German priest challenges COVID jabs and LGBT agenda, gets forced out of parish
A letter to the diocese emphatically expressed ‘our indignation and horror’ at the priest over criticizing ‘the current zeitgeist’ in his monthly bulletin to the faithful attached to the Traditional Latin Mass.

Martin
Bürger
Tue Sep 7, 2021 - 1:59 pm EDT
RECKLINGHAUSEN, Germany (LifeSiteNews) — A German priest will be transferred to the Czech Republic after the parish where he was allowed to say the Traditional Latin Mass reported him to the diocese for questioning mainstream narratives about the COVID-19 vaccine, homosexuality, and gender ideology.

Fr. Michael Ramm FSSP, a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, was responsible for the faithful in the Ruhr area, the largest urban area in Germany. He had permission to celebrate two Masses each Sunday at St. Michael Catholic Church in Recklinghausen, as well as one Mass each Thursday at a different church.


On August 24, three representatives of the parish council sent a letter — obtained by LifeSiteNews — to the vicar general of the Diocese of Münster, Fr. Klaus Winterkamp, as well as to Bishop Rolf Lohmann, the auxiliary bishop in charge of the western part of the diocese.

The signatories said they wanted “to emphatically express our indignation and horror” at Ramm over criticizing “the current zeitgeist” in his monthly bulletin to the faithful attached to the Traditional Latin Mass.

They quoted extensively from Ramm’s bulletin for August and September:

What do we think today about the zeitgeist that prevailed in the Third Reich? And what will future generations say about our present zeitgeist? … How will they judge this entire COVID panic in the future? How will future generations judge this ‘voluntary compulsory vaccination’? What will they say about the fact that perfectly healthy people are being vaccinated with a genetic vaccine, for the production of which people were murdered? What will people say later about the fact that today the whole world is exposed to such an unnecessary risk through vaccination? What will people say later about this gender ideology to which everyone is bowing today? Will it be celebrated in the future as a heroic deed that soccer stadiums are illuminated in rainbow colors?

The representatives of the parish council called Ramm’s questions “deliberate false statements and conspiracy myths.” In an apparent reference to people practicing homosexuality or being confused about their gender, they said that “groups of people are discriminated against that we as a community would like to encounter openly.”

The letter to the Diocese of Münster lamented that people entering the church might see Ramm’s monthly bulletin and be offended:

We do not want people who visit our church to be confronted with such statements. This contradicts how we as a community understand and live our Christianity here in this place. We want to be a welcoming church, but hospitality stops where other people are hurt and discriminated against.

Additionally, the letter referred to several deaths related to COVID-19 in a nursing home for people suffering from dementia next to the church: “What might a person think who visits his relative and perhaps comes to our church one day later, if we have such statements on display on our church premises and thus at least tolerate them?” The letter provided no answer to that question.

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Days later, Fr. Klaus Winterkamp, the Diocese of Münster’s vicar general, told the district superior of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter — incidentally addressing not the current superior, Fr. Stefan Dreher FSSP, but his predecessor, Fr. Bernhard Gerstle — that both Bishop Felix Genn of Münster “and I can understand the anger of the pastor and the committees.”

“By no means is it acceptable that the proclamation within the liturgical celebration is used to express private opinions with regard to the coronavirus pandemic or the COVID vaccine or other socio-political problems/challenges,” Winterkamp wrote in an email obtained by LifeSiteNews. “It is also totally unacceptable in this context to accuse Pope Francis of expressing his own opinion when the proclamation, of all things, is used to disseminate private opinions.”

“We certainly agree that the proclamation of the Good News within the liturgy serves precisely this purpose: to proclaim the Good News and not one’s own opinion, certainly not on socio-political or medical issues,” the vicar general continued.
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Within the Diocese of Münster, at least six churches offered “blessings” for homosexual couples in May. The diocese’s news website, published by Bishop Genn, ran an article advertising the events that took place across Germany. The diocese did not respond to a request for comment on what consequences the priests and parishes involved in those “blessings” had to face.


A spokesman for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter told LifeSiteNews that questions of personnel would not be addressed in the media, but explained that the district’s leadership had decided “to reorganize the responsibilities in the Recklinghausen apostolate in order to pacify the situation and to be able to maintain the pastoral care offered by the Fraternity there without restriction in the future.”

Jacek Spendel, who attends the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church in Recklinghausen, told LifeSiteNews that Ramm will be transferred to the Czech Republic “before the end of this month,” even though he doesn’t speak the language.

“Fr. Michael addresses uncomfortable topics, and not everyone likes it,” Spendel said.

“Fr. Michael has never condemned anyone, and he keeps telling us to be very careful about judging,” he continued. “He condemns the sin, never the sinner. That is the experience we have in the community.”

Spendel pointed out that the Fraternity had bought a residence in Recklinghausen “only in March. The whole community has actively given money and helped with the renovations. Now the house will be empty.”

“We are now left without a shepherd,” he said. “The community, which is very young and dynamic, doesn’t deserve that. What Fr. Michael has built up here in a very short time, how he has strengthened unity — it’s all incredible.”

Ramm had, among other things, founded a girls’ choir, started new programs of catechesis, and strengthened families, according to Spendel.

The spokesman for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter told LifeSiteNews that “there is no definite decision at this time regarding the future pastoral care at the apostolate in Recklinghausen.”

For now, Spendel said, a priest of the Fraternity will travel 30 minutes every Sunday from a residence in Oberhausen to say Mass in Recklinghausen, “which is a pity, as pastoral care from a distance is very difficult and does not bring as much fruit.”


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Un prêtre allemand conteste les coups de gueule du COVID et l'agenda LGBT, et se fait expulser de sa paroisse
Une lettre adressée au diocèse exprime avec force "notre indignation et notre horreur" à l'égard du prêtre pour avoir critiqué "l'esprit du temps" dans son bulletin mensuel destiné aux fidèles de la messe traditionnelle en latin.

Martin
Bürger
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Mar Sep 7, 2021 - 1:59 pm EDT
RECKLINGHAUSEN, Allemagne (LifeSiteNews) - Un prêtre allemand sera transféré en République tchèque après que la paroisse où il était autorisé à dire la messe traditionnelle en latin l'ait dénoncé au diocèse pour avoir remis en question les récits dominants sur le vaccin COVID-19, l'homosexualité et l'idéologie du genre.

Le père Michael Ramm FSSP, membre de la Fraternité sacerdotale Saint-Pierre, était responsable des fidèles de la région de la Ruhr, la plus grande zone urbaine d'Allemagne. Il avait la permission de célébrer deux messes chaque dimanche à l'église catholique St. Michael de Recklinghausen, ainsi qu'une messe chaque jeudi dans une autre église.


Le 24 août, trois représentants du conseil paroissial ont envoyé une lettre - obtenue par LifeSiteNews - au vicaire général du diocèse de Münster, le père Klaus Winterkamp, ainsi qu'à l'évêque Rolf Lohmann, l'évêque auxiliaire chargé de la partie occidentale du diocèse.

Les signataires ont déclaré vouloir "exprimer avec force notre indignation et notre horreur" à l'égard de Ramm pour avoir critiqué "l'esprit du temps" dans son bulletin mensuel destiné aux fidèles attachés à la messe traditionnelle en latin.

Ils ont cité abondamment le bulletin de Ramm pour les mois d'août et septembre :

Que pensons-nous aujourd'hui du zeitgeist qui prévalait dans le Troisième Reich ? Et que diront les générations futures de notre zeitgeist actuel ? ... Comment jugeront-elles à l'avenir toute cette panique du COVID ? Comment les générations futures jugeront-elles cette "vaccination volontaire et obligatoire" ? Que diront-elles du fait que des personnes en parfaite santé sont vaccinées avec un vaccin génétique, pour la production duquel des personnes ont été assassinées ? Que diront-elles plus tard du fait qu'aujourd'hui le monde entier est exposé à un tel risque inutile par la vaccination ? Que diront les gens plus tard de cette idéologie du genre à laquelle tout le monde se plie aujourd'hui ? Le fait que les stades de football soient illuminés aux couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel sera-t-il célébré à l'avenir comme un acte héroïque ?

Les représentants du conseil paroissial ont qualifié les questions de M. Ramm de "fausses déclarations délibérées et de mythes de conspiration". Dans une référence apparente aux personnes pratiquant l'homosexualité ou étant confuses quant à leur genre, ils ont déclaré que "des groupes de personnes sont discriminés que nous, en tant que communauté, aimerions rencontrer ouvertement."

La lettre adressée au diocèse de Münster déplore que les personnes entrant dans l'église puissent voir le bulletin mensuel de Ramm et être offensées :

Nous ne voulons pas que les personnes qui visitent notre église soient confrontées à de telles déclarations. Cela contredit la façon dont nous, en tant que communauté, comprenons et vivons notre christianisme ici, dans ce lieu. Nous voulons être une église accueillante, mais l'hospitalité s'arrête là où d'autres personnes sont blessées et discriminées.

En outre, la lettre fait référence à plusieurs décès liés au COVID-19 dans une maison de retraite pour personnes souffrant de démence située à côté de l'église : "Que pourrait penser une personne qui rendrait visite à son parent et viendrait peut-être dans notre église un jour plus tard, si nous affichons de telles déclarations dans nos locaux et les tolérons donc au moins ?" La lettre n'a apporté aucune réponse à cette question. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/german-priest-challenges-covid-jabs-and-lgbt-agenda-gets-forced-out-of-parish/


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