A Call for Repentance: An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians

“Learn to do right; seek justice; defend the oppressed” (Isa 1:17).

We, at the undersigned Palestinian Christian institutions and grassroots movements, grieve and lament the renewed cycle of violence in our land. As we were about to publish this open letter, some of us lost dear friends and family members in the atrocious Israeli bombardment of innocent civilians on October 19, 2023, Christians included, who were taking refuge in the historical Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza. Words fail to express our shock and horror with regard to the on-going war in our land. We deeply mourn the death and suffering of all people because it is our firm conviction that all humans are made in God’s image. We are also profoundly troubled when the name of God is invoked to promote violence and religious national ideologies.

Further, we watch with horror the way many western Christians are offering unwavering support to Israel’s war against the people of Palestine. While we recognize the numerous voices that have spoken and continue to speak for the cause of truth and justice in our land, we write to challenge western theologians and church leaders who have voiced uncritical support for Israel and to call them to repent and change. Sadly, the actions and double standards of some Christian leaders have gravely hurt their Christian witness and have severely distorted their moral judgment with regards to the situation in our land.

We come alongside fellow Christians in condemning all attacks on civilians, especially defenseless families and children. Yet, we are disturbed by the silence of many church leaders and theologians when it is Palestinian civilians who are killed. We are also horrified by the refusal of some western Christians to condemn the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine, and, in some instances, their justification of and support for the occupation. Further, we are appalled by how some Christians have legitimized Israel’s ongoing indiscriminate attacks on Gaza, which have, so far, claimed the lives of more than 3,700 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children. These attacks have resulted in the wholesale destruction of entire neighborhoods and the forced displacement of over one million Palestinians. The Israeli military has utilized tactics that target civilians such as the use of white phosphorus, the cutting off of water, fuel, and electricity, and the bombardment of schools, hospitals, and places of worship —including the heinous massacre at Al-Ahli Anglican-Baptist Hospital and the bombardment of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius which wiped out entire Palestinian Christian families.

Moreover, we categorically reject the myopic and distorted Christian responses that ignore the wider context and the root causes of this war: Israel’s systemic oppression of the Palestinians over the last 75 years since the Nakba, the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the oppressive and racist military occupation that constitutes the crime of apartheid. This is precisely the horrific context of oppression that many western Christian theologians and leaders have persistently ignored, and even worse, have occasionally legitimized using a wide range of Zionist theologies and interpretations. Moreover, Israel’s cruel blockade of Gaza for the last 17 years has turned the 365-square-kilometer Strip into an open-air prison for more than two million Palestinians—70% of whom belong to families displaced during the Nakba—who are denied their basic human rights. The brutal and hopeless living conditions in Gaza under Israel’s iron fist have regrettably emboldened extreme voices of some Palestinian groups to resort to militancy and violence as a response to oppression and despair. Sadly, Palestinian non-violent resistance, which we remain wholeheartedly committed to, is met with rejection, with some western Christian leaders even prohibiting the discussion of Israeli apartheid as reported by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and B’Tselem, and as long asserted by both Palestinians and South Africans.

Time and again, we are reminded that western attitudes towards Palestine-Israel suffer from a glaring double standard that humanizes Israeli Jews while insisting on dehumanizing Palestinians and whitewashing their suffering. This is evident in general attitudes towards the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip that killed thousands of Palestinians, the apathy towards the murder of the Palestinian-American Christian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, and the killing of more than 300 Palestinians including 38 children in the West Bank this year before this recent escalation.

It seems to us that this double standard reflects an entrenched colonial discourse that has weaponized the Bible to justify the ethnic cleansing of indigenous peoples in the Americas, Oceania, and elsewhere, the slavery of Africans and the transatlantic slave trade, and decades of apartheid in South Africa. Colonial theologies are not passé; they continue in wide-ranging Zionist theologies and interpretations that have legitimized the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the vilification and dehumanization of Palestinians—Christians included—living under systemic settler-colonial apartheid. Further, we are aware of the western Christian legacy of Just War Theory that was used to justify dropping atomic bombs over innocent civilians in Japan during World War II, the destruction of Iraq and the decimation of its Christian population during the latest American war on Iraq, as well as the unwavering and uncritical support for Israel against the Palestinians in the name of moral-supremacy and “self-defense.” Regrettably, many western Christians across wide denominational and theological spectra adopt Zionist theologies and interpretations that justify war, making them complicit in Israel’s violence and oppression. Some are also complicit in the rise of the anti-Palestinian hate speech, which we are witnessing in numerous western countries and media outlets today.

Although many Christians in the West do not have a problem with the theological legitimization of war, the vast majority of Palestinian Christians do not condone violence—not even by the powerless and occupied. Instead, Palestinian Christians are fully committed to the way of Jesus in creative nonviolent resistance (Kairos Palestine, §4.2.3), which uses “the logic of love and draw[s] on all energies to make peace” (§4.2.5). Crucially, we reject all theologies and interpretations that legitimize the wars of the powerful. We strongly urge western Christians to come alongside us in this. We also remind ourselves and fellow Christians that God is the God of the downtrodden and the oppressed, and that Jesus rebuked the powerful and lifted up the marginalized. This is at the heart of God’s conception of justice. Therefore, we are deeply troubled by the failure of some western Christian leaders and theologians to acknowledge the biblical tradition of justice and mercy, as first proclaimed by Moses (Deut 10:18; 16:18–20; 32:4) and the prophets (Isa 1:17; 61:8; Mic 2:1–3, 6:8; Amos 5:10–24), and as exemplified and embodied in Christ (Matt 25:34–46; Luke 1:51–53; 4:16–21).

Finally, and we say it with a broken heart, we hold western church leaders and theologians who rally behind Israel’s wars accountable for their theological and political complicity in the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, which have been committed over the last 75 years. We call upon them to reexamine their positions and to change their direction, remembering that God “will judge the world in justice” (Acts 17:31). We also remind ourselves and our Palestinian people that our sumud (“steadfastness”) is anchored in our just cause and our historical rootedness in this land. As Palestinian Christians, we also continue to find our courage and consolation in the God who dwells with those of a contrite and humble spirit (Isa 57:15). We find courage in the solidarity we receive from the crucified Christ, and we find hope in the empty tomb. We are also encouraged and empowered by the costly solidarity and support of many churches and grassroots faith movements around the world, challenging the dominance of ideologies of power and supremacy. We refuse to give in, even when our siblings abandon us. We are steadfast in our hope, resilient in our witness, and continue to be committed to the Gospel of faith, hope, and love, in the face of tyranny and darkness. “In the absence of all hope, we cry out our cry of hope. We believe in God, good and just. We believe that God’s goodness will finally triumph over the evil of hate and of death that still persist in our land. We will see here ‘a new land’ and ‘a new human being’, capable of rising up in the spirit to love each one of his or her brothers and sisters” (Kairos Palestine, §10).

Your Kingdom come!

Signed Organizations and Institutions

Kairos Palestine

Christ at the Checkpoint

Bethlehem Bible College

Sabeel Ecumenical Center for Liberation Theology

Dar al-Kalima University

Al-Liqa Center for Religious, Heritage and Cultural Studies in the Holy Land

The East Jerusalem YMCA

The YWCA of Palestine 

Arab Orthodox Society, Jerusalem      

Arab Orthodox Club, Jerusalem

The Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches

Arab Education Institute Pax Christi, Bethlehem ( letter ends )

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7

In the name of the Holy Spirit

Did you know that Catholic canon law states that any adult male baptised Catholic can be elected Pope. The next Bishop of Rome doesn’t need to have priest, bishop or Cardinal on his cv. I have been a Catholic my whole life so in Catholic Canon law I have the legitimacy to put my name forward to succeed my beloved Pope Francis and become the next head of the Catholic Church on Earth. I write under the influence of the Holy Spirit and through the guidance of the Holy Spirit I will build my election address, my ‘Manifesto for a Lay Pope‘, on these pages. I will deliver my Manifesto to every Cardinal who is eligible to vote for the next Bishop of Rome in the hope that they will be inspired by the Holy Spirit to consider my candidacy. More importantly I will share my Manifesto for all of my beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ’s family in the sincere Hope that it will bring us all closer to our Saviour Jesus Christ.

I have been trying to follow Jesus my whole life, sometimes shoulder to shoulder but to my shame mostly some way behind him trying desperately to keep up and not lose sight of which way he wanted me to go. Sometimes I have failed spectacularly. Sometimes I have almost touched the hem of his garment.

I am a Catholic by birth but over the past few years my faith in the Catholic Church has become increasingly fragile. I am not alone in this. Christians are leaving the Catholic Church like locusts fleeing a barren field. The scale of clerical abuse against minors,  the corruption of wealth and power within the Church, the systemic misogyny within the Church which denies women their right to proclaim Christ’s unconditional Love from the Altar, the denial of the LGBTQ+ community to be allowed to fully participate in Christ’s sacred Communion and the refusal to accept our married Brothers into the priesthood has motivated me to put myself forward as a successor to Saint Peter.

I already know that much of what I have to write will be challenging and controversial for you … mainly because I find it so myself. At times I am compelled by the Holy Spirit to write about issues that I would prefer not to engage with such as the scale of clerical abuse of minors , about pornography, hate, addiction , mysogyny and I find the research process at times painful, heartbreaking and disturbing. Then, thank God, there are times when I am guided to write about Truth, Simplicity ,Beauty, Grace, Compassion, Wisdom, Humility , Joy and most wonderful of all , Love.

No doubt I will be accused of attacking the Catholic Church. I am not. I Love our Church and I seek to defend it but I have been inspired by the Holy Spirit to question why we so often fall short of what Jesus wants His Church to be.

I hope that what I write inspires you , refuses to allow you to be indifferent, empowers you to withstand any assault on your Faith but most of all I Pray that what I write renews your Love for humanity , for God, and for the teachings of His Blessed Son, Our Saviour Jesus Christ.

If ‘Manifesto for a lay Pope ‘ brings you closer to Jesus please share with family and friends. God Bless you and yours. Peace and Love!

my e mail is : the laypope@yahoo.com

“Many of us wept when we heard of that young woman who committed suicide because she was bisexual and did not feel welcomed. I wept,” Dominican Fr. Timothy Radcliffe told the Synod of Bishops assembly on Oct. 18. “I hope it changed us.”

On December 8th, 2019, Alana Faith Chen died by suicide at 24 years old after years of conversion therapy and sexual oppression.

( the following is an extract from the Alana Faith Chen Foundation)

Committed to serve God and her church, Alana confessed to a trusted priest at 14 years old that she thought she was attracted to women.

That priest responded by telling Alana that being gay, having “impure thoughts”, and acting out on those desires was a “mortal sin” and that she would go to hell if she were ever to have a lesbian relationship.

He also convinced her not to tell her family because if they accepted her as a lesbian she would not change and go to hell. As a devoted, impressionable girl, Alana listened to that priest.

Alana endured 7 traumatic years of this miseducation, “pastoral counseling,” conversion therapy, and religious abuse, which resulted in years of severe depression, self-harming and extreme suicidal ideation.

When Alana’s parents discovered her great suffering, they got her the help she needed through inpatient and outpatient therapies, and several specialized therapies.

Alana began a new healing journey, and even applied to get her Master’s in Counseling so she could become a therapist herself one day.

Even while Alana was getting legitimate professional help, the traumatic religious abuse and psychological torture that Alana experienced for many years was still too much to bear.

On December 8th, 2019 we lost Alana to suicide.

(End of extract )

The history of the Catholic Church is filled with accounts of the faithful who went on to become Saints after they gave up their lives for their faith . Alana Faith Chen gave up her life for her faith when she was told that her Divine Father could never Love her for who she was. This unbearable claim was not revealed to her by God but by clerics within the Catholic Church who tortured her pure and beautiful soul. There are many horrifying accounts of how the Catholic saints were brutally tortured and killed by those who abhorred their commitment to Our Heavenly Father. The horror and brutality of what Alana went through at the hands of these Catholic clerics and the ultimate sacrifice that she paid more than qualifies her cause to be considered for Sainthood. These Saints died because they refused to deny their Love for God. Alana Faith Chen died because Catholic clerics told her she was not worthy of His Love . Unable to live without Gods Love she , like those Saints before her, gave the ultimate sacrifice of her life. It is time to progress the cause of sainthood for Alana Faith Chen, Patron Saint of the LGBTQ+ Community.

Canonising Alana would send a very clear message that never again should a child of God feel that they had no option but to take their own life because they felt that they were not welcome in the Catholic Church. As Pope Francis has said: “The church is a mother and calls together all her children. Take for example the parable of those invited to the feast: “the just, the sinners, the rich and the poor, etc.” [Matthew 22:1-15; Luke 14:15-24]. A “selective” church, one of “pure blood,” is not Holy Mother Church, but rather a sect.”

Father James Martin a Jesuit priest, LGBTQ advocate and best-selling author said “The Catholic Church needs to listen to LGBTQ people, not give them more reasons to distance themselves from the church.“

There are those within the Catholic Church, often in positions of authority, who are unable to accept that God Loves all of his children . Our Heavenly Father is concerned foremost with what is in the hearts of the faithful not their sexuality. However those unable to accept the LGBTQ+ community will vigorously object to the canonisation of Alana. I say let the people of God and especially the Holy Spirit decide. To all of those who believe, as I fervently do , that God Loved Alana Faith Chen unconditionally because of her Love for Him I ask you to pray to her when you feel unwanted or rejected by our Church. Pray to her for the courage, resilience and wisdom to realise that as Pope Francis has said it is “people in the church” and not “the Church” itself which is the problem. Pray to her for the strength to forgive these misguided people as Christ forgave those who persecuted and Crucified Him. Pray to Alana for the strength to respond to their hate with compassion and Love as Christ would have it.

Alana is now seated at Christ’s table in Paradise . She is the ultimate advocate in Heaven of Christ’s Sisters and Brothers who belong to the LGBTQ+ community and your prayers to her will not go unanswered . Join those calling out for her canonisation . Share that call far and wide so that one day her beautiful soul will forever be remembered as Saint Alana Faith Chen , patron saint of Christ’s LGBTQ+ beloved flock .

Peace and Love

e mail : thelaypope@yahoo.com

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7

Why is suffering the first word people associate with our Christian faith

I am a sinner I have sinned against those I Love and those who Love me but I am saved because Jesus sacrificed Himself on the Cross to atone for my sins and I Love Him for the suffering He endured in atonement for my weakness .

But I do not truly Love Him if I fixate on his suffering and death . I can only truly Love Him when I Love Him not because He died on the Cross but because He is risen from the dead.

Why are our places of worship and our homes not full to overflowing with Joyful, astounding , wonder filled images like the one above. Suffering should not be the first word people associate with our Saviour .

The Cross has a sacred place within our understanding of Christ’s sacrifice particularly across Easter but it is time to take our Lord down from the Cross throughout the rest of the year and refill our Places of worship and our homes with images of sheer uncontrollable Joy at what He has done for us . Throughout Lent we must ensure that the Cross with the crucified Christ is returned to be the foremost and prominent image of our Communion within our homes and places of worship so that we never forget our Saviours sacrifice for our salvation . However if we truly understand what Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross was for we should adorn those homes and churches with images that are Life affirming and overflowing with astonishment and resonate Hope and sheer happiness not pain, loss and defeat.

It is time to take Christ down from the Cross

Peace and Love

The Lay Pope

Manifesto for a Lay Pope. My promise to you; If I am elected Pope I will decree that:

To ensure that the centre of our Christian faith is an affirmation of Christs resurrection and not His death all Catholic Diocese will be instructed to remove images of the Crucified Christ from their Churches and homes to be replaced by life affirming, joyful, astounding and awe filled images of our Risen Saviour .

During Lent images of the crucified Christ will be returned to the homes and places of worship of the faithful in order that due reverence may be afforded to the pain and suffering of our Saviours sacrifice in atonement for our sins.

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7

my e mail is : the laypope@yahoo.com

On August 16, 2023, The Denver Post  reported that the Archdiocese of Denver plus two parishes, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton and St. Bernadette Catholic Parish in Lakewood, are “suing the state alleging their First Amendment rights are violated because their desire to exclude LGBTQ parents, staff and kids from Archdiocesan preschools keeps them from participating in Colorado’s new universal preschool program.”

Participants in the programme, which provides 15 hours per week of state-funded preschool per year before kindergarten, must meet Colorado’s non-discrimination requirements. The lawsuit filed against Lisa Roy, executive director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, and Dawn Odean, director of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program, claims that the State’s non-discrimination requirements “directly conflict with St. Mary’s, St. Bernadette’s, and the Archdiocese’s religious beliefs,”

The Denver Post published written guidance last year issued by the Denver Archdiocese to its Catholic schools on the handling of LGBTQ issues, including telling administrators not to enroll or re-enroll transgender or gender non-conforming students and explaining that gay parents should be treated differently than heterosexual couples.

Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila delivers a speech at the Celebrate Life rally and march in front of the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 13, 2019. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Nick Reaves, counsel at Becket, the law firm representing the Archdiocese , claims that : “Colorado is slamming the door on hundreds of parents that need help sending their kids to preschool, all because the schools that are best for their kids reflect their beliefs. We are asking the court to stop Colorado’s campaign against preschoolers and the schools that want to serve them. Families should be free to choose the private school that best meets their needs—whether it is secular or religious.”

Nadine Bridges, Executive Director of One Colorado ,the state’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Coloradans and their families, responded to the law suit saying :

“We are disappointed to see the Archdiocese of Denver take this harmful stance  towards LGBTQ+ Coloradans – especially students and their families,” …. “The decision to sue Colorado over the right to exclude LGBTQ+ families from universal preschool goes against the fundamental principles of equity and nondiscrimination. Faith communities, including their spaces for education,  should be a place for love and support. Every child deserves an opportunity to access education–to thrive in a safe and encouraging environment. Denying admission to LGBTQ+ students, and excluding families with LGBTQ+ parents, alienates LGBTQ+ people of Catholic faith. One Colorado firmly opposes any effort to marginalize or discriminate against our community.

It is difficult to imagine how a Catholic Archdiocese can find itself in a position where it is filing a law suit to prevent 3-5 year old children from attending its pre schools. When Samuel Aquila, the architect of the lawsuit seeking to ban the children from Catholic pre school, was appointed as the archbishop for the Archdiocese of Denver on May 29, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. he dedicated his ministry as shepherd of the people of northern Colorado to helping every person experience the love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and be moved by that encounter to a lasting commitment to share the Gospel with enthusiasm, creativity and joy. It is nothing short of an outrage for him to seek to ban 3-5 year old children from experiencing the Love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There is no commitment from him to share the Gospel with enthusiasm, creativity and joy when he denies these innocent children, many of whom are baptised Catholics, access to a pre school Catholic education . His actions are nothing less than spiritual child abuse .

Jesus said : ” Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me. But if a man is a cause of stumbling to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.” Matthew 18:v6-7

”Religious freedom is neither authentic nor justified if it includes discrimination against the ‘other’ ” (The Lay Pope )

I have written to Archbishop Aquila to ask him a question. It is a question I believe Jesus would like an answer to . It is a simple question :

” What grave sin have these 3-5 year old children committed that compels you to punish them by banning them from experiencing the Love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

I will let you know if I get an answer .

Peace and Love

The Lay Pope

Manifesto for a Lay Pope. My promise to you; If I am elected Pope I will decree that:

Any member of the clergy , Priest, Bishop , Archbishop or Cardinal who denies a child acces to a Catholic Education will be removed from office.

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7

In his latest outrage the smiling assassin ,Bishop Athaenaseus Schneider, strikes at the very heart of the Papacy and in doing so sustains the systemic sexual abuse of the vulnerable by a minority of Catholic clergy . His latest attack on pope Francis is serious enough for him to be suspended at the very least. In his latest scurrilous attempt to undermine the reforms of Pope Francis which include restrictions on the divisive Latin Mass he says:

”Just as the Pope cannot abolish the Apostles’ Creed, neither can he “prohibit the use of the traditional Mass,” for to do so would be “an abuse of power.”

The wayward Bishops defence of the Latin Mass is inextricably linked to the systemic worls wide sexual abuse of the vulnerable by a minority of Catholic clergy . Bishop Franz – Josef Overbeck of Essen Germany tells us

“sexual abuse has only one origin and it is in the wrong use of power in our Church “

This opinion is in concord with an overwhelming body of evidence within the fields of criminal psychological and sociological research . That wrong use of power has been perversely exercised by predominantly traditionalist clergy. It is the traditionalist clerical wing of the Church that most fiercely oppose the reforms of Pope Francis and Vatican 11 which include an enhanced role for the laity specifically because they see it as a direct assault on their power. The Latin mass has become the foundation stone upon which this opposition has built its fortress . The Lay Pope says:

”The welcome restrictions on the Latin Mass which has been weaponised by the likes of Athanasius Schneider against Vatican 11 and the reforms of our beloved Pope Francis can best be likened to removing the use of mustard gas in World War 1 to prevent harm.” thelaypope.com

The abuse of clerical power is the spiritual cancer which presided over a world wide network of clerics who systematically abused vulnerable adults and children . TLM is symbolic of this spiritual decadence . It is a practice wherein the polarisation of power is taken to extremes . The priest turns his back on his flock , speaks in a language that most cannot fathom and denies them any meaningful engagement in the liturgy relegating them to passive subjugated powerless voiceless onlookers. It is precisely this exercise of crude and manipulative power politics that gifts predatorial clerics the opportunity to abuse . Athanaseus Schneider and those who support the divisive Latin Mass are hell bent on achieving a schismatic church where a traditional elite exercise ultimate power over a pliant subjective flock . God saves us from the abuses that would follow if that were to happen. God Bless you. Peace and Love

Peace and Love

The Lay Pope

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7

The Latin Mass is symbolic of everything wrong within the Catholic Church .

It is the foundation stone upon which those who reek of ‘the odor of the devil ‘ have built their temple of opposition to Vatican 11 and the reforms of Pope Francis .

It is the weapon of choice of a self serving power hungry clerical elite who revel in the indulgent pomp and ceremony of a service spoken in a language that taunted and ridiculed Our Saviour on the Cross. It is the chosen narrative of peacock Clerics who choose lavish garments and pompous theatre over humility and servitude.

Salvatore Cordileone

It is intrinsically linked to the systemic world wide sexual abuse of children by a minority of clerics whose lust for power has no immoral limits .

“Sexual abuse has only one origin, [and it is] in the wrong use of power in our church,” (Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany )

It is the heart breaking call to arms of those who believe that spreading the Word of God is best fulfilled by vilifying the ‘other’ and demonising the marginalised .

It fuels the fires of Hate, Intolerance and contempt of its fanatics in the Catholic Church who deny women their rightful place at the altar

and who crucify any of Christ’s beloved who do not kneel to their base, narrowminded, Loveless notion of human sexuality.

It is the cold shrill battle cry of a corpse bound Christless tradition that further empowers elites and disempowers the weak and vulnerable . It is the life blood of scoundrels whose determined soulless intent is to Tear the Catholic Church in two. It is the Liturgy of choice for those who lust after Schism within Mother Church .

It is indeed as Pope Francis tells us ” The Odor of the Devil ”

Peace and Love

The Lay Pope

“I may speak in tongues of men or of angels but if I am without Love I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophesy and know every hidden truth; I may have Faith strong enough to move mountains but if I have no Love I am nothing. I may dole out all I possess or even give my body to be burnt but if I have no Love I am none the better. Love is patient; Love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful nor conceited nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love takes no score of wrongs; does not gloat over others men’s sins but delights in the Truth. There is nothing Love cannot face; there is no limit to its Faith, its Hope and its Endurance.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7