To those who believe respect is owed to all religions...

The following image was recently posted by a friend online:

One fellow Catholic responded, "There has to be some inclusion of the Holy Spirit winning people over with honey and His action that supersedes categorical narratives of religious belief, was not Paul won over both in his recognition of his own false belief but so too by the experience of respect received towards his own religion by the Christians he had killed? They did not argue with him but let him follow his conscience and themselves be killed in order that Christ would be revealed through a cry of forgiveness."

The following is my response:

It doesn't seem to me that St. Paul was won over at all by honey from the Holy Ghost...
Was not he knocked off of his horse, temporarily blinded and [rightly] accused of persecuting our Lord Jesus Christ?
"And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" - Acts 9:4

Within the ministry of St. Paul, one must needs distinguish between his evangelizing to the gentiles (whose gods are all devils, Ps 94:5 & 1 Cor 10:20) and those who [ought to] know better (like the unbelieving Jews, Acts 14:2, Jn 8:44).

To the gentiles, who were blind in their paganism, St. Paul wrote, "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God... we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold, or silver, or stone, the graving of art, and device of man.
And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should every where do penance." (Acts 17:22,29)
Again he exhorted those who would hear his word not to "walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,
Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts." (Eph 4:7-8)

St. Paul was patient, kind, but firm in his directive that they abandon their paganism, idolotrous ways and be baptized and live.

As for the unbelieving, hypocritical Jews, we can refer to the language of our Lord, who described them bluntly and with veracity as snakes, brood of vipers and whited sepulchers.

St. Peter was no different, making it clear to the Jews that they were guilty of deicide: "Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly, that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified." - Acts 2:36

All of this being said, there is a certain respect that is due to ancient and true Judaism insofar as it came from Almighty God...but, at the same time, the Old Covenant is abolished (Hebrews 8:13) and all things made new through the advent of the Messiah.

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Session 11, 1442
It firmly believes, professes and teaches that the legal prescriptions of the old Testament or the Mosaic law...once our lord Jesus Christ who was signified by them had come, came to an end and the sacraments of the new Testament had their beginning...it asserts that after the promulgation of the gospel they [Mosaic Laws] cannot be observed without loss of eternal salvation. Therefore it denounces all who after that time observe circumcision, the sabbath and other legal prescriptions as strangers to the faith of Christ and unable to share in eternal salvation, unless they recoil at some time from these errors...

So even to Judaism, no actual respect is owed to their religion as it is no longer valid. It is fulfilled, renewed, and abolished all at the same time.

From the above, it seems to me to be manifest that we owe no respect to false religions. All praise and thanksgiving is owed to Almighty God from whom all good things come, including and "seeds of the truth" (so called) in other faiths, but those seeds are in and of themselves insufficient to be of any merit to those who live them out. Only the life giving waters of Holy Baptism and the life giving sustenance of the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass are sufficient to unite us to the infinitely meritorious propitiation of Jesus Christ.

So in saying all of this, I must elaborate that the chief concern felt by both Stephen and myself is that we presently have a Supreme Shepherd, a Vicar of Christ who acts more in a way that would lead sheep to the slaughter than to verdant pastures.

His words and actions both condemn him, "Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment." (Titus 3:11)

My challenge to you or to anyone who disagrees would be twofold:
1.) Read the encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis by St. Pius X and find a way to reconcile it with the post-conciliar theology
2.) Find some quotes/articles/homilies/etc. by Francis of him stating the necessity of being Catholic to be saved, which is an infallible dogma of the faith.


There are numerous, perhaps even seemingly infinite quotes from the 2000 year Magisterium and saints and doctors of the Church to clearly show that no respect is owed to false religions and that the Catholic faith is the only true faith, the one faith of Jesus Christ and the only one worthy of praise and admiration.



"Leo XIII, Custodi di Quella Fede, 1892, #15
Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them. Every familiarity should be avoided, not only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect for all religions...These men seek to reconcile Christ and Belial."

Pius VIII, Traditi Humilitati, 1829, #4

"Among these heresies belongs that foul contrivance of the sophists of this age who do not admit any difference among the different professions of faith and who think that the portal of eternal salvation opens for all from any religion."

Pius VIII, Traditi Humilitati, 1829, #4
"Indeed this deadly idea concerning the lack of difference among religions is refuted even by the light of natural reason. We are assured of this because the various religions do not often agree among themselves. If one is true, the other must be false; there can be no society of darkness with light. Against these experienced sophists the people must be taught that the profession of the Catholic faith is uniquely true, as the apostle proclaims: one Lord, one faith, one baptism"

Pope Pius IX, Qui Pluribus, 1846, #15
"Also perverse is that shocking theory that it makes no difference to which religion one belongs, a theory greatly at variance even with reason. By means of this theory, those crafty men remove all distinction between virtue and vice, truth and error, honoral and vile action. They pretend that men can gain eternal salvation by the practice of any religion, as if there could ever be any sharing between justice and iniquity, any collaboration between light and darkness, or any agreement between Christ and Belial."

Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis, 1950, #32

"They allege...the contemporary mind must look to the existence of things and to life, which is ever in flux. While scorning our philosophy, they extol other philosophies of all kinds, ancient and modern, oriental and occidental, by which they seem to imply that any kind of philosophy or theory, with a few additions and corrections if need be, can be reconciled with Catholic dogma. No Catholic can doubt how false this is."

Psalm 95:4-5

4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens."

Pope Gregory XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio, 1832, #3

Quoting Pope St. Gregory the Great

"The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in her and asserts that all who are outside of her will not be saved."

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

20 But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.

21 You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord, and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils.

Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus of Errors, 1864, #4

"All the truths of religion proceed from the innate strength of human reason; hence reason is the ultimate standard by which man can and ought to arrive at the knowledge of all truths of every kind - CONDEMNED"

Pope Leo XIII, Inscrutabili Dei Consilio, 1878, #5

The Church, by spreading the Gospel throughout the nations, has brought the light of truth amongst people utterly savage and steeped in foul superstition.

Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907, #8

"Hence, Venerable Brethren, springs that ridiculous proposition of the Modernists, that every religion, according to the different aspect under which it is viewed, must be considered as both natural and supernatural...religious consciousness is given as the universal rule, to be put on an equal footing with revelation."

Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907, #14

"Here it is well to note at once that, given this doctrine of experience united with the other doctrine of symbolism, every religion, even that of paganism, must be held to be true...And with what right will Modernists deny the truth of an experience affirmed by a follower of Islam? With what right can they claim true experiences for Catholics alone? Indeed Modernists do not deny but actually admit, some confusedly, others in the most open manner, that all religions are true...the most that Modernists can maintain is that the Catholic has more truth because it is more living."

Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907, #19

"[Modernists] explain [theological immanence] in a way which savours of pantheism and this, in truth, is the sense which tallies best with the rest of their doctrines"

Dialogue with Islam: Our Call of Alarm

Comments in green are my own comments/additions.


August 07, 2013 District of the US

We make available here an article of Fr. Regis de Cacqueray, District Superior of France, which was published on August 6 and comments on the message of Pope Francis for the conclusion of the Muslim Ramadan. We are grateful to the French District website, La Porte Latine for allowing us to reproduce this text in English.

For the end of Ramadan and Id al-Fitr, Pope Francis signed with his own hand, on July 10, a message of good wishes [see text below] to the Muslims, to be published on August 2, 2013.

For centuries, after the example of Our Lord, Catholics have been called to show their charity towards their neighbors; this charity is expressed by the most ardent and noble desire, that of seeing them one day receive the greatest of gifts: becoming sons and daughters of Jesus Christ by the grace of baptism. It would thus be a lack of esteem for our neighbor not to hope with all our heart that he may resolutely abandon the obstacles that draw him away from Christ and the Holy Church instituted by Him. Man-made religions, such as Buddhism, Islam or Talmudic Judaism, are among the foremost of these obstacles.

And yet, since Vatican II and its declaration, Nostra Aetate, these obstacles have suddenly come to be seen as worthy of esteem, even as vehicles of grace. While in reality they keep souls from finding the truth and adhering to Christ, the only way of salvation, a good number of pastors now encourage interest in these spiritual systems, and invite non-Christians to deepen their own beliefs. In some cases, they even encourage them to remain in their errors!

When the popes, by their acts, such as kissing the Koran (Pope John Paul II, below), or by their writings, such as wishing them a happy feast of Id al-Fitr (each of the last 3 popes), encourage the Muslims in the practice of Islam, we cannot but be devastated! In doing this they seem to lose sight of souls’ need to leave these paths that do not and can never lead to their salvation.

This attitude is the very opposite of that of St. Francis of Assisi when he met Sultan Al Malik Al Kamil: he gave proof of a demanding charity towards him, showing that he truly understood the man, but desiring only one thing: that his soul might go to Jesus Christ and abandon Islam. He neither insulted nor assaulted him. But neither did he give way. He told him straightforwardly:
If you wish to convert to Christ, and your people with you, I will most gladly remain among you out of love for Him. If you are hesitant about abandoning the law of Mohammed for the faith of Christ, order an immense fire to be lit; I will enter into it with your priests and you will see which is the surer and holier of the two creeds, and which one you must follow.

On April 3, 1991, John Paul II sent a message to the Muslims for the end of Ramadan. This August 2, his successor Francis imitated him. These acts are justified by the new practice of friendship inherited from the Council. This practice wishes to respond to the desire of entertaining peaceful relations in the zones of coexistence. But how can we not see that in the regions where Christians and Muslims live, the Christians are never the ones persecuting? How can we not notice that in our Western lands, it is the mosques that are being built and the churches that are being destroyed? How can we not observe that where Islam advances, it is to the detriment of our sanctuaries and calvaries? Is not this growth thanks to an irenicism that has refused prudence and embraced unconsciousness?

Fr. De Foucauld, who lived in contact with the Muslims and whose love for these men knew no bounds, was always lucid in distrusting their erroneous beliefs.[1] Speaking of the Muslims of North Africa, he said:
They can fight with great courage for France, out of a sentiment of honor, a warlike character, a solidarity, a fidelity to their given word, like the mercenaries of the 16th and 17th centuries, but generally speaking, besides some exceptions, as long as they remain Muslim, they will not be French; they will wait more or less patiently for the day of the medhi, when they will drive France to submission.

Why should this realistic warning from the holy missionary come to be seen as an exaggerated judgment and a fearful proof of his animosity?

For the love of God, for the love of souls, we pray that the Church’s authorities, and in particular the Sovereign Pontiff, may return to that clear language that consists in showing one’s love for one’s neighbor, but never showing esteem for the errors that can keep him far from God.
As the Apostle of the Gentiles warning St. Peter, we desire in our modest turn to send out a cry of alarm to his successor. May he strengthen souls with the charity of the missionary spirit that can only open a dialogue with the one single idea of resolutely leading souls to Jesus Christ.
There only is their good. There only is their salvation.

Suresnes, August 6, 2013, feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord.[2]

~ Fr. Regis de Cacqueray, District Superior of France




Message of Pope Francis on August 2, 2013, for the end of Ramadan

To Muslims throughout the World: It gives me great pleasure to greet you as you celebrate ‘Id al-Fitr’, so concluding the month of Ramadan, dedicated mainly to fasting, prayer and almsgiving. It is a tradition by now that, on this occasion, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sends you a message of good wishes, together with a proposed theme for common reflection.

This year, the first of my Pontificate, I have decided to sign this traditional message myself and to send it to you, dear friends, as an expression of esteem and friendship for all Muslims, especially those who are religious leaders (aka those certainly NOT in a state of invincible ignorance). As you all know, when the Cardinals elected me as Bishop of Rome and Universal Pastor of the Catholic Church, I chose the name of “Francis”, a very famous saint who loved God and every human being deeply, to the point of being called “universal brother”. He loved, helped and served the needy, the sick and the poor; he also cared greatly for creation. I am aware that family and social dimensions enjoy a particular prominence for Muslims during this period, and it is worth noting that there are certain parallels in each of these areas with Christian faith and practice.

This year, the theme on which I would like to reflect with you and with all who will read this message is one that concerns both Muslims and Christians: Promoting Mutual Respect through Education. This year’s theme is intended to underline the importance of education in the way we understand each other, built upon the foundation of mutual respect.

Pope Leo XIII, Custodi di Quella Fede, 1892, #15

"Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them. Every familiarity should be avoided, not only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect for all religions, and the craving to reconcile the maxims of the Gospel with those of the revolution. These men seek to reconcile Christ and Belial, the Church of God and the state without God." 

“Respect” means an attitude of kindness towards people for whom we have consideration and esteem. “Mutual” means that this is not a one-way process, but something shared by both sides. What we are called to respect in each person is first of all his life, his physical integrity, his dignity and the rights deriving from that dignity, his reputation, his property, his ethnic and cultural identity, his ideas and his political choices. We are therefore called to think, speak and write respectfully of the other, not only in his presence, but always and everywhere, avoiding unfair criticism or defamation. Families, schools, religious teaching and all forms of media have a role to play in achieving this goal.

Turning to mutual respect in interreligious relations, especially between Christians and Muslims, we are called to respect the religion of the other, its teachings, its symbols, its values. 

"Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons...We must be tolerant to the erring, because ignorance may have led them astray; but we must be intolerant to the error, because Truth is not our making, but God's." - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos, 1928, #10

"The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it... whosoever therefore is not united with the body is no member of it, neither is he in communion with Christ its head." 

Particular respect is due to religious leaders and to places of worship. How painful are attacks on one or other of these! It is clear that, when we show respect for the religion of our neighbors or when we offer them our good wishes on the occasion of a religious celebration, we simply seek to share their joy, without making reference to the content of their religious convictions.

Pope Julius III, Council of Trent, Session XIII, 1551, Ch. VIII

"It is not enough to declare the truth unless errors be exposed and repudiated, it has seemed good to the holy council to subjoin these canons, so that, the Catholic doctrine being already known, all may understand also what are the heresies which they ought to guard against and avoid."

Regarding the education of Muslim and Christian youth, we have to bring up our young people to think and speak respectfully of other religions and their followers, and to avoid ridiculing or denigrating their convictions and practices. We all know that mutual respect is fundamental in any human relationship, especially among people who profess religious belief. In this way, sincere and lasting friendship can grow. 

When I received the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on March 22, 2013, I said: "It is not possible to establish true links with God, while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam. At the Mass marking the beginning of my ministry, I greatly appreciated the presence of so many civil and religious leaders from the Islamic world." 

Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907, #14

"Here it is well to note at once that, given this doctrine of experience united with the other doctrine of symbolism, every religion, even that of paganism, must be held to be true...And with what right will Modernists deny the truth of an experience affirmed by a follower of Islam? With what right can they claim true experiences for Catholics alone? Indeed Modernists do not deny but actually admit, some confusedly, others in the most open manner, that all religions are true...the most that Modernists can maintain is that the Catholic has more truth because it is more living." 

Matthew 12:30
He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son.
2 John 1:10

If any man come to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house nor say to him, God speed you.
Jn 18:37
For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.

With these words, I wished to emphasize once more the great importance of dialogue and cooperation among believers, in particular Christians and Muslims, and the need for it to be enhanced. With these sentiments, I reiterate my hope that all Christians and Muslims may be true promoters of mutual respect and friendship, in particular through education.

Finally, I send you my prayerful good wishes, that your lives may glorify the Almighty and give joy to those around you. Happy Feast to you all!

From the Vatican,
July 10, 2013
Francis

Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus of Errors, 1864, #15
Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true - CONDEMNED

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos, 1928, #2
" ...[some] hold it for certain that men destitute of all religious sense are very rarely to be found, they seem to have founded on that belief a hope that the nations, although they differ among themselves in certain religious matters, will without much difficulty come to agree as brethren in professing certain doctrines, which form as it were a common basis of the spiritual life. 
For which reason conventions, meetings and addresses are frequently arranged by these persons, at which a large number of listeners are present, and at which all without distinction are invited to join in the discussion, both infidels of every kind, and Christians, even those who have unhappily fallen away from Christ or who with obstinacy and pertinacity deny His divine nature and mission. 
Certainly such attempts can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are on that false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy, since they all in different ways manifest and signify that sense which is inborn in us all, and by which we are led to God and to the obedient acknowledgment of His rule. Not only are those who hold this opinion in error and deceived, but also in distorting the idea of true religion they reject it, and little by little. turn aside to naturalism and atheism, as it is called; from which it clearly follows that one who supports those who hold these theories and attempt to realize them, is altogether abandoning the divinely revealed religion." 

http://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/dialogue-islam-our-call-alarm-2316

Do the Jews declare who is or is not a saint?

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52297984/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/jews-tell-pope-concern-over-moves-make-pius-xii-saint/?lite&lite=obnetwork#.Udb2Ufk3vMm

By Philip Pullella

updated 6/24/2013 1:42:32 PM ET

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Jewish leader expressed concern to Pope Francis on Monday over attempts to make a saint of World War Two-era Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of turning a blind eye to the Holocaust.

Francis made no mention of his wartime predecessor during his talks with members of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), but the pontiff repeated the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of anti-Semitism.

This headline was on MSNBC today.
I just want to point out a few things.

1.) There is no such thing as "making" a saint. This is a common error by the media to say "[Name] will be made a saint." The correct term would be "declared." To declare someone a saint, aka canonize them, means to declare that they are already enjoying the Beatific Vision and in heaven, and that they lived a live of "heroic virtue" here on earth.

2.) The article says Pope Francis made no mention of Pope Pius XII in his declaration. I don't have the official transcripts, and I don't trust NBC any more than I trust a Taco Bell Five Layer Burrito, but if this is true it is very sad. There is a Proverb that frequently comes to mind for me, and here is no exception:
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. (17:15)

I think this could be expanded to say "He that defendeth not the just, and he that maketh concessions to the unjust, both are abominable before God."

A question I have frequently asked myself:
"Why was the Holy Father so quick to 'excommunicate' Archbishop Lefebvre and the four consecrated Bishops - those who believe so firmly in the Catholic faith and of preserving it and defending it inviolately -  while so, SO many priests, bishops and cardinals who spread their liberalist/modernist errors and commit grave liturgical abuses and commit pederasty and/or pedophilia are not defrocked or excommunicated?"

The question here would be:
"Why is the Holy Father so worried about ruffling feathers with Jewish leaders, so much so that he will not defend his own holy predecessor when he knows very well that Pius XII more than sufficiently fulfilled his role during that wartime? Why are we so worried about what others think at all? Did not St. Paul write to the Galatians: For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Did not St. John write, "Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also."

Antichrist and the devil (Fresco by Luca Signorelli, c. 1501)

The bottom line is that we are at war at the core not with men at all (whether Jew, Gentile, pagan, atheist, etc.).

Our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.

But we still need to defend the truth at all costs and to be willing to let those who would kill the body for saying it kill the body. As Jesus said to Judas, "That which thou dost, do quickly."

And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

One of the things this NBC article said that Pope Francis stressed was our "COMMON ROOTS" with the Jewish people further stressing the commitment to Nostra Aetate.

The article referenced at the start of this post comes on the heels of another post from "Catholic News Agency" in which the title read: Fight against secularism unites Jews, Catholics, Pope says.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/fight-against-secularism-unites-jews-catholics-pope-says/

That article also made mention to the same declaration by Pope Francis, specifically to - you guessed it - Nostra Aetate and our "COMMON ROOTS."

Apparently the fact that they reject Christ as the Messiah no longer has any bearing on how that might separate rather than unite us...

The head line should have read as follows:

Rejection of Christ as Messiah Separates Jews, Catholics, Pope Says

Pope Francis said that the rejection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah will result in the loss of souls if, before the end of their lives - as the Council of Florence, Trent and Vatican I all declared - they do not unite themselves to the one true ark of salvation with the laver of regeneration. St. Peter wrote that he who rejects Christ, he is the antichrist...

We keep hearing and reading about the alleged "Hermeneutic of Continuity" which the SSPX apparently does not understand.

However, if you read anything from prior to 1962, literally just about anything dealing with relations between the Catholic Church and non-Catholics, it always says there must be an emphasis for those outside of Her to convert.

This new approach toward uniting under a banner of "commonality" and "common good" is nothing other than the "irenic spirit of today" which Pope Pius XII warned about.

The following two passages, one from Pius XII himself (pre-Vatican II) and one from Paul VI (Nostra Aetate), point out what has changed in the Church in the last 50 years:

Pope Pius XII, On the Ecumenical Movement, 1949, # II

They shall also be on guard lest, on the false pretext that more attention should be paid to the points on which we agree than to those on which we differ, a dangerous indifferentism be encouraged, especially among persons whose training in theology is not deep and whose practice of their faith is not very strong. For care must be taken lest, in the so-called "irenic" spirit of today, through comparative study and the vain desire for a progressively closer mutual approach among the various professions of faith, Catholic doctrine – either in its dogmas or in the truths which are connected with them – be so conformed or in a way adapted to the doctrines of dissident sects, that the purity of Catholic doctrine be impaired, or its genuine and certain meaning be obscured.

Paul VI, Nostra Aetate, 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.

Pius XII says never to stress paying more attention to what we have in common but to always nail down and distinguish what separates us. For as I have stressed before:

He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. (Luke 11:23)

And as Pope Leo XIII wrote quoting from the early Church:

Satis Cognitam #9 (1896)

There can be nothing more dangerous than those heretics who admit nearly the whole cycle of doctrine, and yet by one word, as with a drop of poison, infect the real and simple faith taught by our Lord and handed down by Apostolic tradition

So, just to try and go overkill, I will leave you with a few more quotes to consider.

Pope St. Pius X, Notre Charge Apostolique, 1910

to the notion of Fraternity...they found on the love of common interest or, beyond all philosophies and religions, on the mere notion of humanity, thus embracing with an equal love and tolerance all human beings and their miseries, whether these are intellectual, moral, or physical and temporal. But Catholic doctrine tells us that the primary duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas...

vs.

Pope Paul VI, Ecclesiam Suam, 1964, #108

... we do not wish to turn a blind eye to the spiritual and moral values of the various non-Christian religions, for we desire to join with them in promoting and defending common ideals in the spheres of religious liberty, human brotherhood, education, culture, social welfare, and civic order.

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Session 11, 1442

...Christians, with all discord between them banished, should come together in the same purity of faith.

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos, 1928, #10

The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it... whosoever therefore is not united with the body is no member of it, neither is he in communion with Christ its head.

Nicene Creed

We believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis, 1950, #11

...danger is perceived...concealed beneath the mask of virtue...There are many who, deploring disagreement among men and intellectual confusion, through an imprudent zeal for souls, are urged by a great and ardent desire to do away with the barrier that divides good and honest men; these advocate an "eirenism"according to which, by setting aside the questions which divide men, they aim not only at joining forces to repel the attacks of atheism, but also at reconciling things opposed to one another in the field of dogma....

Pope Julius III, Council of Trent, Session XIII, 1551, Ch. VIII
it is not enough to declare the truth unless errors be exposed and repudiated, it has seemed good to the holy council to subjoin these canons, so that, the Catholic doctrine being already known, all may understand also what are the heresies which they ought to guard against and avoid.

Fr. Denis Fahey

The world must conform to our Divine Lord; not He to it.

vs.

Pope Paul VI, Ecclesiam Suam, 1964, #109

We readily accept the principle of stressing what we all have in common rather than what divides us...We would even go further and declare our readiness to examine how we can meet the legitimate desires of our separated Christian brothers on many points of difference concerning tradition, spirituality, canon law, and worship, for it is Our dearest wish to embrace them in a perfect union of faith and charity.

Pope Pius XII, On the Ecumenical Movement, 1949, # IV- #1 / V

That communicatio in sacris (aka praying with other faiths/partaking in other worship ceremonies) be entirely avoided...Although in all these meetings and conferences any communication whatsoever in worship must be avoided. (St Alphonsus Liguori in his Theologia Moralis. This doctor of the church writes, ‘It is not permitted to be present at the sacred rites of infidels and heretics in such a

way that you would be judged to be in communion with them”)

1 Corinthians 10:20

But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.

Psalm 95:4-5

4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

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Pope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio, 1990 #29

The Church's relationship with other religions is dictated by a twofold respect: "Respect for man in his quest for answers to the deepest questions of his life, and respect for the action of the Spirit in man." Excluding any mistaken interpretation, the interreligious meeting held in Assisi was meant to confirm my conviction that "every authentic prayer is prompted by the Holy Spirit, who is mysteriously present in every human heart."

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Session 11, 1442

...the holy Roman church, founded on the words of our Lord and Saviour, firmly believes, professes and preaches one true God, almighty, immutable and eternal, Father, Son and holy Spirit...it condemns, reproves, anathematizes and declares to be outside the body of Christ, which is the church, whoever holds opposing or contrary views.

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Pope Paul VI, Ecclesiam Suam, 1964, #107

...we see another circle around us...It comprises first of all those men who worship the one supreme God, whom we also worship. We would mention first the Jewish people, who still retain the religion of the Old Testament, and who are indeed worthy of our respect and love.

Pius VIII, Traditi Humilitati, 1829, #4

Among these heresies belongs that foul contrivance of the sophists of this age who do not admit any difference among the different professions of faith and who think that the portal of eternal salvation opens for all from any religion. Indeed this deadly idea concerning the lack of difference among religions is refuted even by the light of natural reason. We are assured of this because the various religions do not often agree among themselves. If one is true, the other must be false; there can be no society of darkness with light. Against these experienced sophists the people must be taught that the profession of the Catholic faith is uniquely true, as the apostle proclaims: one Lord, one faith, one baptism

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Pope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio, 1990 #25-26

It is the Spirit who is the source of the drive to press on, not only geographically but also beyond the frontiers of race and religion, for a truly universal mission...To live in "fraternal communion" (koinonia) means to be "of one heart and soul" (Acts 4:32), establishing fellowship from every point of view: human, spiritual and material.

Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis, 1950, #32

They allege...the contemporary mind must look to the existence of things and to life, which is ever in flux. While scorning our philosophy, they extol other philosophies of all kinds, ancient and modern, oriental and occidental, by which they seem to imply that any kind of philosophy or theory, with a few additions and corrections if need be, can be reconciled with Catholic dogma. No Catholic can doubt how false this is.

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Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis, 1979, #12

It also enables us to approach all cultures, all ideological concepts, all people of good will. We approach them with the esteem, respect and discernment that since the time of the Apostles has marked the missionary attitude, the attitude of the missionary.

JPII, Redemptor Hominis, 1979, #12
In this unity in mission, which is decided principally by Christ himself, all Christians must find what already unites them, even before their full communion is achieved. This is apostolic and missionary unity.

~ Pax Domini sit semper Vobiscum

Resist Modernism!

PRAESTANTIA SCRIPTURAE - Pope St. Pius X
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius10/p10prasc.htm


"But we observe that some persons, unduly prone to opinions and methods tainted by pernicious novelties and excessively devoted to the principle of false liberty, which is really immoderate license and in sacred studies proves itself to be a most insidious and a fruitful source of the worst evils against the purity of the faith, have not received and do not receive these decisions with the proper obedience.

Moreover, in order to check the daily increasing audacity of many modernists who are endeavoring by all kinds of sophistry and devices to detract from the force and efficacy not only of the decree "Lamentabili sane exitu" (the so-called Syllabus), issued by our order by the Holy Roman and Universal Pascendi dominici gregis" given on September 8 of this same year, we do by our apostolic authority repeat and confirm both that decree of the Supreme Sacred Congregation and those encyclical letters of ours, adding the penalty of excommunication against their contradictors, and this we declare and decree that should anybody, which may God forbid, be so rash as to defend any one of the propositions, opinions or teachings condemned in these documents he falls, ipso facto, under the censure contained under the chapter "Docentes" of the constitution "Apostolicae Sedis," which is the first among the excommunications latae sententiae, simply reserved to the Roman Pontiff. This excommunication is to be understood as salvis poenis, which may be incurred by those who have violated in any way the said documents, as propagators and defenders of heresies, when their propositions, opinions and teachings are heretical, as has happened more than once in the case of the adversaries of both these documents, especially when they advocate the errors of the modernists that is, the synthesis of all heresies.
Inquisition on July 3 of the present year, but also of our encyclical letters "

Wherefore we again and most earnestly exhort the ordinaries of the dioceses and the heads of religious congregations to use the utmost vigilance over teachers, and first of all in the seminaries; and should they find any of them imbued with the errors of the modernists and eager for what is new and noxious, or lacking in docility to the prescriptions of the Apostolic See, in whatsoever way published, let them absolutely forbid the teaching office to such; so, too, let them exclude from sacred orders those young men who give the very faintest reason for doubt that they favor condemned doctrines and pernicious novelties. We exhort them also to take diligent care to put an end to those books and other writings, now growing exceedingly numerous, which contain opinions or tendencies of the kind condemned in the encyclical letters and decree above mentioned; let them see to it that these publications are removed from Catholic publishing houses, and especially from the hands of students and the clergy. By doing this they will at the same time be promoting real and solid education, which should always be a subject of the greatest solicitude for those who exercise sacred authority.

All these things we will and order to be sanctioned and established by our apostolic authority, aught to the contrary notwithstanding.