Papal initiatives promoting Progressivism
- John XXIII was a very good friend of the modernist Buonaiuti and had the books of this mentor hand-marked for reference.
- Referring to the sanctions that the Church used to issue against heresy and heretics,: Paul VI affirmed: 'In the wake of the Council we will abolish intolerance and absolutism.'
- Following those guidelines Paul VI handed over a relic of St. Athanasius to the Monophysites.
- Paul VI also delivered the head of St. Mark to heretics.
- Further, Paul VI became famous for his phrase: 'We are worshipers of man,' a clearly progressivist statement.
- The same Paul VI praised the motto "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" of the French Revolution as an expression of "Christian values".
- Paul VI pointed to Teilhard de Chardin as a model to find God in the universe.
- Let us not forget that already in the early 1960s, Paul VI had introduced standing to receive Holy Communion.
- Referring to the Revolution made by Vatican II, Card. Karol Wojtyla, the future John Paul II, affirmed, "The Council ended the Constantinian era."
- Card. Wojtyla also stated, "The Church must enter into the world's evolution."
- Card. Karol Wojtyla defended nudism.
- John Paul II also praised the motto "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity".
- Pope John Paul II performed a Liturgy with heretics at St. Peter's Basilica.
- JPII gave a relic of St. Gregory to the heretic Karekin II.
- As for Benedict XVI, it is indispensable to establish the presupposition that, when he was still a Cardinal, he affirmed several times he had not changed from his previous progressivist convictions.
- Based on this presupposition, let us keep in mind that Fr. Ratzinger was under suspicion of heresy by the Holy Office.
- Prof. Michael Schmaus, who examined Fr. Ratzinger's post-doctoral thesis, considered him a “dangerous modernist.”
- Card. Ratzinger affirmed, "The teachings of the Popes against Modernism are obsolete."
- Ratzinger praised the plan to decentralize the Papacy.
- Fr. Joseph Ratzinger defended a horizontal vs. vertical Papacy.
- For Fr. Ratzinger, orthodoxy is nothing more than "a participation in the historic walk."
- Fr. Ratzinger affirmed that "dogmatic formulas must always change."
- Regarding the reforms of the Church proposed by Vatican II, Card. Joseph Ratzinger stated, "The Council presumes razing the bastions of the Church."
- Referring to Vatican II’s social document, the same Card. Ratzinger affirmed that "Gaudium et Spes is a counter-Syllabus."
- Card. Ratzinger also, without criticism, asserted that Gaudium et Spes was inspired by Teilhard.
- Benedict XVI praised the cosmic liturgy of Teilhard de Chardin.
- Fr. Ratzinger defended the theory of the “anonymous Christian.”
- He also denied the dogma ‘Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus.' (Outside the Church, there is no salvation)
- Ratzinger approved the plan "to change the face of the Church."
- Card. Ratzinger justified feminism as a consummate fact and made it acceptable as part of the modern world.
Pope Wojtyla greeting native topless women- Paul VI declared that the conciliar Church was ‘betrothed’ to Anglicanism.
- Pope John Paul II kissed the hand of a heretic.
- JPII preached at the Anglican cathedral of Canterbury.
- Card. Ratzinger, future Benedict XVI, contributed to the Augsburg Accord to make it acceptable to the Lutherans, thus compromising the doctrine of justification.
- Card. Ratzinger gave Holy Communion to a Protestant.
- Benedict XVI stated that the Protestant brother Schultz was in Heaven.
- Benedict XVI consistently gave Protestants support and prestige.
- Benedict XVI visited and spoke at the Lutheran temple in Rome.
- In Erkfurt, Benedict XVI presented Luther as a model for Christians.
- Benedict XVI met with the Lutheran council in Erfurt.
