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Caritas - Papal Office
by His Holiness Pope Pius XIII
January 16, 2003
Issue 031


501 (C) 3 - Tax Status to be Avoided

The Federal Government in the USA gives the above tax-exemption number to non-profit organizations. It is not given automatically, but it is given to those who qualify and apply for it. We do not feel that a historical study of this law is necessary in order to understand its effect on those who seek it and accept it. We do not write on this topic just in order to deal with a civic problem, but We write about it in order to explain the hidden slavery that it entails. Anyone acquainted with the practice of the Church and the Bulla, “Unam Sanctam,” by Pope Boniface VIII, knows that there are two orders, the spiritual order and the civil order: the first is God’s one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, and the second is the various civil states all over the world. It should be known that since the spiritual order is superior to the civil or material order, the spiritual order is over the civil or material order, giving the Church the final judgment if things done by the civil order are good or bad. Strange as it may sound, all those who use the 501 (C) 3 privilege place themselves in subjection to the civil government. The reason for this is simple. If the tax-exempted body or person does something that the government does not approve, the tax exemption can be removed. After that the taxes will be levied again as on all non-tax-exempt persons and institutions. The effect can be so great that the tax-exempt organization must fold up or comply with the government’s demands. We will give you an example of that. When the Supreme Court of the USA passed the decision that no state can make laws forbidding abortions, there were people who wanted to stop the implementation of that decision in some way. They wanted some Federal Law or some referendum that would make the decision of the Supreme Court non-applicable in the individual states. We remember when the Catholics in a parish banded together, as a Church group, to stop abortions. When the parish priest, the pastor, learned of the plan of his Catholics to fight abortions he forbade them from doing so. Why would a Catholic priest oppose those who organize to save lives? It was simple. If the parishioners executed what they had planned, the Federal Government could remove the tax emption of the parish and even the whole diocese. The ordinary taxes would be so high that the Church would lose all or nearly all of its properties. That shows that the state would be superior over the spiritual power, and the state could dictate to the Church what is right and what is wrong.

As far as We know all the Novus Ordo property in the USA is under the exemption of 501 (C) 3. The same is true of all the other religious units including the Society of St. Pius X, the Society of St. Pius V, the Archbishop Thuc units, including their unit in Mt. St. Michael’s in Spokane, Washington.

All of you who have contributed to the support of the tCC, Our Church unit, know that We do not live with the tax shelter of 501 (C) 3, and We live this way in order to be able to act freely in praising the good and condemning the evil where-ever it may appear. Once again, this freedom to be over both the ecclesiastical and civil orders is proclaimed by Pope Boniface VIII in his Bull, Unam Sanctam.

We quote from Unam Sanctam Denzinger #469 as follows: “And we are taught by evangelical words that in this power of his are two swords, namely, spiritual and temporal… Therefore, each is in the power of the Church, that is a spiritual and a material sword. But the latter, indeed, must be exercised for the Church, the former by the Church. The former (by the hand) of the priest, the latter by the hand of kings and soldiers, but at the will and sufferance of the priest. For it is necessary that a sword be under a sword and that temporal authority be subject to spiritual power…. It is necessary that we confess the more clearly that spiritual power precedes any earthly power both in dignity and nobility, as spiritual matters them-selves excel the temporal….”

It was either through ignorance or malice on the part of Paul VI that he delivered the Novus Ordo Church, that he headed, to the control of the United Nations. Reports have it right now that the United Nations owns the entire Vatican property. Hence, the bougs Catholic Church under John Paul II is under the United Nations, which is of itself, an entity that has no right before God to exist.

It is a sad saga of history that civil rulers, and even sometimes Catholic rulers, refused to recognize their subjection, by reason of God’s ordinances, to the Roman Pontiff, and they made themselves the rulers of the Popes against the consent of the Popes. Hence, many Popes suffered in prisons while they protested that they had the right from God to be over the state. The rulers of states should know that God demands that they be under the veto power of the Church. Common sense demands that the blind be lead by those who can see. God gives infallibility to the Pope, and not to the state.

It should be of great joy for Our Catholics to know that We are not under the United Nations, as is the case with the Novus Ordo Church. In the USA, We have not signed Our freedom away in order have the tax exemption that is given by the United States government with the 501 (C) 3 law, as defined above.

By God’s ordinances every human being, and every civil government on earth is obliged to be subject to the Roman Pontiff. Here is how Pope Boniface VIII in Unam Sanctam states it in Denzinger #469:

“Furthermore, we declare, say, define, and proclaim to every human creature that they by necessity for salvation are entirely subject to the Roman Pontiff.”

All those in the whole world not subject to the Roman Pontiff are in violation of the divine law. It is the duty of the state to support the Church, not hamper it. In the above quotation from Unam Sanctam, Boniface VIII clearly declares that the state exists for the Church, and not to tax it out of existence. He says that authority in the state is to be “exercised for the Church.”

Once again We place before the world Our claim to be the Vicar of Christ. Our claim is laid out in the website: http://www.truecatholic.us/. We also know that the world population is made up of the children of Adam. When Our Lord Jesus Christ came to earth to redeem us He made His claim to be the Redeemer. He lived in all holiness, and he worked numerous miracles to prove His claim, and still the general populace rejected Him, and they put Him to death. Any reader of history knows that over and over, in every generation, the people of this world re-enact on the Church the rejection and cruelty that the people at the time of Christ enacted upon Him.

In all this universal misery there is a rainbow of peace and joy. In the last Gospel of the Mass, we read the words of St. John the Apostle (John 1, 10 to 12) as follows:

“He (Christ) was in the world: and the world was made by him: and the world knew him not. He came unto his own (the Jews): and his own (the Jews) received him not. But as many as received him, to them he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.”

The words “believe in his name” encompass not only faith but also the entire economy of salvation as given by God to the world through His one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

Once again, We in the tCC, the Catholic Church, have not given Our God-given freedom of action away. Whether the civil rulers will leave Us, and Our successors, Our rights remains to be seen during the course of the years to come. Once again, observe that the Novus Ordo Church (ruled by John Paul II) has given away its liberty of action to the United Nations. In the USA as We see them, all: the Latin Mass units (Society of St. Pius X, Society of St. Pius V, the various Thuc groups). All have given away their God-given freedom of action by reason of using the tax exemption law called 501 (C) 3.

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Counterproductive War

If you kill a mosquito with a sledgehammer you do more damage than good. If you wash your house floor with a fire hose you do more damage than good. If you fight an enemy the wrong way you do more harm than good. We live in a world where all people are children of Adam and Eve. Any student of history can read that unassisted human beings are evil. We take a panoramic view of creation from the time of Adam until today. Men are good only when they cooperate with God in His holy religion. Since the time of Christ, God’s Church, which is the sole source of supernatural goodness, is the Catholic Church, the tCC, following in the footsteps and office of St. Peter.

At the time of Noe the world became so bad that God reduced it by means of a general flood to just one family of eight persons. Wherever there are savages in the world, the Church sends in missionaries to convert them. Those that are converted become as Saint Paul says in (II Corinthians 5, 17) a new creature; “If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away.” Yes, savagery passes away, and a new creature appears. This changing of persons from god-less savagery to sainthood is not accomplished by wars alone. The only reason for a war is to create a climate where conqueror and conquered can work out a condition where justice and charity can reign. Any conqueror that is himself a savage merely spreads trouble. Caesar conquered the world, and stopped fighting. However, there still was little justice and peace. In the conquered state of Israel, the Prince of Peace, Our Lord Jesus Christ, came with His divine formula and divine powers to make peace. It is a sad saga that history proves that only a small portion of the human race puts Christ’s formula into practice.

To those who do not know Us, We will inform you that We served as a missionary in Japan (the Ryukyu Islands) for twenty one years and three months. We went to areas where the natives never saw or even heard of missionaries. We shall give you a concrete example how the Catholic Church makes bad people, good.

In a small village on the small Island of Amami Oshima there was a small town where no influence of the Church ever existed. We remember Our first visit to a private home there. It is the custom to leave one’s footwear in the entrance of the house. Ordinary geta (clogs) are quite safe from thieves. However, a pair of shoes is an invitation to trouble, that is, being stolen. We were told to bring Our shoes into the house to hide them from sight from the doorway. They told Us that in that village nothing is safe from thieves. The people were just exasperated at the sad condition in which they had to live, and there was nothing that they could do about it.

The Catholic missionary from the neighboring village sent a Japanese catechist into that village, and he began catechetical instructions. Possibly the ones who listened to the catechist thought it was more amusing than practical. Suddenly, an incident of great interest took place. Two of the children, who were in the instruction class, found a rather large sum of money on the road. They remembered the instruction on justice, and they went looking for the owner who had lost the money. After a search they found the owner, and they give him all the money.

What the villagers saw, to their amazement, was that some children in their village were changed into “new creatures.” If those children had found that money before the instruction, in all likelihood they would have kept the money, not saying a word. The villagers heard of the incident from the man who recovered his money from the children, and this incident became the talk of the town. They were so happy, so overflowing with joy over the change in those children that they threw a village party for those partially converted children. That is how the Church got its start on this island. We witnessed that during Our missionary life there.

Today the haters of God and His Church think that they can bring justice and peace not by the Church, not by the simple Catholic missionary, but by killing the terrorists that are notorious. Here We explain the title of this tract, counterproductive war. Killing and eliminating the notorious terrorists merely brings others that are fiercer in their place. It is like poking a stick into a hornets' nest. You will not get less bites but more bites than if you had left the nest unmolested.

What all men on earth have to learn is what the villagers on the island of Amami Oshima learned when the Church started its influence in their village. The one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church not only teaches justice, but it communicates actual grace to the recipients whereby evil is avoided and good is done.

It is well to read the early history of the Church in the Acts of the Apostles. In chapter four verses 8 and following, the heated dispute about a cure is recorded. We quote St. Peter: (Acts 4, 8 & ff):

“Then Peter filled with the Holy Ghost said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients hear. If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole? Be it known to you all and to all people of Israel, that by the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God had raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you whole. This is the stone (Christ) which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.”

It follows that those who do not follow this way, follow the way of Satan. That is exemplified by the Illuminati/ Masonic brotherhood and associates. Christ said that those who are not with Him are against Him.

The solution to today’s problems is found only in the Catholic Church where alone the doctrine of righteousness and the power to become holy is found. Once more hear the words of Pope Boniface VIII in Unam Sanctam, dated November 18, 1302. It is: “Furthermore, we declare, say, define, and proclaim to every human creature that they by necessity for salvation are entirely subject to the Roman Pontiff.”

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When Sunday Comes Around!

Those who still do not have first class literature and prayers for their Sunday devotions can find much help in the books We suggest here. They are The Church's Year by Fr. Leonard Goffine and Divine Office, by the Catholic Church. We give the source of these books.
The Church's Year, by Father Leonard Goffine was written in 1880 (translation from the German). The Angelus Press removed the pictures and made a volume with the printed words only. This volume of 814 pages can be purchased from Angelus Press, 2915 Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64109, LocalFax (816) 753-3557 Local Call (816) 753-3150 or (800) 966-7337. The number is STK# 6720, and the price is $27.85 US. This book has the Epistle and Gospel for every Sunday in the year, and they are explained in a most devotional way. Besides the Sundays and Holy days nearly half of the book deals with weekday feasts. For years We copied this book for the brethren, and now (thanks be to God) you can purchase it in a well-bound book. On judgment day you will find that it was largely through Our efforts that this book is available to one and all in the English-speaking world.

This book is written in a Question and Answers format. Just to mention a few topics, We enumerate the following: Bible and Tradition, Blessings, Education of Children, Love of Enemies, Why Christ spoke in Parables, The Rosary, Miracles, Good Intention, more Hows? Whys? and Wherefores?

Divine Office (a short Breviary). The Angelus Press newly produces this first class book of devotion. We have the book before Us, and here are some comments. There are 221 pages. The number is: STK# 6587 and the price is $29.95 US. If you buy this book with the Goffine above, the united postage (US. & Canada - $8.95) & (Foreign $14.95) is always in US money. With the Breviary you also receive a Latin Pronunciation Guide. We shall copy the catalog ad.

“Contains the official prayer of the Church – the prayers which the Church puts into the mouths of her priests and religious – the prayer of the entire Mystical Body. All of us should be familiar with the collection of psalms and hymns. Our Lord, Our Lady and the Saints prayed these psalms. In timeless Latin (used continually from about 300 AD, until before the Latin translation of 1952) with parallel English translation. Beautiful edition with leatherette (with heavy cardboard cover) sewn cover, rounded edges, black text with red high lights, two ribbons, includes everything for the Hours of Sunday Lauds, Prime, Sext, Vespers, and Compline: Prime, Sext, and Compline for all other days. Individually shrink-wrapped.

Since We may be classed (being 84 years old) as a dinosaur We can tell you that Our mother who recently died at the age of 104 used to tell Us that as a child she and her family regularly went to Church twice on Sundays. They went to Mass in the morning, and they went to Vespers in the afternoon. Please learn from your Catholic elders how to live Sundays in a more perfect manner. While in the major seminary, We likewise made part of Sunday afternoons holy by the saying or singing the time-old Vespers.

If and when you get this Breviary you will find an excellent treatment of the psalms. Frequently they open in a sort of despair, and they end proclaiming total trust in God’s holy providence. Consider this. God gave us the psalms to teach all mankind in both the Old Testament and in the New Testament how to approach God in prayer. The Lord’s Prayer (Our Father) was given to us by Christ Himself.

A point of interest would be that there are 150 psalms, and there are 150 Hail Marys in the traditional Rosary. Now, the world chokes on the ugly obfuscation of the up-dated rosary of bogus John Paul II. We merely say, begone Satan. Get behind Us, that is, learn from Us the way, the truth and the life.

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Ethics in Theory and Practice

Right and Reason by Fr. Austin Fagothey, S.J. Buy from TAN Books and Publisher, Inc., P.O. Box 4243, Rockford, IL 61105. No.#1746 @ $25.00 plus $5.00 p/h. Imprimatur May 8, 1958. Also call (800) 437-5876. Here is what the TAN Books ad has to say about this book:

“Undoubtedly the greatest, most successful, clearest, easiest-to-read Ethics book written! Virtually an entire do-it-yourself course in common-sense Thomistic-Aristotelian Ethics, without a professor. Remarkably contemporary. Can be read by basically any adult – in toto or as a handy reference. Phrased in non-technical language…and so forth.”

Let Us suggest some readings that you may find most helpful in judging good or bad, right or wrong. What is required to have a just war? What is right and wrong in accepting interest from a loan? Do you understand the principle of “double effect?” It comes into play very often, so here you find a long explanation of it. Do you understand the difference between natural law and positive law? What about contracts? We could go on and on with suggested studies from Right & Reason. If society is not guided by right ethics it will be ruled by ruthless tyrants.

  
   Pius, pp. XIII 
   January 16, 2003 
 

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