A Dec. 15, 2008 report from the Congregation for Catholic Education gives our Novus Ordo seminaries a clean bill of health, based on pre-orchestrated visits in 2005 and 2006:
The general conclusion, therefore, of the Visitation was positive. While there are some institutes that continue to be inadequate, the diocesan seminaries are, in general, healthy. Let bishops, major superiors and rectors ... take comfort in the notable improvements that have taken place.
The Apostolic Visit was obliged to point out the difficulties, in the area of morality, that some seminaries had suffered in past decades. Usually, but not exclusively, this meant homosexual behavior. Nevertheless, in almost all the institutes where such problems existed, at least in the diocesan seminaries, the appointment of better superiors (especially rectors) has ensured that such difficulties have been overcome. ... Nevertheless, there are still some places—usually centers of formation for religious—where ambiguity vis-à-vis homosexuality persists. In this context, the Congregation underscores the importance of its 2005 Instruction concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with Regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in View of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders.
It's worth recalling the 2005 Instruction on ordination of queers, mentioned above. Here's a description from Steve Brady of Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF), a man who has been fighting the lavender mafia for more than a decade. The following is taken from his spring 2006 newsletter:
In the section marked “II. Homosexuality and ordained ministry” the document states: “the Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question, may not admit to the seminary and Holy Orders those who practice homosexuality, show profoundly deep-rooted homosexual tendencies, or support the so-called gay culture… If, however, one is dealing with homosexual tendencies that may be simply the expression of a transitory problem, such as for example an adolescence not yet complete, such tendencies must be overcome at least three years before ordination to the diaconate.”
If any of you mistakenly believe that this document has not opened the door for the ordination of homosexuals, the current president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops will clarify it for you in the news blurb below. You cannot forget the fact that the same Bishops who protected the sodomites who abused children still control the seminaries. These same Bishops, many who are sodomites themselves, have constantly refused to address this issue.
Bishop Says Edict Allows Some Gay Priests (Washington Post, Nov. 30, 2005):
"[Bishop William S. Skylstad] The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said yesterday that under a new Vatican directive on homosexuality, men with a lasting attraction to members of the same sex can still be ordained as priests, as long as they are not `consumed by' their sexual orientation.”
“...Several prelates, including Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, indicated that they will continue to ordain seminarians regardless of sexual orientation,… "
Steve Brady, after years of suffering at his parish, finally came to the Traditional Mass. As he wrote in his winter 2007 newsletter: "RCF was founded because of the lies presented to my children as truth by Catholics. Placing my children in parish religion programs here at St. Peters in Petersburg was one of the mistakes I made as a parent. It is very difficult to undo the damage done by those who pervert the faith while holding a position of authority in the parish or school. The example they set can be equally destructive." This is, unfortunately, common throughout the US.
How should we view this latest report from the Vatican? Should we imagine that the seminaries are basically emptied of queers? I submit that there is insufficient evidence to think so. Consider the following interview of a former seminary rector published in the Washington Post in Dec. 2005, during the Vatican "visitation." Entitled Letter Advises Against Gay Seminary Teachers, the article regards a Vatican letter that accompanied the homo Instruction:
The Rev. Donald B. Cozzens, a Catholic author and former seminary rector, called the letter a "bombshell" because it affects current priests, not just future ones.
Cozzens, whose survey research indicates that a quarter to half of all U.S. priests are gay, said the letter "doesn't say that rectors or professors in our seminaries who have already been appointed should be removed, but one wonders if that's not what might begin to happen -- a kind of culling of gay rectors and professors."
Furthermore, he said, "I think it could also raise questions about people working in chanceries and about bishops who happen to be gay. And why stop there? I see it as a logical extension of the instruction, but it underscores the problematic nature of the instruction."
What Fr. Cozzens confirmed is that: 1) There are a lot of queer priests, 2) There are likewise a substantial number of queer rectors and professors, 3) There are bishops who "happen to be gay" (it just happens!!), and 4) The Vatican will have problems if they get serious about removing the queers. It seems the Vatican inspectors missed this!
Has the Vatican gotten serious? Judge for yourself. Pansies squeal loudly when pinched. Have you heard their outcry from the seminaries? Not yet. As Steve Brady noted above, "You cannot forget the fact that the same Bishops who protected the sodomites who abused children still control the seminaries. These same Bishops, many who are sodomites themselves, have constantly refused to address this issue." Add to this that they continue to teach hideous homo-perversion to Catholic children in USCCB-approved sex-ed programs such as Growing in Love, and the picture is clear: it's queer business as usual in the US.
Will Pope Benedict do anything about this? If his track record at the CDF is any indication, don't expect much. But even worse now, Rome has given its blessing to the seminaries! It's best to get your families, especially your sons, away from the Novus Ordo.
Pray the Rosary every day!
In the section marked “II. Homosexuality and ordained ministry” the document states: “the Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question,...
Profoundly respecting!! Whoa! Any ideas on what that means?
Did anyone ever read that they "profoundly respect" parents who want to keep their boys pure in body and doctrine?