These Last Days News - June 22, 2023
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Pope’s Deputy Refuses to Link Sex Abuse to Gay Priests...

PRIESTS
"I will not stand for My priests who condone homosexuality and allow it in My priesthood!... I will not stand by and allow My priesthood to be destroyed!" - Jesus, June 18, 1982

100 TRUE PRIESTS LEFT?
“When this battle is over, you will be most fortunate, without prayer, if you will find one hundred true priests, men of God, left among you. I say ‘true.’
     “My children, you must pray for your bishops and your cardinals. Pray for your clergy. Many are falling fast into hell and purgatory.” – Jesus, May 18, 1977

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ChurchMilitant.com reported on June 22, 2023:

by Jules Gomes

Pope Francis' second-in-command has categorically ruled out any correlation between homosexual priests and clerical sex abuse, despite substantive academic evidence to the contrary.

The Vatican's secretary of state, Cdl. Pietro Parolin, dismissed links between gay clergy and sex abuse as a "serious and scientifically untenable association," in a preface to a new book titled Il Dolore della Chiesa di Fronte agli Abusi (The Pain of the Church in the Face of Abuse).

Priests With Personality Disorders

In the book, the top cardinal, who is considered a potential papal successor to Francis, instead blames the "scourge of abuse" on "personalities that are disharmonious, severely emotionally and relationally deficient." The book also advocates optional celibacy for Latin Rite priests.

"Homosexual orientation cannot be considered as either cause or aspect typical of the abuser, even more so when it is decoupled from the general arrangement of the person," Parolin writes.

The book includes essays on clerical sex abuse from Gérard Daucourt, bishop emeritus of Nanterre, psychotherapist Fr. Amedeo Cencini and theologian Andrés Torres Queiruga.

In the book, Parolin argues that abuse is linked to "serious personality deficits," and "any parceling of the person to a single datum of his or her history or personality represents a heavy and unfair a priori condemnation."

"Human maturity: this is precisely the central, though not exclusive, aspect to be taken into serious consideration in the evaluation of those on a vocational journey, in seminaries and religious communities, and not only in the initial phase of the journey," Parolin stresses.

Parolin also rules out any correlation between clerical celibacy and sex abuse, urging seminaries to dedicate more time and resources to the psychological vetting of priests and the formation of the full dimensions of the human person, both before and after ordination.

Ending Celibacy

However, Queiruga, in his essay on sex abuse, calls for "the possibility of optional celibacy for priests, "insisting that "there is no intrinsic connection between the need for celibacy and the call to the ministerial priesthood."

History, psychology and sociology must be considered without simply regurgitating tradition, Queiruga writes. Ultimately, "the real question of whether or not to demand celibacy for the ministerial priesthood involves practical-pastoral discernment."

"It would not be more reasonable and evangelically convenient to make the pastoral decision to suspend the [celibacy] requirement and admit married men to the ministerial priesthood," the theologian adds.

On Wednesday, the Vatican published the instrumentum laboris, the working document, for the forthcoming session of the Synod on Synodality. It desired that a "reflection be opened concerning the discipline on access to the priesthood for married men, at least in some areas."

Academics Challenge Parolin's Conclusion

In contrast to Parolin, senior prelates as well as academics have argued that there is a correlation between the predominance of homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood in the West and the high rates of pederasty — the sexual abuse of post-pubescent boys.

"There is no question that the crisis of sexual abuse by priests in the USA is directly related to homosexuality," Abp. Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated in 2018. He added that "90% of those abused were boys aged 12 and over. That is no longer pedophilia."

"I think it would be naive to suggest that there's no relationship between the two," Broglio reiterated during his first press conference after his election last year.

In 2004, the John Jay College report titled The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States revealed that from 1950 to 2002, over 10,000 children, mostly boys, had been sexually abused by over 4,000 Catholic priests.

"Some researchers have identified a similar condition, ephebophilia, which refers to individuals who exhibit these same fantasies, urges or behaviors towards post-pubescent youths," the report stated.

In 2011, John Jay College produced a second comprehensive report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy titled The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950–2010.

The second report claimed that the sexual abuse had no relation to homosexuality among clergy, even though 81% of the victims were male, a conclusion that is challenged by researcher Fr. D. Paul Sullins in his peer-reviewed article titled Is Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy Related to Homosexuality? 

Sullins writes in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, "In both the John Jay College data and the grand jury report, boys and girls were victimized in about equal numbers only for the tiny proportion of abuse involving children under age 8 (5.8 and 5 percent, respectively)."

"Of the remaining 95 percent of abuse that took place with minors aged eight to seventeen years, the overwhelming majority of incidents (83 percent in the grand jury report and 82 percent in the John Jay College data) consisted of male­-on­-male abuse," Sullins observes.

Evaluating the evidence, as well as data on Catholic and Protestant abusers, Sullins notes, "Catholic abusers strongly prefer males as sexual objects or, put another way, that child sexual abuse among Catholic clergy is largely perpetrated by homosexual, not heterosexual, priests."

"Child sexual abuse by Catholic priests does not appear to be a transient problem that has largely disappeared, Sullins concludes." "There are almost as many allegations of abuse today as in the early 1970s."

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THE GOOD SHALL BE TRODDEN UPON
"My child and My children of grace, remember in the days ahead: your world and your country shall appear to all those in the light as though insanity has come upon them. The good shall be trodden upon, and the evil ones shall gain in worldly goods until all voices cry to Heaven: 'Lord, Lord! When shall you send Your vengeance upon them? Why do the wicked go about their way in gain while they trod underfoot the godly?'
     "My children, the Eternal Father has a way that no human mind or man could understand. He is patient; He is all-suffering and long-suffering, never wishing that one should be lost to satan.” – Our Lady, April 2, 1977

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WORLD A CESSPOOL OF SIN AND ERROR
"Many graces shall be given in the days ahead. It will startle and puzzle the scientific world, the many manifestations that shall be given to mankind. It is in this manner that the Eternal Father shall seek to gather many of the straying sheep. The pastors have fallen asleep. Many have succumbed to the errors of modernism and humanism. Pray for them, My children, that they will come out of their slumber before it is too late.
    "Parents, you must guard, safeguard your children's souls. You must indoctrinate into their being the knowledge of your God, and the existence of the supernatural, and the eventual exit from your world, and the coming across into the realm of the supernatural in the spirit. You must give your children the knowledge of the existence of hell, purgatory, and the eternal Kingdom of Heaven.
    "The world has become a cesspool of sin and error. No country has escaped the contamination. America the beautiful has succumbed to the evils. The morality of the young has fallen to the evil created by the masters of deceit.
    "My children, I travel throughout the world as your Mother. I come to you as a Mediatrix between God and man. I plead with you, as your Mother, to listen to My words of direction and caution. The time is growing short. There hovers far out in your universe the Ball of Redemption. This Ball shall be guided by the Eternal Father to bring mankind to its knees, My children." - Our Lady, August 21, 1976

PERSECUTION WILL BE GREAT
"The octopus of evil, the international conspiracy of evil, has at its head a Grand Master. I cannot at this time, My children, reveal in entirety the order of succession of those who seek to enslave your world.
    "The fall of man, this destruction that is fast approaching upon mankind, is being allowed as a redemptive measure by the Eternal Father, a means, a way to separate the sheep from the goats.
    "In the past many have cried out, warning you of the coming of false teachers. Now you must open your eyes, come out of your slumber, and pray a constant vigilance for guidance from your Holy Spirit.
    "The persecution to all those who follow and defend My Son in truth, in the light, the persecution will be great. The masters of deceit, they are gathering like vultures to send into motion a conspiracy of evil that has been brought about because mankind has given himself to all manner of evil.
    "The time given by your prophets of old, the time of times is here. You will all, My children, wear your sacramentals in the battle, the days ahead. What was to happen in the future shall be now. Your world will be baptized by fire. Many will die in the great flame of the Ball of Redemption.
    "False teachers and teachings abound in your world now. False teachers roam in My Son's House. You must now, pastors, reverse your ways, for they offend the Eternal Father much. I cannot hold back the hand of My Son; it grows heavy." - Our Lady, May 26, 1976

THE BAD LAUDED AS SAVIORS OF THE WORLD
"I have warned you in the past that as man rejects the Commandments of his God, all manner of sin and evil shall fall upon mankind: murders, homosexuality, all aberrations of the flesh. The good shall be persecuted, and the bad lauded as saviors of the world. There shall enter many false prophets among you who preach and give out doctrines of demons.” – Our Lady, May 23, 1979 

APPROACH OF THE END DAYS
"The good shall be called the bad, and the bad shall be glorified. It will not be easy, My children, to remain upon the narrow road. You have been given many graces to retain you. Wear your sacramentals, and protect your children. Your home must be a fortress against evil.
     "My children, I ask that a constant vigil of prayer be conducted throughout your country and all of the nations of earth.
     "The time is fast approaching when many nations shall disappear from the earth. War is a punishment for the sins of mankind. Man cannot live without his God, for he will die both spiritually and physically.
     "You must read your Book of life and love, the Bible, and you will not be lost. You will understand the approach of the end days." - Our Lady, October 6, 1978

THE THORNS WILL BE LONG
"My child, as it was in the days of Noe, you have your scoffers, you have those who will persecute Our voice-boxes. The good must suffer, for the thorns will be long, and they will become abundant in the days ahead. But always remember, My children: you must pass through these thorns to gather the roses. And I say unto you as your Mother, I send upon you a full garden of roses in graces.” – Our Lady, December 7, 1978 

GOOD SHALL BE TRODDEN UPON
"My child and My children of grace, remember in the days ahead: your world and your country shall appear to all those in the light as though insanity has come upon them. The good shall be trodden upon, and the evil ones shall gain in worldly goods until all voices cry to Heaven: 'Lord, Lord! When shall you send Your vengeance upon them? Why do the wicked go about their way in gain while they trod underfoot the godly?'
    "My children, the Eternal Father has a way that no human mind or man could understand. He is patient; He is all-suffering and long-suffering, never wishing that one should be lost to satan.
    "The world's peoples will cry: and where is His coming? They await My Son, but for what? Are they ready for Him? No, I say unto you: if you receive tomorrow the Chastisement, three-quarters of mankind will be destroyed without deliverance! Is that what you want, My children?" - Our Lady, April 2, 1977

RECOGNIZE THE FACES OF EVIL
"Satan knows the full Scriptures; he can quote. Satan learned much from the Father when he was in the realm of the Kingdom. He will use all of his knowledge now to seduce you, My children. Recognize the faces of evil among you. Pray for the light.
    "You will not cast aside the sacramentals given to you; they are for your protection. The enemies of God laugh and scorn these sacramentals, but one day they, too, shall be trodden underfoot.
    "Know with great hope, My children, and trust that the eventual victory will be with My Son. The Father has set His plan. He will let these abominations run their course unto the final cleansing of the earth.
    "Your country will not be free from the chastisements and warnings long due a country that has given itself to satan.
    "Pagans roam the world, pagans walk into the House of God. Man, you have reduced yourselves to the state of an animal. Your intellectual pride has set you down the ladder to the fires.
    "The greatest sorrow in My heart, My child, is the debasement that man has allowed for his body, the sacred temple of his spirit. He has now lost the knowledge of sin. His life has become a way of sin. The word of God has lost its way from his heart." - Our Lady, August 5, 1973

"AS IN THE TIME OF NOE"
"As in the time of Noe, one was sent to you crying like a voice in the wilderness, but trying to prepare you, bringing the warning from Heaven--a warning that was ignored and cast aside with derisive laughter. I say unto you: as it was in the time of Noe, so shall it be in your generation. What was planned by the Eternal Father for your future shall be now. No man, woman, or child shall escape the testing!
    "My Mother has given you My way. It is a simple road that must be followed. The rules have been given to you that must not be changed, as you cater to the basic carnal nature of man, a generation that has fallen! You will not make changes within My House, for you have dispersed My sheep. You will restore My House to its former glory. Strip you hearts of your pride! Recognize your errors and restore My House!
    "I say this to you for your Creator, as your God: Restore My House, or I shall come down and restore it Myself with a firm hand! And shall you stand before Me, O pastors, and say that your teachings have been pure in My sight? I shall take you and spit you out as spittle into the fires of eternal damnation! Vermin that came out of the flowers!
    "You have despoiled Our garden of souls, O pastors! You have trampled the lilies! You have trodden upon your Faith and truth. You have whittled away like rodents into My House, My Church! O man of little faith, whatever shall become of you? I repeat for your fair warning that the Red Hat has fallen and the Purple Hat is being misled. Take the blindness from your hearts. Seek the light, for you are in darkness, and a house in darkness wears a band of death about it.
    "All who remain in the light of well spirit will have nothing to fear, My children. You will go forward in the days ahead with perseverance, for all who persevere to the end will be saved." - Jesus, December 28, 1976

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

D263 - Good vs. Evil PDF
D264 - Worldliness, Part 1 PDF
D339 - Good Example  PDF
D340 - Signs of the Times  PDF
D341 - No Evil Is Ever Triumphant  PDF
D358 - Eternal Father, the Final Judge  PDF
D360 - Hand of God  PDF
D361 - Good will be called evil  PDF
D501 - A Good Tree Brings Forth Good Fruit PDF
D502 - In the World, But Not of the World PDF
D511 - Evil Shall Be Glorified PDF
D517 - The Good Shall Be Trodden Upon PDF

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Your names have been written in Heaven… "It is not by accident that you are called by My Mother, for your names have been written in Heaven.... But with this great grace you have great responsibility to send this Message from Heaven throughout the world, for if you are able to recover just one more for Heaven, an additional star shall be placed in your crown." - Jesus, August 5, 1975

A great obligation to go forward... "It is not by accident that you are called by My Mother, for it is by merit and the prayers that have risen to Heaven for your salvation.  For those who have received the grace to hear the Message from Heaven, you have a great obligation to go forward and bring this Message to your brothers and sisters.  Do not expect a rest upon your earth, for you will have eternal rest very soon." - Jesus, June 12, 1976

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