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FOR THE RECORD
The below is a translation of a post that appeared on the Vatican Radio’s Polish language site. (see original here) (emphasis added)
During Lent, Catholics in the Netherlands are getting accustomed to the vision of a future without churches. In this year’s Message for Lent, the President of the Episcopate of the Netherlands Willem Cardinal Eijk, announced that he will take on one of the most painful problems of the local Catholic community, i.e. the necessity to close the vast majority of churches in the country, in the near future. As a result of mistakes made by the local Church after the Council and the actual abandonment of evangelization, there has been a dramatic reduction in the number of faithfulin in recent decades.
Card. Eijk stressed, that he never takes an initiative in this regard alone. For the “deconsecration” of a sanctuary, it is the parish council that writes a simple request stating that only a few faithful attend a church and therefore the parish does not have the necessary funds for its maintnance. The Utrecht ordinary stressed that the decision to deconsecrate is always taken with a heavy heart.
Card. Eijk therefore understands the bitterness of the faithful who find that their village or district will no longer have a church. He however cautions that this should not cultivate these sorts of negative feelings, because they can lead to permanent bitterness. It is important, however, to be open to God and to other Catholics, and with them deepen their faith through prayer, the Word of God and catechesis. Although church buildings might disappear, our faith and the will to be the Church does not disappear from our villages and districts – Cardinal Eijk writes in his message for Lent.
A few thoughts on the above. Aside from the stupid “bitterness is not helpful” quote, I think it is to the cardinal’s credit that he lays blame exactly where it should be laid, i.e. on the Second Vatican Council. If you dear reader didn’t catch this, here is the relevant passage:
As a result of mistakes made by the local Church after the Council…
I know that this interpretation can go either way, but what I think is of paramount importance is that the good cardinal LINKS the destruction of the Catholic Church in Holland with the Second Vatican Council.
In other words, the Dutch have been brought to the point where DENIAL is no longer an option.
With 180 days to the beginning of the Synod today, I wonder if anyone will get around to telling Francis about this “new springime of the spirit of Vaticann II” effect?
H/T to Deacon A. 😉
The Deus Ex Machina Blog 
Dear SA,
This is an excerpt from a comment we just posted on “Harvesting” (Louie’s post on the religious freedom debates) It seems to fit really well with your last remarks about Francis, above:
“With our families self-destructing all around us, we literally felt sick back when Pope Francis first verbalized his criticisms of Christians like us who aren’t smiling all the time. But we notice he broke his own rules about that on Easter Sunday- following his Urbi et Orbi message about ongoing worldwide persecutions of Christians by “Islamic extremists”. The look on his face at the end of this video seems disturbed, even depressed. (It’s copied here at the spot in the video to which we refer)
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If only it were for the right reasons- because the diabolical fog lifted, and he realized that the current state of the world is the direct result of the rebellion against Truth–especially due to that “synthesis of all heresies” Pius X identified so well – called modernism– that has taken over much of the Church, and which his own “confused and vague” words so often foster;
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We agree, it culminated and manifested during and after VII, but its roots were growing as far back as when our Lady appeared to warn us in 1917.
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Sorry the video reverted. Go to minute 18:26++ to see the face we mentioned.
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Wow.
Just say the video. Francis looks like he is depressed. And Marini doesn’t look any better either. The crowd looks very sparse. It must be the rain gear, but it looks like there are large pockets of space in the sections. And check out the VIP section off to the left. By the end, all the seats are empty.
I think the cardinals must see the disaster that Francis has created. And TeamFrancis knows that they know.
It would appear that this papacy is coming to a close. And soon. Wonder what it will be like with two pope emerituses or is it emeritii?
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“In other words, the Dutch have been brought to the point where DENIAL is not no longer an option.”
Whoa, please remove the double negative from that sentence otherwise it means the exact opposite of what you intend it to mean!
Happy Easter from the semantics Nazi. 😉
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Thks.
When someone uses the term Nazi, I alway remind them that they killed many less people than the communists. But for some reason…
And a Happy Easter to you too.
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