Unlike true Charity Leo XIII, is Leo XIV's new encyclical Kantian according to writer who loves encyclical?: "His writing is Kantian in structure" vs. Fr. Ripperger: "Charity [is]...love of God & love of neighbor for the sake of God...not loved his own sake but for the sake of God"

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Google AI: Pope Leo XIII (who historically condemned the philosophy of Immanuel Kant) or Pope Leo XIV (who has recently drawn upon Kantian ethical frameworks in contemporary papal teachings). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Pope Leo XIII's Condemnation of Kant

Pope Leo XIII was a staunch opponent of Immanuel Kant's philosophical system. In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Leo championed a return to the scholastic realism of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Vatican explicitly placed Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason on the Index of Forbidden Books. [1, 2, 3]

The Catholic Church historically rejected Kantianism for several reasons: [1, 2]

Metaphysical Agnosticism: Kant argued that the human mind cannot know things as they truly are. [1]
Moral Autonomy: Kantian ethics prioritized the supremacy of the human will over reason and taught that a morally good action shouldn't be motivated by a desire for God or heaven, but strictly by duty. [1, 2]
Subjective Reality: Kant’s "Copernican Revolution" made the mind the measure of reality, rather than reality being the measure of the mind. [1]

Pope Leo XIV and the Modern "Kantian" Shift

In contrast, modern papal thought has seen a fascinating synthesis with Kantian ideas, notably in the writings of Pope Leo XIV. For instance, in his major encyclical on technology and AI, Magnifica Humanitas, Leo XIV analyzes human dignity using a framework that is highly Kantian. [1, 2]

His teachings frequently utilize Kant’s famous Categorical Imperative (to treat humanity—whether in oneself or in another—always as an end and never merely as a means to an end): [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The "Means to an End" Argument: Pope Leo XIV argues that digital platforms, attention-capture algorithms, and the "idolatry of profit" exploit human vulnerability. [1, 2]
Rejection of Digital Slavery: By reducing individuals to data points for corporate profit, modern tech systems treat human persons as "means rather than ends," a structure that is highly Kantian in both form and ethical substance. [1]

Fr. Chad Ripperger:

"[Vatican II] Maritain... [says] man to look upon himself... fuels the immanentist [anti-Charity] mindset... Charity [is]... love of God and love of neighbor for the sake of God. One's neighbor is not loved his own sake but for the sake of God and God constitutes the formality, i.e. perspective taken on one's neighbor."

(Topics on Tradition, page 72)

Google AI: Fr. Chad Ripperger’s statement summarizes a core principle in Thomistic spirituality: the distinction between the objective ground and the "formality" of the virtue of charity. [1]

A breakdown of the philosophical concepts in his quote contextualizes this position:

Love of God and neighbor: In Thomism, true charity is a supernatural virtue infused by God. The will is elevated to love God above all things, and to love one's neighbor for the sake of God (propter Deum). [1]
The "Formality": This refers to the perspective, reason, or formal object under which an action is done. While you love the neighbor as a whole person, the formal motive of charity is God. You are loving them because God loves them, commands it, and is present in them.
"Not loved for his own sake": This is often a point of philosophical debate. Ripperger is specifically distinguishing supernatural charity from natural affection or natural philanthropy. If you love your neighbor purely for the neighbor's own sake (for the sake of the neighbor's natural, human qualities), it falls into the realm of natural friendship rather than supernatural charity. [1]
The Immanentist Mindset: In the traditionalist critique, certain philosophies (like those of Jacques Maritain which influenced the pastoral theology of Vatican II) are argued to shift the focus from a strictly God-centered (theocentric) view to a man-centered (anthropocentric) view. Ripperger argues that when man's dignity becomes the primary focus, it fuels an "immanentist" mindset—one that finds value and ultimate meaning within man's own earthly sphere, rather than grounding all love, existence, and charity entirely in the transcendent God.

To explore this perspective further or to read the specific articles published by his publishing house, you can visit Sensus Traditionis or find his books, such as Topics on Tradition on Tumblar House. [1, 2]

Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis’s Amoris Laetitia and for the restoration of the Church.

Stop for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He wants you to do now and next. In this silence remember God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Three Divine Persons yet One God, has an ordered universe where you can know truth and falsehood as well as never forget that He wants you to have eternal happiness with Him as his son or daughter by grace. Make this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading anything here or anywhere else on the Internet.

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Conclave Notes:

Has the Trad Media fallen into a COVID-like mass formation with Leo XVI? While it's humorous to see the former anti-Francis Trad pundits suddenly acting like teen age girls infatuated with Leo, it could lead to a Trojan Horse effect

It appears that a group of Bishops or Cardinals needs to give Leo XIV Dubia questions on if he still supports "Invalid and Sacrilegious" Confession

"Prevost’s reported support...allowing divorced & civilly 'remarried'...to receive Holy Communion": “Whoever…helps...promulgation of heresy…is suspected of heresy.” - The Catholic Monitor

-- Open letter urges Pope Leo XIV to correct ‘scandalous incoherence’ in Amoris Laetitia...[Wow! Even notorious Popesplainer Fr.] Harrison warns that Pope Francis taught a ‘dangerous self-contradiction’ on Communion for the divorced and ‘remarried,’ petitioning Pope Leo to correct the record. [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2025/08/open-letter-urges-pope-leo-xiv-to.html]

-- Dr. Seifert, regarded as one of the greatest living Catholic philosophers, founding Rector of the International Academy of Philosopher & friend of John Paul II, to Cardinals: INVESTIGATE FRANCIS' HERESIES, VALIDITY BEFORE THE CONCLAVE.."If Francis is found guilty of heresy or apostasy, then: - His cardinal appointments would be invalid" [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2025/04/dr-seifert-philosopher-personal-friend.html]

-- Are the Cardinals who will participate in the upcoming conclave authentically appointed & morally justified in voting, or will the shadow of Francis's possible illegitimacy cast itself over the next papacy? [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2025/04/are-cardinals-who-will-participate-in.html]

-- 5 Dubia Questions for 1P5's Steve Skojec & All faithful Catholics especially Francis is definitely Pope Cardinals, Bishops & pundits [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/06/5-dubia-questions-for-steve-skojec.html]

Francis Notes:

l– Doctor of the Church St. Francis de Sales totally confirmed beyond any doubt the possibility of a heretical pope and what must be done by the Church in such a situation:

“[T]he Pope… WHEN he is EXPLICITLY a heretic, he falls ipso facto from his dignity and out of the Church, and the Church MUST either deprive him, or, as some say, declare him deprived, of his Apostolic See.”
(The Catholic Controversy, by St. Francis de Sales, Pages 305-306)

Saint Robert Bellarmine, also, said “the Pope heretic is not deposed ipso facto, but must be declared deposed by the Church.”
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]

– “If Francis is a Heretic, What should Canonically happen to him?”: http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2020/12/if-francis-is-heretic-what-should.html

– “Could Francis be a Antipope even though the Majority of Cardinals claim he is Pope?”: http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/03/could-francis-be-antipope-even-though.html

– If Francis betrays Benedict XVI & the”Roman Rite Communities” like he betrayed the Chinese Catholics we must respond like St. Athanasius, the Saintly English Bishop Robert Grosseteste & “Eminent Canonists and Theologians” by “Resist[ing]” him: https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/12/if-francis-betrays-benedict-xvi.html

– LifeSiteNews, “Confusion explodes as Pope Francis throws magisterial weight behind communion for adulterers,” December 4, 2017:

The AAS guidelines explicitly allows “sexually active adulterous couples facing ‘complex circumstances’ to ‘access the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.'”

– On February 2018, in Rorate Caeli, Catholic theologian Dr. John Lamont:

“The AAS statement… establishes that Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia has affirmed propositions that are heretical in the strict sense.”

– On December 2, 2017, Bishop Rene Gracida:

“Francis’ heterodoxy is now official. He has published his letter to the Argentina bishops in Acta Apostlica Series making those letters magisterial documents.”

Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church by the bishops by the grace of God.

Election Notes:

– Intel Cryptanalyst-Mathematician on Biden Steal: “212Million Registered Voters & 66.2% Voting,140.344 M Voted…Trump got 74 M, that leaves only 66.344 M for Biden” [http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/intel-cryptanalyst-mathematician-on.html?m=1]

– Will US be Venezuela?: Ex-CIA Official told Epoch Times “Chávez started to Focus on [Smartmatic] Voting Machines to Ensure Victory as early as 2003”: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/will-us-be-venezuela-ex-cia-official.html

– Tucker Carlson’s Conservatism Inc. Biden Steal Betrayal is explained by “One of the Greatest Columns ever Written” according to Rush: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/tucker-carlsons-conservatism-inc-biden.html?m=1

– A Hour which will Live in Infamy: 10:01pm November 3, 2020:
http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/01/a-hour-which-will-live-in-infamy-1001pm.html?m=1

What is needed right now to save America from those who would destroy our God given rights is to pray at home or in church and if called to even go to outdoor prayer rallies in every town and city across the United States for God to pour out His grace on our country to save us from those who would use a Reichstag Fire-like incident to destroy our civil liberties. [Is the [J6] DC Capitol Incident Comparable to the Nazi Reichstag Fire Incident where the German People Lost their Civil Liberties?: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-dc-capital-incident-comparable-to.html?m=1 and Epoch Times Show Crossroads on Capitol Incident: “Anitfa ‘Agent Provocateurs‘”:
http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/epoch-times-show-crossroads-on-capital.html?m=1]

Pray an Our Father now for the grace to know God’s Will and to do it.

Pray an Our Father now for America.

Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church as well as the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

A Hour which will Live in Infamy: 10:01pm November 3, 2020

10:01pm November 3, 2020, a hour which will live in infamy, the United States of America presidential electoral integrity was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the forces of the Democrat Machine and some corrupt collaborators within the Republican Party. It will be recorded that "under the pretense of COVID, executive branch officials across a number of key battleground states violated election procedures passed by the legislative branches of those states in a number of ways that opened up the process to fraud on a massive scale, never before seen in the history of this country" which makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks before. During the time before and after the attack the Democrat Machine and its corrupt collaborators in the Media have deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack on United States has caused severe damage to the Ameri...

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