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Pseudo-Catholic Organization Active in Diocese, Oakland chancery warns
The following is from the April 16 edition of The Weekly, a publication of the chancery of the Oakland diocese.
It has been brought to the Bishops attention that there is a non-Catholic group operating in certain parts of the diocese that sometimes masquerades itself as a Catholic organization. The name of this group is Banal Na Pag-aaral (BNP). It is a movement founded in the Philippines in 1968 which, among other things, teaches that God is to be worshipped as Mahal na Ingkong. The BNP teaches that Mahal na Ingkong communicates with human beings through Mrs. Salve Carreon, who is the chairperson of the BNP movement. She allows her followers to reverence her with genuflections and other gestures normally reserved to Christ.
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'Catholics beware!'
The following is from the April 16 edition of The Weekly, a publication of the chancery of the Oakland diocese.
It has been brought to the Bishops attention that there is a non-Catholic group operating in certain parts of the diocese that sometimes masquerades itself as a Catholic organization. The name of this group is Banal Na Pag-aaral (BNP). It is a movement founded in the Philippines in 1968 which, among other things, teaches that God is to be worshipped as Mahal na Ingkong. The BNP teaches that Mahal na Ingkong communicates with human beings through Mrs. Salve Carreon, who is the chairperson of the BNP movement. She allows her followers to reverence her with genuflections and other gestures normally reserved to Christ.
The BNP is propagated through weekend retreats called Apostolic Mission Classes, modeled on the Cursillo, but intended to introduce new members both to the teachings of the BNP and to Mahal na Ingkong. During these retreats traditional Roman Catholic teaching is mixed with BNP doctrine, sometimes giving retreatants the false impression that the BNP is a Catholic organization.
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'Catholics beware!'