Translation and Rebuttal by Br. Alexis Bugnolo
More than 13 months ago, I warned the Faithful of the entire Catholic Church, that we could not silently sit by an allow the pertinacious, manifest and formal heretic, who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to continue to be recognized as the Pope by the Catholic Church without destroying forever the Church which Christ alone founded. I appealed to the Catholic world to join what I call “The Sutri Initiative”, which consists in petitioning the Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Rome, in accord with canon 212, to recognize that by the perfidious heretical and schismatic words and deeds of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Catholic World could no longer regard his claim to the papacy as self-evident, but rather that they in good conscience must regard the Apostolic See impeded by his personal deviations from the Rule of Faith, and convene a provincial council to remonstrate with him and ask him to prove by documents and words that he has a valid claim to the papacy.
Many laity and clergy who read FromRome.Info responded, and with Pope Francis’ signature on ‘Fiducia supplicans’ even more saw the sanity of such an initiative. However, many Catholic influencers had not the courage or fidelity to Christ or love of His people sufficient to move them to join in this initiative, in the last 13 months.
Now with this new ‘doctrinal note’ by Pope Francis, by which he attempts to subsume the final document of the recent Synod on Synodality into the “Ordinary Magisterium of the Church”, the time has come to chose between Christ and Pope Francis. Since that Synod by the judgement of numerous Cardinals and Bishops seeks to overthrow the divinely constituted constitution of the Church, it cannot be that a Pope declare its final document part of the Ordinary Magisterium, because no pope can overthrow the constitution of the Church.
Indeed, since Pope Francis’s Synods (both those during his antipapacy and those since his legitimate election) all invited heretics to tell the Church how to depart from fidelity to Christ and the Apostles; it is clear that commanding that this process become part of the very constitution of the Church is tantamount to asking the Bride of Christ to fornicate with the enemies of Her Divine Spouse as a way of being faithful to that Divine Spouse.
Moreover, though Pope Francis does not promulgate this note with a Bull, nor use the pontifical “We” — a clear sign that the Lord Jesus is preventing this — nevertheless it is still a heretical schismatic act of apocalyptic proportions, as it attempts to erect an Anti-Church and replace the true Church of Christ.
Resistance, vocal or silent, is not enough any more. It’s a war over the very identity and existence of the Church. And if you cannot see that, you have not the Catholic Faith! It’s that simple.
The petitions to the Bishops of the Roman Province have already borne fruit in this, that none of them has publicly, on their websites, affirmed their adhesion to ‘Fiducia supplicans’. Therefore, I believe that they are giving the Catholic world a sign that if they start receiving thousands and hundreds of thousands of such petitions, they will act. — The ball is now in the court of all those Catholic YouTubers, Website owners, and Bloggers, to do their part in soliciting Catholics to join in this effort. Let it not be said that you hated me, Br. Bugnolo, more than you loved Christ and His Church. Let it not be said, that in spite or jealously, you remained silent in this the darkest moment of the Church, during the most diabolic attack on Christ’s Immaculate Bride, simply because I was first to call for a provincial council and demonstrate how it could be canonically and juridically enacted against a heretical pope. Don’t sit around waiting for the Cardinals to act, since they are the ones who gave this man power.
Here follows my English translation of the ‘Doctrinal note’, the original Italian of which can be found here:
Accompanying Note on the Final Document of the Pope Francis’ 16th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Nov. 25, 2024
In the diverse moments of the path of the Synod convened by me in October, 2021, we sat down to listen to what in this time the Holy Spirit is saying to the Churches.
The final Document of the 16th General Ordinay Assembly of the Synod of Bishops gathers together the fruits of the People of God’s path paced-out in listening and of the discernment of their Pastors. Letting herself be illuminated by the Holy Spirit, the entire Church has been called to read their own experience and to identity the steps to be taken to live the communion, to realize the participating and to promote the mission which Jesus Christ entrusted to her. The synodal route, undertaken in the local Churches, has passed through the national and continental phases, to arrive at the celebration of the Assembly of Bishops in its two sessions of October, 2023, and October, 2024. Now the path proceeds in the local Churches and in their meetings, by taking treasure from the Final Document which on October 26, last, was voted on and approved by the Assembly in each of its parts. I, too, approved it, and, by signing it, I arranged its publication, uniting myself to the “we” of the Assembly, which, by means of the Final Document, addresses itself to the holy, faithful People of God.
Recognizing the value of the synodal path already taken, I consign now to the entire Church the directions contained in the Final Document, as a restitution of how much matured in the course of these years by means of listening and discernment, and as an authoritative orientation for her life and mission.
The Final Document shares in the ordinary Magisterium of the Successor of Peter (cf. EC 18, n. 1: CCC 892) and as such I ask that it be heard. It represents a form of the exercise of the authentic teaching of the Bishop of Rome which has traces of novelty but which in effect corresponds to that which I had means to say precisely on October 17, 2015, when I affirmed that synodality is the adequate interpretive step (cornice) to comprehend the hierarchical ministry.
Having approved the Document on October 26th last, I said that it ” is not strictly normative ” and that “its application will have need of diverse syntheses (mediazioni)”.* This does not mean that it does not oblige the Churches from the start to make coherent choices about what has been indicated in it. The local Churches and groupings of Churches are now called to implement (dare attuazione), in diverse contexts, on the authoritative directions contained in the Document, by means of the processes of discernment and decision foreseen by law and by the Document itself. I also added that, “there is a need for time to reach the choices which co-involve the whole Church”: this is true in particular regarding the times entrusted to the ten groups of study, to which we can add others, in view of the necessary decisions. The conclusion of the 16th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops does not put an end to the synodal process.
Returning here with conviction to what I indicated at the end of the expressed synodal path, which brought me to the promulgation of ‘Amoris laetitia’ (March 19, 2016): “not all doctrinal, moral or pastoral discussions ought to be resolved with interventions of the magisterium. Naturally, in the Church there is necessary a unity of doctrine and praxis, but this does not impede that there exist diverse manners of interpreting some aspects of doctrine or some consequences which are derived from them. This will continue to occur until the Holy Spirit makes us arrive at the complete truth (cf. John 16:13), that is, when He will introduce us perfectly into to the mystery of Christ and we will be able to see all with His own vision. Moreover, in every country or region there can be sought more inculturated solutions, attentive to their traditions and to the local challenges” (Amoris Laetitia, n. 3).
The Final Document contains directions which, in the light of its fundamental orientations, can already be received in the local Churches and in the groupings of Churches, taking account of the diverse contexts of that which has already been done and of that which remains to be done to learn and develop always better the style appropriate to the missionary synodal Church.
In many cases this is about implementing effectively what has already been foreseen by present (Canon) Law, both the Latin and the Oriental. In other cases one will be able to proceed, by means of a synodal discernment and withing the frame of the possibilities indicated by the Final Document, to a creative implementation of new forms of ministerality and of missionary action, by experimenting and subjecting experience to verification. In the foreseen report for the ad limina visits, each Bishop will take care to report which choices have been taken in the local Church entrusted to him in regard to what has been indicated in the Final Document, what difficulties have been encountered, and what have been its fruits.
The duty to accompany the “implementation phase” for the synodal path, on the basis of the orientations offered by the Final Document, has been entrusted to the Secretary General of the Synod together with the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia (cf. EC 9-21).
The synodal path of the Catholic Church, animated also by the desire to pursue the path towards the full and visible unity of Christians, “has need that the words shared be accompanied by deeds” (Final Salutation to the 16th General Ordinal Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 26, 2024). May the Holy Spirit, the gift of the Risen One, support and orientate the whole Church in this path. May He, who is harmony, continue to reinvigorate the Church with the force of the Gospel, renew her and lead hear to perfect union with her Spouse (cf. Lumen Gentium, n. 4). Because, the Spirit and the spouse both say to the Lord Jesus: Come! (cf. Apocalypse 22:17).
24 novembre 2024
Solemnity of Christ King of the Universe
Francesco
[01866-IT.01] [Testo originale: Italiano]
[B0934-XX.01]
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FOOTNOTE & Conclusion
I have translated the Italian mediazioni thus, because the term in Italian is used to signify the Hegelian Dialectical process of forming a synthesis out of a thesis-antithesis conflict. And that seems to be the very reason it is used. The philosophy of Hegel is considered by many authors to be a syncretistic materialism, and is called by many author’s “the Devil’s own logic“. On the spiritual plane, the thesis-antithesis>synthesis logic is nothing short of a philosophical attempt to make adultery and the begetting of bastards the norm of human society, thought and belief. Indeed, early on in his thought Hegel argues that there is no natural law restricting human sexual expression or upholding monogamous marriage. The translation I have chosen, therefore, I believe perfectly fits the thought of the author of ‘Amoris laetitia’ and the signer of “Fiducia supplicans”. Indeed, this “Note” is nothing short of a call to make adultery, sexual perversion and fornication the spiritual, doctrinal, moral, and ecclesiological basis of a new Church: and that Church has a name: the Church of the Antichrist who according to St. Hildegard von Bingen — canonized and made a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI — will be a man of every form of sexual uncleanliness.
If anyone has doubts that Pope Francis is the very False Prophet foretold by the Apostle Saint John, doubt no more. Without a doubt this man must be removed from office and the Church.
Brother
If you draft another sample letter to the Bishop’s of the province of Rome I will send it.
The letter remains the same. There is no reason to change it. Add a cover letter to your petition and mention this new “Note”.
I drafted this coverletter. Let me know if I should correct anything.
Your Excellency
In December 2023 I sent you the attached letter where I wrote in accord with my rights in Canon 212, §2, demanding an end be put to the scandals, heresies, blasphemies and doctrinal and moral confusion being promoted by Pope Francis and those appointed by him in the Roman Curia, on the grounds that this is causing the loss of tens of millions of souls who are thus put in the gravest spiritual danger, confusion and disorientation by the constant affirmation of things which are contrary to Divine Revelation, Sacred and Apostolic Tradition, Catholic Doctrine and the defined dogmas of the Councils of Trent and Vatican I.
I proposed that according to Canon 440 this be done by convening a Provincial Council in the Ecclesiastical Province of Rome which is empowered to judge and discern all questions which regard the common good of the Church, and since the positive doubt as to the Catholicity of a claimant to the Apostolic See makes it impossible for the Church in good conscience to remain in communication with a doubtful claimant, because a papa dubius papa nullius est, it was your grave duty before the Living God and the entire Church, to urge the convening of such a Provincial Council according to the right expressed in canon 440 §1. So far as I know, this has not yet happened.
In the meantime, in the Accompanying Note on the Final Document of the 16th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops issued by Pope Francis on Nov. 25, 2024 he tells us that the Final Document of the Synod on Sinodality shares in the ordinary Magisterium of the Successor of Peter (cf. EC 18, n. 1: CCC 892)
Since Pope Francis’s Synods all invited heretics to tell the Church how to depart from fidelity to Christ and the Apostles; it is clear that commanding that this process become part of the very constitution of the Church is tantamount to asking the Bride of Christ to fornicate with the enemies of Her Divine Spouse as a way of being faithful to that Divine Spouse.
I therefore demand that for the salvation of souls, the removal of all scandal, and to obtain the possible grace of the conversion of the man, Jorge Mario Bergoglio that you convene a Provincial Council in the Ecclesiastical Province of Rome as the only juridicaly valid solution to the current crisis.
Sincerely.
“that you insist that the Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Rome meet to declare the Apostolic See impeded by the direct attack upon the Church and our Holy Faith by the man who claims to be the pope, and demand he explain himself in a Provincial Council which will be convened immediately so that the Church may have certain proofs that his claim to the papacy is valid, namely that he repudiates all his heresies, blasphemies and sacrileges, this doctrinal note, his signature on the heretical attack on the 2nd commandment of the Decalogue made in ‘Fiducia supplicans’ etc. etc.. otherwise, do demand that he abdicate or declare him a total apostate and enemy of Christ excommunicate by the law itself (canon 1364)”
WhenI was in 1st grade in 1947, Sr.Clare used to tell us stories. One of them was about a little boy who lived in Holland and one day saw a tiny hole in the wall of the dike which held the water back from engulfing the whole town. He knew if he didn’t do something the whole town would wash away, so he placed his finger in the hole until the problem was crisis was abated, and saved the town.
I always liked that story.But, now I see you litterally warning about crumbling walls of the Church, and your solution to refix it.Its a very big problem. We do have Christ’s promise that He will not desert us. And, it’s hard to wrap my head around what could happen if we don’t at least put our money where our mouth is…
How do I contribute?
Reading your translation of the word salad ‘Doctrinal Note’ called to mind the last sentence of Macbeth’s famous soliloquy:
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
Very good letter, John! With your permission, I, too, shall send this letter to the all the Bishops of Rome and include Brother’s admonition. Like you, I also sent the first round of letters in December, 2023, following the abomination of Fiducia Supplicans.
Thank you, Brother, for your encouragement to do what is right in these times and not to be complacent. May God bless you!
Thanks Claudia
But it is really just a cut and paste of Brother Bugnolo’s writings; partly from his post today and partly from his sample letter from last year. So all praise should really go to him.
What I do think is that that the last paragraph of my letter should be replaced with Brother’s comment : “I there forefore….” should be followed by “insist that the Bishops of the eclesiastical province of Rome….etc”
And please feel free to use use the letter!
Thank you John.
Please send physical letters, not just emails. We must keep banging on the door with all our might and will. If we truly love Holy Mother, it is the least we can do.
Brother Alexis,
Today I finally sent the 15 letters regarding the Sutri Initiative by registered mail.
How late!, I know it well. Anyway I feel much better now.
I used the Italian text and sent to Msgr. Baldassare Reina rather than to Cardinal Angelo De Donatis as Vicar of Rome.
Thank you so much for all you have been doing for the Church and everybody all these years. I have been a daily reader of FromRome.info since before the scamdemic, as you call it. God bless you.
God bless you!