je me permets de repiquer le blog "Rorata Coeli" (chapitre sur Lisbonne interdite de messe usus antiquior) parce que bien des liseurs se font des illusions sur ce pays jadis 100% catholique (5% de musulmans actuellement, et déchristianisation rapide des moins de 60 ans): depuis un an, un coetus fidelium a réclamé la messe grégorienne, mais les 2 évêques comme le clergé sont sourds. Le National Party est en principe démocrate-chrétien, mais sans odeur ni saveur.On voit ce que cela donne dans une culture plus anglaise que latine! Aucune voix d'Église contre l'avortement!
Anonymous said...: the scandal needs to be exposed.
PKTP mentioned Valletta, the capital city of Malta.
Malta is another country where irenicism and modernisticism (which I define as a tendency towards modernism, rather than modernism per se, as I do not purport to judge any individual of heresy) have been brewing potently since the late 1970s.
It has been several years at least since a Maltese bishop has ever spoken publicly against contraception. In spite of this, the population still lines up in the tens of thousands for the successor of St Peter when he chances to visit the archipelago. I know that priests have been telling married couples since at least the late 1970s that in "their particular situation" contraception is "the only choice". No wonder then that Contraception is rampant in Malta, which now boasts one of the lowest birth rates in the EU.
Malta (I am not sure about this, but heard it said) has one of the highest % of its population in the membership of the NCW of any Catholic population in the world, followed ever so closely by the Charismatics. The MUSEUM founded by St. "Dun" George is the only organization remotely linked to a traditional practice of the faith.
Malta has had its fair share of paedophile priests, many more Maltese are co-habitating outside of marriage, and both Nationalist ("pro Church") and Labour youth are fast becoming more pro-same sex marriage, divorce and abortion. Maltese Catholicism was always prone to clericalism, and this has devasted the Church there since Vatican 2.
Thanks to the hypocritical European Union, over the past decade in Islamic "refugees" who show up in makeshift rafts and boats at her shores demanding social welfare. Italy and Germany chastise Malta if she ever attempts the most meagre assertion of her sovereignty by turning these refugees away for reasons of social stability. I know of one refugee who declared to a police officer (a close relative of mine)as his refugee status had been processed that "One day we will kick you off this island". Couple this with an incident in 2008 where about 100-150 Muslims gathered in a public promenade used by locals and tourists to enjoy a peaceful walk by the seaside at Sliema demanding they be allowed to conduct their 3pm prayers in public, and one is justified to be concerned for the future of Catholic demographics on Catholic Malta. Notch one more victory for the Maltese Freemasons.
So while Catholics of faithful sensibilities look to Malta as some last bastion of Catholic hope, Malta is just a few years away, at most, from the precipice.
In spite of this precarious situation there is not a single EF Mass, private or public, offered on either Malta or Gozo.
While the Maltese bishops (both of them) remain ambivalent towards contraception and illegal Muslim immigration, to their credit, they do still publicly condemn divorce and abortion. Sodomy is a different matter, and one wonders if this is out of respect for modest speech or because they have alot to hide.
The only true bastion of practicing Maltese Catholics appear to be well into their 60s, 70s and 80s, but even these are almost 100% sold hook, line and sinker on the Vatican 2 break on everything traditional in the Church, and many see even asking for an EF Mass as a sign of a wayward and disobedient spirit.
May Our Lady of Ta'Pinu, who appeared on the Western-most point of the Maltese Archipelago, much like Our Lady of Fatima appeared on the Western-most point of Continental Europe, protect and save the Faith in Malta.
Sincerely, Neophyte
27 January, 2011 17:32
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