The Catholic Herald this week has gone big on the story of the SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson's anti-semitism and the failure of the SSPX to distance themselves from his views. (Lefebvrists face crisis as bishop is exposed as ‘dangerous’ anti-Semite) Damien Thompson has also posted an item on his blog about the story: Bishop: Jews planning world dominationI wasted some time reading the comments. At one point, Damien himself intervened with the observation "Ye gods! this thread is drivel." (He was quite right.) Somehow conspiracy theorists of the world have united to post irrefutable proof on his blog (particularly YouTube video links and lists of other links) absolutely definitely showing that the CIA or someone blew up the towers themselves on 9/11. This confluence of comments can surely be no coincidence. The gathering of these conspiratorial theorists all of a sudden is, to my mind, irrefutable and unanswerable evidence that there is a conspiracy of conspiracy theorists intent on world domination and Damien's Holy Smoke has clearly got in their way. They are obviously further inflamed by Damien's robust line on Counterknowledge. It's all very sinister. I blame the masons, myself.
In the midst of all this, someone has started an amusing spin-off blog called The Wit and Wisdom of Richard Williamson which will save searching the internet for key quotes.
Postscript: the Williamson blog has now been discontinued.
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The blog has been closed. This is the latest entry:
Saturday, 8 March 2008
A NOTICE
This weblog was originally created with the intention of showing, by simple quotation, the character of the views held by Bp. Richard Williamson SSPX. The weblog's creator has since become convinced that such an exercise is unlikely to further the cause of Catholic unity, and that it also risks encouraging unChristian sentiment in readers.
The views of Bp. Williamson are well known, and those seeking to read his more controversial statements will easily find them. For our part, we ask only that readers consider keeping the bishop in their prayers, and also saying the prayers for the unity of the Church which follow:
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A DEVOUT EXERCISE
FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH
Ant. That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.
V. I say to thee, that thou art Peter,
R. And upon this rock I will build my Church.
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst say to Thine Apostles: peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, look not upon my sins, but upon the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe unto her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest with God forever and ever. Amen.
Ant. Ut omnes unum sint, sicut Tu, Pater, in me et ego in te, ut et ipsi in nobis unum sint; ut credat mundus quia Tu me misisti.
V. Ego dico tibi, quia Tu es Petrus,
R. Et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam.
Oremus.
Domine Iesu Christe, qui dixisti Apostolis tuis: Pacem relinquo vovis, pacem meam do vobis; ne respicias peccata mea, sed fidem Ecclesiae tuae; eamque secundum voluntatem tuam pacificare et coadunare digneris: qui vivis et regnas Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
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O God, who guidest that which is gone astray, and gatherest that which is scattered, and keepest that which is gathered together; we beseech Thee, mercifully pour forth upon the Christian people the grace of Thy unity; that they may reject the spirit of dissension and unite themselves to the true Shepherd of Thy Church, and may thus be enabled to serve Thee worthily. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Deus, qui errata corrigis, et dispersa congregas, et congregata conservas: quaesumus, super populum christianum tuae unionis gratiam clementer infunde; ut divisione reiecta, vero pastori Ecclesiae tuae se uniens, tibi digne valeat famulari. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
I used to think Williamson's views on 9/11 were ridiculous. That was until I decided, just for laughs, to look at the site he recommended in that sermon. As it happens there is no site by that name, but I did find a video on Googlevideo entitled '9/11 mysteries' and from there several other videos of the same sort. They were fascinating. They pose a lot of interesting questions about 9/11. And, while one may not agree with all their conclusions, what they do show is that the official 9/11 report was far from satisfactory. I recommend others take a look at those videos with an open mind. You might find that the 9/11 conspiracy theories are not as crazy as they sound on the surface.
While I make so secret that I am somewhat sympathetic to the SSPX, I do believe the greatest mistake that Archbishop Lefebrve made was choosing Williamson for episcopal consecration. Some say he was coerced by the more stringent and "hardline" wing of the Society. It would have been better to have chosen someone like Fr. Franz Schmidberger.
I would also like to add that if the Catholic Herald supposedly knew that Williamson is an anti-Semite for a "long time", then why have they waited all this time to expose him up to now?
It's all very sinister. I blame the masons, myself.
The history of Freemasonry trying to infiltrate the church, is not not a conspiracy but fact. A book by Cardinal Caro RodrÃguez † (1912) called The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled details the whole battle that masons have waged against the church by the French Revolution and its consequences on the society and faith.
The late Cardinal Eduoard Gagnon, who died last year, also frequently gave interviews towards the end of his life of how he was asked by Paul VI to investigate whether all this was true or not. In 1991, he gave an interview to 30 DAYS with some of his experiences:
"Let me relate one of the many episodes. When I was teaching moral theology in Canada, I was Cardinal Paul Emile Leger's canonist. I often had to lodge requests with the Apostolic Penitentiary in Rome for excommunication orders to be lifted in the cases of people who had stolen the Sacred Host on Masonry's orders. They had been well paid for the task and some regretted their action asking the Church to pardon them. The episode took place in Canada where Masonry is not believed to be anti-religious."
There is an international Jewish conspiracy. It even has a website:
http://www.internationaljewishconspiracy.com/
(cunning, eh?)
Considerably more sinister, IMHO, is the Plan for World Domination here!
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
I am still waiting for one chap I know to provide the proof he promised me of the influence of the international Judaeo-communo-capitalist oligarchy on the texts of heavy metal songs. The World Wildlife Fund comes into it somewhere as well, but I can't remember where.
The particularly funny thing about the official denials of the Marian significance of the EU flag ("fat lot of help it's proving" says voice from back of room, "ah yes, but just imagine how much worse it might be without a Marian flag") is that the EU is basically a Catholic scheme gone wrong :-)
There is one comment on Action Torygraphique that merits repeating more than once. It comes from someone who, like me, has a history with the SSPX going back before the consecrations of 1988. I trust the gentleman will not mind me quoting him in full. He's bang on the money:
AS a supporter of Msgr. Lefebvre, I acknowledge that he made one grave error and that was to eleveate/consecrate Williamson. Williamson and his flock [who refer to him as being a saint] are a sect within SSPX, indeed a cancer within SSPX, redolent of American fundamentalist weirdos - I refer to it as Post Falls Catholicism. Post Falls being located in Idaho is an enclave where persecution of individuals not toeing the Willamson line have been severely persecuted, indeed in true Scots "Wee Free" fashion individuals and priests [those ith the temerity to think for themselves] are castigated from the pulpit. At Post Falls, SSPX also ran their equivalent of the "Hitler Youth" - called the "Honour Guard" - which have harrassed both laity and clergy not conforming to the adopted Post Falls ethos.Naturally, the same elements are closet Sedevacantists. Williamson is an embarrassment to SSPX, but Fellay [et al] are fearful of a split, leaving them open to criticism, therefore he, de facto, blackmails them into support by silence. There is also a tendency to 'Americanise' SSPX in the UK with the Post Falls agenda. I can attest from personal experience that Williamson is anti-semetic. All that said, I have had experience, in the UK, France & Germany, where I have found clergy to be exemplary. In the UK, there have been clergy who have fostered good relationships with both Diocesan and Anglo-Catholic counterparts. Unless Williamson and his ilk are cauterised from the body SSPX, all Msgr. Lefebvre's work will have been to no avail, except in that he has forced the Vatican to acknowledge forty years of deceipt in relation to the Old Mass. Benedict XVI has been courageous in his actions and SSPX should acknowledge such to be the case - although I admit the dangers of dealing with elements of The Curia, which are ant-Benedict in any event. Ratzinger, should be allowed to change his spots!
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