Dear Friend,

I’m sure you’ll understand my reason for writing this email to you with such urgency. Briefly, it’s hard to describe the horror that I felt when I read a letter of the Archbishop of Berlin, Germany, that openly insults the Bride of Christ and rejects long-standing Church teaching. 

I am referring to Abp. Heiner Koch’s letter to his priests granting them authorization to bless “same-sex couples” with no fear of retribution from Church authorities. 

You read that correctly. 

This move comes after the fully scandalous synod process in Germany that has undermined core Church teachings on human sexuality as easily as Martin Luther tore out seven books of the Old Testament when they did not fit his agenda of radical disruption.

In his letter, Archbishop Koch used all the strategic ambiguity that radicals are known for employing to break down structures and force us to operate in increasingly turbulent and complex environments. In other words, to sow disorder where there is order and to make every straight road crooked. As an example, Archbishop Koch peppered his letter with phrases such as

• ” “it is no longer possible to say that all who are in any so-called irregular situation are in a state of mortal sin and have lost sanctifying grace”. (No, your Excellency, they are objectively sinful acts);
• “pastoral discernment” (No, your Excellency, this policy is undermining and attacking core teachings);
• “,” He urged priests to use their judgement in deciding who was eligible for such blessings and said he hoped the archdiocese would succeed in “preserving unity in diversity”. (No, your Excellency, unity is preserved by upholding the truth of Christ);
• and many other such platitudes. 

He went on to justify sinful same-sex couplings in the most disingenuous and even deceitful terms:

•  “Acknowledging the goodness of a relationship is a way of speaking well of God to those people” (false evangelization).
• Such blessings, he added, are not a “prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine…for the weak” (false compassion), etc.

This kind of abuse of language and twisting of Church teaching is simply intolerable!

In the past, the forces of lawlessness attacked the Church from the outside. Today, they are on the inside and doing exponentially more damage because they are trying to uproot doctrine. 

Of course, we know that “the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church” (Matthew 16:18-20), but that is a statement about ultimate things and does not mean the servants of darkness cannot do immense damage to souls in the here and now. 

I can only speculate about this, but I am guessing that Abp. Koch is sending out this same-sex recommendation in preparation for an upcoming attempt to change infallible Church teaching on marriage and human sexuality at the universal level. 

Mark my words, just as the so-called Reformation started with one wayward German monk, the initiative of this German archbishop could very possibly follow the same dynamic of destruction. If this same-sex blessing charade is allowed to proceed unchecked, it will unleash a tsunami of dissent and heresy within the Body of Christ that will take generations to repair. 

That is why we at Catholic Action for Faith and Family will NOT simply sit back and be silent about this. This is an egregious abuse of religious authority, and we intend to make our voices heard by mounting and leading a coordinated response of other organizations, individuals, and apostolates to stand against this. Please consider making a donation to help us to shine the light of truth and evangelize.

We may not be able to stop high-level prelates from ravaging our beloved Church and her teaching on a wider scale, but we will counter their “strategic ambiguity” at every move with “strategic clarity” making it clear that no one abuses the Bride of Christ like this on our watch.

I cannot help but think that this First Friday honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Catholics around the world also pray in reparation for the offenses committed against His Most Sacred Heart. There is no better time than now to close the gap on this madness before it spreads.

Won’t you help us with a donation toward our Faithful Echo initiatives which Cardinal Burke described as a Movement dedicated to drawing the clergy and the lay faithful in ever closer unity to combat the darkness of the present confusion, error and division in the Church.

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
https://www.catholicaction.org/

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