Tuesday, December 22, 2015

TRUE OR FALSE POPE? Refuting Sedevacantism and Other Modern Errors

By John Salza and Robert Siscoe, 700 pages
Foreword by His Excellency, Bishop Bernard Fellay
who writes
"A comprehensive and definitive refutation, firmly grounded in ecclesiology, has been sorely needed. We thus pray that True or False Pope? finds its way to many Catholics of good will. Mr. Salza and Mr. Siscoe’s book will surely afford much clarity to the reader."

SNEAK PEAK
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND PREFACE
CFN INTERVIEWS SALZA & SISCOE ON THE BOOK


True or False Pope? is the most thoroughly researched, detailed and systematic refutation of Sedevacantism that exists. In this 700 page tome, John Salza and Robert Siscoe present material from Popes, ecumenical councils and Doctors of the Church that you will never find on a Sedevacantist website. Quoting directly from today’s leading Sedevacantist apologists, Salza and Siscoe reveal how Sedevacantists have distorted the teachings of their favorite Popes and theologians, especially St. Robert Bellarmine, and how they even contradict each other. The book also reveals the many unfortunate tactics used by Sedevacantists in an effort to “prove” their case, that is, to defend what is indefensible.


The authors begin by demonstrating that Sedevacantism logically results in a heretical denial of the attributes (visibility, indefectibility, infallibility) and marks (especially apostolicity) of the Catholic Church. After explaining the bonds that unite man to the true Church, the authors explain the distinction between heresy and lesser errors, and how the sin of heresy alone does not sever one from the Church. The authors then go on to provide the most detailed analysis in print of what the Church does in the case of a heretical Pope, based upon the teachings of all the classical theologians who addressed the topic. After a very important explanation of the scope of infallibility (papal, conciliar, disciplinary, New Mass, canonizations), the authors tackle and refute the Sedevacantist arguments against the new rites of episcopal consecration and ordination. The authors conclude by affirming the Recognize & Resist position of Traditional Catholics, and expose in great detail the bitter fruits of Sedevacantism.


This groundbreaking work proves the Sedevacantist thesis is an overreaction to the crisis in the Church, akin to the reflexive “faith” of Protestantism. This explains why Sedevacantists are divided into many competing factions and sects that even condemn each other, and some of these sects have also elected their own “Popes.” The book also underscores that the Church is currently suffering a mystical Passion similar to that of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Like those who lost faith in Christ during His Passion, Sedevacantists have lost faith in the Church, His Mystical Body. And, in doing so, they have become among her most bitter persecutors. No matter what one’s perspective is on the crisis of the Church, anyone who reads this book will conclude in no uncertain terms that Sedevacantism – one of the great modern errors of our times – far from being a “solution” to the crisis, cannot be held or defended in good faith by any true Catholic.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Corpus Christi Mass and Procession (Wilmington, CA)

Just a reminder this Thursday of our Annual Corpus Christi Mass and Procession

Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 6:30 PM
Solemn High Mass
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
515 West Opp Street
Wilmington, CA 90744
(310) 834-5215

Father David, O'praem, Celebrant
Father Carcerano, Deacon
Father Fryer, FSSP, Subdeacon

All priests and servers are invited to attend. For the Mass, priests will be in Choir Dress (Cassock and Surplice) For the procession, all priests will be in Alb, Cincture, Stole, Maniple, Chasuble.

For everyone, please bring banners representing different church apostolates, parishes, and groups.

There will also be a potluck after the Mass. All participants are requested to bring for the amount of their household plus eight members.

To volunteer or to register your group or if there is anything else you would like to contribute, please call or email Charles Coulombe at 818-794-9461 or decoulombe@gmail.com

Thursday, May 14, 2015

FSSP Superior General in Los Angeles May 24th 2015.

Please join us at Saint Victor Catholic Church in West Hollywood on Pentecost Sunday, May 24th to welcome Father Berg, the Superior General of the FSSP. At 7 PM, there will be a Solemn High Mass with Fr. Berg as Celebrant, Father Carcerano as Deacon and Father Fryer as Subdeacon. After the Mass, we are planning a Potluck Dinner for everyone to attend. Feel free to bring a favorite dish of your choice. The dish should be enough to feed the members of your family plus 6 additional people. Come meet Father Berg as well as other Catholics throughout the Archdiocese.

Pentecost Sunday
May 24th, 2015 @ 7 PM
Saint Victor’s Catholic Church
(310) 652-6477
SOLEMN HIGH MASS
Followed by Potluck Dinner.