Spot The Heretic

The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his Angels, unless before death they are joined with Her; and that so important is the unity of this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the Sacraments of the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their almsgivings, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian soldier. No one, let his almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ, can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church.

Pope Eugene IV, Cantate Domino, 1441 (Council of Florence)

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You [Eugenio Scalfari] ask if the God of the Christians forgives those who do not believe and do not seek faith. Given that—and this is fundamental—God's mercy has no limits if he who asks for mercy does so in contrition and with a sincere heart, the issue for those who do not believe in God is in obeying their own conscience. In fact, listening and obeying it, means deciding about what is perceived to be good or to be evil. The goodness or the wickedness of our behavior depends on this decision.

Pope Francis, Letter to Eugenio Scalfari, 2013

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“And I repeat it here. Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.”

Pope Francis, interview to Eugenio Scalfari, 2013

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Mundabor

A True Soldier Of Christ

Different clothes. Different age. Different circumstances. Still, some of them are still out there.

By the grace of God, the interventions on the Internet are multiplying that are critical, or severely critical, or outright devastating concerning the thinking and the acting of Francis, Bishop of Rome. I hope the reaction will grow in the months and years to come. I am confident there are enough people out there who can still read and understand what other people say. Liberals, atheists, abortionists, perverts of all sorts seem not to have any issue with it.

I wanted to mention in a very special way a blogger and Catholic apologist who has hugely impressed me with his integrity and love for Christ. A man who, other than myself, draws his income at least in part from activities linked to the approval – or at the very least the lack of hostility – from local bishops and Catholic organisations, and can therefore expect to pay a very tangible price for speaking the Truth. I have paid a price in friendships and relations with relatives, or in mockery and vilification for my Catholicism, but I have – thankfully – never been put in a position to put my livelihood on the line.

Louie Verrecchio, a well-established author, columnist and speaker – and also the author of the excellent blog linked above – has been put in that position, and has made the right choice. He has made, I would say, a spectacularly right choice.

Hats off to you, Mr Verrecchio. Wretched sinner as I am, you will be in my prayers.

Mundabor

Meet The “Hermeneutic of Blindness”

Please, dear Lord, no interviews anymore!

 

Poor Father Federico Lombardi has tried to stem the mess as he can on Thursday evening. Unfortunately for him and for us not only what he can is very little, but he makes things worse.

The idea now seems to be to tell Catholics “don’t take him seriously”, whilst saying to the atheists and liberals “look how good he is”.

In short, Catholics are supposed to exercise themselves in a “new hermeneutic” whenever the Pope speaks like a drunken heretic; because hey, he’s not dangerous. He only wants to play. In what this new hermeneutic would consist it is clear enough: ignore what he says when his talk is heretical or simply stupid, praise him to the sky every time he says “amen”. 

This new hermeneutic is nothing less than blindness in front of, and complicity in, Francis’ demolition work. It is being accessory to his sins.

Still, cue all the Neoconservatives now saying “let’s apply the new hermeneutic” every time Francis throws another bomb. What a disgrace this papacy is.    

My suggestion is that the Pope only speaks Catholic, or shuts up. Neither he nor anyone else – and he less than anyone else – has the right to confuse the Catholics; be it with homilies, informal chats, formal interviews, or long letters.   

“This isn’t Denzinger”, said a desperate Lombardi.

Yes, father. This most certainly isn’t.

Mundabor

Famous Last Words

The day of the Lord came like a thief in the night: Saul Alinsky.

From Faggotpedia, an excerpt of the interview Saul Alinsky gave to Playboy in 1972.

ALINSKY: … if there is an afterlife, and I have anything to say about it, I will unreservedly choose to go to hell.

PLAYBOY: Why?

ALINSKY: Hell would be heaven for me. All my life I’ve been with the have-nots. Over here, if you’re a have-not, you’re short of dough. If you’re a have-not in hell, you’re short of virtue. Once I get into hell, I’ll start organizing the have-nots over there.

PLAYBOY: Why them?

ALINSKY: They’re my kind of people.

Alinsky died two months after this interview, “of a sudden, massive heart attack […], on a street corner”.

It seems very probable his wish was granted “unreservedly”.

As they say in these cases: “if you’re happy, I’m happy”.

Mundabor

Pope Francis Strikes Again

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I do not know you, but I think that the shallowness of this Pope is getting seriously embarrassing. This, if we charitably assume that the Pope is being merely unintentionally shallow rather than wilfully disingenuous. As one tries to be charitable particularly concerning the Holy Father, I suggest we assume the first, but never become blind to the possibility of the second.

“Nessuno deve uccidere in nome di Dio” and “anche soltanto dirlo e’ una bestemmia”, the Pope has declared in one of his rather spontaneous sermons. Now, in Italian “uccidere” is in common parlance used both for killing and for murder, and the context tells you which is which, though if you mean “murder” you may well use unambiguous words like “assassinare”.

Therefore, the words of the Pope can be interpreted in an orthodox way (“no one can commit a murder in the name of God, and even to…

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