The cardinal must know that if he does not affirm the dogma EENS and the Nicene Creed in its original interpretation then this is an impediment to offering Holy Mass.He has changed the understanding of the Creeds and other Magisterial Documents by interpreting Vatican Council II, irrationally.

 

CARDINAL DIRECTS PRIESTS TO PROMOTE OTHER RELIGIONS

PANAJI, Goa (ChurchMilitant.com) - After a priest's sermon rebuking Catholics for venerating Hindu gods and patronizing witchcraft went viral on social media, the cardinal-archbishop of Goa in India is directing priests and faithful to promote other religions. 

Lionel: According to Vatican Council II (Ad Gentes 7) all need faith and baptism for salvation and so the Catechism of the Catholic Church says outside the Church there is no salvation(CCC846). Pope John Paul II went to India  and read out Ecclesia di Eucharestia and appealed to all non Catholics to accept Jesus in the Catholic Church for salvation from Hell. Ecclesia di Eucarestia says that the Eucharist is to be given only to Catholics at Mass.Hindus are outside the Church.Pope John Paul II wanted all Hindus to enter the Catholic Church for salvation. 

The cardinal-archbishop does not want to become a martyr.

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Responding to Cdl. Filipe Neri Ferrão's directive, Salesian nuns running the Auxilium School in Mapusa venerated the idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha "with a traditional lamp lighting followed by a prayer service to invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesha."

"According to the teachings of the Church, Catholics are called to acknowledge, preserve and promote the spiritual and moral truths found in the social life and culture of other religious traditions," Cdl. Filipe Neri Ferrão announced in a press statement. 

Lionel: Yes.Non Catholics can use these truths to enter the Catholic Church and be saved from Hell. But the Archdiocese of Goa is not proclaiming Ad Gentes 7, Lumen Gentium 14 and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (845,846,1257).The cardinal-archbishop is not preaching the Gospel and proclaiming that there is exclusive salvation in only the Catholic Church. This was the teaching of St. Francis Xavier and the Jesuit missionaries who evangelized Goa. The teachings of St. Francis Xavier on exclusive salvation, in only the Catholic Church, with no known exceptions, is not contradicted by Vatican Council II. Since hypothetical cases, mentioned in NA 2, GS 2, UR 3, etc are not practical exceptions for the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and Ad Gentes 7 ( all need faith and baptism for salvation). There are no known cases in 1949-2023; no physically visible cases,  of non Catholics saved with the baptism of desire or in invincible ignorance.

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"It is distressing to note that certain expressions used recently in public by some members of the Catholic Church may have hurt the religious sentiments of people of other religious traditions," Ferrão, who holds the title of "patriarch of the east," stated. 

Lionel: Cardinal Ferrao does not want to hurt the sentiments of non Catholics and proclaim the Gospel in harmony with Vatican Council II and the Bible. John 3:5 says all need faith and baptism for salvation and (Mark 16:16) says those who do not believe will be condemned. In the Gospel of (Matthew 7:13), Jesus says enter through the narrow gate for the road to Hell is wide and most people take it. The Catholic Church, with its  Sacraments and teachings on faith, morals and mission, is the narrow gate, ‘the pearl of great prize’(Mattew 13:45-46). The Church’s teaching on objective reality, Heaven and Hell, cannot be changed by archbishops, cardinals and the pope.

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Citing Vatican II

The cardinal, who sparked controversy for encouraging his clergy to visit idols of Ganesha during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi last year, cited  Vatican II's Nostra Aetate to support his "appeal to respect each other's religion."

Lionel: We must respect others and try to live in peace as far as possible but when asked for an account of one’s faith, the Catholic Faith must not be denied.In Goa they are not proclaiming the Catholic faith. There is a rupture with the ecclesiology of the Jesuit missionaries who went there and converted the people into the Catholic Church, to save their souls from the fires of Hell.

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Cardinal Ferrão, who faced severe criticism from Goa's laity for downgrading Jesus and promoting a "masonic relativism" by endorsing clergy visits to Hindu idols, also quoted Pope Francis' human fraternity concordat with the grand imam of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb.

Lionel: Pope Francis like Cardinal Ferrao is interpreting Vatican Council II irrationally to produce a fake break with the dogma EENS and the Athanasius Creed which says all need to be members of the Catholic Church for salvation.The scholars at Al Azhar University are not aware of this.

DISHONEST INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

 It is dishonest to have inter-religious dialogue with Vatican Council II interpreted irrationally and not rationally. For the Archdiocese of Goa, LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc in Vatican Council II, would refer to visible non Catholics saved outside the Church without faith and the baptism of water. For me they refer to hypothetical and physically invisible cases only. If any one was saved as such it would only be known to God.

For the Archdiocese of Goa, LG 8, LG 14, LG 15, LG 16 etc are visible exceptions for the dogma EENS and the Athanasius Creed. For me they refer to invisible cases in 2023 and so they cannot be exceptions for the past exclusivist ecclesiology of the Church.

So Vatican Council II is a break with the dogma EENS and the rest of Tradition for the Archdiocese of Goa and Pope Francis, but not for me. Vatican Council II for me is in harmony with the ecclesiology of St. Francis Xavier and the missionaries and Magisterium of the 16^th century.

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"In this regard, we deeply regret that certain recent pronouncements made by some members of the Church have gone against the authentic spirit of interreligious dialogue and reciprocal respect," the cardinal noted.  

Lionel: It is not Catholic to interpret Vatican Council II irrationally and so not proclaim the Gospel on their being exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church. This is contrary to the teachings of the popes and saints over the centuries.

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"We wish to assure that the Church leadership has taken appropriate action with regard to them and has also sternly warned them to avoid such utterances in the future," he stressed.

Lionel : The cardinal must know that if he does not affirm the dogma EENS and the Nicene Creed in its original interpretation then this is an impediment to offering Holy Mass.He has changed the understanding of the Creeds and other Magisterial Documents by interpreting Vatican Council II, irrationally. According to Canon Law a bishop and cardinal is expected to be Catholic and to affirm the teachings of the Catholic Church.

- Lionel Andrades

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