“Called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech” (Heb 5:10)…

Heresy from ‘Cardinal’ Ravasi: ‘Christ Was a Layman’

The Vatican’s recently-retired president of the so-called Pontifical Council for Culture (since 2022 the Dicastery for Culture and Education), ‘Cardinal’ Gianfranco Ravasi (b. 1942), has made news again, and not in a good way.

The 81-year-old Ravasi was ordained a priest in 1966 in the traditional rite of priestly ordination. In 2007, ‘Pope’ Benedict XVI personally conferred the invalid Novus Ordo rite of episcopal ordination on him, and three years later he made him a ‘cardinal’. Ravasi has been working in the Roman curia since at least 2007, when Benedict appointed him president of the Pontifical Council for Culture.… READ MORE

They’re all concerned about your health!

Vatican HELLth Conference:
Interview with Aerosmith Rocker Joe Perry

(We have modified this screenshot to make the moderator a bit more modest than she actually was.)

The Novus Ordo Vatican is currently conducting a three-day virtual “health” conference whose primary stated goal is to “[u]nite people and promote a culture of collaboration by stimulating an open dialogue and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach to tackle major health care challenges around the globe.” The event is intriguingly entitled: “Exploring the Mind, Body & Soul: Unite to Prevent & Unite to Cure.”

The virtual event began yesterday and will conclude tomorrow, May 8.… READ MORE

A walk on the wild side, for sure…

Laudato Si’ in Action:
“Cardinal” Ravasi worships Earth Goddess

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The head of the Vatican’s so-called “Pontifical Council for Culture”, “Cardinal” Gianfranco Ravasi, has been spotted worshipping an Andean pagan deity known as Pachamama, a “Mother Earth” goddess. The video below shows Ravasi taking part in the idolatrous rite together with Quechuan natives in Argentina. An apparent Novus Ordo nun is also participating.

As far as culture goes, this is the same “Cardinal” Ravasi who sent a series of tweets in late October 2013 to honor the passing of Lou Reed, a scandalous and lewd American rock singer whose 1972 hit Walk on the Wild Side contained lyrics that included “taboo topics such as transsexuality, drugs, male prostitution and” something so disgusting we won’t mention it here (source).… READ MORE