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Traditional Catholic Faith => SSPX Resistance News => Topic started by: deutschcath on January 05, 2023, 01:07:02 PM
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STRENGTHENING TRADITION
(With apologies for the late appearance of this particular EC)
Early in the New Year there is due to be ordained, on the Emerald Isle another priest for Catholic
Tradition, by a bishop who is well-known in that country as a priest but not as a bishop. This is because
he was consecrated in private nearly two years ago, in January of 2021, when the false Covid crisis with
all its travel restrictions was in full swing. It then seemed that Éire might be completely cut off from
England for an indefinite length of time, and then what would have continued to protect in the Land of
Saints and Scholars those Catholics who understand the dangers for their Faith both of the Newchurch
and of the Newsociety of St Pius X ? These Catholics may not be numerous, but by their rare grasp of
the unchanging Catholic Faith they have for the future of the Church a rare importance. The precious
consecration might have remained private for longer, were not circuмstances seeming to become
steadily more hostile to Catholic Tradition.
Now as Catholic bishops are, by the power of their sacramental Orders to ordain priests and to
consecrate bishops, essential for the survival of the Church, so Traditional bishops have been essential to
the survival of Catholic Tradition. When Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated four bishops in 1988 without
the clear permission of the Church’s official leaders in Rome, let nobody think that he was simply
defying those leaders, because they had in fact given permission in principle for at least one to be
consecrated. But when it came to fixing a date for that one consecration, Cardinal Ratzinger so avoided
naming a date that the Archbishop saw clearly that he would never in practice be able to use the
permission granted to him in principle by Church Authority. That was the decisive moment for the
Archbishop to understand that Catholic Truth would never be properly defended by the modernists ruling
in “Rome”, and so he went ahead with the consecration of four of his own priests as bishops, to ensure
“Operation Survival”, as he called it, the very survival of Catholic Tradition.
At the time, many believing Catholics did not understand his action, and roundly condemned it, but
today, after Pachamama, and after Traditionis Custodes pretending to abolish the Traditional rite of
Mass, and after a host of other heresies coming from the summit of the Newchurch, many of those same
Catholics now admit that it is thanks to those consecrations of 1988 that the true Church survived. In the
unprecedented crisis of the Church precipitated by its own leaders splitting their Catholic Authority from
Catholic Truth at Vatican II (1962-1965), Archbishop Lefebvre never scorned or defied the true
Authority of the Church, he merely put the Truth of Tradition in front of that Authority as embodied in
neo-modernists, and by his so doing, more and more Catholics still have a Tradition to which they can
rally. Honest souls among them acknowledge Mother Church’s immeasurable debt to the Archbishop.
Now in the early 2020’s, Almighty God has still not yet seen fit to reunite Catholic Truth and Catholic
Authority, so that the neo-modernists are still in control of “Rome”, and the Faith needs still to be
sustained despite “Rome”. Therefore what the Archbishop began by putting Truth before Authority must
be continued. However, while Catholic Truth must be preferred in the last resort to Catholic Authority if
“Authority” opposes that Truth which it was only instituted by Our Lord to defend, nevertheless Truth in
a fallen world does need that Authority to protect it, so that without that Authority on high, Truth has real
difficulties. For instance the Archbishop’s successors had such problems in ruling the Society after his
death that by a policy of deferring to “Rome” much more than he would ever have done, they so changed
the Archbishop’s Society that it needs a new name, e.g. the “Newsociety”. And just as the mass of
Catholics after Vatican II followed their leaders from the Church into the Newchurch, so the mass of
followers of the Archbishop’s Society have followed his successors from his Society into what one can
call the “Newsociety”, because it strains after official approval by the neo-modernists of “Rome”.
Therefore as in 1988, or even more today, for the survival of Catholic Tradition, the necessity arises for the
consecration of bishops without Roman Authority, so to speak, to maintain the Archbishop’s defence of the
Faith above all. Hence the consecration in private of Fr Giacomo Ballini, here in England on January 14,
2021. The on-going Covid crisis showed how bravely he looks after the Mass and the Faith of all time.
Kyrie eleison
Today’s “Rome” will not properly care for sheep ?
We must have shepherds who will the true Faith keep !
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So he waited nearly two years to announce that this man was a bishop? Long after COVID ended?
What we really need is to start ordaining some hidden or underground priests ... because when the greater lockdowns come in the future, and priests are shut down, the faithful will be without the Sacraments. While bishops are good, it's the priests who are most essential. Of course, you need bishops to consecrate priests, but then why didn't this bishop REMAIN clandestine? In fact, you probably need some clandestine bishops as well, those whom the world thinks are laymen but are really both priests and bishops. I'm not advocating someone who's not qualified or competent or adequately trained, but to have them trained in secret, and ordained / consecrated in secret so that they can serve the faithful when (not if) this gets worse ... and it WILL get worse. We have a bit of a breather after COVID-19. Look what they got away with in terms of lockdowns, shutting down churches, and preventing priests from administering Last Rites for a "disease" that had a 1-2% fataility rate IF you believe their numbers (it was much lower). Now, if/when they release another one that has even a 10-15% morality rate, it'll be a massive lockdown and people will lose all access to Sacraments. COVID was used to pilot their program, a test run to see how people would react, and the sheep / lemmings went to the slaughter in droves for fear of the flu. There are probably many former seminarians out there who could be tagged, who may have made it far enough along to be able to function reasonably to deliver the Sacraments to the faithful underground. This is why Bishop Slupski sometimes ordained married men. He grew up under Communist lockdowns where the Church went underground, and he knows very well what's coming our way. People derided him for it, but I'm pretty sure he was right in that particular attitude.
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Who says that there aren’t other privately consecrated bishops, and conditionally ordained priests….?
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Fr Bellini is a Bishop?? That's great!
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Two bishops in every garage now :laugh1:
They're firing up the presses at The Angelus as we speak for a reworking of Father Cekada's old article.
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It doesn't say who consecrated this bishop? :confused:
I guess everyone's assuming it was +Williamson himself, but it is strange that he did not use the active voice, "I consecrated ..." but used the passive. Is he trying to avoid another excommunication? :laugh1: Will he sign the certificate "Bishop Nelson Williams y [mother's maiden name]" and will he call it an "ugly rumor" that he consecrated +Bellini when interrogated by Father Fullerton? :laugh1:
Unless there were multiple COMPETENT witnesses and a video tape, Bishop Kelly will have a field day with this. Of course, he's already saying that +Williamson is a doubtful priest (and therefore bishop) due to the "one-handed ordination" situation.
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I guess everyone's assuming it was +Williamson himself, but it is strange that he did not use the active voice, "I consecrated ..." but used the passive. Is he trying to avoid another excommunication? :laugh1: Will he sign the certificate "Bishop Nelson Williams y [mother's maiden name]" and will he call it an "ugly rumor" that he consecrated +Bellini when interrogated by Father Fullerton? :laugh1:
Why do you assume that +W would outright lie about the consecration if interrogated by Fr. Fullerton? That's harsh. Not that Fr. Fullerton would really care about the matter anyway.
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Unless there were multiple COMPETENT witnesses and a video tape, Bishop Kelly will have a field day with this. Of course, he's already saying that +Williamson is a doubtful priest (and therefore bishop) due to the "one-handed ordination" situation.
Let the sedevacantists have a field day with it. It'll make their day; that's okay. It doesn't matter.
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Why do you assume that +W would outright lie about the consecration if interrogated by Fr. Fullerton? That's harsh. Not that Fr. Fullerton would really care about the matter anyway.
This was a joke. I was poking fun of the ordinations performed by "Bishop Gonzalez" (used a pseudonym on the ordination certificate), who later denied that he had ordained Fathers Greenwell and Baumberger when he was questioned by Father Peter Scott, calling it an "ugly rumor". Basically, I was mocking the double standard of Bishop Kelly where his ordinations / consecrations are all certainly valid while multiple other groups' consecrations are not.
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Let the sedevacantists have a field day with it. It'll make their day; that's okay. It doesn't matter.
You act like this is just a sedevacantist issue (as per usual). R&R have their own set of dubious Bishop and priests now with the +?Pfeiffer situation.
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You act like this is just a sedevacantist issue (as per usual). R&R have their own set of dubious Bishop and priests now with the +?Pfeiffer situation.
That's just it. It's not a sedevacantist issue. But you are assuming that they are going to care about the situation. In reality, it doesn't matter what sedevacantists think.
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This was a joke. I was poking fun of the ordinations performed by "Bishop Gonzalez" (used a pseudonym on the ordination certificate), who later denied that he had ordained Fathers Greenwell and Baumberger when he was questioned by Father Peter Scott, calling it an "ugly rumor". Basically, I was mocking the double standard of Bishop Kelly where his ordinations / consecrations are all certainly valid while multiple other groups' consecrations are not.
There was no indication that you were poking fun at anything. At least for those of us who are not "in the know" about sedevacantist ordination/consecrations.
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There was no indication that you were poking fun at anything. At least for those of us who are not "in the know" about sedevacantist ordination/consecrations.
Really, Meg? I put two of these in those 2-3 sentences: :laugh1:
And the joke was obvious to anyone who followed the "Bishop Gonzalez" and "ugly rumor" saga.
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Why can’t I down vote Ladislaus on this thread? Every time I try I get kicked off Cathinfo…
(I normally agree with a lot of what Ladislaus posts. But on this thread it’s garbage).
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Why can’t I down vote Ladislaus on this thread? Every time I try I get kicked off Cathinfo…
(I normally agree with a lot of what Ladislaus posts. But on this thread it’s garbage).
Matthew made an algorithm whose purpose is supposed to keep a troll from coming on the forum & going on a downvote binge. The problem is, there is a glitch (https://www.cathinfo.com/general-discussion/major-cathinfo-outage/msg848582/#msg848582) in the system, whereby some members can't be downvoted at all, or barely at all (e.g. Ladislaus, but not only him), or at least, can't be downvoted by certain members. There are a handful of posters I am totally unable to downvote, and I know that is true of some other members, and none of us would qualify for "already downvoted the poster too often" status.
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Who says that there aren’t other privately consecrated bishops, and conditionally ordained priests….?
Of course there will be, but we'd stay clear from such "secret clergy".
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From what I have seen and heard of him in the past, Father Ballini seemed like a good and devout priest.
I have hopes for Ireland having him as a bishop and Father Chazal seems to support him and think we'll of him. (I noticed he shared a post today about his being Resistance Bishop #5).
And as for the "consecrating in secret"... It may have caused less drama to have made it more public, but I can understand why it may have been kept more quiet. There is SO MUCH drama in the traditional movement these days. And... Apparently Father Ballini made several enemies during COVID who would probably have tried to stop the Consecration from happening if they could have and knew beforehand.
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Who says that there aren’t other privately consecrated bishops, and conditionally ordained priests….?
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Yeah, this is a good point. I found myself wondering the same thing. If there's a priest in Ireland who was consecrated two years ago, there are probably other priests who are secret bishops as well. :confused:
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Bishop Richard Williamson consecrated Fr Ballini.
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https://www.cathinfo.com/sspx-resistance-news/fr-ballini-(sajm)-makes-the-news-on-the-remnant/msg726295/#msg726295
https://youtu.be/O0pFMOyTdGY
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I also think it was +Williamson that consecrated Fr. Ballini. You need to read the OP properly again.
Indeed. You are right.
Hence the consecration in private of Fr Giacomo Ballini, here in England on January 14, 2021.
So I wonder why he wrote
Early in the New Year there is due to be ordained, on the Emerald Isle another priest for Catholic Tradition, by a bishop who is well-known in that country as a priest but not as a bishop.
This means that the Irish were not aware that he had been consecrated 2 years ago? Real cloak and dagger stuff, no?
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Indeed. You are right.
So I wonder why he wrote
Early in the New Year there is due to be ordained, on the Emerald Isle another priest for Catholic Tradition, by a bishop who is well-known in that country as a priest but not as a bishop.
This means that the Irish were not aware that he had been consecrated 2 years ago? Real cloak and dagger stuff, no?
It means Ballini will ordain a priest in Ireland in somewhere in the New Year (as that EC was dated December 31, 2022).
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Nadir,
Let me clarify a couple things for you.
1. Bp. Williamson consecrated Fr. Ballini to the episcopate. Two years ago.
2. As for these sentences: "Early in the New Year there is due to be ordained, on the Emerald Isle another priest for Catholic Tradition [who recently studied for the priesthood], by a bishop [Bp. Ballini] who is well-known in that country as a priest but not as a bishop."
YES, obviously this is the big news, that Bp. Ballini was consecrated. Yes, it was done 2 years ago.
My understanding is that there is some serious and effective persecution of the Resistance (and +Williamson in particular) outside CathInfo, especially in Europe. I was a bit shocked to find that out, since I don't see any of that around here.
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Why can’t I down vote Ladislaus on this thread? Every time I try I get kicked off Cathinfo…
(I normally agree with a lot of what Ladislaus posts. But on this thread it’s garbage).
1. You're not getting kicked *off CathInfo* for anything unless you do something to get yourself banned. Are you saying you've been banned before?
2. You can't down vote anybody *at all* so stop making it sound like a conspiracy. You haven't reached the requisite number of posts yet.
3. Instead of anonymous sniping of Ladislaus, how about you write a POST and RESPOND like a man, telling Ladislaus to his face what you disagree with him about?
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Matthew made an algorithm whose purpose is supposed to keep a troll from coming on the forum & going on a downvote binge. The problem is, there is a glitch (https://www.cathinfo.com/general-discussion/major-cathinfo-outage/msg848582/#msg848582) in the system, whereby some members can't be downvoted at all, or barely at all (e.g. Ladislaus, but not only him), or at least, can't be downvoted by certain members. There are a handful of posters I am totally unable to downvote, and I know that is true of some other members, and none of us would qualify for "already downvoted the poster too often" status.
I'm willing to look into this glitch, if anyone could come forward with specific examples. If there is a real bona fide error of any sort in the system, I need to fix it.
I look into all reports and e-mails people send in. So far, I haven't heard or received anything. I haven't seen a single, proven case of the downvote system working "not as designed". Just occasional posts like this one, which are always vague and non-specific. OR, someone says "I can't downvote Ladislaus" when they can't even up/down vote yet, due to newness of account. When I see the REASON for something, it's not a glitch. The system is working.
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Two bishops in every garage now :laugh1:
They're firing up the presses at The Angelus as we speak for a reworking of Father Cekada's old article.
I notice no one brought up this question, and even you brought it up in jest. The question of "Did we need another bishop?"
I think it's quite reasonable. 4 bishops for Tradition, for the whole world, is not excessive. Bp. Faure, Bp. Thomas Aquinas, Bp. Zendejas, and now Bp. Ballini. Bp. Williamson is finding it harder and harder to travel, and he's close to forced retirement on account of age. He was born in 1940 remember.
And "Father Time" is not the only one working to "ground" Bp. Williamson. Enemies of all stripes: agents of globalism, modernism, Pfeifferism, and/or (((you know who))), have conspired to keep the good Bishop out of many countries. So there's that as well.
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Nadir,
Let me clarify a couple things for you.
1. Bp. Williamson consecrated Fr. Ballini to the episcopate. Two years ago.
2. As for these sentences: "Early in the New Year there is due to be ordained, on the Emerald Isle another priest for Catholic Tradition [who recently studied for the priesthood], by a bishop [Bp. Ballini] who is well-known in that country as a priest but not as a bishop."
YES, obviously this is the big news, that Bp. Ballini was consecrated. Yes, it was done 2 years ago.
My understanding is that there is some serious and effective persecution of the Resistance (and +Williamson in particular) outside CathInfo, especially in Europe. I was a bit shocked to find that out, since I don't see any of that around here.
Thank you, Matthew.
yes, there is serious persecution, as the dear Carmelite sisters have experienced. They must have been a great support to Bishop Ballini these two years.
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For a little local knowledge from Ireland here. I think if you remember Bp. Ballini was consecrated because of lockdowns. Ireland had the most severe lockdowns and was difficult for anti-vaxxers to enter the country. With Bp. Ballini’s project seminarians were due to be ordained and with possibly even more severe lockdowns and Ireland’s geographical isolation the seminarians needed a bishop close by in case we were shut off from everyone.
The other thing as to keeping it secret was because of media persecution. I will leave it at that. I may incur the wrath of His Lordship.
In Maria Virginis
Ark.
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For a little local knowledge from Ireland here. I think if you remember Bp. Ballini was consecrated because of lockdowns. Ireland had the most severe lockdowns and was difficult for anti-vaxxers to enter the country. With Bp. Ballini’s project seminarians were due to be ordained and with possibly even more severe lockdowns and Ireland’s geographical isolation the seminarians needed a bishop close by in case we were shut off from everyone.
The other thing as to keeping it secret was because of media persecution. I will leave it at that. I may incur the wrath of His Lordship.
In Maria Virginis
Ark.
I was just thinking that "two years ago" we were still in the midst of COVID. This may be a big reason why it was done secretly.
Also, there have been calls for more bishops and priests right here on CI, so I would think that most here would consider this a good thing. Having said that, I can certainly understand the concern regarding the secrecy given the questions among Trads about other historical (or recent) traditional consecrations.
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I was just thinking that "two years ago" we were still in the midst of COVID. This may be a big reason why it was done secretly.
Also, there have been calls for more bishops and priests right here on CI, so I would think that most here would consider this a good thing. Having said that, I can certainly understand the concern regarding the secrecy given the questions among Trads about other historical (or recent) traditional consecrations.
Yes, it is a bit unexpected, but +Williamson removes all doubt, at least for me.
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From what I have seen and heard of him in the past, Father Ballini seemed like a good and devout priest.
I have hopes for Ireland having him as a bishop and Father Chazal seems to support him and think we'll of him. (I noticed he shared a post today about his being Resistance Bishop #5).
And as for the "consecrating in secret"... It may have caused less drama to have made it more public, but I can understand why it may have been kept more quiet. There is SO MUCH drama in the traditional movement these days. And... Apparently Father Ballini made several enemies during COVID who would probably have tried to stop the Consecration from happening if they could have and knew beforehand.
Bishop Bellini has a lot of courage. if I remember correctly that he had large processions through the streets of Ireland when it was obviously "illegal" during the severe lockdowns. Wish I had the video.
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Ireland is now seriously anti-Catholic, and especially anti traditional Catholic, and even more anti traditional Resistance Catholic. I think many here are not aware of this, and how bad the situation is there.
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Matthew made an algorithm whose purpose is supposed to keep a troll from coming on the forum & going on a downvote binge. The problem is, there is a glitch (https://www.cathinfo.com/general-discussion/major-cathinfo-outage/msg848582/#msg848582) in the system, whereby some members can't be downvoted at all, or barely at all (e.g. Ladislaus, but not only him), or at least, can't be downvoted by certain members. There are a handful of posters I am totally unable to downvote, and I know that is true of some other members, and none of us would qualify for "already downvoted the poster too often" status.
That's because the algorithm depends on the number of upvotes or downvotes you have relative to those that the target member has, and I and a handful of other members have a huge number of these due to our posting volume.
I know that it annoys people, so I'm fine if Matthew wanted to put in a Ladislaus clause ..
"if (user!='Ladislaus') { apply thumb rules }" and make it open season on Ladislaus because, well, I don't actually care.
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Why can’t I down vote Ladislaus on this thread? Every time I try I get kicked off Cathinfo…
(I normally agree with a lot of what Ladislaus posts. But on this thread it’s garbage).
Why don't you take a minute to explain what it is you object to? There are about 3 or 4 things I could think of, depending on whether you are for or against Bishop Kelly's position on the +Thuc line, whether you objected to a differen post about needing underground priests, or my joke about the two bishops in every garage (again, indicated by the smilie to be a joke about Father Cekada's original article).
I made 3-4 different posts from different angles, and your characterization of SOMEthing (unknown) as garbage is unhelpful and lazy. You didn't even bother to quote the post you objected to. I also believe that if you don't make a post on a thread you shouldn't be able to issue any downthumbs.
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Of course there will be, but we'd stay clear from such "secret clergy".
"Secret Clergy" is a bit of a balance. While they could be need, there does still have to be a way to verify that they're real when they do get "called into action", so that some fraudster can't simulate being a priest and cause harm to souls. There was actually one Trad chapel where after many years they finally discovered that the man pretending to be their priest was actually never ordained, but was a total con artist.
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Bishop Richard Williamson consecrated Fr Ballini.
Most of us assumed this, but it actually wasn't explicitly stated in the text, which was curious.
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1. You're not getting kicked *off CathInfo* for anything unless you do something to get yourself banned. Are you saying you've been banned before?
2. You can't down vote anybody *at all* so stop making it sound like a conspiracy. You haven't reached the requisite number of posts yet.
3. Instead of anonymous sniping of Ladislaus, how about you write a POST and RESPOND like a man, telling Ladislaus to his face what you disagree with him about?
Good points. I made about 3-4 posts on different subjects here, and a categorical denunciation of it as "garbage" gives me clue what he was even objeting to. I tried to make it clear with generous use of smilies that I was joking in a couple cases, and the jokes were not directed at this situation (the Father Ballini consecration) but about tangential issues like the old Father Cekada article and Bishop Kelly's view of ordination validity. Probably the subtle serious point I was making under the surface is that Bishop Kelly had developed a strict view of what's necessary for valid ordinations / consecrations. For Bishop Kellly, if there were not two COMPETENT Witnesses who could positively attest to the proper form and matter, the Sacrament is to be considered doubtful and avoided. Bishop Williamson did not explain the circuмstances. Were their any witnesses present? Is there a video of the ceremony. Without these two, Bishop Kelly would consider the consecration effectively invalid. That then raises the serious point of whether Bishop Kelly is right. IMO, no, he's way off base.
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For a little local knowledge from Ireland here. I think if you remember Bp. Ballini was consecrated because of lockdowns. Ireland had the most severe lockdowns and was difficult for anti-vaxxers to enter the country.
So did the consecration occur before the lockdowns? If not, how did Bishop Ballini get back into Ireland, or were thing more lenient within the UK somehow?
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Bishop Ballini would travel back via N. Ireland which is a UK territory and then drive down south.
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You don’t need proof of vaccination for flights within the UK.
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For a little local knowledge from Ireland here. I think if you remember Bp. Ballini was consecrated because of lockdowns. Ireland had the most severe lockdowns and was difficult for anti-vaxxers to enter the country. With Bp. Ballini’s project seminarians were due to be ordained and with possibly even more severe lockdowns and Ireland’s geographical isolation the seminarians needed a bishop close by in case we were shut off from everyone.
The other thing as to keeping it secret was because of media persecution. I will leave it at that. I may incur the wrath of His Lordship.
In Maria Virginis
Ark.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share these facts... It confirms what I suspected as to why the Consecration was kept secret. 🥰
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Bishop Ballini would travel back via N. Ireland which is a UK territory and then drive down south.
We were in Ireland the summer before COVID happened for a family reunion with my maternal grandmother's family. I have good memories of going to the chapel near the border of Northern Ireland and southern Ireland. I hope all is going well out there! :pray:
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Here AMDGJMJ please pray for the man whose property the chapel is on. He had a major stroke some time ago and survived. He has I have been informed made some recovery but to what extent I’m not sure.
In Christo
Ark.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0pFMOyTdGY
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Beat you to it, Josefa. Reply 19.
Can you find the one where he spoke from that same rotunda about the Corona scam? He is indeed a courageous priest/bishop.
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Beat you to it, Josefa. Reply 19.
Can you find the one where he spoke from that same rotunda about the Corona scam? He is indeed a courageous priest/bishop.
Sorry Nadir-I missed it- My bad!
The only other video I saw of Bishop Ballini was from a cemetery Mass (On youtube)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0pFMOyTdGY
So beautiful!
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41041772.html
.....That suspended sentence, on her own bond of €2,000, is on condition she keep the peace and be of good behaviour, and also on a special condition that for the next two years she does not engage in any behaviour in any public place or public forum, to include social media, which is abusive or offensive to any person or group with whom she disagrees.....
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Tom, the link is not available to me. What is the story? Who is she? Etc.
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Here AMDGJMJ please pray for the man whose property the chapel is on. He had a major stroke some time ago and survived. He has I have been informed made some recovery but to what extent I’m not sure.
In Christo
Ark.
Oh, no! 😥
Definitely will do! :pray:
Do you know if he has a will or plans for if he dies concerning the chapel?
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Tom, the link is not available to me. What is the story? Who is she? Etc.
I couldn't open the link either...but perhaps it is about the woman who got arrested for causing a lot of chaos for the resistance in Ireland after the Public Excorcism?
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Woman to be arrested over allegations from ultra-conservative religious group – The Irish Times (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/woman-to-be-arrested-over-allegations-from-ultra-conservative-religious-group-1.4622651)
Woman to be arrested over allegations from ultra-conservative religious group
Group’s founder gave anti-Semitic speech at Cork branch of SSPX Resistance last year
Gardaí are to arrest a Cork activist next week on charges of "inciting hatred" against a Christian fundamentalist group operating in the county.
The group, which is part of a loose worldwide network called the Society of Saint Pius X Resistance (SSPX Resistance), was founded by an ex-Catholic bishop who recently gave a sermon in Cork linking Jєωιѕн people to the start of Covid-19 and calling them “master servants of the devil”.
SSPX Resistance has made a complaint to gardaí alleging incitement to hatred, harassment and trespass by Cork resident and campaigner Fiona O’Leary, who lives close to the church.
Ms O’Leary has written about the group on her blog and visited its compound to take pictures and question its leaders. She also photographed and published pictures of two of its priests after spotting them in the supermarket.
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Incitement to hatred is a rarely prosecuted offence which makes it a crime to publish material “likely to stir up hatred” against a group or individual.
Last week, Ms O’Leary was informed by gardaí in west Cork that she is to be arrested by appointment next Tuesday for the purposes of interview in relation to the allegations. She was told she will be arrested in public if she does not attend the Garda station by arrangement.
The Cork branch of SSPX Resistance came to some prominence recently when its leader, Giacomo Ballini, led a procession through Dublin to perform an exorcism of the Dáil, in an apparent breach of Covid-19 regulations.
Investigation
As part of their investigation into Ms O’Leary, gardaí contacted a journalist from Cork’s Southern Star newspaper last year and asked who her source was for a story she wrote about SPPX Resistance, The Irish Times understands.
Ms O'Leary's solicitor Ray Hennessy said this week he is surprised by the Garda's approach to the case. "They are being very aggressive towards Fiona and I don't see the need for it."
The Drimoleague woman has a long history of campaigning on various topics through her blog and social media channels. She has previously clashed with Scientology, far-right movements and promoters of fake autism cures.
She was told by gardaí recently that a file on her case is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for recommendation on what charges to bring. An investigating garda has mentioned her social media activity as the basis for some of the allegations made against her.
Last year, SSPX Resistance founder Richard Williamson travelled to the Cork branch, which is based in a farmhouse in a remote part of the county, where he gave a sermon claiming, among other things, that Jєωιѕн people are manipulating the stock market in an effort to start a war. The Jєωιѕн Representative Council of Ireland referred the comments to the Garda after they were reported in the Sunday World newspaper.
Excommunicated
Mr Williamson was once a bishop in the Catholic Church before being excommunicated in the late 1980s. He was later readmitted to the church before being excommunicated again in 2009 after his conviction in a German court of h0Ɩ0cαųst denial. He founded SSPX Resistance as an off-shoot of the Society of St Pius X which itself once broke away from mainstream Catholicism over its belief that the modern church was becoming too liberal.
Mr Williamson’s group is more conservative again, and believes the SSPX has itself become too modern.
SSPX Resistance is not in communion with the Catholic Church and believes reforms instituted following the second Vatican Council, including the abolition of the Latin Mass, are invalid.
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Fiona O’Leary
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ANTI-RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
Fiona’s tactics are so extreme that even an avowed anti-Scientologist has denounced her as a “vicious hatemonger.” Her history of irrational rants and threats extends to multiple religious organizations. She expressed her hatred in this internet posting: “I hate f**king religion.”
Fiona O’Leary
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OBSESSIVE
Fiona described herself to the Irish Examiner in these terms: “I have a tendency to become obsessive… Unfortunately for me,… it manifested in destructive behaviours. I had many ‘meltdowns’, episodes of panic and confusion…
Fiona O’Leary
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HATE FUNDED BY DISABILITY & SOCIAL WELFARE
O’Leary’s personal income is derived from disability and social welfare benefits, even though she appears to spend much of her time attacking individuals and promoting anti-religious hate and intolerance.
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Fiona O’Leary
From her home in Cork, Ireland, Fiona O’Leary obsessively attacks individuals and entire religions.
Her tactics have included:
Recording phone calls without informing the other party, then publishing audio recordings (or other private data) on social media without consent
Conveying false information
Making false claims to government officials in attempts to stir up baseless attacks or “protests” and
Shouting abusive, hate-filled language in public venues.
Her tactics are so extreme that even an avowed anti-Scientologist has denounced her as a “vicious hatemonger.”
Fiona O’Leary
Her history of irrational rants and threats began long before she started targeting the Church of Scientology and extends to other religious organizations.
The depth of her hatred was expressed in a 2013 posting:
“I hate f**king religion.”
Then, responding to replies to her post, she said:
“I hate religion so much! It should be banned!”
Years later, a September 2017 posting showed that O’Leary had not changed. Referring to her husband, she wrote that “Tim says all religions are cults. I think he is right.”
Her tactics are so extreme that even an avowed anti-Scientologist has denounced her as a “vicious hatemonger.”
O’Leary has two autistic children but has campaigned against autism treatments since 2014. In fact, she started a group with the purpose of attacking anyone who suggests there might be an effective treatment for autism.
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She has given special attention to a product called Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), believed by some to alleviate symptoms of autism. When one Scientologist in England promoted this product on social media, O’Leary asserted that the Church of Scientology had endorsed MMS—a complete invention on her part and evidence of her willingness to manipulate information and spread lies.
In an interview with the Irish Examiner in November 2013, O’Leary confided that she had been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome by Caroline Goldsmith, a Dublin clinical psychologist. She said,
“My inner turmoil, I believe, caused my anorexia at the age of 16. I have a tendency to become obsessive. I can bring incredible focus and determination to whatever I do, which is a useful skill if it is channeled in a positive direction. Unfortunately for me (and for many other Asperger girls), it manifested in destructive behaviours. I had many ‘meltdowns’, episodes of panic and confusion when the strain became unbearable. In 1989, at the age of 18, I attempted to take my own life.”
O’Leary later turned against Goldsmith, who became the target of an O’Leary hate campaign after Goldsmith spoke out regarding autism and research that could lead to cures.
Fiona O’Leary
No surprise, O’Leary’s personal income is derived from disability and social welfare benefits based on her giving fulltime care to her autistic children, even though she appears to spend much of her time not with her children, but on social media or out in the streets.
In that regard, O’Leary attacked Goldsmith, claiming she was a fraud. In December 2015 her postings against Goldsmith were removed as hate speech by Facebook.
After an article was published against Goldsmith in the Irish Examiner, Goldsmith took the publication to court for defamation. The Irish Examiner settled for a substantial sum in recompense to Goldsmith in November 2016. The settlement was reported by O’Leary on her social media pages and videos.
But O’Leary continued to slander the psychologist on social media even after the court case, also harassing her with phone calls and text messages.
“All of her so-called ‘advocacy’ revolves around hate campaigns, online and offline bullying and relentless self publicity.”
In 2016, O’Leary’s pattern of bullying was exposed by a website concerned with raising public awareness of autism treatments. The author noted that O’Leary’s right to represent the autistic community in Ireland and her ad hominem tactics were being questioned. “All of her so-called ‘advocacy’ revolves around hate campaigns, online and offline bullying and relentless self publicity,” he stated.
Although she claims to believe in freedom and free speech, when asked on Peoples Internet Radio in September 2017, “Do you believe that parents have the right to refuse mandatory vaccinations?” she responded “No.”
Asked if she believed that a child should be forcibly vaccinated if the parents did not consent, she responded that she did. In that interview, O’Leary was called out for harassing the radio host’s family, including his 14-year-old niece, after the host asked her to “name her rapist.” The host was referring to O’Leary’s assertion that she had been raped as a child.
While O’Leary goes out of her way to attack others, she has not named this man or turned him over to authorities, even though she claims he is a pillar in the community.
As the new Church of Scientology of Dublin was preparing for its opening in October 2017, O’Leary was twice banned by Twitter. After the opening, she contacted the Ahmadiyya community, (a branch of Islam) in Galway to complain that one of their members was attending the Church.
She made public postings antagonizing the Ahmadiyya community, harassing them to the point that she admitted in a YouTube video that one of their members was contemplating ѕυιcιdє because of her online abuse. O’Leary went on to make further derogatory and irrational comments about the Ahmadiyyans, stating:
“Ahmadiyya promote dangerous QUACKERY.”
“Talking to religious leaders and followers who worship quackery. Not very peaceful when asked reasonable questions.”
In October 2017, after repeatedly posting negative comments about the Ahmaddiya community, she engaged in a dialogue with the national imam, Ibrahim Noonan.
On Twitter, Imam Noonan posted, “Sadly I never said or used such words Fiona. What is becoming clear is your fabrications.”
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The group, which is part of a loose worldwide network called the Society of Saint Pius X Resistance (SSPX Resistance), was founded by an ex-Catholic bishop who recently gave a sermon in Cork linking Jєωιѕн people to the start of Covid-19 and calling them “master servants of the devil”.
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Tom, the link is not available to me. What is the story? Who is she? Etc.
An autism campaigner has received a 60-day suspended jail sentence after she pleaded guilty to trespassing at the property of a Christian group she believed to be “a cult”, in what was described as “an endeavour borne out of misplaced public concern”.
Fiona O’Leary, 51, of Knockduff, Dunmanway, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Bandon District Court to the charge of trespass at the property at Reenascreena, owned by the Society of Saint Pius X Resistance, or SSPX Resistance, on August 10, 2020.
Inspector Deborah Marsh told Judge James McNulty that at 5.20pm that day, Ms O’Leary, in the company of others, including some of her children, entered the property, owned by a man named in court as Fr Giacomo Ballini.
The judge heard she said she was a member of the press, and the “Covid police”, and began filming different areas of the property, including an office and a bedroom.
Insp Walsh said the footage was then uploaded onto social media.
In court, Insp Walsh said Fr Ballini had contacted gardaí, and his statement was read out in court. In it, he said five people, including two adults, parked a car on the property and then proceeded into the building, despite a request from two women there for them to leave.
The statement outlined that Ms O’Leary was recording as she walked around the property, that she said she was from the “Covid police” and that she rebuked those there for not wearing face masks. The court heard the filming included that of a private room and office, despite a request that she not do so. Ms O’Leary left at 5.50pm.
Ms O’Leary’s barrister, Alan O’Dwyer, agreed this was a fair representation of the facts. Outlining his plea of mitigation for his client, who had no previous convictions, Mr O’Dwyer said Fr Ballini had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, but Judge McNulty said the court was not interested in politics or religion being discussed in court.
Mr O’Dwyer said Ms O’Leary was a mother-of-five, that she was autistic, as were four of her children, and that her eldest child, who is 30, has had significant health issues. She and her partner are both carers, he told the court, adding Ms O’Leary had not come to any Garda attention since this incident.
“She would describe herself as a campaigner for people’s rights,” Mr O’Dwyer said of Ms O’Leary.
“This group [SSPX Resistance] refer to themselves as the resistance and she feels that they are acting outside legality.
“She may believe that they are a cult."
Using what he said were his own words, Mr O’Dwyer added: "This was an endeavour borne out of misplaced public concern.”
Mr O’Dwyer said his client was pleading guilty to the Section 13 Public Order offence, was apologetic and had said if she could go back in time she would have acted in a different way.
Judge McNulty said it was a “grave offence”, given it involved a “wilful intrusion on private property” in contravention of rights upheld in the Constitution.
“She is entitled to her antipathy,” the judge said. “She may harbour antipathy towards them [the group], but the antipathy is not permitted to escalate to the stage of enmity, of hostility, or vitriol.
“One has the distinct impression here that your client has taken on the role, herself, of the political correctness police.”
He said neither a fine nor community service would be appropriate and taking into account aggravating factors — such as the presence of her teenage son during the incident — and mitigating factors, such as her caring responsibilities, he sentenced Ms O’Leary to 60 days in prison, fully suspended for a period of two years.
That suspended sentence, on her own bond of €2,000, is on condition she keep the peace and be of good behaviour, and also on a special condition that for the next two years she does not engage in any behaviour in any public place or public forum, to include social media, which is abusive or offensive to any person or group with whom she disagrees.
The judge said Ms O’Leary can have and hold her opinions and nurture antipathies but there were boundaries which he said were necessary for civil public discourse and debate.
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An autism campaigner has received a 60-day suspended jail sentence after she pleaded guilty to trespassing at the property of a Christian group she believed to be “a cult”, in what was described as “an endeavour borne out of misplaced public concern”.
Fiona O’Leary, 51, of Knockduff, Dunmanway, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Bandon District Court to the charge of trespass at the property at Reenascreena, owned by the Society of Saint Pius X Resistance, or SSPX Resistance, on August 10, 2020.
Inspector Deborah Marsh told Judge James McNulty that at 5.20pm that day, Ms O’Leary, in the company of others, including some of her children, entered the property, owned by a man named in court as Fr Giacomo Ballini.
The judge heard she said she was a member of the press, and the “Covid police”, and began filming different areas of the property, including an office and a bedroom.
Insp Walsh said the footage was then uploaded onto social media.
In court, Insp Walsh said Fr Ballini had contacted gardaí, and his statement was read out in court. In it, he said five people, including two adults, parked a car on the property and then proceeded into the building, despite a request from two women there for them to leave.
The statement outlined that Ms O’Leary was recording as she walked around the property, that she said she was from the “Covid police” and that she rebuked those there for not wearing face masks. The court heard the filming included that of a private room and office, despite a request that she not do so. Ms O’Leary left at 5.50pm.
Ms O’Leary’s barrister, Alan O’Dwyer, agreed this was a fair representation of the facts. Outlining his plea of mitigation for his client, who had no previous convictions, Mr O’Dwyer said Fr Ballini had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, but Judge McNulty said the court was not interested in politics or religion being discussed in court.
Mr O’Dwyer said Ms O’Leary was a mother-of-five, that she was autistic, as were four of her children, and that her eldest child, who is 30, has had significant health issues. She and her partner are both carers, he told the court, adding Ms O’Leary had not come to any Garda attention since this incident.
“She would describe herself as a campaigner for people’s rights,” Mr O’Dwyer said of Ms O’Leary.
“This group [SSPX Resistance] refer to themselves as the resistance and she feels that they are acting outside legality.
“She may believe that they are a cult."
Using what he said were his own words, Mr O’Dwyer added: "This was an endeavour borne out of misplaced public concern.”
Mr O’Dwyer said his client was pleading guilty to the Section 13 Public Order offence, was apologetic and had said if she could go back in time she would have acted in a different way.
Judge McNulty said it was a “grave offence”, given it involved a “wilful intrusion on private property” in contravention of rights upheld in the Constitution.
“She is entitled to her antipathy,” the judge said. “She may harbour antipathy towards them [the group], but the antipathy is not permitted to escalate to the stage of enmity, of hostility, or vitriol.
“One has the distinct impression here that your client has taken on the role, herself, of the political correctness police.”
He said neither a fine nor community service would be appropriate and taking into account aggravating factors — such as the presence of her teenage son during the incident — and mitigating factors, such as her caring responsibilities, he sentenced Ms O’Leary to 60 days in prison, fully suspended for a period of two years.
That suspended sentence, on her own bond of €2,000, is on condition she keep the peace and be of good behaviour, and also on a special condition that for the next two years she does not engage in any behaviour in any public place or public forum, to include social media, which is abusive or offensive to any person or group with whom she disagrees.
The judge said Ms O’Leary can have and hold her opinions and nurture antipathies but there were boundaries which he said were necessary for civil public discourse and debate.
Wow....it's good to see that an Irish court of law is actually capable of making a good decision. Thank you for posting this.
It's sad to see someone like Mrs. O'Leary, who is so deluded and anti-Catholic. It might do well to offer prayers for her conversion.
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Quick update on Bp. Bellini. My source in the Philippines informs me that the good bishop is making the rounds in the Philippines and is scheduled to visit the Resistance chapel (Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Bolisong, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao on July 23rd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador,_Misamis_Oriental (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador,_Misamis_Oriental))
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Quick update on Bp. Bellini. My source in the Philippines informs me that the good bishop is making the rounds in the Philippines and is scheduled to visit the Resistance chapel (Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Bolisong, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao on July 23rd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador,_Misamis_Oriental (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador,_Misamis_Oriental))
In other words, he’s not just a “bishop for Ireland,” as the latest EC (#835) states, but an independent bishop who can go wherever, whenever (including places already serviced by other Resistance bishops, with or without their permission).
It seems the intention was for +Ballini to remain in Ireland, but that apostolate has grown all the way to Asia and America.
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In other words, he’s not just a “bishop for Ireland,” as the latest EC (#835) states, but an independent bishop who can go wherever, whenever (including places already serviced by other Resistance bishops, with or without their permission).
It seems the intention was for +Ballini to remain in Ireland, but that apostolate has grown all the way to Asia and America.
Perhaps he could consecrate Father Chazal, whose consecration is 10 years overdue.
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In other words, he’s not just a “bishop for Ireland,” as the latest EC (#835) states, but an independent bishop who can go wherever, whenever (including places already serviced by other Resistance bishops, with or without their permission).
It seems the intention was for +Ballini to remain in Ireland, but that apostolate has grown all the way to Asia and America.
It said, "Bishop Ballini for Ireland (2021)" so a lot can change in 2 years, although I have not heard anything about him staying for that long in the Philippines. He may have just come -- I imagine very possibly at Fr. Chazal's request -- to give some temporary assistance.
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It said, "Bishop Ballini for Ireland (2021)" so a lot can change in 2 years, although I have not heard anything about him staying for that long in the Philippines. He may have just come -- I imagine very possibly at Fr. Chazal's request -- to give some temporary assistance.
His Excellency is here in “Austrasia” to administer Confirmations, because this side of the world hasn't been visited by a Resistance bishop for several years.
Note: A priest of Asia suggests the faithful to avoid disclosing the planned trips of priests & bishops (where Fr. X or Bp. Y is going next month...), especially those, whose sermons being posted online, have become targets of Big Brother. Anti-Catholic activists have tried to (and sometimes succeeded in) getting governments to block priests from entering the country.