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Benedict stated in the first volume of his book, Jesus of Nazareth, that he is not writing as head of the Church but, rather, as a private theologian — "everyone is free, then, to contradict me." We will freely do so, therefore, since, in Volume II, the Holy Father's rationalistic approach to conversion of the Jews and their responsibility for the death of Christ, is spurious at many levels. Most insidious, perhaps, is its effortless accord with the Masonic parameters of inter-religious dialogue, which dictate that salt-of-the-earth terms like "proselytism" and "conversion" are dirty words to be avoided or denounced, and most certainly never practised or followed through.

If the unconverted Jews are to be exempted from the Church's missionary efforts, then the traditional view of them as a threat to Christianity, and Christian civilization, must be overturned. The primary conveyer of this image of the Jews for the past 2,000 years has been Holy Scripture. A radical new reinterpretation, and falsification, of New Testament teaching regarding the Jews thus becomes imperative. This has been supplied for us by Pope Benedict XVI in his new book, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection (pages 184 -188).

The Gospel witness of St Laurence of Brindisi (1559-1619) is far from the ceremonies of Assisi, Jewish-Christian "dialogue," the community of Taizé, and the exaltation of the republican triptych of universal brotherhood - "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" - so dear to all globalists. And yet, in his 23 March 2011 General Audience catechesis on St. Laurence, Pope Benedict omitted all mention of the Saint's hugely successful, papally-mandated proselytism among the Jews. Even worse, he truly distorted the Saint's courageous missionary work: hitching it to the anaemic "new evangelism" and a utopian ecumenical project that seeks a universal peace among all religions without pursuing the only guarantee of true peace; conversion of all souls to the one true Church.

The conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne, an Israelite from the Alsatian bourgeoisie, is certainly one of the most spectacular and moving in the entire history of Christianity. It was in the Holy City of Jerusalem that he would accomplish the greatest and most fruitful part of his ministry: to regenerate Jews and Muslims spiritually, morally and intellectually, in the light of the Catholic faith.

Cardinal Canizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, told Italian writer Antonio Margheriti Mastino that Benedict's biggest fear is the Lodge. Specifically, the Holy Father sees the “invisible hand” of Masonry directing “the legalistic persecution of Catholicism.” It is inconceivable that Benedict would be unaware that the same "invisible hand" is guiding the ecumenical movement…

I only first realized that something was askew and going wrong back in 1983-1984, when I was writing some rather critical articles about Lebanon and the spreading civil war there, and about what the exacerbating Israelis were then themselves doing inside Lebanon….

Derek Hastings says he wrote Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism: Religious Idenitity and National Socialism because “the earliest years of the Nazi movement in Munich have received startlingly little direct treatment.” Nearly all the Catholics discussed in this book abandoned Hitler after the Beerhall Putsch of November 1923. Hastings admits there is a “sharp discrepancy” between the Nazis discussed here and the Nazis of the 1930s and 1940s. And yet, he wants to prove that Catholics gave Nazism its start. Even the title Hastings has chosen is misleading. It would have been more accurate to call the book Anti-Papal Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism because the Catholics whom Hastings discusses rejected the pope and used religion to promote eugenics.

There has been recently someone in Italy (from the perch of one of the highest state offices) who in a completely unmotivated public statement has spoken of a deplorable silence of the Church [apropos] the infamous and shameful anti-Semitic laws of 1938 – revealing at the same time his gratuitous preconceptions and his singular lack of knowledge.

Heavenly Father, we ask Thy blessing on our efforts. Show us the way to spread the Truth of the Catholic faith in the midst of error and infidelity. Fill our hearts with authentic love for our priests, bishops, pope and all the clergy, a love that moves us to unceasing prayer for their souls and to constant exhortation to faithfully fulfill their sacred task of preaching the whole truth of the Catholic faith without compromise. Grant us wisdom in our deliberations, courage in exposing error and corruption, and humility and charity in all the things we do. Bless our Holy Father with the wisdom and holiness to discern and carry out Thy Will, and the loyalty and fidelity of bishops, priests and all Religious in helping him carry out this task. May Thy will be done in all things.

We ask this through the intercession of our Holy Mother Mary.