ANDREA TORNIELLI
VATICAN CITY
Pubblicato il 14/06/2017
Ultima modifica il 15/06/2017 alle ore 12:01
From afterlife, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, while sitting next to the Virgin Mary, is also regulating climate change and working in favor of Pope Francis’ soon death. Absurdities supported by the leaders of the Heralds of the Gospel. It was evident to many that, at the origin of the Vatican’s decision to conduct a thorough investigation on the Heralds there were more than solid reasons. However, some sought to mislead the investigation, by attempting to frame the decision of the Congregation for Religious in a non-existent witch hunt against those more traditional and conservative associations. On June 12, was issued the resignation letter of Monsignor João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, 77, founder and superior general of the clerical society of apostolic life “Virgo Flos Carmeli” and chairman of the “Arautos do Evangelho (Heralds of the Gospel), the first born and approved private association of faithful of the new millennium. In his letter, Monsignor Clá makes no reference to the thorough inquiry that the Vatican dicastery, led by the Brazilian Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, has begun. But the temporal coincidence is rather eloquent.
The worship of Correa
Among the reasons for the investigation is what the sociologist Massimo Introvigne calls “a sort of secret and extravagant cult to a kind of trinity composed of Plinio Correa de Oliveira, his mother Donna Lucilia, and Monsignor Clá Días himself.” The Brazilian Correa de Oliveira, named “Dr. Plinio,” who died in 1995, was a traditional, right wing and counter-revolutionary Catholic thinker, creator and founder of the TFP (Tradition, Family and Property) association, which dismembered after his death and from whose branches the Heralds of the Gospel were born. Many who quit the association wrote about this secret cult, which according to some would have gone far beyond the cult of personality.
An occult doctrine supported by the devil
What makes things even more complicated are some recently recorded videos, from which emerges that Scognamiglio Clá Dias, the Herald’s founder, and his priests use self-made exorcist rituals, believing ineffective those of the Catholic Church approved by the Holy See. And not only: the video also confirms the extravagant nature of Dr. Plinio and his mother Lucilia’s cult, as well as the fact that the now former superior of the Heralds gives credit to delusional theories, convincing his priests to do likewise. But who is the source of these pseudo-revelations? The devil himself, during one of the frequent exorcisms that the Heralds of the Gospel’s priests perform using formulas that do not have ecclesiastical approval. To prove it is a video that you can view here.
http://www.lastampa.it/modulo/slideshow/jsp/video_embed.jsp?u=372ccda2-51ab-11e7-8399-e72a076712c7&w=480&h=270
The video – which was certainly not “stolen” given the steadiness of the image and the fact that at the beginning there is footage showing the whole room – shows Scognamiglio Clá Dias while talking to about sixty of his priests. The video was shot during a recent papal journey and most certainly dates after February 2016, as one of the participants cites Francis’ pilgrimage to Mexico. Bishop Clá hands over to Father Beccari, who is standing next to him, some sheets of paper containing the transcript of a question-and-answer dialogue between a priest and the devil during an exorcism. The content of this delirious speech is read without the superior or the participants objecting anything. Indeed, everything is endorsed, and it is also understood, from a priest’s request to the devil, that all the questions were asked “by Bishop Clá’s order” and serve only “to confirm” what the Heralds already believe.
A video shows Bishop João Clá, resigning superior of the lay association on which the Vatican is investigating, while giving credit to disturbing theories revealed by an alleged devil. Semi-divine celebration of the TFP founder and his mother

Cera continues the obsession with TFP.  Most of the anti-TFP propaganda comes from that breakaway group, the Heralds, who were trying to take the entire organization and assets of the TFP in Brazil.  I know quite a few American TFP members and they are good, devout, zealous Catholics who deny all the Plinio worship nonsense.  None of those I know show any signs of being party to a cult.  Now I’ve known Opus Dei members who clearly are, so I know what that looks like.

I can't comment if the TFP is a cult or cult like. The all seem like gentlemen to me, even the younger ones.
However they seem to be fine with the Novus Ordo Church although they prefer to attend the Indult TLM.
Also they seem to take many devout young men out of the running for the priesthood or marriage and maintain them in the single state- I think they must be single to be a member. I asked a leader about this, and he told me " We can do much more good outside of the Church (as a lay member) than in it". I disagree.

I can't comment if the TFP is a cult or cult like. The all seem like gentlemen to me, even the younger ones.
However they seem to be fine with the Novus Ordo Church although they prefer to attend the Indult TLM.
Also they seem to take many devout young men out of the running for the priesthood or marriage and maintain them in the single state- I think they must be single to be a member. I asked a leader about this, and he told me " We can do much more good outside of the Church (as a lay member) than in it". I disagree.

TFP is controlled opposition. One former member wrote this, which was published in Angelus Magazine:

TFP: A DANGEROUS CULT John T. Armour I WAS A MEMBER of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) from July 1980 until January 1981. I affiliated with the group after meeting with a TFP sympathizer in my home state of California. As a member, I lived at "the TFP seat" in Mount Kisco, New York, where I received the training and indoctrination that all members are given. I consider myself very fortunate to have been convinced by some good friends to separate from this group. Looking back, I can now see that the TFP is a dangerous personality cult whose purpose is the glorification of its Brazilian founder, Dr. Plinio Corea de Olivera. Many highly idealistic and religiously motivated young men have been captivated by its persuasive program. The appeals to moral, dogmatic and liturgical tradition which are so refreshing in this age of turmoil are, in my opinion, simply a means to lure individuals into the cult. During the period of training which I received, I was taught: * Dr. Plinio will never die. When his mission on earth is fulfilled, he will walk into an earthly paradise and then ascend into heaven. * Dr. Plinio's mission is to defeat "the revolution," the Communistic and/or demonic forces which are corrupting the human race. He is the "pilgrim of justice" sent by God for this purpose. * Next to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dr. Plinio is most loved by God. Hence, St. Michael the Archangel is his own personal guardian angel. * Dr. Plinio has the power to read a man's soul in order to determine if he possesses "Tau," the vocation and quality to fight the revolution. He is even supposed to be able to make this determination from viewing a photograph. "Tau" can be found only in males. * Members of the TFP are required to pledge their allegiance to Dr. Plinio. They make a consecration of slavery to the Blessed Mother and to Dr. Plinio. So highly regarded is Dr. Plinio that we were encouraged to kiss one of his hats that had come into our possession. And we kept a special room set aside for him where we had a special bed raised on a platform above the floor. When I first arrived at TFP headquarters in New York, the leaders convinced me that the group was not a cult. They asked me what I had heard about the group and, after correcting minor mistaken notions I had, and after I had assured myself that I was not getting into something I would later regret being a part of, I became a member. Right away, a man was assigned to watch over me, answer my questions and keep me from knowing too much until they were sure of me. He even told me what to write in my letter to my parents. Those of us whose parents did not agree with the TFP soon found ourselves referring to our mothers and fathers as the "fountain of my revolution" (FMR). The inference was that each of us had a trace of the revolution in him, and it had been obtained as a result of the corruption and leniency of our parents. We were convinced to reject and ignore any advice from them, to see this corruption in all our family members, and to treat them accordingly. In time, I grew to despise my family. On one occasion when I was being encouraged in this attitude, I told the leaders that I had caused my mother to cry when I had talked with her by telephone. The leaders actually laughed. But, at the same time, we were urged to convince our parents that they should be proud of us because we were clean-cut gentlemen who were doing God's work. It may seem odd that a group such as the TFP could attract and hold anyone's confidence and loyalty. But the appeal of spirituality was very strong. We all knew that something was wrong both in the world and in the Church. Here was a dedicated group living an exemplary semi-monastic life, ostensibly formed to fight the decay we knew existed. And we were young and inexperienced. I was actually convinced that I was in the Blessed Mother's special army. The religious overtones were very heavy. We were encouraged to receive Holy Communion daily in the TFP Chapel. That it was distributed to us by a layman who was one of our own was done only out of supposed need. That need, of course, served to provide more evidence of the spread of the revolution. (A large number of hosts were consecrated three or four times a year by a visiting priest from Canada. He left them in our Chapel tabernacle.) The converted mansion where about sixty of us lived was full of holy pictures, statues and other religious articles. We were required to pray all fifteen decades of the Rosary daily, and meditation was encouraged. Each evening, after dinner, instruction from Dr. Plinio was given to all. Most often, this instruction came via recordings; sometimes it was a printed message that was read. All messages were in the Portuguese language which was translated into English by one of the leaders. We were led to believe that, if we left the TFP, Our Lady would chastise us because She did not want anyone to leave Her army. Many tales of terrible deaths suffered by those who left were recounted. We actually knew a Brazilian member who had been transferred to the United States, but who left the organization to get married. When he contracted a bone disease which killed him, many were pleased to learn that such justice had been delivered to a turncoat. The atmosphere cultivated within this group is one which holds that the entire world is corrupt and only the TFP has escaped the corruption. Even traditional Catholics, such as Archbishop Lefebvre and his followers, are scorned—though never publicly. Very few members ever attend Mass on Sundays, not because of any inability to locate a Tridentine Mass chapel, but because most do not want to go. A few do attend Mass at a nearby Byzantine Catholic Church. Members of the TFP derisively refer to faithful Catholics who do attend the Tridentine Mass as "trads." I was mocked one Sunday for reading the Mass to myself out of a missal. TFP leaders even joke about "trad" priests saying on one occasion that they would like to have one kept in the basement to be brought out when needed. It is my hope that no one will accept the TFP at face value. I believe the group to be a dangerous cult which does harm to those within its web, and to the Catholic Church which I thought I was serving while I was with it.

http://www.angelusonline.org/index.php?section=articles

I wouldn't say they're "fine" with the NO, but they certainly have a Motarian mindset.  They don't like the NOM, but that's as far as it goes.

Did you reverse the logic of that quote?  Didn't they say, "We can do much more good inside the Church than outside of it."

Part of that is a hidden assumption that if you're a Traditional Catholic you're "outside" of the Church".

No , I meant outside the Church in reference to being single as opposed to being a priest. I should have been more clear.

The grotesque video shows how João Scognamiglio Clá Dias more or less "sits in the temple shewing himself as" part of a blasphemous trinity consisting of Plínio, Plínio's mother Dona Lucília, and himself.

What a peculiar coincidence: Dias does more or less the same thing which Plínio was accused to do, a few decades ago.

CHAPTER V
SUPPOSED DETHRONEMENT OF OUR LADY IN THE TFP

Another accusation that Mr. O.F. paints in dramatic colors is the supposed “dethronement” of Our Lady in the TFP.

In his zeal to prove something so grave, he affirms that in the TFP there is devotion (cult) to Dona Lucilia and to Dr. Plinio.

https://www.traditioninaction.org/Library/A_000_Index.htm
https://www.traditioninaction.org/Library/texts/B_001_3Letters.pdf


"Mr. O.F." is Orlando Fedeli, who had quit TFP, and in 1983 sent the “Litany of Dona Lucília” prayed by the TFP's inner circle to Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer, who condemned it. The litany and the letter of Fedeli are included in the above "Refutation" written by Guimarães, page 205. Response of de Castro Mayer page 207.

ANDREA TORNIELLI
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A video shows Bishop João Clá [...] while giving credit to disturbing theories revealed by an alleged devil. Semi-divine celebration of the TFP founder and his mother

There is an article on the website of Brazilian mainstreem weekly IstoÉ (roughly the equivalent of U.S. Times or Newsweek) of 2019 titled: Os arautos do anticristo (The Heralds of Antichrist, in Portuguese language). Below the article there are 4 videos.

The first video is an interview with a man who says he has been a member first of TFP, then Heralds for 18 years, his main job having been walking from door to door convincing people to give monthly donations. When he became overwrought, they put him into a clinic in Jundiaí SP, where he was drugged, and where he would still be today without help from his family.

The other three videos show João Scognamiglio Clá Dias maltreating minors using weird kinds of exorcism, apparently to produce the type of content of the transcripts, read in the video linked in the OP. The deamons bear witness to the power of Plínio (better turn down the volume before starting these videos).