Tea at Trianon: Anti-Semitism Among Catholics

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Anti-Semitism Among Catholics

Fr. Angelo and author Dawn Eden discuss a sad truth.

Rorate Caeli is engaging in one huge piece of hypocrisy with its post entitled: “Our supreme priority is love.” Dawn Eden has taken RC’s reporting to task because of its use of the opinions of an antisemitic blogger, and now RC accuses her of being an uncharitable ideologue.

RC is a clearing house for every spiteful opinion on the postconciliar Church, and no one is exempt as a target, including Pope Benedict, who now RC claims as their great ideal—the man who reached out the SSPX in charity and has been despised by the progressives for doing so. Now RC claims to share in the Pope Emeritius’ persecution because like him, RC is a the promoter of pastoral charity towards those most marginalized. Like Pope Benedict, RC wants “to educate with love.”

What?

The blogger New Catholic at RC has generally been careful in his manner of critiquing the Holy Father. However, the comment section is miserable pit disrespect for everything postconciliar. I happen to know personally that New Catholic stands at the gate of the comment section like a preconciliar Noble Guard. The comments are always moderated. Nothing gets through until it has been manually approved by the blogger. I have had a number of comments rejected that were critical of Rorate Caeli and were no more offensive than this post. However, the most vile comments against the person of the Holy Father, including Pope Benedict, have gotten through on a regular basis. The things that have been said about Pope Francis are beyond the pale. (Read entire post.)

thetimman said...: Elena, I disagree with Dawn Eden; her facts are wrong and she blames RCfor beliefs that someone else may hold. It is not fair, not just, and not charitable.

I can't speak for Father's take, but RC's report on the TLM in Buenos Aireswas factually accurate, and thesite is being ravaged by fellow Catholics for no reason.; April 10, 2013 at 12:42:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: I have seen with my own eyes what has been published there about Our Holy Father the Pope. I also know that RC is dead wrong about the Latin Mass in Buenes Aires.; April 10, 2013 at 7:27:00 AM EDT