Benedict the Abdicator and Homosexual Clergy

Ex-Pope Benedict

A couple of days ago, former Pope Benedict XVI came out with an essay on the crisis of clerical abuse in the Church.  It makes one wonder why he’s doing this as an ex-Pope and not when he actually was one.  The essay can be found here:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-benedict-xvi-the-church-and-the-scandal-of-sexual-abuse-59639

He starts by talking about the sexual revolution and immediately goes to his home country of Germany.  Of course if anyone has read Dr. E. Michael Jones, they know all about the social engineering that has taken place in Germany.  Benedict explains:

Similar effects were achieved by the “Sexkoffer” published by the Austrian government [A controversial ‘suitcase’ of sex education materials used in Austrian schools in the late 1980s]. Sexual and pornographic movies then became a common occurrence, to the point that they were screened at newsreel theaters [Bahnhofskinos]. I still remember seeing, as I was walking through the city of Regensburg one day, crowds of people lining up in front of a large cinema, something we had previously only seen in times of war, when some special allocation was to be hoped for. I also remember arriving in the city on Good Friday in the year 1970 and seeing all the billboards plastered up with a large poster of two completely naked people in a close embrace.

I come from a German family but being born and raised in Canada I don’t speak the language that well.  However, I know enough to have laughed hysterically when I read the word Bahnhofskinos.  The literal translation of this word is train station cinemas.  Imagine waiting for a train in the subway on your way to work, coffee in hand, and watching porn to pass the time.

Germany for a long time has been in open rebellion against God.  This didn’t start with the influx of porn in the 1960’s or the election of the Nazi Party in the 1930’s.  This goes back almost a millennium when the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich(or Henry) IV opposed Pope Gregory VII and set up an anti-Pope to counter him.  Because of Heinrich’s actions, the holy Pope died in exile.

Only two weeks ago, I was having coffee at a local Starbucks and going through the Catechism of St. Pius V, also known as the Catechism of the Council of Trent, or simply the Roman Catechism.  In my opinion it’s the best book on the Christian faith ever written after the Bible.

In this catechism, it goes through each of the even sacraments in detail.  One of the seven sacraments is the sacrament of Holy Orders.  There is a section titled Qualifications for the Priesthood.  There are three requirements for the candidate to get ordained.  They are:

1. Holiness of Life
2. Competent Knowledge
3. Canonical Fitness

Notice that holiness of life is before competent knowledge.  Living a holy life is more important than knowing the scripture, tradition, or the Summa of St. Thomas.  One of the greatest saints of the Catholic Church in the 19th century was St. John Vianney.  The bishop didn’t want to ordain him because he got such low marks in his courses.  The rector of the seminary told the bishop that although his marks were low, he was extremely holy.

The bishop ended up ordaining St. John Vianney but he was stuck in a parish in the village of Ars in the middle of nowhere.  He eventually became the most famous cleric in all of Europe.  People would come from all over the continent to hear him preach.

So that’s the answer.  Ordain priests who are holy.  I don’t know how Ted McCarrick was ordained, let alone made into the most powerful prelate in America.  A traditional priest once told me a story about something that happened when he was in seminary.  Keep in mind that this is a traditional seminary and not your standard diocesan seminary.  Apparently a fourth year seminarian made homosexual advances on a second year seminarian.  The second year seminarian told the rector and the fourth year was immediately brought before the blessed sacrament and the entire faculty.  He was asked if this charge was true.  The fourth year confessed and he was expelled immediately.  He was on a plane home that night.

Now, if they had simply made him apologize that homosexual seminarian would have probably eventually been ordained, become a parish priest, and end up sodomizing children.  Instead the rector knew better.  I’m sure that McCarrick had shown signs of unholiness on a number of occasions when he was at seminary.  He should have been expelled because the number one reason for ordination should be holiness as the Roman Catechism clearly states.  In the section under Holiness of life it says:

The chief and most necessary quality requisite in him who is to be ordained a priest is that he be recommended by integrity of life and morals: first because, by procuring or permitting his ordination while conscious of mortal sin, a man renders himself guilty of a new and enormous crime; and secondly, because the priest is bound to give to others the example of a holy and innocent life.

The former Pope can blame German subway porn all he wants, but ultimately the answer lies in a document promulgated over 400 years ago.  It’s a catechism that we should all read and take seriously if we want to get rid of sodomite clergy.