L'Abbatiale de la
Liturgie Apocryphe

Montréal, p.Q.

 

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Bordalo II's banknote red carpet cascading down the stairs of an elaborate, custom-built stage ahead of Pope Francis's visit to Lisbon, Portugal, for World Youth Day (image courtesy Bordalo II studio)

Bordalo II’s banknote red carpet cascading down the stairs of an elaborate, custom-built stage ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Lisbon, Portugal, for World Youth Day (image courtesy Bordalo II studio)

 
 

Bordalo II staged “Walk of Shame,” printed with €500 banknotes, to call out the multimillion-dollar price tag of hosting Pope Francis

 

When he learned of the eyebrow-raising cost of hosting Pope Francis in Lisbon, Portugal, for a week-long event known as World Youth Day, installation artist Artur Bordalo (better known as Bordalo II) took matters into his own hands.

 

On July 28, Bordalo II and his team accessed the event’s custom-built main stage to roll out a red carpet printed with €500 ($546) banknotes, directly confronting the Portuguese government, the Catholic Church, and the Lisbon and Loures city councils for the collective €161 million (~$177 million) spent in preparing for and hosting the Pope.

 

“In a secular state, at a time when many people are fighting to keep their homes, their work and their dignity, millions of public funds have been invested to sponsor the tour of the Italian multinational,” Bordalo II wrote in an Instagram statement along with images and videos of the carpet roll-out that he dubbed the “Walk of Shame.” Official reports outlining cost estimates for the first World Youth Day since 2019, an international pilgrimage event devoted to deepening the faith of young Catholics, were made public at the end of last January.

 

 

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Portuguese citizens were both slack-jawed and outraged at the nine-figure estimates considering that half of all Portuguese employees made less than €1,000 per month and house rents have soared over 40% since 2017, with Lisbon clocking in at a 53% increase. Despite the overwhelming financial crises affecting the nation, Lisbon’s city council agreed to an original cost of approximately €4.2M ($4.59M) for the Pope’s stage, justifying its potential for future use down the line on top of an additional €17m ($18.6M) investment to prepare the surrounding grounds for World Youth Day.

 

While the cost of the stage alone was eventually brought down to €2.9M after enough pushback, the cloud of controversy surrounding the Church’s ongoing sex abuse scandal also loomed over the Papal visit. Primarily celebrated for his trash-based installations protesting pollution and excessive waste production, Bordalo II addressed the scandal last year through a series called Cruzes, Credo, Canhoto (2022), consisting of a crucified baby doll and a large cross made of stuffed toys situated in Portuguese churches as well as revamped street signs calling out the manipulation of the clergy.

 
 

Rhea Nayyar
Hyperallergic

 
 

Merci A-E D.

 

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Why haven’t I heard of the artist Hilma af Klint?
Tate Museum, USA, 2023, 2 min 30 sec

 
 

In this film, Frances Morris (Director Emerita, Tate Modern) discusses the visionary work of Swedish painter, Hilma af Klint. Explore Klint’s interest in scientific discovery, spirituality and philosophy, as well as her otherworldly paintings, which she believed were commissioned by higher powers.

 

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HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT

HILMA AF KLINT (26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) ‘was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first abstract works known in Western art history.’

 

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Beyond the visible
Halina Dyrschka, Germany, 2019, 93 min

 
 

Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary, trailblazing figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science, and the riches of the natural world around her, began in 1906 to reel out a series of huge, colorful, sensual, strange works without precedent in painting. The subject of a recent smash retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, af Klint was for years an all-but-forgotten figure in art historical discourse, before her long-delayed rediscovery. Director Halina Dryschka’s dazzling, course correcting documentary describes not only the life and craft of af Klint, but also the process of her mischaracterization and erasure by both a patriarchal narrative of artistic progress and capitalistic determination of artistic value.

Zeitgeist Films

 
 

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COURTNEY B. HALL's vintage inspired sittings in Salem

COURTNEY B. HALL's vintage inspired sittings in Salem

COURTNEY B. HALL's vintage inspired sittings in Salem

COURTNEY B. HALL's vintage inspired sittings in Salem

COURTNEY B. HALL's vintage inspired sittings in Salem

‘… channel(ling) the spiritualist photography of the 1860’s’ in Salem, MA.

 
 

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Séance (2019) by SHANNON TAGGART (August 29, 2019)
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton’s Photos of Ectoplasm (February 22, 2010)

 

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Timor Oriental : les dérives pédophiles de l’Église
ARTE Reportage, France-Allemagne, 2023, 24 min
 
 

C’est un mur du silence qui se fissure lentement. Au Timor Oriental, la parole commence à se libérer pour dénoncer les agissements des hommes d’Eglise. Après l’Etat de la Cité du Vatican, c’est le pays le plus catholique au monde avec 97% de pratiquants.

 

Pendant la sanglante occupation indonésienne, les prêtres ont eu un rôle prépondérant pour cacher, soigner ou protéger les habitants qui fuyaient la répression et les massacres. Depuis l’indépendance du pays en 2002, ils sont considérés comme de véritables héros nationaux.

 

C’est le cas de Monseigneur Carlos Belo, prix Nobel de la Paix en 1996 et ancien évêque de la capitale Dili. Exfiltré par le Saint-Siège dès 2002, il mène aujourd’hui une vie discrète au Portugal pour se protéger des accusations portées contre lui.

 

Carlos Belo aurait profité de sa stature d’icône pour abuser, pendant de nombreuses années, de jeunes garçons qu’il invitait au sein de sa résidence. Un autre héros national, le père Richard Dashbach a, quant à lui, été condamné à 12 ans de prison pour de multiples viols commis sur des jeunes filles dans l’orphelinat qu’il dirigeait depuis les années 1970.

 

Cette enquête s’appuie sur des témoignages inédits, dans un pays où l’omerta face à ces crimes révèle l’influence prépondérante de l’Eglise au sein de la société timoraise, ainsi que le rapport culturel dérangeant de celle-ci à la pédophilie.

 

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À partir de quand peut-on dire que ça (les actions commises par l’Église Catholique) – telle organisation, qui s’est comportée de telle façon, qui a fait tant de victimes … À partir de quand dit-on que c’est une organisation criminelle?

– Alain Crevier à l’émission de radio Midi Info de Radio-Canada, édition du 20 décembre 2018 (12 h 21 Des prêtres accusés d’actes pédophiles dans l’Illinois : Le regard d’Alain Crevier)

 

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  1. Abus sexuels – Péché mortel dans l’Église (2022) de HELMAR BUCHEL (April 18, 2023)
  2. Le silence (2021) de RENÉE BLANCHAR (September 17, 2022)
  3. New Zealand’s Catholic church admits 14% of clergy have been accused of abuse since 1950 (February 1, 2022)
  4. A ‘moral failing’: Report finds child sexual abuse prevalent in institutions across major UK religions
    (September 3, 2021)
  5. Abus sexuels dans l’Église catholique: le gouvernement a-t-il une responsabilité? (July 8, 2021)
  6. L’Église catholique de Pologne reconnaît avoir abusé de 368 enfants entre 2018 et 2020 (June 28, 2021)
  7. Le Vatican inscrit explicitement la pédocriminalité dans le droit de l’Église (June 1, 2021)
  8. Recours contre le diocèse de Trois-Rivières initié par Dominic Maurais: «Je porte en moi cette blessure»
    (March 26, 2021)
  9. Pédocriminalité en France : 10 000 victimes possibles de l’Église depuis 1950 (March 2, 2021)
  10. Abus sexuels du prêtre Brian Boucher : Un rapport accablant pour l’Église montréalaise (November 25, 2020)
  11. Suburban NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits (October 1, 2020)
  12. Multiplication des poursuites contre les communautés religieuses (August 22, 2020)
  13. ProPublica Releases a List of 6,754 Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse (January 28, 2020)
  14. Le pape François lève le secret pontifical sur les agressions sexuelles (December 17, 2019)
  15. 100s of Accused Priests Living Under Radar With No Oversight (October 4, 2019)
  16. Abus sexuels sur mineurs dans l’Eglise : le pape blâme “Satan” et déçoit les victimes (February 24, 2019)
  17. Pope defrocks ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick over abuse claims (February 16, 2019)
  18. Pope Acknowledges Nuns Were Sexually Abused by Priests and Bishops (February 5, 2019)
  19. More than 500 priests accused of sexual abuse not yet publicly identified by Catholic Church, Illinois attorney general finds (December 20, 2018)
  20. Prendre la mesure du scandale des prêtres pédophiles au Québec (October 10, 2018)
  21. Abus: le pape exprime sa «honte», Dublin lui demande d’agir (August 25, 2018)
  22. Pennsylvanie: 300 prêtres accusés de pédophilie, plus de 1000 victimes (August 14, 2018)
  23. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal (July 28, 2018)
  24. Les 34 évêques chiliens offrent leur démission après un scandale de pédophilie (May 18, 2018)
  25. Le cardinal australien Pell sera jugé pour agressions sexuelles (May 1, 2018)
  26. Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism (February 17, 2018)
  27. Le pape exprime sa “honte” pour des cas de pédophilie dans le clergé chilien (January 16, 2018)
  28. Vatican police ‘break up gay orgy at home of secretary of one of Pope Francis’s key advisers’
    (July 5, 2017)
  29. Pédophilie dans l’Eglise : le poids du silence (2017) présenté par ELISE LUCET (May 18, 2017)
  30. One in 14 Catholic priests accused of abuse in Australia (February 6, 2017)
  31. Des prêtres de Montréal se verront interdire d’être seuls avec des enfants (June 23, 2016)
  32. Le pape crée une instance pour juger les évêques couvrant des abus sexuels (June 10, 2015)
  33. Les propos du pape sur la pédophilie ont des échos jusqu’au Québec (July 15, 2014)
  34. Des victimes de prêtres veulent Mgr Ouellet comme pape (March 11, 2013)
  35. Pornographie juvénile : un prêtre de Sorel-Tracy accusé (March 8, 2013)
  36. Congrégations générales – Les problèmes de l’Église sur la table (March 7, 2013)
  37. Agressions sexuelles: un deuxième frère de Sainte-Croix sera arrêté (December 29, 2012)
  38. Symposium sur la pédophilie – Le pape appelle au «renouveau de l’Église» (February 15, 2012)
  39. Pornographie juvénile – Sitôt condamné, l’ex-évêque Lahey est libéré (January 5, 2012)
  40. Église néerlandaise: des «dizaines de milliers» de mineurs abusés sexuellement (December 16, 2011)
  41. Pédophilie – L’Église veut éduquer son clergé par Internet (June 28, 2011)
  42. Former Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey pleads guilty to child pornography charges (May 4, 2011)
  43. Pédophilie – Le Vatican va envoyer une «circulaire» aux évêques (November 20, 2010)
  44. Undercover Reporter Films Priests At Gay Clubs (July 26, 2010)
  45. Le Vatican durcit les règles contre la pédophilie (July 15, 2010)
  46. Top Catholic Priest Accused of Sexually Abusing His Own Sons (June 25, 2010)
  47. Pope addresses priest abuse scandal (June 11, 2010)
  48. Vatican Sex Abuse Prosecutor: Guilty Priests Are Going To Hell (June 4, 2010)
  49. Priest Accused Of Abusing Boy, Turning Home Into ‘Erotic Dungeon’ Surrenders To Police
    (May 26, 2010)
  50. Le Vatican publiera un guide contre la pédophilie (April 9, 2010)
  51. Agressions sexuelles par des membres du clergé – Les victimes exigent la démission de Mgr Ouellet
    (February 17, 2010)

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La névrose chrétienne (1976) par le Docteur PIERRE SOLIGNAC (May 25, 2012)

 
 

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bishop-accountability.org : Documenting the Abuse Crisis in the Roman Catholic Church

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Woman of dark desires 'Needful things II'

WOMAN OF DARK DESIRES 'Fade Away In Silence'

 

 

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Woman of dark desires
‘Metalhead based in Germany’

 
 

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LEA SANIEZ (March 19, 2023)
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NICOLAS BRUNO (February 14, 2021)
NONA LIMMEN (June 13, 2020)
COURTNEY BROOKE (March 10, 2020)
JASON W. BLAKE (July 2, 2016)
CHRISTOPHER McKENNEY (April 16, 2016)
COLETTE SAINT YVES (April 22, 2014)
CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN (March 12, 2014)
KRIST MORT (December 17, 2013)
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L'Abbatiale de la
Liturgie Apocryphe

"The production of nervous force is directly connected with the diet of an individual, and its refining depends on the very purity of this diet, allied to appropriate breathing exercises.

The diet most calculated to act effectively on the nervous force is that which contains the least quantity of animal matter; therefore the Pythagorean diet, in this connection, is the most suitable.

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The main object was to avoid introducing into the organism what Descartes called 'animal spirits'. Thus, all animals that had to serve for the nourishment of the priests were slaughtered according to special rites, they were not murdered, as is the case nowadays".