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Pope Francis's new law for clerics to report to bishops clerical sex abuse and cover-up is being called "groundbreaking" by the media. I can't stop laughing. It's like saying it would be "groundbreaking" if the Mafia just made a rule in which low level Mafioso stool pigeons or police informants should report to Mafia bosses instead of the police. Abuse victim Peter Isely said it best: "Bishops reporting to themselves, that's been the problem from the beginning... What we need are police and prosecutors." (USA Today, "Don't send a 'bishop to the crime scene': Church sex abuse survivors blast Pope Francis' new law on reporting," May 10, 2019) Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

Open Letter critic Ed Feser in a recent post said the Open Letter was "rashly made." Moreover, he wrote Pope Francis only "seems to contradict traditional Catholic teaching on... capital punishment." Francis just said: "I have clearly stated that the death penalty is unacceptable, it is immoral." The renowned Catholic philosopher Feser has said: "To contradict this [capital punishment] is a doctrinal error, pure and simple." (EdFeser.blogspot, "Pope Francis and. capital punishment," August 3, 2018) It appears that Francis is saying that Feser is teaching and promoting the "immoral." Vocabulary.com defines the word: "Immorality is evil, sinful, or otherwise wrong behavior." Dictionary.com says synonyms for immoral are "bad, wicked... DEPRAVED... applies to one who seeks evil and viciousness." It appears that Francis is saying Feser is teaching and promoting sinfulness, depravity, "...

It is the Catholic Monitor's honor to post Catholic scholar James Larson's article. Larson is an American independent scholar who resembles the British independent scholar Christopher Dawson in depth of analysis and learning.  This is one of the best short essays anywhere on how to pray the Rosary and how to pray at all times by my friend Jim Larson. It is very much needed in our time of supreme crisis in the Church. We must first go to Jesus in prayer then go do our daily duty and then do what Our Lord is calling us to do in the Catholic Resistance in this greatest crisis in Church history. - "' Praying At All Times' 'Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man.” (Luke 21: 36)'" "Never in Christian history has it been more imperative that we pay heed to the scripture quoted above. Never have we more needed an escap...

In my opinion, the two intellectual giants in the Church in the United States are Ed Feser and Fr. Chad Rippinger. In philosophy Feser is the top mind while in spirituality and psychology Fr. Rippinger tops Feser.  Feser and Rippinger disagree on rather Catholics and Moslems worship the same "God." I am sure that their disagreement is as Feser says because he is talking about the issue in the "philosophy of language" and not about the Catholic and Moslem "deep disagreements about the nature of God." Despite that I would love to see a debate between the two on the subject. I have seen Feser totally destroy, with a devastating intellectual knock out Mark Shea (which is pretty easy), theologian Massimo Faggioli (a bit harder) and on YouTube win an impressive victory over a very intelligent Atheist. I feel like I am getting into the ring with Mike Tyson when he was knocking everyone out in the first round, but I think Feser is wrong on the...

Fr. George Rutler on Tweeter called out Jimmy Akins for his amateurish ""screed" against the "most distinguished theologian in the English-speaking world: [Open Letter signer] Father Aidan Nichols" for daring to call the renowned scholar "loopy" for signing the Open Letter. Dartmouth graduate Fr. Rutler who holds a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Rome, after saying the Open Letter is "considerable if not irrefutable," challenged Akins to debate Fr. Nichols at the renowned theologian's "alma mater, the University of Oxford" in Latin. I think Fr. Rutler is being unfair to the Akins. He doesn't have a chance. He'll be intellectually knocked out in the first minute of the debate. I suggest that it be a tag team match with four other collaborators of Akins who attacked Fr. Nichols. On one side at a podium will be the "most distinguished theologian in the English-speaking world" on the other si...

In this time of cowardice when so many false friends of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, of His Church and the Ten Commandments have been revealed. They have disclosed themselves by all their attacks on the 19 scholar heroes' Open Letter. In this time of cowardice it is good to look for a hero to guides us on how to respond to those promoting the destruction of the Church. That hero is St. Athanasius. I found comfort in a old 1919 book by F. A. Forbes titled "St. Athanasius." We in the rag-tag Catholic resistance have only one member of the Successors of the Apostoles that is the embodiment of Athanasius: Bishop René Gracida, but he is enough. As I read this book it showed me that we have not come close to the persecution that the Catholic heroes of the Arian crisis endured. Through it all Athanasius had "peace" and "joy... for Christ." So remember to always have peace and joy in Christ. Now please read the following excerpts of our hero ...

The Wanderer's Fr. Brian Harrison issued a attack on the 19 scholar heroes by first presenting a straw man then showing his argument: "Pope Francis has indeed said some things I believe to be heretical... the heretical doctrine of annihilation... [but] Francis is notorious for frequently speaking 'off the cuff'... [was] he/she accurately reported... [but] supposing... [It's] really heretical opinion... Only if he/she remains stubborn and obstinate can the Church declare him/her to be a formal heretic." (The Wanderer, "Why I didn't Sign the Open Letter Accusing the Pope of Heresy," May 3, 2019) It is strange that Harrison says Francis has only "said" some things that may be heretical when he knows the pontiff wrote the Argentine letter that teaches that those committing adultery can receive Communion which was called "authentic magisterium" by the Pope's Vatican and placed in the Holy See's Official Acts of the Ap...

I got a few laughs reading the snooty attacks on the 19 scholar heroes by pompous Catholic commentators who apparently don't think the Ten Commandments are infallible Catholic dogma. Catholic News Agency Ed Condon very seriously wrote the "pope himself... content[s] that Amoris can and should be read in continuity with Catholic teaching." But, Condon doesn't show us where Communion for those committing adultery is anywhere in previous Catholic teaching so there could be "continuity." Catholic Culture Phil Lawler nonchalantly says "the claim that the Pope has committed heresy is at best a leap of logic." But, Lawler doesn't show how it is a "leap of logic" to come to the logical conclusion that teaching Communion for those committing adultery is a heresy. Finally, coming down from the mountain comes the National Catholic Register's Jimmy Akin who proclaims in "addition to demonstrat[ing] dogmas, the Open Letter also...

"These scholars and pastors have risked their standing and livelihoods. They could lose their positions, their freedom to work in churches or Catholic institutions. They might even face excommunication." (Stream, "Catholic Scholars Accuse Pope Francis of Heresy for Promoting Lax Sexual Ethics and Acclaiming Islam," by John Zmirak, May 2, 2019) Shame on Dr. Taylor Marshall who, today, on his popular Catholic YouTube TNT show threw the 19 Catholic scholar heroes under the bus by saying : "If you are saying he is a heretical pope [as the 19 scholars said]... It is practically sedevacantist.'"  [ https://youtu.be/mOwyGHgBcvw , 7:31] What Marshall said against the scholars reminds one of the hi-tech lynch mob against the Covington kids about which I wrote: "There is no excuse for the so-called 'conservative pro-life' mob that included the National Review, Rod Dreher, the March for Life president and the many others who were part of ...

Internationally renowned theologian Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P., one of the most prolific Catholic scholarly writers in the English language according to Sophia Institute Press was joined by 18 "academics and clergy calling on the world's bishops to admonish the Pope and publicly reject heresy or face losing the papacy" stating: "A heretical papacy may not be tolerated." (EdwardPentin.co.uk, " Father Aidan Nichols Signs Open Letter Charging Pope Francis with Heresy," May 1, 2019) The 18 Catholic heroes and Dominican Fr. Nichols Open Letter Statement is not for Francis. It is for Cardinal Raymond Burke and the apparently fairly small percentage of Catholic cardinals and bishops who still believe the Revelation of Jesus Christ to his Church and who are not heretics or compromised. Cardinal John Henry Newman said that during the Arian Heresy Crisis 80% of the bishops were heretics which is probably similar to the number of bishops who have fallen in...

The homosexual journalist Milo Yiannopoulos in his book "Diabolical" reported: ""Since Vatican II, most popes have been preoccupied with holding together the conservative [Catholic] and liberal [heretic] factions that emerged in its wake." Why were the Vatican II popes and why are almost all the conservative present day cardinals and bishops so afraid of a schism with the heretic faction? Their fear of schism has led to the following results according to Yiannopoulos: "Is the pope [liberal Francis] Catholic? That's not a joke: some of us have been wondering since Francis described bishops accused of raping children, or covering up the rape , as 'like Jesus on Good Friday.'" (Breitbart, "Pope Francis says accused Pastors are like Jesus on Good Friday," 9/18/2018) Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

Homosexual journalist Milo Yiannopoulos who is a sex abuse victim in his book "Diabolical" said: "[J]ournalists have leapt to the defense of a Pope [Francis] who protected and rehired child molesters... [like] Theodore McCarrick... [whose] crimes have been described as 'some of the worst in Church history.'" Not just the journalists, but the cardinals and bishops indefensible defense of Francis appears to be Act II of how they promoted the child molester Ted McCarrick. As the media was full of "Ted Talks" so now the media is full of "Francis Talks" which shines his celebrity star to the highest heaven. As the media hyped Ted, he was nothing more than a media protected child molester so now as they hype Francis, he is nothing more than a child molester protector. In 2002, McCarrick assumed the role as the Catholic Church spokesman against child molestation as he was a child molester and now Francis has assumed the role as the Ca...

Just noting some coincidences about the Honduran migrant caravan in Mexico: 1. " Pope Francis donated $500,000 to Mexico-based projects to help migrant communities as media attention has faded, the Vatican said Saturday." [ https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/pope-francis-donates-500000-migrants-us-border/story?id=62675582 ] 2. The migrant caravan came from Francis's top papal advisor Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga's home country Honduras. 3. Maradiaga is known for his connections to the United States and Honduras gay lobbies.  4. A news report says Honduran gays, "trans women [men]," involved in the caravan were accused by Guatamala officials of human trafficking.  5. President Donald Trump said the caravan included criminals. The criminal organization from Honduras M-13 is known to be involved in human trafficking. Here is the evidence that Maradiaga is connected to the McCarrick United States and the Honduran gay lobbies: -...

The National Catholic Register reported that "Pope Francis’ new apostolic constitution for the Roman Curia" appears to give "evangelization" priority "over doctrine": "Capuchin Father Thomas Weinandy, a former executive director of the U.S. bishops’ committee on doctrine, expressed misgivings over the document’s ambiguity, as reported so far." "If evangelization is being emphasized over doctrine in order to give evangelization priority, Father Weinandy said he would have 'no problem' with that as it would be in keeping with Christ’s command and the Church’s tradition." "But if, within such a stress on evangelization, it meant Church doctrine would not be emphasized at the same time, then that would not be a 'true evangelization' as the Church’s doctrines 'are at the heart of evangelization.'" 'Without doctrine there is no evangelization!' he said." [ http://m.ncregister.com/daily-...

Liberal Vatican expert John Allen affirms who is Francis's top advisor and that he "symbolizes" the "Pope Francis era": Cardinal  Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga  "symbolizes" the "Pope Francis era... he comes off as virtually a 'vice-pope,' the coordinator of Francis’ all-important council of cardinal advisors [C9] and his most visible and outspoken interpreter." [ https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/05/12/comeback-of-honduran-vice-pope-symbolizes-pope-francis-era/ ] LifeSiteNews in the article "Corruption of Pope Francis’ reform chief portrayed in groundbreaking new book" reported that Martha Alegría Reichmann, the widow of former Vatican ambassador Alejandro Valladares Lanza in her new book  “Sacred Betrayals” (“Traiciones Sagradas”) revealed: "Pope Francis’ reform chief Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga has maintained an abusive and mafia-like regime in Honduras for decades, promoting false investment schemes, divert...

In this time of crisis and chaos in the Church and the world it did me good to read the great Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange's "Providence." I thought it might bring consolation to everyone out there fighting the good fight for the Church and their families to read his words of wisdom which show that our only hope is in God's providence: "The future is with God, future events are in His hands. If the merchants to whom Joseph was sold by his brethren had passed by one hour sooner, he would not have gone into Egypt, and the whole course of his life would have been changed. Our lives also are dependent on events controlled by God." "... We must also abandon ourselves to God in all that concerns the present, in the midst of the difficulties we may be experiencing right now; even our past life, our past actions with all their consequences should be abandoned to the divine mercy." "We must likewise abandon ourselves to God in all that affects t...

The great theologian Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange said "Humility... consists in abasing ourselves before God." (Christianperfection.info, "The Three Ages of the Interior Life") True humility or abasement is shown to involve repentance from sin and abasement in and with Jesus to God the Father: "Catechism of the Catholic Church  537: Through Baptism the Christian... must enter into this mystery of humble self-abasement and repentance, go down into the water with Jesus in order to rise with Him, be reborn of water and the Spirit so as to become the Father's beloved son in the Son." Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday liturgy homily said: "[Jesus] knows that true triumph involves making room for God... self-emptying. To remain silent, to pray, to accept humiliation." Francis in a homily in 2014 explained what he means by humiliation: "That is the path of Jesus Christ: abasement, humility, humiliation... if a thought, if a desire t...

Did Adolf Hitler suffer from dementia? Dr. Abraham N. Lieberman who was a eminent neurologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix and the clinical director of the National Parkinson Foundation thought the dictator suffered dementia in the form of Parkinson's disease according to the Los Angeles Times: "Hitler's Parkinson's, he argues, may have been caused by a viral infection incurred around 1916, when a pandemic of Von Economo's encephalitis hit Europe. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain caused, in this case, by a still-unidentified virus." '...The first symptoms of Hitler's Parkinson's were apparent, Lieberman says, in Leni Reifenstahl's 1934 film "Triumph of the Will," made when Hitler was 45 years old. The decreased and slowed movement of his left arm, a symptom called bradykinesia, was visible when he arrived at a Nazi Party congress in the morning, Lieberman says." "... And finally, Lie...