News Item: : Bishop Athanasius Schneider: ''Bishops who support Holy Communion for 'divorce remarried' are the new Pharisees because they neglect the Commandment of God''.
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Wednesday 05 November 2014 - 20:24:45

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Bishop Athanasius Schneider has given an encouraging interview to Polonia Christiana 24 about the obvious manipulation of the recent Rome Synod.

The good bishop has the courage and integrity to describe the sections of the mid-term Relatio document dealing with homosexuality and divorce/remarriage as representations of 'radical neo-pagan ideology.' Indeed, he went further: 'This is the first time in Church history that such a heterodox text was actually published as a document of an official meeting of Catholic bishops under the guidance of a pope, even though the text only had a preliminary character. Thanks be to God and to the prayers of the faithful all over the world that a consistent number of Synod fathers rejected such an agenda; this agenda reflects the corrupt and pagan mainstream morality of our time, which is being imposed globally by means of political pressure and through the almost all-powerful official mass-media, which are loyal to the principles of the world gender ideology... This document will remain for the future generations and for the historians as a black mark which has stained the honour of the Apostolic See.' 

Whilst acknowledging the fact that the final Message of the Synod Fathers outlined the Divine truth of the family, Bishop Schneider noted that the number of bishops voting for Holy Communion to be given to divorced Catholics who have attempted re-marriage is a 'sad reflection on the spiritual quality of the Catholic episcopacy in our days.' He described these men as 'the new Scribes and Pharisees because they neglect the Commandment of God.' Indeed: 'The attempt to put the Divine truth and the Divine Word to a vote is unworthy of those who as representatives of the Magisterium have to hand over as good and faithful rulers (cf. Matthew 24,45) the Divine Deposit.' 

Bishop Schneider encouraged Catholics to remain faithful to Jesus Christ and the true teachings of the Church regarding chastity in the days ahead. He called on them to go deeper into the Faith through prayer, sacrifice, orthodox catechesis, ongoing conversion from sin and by providing genuine support to those struggling with homosexual tendencies to enable them to enter the path of Christian conversion.

'The Church and the world do urgently need intrepid and candid witnesses of the whole truth of the commandment and of the will of God, of the whole truth of Christ's words on marriage. Modern clerical Pharisees and Scribes, those bishops and cardinals who throw grains of incense to the neo-pagan idols of gender ideology and concubinage, will not convince anyone to either believe in Christ or to be ready to offer their lives for Christ.'

Angeline and I started Torch of The Faith six years ago to defend and spread the true teachings of the Church on marriage and the family. Since February, we have been both scandalized and discouraged to see the types of dissent which had opposed us locally reach to the very heights of the Church. We live in a grave time when a pope of the Church could encourage false teachers who denigrate Christ's own teachings on marriage. Countless souls are in danger and the truth must be affirmed as a matter of urgency. For our part, if God gives us the grace, we will continue to live, defend and spread the true teachings of Christ and His Church on marriage. We are therefore delighted to read this courageous and crystal clear affirmation of Christ's own teaching on marriage and family by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. 

Catholics who are praying for the Holy Church as She traverses some of the most dangerous waters of the last 2,000 years, will be encouraged by this forthright interview. May God bless Bishop Schneider; a prelate who has consistently defended the rights of Jesus Christ and His Church.  


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