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Antonio Cañizares Llovera (born 15 October 1945), Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Over on the EP website, we get the next dispatch from the resistance to Francis: The Spanish Front. (see here)
Post is titled : Spain’s Bishops Elect Members for Bishops’ Synod – Surprise Bishop Reig – Little Ratzinger Elected to Chairmanship.
The Fall General Assembly of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference elected three synododalists for the Synod of Bishops on the Family in 2015 with a not insignificant surprise.
The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, who was dismissed by Pope Francis and sent back as Archbishop of Valencia, Cardinal Antonio to Spain, has been, it seems, chosen with great support to the Chairmanship of the Conference of Bishops. He replaces the retired Archbishop of Madrid Rouco Varela.
Now just so we understand what just happened, lets examine the lay of the land and identify the players:
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares is the “Littel Ratzinger” from the title of the RC post. Cd. Cañizares was the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, under Benedict XVI and holds the distinction of being the second victim (Piacenza holds the honor of being the first victim) of the Francis “pontificate of the long knives”. (see here) His grave “offense”for his demotion and degradation is explained by EF (see here): [with emphasis added]
With personal integrity, but not particularly combative, the cardinal celebrated several times in the traditional form of the Roman Rite, as well as in autumn 2012 on the occasion of the first International Pilgrimage of Tradition to Rome . It was the first time since the reform of the liturgy that it was celebrated at a main altar of St. Peter again in a larger scale Sacrifice of the Mass in the Old Rite.
So for that grave crime committed against the “spirit of VII” and the Bugnini’ite “liturgical reforms” (see here) commonly known as the Novus Ordo Missae, Cardninal Cañizares was sent packing. Not only was cd. Cañizares sent back to Spain, he was further degraded by not being named the Archibishop of Madrid, where he was expected to be appointed, but at the lesser See of Valencia. The appointment of the new archbishop of Madrid in turn, was a stunt similar to Francis’s appointment of the new archbishop of Chicago, i.e. appointment of Blase “Francis pulls a rabbit out of the hat” Cupich. The See of Madrid went to the HOT Christian Carlos Osoro Sierra (HOT Christian definition see here). Remember that name Carlos Osoro Sierra. Here is the relevant RC passage (see here):
… Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, up to today Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was named by Pope Francis new Archbishop of Valencia (in the place of Carlos Osoro Sierra, named also today Archbishop of Madrid).
As to the nature of the demotion and degradation, it is just another example of Francis’s pettiness, vengefulness, small mindedness, hatefulness.. and a bunch of other ness’s. And since the demotion of cd. Cañizares Llovera, Francis has wielded his “axe of mercy” mercilessly at the Congregation for Divine Worship as can be seen from this RC post titled: “De-Ratzingerization Purge at Divine Worship: Full Steam Ahead.” (see here). But I digress…
So back to the Spanish Bishop’s conference and the Chairmanship election, because there were more surprises.
In the first Shameful Secret Synod of Sin, Spain was represented by just the Chairman of the Spanish Bishops’Conference, the retired archbishop of Madrid, Archbishop of Madrid Rouco Varela. But at the Synod (I am omitting the “Shameful”, “Secret” and the “of Sin” qualifiers since I want to give the bishops the benefit of the doubt) of 2015, the Spanish delegation will be comprised of three prelates. Here is the relevant text:[with emphasis and comments added]
The Spanish Episcopal Conference was represented in the first part of the Synod of Bishops, which took place as extraordinary Synod last October, automatically and exclusively by its President, while three representatives will participate in the second part, the Annual Synod, who were elected by the bishops from their own ranks.
Just so were very clear of how the situation looks. In the Secrete Synod of 2014, the Spanish bishops were represented exclusively by the President of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. In the Synod of 2015, the Spanish bishops will be represented by three bishops elected from their ranks.
Now my dear readers, your probably asking yourselves: elections have not been very good for TeamFrancis. And you all have the “brutalization” by the Italian Bishops’Conference of the “unfortunately unfortunate Bruno “Slippery as an eel” Forte vividly engrained in your minds.(see here and here) And your asking yourselves “Can lightning strike again?”.
Well, you are on the right track. In the elections for the three delegates to the Synod of Bishops of 2015, the following transpired:
First place will go to the Vice President of the Bishops’ Conference, then Ricardo Blazquez, archbishop of Valladolid, who was elected by a large majority.
In second place comes a Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa, the Bishop of Bilbao who is an acknowledged expert on bioethical issues. As to the two above, the Spanish Catholic church historian and blogger José Francisco Fernández de la Cigoña considers both of “strong character and conservative”. Think “messaging”. 🙂
And as you probably suspect, the real fireworks were for the third place in the delegation to the Synod of 2015.
And this is what transpired: [ with emphasis and comment]
For third place, however it came to a scramble. For this spot, the Archbishop of Madrid, Carlos Osoro Sierra, [remember him?] who was appointed by Pope Francis, and him alone, would have gotten the position owing to his rank.
Should have, owing to his rank. However:
In reality, several rounds of voting were needed because Archbishop Osoro could not gather a sufficient majority.
But it gets better. As to his opponent, here are the details.
His opponent was none other than Bishop Juan Antonio Reig of Alcalá de Henares. Archbishop Reig is the Spanish bishop who speaks in the most definitive language and does not hesitate to publicly engage in clear words for faith. But he is also most severely under attack by opponents of the church and media. “If the Archbishop of Granada had been present, Archbishop Osoro would have gotten a nasty surprise,” says Fernández de la Cigoña.
As you can by now deduce, the Francis HOT Christian “Osoro prevailed because of one vote.”
Not a resounding performance by TeamFrancis. So much for the narrative of “inevitability”.
Below is the EF blog commentary. I have reproduced it in its entirety, with my emphasis and [comments] so that you dear reader can get an accurate idea of the situation inside the Spanish Catholic Church.
The humiliating ballots are a snub for the new Archbishop of Madrid. Perhaps the voting behavior of many bishops were directed not against him, but were rather in support of the positions of Bishop Reig. The Bishop of Alcalá de Henares [Reig] had to put up with a thorough drubbing in public in recent months, but stood at the forefront in the defense of non-negotiable values and expressed clear positions on the controversial issues at the Synod of Bishops. The vote for him [Reig], if [even though] he ultimately lost the election, means a substantial strengthening his position in the Bishops’ Conference. Bishop Reig was the one who sharply criticized the reigning bourgeois Partido Popular because of the pandering to the abortion party. Next year, a new parliament will be elected in Spain. The support of the bishop by his confreres can also be seen in this context and even more importantly, there is nevertheless in most of the Episcopal Conferences a certain unwillingness to mess with political power, and certainly not before elections.
The post goes on the conclude by saying this:
The close defeat of Bishop Reig is a loss for the Synod of Bishops . More surprising than its failure, however, is that he could ever unite so many votes against the Archbishop of Madrid, [and implicitly against Francis who “pulled Osoro out of his proverbial hat and installed him in Madrid] almost half the episcopate. It may be as general custom now such that Bishop Reig is a replacement synodalist, should one of the three newly elected Synod members should not be able to go to Rome. [So all could turn out for the best if Osoro breaks a leg, for example], 😉
And finally, the EF blog concludes as follows:
Spain’s bishops are well positioned in sum for the Bishops’ Conference. Their position was clearly stated with the election of Archbishop Blázquez, Bishop Iceta and the votes for Bishop Reig.
And here are my parting thoughts. Francis is an absolute sovereign. He is king pope. But the next pope, will also be an absolute sovereign just like Francis. And since Francis is overturning the general order and unwritten conventions that govern an institution such as the Vatican, he must realize, or at least someone should tell him, that the next pope that ascends to the Throne of St. Peter can just as easily take Francis’ reforms and throw them onto the trash heap of history, along with liberation theology and the Nuns on the Bus. And no matter how many “reforms” Francis institutes, and no matter how much collegiality and synoldality he introduces – which to date has been none, as a matter of fact, he has reverted back to the days of the Ultramontanist papacies- the next pope will just as easily revert back to the historic norms. And he will no doubt use Francis as his example.
Now that is what I call irony.
Pope Francis is an anti-pope, prophesied for so long by many prophets. He is more then that. He is a False Prophet of the Book of Apocalypse. He will unite all religions to the false one world church, but first he will destroy Catholic Church. Schism will come soon. All signs are there anyway. He is a forerunner of the Antichrist… Hard times are in front of us.
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Dear Pina,
W/r/t Francis being the anti-pope, he is too thick (an English expression for not being too bright). As to uniting the various sects, he can’t even get the Tony Palmer crowd to come across, and quite a few people suspect that Palmer’s movement was created inside the Vatican. 50 years of ecumenism, and they have nothing to show for it. Whether this is true or not, is sure as hell looks like this is the case. As to the protestants, they have Francis figured out. See here: https://sarmaticusblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/bishop-of-rome-v-logic-logic-wins-again/, and here: https://sarmaticusblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/bishop-of-rome-v-logic-logic-wins-again/. So from where I sit, what I we are witnessing is more a product of human frailty, a la Arian Heresy. And yes, hard time are ahead, but nothing that the Faithful can’t overcome. Remember, “the gates of hell can’t prevail” so the victor is assured. All that’s left is to win each and every particular battle.
B/t/w, thks for the comment.
Pax Christi
S.A.
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Dear SA,
We’ve been keenly interested in Scriptural and other Catholic prophecy about the false prophet for many years. At this point, we notice there is no “consensus” about Francis anywhere- some call him nuts, others, duped, others a child of VII, others deliberately evil, others, weak…on an on.
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But If you think about it, the best way for Satan to keep us off guard about the REAL false prophet, would be for us to dismiss him as “not up to the job description.” We’re aware you pointed out that you don’t entirely do that, so this isn’t meant as a refutation of what you just said, but as some additional notes of interest, from the alternate perspective
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We’re not warned of his high degree of common sense or intelligence, and the devil often makes use– of a mixture–even of totally deranged persons–as evidenced by some of the worst dictators in history ( Commodus, Nero, Hitler, Stalin, etc ..)
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So Francis IS up to it because of the power of his position, his popularity, and his current inclinations. in just the past 20 months, he has already:
– persecuted the just and berated all traditional Catholics; including the FFI and others; firing of Cardinal Burke from the Rota; and replacing him with Wuerl on the committee which selects Bishops
– reinstated a number of unrepentant Heretic Priests -back into active ministry including sexual perverts and liberation theology-Communists;
-called for Dogma and Doctrine to be not spoken of while we “just walk” with unrepentant sinners, to make them feel welcomed;
– declared focusing on our “differences” a sin against the will of God for unity;
– appointed a “known” (according to M) homosexual priest to run the Hotel in which he resides, among other important duties..
-‘promoted the New World Government
And …as the prophet Daniel foresaw,” he will even think to change the laws”
– attacked the very heart of Church law, by launching a full collegial-Synodal-/Kasperian war against the Eucharist- promoting its sacrilegious reception;
– and at the same time against the indissolubility of , Marriage,
– which both negate the need for the Sacrament of Penance; ” for ALL other sins.
(And this list is far from complete )
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About the only thing the false prophet is supposed to do that Francis hasn’t yet done, is “Call down fire from heaven as people watch” and cause people to worship a talking statue of the Beast, whose mark they will have to take or starve..
And, regarding uniting all religions, he doesn’t have to do it formally. (Though that may be in our future as well) He’s creating a world-wide system of indifferentism to the Catholic Faith, which by definition requires no official recognition of any authority other than the invisible “spirit” they all hear and obey.
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You’re right, in the end, we win. But it may also be very useful to study the Scriptural warnings in the mean-time, when so much evidence indicates they may be directly applicable -or even very soon fulfilled..
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Dear IF:
You are correct with what you write above. But think about how Francis is managing his “reactionary” undertakings. ( I say reactionary because the revolutionaries just hate that word, but it’s the best descriptive of what they are,) He brings in all the “nut cases”, allows them to do create “the mess”, but the whole time he just sits there trying to present the appearance (optics) as just a causal observer and an objective judge. And the reason for this … I suspect… is because the cardinals know those passages of scripture that you quote by heart. So Francis isn’t going to do anything that could get him removed. A the reason being is that he is there to undermine the institution of the church. He sees the institution as being “bad”, and this is what he wants to change. Actually, he wants to subject it to his will. Or think about it this way, he is a Castro in clerical garb, with a Jim Jones (as in Jonestown) element thrown in on the side.
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Those do appear to be the current tactics of choice,- hiding behind a facade of ” patient overseer of squabbling children”, while master-minding the whole squabble; and we agree fully on the objectives–attempting to pull down the walls of the Church Jesus built, because the foundations can’t be budged.
Since Scripture is the Inspired Word of God, ultimately, time will reveal those who fits into these epic roles of false prophet and anti-Christ. As 1John 2:18 reminds us, at the time John was writing, “many” an anti-Christ had already come, and “this” is the “last hour” , it’s apparent that quite a few men were to possess many of the requisite vices without quite adding up to, that one, final “Man of Sin” or HIS false prophet.
The Fatima and Akita apparitions and the fulfillment of their prophecies before our eyes, give a gravity and urgency to the current times. But only God knows whether the Biblical false prophet and man of sin are to appear BEFORE the “time of peace” Our Lady came to reveal. If she had explained what is meant by “in the end” my Immaculate heart will triumph, then we might have a better idea of the timing of it all. 🙂 🙂
Time will tell.
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But in the mean time, just got to wield that sword so that the Church that is left to the future generations is better than what was inherited.
And the Depositum Fidei is tradidi quoed et accepi. 🙂
B/t/w Pew Sitter picked up this post. I has it under the title: Spain: Faithful bishops to next Synod. Opposition emerges to Pope’s new Cupich-like abp. in Madrid
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And they highlight the Cupich line. 😉
A two-fer 🙂
S.A.
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Yea, but “we have your name, we have your number, private Snowball!” 😉
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