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Here's a summary of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Letter that makes the tongue in cheek bordering on sarcasm language obvious and also his unhappiness at those who attack Veritatis Splendor: "I am unable to read the eleven volumes" but the "small volumes show, rightly, that Pope Francis is a man of profound philosophical and theological formation, and they therefore help to see the inner continuity between the two pontificates... I don’t feel like writing a short and dense theological passage on them... Professor Hünermann, who during my pontificate had distinguished himself by leading anti-papal initiatives. He played a major part in the release of the 'Kölner Erklärung' [Cologne Declaration], which, in relation to the encyclical 'Veritatis splendor', virulently attacked the magisterial authority of the Pope, especially on questions of moral theology... I am sure you will understand my refusal." As an aside, 'Veritatis splendor' cont...

The 90-year old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Letter is obviously a tongue in cheek bordering on sarcasm statement and not a confirmation that there is no contradiction between the Benedict and the Pope Francis pontificates. Here's a summary of the Letter that makes the tongue in cheek bordering on sarcasm language obvious: "I am unable to read the eleven volumes" but the "small volumes show, rightly, that Pope Francis is a man of profound philosophical and theological formation, and they therefore help to see the inner continuity between the two pontificates... I don’t feel like writing a short and dense theological passage on them... Professor Hünermann, who during my pontificate had distinguished himself by leading anti-papal initiatives. He played a major part in the release of the 'Kölner Erklärung', which, in relation to the encyclical 'Veritatis splendor', virulently attacked the magisterial authority of the Pope, especially on questions of m...

Almost all the Catholic bloggers, affectionately known at the Catholic Monitor as the Band of Bloggers, united as one voice under the banner of Frank Walker's Canon212.com to single handedly rout the Lettergate disinformation of Pope Francis's Vatican. The Francis Vatican was defeated and caused to retreat in disorder despite the cooperation of the secular media and all of the Catholic media: leftist, conservative and traditional.  When the Letter came out all of the secular media, all of the leftist Catholic media and surprisingly the conservative Catholic media such as Life Site News as well as the traditional Catholic media such as the Remnant went along with the Francis Vatican's disinformation that Pope Benedict XVI was 100 percent behind Francis's failed papacy after reading 11 books on Francis's teachings. As soon as the letter came out the Catholic bloggers and Canon 212 immediately screamed in headlines that it was obviously fake news. The ...

Is Pope Francis the new Pope Horonius? The unscholarly Pope Honorius was a heretic who promoted the Monothelitist heresy. He was condemned by a general council and Pope St. Agatho and Pope St. Leo II. The Catholic Encyclopedia said of Honorius that he "was not a profound theologian, and allowed himself to be confused and mislead." (Edward Feser.blogspot, "Denial flows into the Tiber," December 18, 2016) Theologian Tracey Rowland wrote that Francis before the papacy said "I can't imagine anything more boring than Fundamental Theology." She quotes Ross Douthat saying: "Francis is clearly a less systematic thinker than... his predecessors" to the papacy. (Catholic Theology, page 192) Francis is not a profound theologian and neither are the Pope's three favorite theologians who are the basis of his theological formation or thinking. Austen Ivereigh at Crux recently did a reviewed of Massimo Borghesi's book cal...

On Face the Nation Cupich said he would give Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians On Feb. 1, the National Catholic Reporter reported that Cardinal Blase Cupich attacked the "Benedict Option": "'That's not who we are, 'Cupich said of the "Benedict Option,' which takes its name from a book that calls for a conservative counterculture... Instead, Cupich said, Catholics should go out and engage the world, much like Jesus' disciples after Pentecost, or those who fought Hitler in World War II." [ https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/cardinal-cupich-rejects-benedict-option-calls-engagement-world ] How would the Cardinal have engaged Hitler in World War II? Does Cupich think Hitler was good or bad? Below is a list that the Cardinal would most likely agree with from the liberal Quora.com on Hitler's so-called good and bad points: "Good. For following - Animal rights & Environmental protection rights [and gun...

The silliness of the Francis papacy has reached a new level. The 90-year old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who in his last photo on October 2017 had a black eye (google the photo and do a close up of his face) and looked so feeble he appeared near death has according to the Vatican news agency just read 11 books by Francis as well as wrote a letter saying "Pope Francis is a man with profound philosophical and theological formation." If Benedict did by some miracle read the 11 books and wrote the letter then he either has dementia or has lost his mind. Vatican news agency please send a camera crew in so we can see the new Benedict who in just a few months is a new man full of gusto who can read 11 books of Francis's new found profound clarity of prose as well as profundity in theology and philosophy. Let us see the full of gusto Benedict tell us before a camera about the new found profoundness of the present Pope. Do a internet search of anyone and everyone who has...

Slideshow Cardinal Blase Cupich, in his latest column wrote: " The Holy Father’s core conviction about the resurrection of Jesus also helps us make sense of his urging not to judge others or become an obstacle by denying God’s grace to those whose lives are imperfect. The pope rightly believes that, as one who has broken down the barrier between time and eternity through his resurrection, Christ loves without limit or condition." "... For instance, like Pope Francis, he advocated for “the law of gradualness” when it comes to judgment in particular cases. He wrote that there is a need to recognize “the distinction between objective disorder and subjective guilt, which depends greatly on intentions, motivations and concrete circumstances. … In this line the law of gradualness has been rightly developed. … As judge, Christ is not a cold legalist.” "... Absent such an appreciation, there will always be a tendency to fixate on laws and rules, or to place one’...

One of the greatest saints, St. Catherine of Siena, gave the following advice to those who seek the reformation of the Church. She said: "I shall recognize whether we have truly conceived love for the reform of holy Church, because if this is indeed the case, you will follow the will of God." (Letters, December 1378) She said we do this by praying for the grace of loving God above everything including ourselves and loving our neighbor as ourselves wishing their salvation. If you are fearful because of the crisis and darkness in the Church, remember that Jesus, the saints and angels are in this battle with you. I know St. Catherine is praying for us to have light and peace who are seeking the reformation of the Church. She is praying for us as she prayed for Niccolo in his darkness and fear: "I waited for him at the place of execution, and as I waited, I kept praying in the presence of Mary and Catherine, virgin and martyr. Before he arrived, I lay down and s...

As Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate so it appears that China's Catholics will suffered under Pope Francis. Were Pilate's hands innocent of the blood of Jesus after he washed his hands in water? Are Francis's hands innocent of the Chinese victim's blood to come after his so-called "diplomatic action to dialogue?" The Vatican spokesperson for the Pope, Greg Burke in a statement asserted that Pope Francis has been "in detail" informed about everything happening in China directly by the Secretariat of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The January 30 statement said: "[T]he Pope is in constant contact with his collaborators, in particular in the Secretariat of State, on Chinese issues, and is informed by them faithfully and in detail on the situation of the Catholic Church in China.” [ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/despite-regrettable-reports-francis-is-well-informed-on-china-vatican-says-29546 ] Is the Francis/Parolin action a sc...

A true physical or spiritual father when his children are abused or being lead on a destructive path will defend his children from the abusers or promoters of evil paths that will lead them to hell. If he only cries because the children have been abused as Pope Francis did with the Chilean sex abuse victims, but doesn't defend them from the priest sex abusers and the bishops who protect them then he is not acting like a man. Francis showed he is effeminate by not having a manly and fatherly heart that is outraged by the evil of his spiritual children being sexually abused. Francis is not behaving like Jesus Christ who declared: "It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones." Former federal investigator Leon J. Podles , Ph.D., thinks that the bishops don't behave like Jesus or even like men. Being amazed at how bishops in the Church are effeminate, Podl...