From “Vatican II Exposed as Counterfeit Catholicism” by Frs. Francisco and Dominic Radecki, CMRI

TO DECEIVE THE ELECT

Satan has deceived many individuals throughout history as when he appeared as Mary at Lourdes to distract from Our Lady’s apparitions there in 1858. False apparitions contain many true statements, yet also include errors or lies. In like manner, John XXIII fooled many Catholics because he still uttered some traditional Catholic statements from time to time. His early encyclicals “Sacerdotal Nostril Primordia” on St. John Vianney and “Grata Recordatio” on reciting the Rosary contain inspiring chapters and quotations. In “Veterum Sapientia,” written on February 22, 1962, John XXIII described the importance of Latin to the Church.

“Furthermore, the Church’s language must not only be universal but immutable. Modern languages are liable to change.” He further stressed that Latin gives precisely the exact meaning to words because “it is set and unchanging”, therefore ideal for use by the Catholic Church. In an address to Seminary Rectors on July 29, 1961, he said “the Deposit of Faith is untouchable and indestructible.”

Such statements as these were [very] likely made to condition people to accept his later revolutionary encyclicals and liturgical “reforms.” When puzzled and disturbed by John XXIII’s radical moves, priests and laity could always refer back to his earlier orthodox statements. On one hand, John XXIII would uphold Catholic beliefs and on the other he sided with Modernists. Many devout and sincere Catholics, clergy and laity, were deceived by his split personality and cunning. No wonder so many Catholics were confused.

The sculptor Manzu, an atheist friend of John XXIII from Bergamo, was excommunicated and his sacrilegious art was condemned by the Holy Office. Author, Curtis Pepper, in his book “An Artist and the Pope,” described both Manzu’s audience with Pope Pius XII and his work for John XXIII. Pope Pius XII censured him for his crucifixion scene: a skeleton on the Cross with indecent figures around it. After John XXIII’s election, the atheist Manzu was warmly received at the Vatican and employed to make a bronze bust of John XXIII to be
completed before the opening of the Council.

In 1968 “Life” magazine carried an article describing Manzu’s recollections and sculptures. Manzu was worried when trying to find the true pope. Indeed, it was impossible for him to recognize the inner subject, “the simple priest, the pastor” that he was looking for. To his greatest surprise, Pope John’s face changed constantly, “from one moment to the next, from one thought to another,” so that Manzu began to worry how such a man was elected pope.

In spite of long hourly sessions, it was impossible for the sculptor “to catch the real Pope,” or “whatever was behind him.”