Francis’s priestly ordination…One is always innocent until proven guilty.

ordiI sent this to traditio@traditio.com  and they ignored it. I asked them to PROVE to me that Francis was ordained in the new rite. They never responded.

Most countries were not in a hurry to adopt the new rites. In “The Order of Melchisedech” by Michael Davies (1995) states that the episcopate of Argentina had refused to adopt these new rites. When they finally adopted them is unknown but most certainly after 1969. This would conclude that Jorge Bergoglio was in fact ordained according to the traditional rite for priests. As for the new rite of consecration of a Bishop, no one can say dogmatically that it’s not a valid rite. I’ve read it through and compared it to the old rite and found it having the same basic wording only in a different arrangement and valid to me. If you go back to the time of the Apostles there was very little formality in consecrating a Bishop or an Apostle..

In Hawthorne, CA. my church of St. Josephs did not adopt the new Mass until 1971. I was there when the changes took place and even saved one of the original Missalettes. So they disobeyed pope Paul VI edict,  on the time table, as well…So did a lot of countries.

In Christ, Joseph

US Muslim teen accused of clock bomb seeks $15 million

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Chicago (AFP) – The Muslim teenager arrested when a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb threatened to sue his school and the town of Irving, Texas for $15 million, his lawyer said.

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, became an overnight sensation in September after his sister tweeted a photo of the aspiring inventor standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA’s logo. MORE

DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

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PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS
POPE PAUL VI
ON OCTOBER 28, 1965

1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship to non-Christian religions. In her task of promoting unity and love among men, indeed among nations, she considers above all in this declaration what men have in common and what draws them to fellowship. Continue reading

German department store to put Israeli wines back on shelves

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA German department store said Sunday that it’s putting eight Israeli wines back on the shelves after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused it of boycotting Israeli goods.

KaDeWe said on its Facebook page that the wines had been temporarily removed so the importer could relabel them in accordance with new European Union rules that require products originating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be labeled as such. MORE

VIDEO: The Anti-Migrant Video Going Viral Across Europe

UPDATE 13/11/15: After gaining a million and a half views in less than five days, the Open Gates video was taken down by YouTube following a copyright infringement. Although the rights company involved in the claim has been named in allegedly spurious claims in the past, there is no reason to suggest that is the case with this video. This article now links to a video mirror on Dutch website Dumpert. MORE

St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr

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NOVEMBER 22   St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr

1. Cecilia is one of the most highly venerated virgin-martyrs of the Church; her name occurs in the Canon of the Mass. There are no reliable records regarding either her person or her martyrdom. She may have gained her crown in the persecution of Alexander Severus (222-235), or in that of Valerian (258) or in that of Diocletian (304). One fact stands, however: that there was in the fourth century a church in Rome founded by a Cecilia. Continue reading