A message to today's Traditional Catholics from Saint Athanasius

It was when I was working with the Fatima Priest, Father Nicholar Gruner+, that I learned about Saint Athanasius of Alexandria. St. Athanasius was beloved of Father Gruner for having dared to stand up for the True Faith in opposition to the Arian Heresy embraced in the 4th century A.D. by secular rulers and the majority of churchmen, up to and including Pope Liberius.

St. Athanasius "whose very gift it was, above all other Fathers, to possess a clear and accurate knowledge of the Catholic doctrine," was born in Alexandria, Egypt, near the end of the 3rd century A.D. Christianity was well-rooted in Alexandria at that time, yet it was also the centre of a growing theological error regarding the fundamental Christian doctrine of the Trinity. This error would be fervently promoted by the Alexandrian priest, Arius, from whom it derives its name of "Arianism". 

The defense of the orthodox Faith in opposition to Arianism would largely define the life of St. Athanasius. The serious nature of this heresy and the dispute it occasioned led to the calling by the Emperor Constantine of the first Ecumenical Council of the Church -- the Council of Nicaea -- in A.D. 325.

Assisting the bishop of Alexandria at this council was the young deacon, Athanasius. There, the orthodox formulation of the Nicene Creed declared that the Son of God was truly God, begotten, not made, and of the same substance as the Father. 

Despite the dogmatic definition of Nicaea, the Arian Heresy persisted. With undaunted courage, Athanasius continued the struggle against this denial of the Divinity of Christ, which brought him up against powerful churchmen and even Emperors. Despite being exiled on five separate occasions and even excommunicated by Pope Liberius in 357 A.D., Athanasius persisted in his defence of the orthodox doctrine. 

The purported excommunication of this champion of the true Faith was controversial at the time and for centuries aftrerward. As Athanasius pointed out in charity when he refused to accept the validity of the excommunication, Pope Liberius had been imprisoned and issued this condemnation under pressure from his captors. No doubt that mitigated somewhat his responsibility. Nevertheless, Liberius was the first pope never recognized as a saint. 

Historian Cornelius Clifford says in his account: "Athanasius was the greatest champion of Catholic belief on the subject of the Incarnation that the Church has ever known and in his lifetime earned the characteristic title of 'Father of Orthodoxy', by which he has been distinguished ever since." 

St. John Henry Newman describes St. Athanasius as a "principal instrument, after the Apostles, by which the sacred truths of Christianity have been conveyed and secured to the world."

Here is one of the saints writings which resonates loudly today, as Traditional Catholics are denounced and bullied by the Vatican, and called "excommunicate", "schismatic" and even "a Protestant sect", by churchmen who, by all objective measures, have embraced heresy and apostasy.

Let us pray. "O Lord Jesus Christ, we recall to mind how St. Athanasius defended Thee and the true teachings of Thy Holy Church even at the risk of his career and life, relying always for strength and comfort on his faith in Thee and his love for Thy Blessed Mother, Mary. Even when his foes stripped him of his priestly offices and worldly goods, this holy saint remained steadfast and true always, revealing the lies and treachery of Thine enemies and earning the love of Thy people.

"O Blessed Lord, through the intercession of this great saint, we beseech Thee to raise up pastors filled with faith, charity, truth, and apostolic zeal, capable of guiding souls in fidelity to the Church and to Catholic Tradition. We ask Thee also to strengthen our faith and love and apportion to us the zeal of St. Athanasius so that we too may totally serve Thee without reserve, hesitation of fear. Amen."

Suspicions confirmed! A disproportionate number of criminals are aliens

We run a lot of stories -- by which I mean reports, not made-up stories -- about immigrants (legal and illegal) who commit crimes without regard for the law or customs of the countries which have welcomed them. Like the one below, posted earlier today.  

We've been focusing on Sikhs because their slice of the diversity pie seems to contain more bad apples than other pieces. However, of the 32 accused in the organized retail theft ring busted by Hamilton ON police, only 12 (based on the "Singh" name) are Sikhs. And none of those listed has been identified as an immigrant. The Authorities in the AABC countries don't like to talk about where the miscreants come from for fear of fanning the flames of anti-immigrant backlash.

The silence of the bleeding heart liberals on the immigrant crime issue doesn't stop, but actually increases our suspicions. But how to find out for sure? The government of the Disunited Kingdom has come under great pressure recently to make public its statistics on crimes committed by non-nationals.  

A few months before the general election of 2024, a backbench amendment to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Sentencing Bill would have required the government a report to Parliament annually detailing the nationality, visa and asylum status of every offender convicted in English and Welsh courts in the previous 12 months. Sounds like a good idea to me, but the Bill was ditched due to the election.

However, there is publicly available information on the demographics of Britain's prison population, which suggess stark disparities in crime rates among different nationalities living in the UK. According to a 2024 report in The Telegraph, foreigners overall were 27% more likely to be imprisoned than British citizens. 

Certain ethnic groups were significantly more overrepresented, with Albanians having an imprisonment rate of 232.33 out of 10,000 people, compared to a rate of 14 out of 10,000 for British citizens. Other high crime rate groups included Kosovars (150), Vietnamese (148.88), Algerians (124.41), Jamaicans (110.77), Eritreans (110.7), Iraqis (104.43), and Somalis (100.37). 

Conversely, some migrant groups had a lower imprisonment rate than their British counterparts, including Germans (4.68), Italians (4.96), Indians (6.24), Greeks (6.36), Americans (7.27), Sri Lankans (8.17), French (8.64), and Chinese (9.39). 

Commenting on the refusal of the government to release full crime statistics, Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick said, "The cover-up continues. Successive Tory and Labour justice secretaries have refused to publish this basic information. A Reform government led by Nigel Farage would immediately blow the lid on what’s really happening and begin deporting these dangerous criminals."

That's Not-so-great Britain. Walt's guess is that the ethnic mix of those incarcerated in the US of A would be different. Surely there can't be so many Albanians in American jails. But Eritreans and Somalis, well, they're criminals of a slightly darker colour (although all are mostly Muslim). 

In Canada you'd find more Jamaicans and still more Sikhs, although the latter could be identified by country of origin as Indian or Pakistan. In Australia? Who knows? One generalization which we can make without fear of contradiction is that a good deal of crime in the AABC countries is the work of immigrants from the third world. There's a lesson there which our governments seem unable to learn.

Your Sikhs today: Home Depot edition

Hamilton ON police announced this week that they have rounded up more than 30 of the usual suspects -- at least 12 of them Sikhs -- in "Project Checkout", an investigation into organized retail theft targeting Home Depot stores. The four-month probe was launched after police noticed a 25% increase in thefts from the American D-I-Y chain.

According to their statement, "What began as a series of shoplifting investigations quickly revealed an organized operation. Investigators found organized groups were stealing high-value tools and construction equipment from Hamilton Home Depot stores before reselling the items through online marketplaces at prices well below retail."

Police allege that in several incidents, suspects "threatened violence when store employees attempted to intervene." They say two search warrants were subsequently carried out at a commercial property and residence where hundreds of suspected stolen tools and other items believed to be connected to the the theft ring were recovered. A 2021 RAM TRX, valued at about C$100,000 ($70,000 in real money), was also seized.

Here's the list of those charged. There are 12 Singhs. More of the accused may also be Sikhs whose fully names have not been reported. Note those who were already on probation or out on bail in other matters.

James Classen, 64 Theft Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Probation x 2 

Ronny Maroughi, 33 Theft Under $5000 

Brandon Comley, 33 Theft Under $5000 

Geddy Jensen, 43 Theft Under $5000 

Rajwinder Singh, 45 Theft Under $5000 

Karanbir Singh, 31 Theft Under $5000 

Sartaj Singh, 28 Theft Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Probation x 2 

Lakhvir Singh, 27 Theft Under $5000 

Aashish Sharma, 34 Theft Over $5,000, Fail to Comply with Probation x 2

Adam Greenly, 30 Theft Under $5000 

Vishkavjeet Singh, 23 Theft Under $5000 

Cody Wood, 31 Theft Under $5000 Fail to Comply with Probation x 4 (!) 

Andrew Doyle, 47 Theft Under $5000 

Matthew Wells, 44 Theft Under $5000 

Mati Husam, 34 Theft Under $5000 

Rita Al Bezo, 33 Theft Under $5000 

Vishavjeet Singh, 23 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Probation x 2 

Manpreet Singh, 30 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Release Order x 4 (!) 

David Phung, 19 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Trafficking in Property Obtained by Crime, Resist Arrest 

Timothy Hall, 42 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Probation

Conor Fisher, 26 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000

Gurmeet Singh, 28 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000

Daljinder Singh, 35 Theft Under $5000 x 5, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 x 5, Fail to Comply with Release Order x 73 (!!!), Fail to Comply with Undertaking x 5 (!)

Samir Mati, 50 Theft Under $5000 Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 

Jonathan Woodruff, 21 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 Destiny Sawkins, 40 Theft Under $5000 

Mark McCombe, 55 Theft Under $5000 Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 Dylan Pynn, 29 Theft Under $5000 Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Fail to Comply with Probation x 3 (!) 

Gurjit Singh, 25 Theft Over $5000, Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Disobey Court Order x 2, Fail to Comply with Probation x 3 (!) 

William Duce, 49 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 

Malkit Singh, 46 Trafficking in Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000, Possession of Proceeds of Crime Over $5000 

Kamaljit Singh Sandhu, 41 Theft Under $5000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Disobey Court Order, Fail to Comply with Probation

Most of the accused are expected to be out on bail (again!) by the time you read this. In accordance with Canadian rules respecting privacy, political correctness, and support of the marginalized peoples of the world, police have not disclosed any information as to the citizenship or immigration status ot any of the accused.

From the Bee: "Pride Month Comes To End After Extra Time"

Congratulations to the excellent FOAT writers at the Babylon Bee for managing to skewer two sacred cows in one short article. Click here to read it. 

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Your Sikhs today: One less truck driver on Ontario roads

The highways of Ontario are a little bit safer today, with Taranpreet Singh Sidhu, pictured, off the roads and in the morgue.

The 29-year-old immigrated to Canada from India in 2022 to study at the notorious Singh School of Truck driving. Until this week, he lived in Brampton (surprised?) and Halifax while working as a driver for DiversityTruck Lines.

On Wednesday morning, his body was found, partly submerged in water, in a sewage culvert [No tasteless jokes, please. Ed.] at the north end of Fruitland Road in Stoney Creek ON. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Inspector Singh (no relation) of the Hamilton police said, "Following the initial investigation, detectives have confirmed Mr Sidhu’s death is the result of a homicide. Investigators are not releasing the cause of death at this time as the investigation remains ongoing." 

"Investigators have conducted an extensive video canvas in the area where Mr. Sidhu was located and continue to review surveillance and digital evidence while interviewing witnesses to establish his movements leading up to his death," the shamus added. "While detectives continue to pursue all investigative avenues, they are not prepared to release information regarding the 18-wheeler believed to have been used to transport Mr Sidhu."

The Vatican still hasn't obeyed Our Lady of Fatima's command

Walt is pleased to share an e-mail just received from Michael Matt, Editor of The Remnant newspaper, on the subject of  the blatant and egregious hypocrisy being shown by Pope Leo and his acolytes and minions in (supposedly) excommuniating the bishops and priests of the Society of St. Pius X, and even the faithful Catholics who in any way "adhere to" or support the SSPX. Like me, for one.

People who live in glass (papal) palaces shouldn’t throw stones. The Vatican likes to brag about how merciful they are but have evidently failed to notice the hypocrisy of brutally kicking faithful Catholics out of the Church without even giving them a fair hearing.

They say they want to listen to the people, but evidently only if the people parrot back to them what the Vatican wanted them to say in the first place.

They say they are synodal and yet behave like rigid idealogues to those who disagree with their new ideas. Most recently, the world looked on in disbelief as the Vatican refused to hear the desperate cries of a million Latin Mass Catholics whose only crime was an earnest desire to keep the Faith of their fathers.

These rigid shepherds demand obedience of their sheep even after they themselves have offered an example of sustained disobedience to God’s law, the laws of the Church, and now even the natural law.

For a hundred years before Fiducia Supplicans detonated -- whereby the Vatican greenlit blessings for homosexual couples -- they had steadfastly refused to obey Our Lady's command to reveal the "Third Secret."

This, by the way, is the same apparition wherein Our Lady said: “More souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than for any other reason.” No wonder a Jimmy Martin-friendly Vatican would ignore Fatima for as long as possible.

Eventually, they trotted out a doctored-up version of her "Third Secret", which even Mother Angelica famously declined to accept as legitimate. And of course, they've refused to consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, exactly as she had asked. In fact, the world is still waiting.

Would that the Vatican were as patient with the SSPX as heaven has been with the Vatican. In any case, in our day Pope Pius X’s prophecy has proven to be alarmingly accurate – Modernists have infiltrated the Church.

The good news? They will fail. In fact, they’re failing already. Far from blowing the Traditional Catholic counterrevolution apart, their recent pharisaical crackdown on Latin Mass Catholics is backfiring. The SSPX has forced the Vatican's true agenda into the light, thus helping millions to see the destructive nature of their Revolution.

My new Underground contains a special message to the Catholic clans of the world: Do not lose hope! To beat them at their own game -- and to not be deceived by their forked tongues -- we must develop a better understanding of the Modernist Revolution and what the endgame has always been. (St. Pius X, pray for us.)

God has not abandoned His Church. I am just old enough to remember what the great pioneer traditionalists did when all of this happened the first time around. At that point, the Latin Mass had been “abrogated” and was gone forever. And then 1988 happened!

Keep the Faith and Modernism will be powerless against you. And in God’s good time, the Modernist Pharisees will become yet another set of forgotten footnotes in the glorious history of Christ’s Church. It is just a matter of time. 

In Christo Rege, Michael J. Matt

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VIDEO: "Entryism?" What it is and why the French call it criminal

"Entryism" is a strategy involving the deliberate infiltration of institutions to reshape them from within. We see it all the time as Islamists, Sikhs and other anti-Christian, anti-Western types get themselves elected to our local councils, state/provincial and federal legislatures, and, most dangerously, our school boards. This is how the invaders are taking over our countries.

The French cheese-eating surrender monkeys (who do have a commendable xenophobic streak) have had enough! A recent report identified numerous mosques and community organizations linked to this takeover strategy, the French National Assembly to pass legislation that penalizes efforts to subvert republican institutions. 

As Dr Steve Turley explains in this video, this move represents a historic confrontation with Islamist influence in France, marking a pivotal shift in the country's approach to national security and cultural.integrity.

Can we expect to see similar counter-invasion legislation in the AABC countries? Walt wouldn't bet on anything of the kind being proposed in Not-so-great Britain or Canuckistan, which seem to have given up, but there is hope for Australia, and, as Dr Steve explains, much hope for the United States of America. Let us pray....