Pope Benedict's first year: An impressive defense of life and family

Pope Benedict's first year: An impressive defense of life and family ...

"Evil creations from hell--all manner of abominations are entering into the homes of your nation and the countries throughout the world. It will be an absolute necessity now for all parents to act as a director, a leader in the homes. The greatest attack from satan shall be upon family life. If you break down the family, you will break down the nation." - St. Joseph, March 15, 1978

LifeSiteNews.com reported on April 18, 2006:

Pro-life and pro-family leaders the world over could not be happier with the leadership on issues of life and family which Pope Benedict XVI has given during the first year of his pontificate. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, has been an outspoken warrior in the culture wars.
Progressing from his role as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, where then Cardinal Ratzinger had already developed a very impressive repertoire of teachings concerning abortion and homosexuality (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111603.html), Pope Benedict has since used every opportunity to promote the culture of life.

Just after his election to the pontificate, Pope Benedict seized the teaching moment on the papacy to note that even popes may not change the Church's constant teaching against abortion (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06013102.html). During the first baptisms which he performed as Pope, Benedict spoke passionately against the "culture of death" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06013102.html). And even in his first ever visit as Pope to a Jewish synagogue, the Pope encouraged Jews and Christians to work together to defend life and family. "Our rich common heritage and our fraternal and more trusting relations call upon us to join in giving an ever more harmonious witness and to work together on the practical level for the defence and promotion of human rights and the sacredness of human life, for family values, for social justice and for peace in the world," he said. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/aug/05081901.html)

In the first book he published as Pope, Benedict emphasized that the fight against abortion must continue. Significantly he wrote, "There is no such thing as 'small murders'" http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022702.html).

His statements on these matters have been issued with a clarity and precision which does not allow for confusion and misinterpretation.

While many Catholic religious leaders in the West seem confused about the role of the Church in political life (some suggesting by their actions that support for affirmative action may be equivalent or more important than the right to life), the Pope has stated categorically that the Catholic Church's "principal focus" in the public arena is life and family. On March 30, this year he stated "As far as the Catholic Church is concerned the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable." He then named specifically the right to life, the safeguarding of the traditional family and parents' right to educate their children. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06033008.html)

Moreover, on March 20, the Pope noted that attacks on preborn children which include abortion and destructive research on embryos are "today's gravest injustice" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111603.html).

He was also crystal clear in December when he told Latin American bishops "it is necessary to help everyone to realize the intrinsic evil of the crime of abortion which, in attacking human life at its beginnings, is also an act of aggression against society itself" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022702.html). And with the precision of a theologian, Benedict XVI answered the nagging question about the right to life of embryos created by in vitro fertilization. "The Magisterium of the Church has constantly proclaimed the sacred and inviolable nature of each human life, from conception to natural end," he said. "This moral judgement also holds at the beginning of an embryo's life, even before it is implanted in the mother's womb." (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022702.html)

And despite vehement criticisms which included his being named, "Anti-Gay Person of the Year" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111603.html) and being compared to Hitler by an Irish Senator (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111603.html), the Pope has not shied away from using clear language in his teachings.

Homosexual activists were outraged last November when the Pope issued a letter stating that marriage is between a man and a woman and can "admit no alternatives" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111603.html). They were even more upset in June, when he referred to "legitimate families". He said, "It is a grave error to obscure the value and the functions of the legitimate family based on marriage, attributing to other forms of union inappropriate forms of legal recognition, for which there is no real social need" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05112105.html).

Also raising eyebrows in June, the Holy Father noted that the Church with its teachings on sex within marriage and fidelity has "the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS" (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05061001.html). And in August he committed the unimaginably politically incorrect act of encouraging Catholics to have large families (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022702.html).

The Pope also ensured through his appointments that the life and family concerns will remain a top priority for Church leaders. Shortly after being elected Pope, Benedict XVI made a bishop of a U.S. priest who made headlines for saying he would deny communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians including presidential candidate John Kerry (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05112105.html). Likewise, the fifteen men the Pope elevated to the College of Cardinals in March have themselves had much to say in defense of life and family (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/060224a.html).

"Penance, atonement, and sacrifice, My children, I beg of you! The family is disintegrating; there is no discipline. I hear the word 'love' expounded throughout your earth in all medias. But love has been lost!
"We watch as many are selling their souls to get to the head, not caring about the day, the night, the hour when they must come across the veil and account for their actions upon earth: their sins of commission, their sins of omission.
"Parents, you have a major responsibility now to save your children. The young are the major victims now in a world that has been taken over by satan and his agents." - Our Lady of the Roses, August 14, 1979

The awesome Bayside Prophecies... https://www.tldm.org/Bayside/default.htm
These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:

FAMILY CIRCLE
"The strength for souls will be found in the family circle." - Our Lady, December 31, 1972

INSTITUTE FAMILY PRAYER
"Confusion, confusion! All about Us We see confusion and the conditioning of errors. Family prayer must be instituted in the home. If you do not ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you, too, will walk the road of error." - Our Lady, December 25, 1971

ONE GLORIOUS FAMILY
"In Our Heaven, there is but one glorious family. In Heaven all are brothers and sisters. Why, then, must you fight over body color, body dressing, body wealth? What does it avail you to squabble and fight for something you will leave behind when you come before Us? Work now, My children, not to dress your body but to feed your soul. And many are starving.
"Yes, you are all brothers and sisters, and as such, you have one bond in common with your God: that is love. And if you know the true meaning of love, you will reach out and save your brothers and your sisters." - Our Lady, December 25, 1971

FIRMNESS IS NEEDED
"I am a man of few words, preferring to stand behind my Son. But I do feel great sorrow for the state of man on earth and his family life. The family that does not pray together can not stay together, for prayer chases the demons from the household. Why has man no longer chosen to bless his home with sacramentals and the waters?
     "I wish that all fathers of households stand forth and practice their role. They will use the rod and not permit their children to go astray. Firmness is needed in your world that is filled with laxity, permissiveness, and degradation.
     "Your children have been misled by many who shall answer to the Father. As teachers they have failed in their role. Therefore, as parents you must succeed in yours.
     "The greatest detrimental factor in the family and home is the desire for the material. Better that you live in the gardens and fields with the nourishment of manna from Heaven, than to be filled with the abominations of the world." - St. Joseph, March 18, 1973

RECOVER THE PEACE
"In your world today that has been caught in the snare of the wiles of satan, many families are heading to oblivion, disintegration, and destruction. The forces of evil, the agents of 666, have now infiltrated into the very heart of mankind: the home, the family.
"O My children, if you could only recover the peace and quiet of spirit that was once much evident in your homes and now has been replaced by all manner of creations of satan, creations that distract the minds of the innocent, creations that have taken the knowledge of their God from the children, while fathers and mothers are lost as they run to and fro gathering all the material wealth upon earth, seeking pleasures that are soul destroyers, and setting an example that can be and lead to an abomination within the family circle.
"The parents, the mother and the father, My children, must set a firm example to their children. When these children leave the family's home, they are subjected to all trials of error, deception, delusion, and lies." - Our Lady, July 24, 1976

THE GREAT FOUNDATION
"Pray constantly your Rosary, your beads of prayer to Heaven. Remain unified in your family lives. The institution of your country--the great foundation is based on family life. Destroy the family and you destroy your country. The enemies--the enemy is already within your country. Watch and pray well, My children." - Our Lady, June 18, 1980

DEDICATION TO ETERNAL FATHER
"The foundation for a young life is found in the family. We find much lacking in the example of many parents. They have forgotten their role as parents, and they are feeding their children well with the contaminating abundance of your nation and the world; however, their souls are being starved for the light.
"The role for the prosperity within a family is simple, My child. It is one of a dedication to the Eternal Father. What does it matter, My children, if you gain the whole world's goods and suffer the loss of your eternal soul? Your pilgrimage is but a short one upon earth. Have you stored your reward with Us, or have you given yourselves to the pleasures of the flesh and satan?" - Our Lady, March 18, 1975

HAVE YOU PREPARED?
"Have you, as parents, prepared your family? Have you set your household in order?
"I have asked you to place in your homes the Book of life and love, your Bible. Parents, you must read this to your children, for they shall not receive the knowledge of their God outside of your door. The teachers have given themselves to the world." - Our Lady, August 14, 1975

GREATEST ATTACK
"Evil creations from hell--all manner of abominations are entering into the homes of your nation and the countries throughout the world. It will be an absolute necessity now for all parents to act as a director, a leader in the homes. The greatest attack from satan shall be upon family life. If you break down the family, you will break down the nation." - St. Joseph, March 15, 1978

RETIRE AS A FAMILY UNIT
"Each family that wishes to be saved must now retire as a family unit from the world which has now been given to satan. Guard the souls of the ones you love. Satan sends his agents among you with cunning. You must always watch. Many parents are leading their children on the road to damnation by their example, by their permissiveness, and by their laxity." - Our Lady, July 15, 1972

SO MUCH DISCORD
"Children of the world, there is so much discord among families. There is so much deterioration among families. This is not a good sign. The family unit must be together under the true sign of the living God. Mothers and fathers have a great responsibility for their children. You who spend your hours, so few upon earth, giving your children their bodily delights, their materialistic wishes and pleasures, while their souls are starving and they are being led on the path that will take them farther from the Kingdom. Sin, the darkest of sins, are being committed in the homes. What example as parents are you showing to your children?" - St. Joseph, December 30, 1972

TRUTH, FAITH, TRADITION
"The children must be guided by the family. The truth, the Faith, the Tradition must be instilled in their hearts by the mothers and fathers of a family. Do not expect your children to go beyond your doors and be instructed in truth, for the world has been given to satan. Many who should be showing a firm and true example have gone the easy way of the flesh, for they care more for the treasures and glory of this world, earth, than what the future has for them." - Our Lady, December 6, 1975

CLEANSE YOUR HOMES
"We look into many homes and we find no close bond of unity. And why? Because you prefer to keep a diabolical machine in your homes, those televisions! These, my children, are all creations of satan. The family does not pray together. The mother does not bring the knowledge of God to her children. The father seeks his way in the world, gathering money and material things that are all passing.
"Cleanse your homes! Start anew! Work together for your reward in the eternal Kingdom. Your homes must be now a fortress against the evil that surrounds you." - St. Joseph, March 18, 1976

FAMILY IS DISINTEGRATING
"Penance, atonement, and sacrifice, My children, I beg of you! The family is disintegrating; there is no discipline. I hear the word 'love' expounded throughout your earth in all medias. But love has been lost!
"We watch as many are selling their souls to get to the head, not caring about the day, the night, the hour when they must come across the veil and account for their actions upon earth: their sins of commission, their sins of omission.
"Parents, you have a major responsibility now to save your children. The young are the major victims now in a world that has been taken over by satan and his agents." - Our Lady, August 14, 1979

Directives from Heaven... https://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm

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D135 - Moral Issues PDF
D167 - The Family - Part 1 PDF
D168 - The Family - Part 2 PDF
D223 - Adultery & divorce PDF

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"My children, My little humble children, I appeal to you as your Mother, go forward on foot, knock on the doors; bring the light to your brothers and sisters. For those who have been given great grace, much is expected of them." - Our Lady of the Roses, May 26, 1976

"As disciples of the latter days, My children, much shall be asked of you, but I assure you: all that you give in faith and charity shall be returned to you threefold." - Jesus, June 1, 1978

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