From Barbara Kralis: Cardinal Mahony's fishy fish lure

One of the chief symbols of the early Church is the fish symbol, the Symbolum maius. The Sacred and essential characteristic of the Christian fish symbol passes throughout time unchanged and preserved in Sacred Tradition. The holy, ancient, outward symbol represents our Lord and the Eucharist, in association with the loaves of bread and the fishes. The fish symbol was derived from the Greek word for fish, Ιχθυς [or ichthus], and became a holy acrostic for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour." [1]


Contrary to Sacred Tradition, [2] Cardinal Roger Mahony's Archdiocese of Los Angeles 'Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics' [MLGC], under his Episcopal authority, has robbed this ancient symbol of its sacredness, mutating and deforming the Christian Eucharistic fish symbol into a profane external sign of the homosexual subculture.

Cardinal Mahony instructs his nearly 5 million Catholic members to "see in the [gay] fish pin a sign of recognition of our lesbian and gay sisters and brothers." Is Cardinal Mahony trying to hook his already desensitized laity with this fishy bait?

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Such news is probably not much of a shock considering from whence this comes...While it is, no doubt, praiseworthy to condemn the abuses and failed catechesis and destruction of the faith that occurs under this man's direction, especially now that others have exposed more of this trash, we who read this might do Cardinal Mahony some good if we pray diligently for his early dismissal and his conversion to the Catholic faith, if it be God's will.

Once again, Barbara exposes the underbelly of the evil serpent who has overtaken too many so-called Catholic parishes and dioceses. May her call to the good cardinal not go unanswered:

Please do not continue to cause further scandal to the Catholic faithful by persisting in these abuses. Start the New Year 2007 A.D. by turning from error and instead faithfully and obediently follow all magisterial teachings and show respect for the Church's Sacred Traditions.