How the "Spirit of Vatican II" turned the Catholic Church into a sect which deceived Pope Benedict
Catholic sect with Papal blessing
In the wake of the Integrated Community
The Catholic Integrated Community was a reform project in
the Church. One of its most important
supporters was Joseph Ratzinger. Behind
the beautiful façade was a totalitarian system that could exist for a long time
because cardinals and bishops looked the other way.
Munich - It is an explosive church document that arrives at
Bayerischer Rundfunk in a thick brown envelope without a return address in the
early summer of this year. So explosive
that there are several references to secrecy: "For internal use only"
is written at the very front in red letters. And already on the first pages it says that it
is only intended for the management of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
and "may not be made accessible to the public in any way". No wonder,
because not only for this current leadership, but also for Cardinal Reinhard
Marx's predecessor, the former Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and later
Pope Benedict XVI, the content is extremely problematic.
"Wholehearted devotion" - everything for the Community
The 257-page analysis is about "The Catholic Integrated
Community in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising - Claim and Reality". The claim of this spiritual community was
nothing less than the reform of the Catholic Church according to the model of
the Original Christians: Founded after the Second World War, the Integrated
Community wanted to live Christianity in all areas, i.e. not only in Sunday
services, but also in work, in professional life, in private life. So far, so good: But the so-called total
commitment was demanded of the up to 1,000 members: they were to submit
completely to the will of the congregation, give everything, even financially.
Massive influence on private life
In concrete terms this meant, and the 257 pages show this on
the basis of the experiences of some former members, that the Community forced
married couples to separate, forbade them to have children or separated the
children from their biological parents. In addition, there was the influence on the
choice of profession and the place of residence. Members had to move several
times a year to the various so-called integration houses, where they lived
together as if in a tastefully furnished Community, sometimes with antiques. They worked in companies that were connected
to the Community, such as a pump factory, a bank or schools. When they joined the Community, they already had
debts, usually 100,000 DM, the so-called advance payments for what they already
had in houses, banqueting halls and antiques in their flats. In addition, the members also put further
money into the Community - with donations, for which they sometimes even took
out loans.
Cathcon: numerous new movements set up in the spirit of Vatican II have had exactly the same problems. Charismatics leaders and communities of mixed marrieds and celibates breed them! Displacement activities (half in the world and half behind closed doors) as a substitute for proper monastic life.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - a promoter of the Integrated Community
Church officials in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising realised early on that there were problematic processes in the Integrated Community. This is evidenced by documents from the early 1970s. For many years the community fought for official recognition by the Catholic Church. But the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising had considerable doubts. These suddenly disappeared when Joseph Ratzinger became Archbishop in Munich in 1977. He already had a connection to the integrated church in his function as a theology professor. One year after his inauguration in Munich, he officially recognised it - despite all the critical files in the church.
In 1982, Ratzinger rose to become the powerful prefect of
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. Even now he supported the Community. And even when he was elected Pope, the contact
remained. A specially published book
bears witness to the close relationship.
Pope Benedict XVI is considered by many to be the patron
of the Integrated Community.
The community courts the highly-placed churchman, sends him cakes for
Christmas or his name day, creates its own tea, has its own Joseph Mass
composed or hosts his 70th birthday.
Cardinal Marx orders canonical investigation
Many other bishops are being courted in a similar way. In the dioceses of Paderborn, Münster,
Rottenburg-Stuttgart or Augsburg, the Integrated Community is also officially
recognised. It is powerful, even if only
insiders know it better. All this changed only a few years ago when former
members in Munich put pressure on it and demanded a review of the congregation.
Cardinal Marx orders an investigation
under canon law. This was completed in
2020 and the congregation was dissolved. Shortly before this,
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI also speaks out in the specialist magazine
"Herder Korrespondenz" and distances himself from the Catholic
Integrated Community. He had been
deceived, his words can be summarised succinctly.
Explosive findings of the report
But exactly those 257 pages, which are not supposed to be
made public in any way, paint a different picture, as the station documentation
shows. They raise questions about the role of Cardinal Ratzinger, later Pope
Benedict XVI. And Cardinal Marx also has to put up with critical questions.
The final report of the canonical auditors is still
partially under lock and key. Its
content is also explosive, as the documentary and the podcast show.
You can hear more about the sect in the Catholic Church and
the stories of its dropouts in the podcast, Seelenfänger "in the wake of the
Integrated Community" and in STATIONEN "Betrayal in the Name of the
Lord. The Integrated Community".
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