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Vatican Council II says extra ecclesiam nulla salus

Outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation is the teaching of the Catholic Church today and it depends upon how you interpret Vatican Council II.

If LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc refer to people visible and known who are saved outside the Church, then there is salvation outside the Church.Then ' no salvation outside the Church' is no more the teaching today.

But when LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc refer to only hypothetical and physically invisible people in 2018, then there is no known salvation outside the Church in reality.So then 'no salvation outside the Church' is still the teaching of the Catholic Church today as it was for centuries.

Do you'll know any one saved outside the Church over the last 50 years?

I do not.

So Vatican Council II is saying today that 'all' need 'faith and baptism' for 'salvation'(Ad Gentes 7),outside the Church there is no salvation and there are no known exceptions.

There are no practical exceptions to Ad Gentes 7 and the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.Literally we cannot see or meet any exception.

The baptism of desire, baptism of blood and being saved in invincible ignorance are not practical exceptions.Literally we do not know any such case.So a theology which suggests invisible people exist and are known and visible exceptions to the traditional teaching on no salvation outside the Church, is false.The New Theology is false theology.

The Catholic Church is like the Ark of Noah that saves in the Flood( CCC 845).It is the Pearl of Great Price(Matt.13:45-46).It is the Mystical Body of Jesus (1 Cor 12:12-31; Col 1:18; 2:18-20; Eph. 1:22-23; 3:19; 4:13). Vatican Council II says extra ecclesiam nulla salus as does the Athanasius Creed and Cantate Domino, Council of Florence 1441 in the Extraordinary Magisterium.There are no known exceptions to Jesus' teaching in John 3:5 and Mark 16:16.

-Lionel Andrades

Bishop: No Natural Cause For Weeping Statue

September 13, 2018 by sd

From the Catholic Herald:

A New Mexico bishop has given an update on an apparently weeping statue of the Blessed Mother, saying a diocesan investigation will begin to analyze the apparent miracle’s spiritual fruits.

Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces said the phenomenon taking place at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Hobbs, N.M., does not seem to have a natural cause. “The first phase of the investigation is to determine if the phenomenon can be explained by natural causes. So far, we have not discerned natural causes for the statue’s emitting of liquid,” he said in an August statement.

https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/bishop-no-natural-cause-for-weeping-statue

Two precious babies killed, two teens destroyed: The legacy of abortion

September 13, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Brittany sat in the courtroom weeping, her face hidden in her hands. How had it come to this?

She looked up as the bailiff took her boyfriend, Harold, away to serve a life sentence in prison. For murder. She was only 17; he was 19.

"Please send me to jail, too!" she pleaded with the judge. After all, what they had done, they had done together.

The tragic story of Brittany and Harold (not their real names) shows how our culture has lost its sense of right and wrong, good and evil.

Like many teens, they had believed they were in love. As time passed, they grew closer, first emotionally and then physically. Eventually, they began having sex, believing that, since they were in love, everything was OK.

Then Brittany got pregnant, and she and Harold decided they didn't want to have the baby. They didn't want the responsibility or the embarrassment.

The best plan of action, they decided, was to have Harold apply pressure to Brittany's stomach to induce premature labor. After several days, the inevitable happened. In the middle of the night, at 21 weeks pregnant, Brittany started having contractions and delivered not one baby, but two – into the toilet. Harold was charged with double homicide.

Brittany faced no charges; state law did not allow a pregnant woman to be prosecuted for causing the deaths of her own fetuses.

Brittany testified in Harold's defense. But the law that protected Brittany did not protect Harold, and it treated the babies as what they were: human beings. Harold was convicted on two counts of homicide.

We have lost our sense of sin. The apostle Peter tells us that "the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He begins by influencing us in small choices, but he doesn't stop there. Little mistakes lead to bigger ones, gradually enticing us to be more and more under his influence.

No one grows up wanting to get pregnant out of wedlock or have an abortion. If these things happen, they originate in the small steps we don't realize are leading us in the wrong direction.

When this story hit the media, a Planned Parenthood official said the case was evidence of the government trying to give fetuses the same status as adult human beings, ignoring the tragedy of the two babies losing their lives. He also complained, "Abortion is getting less accessible."

His comments reveal the cold and insensitive mindset required to justify abortion rights. A mentality that doesn't want to recognize this "choice" for what it is or treat the root of the problem. A mentality that mentions "abortion getting less accessible" after twins have died at home. A mentality that doesn't want to right the wrong – that just wants to call it by a different name. A mentality that wants to keep the wrong but make it sound better.

A Fox News reporter asked Harold's attorney, "Why didn't she just go for an abortion? Why do this grisly thing?" The reporter's question implies that abortion is not grisly. The worst part of this tragedy is not that it was grisly, or even that it was illegal, but that two babies lost their lives. It's as if we have learned to approve of evil as long as it seems clean or professional or is portrayed as a right.

Yet nothing escapes our deepest human nature. When Brittany saw what she had done, she was heartbroken. She was reminded, in a very difficult way, that those twins weren't problems that needed a solution – they were her children.

She still visits their graves today. Abortion doesn't go away, no matter how grisly or clean we are told it is. Brittany will carry the pain of this tragedy forever.

This is adapted from The Beginning of the End of Abortion: 40 Inspiring Stories of God Changing Hearts and Saving Lives by Shawn Carney, the president and CEO of 40 Days for Life.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/two-precious-babies-killed-two-teens-destroyed-the-legacy-of-abortion

Victory in UK: Home Secretary refuses to ban pro-life speech outside abortion centers

WESTMINSTER, UK, September 13, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The Home Secretary of the United Kingdom has rejected demands that he impose a buffer zone on pro-life witnesses outside all abortion businesses in England and Wales. 

Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, said that such a sweeping move would not be a proportionate response. Although a review allegedly found some cases of harassment and damaging behaviour at pro-life vigils, they were “not the norm.” 

"Having considered the evidence of the review,” said Javid, “I have therefore reached the conclusion that introducing national buffer zones would not be a proportionate response, considering the experiences of the majority of hospitals and clinics, and considering that the majority of activities are more passive in nature."

The Home Secretary pointed out that legislation, including the 1986 Public Order Act, already exists to “restrict activities that cause harm to others.” The Public Order Act, for example, gives police the power to stop protests that get out of hand. 

The review was ordered by Javid’s predecessor, Amber Rudd, after lobbying by pro-abortion MPs and abortion businesses.  After Rudd’s resignation, Javid, too, was under pressure to impose the “buffer zone” around all 363 hospitals and abortuaries that commit abortions in England and Wales.  

England’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) said they were “delighted” by the decision.

Antonia Tully, SPUC’s Director of Campaigns said: “This is a massive victory for common sense, democracy and above all for the hundreds of vulnerable women who are saved from the horror of abortion at the very gates of the abortion clinic.”

As the UK’s principal pro-life organization, SPUC was part of the effort to protect the freedom of speech of people hoping to help women make a last-minute decision to keep their babies. 

 "Throughout our campaign to protect pro-life vigils our thoughts have always been for the mothers who need help, even as they are walking into the abortion clinic, and for the many babies and children alive today because of an encounter with a loving pro-life citizen,” said Tully. 

According to a SPUC press release, in the last two weeks, the group sent over 80,000 postcards to people throughout the UK willing to ask the Home Secretary to uphold “the freedom to oppose abortion, to pray for unborn babies and to offer help to women.”

“We launched our postcard campaign as soon as we heard that the Home Secretary’s announcement was imminent,” said Tully. “The uptake was amazing. Ordinary people clearly feel very strongly about this matter. It is heartening that Mr Javid is listening to the people of this land.” 

She stated that the Home Secretary’s statement made it clear that the evidence put forward by the pro-life community regarding what actually happens during peaceful pro-life vigils, was overwhelming.  

“Pro-lifers spoke the truth and justice prevailed,” Tully said. 

She told British pro-lifers that although there is still much to do, they should take a moment to celebrate.

“I don’t think anyone can accuse SPUC of being complacent about the attacks on human life and about the attacks on the pro-life movement in Britain which will no doubt continue – but we should pause a moment to give thanks for this most important victory,” she said. 

The ban on pro-life witness at the notorious Marie Stopes clinic in the London borough of Ealing remains in effect.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/victory-in-uk-home-secretary-refuses-to-ban-pro-life-speech-outside-abortion