A few days ago, after the release of the interim relatio, Cardinal Burke publicly urged - challenged - the Pope to defend unambiguously the teachings of the Church regarding marriage. It should be emphasized that these teachings are those of Jesus Christ Himself. Yesterday Cardinal Pell echoed that challenge. However, it does seem that the agenda of the SinNod was planned well in advance - and that the relatio may have been written before the SinNod convened!
California Catholic Daily goes into detail about the planned short-comings of the SinNod:
- The prohibition against the publication of bishops' statements, unheard of in any other such gathering
- No mention of chastity or pursuit of holiness
- Over-emphasis on divorced/remarried issues to the exclusion of others (pornography, polygamy in Africa, etc)
- An obvious deference to the opinions of the secular world as to what constitutes "mercy"
Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany appears to be the "front man" for the Vatican apparatus that is pushing for doctrinal changes in regards to distributing Holy Communion to de facto adulterers. There is much information about Kasper and his thinking; I won't delve into it here lest I digress from the main points of this post, but I do urge all to read it.
I will also link to a National Catholic Register article by Edward Pentin (the same who caught Kasper in a lie regarding his African quip). The evidence he cites, plus other points cited by others and me (review my postings from this past week) during the past few days, indicates that this SinNod is not much more than an engineered "dog and pony show" conducted to give cover to the advancement of a diabolical agenda masterminded by a select few. If true, we can only conclude that Pope Francis is one of those select few. If this isn't Machiavellian and Alinskyan, I don't know what is.
Pope Francis has yet to answer the challenges of Cardinals Burke and Pell for defense of the Church's teachings on families. Cardinal Burke had some words to say on this, stating that "the Pope has done a lot of harm by not saying openly what his position is", and that the "synod was designed to change Church teaching". Both Buzz Feed and Rorate Caeli have accounts of this interview today. In this same interview, His Eminence confirmed that he has been ousted from the Apostolic Signatura.
Some might think my words regarding Pope Francis to be rather caustic. But look at the events of the past few days and consider that they could not have happened without permission from the Pope. I regret to say that his refusal to affirm Church teaching regarding the divorced/remarried seems to be a glaring signal of things to come.
I close now with a Vortex that was done just after Voris et al got word of the Cardinal's interview.
Pope Francis has yet to answer the challenges of Cardinals Burke and Pell for defense of the Church's teachings on families. Cardinal Burke had some words to say on this, stating that "the Pope has done a lot of harm by not saying openly what his position is", and that the "synod was designed to change Church teaching". Both Buzz Feed and Rorate Caeli have accounts of this interview today. In this same interview, His Eminence confirmed that he has been ousted from the Apostolic Signatura.
Some might think my words regarding Pope Francis to be rather caustic. But look at the events of the past few days and consider that they could not have happened without permission from the Pope. I regret to say that his refusal to affirm Church teaching regarding the divorced/remarried seems to be a glaring signal of things to come.
I close now with a Vortex that was done just after Voris et al got word of the Cardinal's interview.
Voris to this point, I must say this is probably the first time (through the words of Burke) he has publicly criticized Pope Francis. It's become so bad, no one can ignore the reality that Pope Francis is on team liberal and not "one of us" and for sure not a "son of the Church" ....a false prophet it does not make him, nor does it make him an anti-Pope, but we need to pray even harder for the Church. The ditching of the signs of the office were symbolic of his personal disposition....and it's becoming clearer and clearer by the day...God have mercy on us.
ReplyDeleteWhoopsie! Where, oh where, did the video go? Look, it's Voris' right to pull the video; it is his youtube channel. It is also my right to opine that this makes him look downright silly.
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