Cardinal Müller calls for American bishops to excommunicate Biden

Most Rev. Gerhard Cardinal Müller, the former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Vatican’s highest doctrinal office), condemned American President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, saying it is "infanticide" and that those promoting "infanticide" should be "excommunicated".

"The word ‘abortion’ is too much a soft word," said the prelate. "The reality is killing, murder of a living person,” said Gerhard Cardinal Müller. "There’s no right to kill another person. It’s absolutely against the Fifth Commandment."

The cardinal made his comments condemning President Joe Biden during an extensive interview with LifeSiteNews in Rome. Click here to read the original article, which contains links to the video of the interview.

His forthright critique of Mr Biden's very public and consistent pro-abortion stance came shortly after the President [pro tem. Ed.] used his 2024 State of the Union Address to promise to "restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again."

Cardinal Müller likened the killing of the unborn and the elderly to the Nazi times, saying that "it’s absolutely unacceptable that you can say you are a Catholic and promote and justify killing of human persons, human beings [from] the beginning in the mother’s womb, until the last respiration [with] euthanasia… Killing of ill people, like in the Nazi times, is euthanasia."

Mr Biden is very public about his self-professed Catholic faith, but Cardinal Müller suggested that while Biden is "nominally a Catholic, in reality he is a Nihilist. It’s cynicism and absolute cynicism."

The prelate contrasted Mr Biden with Catholics and other Christians throughout America who "know and accept as everybody also, the nonbelievers, with their own mere reason, they can understand that it’s not possible that one human being has a right to kill another one."

Happy Easter

Walt Whiteman [and Ed., Ed.] wish all our readers

HAPPY EASTER

Truly He is risen! Alleluia!

Going electric requires electricity. Who knew?

The headline is that of an article by Lionel Shriver, which appeared today in The Spectator. The cartoon, however, appeared on one of Walt's favourite blogs, Blazing Cat Fur, who we thank for the lead.

The lede quotes the leftist rag which is the New York Times: "'Something unusual is happening in America. Demand for electricity, which has stayed largely flat for two decades, has begun to surge.' Personally, I’d have headlined that article 'Well, duh!"

Walt's choice for the subhead would be, "Imagine that!" You can click on the link to read the article for yourself. It's amazing to me that none of the geniuses who made up the greenscam ever asked (or thought the public would ask), "But where is the electricity going to come from?" Amazing.

Good Friday, A.D. 2024

Reading: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ 

according to Saint Matthew, 26: 36-75 and 27: 1-54 (DRV)

Stabat mater dolorósa

juxta Crucem lacrimósa,

dum pendébat Fílius.

Good Catholic friends... If you attend the Good Friday Liturgy at a mainstream Roman Catholic church today, you will hear only a "reformed", politically correct version of the Solemn Prayers which were said in all our churches, on every Good Friday for centuries, until the disorientation caused by Vatican II. Here are the traditional prayers -- note numbers 8 and 9 in particular -- in a translation bearing the imprimatur of Francis Cardinal Spellman. 

1. For Holy Church. Almighty and eternal God, who in Christ hast revealed They glory to all nations: preserve the works of Thy mercy; that Thy Church, spread abroad over the whole world, may with a steadfast faith persevere in the confession of Thy Name. Through the same our Lord... 

2. For the Supreme Pontiff. Almighty and eternal God, by whose judgment all things are established, mercifully regard our prayers, and in Thy goodness preserve the Chief Bishop chosen to rule over us: that the Christian people who are governed by Thine authority, may under so great a Pontiff increase in the merits of their faith. Through our Lord... 

3. For all orders and degrees of the faithful. Almighty and eternal God, by whose Spirit the w hole body of the Church is sanctified and governed, hear our supplications for all the orders thereof; that by the gift of Thy grace, they may all in their several degrees faithfully serve Thee. Through our Lord... 

4. For the rulers of the state. Almighty and eternal God, in whose hands is all power and authority: look with mercy on those who govern us, that Thy right hand protecting us, integrity of faith and security of country may be preserved. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... 

5. For catechumens. Almighty and eternal God, Who dost continually enrich Thy Church with a new offspring; increase the faith and understanding of our Catechumens; that being born again in the waters of Baptism, they may be joined to the children of Thine adoption. Through our Lord... 

6. For the necessities of the faithful. Almighty and eternal God, the Comfort of the sorrowful, the Support of the weary, let the prayers of them reach Thee that cry to Thee in any affliction; that all may have reason to rejoice that in their need Thy mercy hath come to their aid. Through our Lord... 

7. For the unity of the Church. Almighty and eternal God, Who saves all men, and desirest not that any should perish: look down on such souls as are deceived by the wiles of the devil; that laying aside all heretical perverseness, the hearts of those who are in error may be converted, and may return to the unity of Thy truth. Through our Lord... 

8. For the conversion of the Jews. Almighty and eternal God, Who art ready to extend Thy mercy even to the Jews, hear the prayers which we offer for the blindness of that people; that by acknowledging the light of Thy truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same our Lord... 

9. For the conversion of infidels. Almighty and eternal God, Who dost ever desire the life, and not the death, of sinners: mercifully receive our prayer, and deliver them from the worship of idols, and join them to the flock of Thy holy Church, for the praise and glory of Thy Name. Through our Lord...

Recommended viewing: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

What America has come to...

Business News: Trouble at Boeing Boeing

Guess we don't have to tell you that this is from the Babylon Bee? Click here to read the article. You're welcome.

Funniest name of the year, so far

Although some of my best griends are Jewish [Really? Ed.] OK, start again... Although some of my best friends were Jewish... [Do you mean they used to be Jewish or they used to be your best friends? Ed.] OK, never mind...

My pool of knowledge of the religion of the Chosen People could be deeper. For instance, I was unaware that yesterday was Purim, a holy day in the Jewish calendar. Seemed to some of the looney left pro-Hamas types like a good day to stage a demonstration in support of calls for a ceasefire (read: We're losing so let's have a time-out) in Gaza.

This was in mid-town Toronto, the city that thinks it's world-class but is actually Democratic-American-class. Such demonstrations are almost daily occurrences in the Little Green Apple. They are marked by the shouting of anti-Semitic slogans, and the display of Palestine flags mingled with pro-queer, union, and indigenous banners.

There's occasionally a little violence, when Toronto cops try to separate the SWINE (Students Wildly Indignant about Everything -- Hello to Al Capp, wherever you are) from the pro-Israel types. Weapons are occasionally produced and sometimes (not often) the storm troopers make an arrest for littering or somesuch.

[Sorry to interrupt, but when are you going to get to the "funniest name"? Ed.] 

Hey, I'm coming to it!

Yesterday, the Toronto police said they received a complaint that a man at the demonstration had a knife concealed on "their" [sic - this is Toronto the Gay. Ed.] person. They then investigated, eh, found a large knife under "their" clothing, and took "him" into custody. 

In a news release, Toronto police said "Sodapop Liptrott" [sic], 25, of Toronto, has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, and is schedule to appear in court on May 2nd. 

I hope Agent 3 can get to the courthouse to find out if that's the accused's real name, or just something he told the cops. If it's his real name, what part of Ireland do you suppose he was from? And whose side do you think he's on? Will he change his name to "Mohammed" to get a slap on the wrist and be back on the streets in time for the next demo? Stay tuned.