Yes, and he is in line with many credible prophets of our time having revealed this in detail. Pope John Paul said the Anti-christ was here in 1976 in a talk in the US.
I don't think so. Cardinal Muller isn't the type to cause a schism. I don't think there will be a schism while Francis is Pope. There won't be a schism unless someone openly challenges Pope Francis, and Cardinal Muller isn't the confrontational type. It looks to me like the Cardinal is doing his duty as a successor of the Apostles. He's stating clearly what has always been held to be true at a time when doubts are being sown by the Pope. Pope Francis is always careful to say something to give the impression that he isn't departing from the faith around the same time as he provides cover for unorthodox Bishops. I think that the Dubia and this statement by Cardinal Muller are intended for the future. In his press conference on the return flight from the UAE, Pope Francis said something about he or another "Peter" doing something. I can't recall whether it was in the context of visiting some country, but it left me with the impression that he is thinking of retiring. Pope Benedict can't be long for this world, and the Jesuits have opened the cause for sainthood for Fr. Pedro Arrupe who was something of a hero to Pope Francis. Francis might hang on until he can canonise or at least beatify Fr. Arrupe. He did say at the press conference that he wants to visit Spain. I can't imagine him going to Spain without paying some kind of homage to Fr. Arrupe's memory - possibly visiting his birthplace or declaring him "blessed". At this stage Pope Francis has appointed over half the Bishops and likely enough Cardinals to ensure that his choice will be elected to succeed him. That means that he has already achieved what his friend said he would do at the beginning of his papacy - make sure that the changes he implements will be continued. So far, his (very dodgy) friends have been right about his agenda. I think that the schism will come when Pope Francis' chosen successor drops the pretense of othodoxy or, in the unlikely event that an orthodox Pope is elected, when the "Pope Francis Catholics" leave the Pope with no option but to start excommunicating at which point they would leave en masse to join the Lutherans. The most liberal branch of Lutheranism is the natural home of any of them who still hold some belief in God. Most of them are more politician or party activist than priest.
Affirmation from today's 2nd reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 "Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything."
I don't think any Bishop feels the Holy Father has done anything bad enough to create or join a schism. I'm sure there is back room talk but no one is willing to take that step... unless something major happens. Up until now, there is only questions to all his actions. Pope Francis gets away with it... by not answering questions. I just think we are watching little skirmishes within the church. Probably since the 12 apostles there has been these battles. Its not time for schism. It is time for saving of souls. May Gods Will be Done
The audacity of this man (C.Kasper) Cardinal Kasper says Mueller's manifesto spreads 'confusion and division' https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2...ers-manifesto-spreads-confusion-and-division/ Kasper suggested Müller was following the path of Martin Luther by working 'behind the Pope's back' Cardinal Walter Kasper has released a criticism of Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s “Manifesto of Faith,” accusing it of containing half-truths and blanket statements that could lead to division and confusion in the Church. In a statement on katholisch.de, Kasper said that while the manifesto “contains many statements of faith that every upright Catholic can wholeheartedly affirm,” some of the truths in it “are pointed out so pointedly that it fades out the other half.” On February 8, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, published a “Manifesto of Faith,” which he described as a response to Catholics who have requested that he issue a “public testimony about the truth of revelation” in response to “growing confusion about the doctrine of the Faith.” The manifesto addresses five areas of Catholic doctrine: Christology, ecclesiology, sacraments, morality, and eschatology, the branch of theology that addresses death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Each section draws heavily from references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In his document, Müller quotes the catechism, noting that “Anyone conscious of a grave sin must receive the sacrament of Reconciliation before coming to communion.” He adds that “from the internal logic of the sacrament,” that norm applies to “divorced and civilly remarried persons, whose sacramental marriage exists before God, as well as those Christians who are not in full communion with the Catholic Faith and the Church.” He also reiterated that the Church cannot ordain women to the priesthood and affirmed Church teaching on the existence of heaven and hell. Kasper, who has been an outspoken advocate of the admission of the divorced-and-remarried to Holy Communion, accused Müller of making “unacceptable blanket statements,” such as the assertion that “the conscience of the faithful is not sufficiently formed.” “It is undoubtedly true that the confession of the Triune God constitutes a fundamental difference in belief in God and the image of man from other religions. But are there not similarities, especially with the Jews and the Muslims, in the belief in the one God? And are not these similarities today fundamental to peace in the world and in society? Half the truth is not the Catholic truth!” Kasper charged. He also said that he was “totally horrified” to read Müller’s statement that failing to teach the truths of the Catholic faith “it is the fraud of Antichrist.” Kasper suggested that Müller was following the path of Martin Luther: “One who rightly advocates reforms in the Church, but wants to pursue these behind the Pope’s back and enforce them in opposition to him? I would find that hard to believe. For that could only lead to confusion and division. That could unhinge the Catholic Church.”
He also said that he was “totally horrified” to read Müller’s statement that failing to teach the truths of the Catholic faith “it is the fraud of Antichrist.” Why would a Bishop of the Church be horrified at such a statement? Could it be that the truth of the statement is making the Cardinal feel uncomfortable? Kasper suggested that Müller was following the path of Martin Luther: “One who rightly advocates reforms in the Church, but wants to pursue these behind the Pope’s back and enforce them in opposition to him? I would find that hard to believe. For that could only lead to confusion and division. That could unhinge the Catholic Church.” Has Cardinal Kasper forgotten his own involvement with the St. Gallen Mafia?
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/20...il&utm_term=0_769a14e16a-f0ef014463-244104565 The Mueller Manifesto Robert Royal Monday, February 11, 2019 Cardinal Gerhard Mueller published a “Manifesto of Faith” (see here) last week. Actually, it was leaked prematurely by a Polish group. The Manifesto was supposed to appear yesterday, the eve of the anniversary of Benedict XVI’s announcement of his resignation, which also happens to be the eve of the anniversary of Mueller’s ordination, both anniversaries falling on February 11, i.e., today. Like everything Mueller has published since Pope Francis removed him from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, it’s rich in a multitude of ways, though it is only four pages long. Many people have been asking him to clarify Catholic teachings that have seemed to be in doubt in recent years. So, in an indirect way, we finally have responses to the Dubia presented to the pope, which Francis chose not to answer. The Manifesto addresses the pope’s seeming indifferentism in the recent declaration he signed with Muslims claiming that God wills a plurality of religions. As Mueller points out, the Trinitarian revelation of the Gospels “marks a fundamental difference in the belief in God and the image of man from that of other religions,” even the other monotheistic faiths. And this is crucially important for our understanding not only of God, but ourselves. * The Church is an integral part of God’s special plan because it “conveys with the authority of Christ the divine revelation, which extends to all the elements of doctrine, ‘including the moral teaching, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, explained, and observed.’” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2035) In what is clearly a commentary on questions about marriage raised by Amoris laetitia and about intercommunion with non-Catholics, he lists groups that can’t receive Communion: From the internal logic of the sacrament, it is understood that divorced and civilly remarried persons, whose sacramental marriage exists before God, as well as those Christians who are not in full communion with the Catholic Faith and the Church, just as all those who are not disposed to receive the Holy Eucharist fruitfully (CCC 1457), because it does not bring them to salvation. To point this out corresponds to the spiritual works of mercy. And he’s quite blunt about the cumulative effect of failure to restate fundamental truths: “Many wonder today what purpose the Church still has in its existence, when even bishops prefer to be politicians rather than to proclaim the Gospel as teachers of the Faith.” Such clarifications are all to the good these days. But I was struck by one line near the beginning: “Today, many Christians are no longer even aware of the basic teachings of the Faith,” [emphasis added] which seems obvious enough, though numerous Catholic leaders, even at the highest levels, have long seemed unconcerned about that lack of awareness. Imagine if a nation – actually if you’re American you won’t have to try very hard – woke up to find one day that it was not teaching its children, which is to say its future generations, the basic truths about its past; training them in how to read, write, and think clearly and consistently; to do basic math, so that asking 2 + 2 = ? leads us into philosophical/theological tangles. How would responsible parents, teachers, leaders react? ** Benedict XVI remarked in a 2010 interview that it’s puzzling how Catholics who have attended Catholic schools for a dozen years or more often seem to emerge with a sympathy for Islam or a basic acquaintance with Buddhism, but without much loyalty toward or knowledge of their own faith. This is more than an educational problem. It goes to one of the central questions about the very nature of Christianity. As Mueller continues in that sentence I quoted above about the loss of basic truths, “so there is a growing danger of missing the path to eternal life.” And so we confront something that has fallen by the wayside in much modern Christian thought. Is Christ what He Himself told us He is: the Way, the Truth, and the Life? And not in some vague sentimentalized way in which we all are – eventually and indulgently – saved, whatever we think and do. But in the, yes, merciful, but also demanding – sometimes even threatening – way of the real Jesus in the Gospels, who speaks of Gehenna “where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.” (Mk. 9:48) I raise this point in full knowledge that the infernal propaganda machine long ago succeeded in making anyone who brings up Hell appear like the longhair kook on the street corner with the sign: The End Is Near. For many people, even Christians, God is just too Nice a Guy for such things. But the words are Jesus’. As Mueller remarks, “We are to resist the relapse into ancient heresies with clear resolve, which saw in Jesus Christ only a good person, brother and friend, prophet and moralist.” There are many horrific evils in the world, even in the modern, progressive, enlightened world. Starting with the thousands of innocents slaughtered every day before they are even born. Even the Aztecs who cut out still-beating hearts in human sacrifice or the ancient worshippers of Moloch didn’t run up anywhere near such body counts. (Pace the pope and his Muslim counterpart, all religions are not equal and do not necessarily seek the same things.) The good shepherd knows his sheep, and his sheep know him. But they know each other not just by smell, or by being of the same flock – a flock may be good or bad. They know each other, if they are human beings and not merely animals, with their hearts, minds, and souls. And that inevitably means they are one because they share and live by certain truths. Kudos to Mueller for his sturdy clarity: “It is the shepherds’ very own task to guide those entrusted to them on the path of salvation. This can only succeed if they know this way and follow it themselves.” *Image: First Communion by Pablo Picasso, 1896 [Picasso Museum, Barcelona]. This is one of Picasso’s earliest paintings, done when he was just 15. **Image: The Last Communion of St. Jerome by Botticelli, c. 1490 [The Met, New York]. The beautiful frame is from the workshop of Giuliano da Maiano; the lunette painting is by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Botticelli’s friend. The detail below shows the great saint receiving worthily.
German Cardinals Face Off over Catholic Beliefs Progressive German Cardinal Walter Kasper has blasted the Vatican’s former doctrinal chief, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, saying that his recent restatement of principles of the Catholic faith will lead to “confusion and division.” On Saturday, Cardinal Müller published an open “Manifesto of Faith,” a 2,000-word text reiterating fundamental Catholic teaching on a number of issues as a response to what he sees as “growing confusion about the doctrine of the Faith.” “Today, many Christians are no longer even aware of the basic teachings of the Faith, so there is a growing danger of missing the path to eternal life,” the cardinal stated, before going on to lay out what he considers to be core Catholic teachings, most of which were direct citations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. “Many wonder today what purpose the Church still has in its existence,” the cardinal asserted, “when even bishops prefer to be politicians rather than to proclaim the Gospel as teachers of the Faith.” In his rebuttal to the Manifesto, Cardinal Kasper accuses Cardinal Müller of making “unacceptable blanket statements” and affirming “half-truths” that are insufficiently nuanced. “Half the truth is not the Catholic truth!” Kasper said. Cardinal Kasper also suggests that Cardinal Müller’s Manifesto was an attack on Pope Francis, whom some have accused of sowing division through “studied ambiguity” that leaves the faithful unsure of what the Church really teaches on certain issues. When asked by several cardinals in 2016 to clarify certain perceived ambiguities contained in his teaching letter Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis refused to provide an answer, leaving some in the Church convinced that the pope does not value doctrinal clarity. In his response, Cardinal Kasper accuses Cardinal Müller of imitating Martin Luther in his call for reform, encouraging division by pursuing reform apart from the pope and in opposition to him. Some of Müller’s text is not so much a manifesto of the Catholic faith as “a manifesto of private theological conviction that cannot be universally binding,” Kasper said, referencing Müller’s statement that civilly remarried divorced persons and non-Catholic Christians cannot receive the Eucharist. For decades, Cardinal Kasper has been a vocal advocate for allowing divorced and remarried persons to receive Holy Communion, a position he doggedly pushed in opposition to previous popes. Although in his rebuttal Kasper claims that the Church does not officially teach that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics cannot receive Communion, the Vatican websitestates: “If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God’s law. Consequently, they cannot receive Holy Communion as long as this situation persists.” https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/german-cardinals-face-off-over-catholic-beliefs/
Message from Our Lady- February 9th, 2019 Pedro Regis Dear children, a great war will occur between the true Church of My Jesus and the false church. It will be a time of pain for men and women of faith. Do not depart from the truth. You are the Lord's, and He expects much of you. Do not be afraid. My Lord will reward you generously for your courage in defending the truth. False teachings will defile many of My poor children. The Church of My Jesus will drink the bitter chalice of pain, but in the end it will be victorious. Onward without fear. I ask you to keep the flame of your faith alight. Seek strength in Prayer, in the Gospel and in the Eucharist. Whoever is with the Lord will never experience the weight of defeat. I know your needs and I will pray to My Jesus for you. Courage. This is the message I give you today in the name of the Most Holy Trinity. Thank you for having allowed Me to gather you here once more. I bless you, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Be at peace.
I agree with most of what cardinal Müller wrote. Saying that, however, I must add that he is not right about the Antichrist. The Bible is clear, the Antichrist will be a political leader, a king. Not a clergyman who gives false interpretation of the Gospel, however big failure that might be. Furthermore, the Antichrist, the last king of the North, according to Daniel 9 is a descendant of the Roman empire. (Let not mess it up with the EU that doesn't include 1/3 of it). Another clue is what Isaiah speaks about The Assyrian who will attack Israel in the End times. Quite precise characteristics! They will be thought of until the end of times. Perhaps the real Antichrist is more clever than those who seek to identify him. Perhaps, if already born, and that is a big IF, he is happy the blame goes to the wrong side.
http://richard-jacobs-blog.com/omnibus/february-12th-2019 From the "Protecting the Barque of Peter" file: Was it a depth charge that surfaced the German Admiral? 2/12/2019 During World War I, depth charges proved to be eminently successful in anti-submarine combat. Crude as this weapon of war was—a simple container filled with explosives and a fuse that detonated at a preset depth based upon hydrostatic pressure—its detonation forced many German U-boats to surface. It has been speculated that Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s “Manifesto of Faith,” might not have been quite the broadside to the Pope’s teaching authority that some—like Reuters—believed it was. Here. The Reuters banner headline said it all: Sacked cardinal issues manifesto in thinly veiled attack on pope If this was submarine warfare, Admiral Gerhard Müller’s “Manifesto” may have been a depth charge, intended to surface those heterodox Church leaders the Cardinal said “have abandoned the people entrusted to them, unsettling them and severely damaging their faith.” And, that’s to say nothing about what he called “the fraud of (the) anti-Christ.” If the Manifesto was a depth charge, it didn’t take long for one of those Church leaders—Admiral Walter Kasper—to surface. In a statement, the Admiral noted that while the Manifesto “contains many statements of faith that every upright Catholic can wholeheartedly affirm,” some of the truths in it “are pointed out so pointedly that it fades out the other half.” Among those pointedly pointed statements: Cardinal Kasper—the force behind the movement to relax Church discipline regarding the admission of the divorced-and-remarried Catholics without the benefit of an annulment to Holy Communion—found “unacceptable” Cardinal Müller’s assertion that “the conscience of the faithful is not sufficiently formed.” Regarding Cardinal Müller’s restatement about Trinitarian faith, Cardinal Kasper argued: “It is undoubtedly true that the confession of the Triune God constitutes a fundamental difference in belief in God and the image of man from other religions. But are there not similarities, especially with the Jews and the Muslims, in the belief in the one God? And are not these similarities today fundamental to peace in the world and in society? Half the truth is not the Catholic truth!” Perhaps worst of all as Cardinal Müller’s statement that failing to teach the truths of the Catholic faith “is the fraud of Antichrist.” That particular item “totally horrified” Cardinal Kasper. Not one to shy away from a rhetorical jujitsu, Admiral Kasper suggested it was Admiral Müller not himself who was following the path of Martin Luther. Kasper noted: One who rightly advocates reforms in the Church, but wants to pursue these behind the Pope’s back and enforce them in opposition to him? I would find that hard to believe. For that could only lead to confusion and division. That could unhinge the Catholic Church. If Admiral Müller was dropping depth charges to surface the heterodox and protect the Barque of Peter, he proved eminently successful in getting Admiral Kasper to surface almost immediately. Let the discussion begin…
The Cardinal didn't identify the AC or say the the AC will be a clergyman. Here's what he said: “To keep silent about these and the other truths of the Faith and to teach people accordingly is the greatest deception against which the Catechism vigorously warns,” says the Cardinal. “It represents the last trial of the Church and leads man to a religious delusion, ‘the price of their apostasy’ (CCC 675); it is the fraud of Antichrist.” He was referring to the deception of the great apostasy - the fraud of Antichrist - which Scripture and the Catechism tell us will happen. Many believe that the False Prophet will be a high ranking clergyman (I think that Bishop Fulton Sheen said that the FP will be a Bishop). Perhaps that's what has Cardinal Kasper so jumpy - he has spent years pushing for the innovations Cardinal Muller is warning against.
Bishops applaud Cardinal Müller for ‘prophetic’ Manifesto of Faith https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/bishops-applaud-cardinal-mueller-for-prophetic-manifesto-of-faith
On Saturday morning, Bishop Thomas Tobin, of Providence, Rhode Island commented on Twitter: “I just read Cardinal Mueller's ‘Manifesto of Faith’. I really appreciate his clear, concise, and ordered approach. Highly quotable, and an excellent summary of the faith. 'May Mary, the Mother of God, implore for us the grace to remain faithful.'” Additionally, Bishop Marian Eleganti, the auxiliary bishop of Chur, Switzerland, sent an appreciative comment to LifeSite. “I am very grateful to Cardinal G.L. Müller for his prophetic statements concerning questions of the Faith and of the proclamation at a time of confusion and of bewilderment among many faithful and those who are seeking. The Holy Spirit may enlighten us and turn us into credible witnesses of the Gospels and of the Catholic Faith!” These are very powerful statement. Shows real spiritual battle. "May Mary, the Mother of God, implore for us the grace to remain faithful.'” "May The Holy Spirit may enlighten us and turn us into credible witnesses of the Gospels and of the Catholic Faith!” May Gods Will be Done
Bishop Schneider praises Cdl. Müller’s Manifesto of Faith: ‘necessary’ and ‘very timely’ Maike Hickson https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/...-manifesto-of-faith-a-necessary-and-a-very-ti Bishop Athanasius Schneider Claire Chretien / LifeSiteNews SIGN THE PETITION: Support Cdl. Müller's doctrinal manifesto amid Pope Francis' confusion! Sign the petition here. February 13, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, supports and welcomes Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s new Manifesto of Faith. In a statement to LifeSiteNews, Bishop Schneider said he welcomes this manifesto as “a necessary and a very timely initiative, edifying the Faith and bringing light in the enormous spiritual confusion,” which can bring “to the faithful consolation and encouragement.” Today, even such a simple statement of the truths of the faith is “often not anymore tolerated and is perceived even as a provocation, as one could see this, for instance, from the prompt, intolerant and astonishingly aggressive reaction with which Cardinal Walter Kasper has rejected the Manifesto of Faith of Cardinal Müller,” he said. (Cardinal Kasper’s rebuke can be read here.) Thus, Bishop Schneider hopes for a growing resistance against the “disfigurement” of the Catholic faith, a resistance that would be “a numerically growing, uniform voice of the true Faith, an ‘una vox verae fidei,’ comprising all members of the Mystical Body of Christ, representatives both of the Magisterium and of the Lay Faithful.” Cardinal Müller issued his Manifesto upon requests from clergy and laity alike who asked him to confirm the essential tenets of the Catholic faith in the face of growing doctrinal and moral confusion in the Church. The full Manifesto may be read here. Readers are invited to express their own sensus fidelium by signing a petition in support of Cardinal Müller. This petition has so far been signed by nearly 14,000 people. Support for Cardinal Müller's Manifesto of Faith Bishop Athanasius Schneider Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller’s recent Manifesto of Faith is a necessary and a very timely initiative, edifying the Faith and bringing light in the enormous spiritual confusion, which for quite a while reigns in the life of the Church and which has reached in our days unimagined dimensions. This initiative brings to the faithful consolation and encouragement. In this Manifesto of Faith is being made from the mouth of a high-ranking representative of the Church’s hierarchy a public and unmistakable profession of the immutable Catholic Faith. This profession from Cardinal Müller covers particularly those truths of the Faith and of its sacramental practice, which in our days are mostly disfigured, being such a disfiguration often through a cunning and gnostic interpretation passed off as a hermeneutic or a “development of doctrine, in continuity.” A clear profession of the Divinely revealed truths is in our days in the life of the Church often not anymore tolerated and is perceived even as a provocation, as one could see this, for instance, from the prompt, intolerant and astonishingly aggressive reaction with which Cardinal Walter Kasper has rejected the Manifesto of Faith of Cardinal Müller. With his reasoning against the Manifesto of Faith, Cardinal Kasper has only demonstrated that he himself does not anymore live in the true Faith of the Apostles and of the Church of all times, but, on the contrary, he represents a Christianity that in the manner of a gnosis has built up for itself a world of an alleged faith after the taste of one’s own ego or the predominance of the respective “Zeitgeist” (the spirit of the age). Cardinal Müller’s initiative of Faith deserves full recognition. It is an important contribution to stem the flood of the neo-gnostic Christianity inside the Catholic Church. One must wish and pray, that inside the Church there will now sound a numerically growing, uniform voice of the true Faith, an “una vox verae fidei,” comprising all members of the Mystical Body of Christ, representatives both of the Magisterium and of the Lay Faithful. In their profession of Faith, they should not allow themselves to be confused or intimidated by anybody – not even from a Cardinal Kasper – for with Saint Paul they can serenely and convincingly say: “I know Whom I have believed! (scio, Cui credidi!)” (2 Tim. 1: 12).
Sometimes it´s difficult to imagine, in our modern, "enlightened" world that such men as More actually walked this earth. For love of God, he chose to walk the straight and narrow path and he paid the ultimate price. But more importantly, how many of us would choose that narrow path today? I think this is very, very relevant today. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)
