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 St. Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae said: "If the faith were endangered a subject ought to rebuke his prelate even publicly. Hence Paul, who was Peter's subject,  rebuked in public, on account of the imminent danger of scandal concerning faith." (Summa Theologiae II-IIae, 33,4,2) Ought means it is a moral obligation.  Amoris Laetitia has become a imminent danger of scandal concerning the faith.  In 2016, one of the four Cardinals, Walter Brandmuller said: "Whoever thinks that persistent adultery and reception of Holy Communion are compatible is a heretic and promotes schism." Where are the Dubia Cardinals? They are in hiding like the Apostles were after Jesus's resurrection and ascension into heaven. What can we do? Remember, the Apostles after they prayed nine days with Mother Mary got the actual graces to face death fearlessly. I'm going to begin a simple novena to Mary under her title of Our Lady of Fatima starting...

On January 4, Stephen Walford in his article for the Vatican Insider said: "Pope Francis was asked directly in April 2016 the question: has sacramental discipline changed for the divorced and remarried? And his answer was yes. Since then, he has given the Church a document (the Buenos Aries guidelines) which obviously represents for him the way a discernment process should work for those not only who feel their first marriage was invalid but cannot prove it, but also those who for other reasons cannot live as brother and sister but who hope to reach that point through the grace of God, and an application of the law of gradualness." [ http://www.lastampa.it/2018/01/04/vaticaninsider/eng/documents/the-amoris-laetitia-dissenters-lGWxh795fjt5DHh7Wx74WP/pagina.html ] On December 23, 2016 Cardinal Walter Brandmuller, one of the four Cardinals of the dubia, said: "Whoever thinks that persistent adultery and reception of Holy Communion are compatible is a heretic."[ ...

Cardinal Gerhard Muller is anathema by the infallible Council of Trent for saying to the question asked below: In your introductory essay to Buttiglione's book, you speak of at least one exception concerning the sacraments for those who live a second union, that concerning those who cannot obtain marriage annulment in court but are convinced in conscience of the nullity of the first marriage. This hypothesis was already considered, in 2000, by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. In this case, can we open the way to the sacraments? Could Amoris laetitia be considered a development of that position?  "Cardinal Ratzinger wanted to reflect on this without having a ready-made solution... It is possible that the penitent may be convinced in conscience, and with good reasons, of the invalidity of the first marriage even though they cannot offer canonical proof. In this case the marriage valid before God would be the second one and the pastor could grant the sacrament." (Vat...

On January 3, Crux reported that Pope Francis said he believed in grave sin: “'There are, in fact, grave sins, the so-called ‘mortal sins’ because they cause the eternal life in us to die,' Francis said. 'For those sins, in order to be forgiven, confession and sacramental absolution are necessary.'” [ https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/01/03/pope-mercy-talks-penance-opening-public-act-2018/ ] Unfortunately, Francis's concept of sin appears to be contrary to "the Sixth Commandment and to Saint Paul’s prohibition outlined in 1 Cor. 11:27-30" and the infallible Council of Trent. Dr. Luca Gili, a professor of philosophy at the University of Quebec in Montreal, told LifeSiteNews: “By saying that ‘there is no other interpretation’ [to [the Argentinian] guidelines that appear to blatantly approve Communion for adulterers], the pope is stating that he is (magisterially) proposing a doctrine which is contrary to the Sixth Commandment and to Saint Paul’s pr...

"Canon law allows someone, like Jennifer, to appeal to the Cardinal Sarah’s office of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.  The reply Jennifer got from them was even more shocking. The person who signed Cardinal Sarah’s name to a rejection letter must not have known about canonical recourse to Congregations of the Roman Curia in administrative controversies." “since we are not ‘the hierarchical superior of the one who issued the decree,’ we are not competent to intervene in the matter "When I first learned of this letter from Cardinal Sarah’s Congregation, I asked two advisors of mine about it: a theology professor at a trusted Catholic University, and a world renowned Catholic news reporter. Both told me they think that Carinal Sarah never saw the woman’s appeal and he never wrote the letter to which his name was signed. The next recourse for Jennifer is the Signatura." Church’s Right Hand Doesn’t Know What Left is Do...

 Is Pope Francis the silent voice friendly with tyranny while President Trump is the voice for freedom? On December 31, Newsweek in an article titled "Pope Francis Hated 2017, Calling it a 'Wasted' Year of Death and Lies" reported that Pope Francis said: Humanity "had 'wasted and wounded' the past year 'in many ways with works of death, with lies and injustice'... The Pope did not reference... individuals in his remarks... Francis was a none-to-subtle critic of President Donald... Trump's policies and actions without mentioning the commander-in-chief by name" in 2017. Ironically, Francis in the "none-to-subtle" attack on President Trump was unwittingly pointing his finger at his own "policies and actions" as well as his silence in the face of injustice as compared to the President. The headline on December 29 in the Telegraph was: "Donald Trump Condemns Arrest Of Iran Protesters" President Trump earl...

Cardinal Gerhard Muller is anathema by the infallible Council of Trent for saying: "It is possible that the penitent may be convinced in conscience, and with good reasons, of the invalidity of the first marriage even though they cannot offer canonical proof. In this case the marriage valid before God would be the second one and the pastor could grant the sacrament." (Vatican Insider, "Muller, 'Buttiglione's book dispelled the cardinals' dubia,'" December 31, 2017) In simple words, Muller said a penitent and a priest can decide on "matrimonial causes" between themselves and therefore matrimonial causes do not belong to Church judges (ecclesiastical judges). The penitent and the priest can decide on a no-fault annulment without the other marriage partner being involved and decided that the second non-Catholic marriage or civil marriage is magically now a real Catholic marriage "valid before God," "without canonical proof...

A priest today asked me my opinion on the apparition in Itapiranga, Brazil. Here is part of what I wrote to him. The exorcist and scholar Fr. Chad Ripperger on YouTube gives the best short explanation on discernment of apparitions. Google his name, YouTube and "discernment of apparitions" if you want to view the talk to learn how to tell the difference between true and false apparitions. In my opinion, on the positive side of the Brazil apparition, I do like that apparently St. Joseph and Our Lady are both an important part of it. The best book on the development of the teachings on St. Joseph by the saints and the Church is titled "Joseph, Shadow of thr Father" by Fr. Andrew Doze. I think that the general thesis of Doze's book is correct: Which is that devotion to Our Lady, as being the best way to Jesus, can't be separated from devotion to St. Joseph. On the negative side which Fr. Ripperger points out, most approved apparitions are not prol...