An Italian newspaper has called on the Catholic Church to excommunicate Matteo Salvini, alleging that he flouts Catholic teaching on social justice.
Salvini has been the target of many attacks from those in the Catholic Church who uphold the globalist open-door agenda. Church representatives have demonstrated their animosity toward him on numerous occasions, calling him “anti-Christ” and “minister of the devil,” while ostensibly preaching love and kindness (through an open-door immigration policy) at the same time.
Their venom has been ongoing. Over the summer, the Guardian reported that Italian Catholic priests were slamming Salvini over his “anti-economic migrant stance, as racist and xenophobic.” One priest, Gianfranco Formenton, even “put a sign up on the door of his church” against those opposed to mass migration, saying: “Racists are forbidden from entering. Go home!”
Salvini responded:
Perhaps the priest prefers smugglers, slaveholders and terrorists.
As expected, the globalist members of the Catholic Church cannot respond to this challenge:
In point of fact, Church doctrine does not encourage politicians to indiscriminately welcome migrants but recognizes their right and duty to regulate immigration for the benefit of the common good.
“Newspaper Calls on Catholic Church to ‘Excommunicate’ Salvini,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, December 31, 2018:
An Italian newspaper has called on the Catholic Church to excommunicate Matteo Salvini, alleging that he flouts Catholic teaching on social justice.
Il Fatto Quotidiano published an article Saturday saying that according to Canon Law Mr. Salvini should be excommunicated because of his attacks on the Church’s representatives and disregard for doctrine.
Salvini responded to the article on Twitter saying the suggestion he should be excommunicated as an unworthy Catholic had reached the point of “comedy.”
“Fewer departures, fewer landings, fewer deaths, and less business for swindlers and mafiosos. Simple no?” Salvini said. “What do you say, tomorrow I can go to Mass..??”
In point of fact, Church doctrine does not encourage politicians to indiscriminately welcome migrants but recognizes their right and duty to regulate immigration for the benefit of the common good.
The record also shows that it has been Catholic prelates, priests, and organizations that have attacked Mr. Salvini, rather than the other way around, calling him everything from Satan to the antichrist.
Last week, an Italian priest railed against supporters of Salvini and his efforts to combat illegal immigration, calling them “insignificant Christians.”
In what Italian media referred to as the “umpteenth attack against Matteo Salvini,” Father Enrico d’Ambrosio, a priest from a parish in the northern Italian town of Campagnola, used his church pulpit last week to assail Mr. Salvini, saying that “anyone who does not welcome [migrants] and votes for that party that closes ports even on Christmas Eve is an insignificant Christian.”
The priest’s words referred to the decision by Mr. Salvini to refuse to allow the Spanish NGO vessel Open Arms to disembark the 311 African migrants it had picked up near the coast of North Africa.
“My answer is clear: Italian ports are closed!” Salvini Tweeted. “For human traffickers and those who help them, the party is over.”
During a homily in Saint Peter’s Basilica last summer, one Catholic priest referred to Salvini as the “antichrist” and urged the police to practice “civil disobedience to block the deportation of persons back to countries where their lives are at risk.”….
Mac-101 says
So the Satanic Globalist Catholic Church and the Pope will excommunicate Salvini while embracing the baby murdering Piglosie with special Papal visits?
Bill says
Don’t forget serial liar and Hollywood elitist Michael Moore. He got a special audience with Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
James Pierce says
People like those incur automatic excommunications by their own actions. No formal event is necessary
Rufolino says
The Catholic Church hates and rejects everything that Salvini stands for.
To the Church, Salvini spells danger. This is the first time in generations that the Pope and the Italian government have been in opposition.
The Catholic Church isn’t interested in individuals. Very like Islam, the Church is interested in the control and the domination of human lives. The Church perceives this as its means of survival.
In practice, the values of the Catholic Church are only loosely connected to the values taught and exemplifed by Jesus.
Victoria says
I was taught that God hears all prayers. Why do I need a priest, a minister, a cleric of any church to convey my conversation with God? I raise my eyes to heaven and confess, ask for guidance and reasoning in my daily life. The Catholic church has been both saint and sinner in word affairs for hundreds of years. From the slaughter of the Incas to the perversion of priests in our time. Popes can bar the church doors against anyone but they can’t separate anyone from God by edict.
Kay says
Victoria, God hears your prayers. Please pray.
keith says
Victoria, it’s all about fear and control. (do as we say or you will burn in this place, that we created, called Hell) ! Sound familiar? The vatican is simply an extention of the old Roman empire, and is one of the most evil organisations in history.
The priesthood use the “I will talk to God and tell you what he said” as a means of controlling the population.
No body can separate a person from God, what a superstitious pile of horse s#*t.
James Pierce says
I get the impression you’ve never been to confession, and if you have, it certainly seems as though you don’t understand what you were doing there.
The priest represents Jesus during the sacrament, as he does in many of his other duties. He is not some “middle man” who purports to have some kind of magic ability to speak directly with God that you or I don’t have. No priest worth his salt would ever think of telling somebody “I will talk to God and tell you what He said”.
Further, the priest does not decide that you are separated from God. You do that yourself through your own sins.
Kay says
Thank you James, for shedding some light here.
Sadly, I think the ignorance of Christianity and of Catholicism in particular, plays into the hands of jihadis.
Too many — astoundingly– can’t see the difference between Catholicism and Islam, or their discomfort with Christianity leads them to excuse Islam’s hateful excesses.
Rufolino says
But priests do these things all the time !! What does a priest do do when he stands in the pulpit ? He tells you what you must believe ! I’ve heard it hundreds of times. The last thing the Catholic Church is about is individual liberty.
James Pierce says
Rufolino, you are absolutely correct. Catholicism is a religion. If you wish to practice this religion, yes, there are things you must believe. That’s how religion works. It’s not some kind of social club where you pick and choose the parts you like, and ignore the rest. It’s all or nothing, despite what many these days want to pretend is true.
Of course there are bad priests, the same way there are bad doctors, lawyers, teachers and police officers. One would be incredibly naïve not to see or believe that. But to judge the entire Church and its belief system by what this small percentage says or does is inaccurate, to say the least.
WPM says
The church is silent when Christians are being threated to be hung by Islamic mobs in Islamic countries because they are Christian{Asia Bibi} the Pope throws his hands up and says no commit .The imams preach hatred toward Jews and Christians openly in their sermons in Western European cities mosques, the Pope says no commit. The listen Pope wants a rightfully elected leader of Italy ex-communicated for defending Italy from the mob army of “refugees” who break the back of Italy society with welfare fraud ,crime , violence against law abiding Italian citizen the majority of those citizens are Roman Catholic at least in cultural? How many refugees has the Pope ask to live in his guarded walled Vatican ,protected by armed guards 24/7 that are payed for by donations from Catholics all over the world??The Pope is very happy to come out against world leaders that want to protect law abiding non-Moslems ,from violent supremist refugees armies that are invading by invention of progressive no nothings world leaders that live with their families in gated protect communities like the Pope.
FYI says
No.
A better idea would be to excommunicate Smiley Joe Bergolio,the pro-islam,pro-NWO globalist, Marxist,pedo-protecting, Whited Sepulchre :a promoter of Heresy and Apostasy within the RCC as many cardinals WELL know.
Fraudulent francis:the”listening pope of the listening church” who doesn’t listen.
{“Cardinal mcWho?Whaaat?haah?That’s odd:I can’t hear the protests about my PROMOTION of the disgusting mc carrick to senior office…..”}
Il fatto Quotidania is no fatto good ,va bene?
Salvini should BAN IT ..as it is insulting to Catholics.What makes me really laugh,ROFLing in fact, is that they think they are defending Catholicism whilst the man in Rome and his cronies are DEMOLISHING what remains of the Catholic faith{Which was begun at Vatican II}In fact Catholics should read-up on Catholic prophecy {Fatima 1917,la Salette,St Francis prophecy etc}and look closely at the UNHOLY fraud in the Vatican under this “pope”…many cardinals,in fatto, know FULL WELL about Smiley Joe Bergolio,the Jesuit “pope”,the heretic-in-residence.
Papa franco e carrotto ,capiche?
{papa franco:grin at the camera,thumbs up,glasses off,playful mood..how hard is it to see through the fakery of the man as he surrounds himself with a screen of well-publicized,heavily-photographed stunts while he quietly promotes his corrupt buddies ,undermines catholics,guts catholic beliefs, insults Christianity and panders to islam and the Left Totalitarians?}
Salvini needs to be given a Medal.
Winston says
This is a case of people in glass houses throwing stones. Do they forget Adolf Hitler? His bestselling book was never on their banned list and he was never excommunicated.
Ecosse1314 says
Would have been a pointless exercise as Hitler rarely if ever entered an RC church after his teenage years.
Winston says
Millions of Christians never go to church. Others only go for funerals, christening and weddings. His book was the best seller in Germany.
He had copies of it placed in churches.
Ecosse1314 says
So how would excomunication help.Would only be a pointless exercise. I have to say Hitler never saw himself as a Christian never mind a Catholic.
You are merely showboating from a very safe distance.
gravenimage says
The Roman Catholic Church–in a Fascist country, remember–was able to save moire Jews and other victims by not making big symbolic gestures.
Bill says
Since this is just a stunt from another leftist/globalist propaganda outlet, I do not think it signifies much. If a Vatican propaganda outlet had called for it, there might be some substance to it. The Vatician will ignore the piece.
Any excommunication would, of course, be a political move and inspired by Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s personal religion of Marxism. It would be a step too far and Bergoglio is more clever than that.
Such an excommunication would likely cause a schism in the Church, a controversy that would upset Bergoglio’s so far successful plan of quietly herding his sleepy and uniformed flock into the globalist/communist order of things.
mortimer says
Leftists are never shy about distorting the facts, misquoting others or blatantly lying in order to implement their Marxist agendas. It’s depressingly constant that they lie and slanderously libel others.
In fact, Christian churches would not encourage the subversion of laws, but encourage legislators to regulate society for the benefit of the nation.
Without a peaceful, stable society, no foreign aid can be provided. The stability and prosperity of one’s own country, thus, comes first, not second in promoting international welfare schemes.
WhoKnows says
A church that doesn’t recognize St. George and St. Nicholas, but does recognize Fr. Pio and some females that had “romantic relationship with Christ” (Theresa something) is not a real Christian church.
Ecosse1314 says
Thought i had logged onto RCwatch instead of Jihadwatch..the aptly named “whoknows” has set himself up as the sole arbiter of what is Christian and what is not.
James Pierce says
“Theresa something”? You’re not exactly making a very compelling case if you yourself don’t even know what or who you are talking about.
If it makes you feel any better, though, I have no idea who you’re talking about either.
Westman says
It seems that we are observing jealousy of the media and the Catholic Church at losing the ability to influence government. No one can read the top newspapers in any nation without realizing their intent in the selection of available news, op-eds, and editorials is to be an unwanted partner in government; to influence in priority to reporting.
And anyone, looking at history can see the fall of the Catholic Church from being a European government to being ignored, particularly in the US. The media plays footsie with the Pope because he is selling the same, “let’s be communists and spread other people’s money”, philosophy.
I’ve worked at newspapers and never seen a more leftist, dystopic, “gotcha” group of “journalists” who couldn’t run a real business or keep a real job(all college graduates!). They actually thought housewives bought the paper for their news. Of course, the actual business side management let them go on with that fantasy and the low wages they would accept for the privilege of influencing society.
So, now Italy has a real leader who won’t let the media or the Pope tell him how to run “their” government. Well, now……that’s just wonderful!
Bill says
“The media plays footsie with the Pope because he is selling the same, “let’s be communists and spread other people’s money”, philosophy.”
True. And I will add that Jorge Mario Bergoglio will pander to them while destroying the Church in the process. Right now he is back at covering up the Church pedophilia scandals. He will get back to coddling the murderers of his flock in due course.
James Lincoln says
From a recovering Catholic…
Is it necessarily bad to be excommunicated from a church that supports open borders / mass Muslim migration – and has a long history of protecting pedophile priests?
Thoughts?
Mark Swan says
“An Italian newspaper has called on the Catholic Church to excommunicate Matteo Salvini,
alleging that he flouts Catholic teaching on social justice.”
No, he surely does not—He may get under the skin of the present Pope, who
serves up a lot of politically correct nonsense and expects everyone, even
National Leaders, who are responsible for National Security, to swallow it.
Calvin says
James Lincoln: Yes, it’s bad.
“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”
– Fulton J. Sheen
gravenimage says
Italy: Pro-migrant newspaper calls on Catholic Church to excommunicate Salvini
………………..
How *dare* he want to protect Italians from rape and murder? Bad dhimmi…
Peter WF says
The Vatican can lead by example – settle 10,000 and more refugees and show the way.
Else it is just do as I say not as I do. They should be ignored.
Rufolino says
Ignored. Like the Pope ignored the persecuted Christian Asia Bibi. The Church will get what is coming to it. Islam will swallow the Catholic Church whole, like a python swallowing a goat.
Bill says
In a sick sort of way, he is. Just not at the Vatican. Here in the USA, he worked with Obama to have Catholic Charities and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops earn multi millions of dollars settling muslim refugees in communities large and small.
patriotliz says
Didn’t know there was any “Catholic teaching on Social Justice”…at least not when I went to Catholic school. I do remember explicit anti-Communist “propaganda” in Catholic grade school back in the 1950s…a picture of a stern faced woman teacher (representing a communist) grabbing a bible away from a student.
….I guess America lost the Cold War against communism and its obvious the communists have taken over the Catholic Church.
Jewish Crusader (@italy6983) says
The leader of the Catholic Church including the Pope have lost there Faith,they don;t believe any more,they are in the position to take money from the sheep an do anything they want to do,most are Homosexuals an cover for other Homosexuals,there are pedaphiles but most are Homosexual on Homosexual an that is sick,Satan has gone wild on Catholic Priests