Is Pope Leo Francis II? The Papal Posse Addresses Tough Questions!

The Prayerful Posse offers a clear response to the confusion in the Church. I always find their discussions well reasoned, calm, and charitable. What a blessing in today's hysterical world! If you want out of the weeds of confusion, they can help.

Who Is Pope Leo? Where Does He Stand on Grave Issues of the Faith?

Who Is Pope Leo?

I wrote yesterday that I would share a timeline today about my concerns with Pope Leo's actions since occupying the chair of Peter on May 8th. This list is hardly exhaustive. I could have written much more: about the danger of ecumenism and syncretism under Leo, the LGBTQ pilgrimage and soft-peddling of Church teaching on sexuality, welcoming heterodox spokesmen, calling the migration invasion a "sacrament of hope," playing footsie with Communist China, etc. Consider this list as the tip of the iceberg. I suspect there will be more to come. 

The Prayerful Posse is Always Worth a Listen! On James Martin, the LGBTQ Pilgrimage, etc.

 

Some Good Signs about the New Pope. Let Us Not Leap to Negative Judgment!

This episode from the series about the conclave and the new pope is well worth watching. Robert Royal feels some optimism about the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost because of his selection of the name, etc. "You can be in continuity with a previous pope and yet at the same time practice a sort of innovation," he said. That Pope Leo came out on the loggia wearing the traditional vestments (unlike Francis) was a big difference. 

A Vote for Maxine is a Vote for the Antichrist: The Calvary of Romania Coming Our Way

Today's Big Brother is social media

Are you Catholic, black or white, heterosexual? Did you vote for President Donald John Trump? If so, what are they going to do about it? "They", being the ever more Communistic Democratic Left, if they ever gain power again, will kill us, i.e., Catholics. It's called persecution. They will kill bishops, priests, nuns, religious, you and me, our families, our way of life, our freedoms, our lives. They will destroy our churches, force our children to be indoctrinated into Communist ideology where at that point in the future, God forbid, no conservative will ever see the light of day since prison will be the destiny of anyone contradicting Big Brother and Social Media. They will confiscate Catholic hospitals, schools, universities, tear open the graves of the saints, scatter their bones, burn our cathedrals to the ground.

"Here she goes again!" you say. "Writing about persecution and killing! It will never happen here. Not in America!" However, remember what Christ taught about the hatred of the world for Him and for us: If the world hates you, know that it hated me before you...If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. The "they" Christ speaks about is the same "they" I speak about. 

For example, look at Crazy Maxine Waters inciting her followers to attack conservatives so that we will not be able to eat in restaurants, or buy gas or food. Sounds like the book of Revelation where if one does not have the Mark of the Beast they will not be able to buy, sell or trade. Who knew, from predictions 2,000 years ago, that Crazy Maxine is the Beast's accomplice! A vote for Maxine is a vote for the Antichrist!

Lessons on the Snakes of Life

This?

Yesterday as I was cleaning the patio I saw a small brown, therefore probably poisonous, snake lying under one of the plants. It was outstretched, lying perfectly still. It looked like it was thinking. Possibly wondering where it wanted to go and curl up. I held my breath, backed away, then turned and raced to the garage to get the hoe. Once back and with the hoe poised to kill I sneaked up on the snake still lying in the same outstretched position. I tiptoed up behind it and THWACK! I got it! Right behind its head! I held the hoe firmly down on the pavement but oddly the snake didn’t squirm. I edged a bit closer and noticed that it was already dead, possibly injured at some point by one of my rabbits (one of them killed a rat once) then dried up by the hot sun. When I stooped to look more closely I saw that it wasn’t a snake at all but a long brown dead leaf which had fallen from the Amaryllis plant above. Whew! No snake infestation. Thank goodness.

But then that night snakes infested my dreams. I dreamed that I was in some sort of camp (I’ve been reading The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century by Robert Royal). There were no people around since they were all either working in the fields or in brain-washing classes. I was in charge of cleaning the Commandant’s office and there lying on the carpet was a long skinny green snake, which very obviously meant that there was a snake infestation, or soon going to be, which in turn meant trouble from the evil Commandant. Wanting to keep an eye on the snake to see where it went, I called out for someone to bring me a hoe.

When Ambiguity is Used to Undermine Doctrine

To my Argentine brothers, thanks for the help on AL.
Way to go, boys!

Comedian Emo Phillips has a funny routine that ends this way, "Ambiguity...the devil's volleyball." And it seems that many of today's bishops and even the pope himself belong to the Emo Phillips school of doctrine. But I'll let someone else a lot smarter than I am discuss the ambiguities in Amoris Laetitia and the devastating impact on the faith.

Some (Not Entirely Random) Thoughts on “Amoris Laetitia”

Robert Royal pegs it and illustrates that not only are we in cultural meltdown, but doctrinal meltdown as well. I lament with Jesus, "When I return will I find any faith on the earth?" Oh, and now Pope Francis is setting to work on the liturgy. Can we expect a return of butterfly vestments?

Read the article and watch for the program coming out soon on EWTN.

Great Discussion on Amoris Laetitia: Ambiguous and Problematic

Doesn't she mean Rome?

Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal engage in an intelligent discussion on this "problematic" document. There is "always an excuse. There's no limit on the excuses."

I totally agree with Fr. Murray in the video below. He's a canon lawyer and is concerned about the language and the "excuse cards" that give people a free pass to sin. And that is the implication of Amoris Laetitia. Those people making excuses need their consciences stirred up because their very salvation may be at stake: