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Pope Francis's document Gaudete et Exsultate, which is supposed to be a call to holiness, has a lot of flowery religious Catholic language and even mentions prayer. This is why Dan Hitchens in First Things says of the document "there is an orthodox interpretation," but then writes: "But there is a different interpretation: that when someone says 'The Church teaches that X is intrinsically wrong,' he is probably a bit of a Pharisee. The history of Amoris Laetitia suggests that more expansive interpretation often gains the upper hand." (First Things, "An Ambiguous Exhortation," 4-12-18) Hitchens suggests that this papal document is mocking those Catholics who believe and teach the infallible moral doctrines of Divine Revelation. Obviously if one knowingly rejects Divine Revelation, one rejects God and loses his salvation. But there is another reason why Gaudete et Exsultate will not make you holy and could help you lose your salvation....

In the Bishop Juan Barros sex abuse case, Pope Francis admitted he made serious errors because of his inner circle, the famous "magic circle," gave him false and unbalanced information. He said: "I made serious mistakes... due to lack of truthful and balanced information." Vatican expert Robert Royal said to EWTN's Raymond Arroyo that the information came from the "magic circle" or inner circle that advises him. Francis now has to admit that he "made serious mistakes... due to lack of truthful and balanced information" from his inner circle in his Amoris Laetitia. If the Pope thought he couldn't endure the push back on the Barros sex abuse case and he thinks that the push back on Amoris Laetitia will not increasingly get greater, he is seriously getting a "lack of truthful and balanced" information from his "magic circle" if he thinks all faithful Catholics will not increasingly opposed him for the rest of his...

Does George Soros's money, to some extent, move the agenda of Pope Francis's Rome as well as the Democrats in Washington and is he now attempting to control Texas? Ganesh Sahathevan is a Fellow at the (American Center for Democracy) ACD’s Economic Warfare Institute said Pope Francis's closest collaborator has "an illegal slush fund financed by George Soro": "Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, the so-called "Vice Pope" given his close association with Pope Francis, has refused to answer questions concerning his work with a number of NGOs funded by billionaire George Soros. Cardinal Oscar has also refused to answer queries concerning any funding he, or entities associated with him, may have received from Soros..." "... It does appear as if the "Vice Pope" is on some campaign to change the Vatican from within, and that he is doing so with what amounts to an illegal slush fund financed by George Soros ." ( realpolitikasia...

In the campaign, Donald Trump said elect me because: "Hillary wants to start a shooting war in Syria in a conflict with nuclear-armed Russia which could lead to World War III." All the leading Democrats are 100 percent on board with starting a possible World War III by attacking Syria. The only ones against the possible beginning of a nuclear war are the conservatives who elected Trump and his only base against his being impeached by his new warmongering Democrat allies. It is a stupid betrayal for Trump turned into Hillary. Maybe he wants to start World War III. Maybe he wants to be impeached. Say an Our Father now that Trump doesn't start World War III.

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin in 1988 said: "[S]ome people on the left.. don't hold anyone's feet to the fire on abortion. That is a misuse of consistent ethic, and I deplore it." (Catholic World Report, "The Consistent-and Not So Seamless-Ethic of Life," August 13, 2015) Even the least pro-life American Cardinal of the 1980's, Bernardin, would "deplore" Francis's celebrating abortion promoters and politicians as well as his Vatican giving them papal awards despite the Pope's lip service to being against abortion. The teachings of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and even Vatican II, also, deplore Gaudete et Exsultate. Francis's making abortion (an intrinsic evil that is always wrong according the two previous pontificates and 20 centuries of Church teaching) equivalent to immigration (a prudential matter that is the responsibility of the laity according to the two previous pontificates) obviously contradicts the two previo...

Reuter and the leftist Catholic media are really excited because Pope Francis in the Apostlic Exhortation "Gaudete et Exsultate" mentions the devil "over a dozen" time. In their minds this proves somehow that Francis is explicitly reaffirming that he believes in the existence of hell. (Reuter, "After 'no hell's report, Pope give the devil his due," April 9, 2018) The Pope may believe that there is no hell as his atheist friend Eugenio Scalfari reported him saying, therefore the devils may be on the earth or even in heaven and not in hell which doesn't exist accordingly to the words attributed to him. Remember that Francis thinks heaven is inviting many atheists over those rigid Catholics who believe in Jesus's words about adulterous sexual acts being intrinsically evil as Pope John Paul Il reaffirmed and taught. Maybe Heaven is not only inviting many atheists, but many devils, too. That the Pope may believe this is not that far-f...

Cardinal Joseph Zen, Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, told EWTN'S Raymond Arroyo what the Chinese communist regime will do to the underground Church: “They will be allowed to function like underground bishops?” he asked. “Surely not. They are bringing them into the cage! That’s terrible. They are going to annihilate the underground Church.” Arroyo asked the Cardinal’s opinion on Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo’s statement that the Chinese communist regime best realize the social doctrine of the Catholic Church: “Please leave him in peace. We don’t have to waste time to talk about that… That made everybody laugh, okay? It’s a good laugh,” Zen replied Many of Francis's inner circle who oppose Zen like Sorondo are laughing stocks while others have little experience of contemporary China yet accuse the Cardinal of not knowing China. Catholic News Agency on the Catholic World Report reported: " Against his detractors , who have said the cardinal has little experien...

I finished watching the released first season of Vic Morrow’s TV series Combat on DVD. It shows the honor and goodness that our culture still had in the 60’s. Morrow’s character the Sarge is to this day, for me, an image of what a hero should be. Tough and courageous, but compassionate. Vic Morrow played the hero and on the set he was a hero. The assistant director of Combat Michael Caffey in the audio commentary for the Combat DVD had this to say about Morrow: “He was very nice person. He never yelled at anyone...He was very quiet when he had something to say... He had a 104 temperature in one show. He was there. He should have been in the hospital. It’s a wonder it didn’t kill him. He was just tremendous. He reached down into a tank and pulled someone out in one show and got a double hernia. So they put the little belts on him and he went right on acting. He was an amazing man. He was very knowledgeable about film and what it could do. It was pleasure to have him...I can’t spe...

Vatican expert Antonio Socci reported that an "important (non-Italian) Cardinal" and "several of his colleagues," apparently Cardinals, are rebelling against the present scandalous papacy and have threatened a possible "impeachment" or to deposed Pope Francis from the Office of Peter on the heresy of the denial of Hell. At the other spectrum, lay Catholics and readers of the Catholic World Report appear to be fed up with CWR editor Carl Olson and his boss Mark Brumley's spin of the latest Pope Francis scandal and are, also, rebelling What brought this explosion about is the article by Brumley written on April 2 which is called "Hell and Pope Francis" for Olson's CWR. In the piece Brumley whitewashes the Francis scandal of the statement attributed to him by his close friend abortion advocate Eugenio Scalfari where the Pope is quoted as saying the following: "Hell does not exist." Francis still apparently refuses to per...

Pope Francis owes the Church and the whole world a public denial of the heretical words attributed to him by Eugenio Scalfari, a 93-year-old atheist and abortion advocate, that made worldwide headlines. The Vatican's statement that Scalfari's article is not “faithful” to Francis's exact words is not enough to redress the damage that the Pope has done by allowing this to happen for a second time. He has to do this for the sake of the millions of persons who read that the Pope denies Hell and now think they don't have to repent. Francis specifically has to do this for the sake of the elderly atheist and abortion advocate who is close to meeting God the judge. It appears that the Pope is the abortion advocate's worst enemy. If Scalfari goes to Hell because either Francis told him there is no hell or because the Pope doesn't rebuke him for lying that the Holy Father said there is no hell and calling him to repentance then the end result is the same for hi...

There is a pattern emerging as one views Barroslettergate being replaced by Lettergate to the newest Pope Francis scandal per month: Hellgate. Here is Francis's 2018 scandals per month in review: In Barroslettergate or the Bishop Juan Barros sex abuse cover-up scandal, Francis said he had not received any evidence about the sex abuse case when a member of his inner circle of nine Cardinals and chief adviser on sex abuse personally deliver a letter of evidence to the Pope. The question that needed to be asked was: Who is lying? In Lettergate, 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. On...

It seems fitting that in Holy Week the first Chinese Christ-like victim is send to his Calvary by Pope Francis's partner, the Chinese Communist regime, in the papal Judas-like betray of the Chinese Catholics. Sadly, Francis's partnership is the right word because without his approval none of this could be happening. Today, Asia News reported: Underground Bishop of "Mindong, Msgr. [Vincent] Guo Xijin kidnapped by [Chinese Communist] police before Easter... after refusing to concelebrate during these Easter holidays with illegitimate bishop Zhan Silu... one of seven illegitimate and excommunicated bishops awaiting reconciliation with the Pope" due to his papal diplomatic action. (AsiaNews.it, "Mindong, Msgr. Guo Xijin kidnapped by the police before Easter," March 27, 2017) Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen asked the following question about Francis's diplomatic action: "[T]oday would our diplomats advise Joseph to go and humbly beg for dialogue w...

Newsweek says Pope Francis is apparently signaling approval of the youth gun control march: "With the 'March for our Lives' rally fresh in the minds of hundreds of thousands of gun control supporters who took to U.S. streets in protest this weekend, the leader of the Catholic Church [Pope Francis] has called on young people not let themselves be silenced." [ http://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-after-march-our-lives-church-leader-wants-youth-keep-shouting-859735 ] Fr. Z, also, noted the "coincidence" between the march and "a document [that] was released from the Pre-Synodal Meeting of Young People in Rome" on the same day: "On the same day that in Washington DC there is a "march" staged by talking-point saturated young people about – call it what it is – undermining the 2nd Amendment rather than upholding it, a document was released from the Pre-Synodal Meeting of Young People in Rome... The coincidence of the march and the...

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...