LA se yon ti jan nan yon santiman l ap desann nan zantray mwen. Mwen te trete li tout semèn anvan ekri jodi a. Aprè lekti kòmantè piblik soti nan menm byen li te ye-Katolik, nan "konsèvatif" medya layperson an mwayèn ... li klè ke poul yo te vin lakay yo nan kòk. Mank nan katekèz, fòmasyon moral, panse kritik ak bèl kalite debaz nan kilti lwès Katolik ap elve tèt disfonksyonèl li yo. Nan pawòl Achevèk Charles Chaput nan Philadelphia:
... pa gen okenn fason fasil pou di li. Legliz la nan Etazini te fè yon travay pòv nan fòme lafwa ak konsyans nan katolik pou plis pase 40 ane. Epi, koulye a nou ap rekòlte rezilta yo - nan plas piblik la, nan fanmi nou yo ak nan konfizyon nan lavi pèsonèl nou an. —Archevèk Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., Rann bay Seza: Vokasyon Politik Katolik la, 23 fevriye, 2009, Toronto, Kanada
Jodi a, anpil kretyen pa menm okouran de ansèyman debaz yo nan lafwa ... —Kadinal Gerhard Müller, 8 fevriye, 2019, Katolik Ajans Nouvèl
The “results” resemble a trainwreck—as, for example, “Catholic” politicians who frequently lead the charge to mandate abortion, assisted-suicide and gender ideology; or clergy grappling with sexual abuse coverups while remaining conspicuously silent 
on moral teaching; or the laity, nearly shepherdless for decades now, either embracing moral relativism as their informal creed, or on the other extreme, publically damning anyone who does not subscribe to their view of what spirituality, the liturgy or the pope should be like.
It’s a mess. Go onto any Catholic news website, blog, forum or Facebook page and read the comments. They are embarrassing. If I was not a Catholic, what I read on a regular basis on the internet would probably ensure that I never would be. The verbal assaults against Pope Francis are almost unprecedented (though on par with Martin Luther’s sometimes rancid remarks). The public condemning and damning of fellow Catholics who do not follow a certain liturgical style, or who embrace a certain private revelation, or who simply disagree with one another on other matters constitutes in itself a eskandal. Poukisa?
Paske the unity of the Church is her witness!
Tout moun pral konnen se disip mwen nou ye, si nou yonn renmen lòt. (Jan 13:35)
This is why my heart is sinking today. While the world closes in on the Catholic Church (in the East, literally beheading Christians and driving them underground, while in the West, legislating the Church out of existence) Catholics themselves are tearing one another apart!
Starting with the Pope…
CATHOLIC ANARCHY
I remember the very day that this pontificate began to be publicly rejected by many “conservative” Catholics for the direction he chose to take the Barque of Peter in:
Ministè pastoral Legliz la pa ka obsede avèk transmisyon yon pakèt doktrin ki pa egzije pou enpoze ensistans. Pwoklamasyon nan yon style misyonè konsantre sou esansyèl yo, sou bagay ki nesesè yo: sa a se tou sa ki fasine ak atire plis, sa ki fè kè a boule, menm jan li te fè pou disip yo nan Emmaus. Nou dwe jwenn yon nouvo balans; otreman, menm edifis moral Legliz la gen chans tonbe tankou yon kay kat, pèdi fraîcheur ak parfen Levanjil la. Pwopozisyon Levanjil la dwe pi senp, pwofon, klere. Li se soti nan pwopozisyon sa a ki konsekans yo moral Lè sa a, koule. —POP FRANCIS, 30 septanm 2013; americamagazine.org
He elaborated further in his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, that at this time in the world when mankind has become so intoxicated by sin, the Church must return to the kerygma, the “first announcement”:
On the lips of the catechist the first proclamation must ring out over and over: “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free you.” -Evangelii Gaudium, pa. 164
As someone who has evangelized in the Catholic Church for over thirty years, I totally got it, as have many others I know in ministry. The heart of our faith is not our stance against abortion, euthanasia, gender experimentation, etc.. It’s the love and mercy of Jezi Kri, His quest for the lost and brokenhearted and the salvation He offers them.
But what a firestorm the Pope’s initial statement created! And the Pope, perceiving too legalistic a mindset in the Church, has chosen not to bend, not to answer most questions asking him to clarify some of his confusing statements or actions since then. I’m not saying the Pope’s silence is necessarily right. Confirming the brethren in the faith is not only his duty, but I think would only ranfòse his evangelistic exhortation. But it’s up to him how he feels best to do that. So perhaps others Ta dwe be much more an silans, especially when publically charging the Holy Father with “heresy” while seemingly not understanding what canonically constitutes a heresy or a heretic. [1]cf. Jimmy Akins’ response Ambiguity is not the same as heresy.
Non Pap sa a se orthtodòks, se sa ki, doktrinal son nan sans Katolik la. Men, li se travay li yo pote Legliz la ansanm nan verite, epi li ta danjere si li ta sikonbe anba tantasyon an nan kan an ki gen anpil nan pwogresis li yo, kont rès la nan Legliz la ... —Kadinal Gerhard Müller, "Als hätte Gott selbst gesprochen", Der spigèl, 16 fevriye 2019, p. 50
Another area of division is over the liturgy. In a kind of blowback against modernism and Pope Francis (whom some deem its proponent), there is a growing trend of Catholics seeking out the Tridentine Liturgy, the old Latin rite. There is 
no problem with those who want to worship in that, or any of the other authorized rites. Moreover, the present Roman liturgy, the plase Missae, and the rubrics, sacred music, and reverence surrounding it, have indeed been greatly watered-down and wounded, if not omitted altogether. It’s a real tragedy, to be sure. But what is even more grievous is how some Catholics who prefer the Tridentine rite are turning against the clergy and laity, who remain in the ordinary form of the Mass, with the most rancid public comments, images, and posts. They openly mock Francis, ridicule priests and condescend others who aren’t apparently as “pious” as them (see Weaponizing the Mass). It’s an embarrassment on top of all the other embarrassments we are enduring in the Church today. I can’t be mad, tempted as I am. We have to be merciful toward one another, especially when people are obviously blinded by hubris.
Perhaps as a last example is the ugly division over the mystical aspects of Church life. Here I am speaking of “private revelation” or the charisms of the Holy Spirit. I have read recent comments, for example, calling the priests, bishops, cardinals and millions of laity who go to Medjugorje yearly as being “fanatical Mary-idolaters”, “apparition chasers” and “zealots”, even though the Vatican continues to discern the phenomenon there and even recently encouraged pilgrimages. These comments did not come from atheists or fundamentalists, but “faithful” Katolik.
ANTIDOT LA
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3, St. Paul said that a time would come when there would be a great rebelyon against Christ and the Church. This is mostly understood as a revolt against the true teachings of the Faith. However, at the beginning of the Book of Revelation, Jesus issues Senk Koreksyon of the Church toward both “conservatives” and “progressives.” Does this rebellion also involve an element of revolt against the Vicar of Christ, not only by those who reject Catholic teaching, but those who reject papal authority in the name of “orthodoxy” (ie. who enter into schism)?[2]"schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” —Katechism nan Legliz Katolik la, n. 2089
The common thread in everything I’ve outlined above is essentially a repudiation of the authority of the Vicar of Christ and the Magisterium that, in fact, is itself scandalous as it undermines a credible united Catholic witness:
Yo, Se poutèt sa, mache nan chemen an nan erè danjere ki kwè ke yo ka aksepte Kris la kòm tèt la nan Legliz la, pandan y ap pa respekte lwayalman Kire l 'sou latè. Yo wete tèt vizib la, yo kase lyen inite vizib yo epi yo kite Kò Mistik Redanmtè a tèlman fènwa e tèlman andomaje, ke moun k ap chèche refij delivrans etènèl la pa ni ka wè ni jwenn li. -PAPA PIUS XII, Mystici Corporis Christi (Sou kò mistik Kris la), 29 jen 1943; n. 41; vatikan.va
At the end of his discourse on the coming of the Antichrist or “lawless one,” St. Paul gives the antidote:
Se poutèt sa, frè m 'yo, kenbe fèm ak kenbe tradisyon yo ke yo te anseye ou, swa pa yon deklarasyon oral oswa pa yon lèt nou yo. (2 Tes 2: 13-15)
But one cannot hold fast to the traditions we have been taught without at the same time remaining in communion with the 
Pope and bishops in communion him—warts and all. Indeed, one can readily see in those who have entered into schism with Rome the deviations in their beliefs from the one true faith. Christ established His Church on one rock only, and that is Peter.
It is on [Peter] that He builds the Church, and to him that He entrusts the sheep to feed. And although he assigns power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair, thus establishing by His own authority the source and hallmark of the Churches’ oneness… a primacy is given to Peter and it is thus made clear that there is but one Church and one chair… If a man does not hold fast to this oneness of Peter, does he imagine that he still holds the faith? If he deserts the Chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, has he still confidence that he is in the Church? - St Cyprian, evèk nan Carthage, "Sou Inite Legliz Katolik la", n. 4; Lafwa Ansyen Papa yo, Vol. 1, paj 220-221
But what happens when the Pope is confusing or when he seems to teach something contrary? Oh, you mean like the premye pope did?
But when [Peter] came to Antioch I [Paul] opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned… I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel (Galatians 2:11-14)
Two things to take from this. It was a fellow evèk who issued a “filial correction” of the first pope. Second, he did it “to his face.”
Asked what he would advise Pope Francis to reply to the “Dubia” cardinals who were still waiting for an answer from him, [Cardinal] Müller said the whole affair should never have been made public but should have been settled internally. “We believe in the one Church of Christ united in faith and love,” he said. -Tablèt la, Me 17th, 2019
Jesus did not establish a willy-nilly Church on earth, but a body, organized with a hierarchy upon whom He bestowed His own authority. To honor that authority is to honor Christ. For to His disciples, He said:
Nenpòt moun ki koute ou koute mwen. Nenpòt moun ki rejte ou rejte mwen. Moun ki voye m 'jete, se li menm ki voye mwen. (Lik 10:16)
... Magisterium sa a pa siperyè Pawòl Bondye a, men li se sèvitè li. Li anseye sèlman sa ki te remèt li. Nan kòmandman diven an epi avèk èd Sentespri a, li koute sa avèk devouman, li veye avèk devouman epi li ekspoze li fidèlman. Tout sa li pwopoze pou kwayans ke yo te divin devwale yo soti nan depo sèl lafwa sa a. -Katechism nan Legliz Katolik la, 86
You can see what’s coming brothers and sisters—and why I feel a rock in my gut. We appear to be moving toward, and are already in a time when there will be those who will promote a false church, an anti-gospel. On the other hand, there are and will be those who will reject the papacy of Pope Francis, thinking they are remaining in the “true church.” Caught in the middle will be the rest who, while holding fast to the traditions of the Church, will still remain in communion with the Vicar of Christ. I believe it will constitute a great part of the “trial” coming which the Catechism says will “shake the faith of many believers.”[3]CCC, n. 675
If you do not wish to be deceived by the spirit of antichrist prevalent in society today, a spirit of rebelyon, lè sa a, “stand 
firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught.” And you were taught, brothers and sisters, by Peter and the Apostles and their siksesè throughout the centuries.
[Mwen] pa gen responsablite pou obeyi presbiter yo ki nan Legliz la - moun ki, jan mwen te montre yo, posede siksesyon apot yo; moun ki, ansanm ak siksesyon nan episkop la, te resevwa karism nan enfayib nan verite, selon bon plezi nan Papa a. —St. Irenaeus nan Lyon (189 AD), Kont erezi, 4: 33: 8
If you want to walk safely with Christ, you dwe walk with His Church, which is Li Mystical Body. There was a time when I struggled with the Church’s teaching on birth control. But rather than become a “cafeteria Catholic” who picks and chooses when he will agree with the Magisterium, my wife and I embraced the Church’s teaching (see Yon temwayaj entim). Twenty-seven years later, we have eight children and three grandkids (so far!) that we would never want to live a second without.
Lè li rive papal controversies, Nan revelasyon prive, nan Charismatic Renewal (“baptism in the Spirit”), Nan doctrinal questions, do not become your own magisterium, a little vatican, an armchair pope. Be humble. Submit to the authentic Magisterium. And recognize that the Church is at once holy but also consists of sinners, from the top down. Discern ak the Mother, taking her hand, not casting it aside because of a hangnail or callouses.
Trust Jesus, who has not built His Church on sand, but rock—that in the end, the gates of hell will never prevail, even if things do get a little hot from time to time…
This is my commandment:
love one another as I love you.
(Levanjil jodi a)
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| ↑1 | cf. Jimmy Akins’ response |
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| ↑2 | "schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” —Katechism nan Legliz Katolik la, n. 2089 |
| ↑3 | CCC, n. 675 |