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@SethBarronNYC @ShaneSchaetzel Our current president literally said Israel controlled Congress and this was years ago. He said they “rightfully” controlled it, so it’s only fitting he would make it the most controlled Congress of all time when he was in power.
An0maly@LegendaryEnergy

Now I don't mind a strong alliance, but it's still wild to me that Donald Trump thinks Israel should control the United States Congress. It's a little concerning that there is no daylight between him & a foreign leader when he's making statements like this.

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Seth Barron
Seth Barron@SethBarronNYC·
@ShaneSchaetzel Basically. It’s idiotic beyond reason to say that AIPAC controls the US Congress
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Brave Report@BraveReport·
@NutlawPete @BishopBarron Our leaders should have the impetus you have, which is to define these words clearly through a Catholic theological lens and not leave them vague and up for interpretation by Zionist political actors.
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Brave Report@BraveReport·
Not sure what that would accomplish. The issue is that Zionism gains power in the U.S. through law and not through Catholic theology answers. They don’t care what our actual theology is. They care that they can “get” our religious leaders to agree with their legal terms publicly, hence giving their legal terms power in the real world. “Look, this Catholic priest speaks out against antisemitism and antisemites! (while they change the definition of both words to mean whatever they want to mean). He is your leader, so you must become Zionists, Catholics!”
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Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron@BishopBarron·
Over the past several weeks, Carrie Prejean Boller has complained that she was removed from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs, and she has called out myself and other Catholic members of the commission for not defending her. This is absurd. Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the Commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes. The Catholic position on matters of “Zionism,” to which I fully subscribe, is as follows: all forms of antisemitism are to be unequivocally condemned; the state of Israel has a right to exist; but the modern nation of Israel does not represent the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies and hence does not stand beyond criticism. If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the Commission. To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous.
Carrie Prejean Boller@CarriePrejean1

Your Excellency, you shared with me through text message to me that my position reflects Catholic teaching, especially that the modern state of Israel is not the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. That is the position I expressed, and yet I was removed from the Religious Liberty Commission. Respectfully, it is difficult not to conclude that this commission does not truly care about religious liberty when a Catholic can be removed for faithfully articulating the Church’s teaching. Asking me to deny Catholic teaching in order to satisfy a political ideology is itself a violation of my religious freedom. As Pope Leo XIII warned, “To recoil before an enemy, or to keep silence when from all sides such clamor is raised against truth, is the part of a coward.” Whether I serve on this Commission or not, my voice will only grow louder for those being persecuted for their faith. I believe this appointment was ordained by God, and I will not abandon my Catholic faith to keep a position on a commission that has abandoned its mission. If my religious freedom is not protected, then no one’s is. Please speak up. Please stand up for Catholics. Be brave, Bishop Barron. The world needs brave men.

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Matt Gaspers
Matt Gaspers@MattGaspers·
CHRIST IS “THE PRIVILEGED ROUTE”? Since @BishopBarron has now publicly disavowed @CarriePrejean1 (who did nothing wrong), I think it’s appropriate to recall what His Excellency told @benshapiro in 2018, when Shapiro asked him point-blank, “What’s the Catholic view on who gets into Heaven and who doesn’t? … Am I basically screwed here?” “No,” said Barron — to a man who rejects Our Lord. “The Catholic view — go back to the Second Vatican Council [which] says it very clearly. I mean, Christ is the privileged route to salvation.” Source: youtube.com/watch?v=0oDt8w… Where does Vatican II teach that Christ is “the privileged route to salvation”? It doesn’t. On the contrary, the Council says that Christ is “the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation”: “Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it [the Council] teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator [cf. 1 Tim. 2:5] and the unique way of salvation [cf. Acts 4:12]. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism [cf. Mark 16:16; John 3:5] and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved.” (Lumen Gentium, art. 14) Now, the Council also says: “Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience [cf. D.S. 3869-3872].” (Lumen Gentium, art. 16) Does this apply to Ben Shapiro and other Jews who have heard and rejected the Gospel of Christ and His Church? (The answer should be obvious.) See here for a fuller treatment of the 2018 interview: catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2018/12/2…
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Bishop Robert Barron@BishopBarron

Over the past several weeks, Carrie Prejean Boller has complained that she was removed from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs, and she has called out myself and other Catholic members of the commission for not defending her. This is absurd. Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the Commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes. The Catholic position on matters of “Zionism,” to which I fully subscribe, is as follows: all forms of antisemitism are to be unequivocally condemned; the state of Israel has a right to exist; but the modern nation of Israel does not represent the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies and hence does not stand beyond criticism. If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the Commission. To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous.

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OrdinaryCatholic
OrdinaryCatholic@RealOrdCatholic·
@BraveReport @CatholicPods @PhilOutsider @CarriePrejean1 Yep exactly…instead he focused on personalities… That’s one of my points Why not instead focus on clergy who cause scandal daily or politicians who are engulfed in grave sin? Versus a newly catechized laywoman who literally said NOTHING that wasn’t Catholic!
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Thomas Mirus
Thomas Mirus@CatholicPods·
We actually do have a serious "convert problem" in the media. I know some people say we should never ever question the sincerity of converts, but at this point we have a steady pipeline of high-profile converts immediately causing scandal and division, and it has to be addressed. The Church has a long tradition of scrutinizing and imposing disciplines on catechumens and new Catholics. Catechumens in certain disapproved professions used to have to quit their job before they could be baptized. We are not historically an unconditional "all are welcome" Church. If a public figure is entering the Church it should be made very clear to her that becoming Catholic does not qualify her to teach the faith publicly. Of course this raises wider questions about laypeople "teaching" but at the very least there should be some kind of probation period.
Carrie Prejean Boller@CarriePrejean1

I was asked to resign in August for the same reasons I was removed in February. You knew about this because you called me immediately after I sent you this email, and you were in shock. Do you really want to stick with this story, Your Excellency?

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Brave Report
Brave Report@BraveReport·
@BishopBarron John 10:11–13 “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep…”
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Brave Report@BraveReport·
@philiparola @CatholicPods @christopherrufo It’s sad. The Apostles confronted authorities to protect believers and Bishops are their successors. John 10:11–13 “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep…”
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Philip Arola
Philip Arola@philiparola·
@BraveReport @CatholicPods @christopherrufo To be fair to His Excellency, I’ve never seen any Bishop voluntarily rush to the defense of the laity in my lifetime. Clergy, they all the gas in the world. But the laity must fend for themselves.
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Brave Report
Brave Report@BraveReport·
@NutlawPete @BishopBarron Nope, and that’s the issue. The Church does not provide a technical/legal definition like the IHRA definition does, and that’s what has been put into law in the U.S. and internationally.
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OrdinaryCatholic
OrdinaryCatholic@RealOrdCatholic·
@BraveReport @ginnydmm @BishopBarron @CarriePrejean1 It’s not even a “disagreement”…all we’re doing is staying faithful to what the Catholic Church has taught for 2000 years… What they are essentially saying is they want religious freedom so long as the only religion that has freedom is theirs (zionism)!
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OrdinaryCatholic
OrdinaryCatholic@RealOrdCatholic·
@BishopBarron publicly rebukes @CarriePrejean1... calling her claims “absurd” & “preposterous.” But offers no clear doctrinal correction. No precise error. No explanation of where she departed from the faith. And now some people are using his words to act faithful Catholics🧵
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Brave Report
Brave Report@BraveReport·
@CatholicPods Why should she not though? Is he not HER leader, not only of her faith but also of her faith on the commission? We should always be able to call on and call out leaders who are supposed to represent us.
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Thomas Mirus
Thomas Mirus@CatholicPods·
@BraveReport I wrote a four part essay last year criticizing excessive philosemitism among some Catholics so...
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Brave Report
Brave Report@BraveReport·
Why? What is “self-aggrandizing” about her narrative? She’s raising a legitimate question: whether a legal definition could label Catholic beliefs as antisemitic. That affects the whole Church, not just her personally. I’m glad someone pushed back as a cradle Catholic! As a member of the faithful, she is acting within what the Church permits: Code of Canon Law — Canon 212 §3 “The Christian faithful have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful.” At the same time, correction, especially public correction, has its own standard: Catechism of the Catholic Church — §2478 Every good Christian ought to be more ready to give a favorable interpretation to another’s statement than to condemn it. But if he cannot do so, let him ask how the other understands it. And if the latter understands it badly, let the former correct him with love. So the issue isn’t whether the faithful can speak. They can, and sometimes must. The question is whether the Bishop’s response to her statement reflected the charity and interpretive fairness the Church itself requires.
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Thomas Mirus
Thomas Mirus@CatholicPods·
@MLutherwasright I disagree with her publicly calling out a bishop and trying to drag him into her self aggrandizing narrative. That's all.
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DingDong
DingDong@Dingdongtonton·
@CatholicPods If denouncing genocide in Palestine or abortion of babies is "scandal and division" that person is doing the will of Jesus. Thomas, I pray for you true conversion and rejection of the satanic doctrine of talmudism and kabbalah expressed in zionism.
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Jus
Jus@BosCityJMJ·
@CatholicPods Gatekeeping Catholicism is wild. Like truly. Just because some new Catholics act this way? How about cradle Catholics and how they act? No comments there? THIS is why people leave and go to Protestantism.
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Brave Report
Brave Report@BraveReport·
As she should, is he not a father of the faith and a representative of leadership of the faith on the commission? She is a member of the Church. He should be guiding her, not publicly smearing her on the internet. He has a different authority and responsibility than she does. You can’t compare the two. Code of Canon Law Canon 212 §3 “The Christian faithful have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion.” A Catholic can absolutely call on and call out a Catholic religious leader whenever they so shall please. There is no rule on “how long” you have to be a Catholic. It’s actually anti-Catholic to say that as membership to the faith begins at baptism, which adults receive after learning the faith in OCIA.
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Thomas Mirus
Thomas Mirus@CatholicPods·
And btw, he didn't claim she was wrong about doctrine. He didn't come after her. SHE called him out publicly. He corrected her narrative in calling him out. How long do you think a new convert should wait after baptism before they start publicly nagging and lecturing bishops? 5 minutes? 10 minutes?
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