copeland to teach Pope Francis how to speak in tongues. The KCM spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous, confided that the Holy Father had not yet communicated with them in person, but said that Copeland's offer has been "receiving serious consideration from officials in the Roman Curia."
While Pope Francis is on record as initially reacting negatively to the Charismatic Renewal movement within Catholic circles, going so far as to compare them with a "School of Samba," two events have more recently appeared to soften his stance to the movement.
In February 2014, Pope Francis appeared in a video that subsequently went viral among charismatics, in which he was seen sending greetings (via video) to a charismatic conference hosted by KCM, appearing just after Bishop Tony Palmer gave a half-hour speech stressing ecumenical unity of all Christians, notably including Catholics.
Then in June 2014, Pope Francis sent shock waves through the membership of the Catholic charismatic renewal by appearing at a conference of more than 52,000 charismatic Catholics in Rome.
Not only were Catholic charismatics excited "beyond words" about the event. Copeland was reportedly "filled with the spirit" and "unable to stop speaking in tongues for 42 consecutive hours."
When asked why Copeland had tried to contact Pope Francis in order to extend his invitation on instruction in tongue-speaking, the KCM representative stated that Copeland had been informed by unnamed sources that the Pope, fascinated by his exposure to glossolalia, the technical Greek term for the practice of speaking in tongues, had been making inquiries about the mechanics involved in the process.
"What are they actually doing?" the Pope had reportedly asked. "How do they chatter and sing in these unintelligible sounds? How can a person in his right mind do this?"
"I can help him with that!" Copeland is said to have responded enthusiastically, upon hearing this news. "I can show him how it's done!"
According to the KCM representative, Copeland let Vatican representatives know that as soon as he is given the green light, he plans to personally fly his private $20 million Citation 10 jet (one of his fleet of four jets) to Rome to meet with the Pope.
Nothing was mentioned about whether Pope Francis was expected to drive his 1984 Renault 4 to Fiumicino, the Rome airport, to pick up Copeland. There were, however, some misgivings about whether the Pope would be pleased with Copeland's opulent lifestyle, and some concern that the Pope might suggest Copeland take the public bus from Fiumicino to Rome.
"If the Pope himself were to publicly speak in tongues," said the KCM representative, "the Rev. Copeland believes it would go a long way toward healing the historical divisions within the Body of Christ and unifying the Church."
When asked whether the Rev. Copeland would also be instructing the Pope in other charismatic gifts, he responded that they planned to proceed with caution. "We don't really know whether members of the Curia would be open to being 'slain in the spirit,' or seeing it done to the Catholic faithful, even if it was by the hand of Pope Francis," he said.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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