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Have you ever wondered why half the Newchurches in the United States and in other locales are being slammed shut and sold off to become bars, restaurants, and night clubs? There are many reasons, but most of them end up at the foot of the incompetent Newbishops that the Pseudo-Newpopes of the Synodal Church of the New Order have been appointing.
Newbishop Earl Fernendes, of Columbus, Ohio, is just the latest to excuse illegal criminals from attending the fake (invalid) New Order Mess. Pseudo-Newbishops who had already done so are Newbishop Michael Martin, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Newcardinal Robert McElroy, of San Diego, California; Newarchbishop Jose Gomez, of Los Angeles, California; Newbishop Alberto Rojas, of San Bernardino, California; Newbishop Kevin Vann, of Orange, California; Newbishop Joseph Brennan, of Fresno, California; and Bishop Ramon Bejarano, of Monterey, California. There may be others.
These Newbishops are driving their Newchurch into oblivion. As during the Red China Virus period, studies show that once Newchurchers go, they rarely come back. No wonder Newchurch "Mess" attendance -- which includes its satellite New Latin Messes -- are in the single digits and going down. Newpastors around the country are reporting that one-quarter their congregation attended weekend M[e]ss," and that term includes the silly "Golf Mess" on Saturday afternoons.
Why aren't these Pseudo-Newbishops urging their Newchurch to obey the law and urging them to take the U.S. government's offer that these illegal criminals can go back to their homeland with the government providing free transportation and a 1,000 USD bonus in their pocket? Newchurch bishops are thereby just as criminal as the alien lawbreakers whom they are supporting, according to St. Paul's principle enunciated in his Epistle to the Romans 1:32. [Some information for this Commentary was contributed by the National Catholic Register.]
Traditional Catholics, the irony is that very few Newchurchers give a thought to any Sunday Mess "obligation." Of course, whether they know it or not, the Protestant-Masonic-Pagan New Order Mess is not a valid Catholic Mass, so, far from having any "obligation" to attend it, they are to the contrary prohibited from eve attending it, under pain of sinning against the First Commandment of God. It seems that Providence may be acting to prevent at least some of this blasphemy, sacrilege, and idolatry by shutting New Order services.
Dear TRADITIO Fathers:
In accordance with charity and the Fifth Precept of the Church to contribute to the support of the Church, what amount is considered to have met this obligation by one's tithing? Should it be given to the physical church one goes to, or can part of it also go to other Traditional Catholic organizations (obviously, not Newchurch or organizations affiliated to it such as so-called Catholic Charities). Now I give some to the physical church that I go to, some in stipends for Masses to be said by Traditional Catholic priests, and some to Traditional Catholic organizations, such as Traditioinal Catholic nuns in need, But what about secular charities?
THE TRADITIO FATHERS REPLY.Traditionally, tithing has been considered to be 10 per cent of one's income, in recognition that all we possess comes "from above, coming down from the Father" (James 1:17/DRV). That is an amount that one can strive for. Individual circumstances (joblessness, heavy financial obligations, etc.) would adjust that figure.
Given the great need in these times of Traditional Catholic churches, chapels, and oratories, which neither receive nor want funding from the Pseudo-Catholic Newchurch corporation, we would recommend that majority of your charity go to the Traditional Catholic church, chapel, or oratory that provides you with the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments of the True Church. That is your first obligation, and you should be as generous as possible; otherwise, you may lose your site. A small remainder could be donated to Traditional Catholic causes such as those you mention.
Secular causes in such times as these can reasonably be left to the secularists, especially because secular organizations have other sources of funding, as from the government, endowments, etc., and have been exposed as anti-Catholic, fraudulent, or spending far too much on administration. Such organizations include Red Cross, March of Dimes, United Way, so-called Jewish-Christian coalitions, Salvation Army, and most others.
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