The Truth about What Really Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II

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The Truth about What Really Happened to
the Catholic Church after Vatican II
John Paul II during a syncretist prayer gathering with various false religious leaders
at Assisi in 1986 - This “ecumenical” activity was always condemned by the Catholic
Church, and specifically labeled as a complete rejection of the Catholic Faith by Pope
Pius XI in 1928. This is a revolution against the Faith – a new Gospel. What’s going
on here? Read this book to find out.
1. The Great Apostasy and a counterfeit Church
predicted in the New Testament and in Catholic
Prophecy
Luke 18:8- “But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you,
faith on earth?”
In the Gospel, Our Lord Jesus Christ informs us that in the last days the true Faith
would hardly be found on the earth. He tells us that “in the holy place” itself there will
be “the abomination of desolation” (Mt. 24:15), and a deception so profound that, if it
were possible, even the elect would be deceived (Mt. 24:24).
Matthew 24:15- “When therefore you shall see the abomination of
desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the
holy place: he that readeth let him understand.”
Matthew 24:24-25- “For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and
shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible)
even the elect. Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.”
2 Thess. 2:3-5- “Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come
a revolt [apostasy] first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he
were God. Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these
things?”
In 1903, Pope St. Pius X thought that he might be seeing the beginning of the evils
which will fully come to pass in the last days.
Pope St. Pius X, E Supremi (# 5), Oct. 4, 1903: “… there is good reason to
fear lest this great perversity may be as it were a foretaste, and perhaps
the beginning of those evils which are reserved for the last days; and
that there may already be in the world the ‘ Son of Perdition’ of whom the
Apostle speaks (2 Thess. 2:3).”1
The New Testament tells us that this deception will happen in the very heart of
the Church’s physical structures, in “the Temple of God” (2 Thess. 2:4) and “in
the holy place” (Mt. 24:15). It will arise because people receive not the love of the
truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10).
In 2 Thessalonians 2, St. Paul speaks of the last days being characterized by a great
apostasy that will be the worst ever – even worse than was experienced in the Arian
crisis in the 4th century, in which an authentically Catholic priest was hardly to be
found.
Fr. William Jurgens: “At one point in the Church’s history, only a few years
before Gregory’s [Nazianz] present preaching (A.D. 380), perhaps the
number of Catholic bishops in possession of sees, as opposed to Arian
bishops in possession of sees, was no greater than something between
1% and 3% of the total. Had doctrine been determined by popularity, today
we should all be deniers of Christ and opponents of the Spirit.”2
Fr. William Jurgens: “In the time of the Emperor Valens (4th century), Basil
was virtually the only orthodox Bishop in all the East who succeeded in
retaining charge of his see… If it has no other importance for modern man, a
knowledge of the history of Arianism should demonstrate at least that the
Catholic Church takes no account of popularity and numbers in shaping and
maintaining doctrine: else, we should long since have had to abandon Basil
and Hilary and Athanasius and Liberius and Ossius and call ourselves after
Arius.”3
St. Gregory Nazianz (+380), Against the Arians: “Where are they who revile us
for our poverty and pride themselves in their riches? They who define the
Church by numbers and scorn the little flock?”4
If the Arian crisis – just a prelude to the Great Apostasy – was this extensive, how
extensive will the Great Apostasy foretold by Our Lord and Saint Paul be?
Prophecy of St. Nicholas of Fluh (1417-1487): “The Church will be punished
because the majority of her members, high and low, will become so perverted.
The Church will sink deeper and deeper until she will at last seem to be
extinguished, and the succession of Peter and the other Apostles to
have expired. But, after this, she will be victoriously exalted in the sight of all
doubters.”5
St. Paul further says that this apostasy will result in a man sitting in the temple of God
and “shewing himself as if he were God.” Later in this book, we prove that this is
exactly what has happened by a man sitting in St. Peter’s Basilica declaring that he
and everyone else is God.
Fr. Herman Kramer was a Catholic priest who spent 30 years studying and writing a
book on the Apocalypse. In his book, he wrote the following about St. Paul’s
prophecy concerning the Antichrist sitting in the Temple of God.
“St. Paul says that Antichrist ‘sitteth in the temple of God’… This is not the
ancient Temple of Jerusalem, nor a temple like it built by Antichrist, as some
have thought, for then it would be his own temple… this temple is shown to be
a Catholic Church, possibly one of the churches in Jerusalem or St. Peter’s in
Rome, which is the largest church in the world and is in the full sense
‘The Temple of God.’”6
Notice that Kramer says that “the Temple of God” probably refers to St. Peter’s
Basilica in Rome.
Pope Pius XI, Quinguagesimo ante (#30), Dec. 23, 1929: “… such a great
number of them came to the Basilica of St. Peter’s for the jubilee of indulgence
that We have probably never seen that great temple so crowded.”7
The Catholic Encyclopedia article on “Antichrist” indicates that St. Bernard believed
that the Antichrist would be an antipope:
“ ...St. Bernard speaks in the passage of the Antipope [as the Beast of the
Apocalypse].”8
Bl. Joachim (d. 1202): “Towards the end of the world, Antichrist will overthrow
the pope and usurp his see.”9
But whether or not one believes that the Antichrist will be an antipope, it has definitely
been prophesied that the forces of Antichrist will overtake Rome in the final days. On
Sept. 19, 1846, Our Lady of La Salette prophesied that Rome would lose the Faith
and become the Seat of the Antichrist in a final days apostasy from the one true
Catholic Faith.
Our Lady of La Salette, Sept. 19, 1846: “Rome will lose the Faith and
become the seat of the Anti-Christ… the Church will be in eclipse.”
This startling prophecy coincides with the prophecies in Sacred Scripture
(Apocalypse 17 and 18), which inform us that the city of seven hills (Rome) will
become a harlot (a counterfeit Bride of Christ), which will commit spiritual fornication
(idolatry) and tread upon the blood of the saints (false ecumenism). The great harlot
prophesied in the Bible is not the Catholic Church; it is a counterfeit Catholic Church,
an apostate, phony Bride which arises in the last days to deceive Catholics and
eclipse the true Church which has been reduced to a remnant. In this book we will
bring forward the overwhelming, undeniable, irrefutable evidence from doctrinal
grounds and unassailable facts that the “Church” which has arisen with the Second
Vatican Council (1962-) is not the Catholic Church all, but rather massively fraudulent
Counter-Church which denies fundamental teachings the Catholic Church.
We will show that the men who imposed this new Vatican II religion and the New
Mass were not Catholics at all, but manifest heretics preaching a new religion.
In fact, any doubts about the authenticity of Our Lady’s message at La Salette
will be obliterated by a careful examination of the evidence in this book. Among
other things, this book will document that the Vatican now teaches that Jews are
perfectly free not to believe in Jesus Christ.
This may startle some, but this is a fact. Without even considering all of the other
apostasy which we will cover in this book, this fact proves that Our Lady’s words
have come true: Rome (not the Catholic Church) has lost the Faith (given way to a
non-Catholic, counterfeit sect) and become the seat of the Antichrist.
But how did this come about, and what are Catholics to do about it? This book will
endeavor to answer both of those questions in detail.
Endnotes for Section 1 :
1 The Papal Encyclicals, by Claudia Carlen, Raleigh: The Pierian Press, 1990, Vol. 3
(1903-1939), p. 6.
2 William Jurgens, The Faith of the Early Fathers, Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical
Press, Vol. 2, p. 39.
3 William Jurgens, The Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 2, p. 3.
4 William Jurgens, The Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 2, p. 33.
5 Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy by Yves Dupont, Rockford, IL: Tan Books, 1973, p.
30.
6 Fr. Herman Kramer, The Book of Destiny, Tan Books, 1975, p. 321.
7 The Papal Encyclicals, Vol. 3 (1903-1939), p. 351.
8 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1, “Antichrist,” Robert Appleton Co. 1907, p.
561.
9 Rev. Culleton, The Reign of Antichrist, Tan Books, 1974, p. 130.
2. Pope Leo XIII’s Prayer to St. Michael – a
Prophecy about the Future Apostasy in Rome
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII’s Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel is prophetic. Composed over 100
years ago, and then suppressed, Pope Leo XIII’s original Prayer to St. Michael is a
very interesting and controversial prayer relating to the present situation in which the
true Catholic Church finds itself. On September 25, 1888, following his morning
Mass, Pope Leo XIII became traumatized to the point that he collapsed. Those in
attendance thought that he was dead. After coming to consciousness, the pope
described a frightful conversation that he had heard coming from near the tabernacle.
The conversation consisted of two voices – voices which Pope Leo XIII clearly
understood to be the voices of Jesus Christ and the Devil. The Devil boasted that he
could destroy the Church, if he were granted 75 years to carry out his plan (or 100
years, according to some accounts). The Devil also asked permission for “a greater
influence over those who will give themselves to my service.” To the Devil’s requests,
Our Lord reportedly replied: “you will be given the time and the power.”
Shaken deeply by what he had heard, Pope Leo XIII composed the following Prayer
to St. Michael (which is also a prophecy) and ordered it to be recited after all Low
Masses as a protection for the Church against the attacks from Hell. What follows is
the prayer (note especially the bolded portions), followed by some of our comments.
The prayer was taken from The Raccolta, 1930, Benziger Bros., pp. 314-315.
The Raccolta is an imprimatured collection of the official and indulgenced prayers of
the Catholic Church.
The Prayer:
"O Glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our
defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and
Powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to
the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in his own image and
likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil.
"Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as
already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his
apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for
them any longer in Heaven.
"That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan, who
seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this
primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an
angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits,
invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of his Christ, to
seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of
eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the
venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of
lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of
every vice and iniquity.
"These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and
bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have
laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place
itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the
Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of
their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the
Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered.
"Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost
spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as
their protector and Patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against
the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be
established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may
put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to
hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of
the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord;
and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and
Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer
seduce the nations. Amen.
"Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye
hostile powers. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has
conquered, the root of David. Let thy mercies be upon
us, O Lord.
"As we have hoped in thee.
O Lord, hear my prayer. And
let my cry come unto thee.
"Let us pray.
"O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon thy holy name,
and as suppliants we implore thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary,
ever Virgin immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel St.
Michael, thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean
spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the
ruin of souls. Amen."
As one who reads the prayer (especially the bolded portion) can see, Pope Leo XIII
seemed to foresee and predict the great apostasy; and he seemed to pinpoint that
this apostasy would be led from Rome – Rome which alone is “the Holy Place itself,
where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the
light of the world.” Pope Leo foresaw that this place (Vatican City in Rome),
where had been set up the Chair of Peter by the first Pope, St. Peter himself,
would become the throne of Satan’s abominable impiety, with the “iniquitous
design that when the Pastor (the true Pope) has been struck, the sheep (the Catholic
faithful) may be scattered.” These are Pope Leo XIII’s words.
Pope Leo XIII was not predicting the defection of the Catholic Church (which is
impossible, as the gates of Hell can never prevail against the Church [Mt. 16]), nor
the defection of the Chair of Peter (which is also impossible), but rather he was
predicting the implementation of an apostate, counterfeit Catholic religion from
Rome, in which “the pastor” (the true pope) is replaced by a usurping antipope (as
has occurred at times in Church history), with the iniquitous design that “the sheep
may be scattered.”
Pope Leo’s prayer also foresaw that Satan’s impure apostates would lay impious
hands “on the Church’s most sacred possessions.” What are the Church’s most
sacred possessions? The most sacred possessions of the Church are those things
which Christ entrusted to Her: namely, the deposit of faith (with all of its dogmas) and
the seven sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Therefore, Pope
Leo’s prayer foretold the attempted destruction of the deposit of faith with Vatican II
and the new sacramental rites of the Vatican II Church. Both of these will be covered
in detail in this book. We will see that Paul VI’s laying of impious hands on the
Church’s seven sacramental rites beginning in April of 1969, which produced an
invalid New Mass, an invalid New Rite of Ordination, and gravely doubtful rites of
Confirmation and Extreme Unction, fulfilled Pope Leo’s prediction to the letter.
In 1934, Pope Leo’s striking prayer (given above) was changed without explanation.
The key phrase referring to the apostasy in Rome (the Holy Place, where the
See of Peter has been set up for the light of the world) was removed. Around the
same time, the use of Pope Leo XIII’s longer Prayer to St. Michael after each Low
Mass was replaced by a shorter prayer, the now famous abbreviated Prayer to St.
Michael. This prayer goes as follows:
“ St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the
wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into
hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of
souls. Amen.”
There is nothing wrong with this prayer to St. Michael; in fact, it is very good and
efficacious. However, the point is that it’s not the longer Prayer to St. Michael that
Pope Leo XIII composed. The shorter prayer was, in the view of many, promoted as a
substitute, so that the faithful would be unaware of the incredible content of the
longer prayer, as described above. If the longer Prayer to St. Michael had been
recited at the end of every Low Mass and not suppressed in 1934, how many millions
more would have been stirred to a resistance when they encountered the attempted
new post-Vatican II religion that we will cover in this book? How many would have
seen through the systematic dismantling of the traditional Catholic Faith after Vatican
II?
Pope Leo XIII’s longer Prayer to St. Michael also fits perfectly with Our Lady of La
Salette’s famous appearance and prediction in 1846: “Rome will lose the faith and
become the Seat of the Antichrist... the Church will be in eclipse.” Pope Leo’s words
suggest that Antichrist himself, or at least the forces of Antichrist, would set up their
seat in Rome: “In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most
holy Peter… they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety…”
Another photo of John Paul II at his 1986 interreligious prayer service in Assisi, Italy –
something totally condemned by the Catholic Church (more on this in the section on
John Paul II)