Cardinal O'Brien's Resignation: What Should Faithful Catholics Make of this?

Cardinal O'Brien

I should start this post with a caveat:

I don't know whether the allegations against Cardinal O'Brien are true. He denies them. Three priests say they are true (and one ex-priest too).

I'm also typing this in a rush as it's Monday and I'm in work, so I apologise if I meander or the odd typing error creep in.

So what to make of all this?

I am convinced there is a war going on for the future direction of the Church. The resignation of the Pope, the jailing of his butler who was out to protect the Pope's life... and now the leading Catholic cleric in the UK is 'forced' to stand down just days before the conclave. This is not coincidence. There is some kind of hand behind this.

I hope the Cardinal clears his name. he has been a stout defender of Faith and morals, and we all know such people make big enemies - especially with the Freemason/(pro)homosexual lobby in the church: those who have truly covered up the terrible abuse by homosexuals who have infected the seminaries and the priesthood.

It seems ironic that the kind of Cardinals/Bishops who have protected homosexual priests and forced out those who have tried to speak out to protect the Church and protect the faithful are still in-situ; whilst the Cardinal who has spoken out and risked the hatred of the media and the enemies of the Church (and The Tablet, which falls in both camps) is now accused of the very heinous sin he has done so much to speak out against.

Time will tell... but the damage to the Church is already done and the media (which seeks to promote homosexuality and atheism at every turn) is having yet another field day.

No doubt the enemies (within and without the Church) of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Mystical Body will be rubbing their hands with glee.

Cardinal O'Brien on "Gay Marriage" - Doing What he Should!

Well done to Cardinal O'Brien, Prince of the Church. By speaking out against the very idea of "gay marriage" so forcefully, in today's Sunday Telegraph, he has raised the standards of Common Sense and the Communion of Saints. He has left no room for error, for "homophiles" to push their insidious agenda.

For so long we have been left as sheep, surrounded by wolves, who often move amidst the flock devouring wandering lambs with great ease.

Cardinal O'Brien: A Good Shepherd Simply Doing His Duty.

Those of us sick of the fudge and liberalism have just wanted the Catholic Church to be... erm... CATHOLIC! It has never seemed to much to ask. Look to Heaven. Fear the Lord. The world will never say thank you to a cowering church keen to give ground to error, it will simply ask for more, unceasingly demand more. That is precisely why we need great Catholic leaders like Cardinal O'Brien to defend us, to espouse Catholic Truth, for the Common Good, for the sake of the souls under his care, to whom he has a duty for which he will one day have to answer.

Bravo to Cardinal O'Brien. Grave times often bring forward great saints. One thinks of St Thomas More and St John Fisher and all the wonderful fighting saints of the European Counter Reformation.

We must all now as Catholics and 'men of goodwill' speak out. To our friends, workmates, neighbours and family members. In a controlled, informed and intelligent way: but there has to be a grass roots movement against uprooting thousands of years of marriage, alongside the voices of those in positions of power (the Anglican Lord Carey has also done well to speak out in a no-nonsense manner).

I hope Catholic bloggers will "do our bit" to spread the word, defend Catholic Truth and 'mobilise the troops' in this battle to stop some very silly politicians overturning in a few months what has stood for thousands of years.

It's a fight we are honour-bound to join, in the footsteps of the good Cardinal.