Wednesday, July 18, 2012

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR CATHOLICS TO PROCLAIM THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN BOSTON

According to the PilotCatholic News.com :
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston brought the defense of religious freedom to the people of the archdiocese and beyond at a live, interactive "town hall meeting" on CatholicTV on June 25.
Broadcast on CatholicTV Network, 1060AM WQOM, Relevant Radio Network, and CatholicTV.com, the cardinal drove the multi-media discussion with the coordinator for CatholicVoices USA and an attorney focused on religious-liberty issues Kim Daniels, the president of the Catholic University of America John Garvey, and writer and educator on Catholic teachings on family and contraception Angela Franks. Carl A. Anderson, the Supreme Knight and chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Knights of Columbus, joined the discussion via satellite. The evening was moderated by John Monahan, host of "ClearVoice" on Catholic TV Network… http://thebostonpilot.com/

Another report on the Boston PilotCatholicNews.com is about Rabbi Rosen addressing the sponsors of the local Redemptoris Mater seminary and members of the Neocatechumenal Way.

The report does not say that Rosen who represents the Chief Rabbi of Israel has campaigned for the end of a Catholic’s religious freedom to proclaim his or her faith to Jews in Boston.

So presently because of the fear in the archdiocese no Catholic religious or lay person is willing to admit in public that :

1) We personally do not know the dead saved in invincible ignorance, a good conscience (LG 16) etc.
2) Since we do not know any of these cases, there are no known exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

If the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 to the Archbishop of Boston made a mistake to assume that those saved with implicit desire etc are explicit exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus then an injustice was done to Fr.Leonard Feeney in Boston.

Catholics do not have the religious freedom to proclaim this truth in Boston out of fear and intimidation through  leftist laws.

The District Attorney could be asked that Catholics have the freedom to answer these two questions, ask them of the Archbishop Cardinal Sean O' Malley and proclain it in harmony with the Nicene Creed and Vatican Council II-Lionel Andrades


Boston Pilot Catholic News.com : Profession of faith affected by Fr.Leonard Feeney's interpretation

According to the Boston Pilot Catholic News.com


ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) -- In a move that will go into effect Sept. 16, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde has directed that a "profession of faith" declaring assent to all church teachings be made by all teachers of the faith, including catechists, youth ministers and religion teachers in the diocese.http://thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=14891
The Boston Pilot will not mention the  issue related to the profession of faith in the Archdiocese.

 
1) Do we personally know the dead saved in invincible ignorance, a good conscience (LG 16) etc ? (No)

2) Since we do not know any of these cases, there are no known exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?(Yes)

If the Letter of the Holy Office made a mistake to assume that those saved with implicit desire etc are explicit exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus then an injustice was done to Fr.Leonard Feeney in Boston.

When we accept the literal interpretation of the dogma on salvation it means we are saying :

I believe in the one Holy Catholic Church in which all with no exceptions need to be a member for salvation (to avoid Hell).

I believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sin which means only the baptism of water is the visible baptism which is needed for all people for salvation. There are not three visible known, repeatable baptisms.

I believe in the Holy Spirit which guides the Church before and after Vatican Council II to teach that all need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation.(AG 7)-Lionel Andrades

BAPTISM OF DESIRE IS NOT AN EXCEPTION TO THE DOGMA SO IF FR.LEONAED FEENEY SAID ‘THIS OR THAT’, AS THEY SAY, IT IS IRRELEVANT


On the Catholic Answers forum Bishop Bernard Fellay is quoted along with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

So when Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) at a Conference in Denver, Co., Feb. 18, 2006 (1) said  every one does not need to convert into the Church,and mentions a Hindu this case should not be seen as an explicit exception to the dogma.


SSPX founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, "Against the Heresies",p.216 (2)  uses the word ‘implicitly’. The baptism of desire or implicit desire being always implicit does not contradict Fr. Leonard Feeney.



If Fr.Leonard Feeney said ‘this or that’ about the baptism of desire it is irrelevant to his literal interpretation of the dogma on exclusive salvation.-Lionel Andrades

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1.
"Consider a Hindu in Tibet who has no knowledge of the Catholic Church. He lives according to his conscience and to the laws which God has put into his heart. He can be in the state of grace, and if he dies in this state of grace, he will go to heaven.” (The Angelus, “A Talk Heard Round the World,” April, 2006, p. 5.)


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SSPX founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, "Against the Heresies",p.216
:“Evidently,certain distinctions must be made. Souls can be saved in a religion other than the Catholic*religion*(Protestantism,*Islam,*Buddhism,*etc.), but not by this religion. There may be souls who, not*knowing Our Lord, have by the grace of the good Lord,*good*interior*dispositions,*who*submit*to*God...But*some*of*these* persons make an act of love which implicitly is equivalent to baptism of desire.
It is uniquely by this means that they are able to be saved.”
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=327783

Mr. C.J Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts please review the Fr.Leonard Feeney case

Mr. C.J Doyle is the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts (CAL) I would appeal to him to take up this issue: please ask the Archbishop of Boston if the Boston  Heresy Case needs to be reviewed and also ask him the two important questions.

CAL works civically to defend the Constitutional rights of Catholic citizens of that state, according to the SBC Conference website, and he is the media’s go-to man whenever traditional Catholic values are threatened in the public arena, appearing for television and radio interviews approximately 150 times a year. He has often debated via the media many of the high profile facilitators of the anti-Catholic and anti-life forces whose policies dominate the most liberal state in America.

An appeal is made to Mr.C.J Doyle to note that an injustice  was done to Fr.Leonard Feeney in what the secular media called the Boston Heresy Case. The heresy  really refers to the heresy of the Archbishop of Boston Richard Cushing. The Archbishop assumed that those saved in invincible ignorance etc are known to us , they are visible to us and so they are explicit exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma and to the doctrinal position of Fr.Leonard Feeney.

Could Mr. Doyle ask the Archdiocese of Boston to clarify this issue and clear Fr.Leonard Feeney's good name.

He could ask them the two questions:

1) Do we personally know the dead saved in invincible ignorance, a good conscience (LG 16) etc ?

2) Since we do not know any of these cases, there are no known exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?

If the Letter of the Holy Office made a mistake to assume that those saved with implicit desire etc are explicit exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus then an injustice was done to Fr.Leonard Feeney. This  issue should be reviewed and a Press Statement issued.

Mr. Doyle has served as National Director for William Donahue’s Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights before the Massachusetts CAL was established.He is a graduate of Boston College which claims it is an equal opportunity institution yet dismissed Fr.Leonard Feeney and Bro. Francis MICM, for their Catholic beliefs.
-Lionel Andrades
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Contact information:

Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
PO Box 112
Roslindale, MA 02131

Executive Director: C.J. Doyle
Tel. 781-251-9739
Email: info@catholicactionleague.org

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COULD SOMEONE CONTACT ONE OF THE VICAR GENERALS IN BOSTON ?


Ask two questions only

1) Do we personally know the dead saved in invincible ignorance, a good conscience (LG 16) etc ?
2) Since we do not know any of these cases there are no known exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?

If the Vicar General mentions that they are following the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 then ask:
Did the Letter make a mistake to assume that those saved with implicit desire etc are explicit exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?
So then was an injustice done to Fr.Leonard Feeney ?
-Lionel Andrades

NO PRESS STATEMENT AND ANNOUNCEMENT YET FROM BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE ON AGREEMENT WITH FR.LEONARD FEENEY

On the website of the Boston Archdiocese there is prominent section titled ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES which does not have a comment on these blog posts which mention that Cardinal Sean O' Malley agrees with Fr.Leonard Feeney that every one needs to enter the Catholic Church for salvation and there are no known exceptions.

Also Mr.Terrence Donilon the Secretary for Communications & Public Affairs, Archdiocese of Boston has not responded to the posts I sent him.

This issue is being discussed by many people in Boston but still no press statement has been issued.

The announcements do not list the issue of the Archdiocese of Boston  knowing any of the dead saved with the baptism of desire or in invincible ignorance or a good conscience (LG 16). So there are no exceptions to the literal interpretation of Fr.Leonard Feeney on the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

If the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 issued to the Archbishop of Boston assumed that there is a baptism of desire which contradicts the dogma, it made an objective mistake. It is a fact that we cannot see anyone saved in this condition and it is a fact that we do not know the dead saved with a good conscience etc.

 If Cardinal Richard Cushing, the former Archbishop of Boston and the Jesuits at Boston College knew about this error and remained silent, then they took advantage of this situation.-Lionel Andrades
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 Press Releases and Announcements
2012 June
June 29, 2012 - Statement of Cardinal O’Malley - the Supreme Court’s Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act
June 22, 2012 - Cardinal Seán O’Malley to host live, interactive “town hall meeting” to discuss religious freedom
June 22, 2012 - Cardinal to Ordain Six Priests
June 19, 2012 - Cardinal O'Malley statement regarding legal protection and work authorization to thousands of undocumented youth -from the Boston Archdiocese website
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES SUPPORTS BOSTON: ENTIRE CONCEPT OF VATICAN COUNCIL II CHANGES
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/07/archbishop-of-los-angeles-supports.html#links