The Communist Infiltration

Of The
Roman Catholic Clergy
by Most Holy Family Benedictine Monastery,
Berlin, New Jersey

In his great encyclical ON ATHEISTIC COMMUNISM, Pope Pius XI

pointed out that "the most persistent enemies of the Church who from
Moscow are directing the struggle against Christian civilization,
themselves bear witness ... that the Papacy ... has called public
attention to the perils of Communism more frequently and more
effectively than any other public authority on earth." (par.6) If then the
Catholic Church is such an effective opponent of Communism, it is
obvious that the annihilation of the opposition would be top priority for
the Marxist-Leninists. It must be destroyed, if not by direct destruction,
then by infiltration and subversion.
For years there have been rumors and reports of infiltration of the Church by
Communists who would enter seminaries and be ordained priests for the
purpose of destroying the Church from within. We present here strong and
undeniable confirmation of these rumors. The following are quotes and
paraphrases from ex-communists themselves who admit that Moscow had
ordered, directed and implemented a terrifyingly successful strategy for the
infiltration of the Church.
Albert Vassert, a former member of the French Communist Party revealed in
1955 that Moscow had issued a 1936 order that carefully selected members of
the Communist youth enter seminaries, and after training, receive ordination as
priests. Some of these were to infiltrate religious orders, particularly the
Dominicans. (In his essay "Satan at Work", Deitrich von Hildebrand reported
that the French Dominicans had become so Communistic in their
'evangelization' that in 1953, the Order barely escaped dissolution by the order
of Pope Pius XII).

Kremlin Orders Infiltration of Catholic Clergy

Mr. Manning Johnson, a former official of the Communist Party in America gave
the following testimony in 1953 to the House Un-American Activities
Committee: "Once the tactic of infiltration of religious organizations was set by
the Kremlin ... the Communists discovered that the destruction of religion could
proceed much faster through infiltration of the Church by Communists operating
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within the Church itself. The Communist leadership in the United States realized
that the infiltration tactic in this country would have to adapt itself to American
conditions and religious make-up peculiar to this country. In the earliest stages
it was determined that with only small forces available to them, it would be
necessary to concentrate Communist agents in the seminaries. The practical
conclusion drawn by the Red leaders was that these institutions would make it
possible for a small Communist minority to influence the ideology of future
clergymen in the paths conducive to Communist purposes."
Further on in his testimony, Mr. Johnson pointed out the grim fact that: "THIS
POLICY OF INFILTRATING SEMINARIES WAS SUCCESSFUL BEYOND EVEN OUR
COMMUNIST EXPECTATIONS."
"It is the axiom of Communist organization's strategy that if a body has 1%
Communist Party and 9% Party sympathizers, this 10% can effectively control
the remaining 90% who act and think on an individual basis."
Mr. Johnson further testified that the goals of this infiltration were twofold:
1. To make the Catholic Church no longer effective against Communism.
2. To direct clerical thinking away from the spiritual and toward the temporal and
political ... hence, the preaching of the "social gospel".
[Editor's note: DID YOU KNOW that the Second Vatican Council only
mentioned Communism in one footnote of its entire 16 documents? During the
Council, a petition signed by 454 Council Fathers requesting that Communism
receive explicit treatment was "mysteriously misplaced". Since Vatican II, the
Church now "dialogues" with Communists instead of opposing them ... a
Marxist's dream come true!]

In U.S.A. 1100 Young Radicals

Entered Clergy in 1930's
Mrs. Bella Dodd spent most of her life in the Communist Party in America and
was Attorney General designate had the Party won the White House. After her
defection, she revealed that one of her jobs as a Communist agent was to
encourage young radicals (not always card-carrying Communists) to enter
Catholic seminaries. She said that before she had left the Party in the United
States, she herself had encouraged almost 1,000 young radicals to infiltrate the
seminaries and religious orders ... and she was only one Communist.
Brother Joseph Natale, Superior of Most Holy Family Monastery, was present at
one of Bella Dodd's lectures in the early 1950's. He relates, "I listened to that
woman for four hours and she had my hair standing on end. Everything she said
has been fulfilled to the letter. You would think she was the world's greatest

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prophet, but she was no prophet. She was merely exposing the step-by-step
battle plan of Communist subversion against the Catholic Church."

A Number Now Are Bishops

He explains: "She said that of all the world's religions, the Catholic Church was
the only one feared by the Communists, for it was its only effective opponent.
Speaking as an ex-Communist, she said 'In the 1930's, we put eleven hundred
men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within.' The idea
was for these men to be ordained, and then climb the ladder of influence and
authority -- to come to be monsignors and bishops. Back then she said 'RIGHT
NOW THEY ARE IN THE HIGHEST PLACES, and they are working to bring about
change in order that the Catholic Church will no longer be effective against
Communism.' She also said that the changes would be so drastic that 'you will
not recognize the Catholic Church'. (Note, this was about 10 to 12 years before
the Second Vatican Council.)

The Plot to Destroy Our Faith

The Child Jesus asking

Sister Lucy and all of us to
make reparation for sins
which particularly offend the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Among those sins which
require reparation is the sins
of those persons (such as
Communist clergy) who
seek to destroy devotion to
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Mary in the hearts of Her

Children.
Once these men had become bishops, their influence could be widely spread
because 'Bishops beget bishops,' and these agents would use their influence to
elevate and promote clergymen who were not necessarily dedicated
Communists, but who were of a progressive and liberal mentality, and whose
influence could be counted on to foster a new philosophy and theology within
the ranks of the clergy. Once the clergy were infected, they would pass on this
infection to the laity. The whole idea was to destroy, not the institution of the
Church, but rather the FAITH of the people; and even use the institution, if
possible, to destroy the Faith through the promotion of a pseudo-religion,
something that resembled Catholicism, but was not quite the real thing. Once
the Faith was destroyed, then the dismantling of the institution would take
place.
"She explained that there would be a guilt-complex introduced into the
Church ... to label the 'Church of the past' as being oppressive, authoritarian,
full of prejudices, arrogant in claiming to be the sole possessor of truth, and
responsible for the divisions of religious bodies throughout the centuries. This
would be necessary in order to shame the Church leaders into an 'openness to
the world', and to a more flexible attitude toward all other religions and
philosophies. The Communists would then exploit this openness in order to
undermine the Church. Mrs. Dodd in effect was describing the 'ecumenism' that
was to come. And now, Our Lady of Fatima's grave warnings have come to pass.
Russia has spread her errors, even into the very bosom of the Church."

This Was No Accident

The present worldwide devastation and crises of faith within the Church,
therefore, is by no means an unexplainable phenomenon. It is far too complete
to be an accident. Nothing was left to chance. Nothing was left untouched.
There is not a single aspect of Catholicism whether it be liturgy, catechisms,
seminaries, sacraments or anything else whatsoever that has not in some way
been changed, watered-down, subverted or removed since the so-called Vatican
II "renewal". It is obvious that "An enemy has done this" ... the enemies are the
demons unleashed from hell referred to by Our Lady of La Salette operating
through the organism of Communism warned of by Our Lady of Fatima. Since
we have willfully turned our back on God, He is now allowing us to be scourged
by the very demons of hell whose evil and immorality we so willingly embrace in
our modern age. Our Lady of Fatima gave us the answer, if only we are willing
to listen. She said, "Russia will be the instrument chosen by God to punish the
world for its crimes ... man must cease offending God." Therefore, it is only by
man giving up sin, turning back to God, learning God's revelation, living his
faith and fulfilling the requests of Our Lady of Fatima that peace, sanity, order
and holiness will ever return to our Church and our world.
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