Pastoral letter for the Catholic Church (2.3.2014)
Ukraine, 2 March 2014
To Bishops, priests, religious and the faithful
Dear Roman Catholics!
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate from Ukraine, which defends the orthodox Catholic teaching and Tradition of the Church, turns to You at the beginning of Lent.
Here in Ukraine there is a danger of civil war, and even a danger of global conflict. We have to point out that great responsibility for this situation lies with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, namely Cardinal Husar and his successor, Msgr. Shevchuk. They are responsible for the so-called Euromaidan in Kiev. They deceived Greek Catholic believers. Parish priests permanently organized at least one bus from each parish to the Maidan in Kiev. The deceived Catholics were used as a human shield for the hired extremists from abroad who, according to the U.S. scenario of revolutionary technologies, pursued the overthrow of the legitimate government. In consequence they would promote homosexual ideology and the stealing of children, both being a priority of the U.S. foreign policy and also a priority of the EU. The priests and Catholic bishops appearing on the Maidan helped to enforce gender-gay ideology, and thus to destroy all moral, spiritual and Christian values. This was a public betrayal of Christ, His Gospel, the Church and the Ukrainian nation. Without religious leaders the Euromaidan would never start. And even if it did, it would come to an end soon. In case of fratricidal bloodshed, or even a world conflict, the main culprit will be the Catholic hierarchy. The tragedy is that the Vatican has expressed its support for these Church criminals and traitors instead of prohibiting their criminal activity and imposing just punishments on them. So the Vatican is fully responsible for the crimes against the Ukrainian nation and Christians. “Pope” Francis uttered phrases about peace and released pigeons instead of using effective means to stop the war initiative of the churchmen. The main responsibility falls on him too.
It is incomprehensible how the Church hierarchy in Ukraine can promote eurointegration which is associated with the acceptance of homosexual ideology, gender perversions and stealing of children from Christian parents. These Church leaders are war criminals and commit humanity crimes against deluded Christians and their children. They are worse deceivers than secular media controlled by Freemasons and their agents.
But let us point out too that religious leaders of the Western Catholic Church headed by the Vatican are no smaller criminals against Christ, the Church and the nation. How is it possible that they do not respond adequately to the current decay of faith and moral values and do not call for mobilization? At least with such fervour as was seen with the churchmen in Ukraine when dragging people into self-destruction! On 12 December 2013, the European Court equalized gay unions and traditional families in all EU states. The Vatican is hypocritically silent. A bill has been introduced before Parliament in Italy recently concerning legalization of paedophilia. In Belgium and the Netherlands, opponents of paedophilia are punished by imprisonment. The Vatican is hypocritically silent or just utters evasive and ineffective phrases. In Nordic countries and in Switzerland incest is promoted. The Vatican together with the Church leaders from the West are hypocritically silent. Germany and other European countries have virtually authorized zoophilia along with brothels for zoophiles. The Vatican is silent. Belgium and the Netherlands have legalized euthanasia not only for adults but even for children. The Vatican is silent. Children have to undergo mandatory vaccination in spite of the evidence that it destroys the immune system, causes infertility and incurable diseases like autism and others. This is a massive abuse of medicine, these are mass crimes. The Vatican is silent. Compulsory sex education is being introduced. Basically, it is a crime of demoralizing children from an early age and their enslavement by perversities. The Vatican is silent. So-called gender ideology is being established, which holds that a man can say that he is a woman and must be tolerated. The Rome Statute sets the heaviest punishments for those who would call this schizophrenia by its proper name. The Vatican is silent. Already in the kindergarten, children are not allowed to say that they are boys or girls. They are manipulated by sexual perverts to change their gender through hormones and surgery. The Vatican is silent on these crimes against humanity. Chipping of children after birth is planned in this year and mandatory chipping of adults with the number of antichrist – 666 – in 2017. The Vatican is silent on it and promotes chips directly in the Vatican City. Drug abuse becomes legal, and the Vatican is silent on it. In all European countries the so-called juvenile justice system is being established which steals children from their parents without any real reason, places them in business foster families, these often being homosexual and paedophile couples, and some children are sold for organ harvesting. The Vatican is silent on it. Gender ideology and homosexualism eliminate the institution of the family and create pseudo families of all sorts, and the Vatican is silent on it.
All this is the fruit of the Vatican’s apostasy from the Gospel, acceptance of the heresies of the historical-critical method and syncretism with paganism. Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council. He said that the Spirit of God breathed in the Council, and the motto of this Pope was so-called “aggiornamento”, or openness to the world. In fact, it was a betrayal of Christ and His Gospel, and expulsion of the Holy Spirit from the Church. What is the fruit of the Second Vatican Council after 50 years? Has it brought restoration of the Church through repentance and conversion, has the Church become the leaven to reach the world? No, the result is quite the opposite – doctrinal and moral apostasy!
Historical-critical theology after the Second Vatican Council has expelled the Holy Spirit and received the spirit of atheism. It has fabricated a Christ of history and a Christ of faith, questioned the Divinity of Christ as well as His real and historical Resurrection. The supernatural and the inspiration of the Holy Scripture have been denied. Heresies and the spirit of Modernism which was denounced by Pope St. Pius X have been revived. The declaration Nostra aetate has given the opportunity to worship pagan religions and their demons. The reform of the liturgical space kept priests fully occupied so that they were unable to perceive the process of spiritual cancer which Vatican II opened the door to. The altar and the priest have turned to face the people, but the people have not turned their face to God. Syncretism with paganism has become fashionable. The most crucial step in opening the Church to the spirit of paganism was made by John Paul II in Assisi. His gesture practically declared a heresy that pagan religions, which worship demons, are adequate ways to salvation along with Christianity. This put an end to true mission and gave rise to an antimission of paganism in the Christian territory. In many monasteries, Buddhist monks have initiated Christians into pagan pseudo spirituality. All refer to the Second Vatican Council and the spirit of Assisi. The mass spread of Hinduism and Buddhism has been accompanied by the spread of all forms of occultism in modern dress. For example, in medicine, magic and divination have taken the form of so-called homoeopathic remedies, acupuncture, Chinese massages or reiki; various psychics have appeared. Occultism has penetrated music, art and culture. Unfortunately, spiritless and fallen-away Christianity, unable to provide an apology for faith, has accepted that all instead of laying down clear guidelines through pastoral letters for the protection of the faithful.
Before the Vatican Council II, the Catholic Church fought hard against Freemasons. John Paul II de facto cancelled the excommunication of Freemasons and admitted them into the Church. Soon they managed to occupy the highest Church positions.
As for occultism and syncretism with paganism, let us remind that martyrs preferred to die rather than drop a grain of incense before pagan idols which represented demons. Today it has become fashionable to accept the spirit of paganism and pagan practices. It is a visible sign of the expulsion of the Holy Spirit from the Mystical Body of Christ – the Church.
The greatest apostasy from the true Catholic teaching and from the Spirit of Christ was seen during the pontificate of John Paul II (1978-2005). He allowed heresies of the historical method to destroy the orthodox Catholic teaching. He himself set an example of syncretism with paganism in Assisi. He covered up homosexuality and paedophilia among the clergy. He himself preached heresies. 300 years ago, this Pope would have been condemned as a heretic and burnt at the stake. Instead, he is to be declared a saint on 27 April 2014. The canonization will, in fact, canonize his heresies which, subsequently, every Catholic should follow as a pattern. On the one hand, the Vatican is silent on all the above-mentioned crimes, and on the other hand, it makes a big fuss over the canonization of the apostate John Paul II. His canonization will essentially mean a solemn funeral of the Catholic Church.
Instead of being canonized, John Paul II should be posthumously excommunicated, similarly to Pope Honorius I (7th century). The Vatican should condemn the heresies of the historical method and the spirit which is behind them. It should condemn syncretism with paganism and, especially, the apostatical gesture in Assisi. It should condemn the leadership of the EU and the U.S. President for promoting gender homosexualism associated with the stealing of children. The Vatican should condemn all kinds of sexual perversion and antieducation laws leading to moral degradation of the human personality. All bishops and priests should renounce heresies, syncretism and the spirit of Assisi, collaboration with Freemasons, condemn the ideology of gender homosexualism and renounce all forms of occultism. They should confess Jesus as the one true Saviour and receive the Spirit of Christ anew. This would be true repentance and a true reform! The Vatican and the current hierarchy are under God’s curse – anathema – according to Gal 1:8-9: “If anyone preaches any other gospel, let him be accursed.”
If the Vatican cynically refuses to repent, every Catholic priest is obliged before God to separate from this apostate hierarchy. Let the external sign be that they will not mention in the liturgy the name of the current apostate Pope or Bishop who is in unity with him. Heretical bishops will punish the priests with excommunication for orthodoxy. The orthodox Catholic priest should then serve within the “catacomb Church” and celebrate liturgies and administer the sacraments to the believers in their homes or in other places. This is a practice from the time of persecution. Liturgy celebrated by heretical hierarchy and the sacraments administered by them are null and void! The reason: a priest who is in a state of grave sin celebrates the Liturgy validly, but eats and drinks judgment to himself. However, a priest who is in unity with the spirit of Assisi and the spirit of apostasy has expelled the Holy Spirit and received the spirit of antichrist. It is the Holy Spirit who administers the sacraments, not the spirit of antichrist. Liturgy in the spirit of antichrist is a fraud and a mere performance. The faithful are obliged to appeal to their priest in words or writing that he should not mention the name of the apostate Pope or Bishop. If he does not obey, the believers are obliged to separate from such priest. These priests have received the spirit of antichrist and lead the believers into perdition. According to the doctrinal Bulla of Paul IV, before the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy and election of an orthodox Pope, the believers remain bound by the duty of fidelity and obedience to the future orthodox Pope and the orthodox Bishops.
We live in historic times when every priest and believer is subjected to a severe test of fidelity to orthodox doctrine and when every believer is obliged to obey God rather than the hierarchy who betrayed God and the Gospel. The present-day hierarchy has the same spirit as the hierarchy at the time of Christ. They declared themselves to be representatives of God, but they crucified God Incarnate. And we can see the same today. Jesus says: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15) “Unless you repent, you will all perish.” (Lk 13:3)
+ Elijah
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
Secretary Bishops
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