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Antonio Socci in his new book presents the case that when Benedict XVI's personal secretary Georg Ganswein said: "He [Benedict] has not abandoned the office of Peter." And thus according to Benedict's closest collaborator Ganswein became a pope emeritus which has never existed except for retired bishops who still held the munus or office of bishop. An unexpected thing happened when Team Francis went into "damage control" and denied there could be a emeritus "to the office of Peter." Unexpectedly, Francis at some point in time contradicted the "ultra-Bergoglians" assertion that that there couldn't be a emeritus "to the office of Peter." Socci's book says after Ganswein made the above statement in 2016 the "ultra-Bergoglian website Vatican Insider" went into "damage control" by interviewing Team Francis canonist Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca who said emeritus "regards only the 'episcopa...

LifeSiteNews reported that Cardinal Joseph Zen said that Francis's Vatican's newest "pastoral document" has "turned upside... what is rightful." Zen said the document "is obviously against all fundament[al] moral theology! If valid, [it] would justify even apostasy!" (LifeSiteNews, "Cld. Zen tells Pope Francis that Vatican's new pastoral doc China justifies 'apostasy,'" July, 5 2019) What Cld. Zen in saying the document is not "rightful" and "against all... moral theology" is saying is that the Francis Vatican document is morally wrong or more accurately it is morally evil. The document in simple terms is giving "reasons" or justifying "apostasy" from the Catholic faith for underground "priests to register" with the totalitarian oppressive atheistic Communist regime that will use this to bring about the "death" of the underground Chinese Church. Zen said: ...

" In the 1970’s and 80’s the Vatican became increasingly embroiled in what has come to be called the Vatican Bank Scandal. At the center of these scandals was Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the American-born priest who was the president of the Vatican Bank from 1971-1989. Many articles and books have detailed the history of this scandal. It will suffice to say that in the mid 1980’s , according to a report in the Arizona Republic , “ Italian civil authorities tried to arrest Marcinkus in connection with a stunning array of crimes, including assassination financing, arms smuggling, and trafficking in stolen gold, counterfeit currencies and radioactive materials. Italian authorities also wanted to talk to Marcinkus regarding what he knew about numerous murders. Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, most every key player involved in schemes with Marcinkus ended up dead.” Again, according to the Republic , “In the past six month, the Marcinkus case has taken on renewed interest around...

Usury and the Love of Money: The Amazonian Synod, Chastisement for Our Betrayal By James Larson By admin in Uncategorized on July 2, 2019 . It has often been said that “the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians”. This speaks to the fact that being a true “witness” (the Greek meaning for the word “martyr”) to the Truth of Christ generates a light which draws and converts souls. It may equally be said, however, that the hypocrisies, compromises, duplicities, and infidelities of Catholics generate the darkness of the heresies and apostasies through which the Gospel and Christian civilization are scorned and rejected. This of course can occur without the Church having ever directly contradicted any doctrinal teaching of the infallible Magisterium. And it is also true that at a certain level of such duplicity and compromise, the whole concept of Christian civilization becomes subject to the accusation that it is the traditional Church itself which is the primary villain r...

Antonio Socci in his new book appears to be making the case that for Benedict XVI's resignation to be valid then "the entire juridical order" may have to be invalidated where "the law is lost." Benedict's resignation said: "[M]y strengths... are no longer suited to the adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." For theologian and canonist Stefano Violi the key limiting term or word in the resignation is "exercise": "[T]he limited renunciation of the active exercise of the munus constitutes the absolute novelty of the renunciation of Benedict XVI." Respected canonist Guido Ferro Canales says that this type of "renunciation" echoes the famous German Philosopher Carl Schmitt's "philosophical category of a 'state of exception'": "Here, the 'state of exception' is to be understood... the suspension of the entire order of law that is in force. If this situation occurs, it is c...

The "Pope's altar boy" sex abuse allegations cover-up of Francis and his Vatican which was just divulged by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, as reported on LifeSiteNews, was a "bomb exploded" report that the Italian sex abuse network Rete Abuso revealed in 2017. (LifeSiteNews, "New Viganò testimony: Vatican covered up allegations of sexual abuse of Pope's altar boys," July 3, 2019) The Rete Abuso President Francesco Zanardi wrote: "From the legal point of view, a bomb exploded at the home by Pope Francis, who this time will not be able to hide behind any excuse, because the legal competence of the alleged [sex abuse] crime... occurred in the Vatican City State... [where is] the 'zero tolerance' so much acclaimed in the pontificate of Bergoglio." (retelabuso.org, "Don Gabriele Marinelli is the priest accused of abuse in the minor seminary in Vatican. Bergoglio is consistent and transparent," November 15, 2017) The ...

Antonio Socci in his new book shows evidence that Benedict XVI might not have been able to "resign solely for reasons of age." Benedict's resignation said: "[B]oth strength of mind and body... has deteriorated... I have had to recognize my incapacity... For this reason I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter." "An authoritative canonist, Cardinal Vincent Faggioli" under John Paul II wrote: "[I]n an exhaustive and absolute way, the pope may not resign solely for reasons of age." (The Secret of Benedict XVI, Pages 67-76) Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

Antonio Socci in his new book presents evidence that Benedict XVI's placing of a "time limit" on his resignation makes the resignation invalid according to a Roman jurist." Benedict's resignation stated: "[F]rom 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant." Roman jurist Emilio Papinano asserted: "Legitimate acts do not admit of any time limit or condition... are completely invalidated by the addition of any condition." (The Secret of Benedict XVI, "Pages 68-75) Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

Antonio Socci in his new book says that an authoritative canonist told Benedict XVI that his new title "ought" to be "bishop emeritus of Rome" since he would no longer be pope. But, Benedict had it "announced" that his title would be "pope emeritus." After the resignation, which later in the book Socci says is "at least... absolutely doubtful," Benedict's secretary Georg Ganswein said: "He [Benedict] believes that this title corresponds to the reality." Socci explains the "doubtful resignation" problem if Benedict thinks this "corresponds to the reality": "The pope emeritus is logically still the pope, just as a bishop emeritus is still a bishop." (The Secret of Benedict XVI,  Pages  64-73) Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

The Catholic Resistance has scored major victories against Francis and his Vatican in the last 60 days that shook the Church. They are losing not just because they have covered-up for sex-abuse predators as well as teach that the sacrilege of Communion for adulterers is morally acceptable and in the recent Amazon Synod promote heresy and apostasy. Most of all they are losing because we are fighting them for God and He will not forsake us. April 30 was the first major victory, 19 top Catholic scholars led by the world renowned theologian Fr. Aidan Nichols declared that "A heretical papacy may not be tolerated": "[T]he world's bishops [must]... admonish the Pope and [he] must publicly reject heresy or face losing the papacy." (EdwardPentin.co.uk, " Father Aidan Nichols Signs Open Letter Charging Pope Francis with Heresy," May 1, 2019), The last remnant of the enablers of Francis and his Vatican who claim to believe in the orthodox infallible ...

The Italian Massimo Franco who interviewed Benedict XVI with "The Pope is one; [he] is Francis" quote appears to possibly be a leftist British operative of some type who is ambiguous. LifeSiteNews stated the Franco quotations of Benedict were at best ambiguous: "It is unclear from this introductory article if these particular quotations were from the reporter or Benedict XVI himself." (LifeSiteNews, "Benedict XVI asserts Francis is pope in new interview," June 29, 2019) According to Wikipedia, Franco "is [a] member of the [British establishment] International Institute for Strategic Studies" which according to "Transparify... gave it it's lowest rating [for a think tank], 'deceptive' on funding transparency." Wikipedia, also, said Franco "was a Vatican commentator at The [leftist pro-UK British] Guardian" until "2011." Moreover, Wikipedia said according to "Journalist Glenn Greenwald [The G...

Today, John Zmirak wrote "open borders equals abortion... immigration turns [pro-life] red states [into abortion] blue [states]." (Stream, "Open Borders Equals Abortion, June 28, 3019) Does this means that the open borders mania of Francis and the U.S. Bishops could be by the logical consequences of their promoting abortionist politicians be considered Satanic or demonic? Peter Kreeft said: "Abortion is the AntiChrist's demonic parody of the Eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning." Almost on cue, this week Church Militant reported that the man most responsible for the arguments used by Francis and the U.S. Bishops to push for abortionist politicians and open borders was a Satanist. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who was reportedly a Satanist, was the man who produced the "seamless garment" arguments used by Francis and the U.S. Bishops to promote abortionist...

The greatest American Thomist philosopher Edward Feser on Tuesday wrote: "So, every Catholic is obliged to affirm, on pain of heterodoxy, the following sentence, which for ease of reference I will label" "The Sentence: 'Capital punishment is not always and intrinsically wrong.'" (Edwardfeser.blog spot, "Just say the damn sentence already," June 25, 2019) So, if Francis and the U.S. Bishops cannot answer "No" to the following dubia question then they are in "heterodoxy": Is capital punishment always and intrinsically wrong? Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church

Julia Le Duc, a correspondent for La Jornada according to Wikipedia, took the now famous photo of the border drowning deaths. Most people in the United States don't know her newspaper is a extremist left-wing promoter of leftist oppressive regimes. The pro-Marxist Mexican La Jornada editor Carmen Lira Saade is well-known to have been a promoter of the repressive regime of Dictator Fidel Castro while he was alive. The Mexican newspaper, also, is an unabashed supporter of the Dictator Nicolas Maduro in his oppression and starvation of the Venezuelan people. It seems very hypocritical for the pro-Marxist newspaper which has shown no concern for the numerous deaths brought about by the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes to suddenly be so concerned about the drowning of two people. Also, how much credibility does this leftist newspaper which supports oppressive regimes have? Can anyone trust their narrative? Have any real journalists confirmed that the narrative of the border p...

It is very amusing to see pro-Francis "conservative" Vatican expert Robert Moynihan in Letter #35 say the "Team Francis, indulged" gay activist Frederic Martel's gay gossip book is very confusing to him and bad because it wants to put pressure on Francis's Team: "[I]t [Martel's book] seems to me part of some larger strategy, for a purpose I did not fully understand, to put pressure to bear on the Holy See." Gay activist Michael Winters on February 22 for a National Catholic Reporter article titled "Martel's Vatican city closet book exposes his motives and mistakes, not truth", also, thought it was bad because it is the "gay equivalent of a Viganò testimonianza." Might it be Moynihan and Winters are terrified that the general public might realize that Francis's Vatican is controlled (and 80 percent gay populated according to Martel) by the Vatican gay lobby as Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's testimony revea...

Former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon said according to LifeSiteNews that "his own independent sources in the [Francis] Vatican verified... that the vast majority of clergy in the Vatican are homosexual." Bannon said: "I was told it is not 80 percent, it is closer to 90 percent." (LifeSiteNews, "Steve Bannon hints at making film exposing homosexuality in Vatican," June 24, 2019) Bannon and anti-chastity as well as anti-morality Frederic Martel who is a radical gay activist may become allies and are "hinting" at making a homosexual exposé film on the Francis Vatican according to the LifeSiteNews article. It is not unusual for Bannon to ally with homosexuals according to the conservative BuzzFeedNews which says that the former presidential adviser has a "gay agenda": "Steve Bannon isn't out to promote a socially conservative agenda on homosexuality... This makes him an uncertain player in fights over LGBT...