"85% of U.S. Dioceses Report Embezzlements"

This was the title of a Dec 21 National Catholic Reporter article on a Villanova (Catholic) University survey titled, "Internal Financial Controls in the U.S. Catholic Church." The survey was based on responses from 78 of the 174 diocesan chief financial officers in the US.

A typical example of embezzlement at a Catholic church was cited:

"Sacred Heart parishioners and residents of Bath, Pennsylvania, were shocked last month when (named withheld) was charged with stealing about $10,000 from the church's Sunday collections. (She) was secretly videotaped in the parish rectory as she allegedly altered the collection tally sheets so the funds she pocketed would not be seen as a shortfall."

"The community's stunned reaction is typical, say experts, but theft at the parish and diocesan level is hardly surprising. In fact, it's the norm."

How much money is being stolen?

"In 11% of the dioceses at least $500,000 was stolen over the past five years (meaning that a minimum of $4.3 million went missing), while one-third of the dioceses reported thefts of under $50,000. 'You can only wonder about those [96] dioceses that didn't respond to our survey.'"

What's the main problem? Too many bishops and priests don't bother with any financial controls and audits that the rest of us out in the REAL working world have to abide by!

This betrays the REAL attitude that Catholic bishops and priests have towards the laity – "Work hard all week, pay up on Sunday, and we don't care if some of it gets stolen. In fact, we KNOW some of it gets stolen!"

May the Spirit of God show Catholics they are being robbed not only financially, but spiritually as well. Pray that many Catholics confess Catholicism as sin, forsake Rome forever, and receive by faith ALONE Jesus Christ for the full and free forgiveness of sins.

Catholic Archbishop Complains About Enforcement of U.S. Laws

On Dec 12, US federal authorities arrested 1300 illegal aliens at six meat-packing plants in the US.

In response, Denver Roman Archbishop Charles Chaput immediately fired off a letter condemning this enforcement of US law. Below are some quotes from His Grace, as reported in the Dec 13 issue of the Greeley, Colorado, Tribune, in an article titled, "Archbishop Says Raid Put Human Face on Flaws of Immigration System:"

"Dramatic, get-tough arrests of more and more average workers will not solve our immigration crisis."

Comment – Roman bishops don't like criminals that serve Catholic interests being arrested – be they illegal aliens, or pervert priests!

The bishop also lightened his letter with a little humour:

"As I've said many times in the past, the Church supports the law."

That's a hot one!!

And, he strangely said:

"But as Catholics, we also need to vigorously question the timing, manner and focus of these latest arrests. Staged on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and barely two weeks before Christmas..."

Does anyone in their right mind think US authorities took the Catholic liturgical calendar into account when planning these arrests???

Instead – as American bible-believing Protestants we "need to vigorously question" the loyalty of Catholics to the USA!!

Are you praying daily that God protect the USA from illegal immigration and – the Roman Catholic Church? If not, you need to start.

"Antichrist" at the Races

The Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio is informing parishes that parishioners must pick their own horses if a fund-raising "Night at the Races" event is held. This was reported in the December, 2006 Diocesan Memorandum.

According to Ohio law, there is a difference between a "game of chance" and a "scheme of chance." Charitable organizations are only allowed to run "games of chance."

The difference?

"Schemes of chance...are characterized by the fact that the participant buys a chance to win a prize which is awarded wholly by chance without any opportunity of the participant to affect the outcome of the event."

"Games of chance allow for the player to increase his or her chances of winning, even if only to a small degree, with his or her skill, knowledge or active participation. As such, Night at the Races fundraisers are still considered legal 'games of chance' so long as the person making the wager is able to select the horse."

So – the parishioner has to pick a horse, and not allow the "house" (in this case, the Catholic Church) to randomly pick it for him.

What is a "Night at the Races" like? To quote from anightattheraces.com:

"A Night at the Races is an audience-participation event whereby actual races are shown to your audience to re-create the atmosphere of being at the race track."

Comment – The Catholic Church loves money so much that it has no problem with turning a church hall into "the atmosphere of being at the race track."

"Races are shot in video, DVD, or 16mm motion picture film and are available for rental..." The rental kit also provides programs, mutuel tickets, daily double tickets, tote boards, and all other paraphernalia associated with the track.

Bets are placed, and then a race is shown from the video, DVD, or motion picture.

"Your banquet or meeting room (or church hall!) is transformed into a Las Vegas-style sports lounge, complete with a big screen show."

Rome is again letting its worldly slip show. May Catholics see that the pope's horse is a loser every time! The only "sure bet" a Catholic can count on is to confess Catholicism as sin, forsake Rome forever, and receive Jesus Christ by faith ALONE for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life – no "Las Vegas-style sports lounge" needed!

Michael, Gabriel, and Other Angels - House Movers!

Catholic love for fairy tales was seen in the Christmas, 2006 issue of The Goodnewsletter, in an article titled, "Our Lady of Loreto."

According to the article, when the Moslems took over the Holy Land, they had a plan to destroy the House of Mary in Nazareth because:

"It was well known that Jesus' apostles and disciples began celebrating Mass in the Holy House of Nazareth soon after Jesus' death."

Comment – How do they know this? When DID Peter say his first "Mass?"

As the Moslems got close to the house to destroy it, supposedly Christ told a group of angels:

"Move the Holy House; take it to a safer place, far from the hatred of My enemies in this land of My birth. Lift it; lift it high into the air, where they can't get at it. Don't let them see it."

"The angels carried the Holy House, high above the mountains and deserts of the Holy Land...on May 10, 1291, it quietly set down in the little hamlet of Tersatto, in Illyria, now known as Croatia."

This is blasphemy! Attributing words to Christ that He did NOT say. The authors of the article will have to answer for God's warning in Revelation 22:18:

"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall ADD UNTO THESE THINGS (emphasis mine), God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book."

Moving on – the "Holy House" then disappeared from Croatia on Dec 10, 1294! The article gives no explanation why.

"In the area of Loreto, Italy...shepherds reported seeing a house in the sky, flying across the sea (Ed note – sounds like The Wizard of Oz), supported by angels. They reported one of the angels...wore a red cape (Ed note – maybe it was Superman!)...they saw Our Lady and the Baby Jesus seated on top of the house...and landed into a wooded area..."

Comment – Jesus grew up to be a man, and is still a man (Acts 7:56). He does NOT turn Himself into a baby every once in a while.

It gets worse. Too many "pilgrims" were getting robbed going to see the house, so:

"The angels...lifted it again and set it down on a small hill in the middle of a farm. The only problem was, this land was owned by two brothers, named Antici, who began fighting immediately over ownership of the house."

"So the angels moved the house a third time, to another hill...the site it occupies now, and has for the last 700 years."

It is amazing the fables people will cling to when they reject the true Christ of the bible. May our heavenly Father give Catholics the grace to be free of such superstition, and the grace to receive the real Jesus Christ by faith ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins, no moved houses or red-caped angels needed!

St John Vianney's Heart Visits USA

The Catholic fetish for dead body parts was seen in early October as the heart of St John Vianney (1786-1859), a French priest, toured churches in Long Island and Massachusetts.

The body of Vianney was exhumed in 1904, and discovered to be – VOILA! – "well preserved." (Ed note – I wonder how they knew to dig him up?) At the same time, the heart was cut out of the body. The heart supposedly is pink, with a little brownish color in the middle.

Comment – Why would anyone dig up a body 45 years after a person died? Outside of law enforcement purposes, this is something we only see in Voodoo, Frankenstein movies, and – the Roman Catholic Church!

The heart was flown to the USA in a velvet sack, escorted by French Bishop Guy Bagnard. The heart was then placed in a gold and velvet shrine when brought to the Long Island church. Thousands visited the heart, and knelt before it in prayer.

Father Jean-Paul Ruiz, a professor of theology at St. John's (New York) University, commenting on the visiting heart said:

"When we venerate the relics of saints, it puts us in touch with those persons who we believe are still alive beyond the death of their bodies."

Comment – According to this priest, after I die, I can wait for people to venerate my dead body parts, and then I'll make contact with them. This is wickedness!!

The bible says in Deuteronomy 18:11 NOT to be a necromancer (a contactor of the dead), and God warns necromancers in verse 12:

"For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee."

Question - What does the bible say about Catholics fascinated by dead body parts?

Answer – They are "An abomination unto the LORD."

May God give Catholics the grace to repent of this sin, forsake the Roman Church forever, and receive by faith ALONE Jesus Christ.

St Joseph - Helping Catholics Sell Homes

With the homes sales market down, Akron, Ohio Catholics are getting St Joseph to help improve home sales. This was reported in the Oct 10 Akron Beacon Journal, in an article titled, "Some Divine Intervention in Real Estate."

The article details the idolatrous antics of a Catholic realty firm in getting St Joseph to help sell homes. There is no "official" Catholic dogma on how to do this, but it is generally agreed that a statue of St Joseph should be buried head-down and feet-up – and be at least 18 inches below the surface.

To quote from the article:

"Despite disagreements on things like whether the statue should be place in the front or back yard, believers (Ed note - Catholics, NOT those trusting in Christ ALONE for salvation) agree on one thing: After the house sells and the closing is complete, the statue is to be unearthed, and placed in a prominent spot in the new home."

The article also recounted a time when the realtor was doing this strange act, and some other people were watching her:

"Curious construction workers at a nearby house were watching the bizarre ceremony. (The realtor) wondered whether they might think that the women were involved in some type of devil worship."

Comment – You bet its devil worship! They might as well throw in some wolfsbane and eye of lizard!

Many Catholic bookstores and websites sell St Joseph home sale kits. One Catholic website features:

The 4" St Joseph statue home sales kit for $9.95.

The 8" St Joseph statue homes sales kit for $13.95.

(The website did NOT say which statue invokes St Joseph to work quicker.)

And for $7.50 you can purchase a 120-page book titled - St Joseph, My Real Estate Agent.

Once again, Catholicism reveals itself to be nothing but the pagan heart of man expressing itself under a phony "Christian" veneer. Please pray for Catholic conversions, as only Christ has the power to free men from such Roman superstition.

Catholic Felons Helping Illegal Aliens

The Catholic Church and Roman Catholics continue to boast about their openly breaking US law in helping illegal aliens. This was reported in the Oct 5 Catholic News Service article, "Band of Angels Leaves Food, Water for People Crossing US Border."

The article describes the activities of "Angeles del Desierto" (Angels of the Desert), a group of Catholics from San Diego parishes who travel the border and leave "water, clothing, and food at strategic desert locations to help people (illegal aliens) on their journey."

This group is headed up by a Mexican who was described as "a legal US resident."

US Federal law is being broken here. But does the Catholic Church care? The Federal Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 8, USC 1324 says:

"Any person who encourages or induces an alien to reside, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such residence is in violation of law, shall be punished as provided for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs...fined under title 18...imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."

It is a felony for any person (including Catholics) to:

"Assist an alien he/she should reasonably know is illegally in the US...by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him/her."

Comment – The Catholic Church can freely get away with these crimes because they know George Bush, our so-called "security" leader, has proven during his presidency he prefers a wide-open border with Mexico! To Bush and his rich friends, making a quick dollar in the global economy is more important than maintaining the integrity of the United States of America.

Another comment - And Bush still has millions of Americans convinced his top priority is "national security." What a joke!

Please pray daily that God protect the USA from - illegal immigration - George W. Bush – and, the Roman Catholic Church.