Cardinal Burke & Bishop Schneider Call for Prayer Crusade

It is not news that many Catholics are concerned about the upcoming Amazon synod spearheaded by German bishops. The synod's instrumentum laboris or "working document" has many things in it that should concern all Catholics who love the faith. You can read it here: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/06/17/190617d.html.  In response to the concerns, Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider proposed a Crusade of Prayer and Fasting. Both had presented an eight-page declaration regarding what they believe are six "serious theological errors and heresies."  It can be read here: http://www.ncregister.com/images/uploads/BurkeSchneider.pdf.

The prelates are asking Catholics worldwide to pray every day the Rosary and fast for once a week. The prayer and fast are for 40 days (Sept. 17 to Oct. 26).

The Amazon synod is geared to propose contentious ideas, such as, having married priests, accepting Pagan-indigenous ideas as equal to that of Christianity, implicit pantheism, that Catholicism in the Amazon needs to go through a "conversion," and many other ideas.

The crusade has been met with criticism and mockery from those Catholics who align themselves with liberal ideologies. However, the majority of Catholics on social media are following through with the crusade.  We here at Sacerdotus will also join this crusade.  A little prayer and fasting never hurt anyone.

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http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/crusade

DawnofMercy 'EWTN Schism'

A battle broke out today when Catholic convert from Judaism and Protestantism, Dawn Eden Goldstein (DawnofMercy) posted a tweet claiming that there is an "EWTN schism." She posted a clip from the homily of the day where a priest from the Eternal Word Missionaries (a Franciscan third order group founded by the late Mother Angelica) spoke on the upcoming Amazon synod and the calls to prayer and fasting from Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider.

Can we admit there’s an EWTN schism now? It’s no longer just @RaymondArroyo & guests, but now seeps into the sacred liturgy itself. This was today's homily (full video: https://t.co/rrE2USJ65A).

This is liturgical abuse & an abuse of those who look to EWTN to feed their faith. pic.twitter.com/R0d7Qx4RvL

— Dawn Eden Goldstein (@DawnofMercy) September 17, 2019

Goldstein claims that the homily was inappropriate and even made accusations of liturgical abuse, as well as, the creation of a disservice to EWTN viewers. The tweet caused an uproar among several alleged Catholic accounts which began questioning Dawn's intentions. To make things worse, another person posted a comment insinuating that Dawn is a Jewish infiltrator in the Catholic Church. This caused a quarrel with OnePeterFive and Steve Skojec.   

Here is another @OnePeterFive reader taking the bait after that account tweeted a veiled anti-Semitic comment against me. Steve Skojec, if you really think such comments are "ugly," don't encourage them in the first place by painting me and other Jewish converts as infiltrators. pic.twitter.com/NxQU9kWW8r

— Dawn Eden Goldstein (@DawnofMercy) September 17, 2019

The tweet has turned Catholics against each other with ongoing threads of insults and accusations being tossed around like footballs.  What do you think?  Is Dawn correct?  Is there an EWTN schism? 

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