A Tale of Two Nations: The Culture of Life and the Culture of Death – From the Desk of Richard Thompson

https://www.thomasmore.org/11699-2/


The Two Cultures Are At War Within Every Sector Of The Church – Liberal Benedictine Order vs A Traditional Benedictine Order – Traditional Knights Of Columbus Councils vs. Liberal Ones

And To Add Another Filum Of Complexity Between Liberal Benedictines vs. Regular Knights Of Columbus amid Traditional Knights Of Columbus

What An Interesting Story Here ……..

Catholic paper: Knights of Columbus leader is not pro-life but ‘anti-choice’ by Pope Francis standards | News | Lifesitenews

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/benedictine-abbot-editor-justifies-k-of-c-bashing-anti-choice-column-as-fol


Back to the “other culture” on the other end of the spectrum we have Benedictine communities in full cultural and liturgical restoration mode !


List of communities using the Tridentine Mass – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communities_using_the_Tridentine_Mass


Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey | Oklahoma| Benedictines

“We shall run the way of God’s commandment’s with expanded hearts and unspeakable sweetness of love.”From the Rule of St. Benedict, Prologue https://clearcreekmonks.org/

The Architect Of Restoration – Even In New Construction  @ Benedictine Clear Creek Abbey – On The Journal Of Catholic Culture And Tradition –TLM – On the link PDF->

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Then our Pope met the editors and staff of La Civilata Cattolica – (The Jesuit Catholic Journal)

Pope Francis said, “True discernment can only be achieved by interpreting the signs of the times.” He also encouraged the editors and staff to “to remain in the open sea.”And in adhering to (neo) Jesuitism above all else” he further said “A Catholic should not be afraid of the open sea nor look for shelter in safe havens”.  “Above all, you, as Jesuits, must avoid clinging to certainties and securities. The Lord calls us to go out in mission, to go far off and not retire to safeguard our certainties”

What could quite possibly be unbeknown to our Holy Father is that these are the central tenets of the philosophies of grand orient freemasonry

Rigid thinking isn’t divine, Pope tells staff of Jesuit magazine | CatholicHerald.co.uk http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/09/rigid-thinking-isnt-divine-pope-tells-staff-of-jesuit-magazine/


For A Full Treatment On La Civilata Cattolica’s journey from a popular faithful Catholic journal in the 1850s to its current bastion of liberal progressiveness, there is chapter dedicated to the analysis of same, from a multidimensional cultural perspective, in Dr. John Rao’s book , “Removing The Blindfold.

https://www.amazon.com/REMOVING-BLINDFOLD-Nineteenth-Century-Catholics-Freedom/dp/B001IRYY9W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486742147&sr=1-1


We see this crisis extended even into the Vatican Journals

Vatican journal article questions authority of ban on female ordination : News Headlines | Catholic Culture

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=30703


A New poll in the US shows among the major orders in the US there were NO = Zero vocations in 2016  – Less than 20% of the orders have their fingers crossed on the Cross for ONE vocation to make vows in 2017 and less than 10% two persons per order making vows

Meanwhile amid the young people in both the US and abroad  flocking to the Traditional Orders of Our Restoration Movement Our Pope has just denounced them and all of us as Pelagians ! Look at the clerical person’s face standing next to the Holy Father as the Pope says these words

Pope Francis denounces ‘restorationist’ orders bursting with young people | News | LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-denounces-traditional-orders-bursting-with-young-people



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This clash of two nations, two cultures is seen in the dicastries vs. Priests and  in States , in the push to realign the ruling conservative power from the Federal totalitarian model back to States governments per the original constitutional intention is seen in the following stories of example

A Very Independent Priest In Fr. Pavone,  unafraid of Newark AcB Tobin as he defends pro-life New Jersey priest under fire: we need more like him | News | LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fr.-pavone-defends-pro-life-new-jersey-priest-under-fire-we-need-more-like


FBI and Ohio Law Enforcement Sued By Pro-Life Organization  – AbortionNO

http://www.abortionno.org/lawsuits/fbi-and-ohio-law-enforcement/


An Analysis of Roe and Doe – Life Dynamics

https://lifedynamics.com/the-pro-life-movement/analysis-roe-doe/


Insight Into The Legacy Of A Pro-Life Giant – Henry Hyde (Understanding The Origins Of The Hyde Amendment And The Restoration ) On The Knights Of Columbus Journal

http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/legacy-pro-life-giant.html



***The Two Cultures Across The Street From One Another As In Rome***



One Culture

Posters critical of Pope Francis appear around Rome – CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/europe/pope-francis-posters-rome/


Pope has Rome police searching for source of posters criticizing Pope that showed up last weekend all over Rome  : News Headlines | Catholic Culture https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=30691


The Other Culture In Rome Can Be Found Here

The feel of the new “American Rome”

On The Best of The Vortex – This Week On CMTV- Watch –This 7 Minute Round Up- Episode

http://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-bestof-american-rome


Bishop Egan: pray for the Church because there is a ‘growing problem’ | CatholicHerald.co.uk

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/bishop-egan-pray-for-the-church-because-there-is-a-growing-problem/


Understanding What Caused All Of This And How To Help Us Get Out Of It? –  (Book Recommendation)

In the Murky Waters of Vatican II BY Atila Sinke Guimaraes

http://www.traditioninaction.org/tiabk005_MW.htm


Beautiful Photos of The Snowstorm in NYC, February 9, 2017 | Untapped Cities

http://untappedcities.com/2017/02/09/beautiful-photos-of-todays-snowstorm-in-nyc/


Benedictine Saint Of The Day For February 10th = Saint Scholastica On Novus Motus Liturgicus

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2017/02/saint-scholastica.html#.WJ3JIvKDOz8


Featured Knight Of Analogous Traditional Elites = Henry Hyde

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The prerequisite to the Incarnation was the immaculate conception – Seen glowing here in the on-going miracles at the Cave


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Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey _ Oklahoma

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