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Pope Francis has a new game plan that includes the new tactic of precise unambiguous language. The old plan was to use ambiguous language to allow sexual intrinsically evil acts. In the new plan, Francis is saying the death penalty is an intrinsically evil act in precise unambiguous language, it appears, to possibly negate natural moral law. Dr. Joseph Shaw at the Lifesitenew  and S. Armaticus at the Deus Machina blog made  the same observation on Francis's new language: -Shaw: "The Pope speaks in this address with a level of technical precision not always to be found in his remarks.' -Armaticus: "Since May, the 'literary construct' used by Francis to express the above thought has undergone a metamorphosis. In grammatical terms, one can say improvement. What has happened is that Francis has reduced the level of ambiguity.' If what Dr. Shaw, Edward Feser and Armaticus are saying below is true then the new plan is to possibly bring abou...

Does Pope Francis think that the death penalty is worst than what Ted Bundy did? Bundy was a serial murderer and rapist who, also, tortured the victims and even engaged in necrophilia with their bodies. In 2015, Francis gave his approved to the following quote: "To kill a murderer is a punishment incomparably worst than the crime itself." (edwardfeser.blogspot, "The curious case of Pope Francis and the 'new natural lawyers,'" June 3, 2017) If Ted Bundy had not received the death penalty and was instead given a sentence of life imprisonment, would Pope Francis want Bundy set free? In 2014, Francis said: "A life sentence is just a death penalty in disguise." (edwardfeser.blogspot, "The curious case of Pope Francis and the"' new natural lawyers,'" June 3, 2017) Pray the rosary for Francis because something appears to be wrong with the poor man if he wants to free dangerous criminals and serial predators from priso...

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn said: "The struggle over 'Amoris Laetitia' would be much more peaceful if the critics studied the Catechism." (Religion Digital, October 15, 2017) Schonborn thinks that AL's admitting of sexually active public adulterers to Holy Communion is in the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Let's see what the Catechism says of adultery: 2380: "Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire. The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely." What part of "forbid adultery absolutely" does Schonborn not understand? The Cardinal must be thinking of part IV: 1859: " Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent." 1860: "Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense. But no one is deemed to be ignorant of the principles of the moral law, which are written in the conscience of every man. The promotings of fee...

This is funny. I'm laughing. The National Catholic Register's J.D. Flynn, with a straight face, yesterday wrote that the Pope is developing doctrine on the death penalty: Francis in saying "the death penalty 'is in itself contrary to the Gospel'... evoked the theological concept of 'intrinsically evil acts.'" Flynn isn't up in the newest development in doctrine. This week, the Pope's confidant Antonio Spadaro confirmed, what philosopher Josef Seifert said of Amoris Laetitia (303), that Francis has eliminated intrinsically evil acts. The National Catholic Reporter, on October 6, quotes Spadaro: "We must conclude that the Pope realizes that one can no longer speak of an abstract category of persons and... praxis of integration in a rule that is absolutely to be followed in every instance." The Register is behind the times. Francis eliminated intrinsically evil acts so the death penalty can't be an intrincically evil...

Why is the unscholarly Pope Francis, who thinks a third rate thinkers such as the confused and almost unreadable Postmodernist Michael de Certeau is "the greatest theologian for today," promoting intrinsically evil acts?  It appears because he was confused and mislead into thinking Amoris Leatitia is "Thomist" by the heretical scholar Cardinal Christoph Schonborn. Schonborn didn't explain to Francis that the heretical Fr. Bernard Haring's theology of the denial of intrinsically evil acts which was implicitly used in writing Amoris Laetitia (AL) destroys all Catholic moral doctrine.  Dubia Cardinal Brandmuller says that those who promote intrinsically evil acts are heretics: "Whoever thinks that persistent adultery and reception of Holy Communion are compatible is a heretic." (lifesitenews.com, "Dubia Cardinal: Anyone who opens Communion to adulterers 'some a heretic and promotes schism,'" December 23, 2016) An...

The Filial Correction of Pope Francis for "propagating heresies" by the 62 Catholic scholars has forever branded Francis with spreading heresy. (The conservative and liberal supporters of Francis are making it more obvious than ever that the Pope appears to be a material heretic. They have no facts or arguments against the correction's beyond a doubt logic of heresy so they are left to name calling or attempting to diminish the scholars.) The last time a pope was given a Filial Correction for heresy by Catholic scholars was in 1313. The medieval papal officer holder was Pope John XXII. John XXII recanted his heresies on his deathbed. ABC, CBS, The New York Times, The Washington Post and all the world media have headlines in the internet which proclaim that the 62 Catholic scholars say Francis is spreading heresy. Google the word heresy. The same headlines brand the name Francis with heresy after a definition of the word heresy at that Google web page. An ex...