There are "powerful evil forces" gripping our world and the Church, both
of which are in "an extremely perilous condition", warns retired Bishop
Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas (BishopJosephStrickland.substack.com,
August 23).
"Our national political system, the Vatican, and too
many influential organizations around the world are engaged in a
program that is nothing short of a twenty-first century betrayal of
Jesus Christ and His Church."
And, "Like the betrayal of Judas
Iscariot almost two thousand years ago, this present-day betrayal is
emanating even from those at the very heart of the Church and the
state."
Strickland believes that the hand of Satan is "moving all of these disparate forces".
Regarding Francis, he notes: "We see blasphemies of Our Lord and Blessed Mother, and attacks
on doctrine emanating from Vatican offices with Pope Francis either
remaining silent or, by inaction, giving tacit approval."
Strickland
cites Francis' idea that God wants different religions and fraternity
among people. Strickland responds that "if there really is no difference
in the world's religions, and if what God wanted was only 'fraternity
among us,' then one might conclude that the Catholic Church is no longer
the one true religion, and that it is indeed not the ark of our
salvation."
Strickland is concerned about the apostasy in the Church and "at the top."
"None of us has the power to avert catastrophe, but we can and must be spiritually prepared for whatever may come."
About
Vatican II, he writes that since then, there has been "an attempt to
'update the Faith' by moving the Church away from the Deposit of Faith,
which cannot be changed or amended."
Picture: Joseph Strickland © Jim Havens, #newsUbizainlmq