Saturday, April 4, 2020

Imperial Patriarchate Leads the Way in Current Global Church Crisis

Pope Leo X, considered
the founding father of the

Imperial Patriarchate 
and is succeeded by

the 5th (Current)
Florentine Archfather
PATRIARCHAL SEE 4 April 2020 (ORCNS) - The Imperial Patriarchate leads the way during this challenging time for the Church. As civil governments abuse their powers and suppressed the church, cruelly separating their people from spiritual activity, the system of the Imperial Patriarchate, Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church proved resilient and effective. It is a system that has been emulated by churches, from the Pope in the Basilica of St. Peter to countless cathedrals and parishes around the world. Masses involve virtual participation, homilies and spiritual instruction reach people through the internet. It is a system pioneered by the Imperial Patriarchate as a key element of its mission-based approach that seeks to reach as many people as possible through innovative means, just as the early church fathers did. The merits of that system are now being realised by many churches around the world as bishops, pastors, and even the Pope follow the lead of the Imperial Patriarchate.
The modern Imperial Patriarchate
is Custodian of the Apostolic
See of St. Mark in Aquileia, Italy


The Imperial Patriarchate’s system is not new, but is deeply rooted in the ancient history of the church – a history that many others have forgotten or intentionally abandoned. Msgr. Leonidas said, “Looking to the 2000 years of the Imperial Patriarchate’s history illuminates our present undertakings and points the way to the future.”

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Patriarchal Encyclical on the Humanitarian Situation Facing Cruise Ships Stranded at Sea Due to Global Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

PATRIARCHAL SEE 31 March 2020 (ORCNS) - The following Patriarchal Encyclical was issued by HHE the Archfather to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation.

DON RVTHERFORDVS ARCHIPATER I
S. ANIMIAE CARD. COMES ET S. STEFANI EPISCOPVS 

Qui Eunt ad Mare 

Patriarchal Encyclical on the Humanitarian Situation Facing 
Cruise Ships Stranded at Sea Due to Global Government Responses 
to the COVID-19 Pandemic 


To Mr. Kitack Lim
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation
United Nations

Dear Secretary-General:

Those who go unto the sea follow a traditional code, and that includes the sacred duty that no person is left in peril on the sea when something can be done to save them. History is replete with selfless acts of heroism on the part of mariners in the rescue of others. We are, in addition to Our sacred and diplomatic office, a lifelong sailor and mariner, and the sea and her traditions are very much in Our blood. The naval-based humanitarian service of the Imperial Patriarchate, the Walsingham Naval Guard, with a naval heritage spanning back to the Imperial Italian Navy founded in the ninth century, likewise embodies, espouses, lives, and promotes those customs. Thus the situation facing over ten cruise ships and over nine thousand souls stranded at sea because governments refuse to allow them entry is particularly of grave and immediate concern to Us.

As the world governments continue to proclaim that their actions are to save lives and protect people, they have violated their own stated principles by not allowing cruise ships to dock. Contrary to their claims of humanitarian, benevolent, and public-minded action and purpose, they have slammed their doors shut and turned their backs on thousands of people who are stranded at sea. This vile, despicable, and revolting action is entirely unacceptable and completely indefensible. We reiterate Our demand that the relevant governments of the world permit cruise ships to dock immediately, and We therefore request Your assistance as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation in achieving this vital humanitarian purpose.

That there are people who are ill on board some of the cruise ships, some of them apparently with COVID-19, should not and must not be permitted to be used as a reason to deny entry. A ship is typically a terrible place to quarantine people with contagious diseases, given the potential for rapid infection of other people on board. Leaving healthy people on board such ships may expose them to greater risk than if they were allowed to disembark. Certainly appropriate health measures and safety measures must be taken when ships with ill people disembark. However, We submit that it is a better humanitarian and public-minded practice to disembark ill people in a safe manner and quarantine them on land, providing them necessary medical treatment. Additionally, those with various other health problems who are stranded on a ship are placed at significant risk, given the limited medical facilities on board ships. Furthermore, that ships with no known illness on board are denied entry to ports is inconceivable, illogical, and reprehensible.

We are clearly dealing with fear-based mass hysteria, which can only be taken to be the driving force behind the government policies discussed herein. Yet, we as a society cannot abandon thousands of people while claiming to be for life, for health, and for humanity. Again, that the governments of the world have singled out cruise ships for denial of entry, even while they simultaneously work to repatriate their citizens to their own territory by other transportation means, is entirely unacceptable, shameful, inexcusable, and worthy of the highest and most strong condemnation. It is for that reason that, by Our holy authority, place under interdict all governments and persons who deny entry to ships and persons traveling by ship during this time of need. They are truly in peril upon the sea and are in need of help, yet they are being abandoned. We, therefore, now turn to the words of the naval hymn,

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bond the restless wave,
Who bids the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

We again call upon You to exercise Your office and all of its strength to help those thousands of people who are stranded upon cruise ships. We ask that You use Your office to insist that governments provide safe harbour for those ships and safe, healthy entry for their passengers.

Ego Archipater R.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Patriarchal Encyclical on the Humanitarian, Social, and Economic Implications of the Worldwide Government Reponses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

PATRIARCHAL SEE 30 March 2020 (ORCNS) - The following Patriarchal Encyclical was issued by HHE the Archfather to Her Excellency the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 

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DON RVTHERFORDVS ARCHIPATER I
S. ANIMIÆ CARD. COMES ET S. STEFANI EPISCOPVS

Orbis Est

Patriarchal Encyclical on the Humanitarian, Social, and Economic Implications
of the Worldwide Government Reponses to the COVID-19 Pandemic


To Her Excellency Mona Juul
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Your Excellency,

The world is in a state of confusion and turmoil over the situation pertaining to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Although there is an obvious health concern, as there is in any pandemic, the global response to the situation leaves Us with great and grave pastoral concern. The shutdowns and effective house arrest of millions upon millions of people in many countries around the world have created a serious situation of concern with both current and future implications. All can hardly help but be impacted in some way, but some people are clearly more impacted than others. For example, the innumerable poor and vulnerable around the world are in serious danger of starvation, particularly in countries such as India, where a large number of people depend on daily wages to eat. However, there are plenty of vulnerable people even in comparatively wealthy countries such as the United States, and food banks in the United States have warned that they may only have as much as two weeks’ worth of supplies. This is not a question of lives versus money, but of lives versus lives. The actions of governments around the world are quite simply putting many people at risk – likely more people than are at risk from the virus.

In addition to the direct physical threat to many, the government-imposed quarantine that is, in some countries, no different than home imprisonment has the significant potential to lead to both short-term and long-term psychological damage to many millions of people. That is an issue that must be considered and weighed heavily when weighing options in determining public health policy. Indeed, the very principle of government imprisoning or otherwise restricting the freedom of entire populations should be brought under the microscope, for it sets a tremendously dangerous precedent for the future. That is particularly concerning considering the specific nature of the threat relative to other threats to public health in the past, such as the swine flu, which killed approximately 200,000 people worldwide, yet there were no mass quarantine or economic shutdown. The threat to personal freedom and the potential for exploitation for tyranny are not points that should be taken lightly.

Also, the unprecedented forced shutdown of business and commerce, in which the economy of the world virtually was ground to a halt by order of government, cannot be ignored. It is not unreasonable to consider that the world will be dealing with the economic and social fallout from this for years to come. The poor countries will naturally reasonably be expected to suffer more. Sadly, in the face of this, it is also quite possible that some countries and corporations will actually profit from this chaos. The shutdown is placing people around the world in many socio-economic levels in grave danger through financial hardship – a state linked with increased health problems and lower life expectancy. Businesses are in serious jeopardy of bankruptcy, even with some degree of government help. Many of the most vulnerable employees, such as waitstaff at restaurants and other hourly employees in specific businesses that are not able to be open during this time, are simply out of work with no paycheck through no fault of their own. No reasonable attention seems to be paid to them, and no practicable solution seems at hand.

We would also be remiss in Our duty if We did not mention the restrictions some civil governments have widely placed on the clergy fulfilling their duties during this chaotic time. It is during times of trial and turmoil that pastoral duties become even more essential, and to deprive the people of spiritual sustenance is cruel, and We assert that it is a violation of their religious freedom. Restrictions placed upon clergy not by the Church but instead by the civil government furthermore represent, We strenuously assert, a severe threat to religious liberty and the historic sovereignty of the Church.

It is Our sincere pastoral position that this situation, seemingly unprecedented in history, is the result of a cacophony of competing individualist agendas. Such agendas exist on the national level, corporate level, organisational level, and individual level. It is Our belief that a critical mass of entities in the world are acting in their own self interests without concern for the consequences to others, while simultaneously preaching that others should act selflessly and proclaiming that their actions are indeed selfless. That is coupled with an intense amount of social media at which information flies at lightning pace, and which information is often incorrect, conflicting, or confusing. That further is coupled with a ratings-driven media and agenda-driven politicians. Altogether this has created mass panic and paranoia, and the entire situation has become a snowball that grows and grows and is difficult at this point to resist.

It is incumbent upon the United Nations and especially the Economic and Social Council thereof to consider and strongly promote the serious humanitarian, economic, and social considerations of the worldwide government responses to this current pandemic. Many of those who currently suffer and will suffer the most are the poor and vulnerable around the world, both in comparatively wealthy countries and especially in less affluent countries. Yet, the severe and wide-reaching impact is not limited to the poor and vulnerable alone. This same obligation falls upon the leaders of extant territorial governments of the world. The responsibility for the suffering and damage is entirely upon their hands.

Ego Archipater R. 

New Walsingham Guard MMXX Health Service Medal Announced


PATRIARCHAL SEE 30 March 2020 (ORCNS) - The Walsingham Guard has announced the establishment of a new service medal, the MMXX Health Service Medal. It may be awarded to any member of the Walsingham Guard who renders significant or noteworthy service during the present worldwide health-related situation, regardless of the disease or condition involved, as well as to those who renders significant or noteworthy humanitarian service regarding the large number of individuals who are affected by government and organisational measures. The awarding authority is any of the Captains-General or the Chief of the General Staff. The medal is round with a gold caduceus within a gold wreath, pendant from a red and light green ribbon. The General Command has not yet announced when the first awards will be made.