The Sacrilege at St. Patrick’s in NYC is Only the Beginning
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Summary
For Christians, Lent is a season of repentance, but for some radical leftists in America, it s been an opportunity for sacrilege. On Ash Wednesday, 2024, St. Patrick s Cathedral was thronged with the faithful seeking ashes of repentance. But the very next day, the same hallowed space was desecrated by the sacrilegious clamor of a thousand God-hating radicals.
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I have seen so many horrors that it breaks my heart to recall them,
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But I don't know any other way of serving God and His Church than by telling the truth.
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but if you remember the sacrilege at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York,
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I hate to tell you, but I think it's only just the beginning.
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Stay tuned to this episode of The John Henry Weston Show.
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Let's begin, as you always do, with the sign of the cross.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
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For Christians, Lent is a season of repentance,
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but for some radical leftists in America, it's been an opportunity for sacrilege.
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On Ash Wednesday, 2024, St. Patrick's Cathedral, America's parish church,
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was thronged with the faithful seeking ashes of repentance.
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But the very next day, the same hallowed space was desecrated
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by the sacrilegious clamor of a thousand God-hating radicals.
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As the coffin of Cecilia Gentili, a self-styled whore and drag queen,
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was carried down the aisle, the godless crowd proclaimed him as...
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This great whore, St. Cecilia, mother of all whores.
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And as this cry, this sacrilegious cry, echoed from the consecrated walls of the cathedral,
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a priest of Jesus Christ gave the silence of his consent.
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And worse yet, Father Doherty joked with the anti-Christian throng.
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Except on Easter Sunday, we don't really have a crowd that is this well turned out, you know?
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but I have to say I wasn't surprised. Tomorrow, March 13th, it will be 11 years since a corrupt
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group of cardinals calling themselves the St. Gallant Mafia succeeded in their plot to prop
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up a man of their choosing in a conclave, a conclave which did not have a proper appreciation
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of that cardinal's stances. When Francis appeared on the loggia that night, many were disturbed,
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especially because he appeared on the loggia with Cardinal Daniels, the hugely controversial
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cardinal. I was concerned as well, but I've always tried to think the best of him and never stopped
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praying for him. In fact, the whole of LifeSite prays for Francis every day. But my first priority
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has always been the truth. I've spent hundreds of hours in Rome speaking with cardinals, bishops,
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and priests hearing firsthand what has been happening in that holy city. Together with
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LifeSite News' team of journalists, I've catalogued the never-ending betrayals of Christ that have
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been perpetrated since that day. Make no mistake, all roads right now are leading to Rome. Shortly
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after St. Patrick's scandal hit the news, a friend of Cecilia made a statement to the press. He cited
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Francis as justification for the sacrilegious thing that took place. He said,
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we are caught in the middle of a war between Francis and Catholics who oppose him, he said.
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And you know, he was right. Francis has declared war on faithful Catholics.
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LifeSite News was at the forefront of honest coverage of the bombshell of fiducius supplicants.
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This wicked document, penned by an archbishop, author of erotic literature,
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paved the way for the desecration at St. Patrick's Cathedral when it permitted
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sacrilegious same-sex couple blessings. This document betrayed everyone who has fought so hard
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for Catholic teaching on marriage and the family. It was betrayal of parents trying to teach the truth
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to their children. It was betrayal of priests who have always preached true doctrine despite tremendous
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pressure. But most of all, it was a betrayal of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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The world following fiducius supplicants is a much more dangerous place for all of us.
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More dangerous for parents trying to protect their children from scandal at school or in society.
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More dangerous for priests who will soon have same-sex couples turning up on their doorsteps
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demanding to be blessed. More dangerous for all who would hold the truth about marriage and the
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family who have been betrayed into the hands of a liberal totalitarian state, which soon will not
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recognize the right of Catholics to hold the truth. After all, they will say, the Pope has spoken.
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What happens in Rome affects us all. No one can escape the consequences of Francis' actions.
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They reach us in America, in Canada, in Britain, in Europe, and in every place where men and women
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of goodwill seek to remain faithful to Almighty God. LifeSite News has recognized facts as facts
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since the beginning. When others closed their eyes, we kept ours open. When others deceived themselves,
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we prayerfully sought out the truth. When others were intimidated into silence, we spoke out boldly.
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But you never get used to seeing Christ betrayed by those who appear to be His followers. I have seen
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so many horrors that it breaks my heart to recall them, and sometimes I hesitate to share them.
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But I don't know any other way of serving God and His Church than by telling the truth.
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And now, it's more crucial than ever before. Our lives, our souls, depend on it. Last week, I warned you
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that globalist elites want to eliminate 7 billion people, or as many more as it takes to reduce and keep
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the world population below 1 billion. They can't reach that goal unless they occupy positions of
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power and influence throughout the world. And in Francis, they appear to have a committed ally.
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He seems to be willing to do whatever it takes to make their globalist dream a reality. Sometimes when
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I say these things, people don't believe me. But Francis has made his adherence to the global death cult
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quite plain. As soon as the enemies of the Church had succeeded in putting him in place,
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he lost no time in showing where his true loyalties lay. In order to depopulate the world,
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they need abortion, contraception, and sterile LGBT sex promoted and accepted everywhere. And so,
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the United Nations has committed to achieving universal access to contraception and abortion by 2030,
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and has enshrined this in their sustainable development goals. And that is, they want to
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make sure that every single baby that is ever conceived can be lawfully killed. And as soon as
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he got into a position of power, Francis called on the whole world to implement those same sustainable
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development goals. The plan to make sure abortion is everywhere sure seems to have his support,
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but still there are people who will say, surely Francis didn't know. But this kind of denial
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becomes more and more impossible to believe every single day. Francis keeps making his views plain.
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Twice now, in his pontificate, he has publicly singled out Emma Bonino for praise. This prominent
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Italian abortionist, he says, is one of the country's forgotten greats. Bonino was a leading figure
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in legalizing abortion in Italy as a politician. But before that, she was an abortionist. Bonino has
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boasted that her center killed more than 10,000 babies. Bonino has been photographed in the act
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of murdering babies using a homemade device operated by a bicycle pump. And because she has such close
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contact with the Pope, she has spoken at several Catholic parishes. And even so, when Roe v. Weber was
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overturned. Bonino was one of the first ones out there protesting and saying how horrible this was.
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Francis has even been confronted about Bonino's opposition to Catholic teaching, but he doesn't
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seem to care. He just answered, and I quote, true, but never mind. We have to look at people at what
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they do, end quote. We know what Bonino has done. She has murdered babies and delighted in it.
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Francis knows what she does and what she stands for, and he calls her great. So let's judge Francis
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by his own standards. What has he done? Well, Francis has backed the UN Sustainable Development
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Goals, which call for implementation of universal abortion and contraception. Francis has appointed
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pro-abortion members to the Pontifical Academy for Life. Francis has appointed population controllers
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to the Pontifical Academy for Science. He has repeatedly denied dozens of Catholic doctrines,
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including on hell, capital punishment, and divine grace. He has persecuted cardinals and bishops who
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have tried to remain faithful to Christ. Francis has mocked faithful Catholics. He has protected sex
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abusers. He's welcomed and praised openly homosexual and transgender activists. There is no doubt about
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these things. They are demonstrated and proved. LifeSite News has reported on it all, and there's so much
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more. The evil is so overwhelming that it could easily leave us depressed. It could lead us to despair.
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But we have hope. We have what it matters. We have God. On October 13, 1884, Pope Leo XIII had a terrifying
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vision. He saw Satan asking God for 100 years to destroy the Church. Awakening from this vision,
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the Pope set down some extraordinary words. He said, and I quote,
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In the holy place itself, where the See of Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of
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the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with iniquitous design that when the
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pastor has been struck the sheep may be scattered. You know, when Leo wrote these words, the throne of
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the Italian monarchy had been established in Rome, where the successor of Peter had ruled. But whenever
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I read them, they send a chill down my spine. I wonder what other prophecy Leo XIII might have made,
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because for 11 years now, Francis has reigned from a throne of abominable impiety. From this abominable
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throne, he weaves his webs of malice and deceit. From this abominable throne, Francis hardens his heart
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to the cries of innocent blood shed with his connivance, or minimally, his consent. From this abominable
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throne, he casts us, the little ones of Christ, into the mouths of the ravenous wolves.
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This horror is too much for some. People are losing the faith. But we can't let this happen.
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We must keep the truth alive. And Pope Leo XIII taught that our duty as laypeople lies in, and I
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quote, professing openly and unflinchingly the Catholic doctrine, and in propagating it to the
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