TrapCast Express
TrapCast Express, it's Thursday, September 7th, 2017.
Well, Pope Francis is currently in Colombia until Sunday the 10th.
And as always, he's got plenty to say.
On his first full day, he called for a new and sweeping utopia of life.
And shared with the youth the profound papal wisdom that beyond our differences, we are all part of something greater that unites and transcends us.
Plus, he told the youth to dare to dream big and said that the youth have a capacity of forgiveness that adults need to learn.
We've got all that and more on a special page dedicated to Francis' trip called The Francis Show in Colombia.
And that's...
That page is continually updated throughout Francis' trip.
Check it out at NovosOrdoWatch.org slash wire.
NovosOrdoWatch.org slash wire.
Yeah, seriously, read the endless speeches of Francis and then ask yourself what is in them that couldn't as well have been uttered in essence by the Dalai Lama, the UN Secretary General, or the Grand Master of the local Masonic Lodge.
It's all naturalist tripe with an occasional reference to our Lord to keep you in the game.
It is despicable.
You can fit France's entire religion on a Hallmark card.
It's basically little more than a help-your-neighbor philosophy with a liturgy.
All right, in other news, Mr. Blaise Cupich, the pretend Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, recently tweeted the following, quote,
quote,
unquote.
That was sent by his Twitter account on August 31st.
For those who are not familiar with the Hajj pilgrimage, that's the journey Muslims take to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to visit the tomb of Muhammad, which they are obliged to do at least once in their lifetime if they're able.
So, Mr. Cupich gladly wishes those steeped in the darkness of...
Islamism a prayerful journey there.
Now, I have a question.
Do you think Cardinal Cupich has ever wished a safe and prayerful journey to pilgrims of the Society of St. Pius X, for example?
I'm just asking.
Hey, real quick, and then we'll get back to some more news.
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All right, back to the news.
You've probably heard already that the second of the four Dubia Cardinals, Fr. Carlo Caffara, has died.
He passed away on September 6th at the age of 79.
This leaves only Fr. Walter Brantmuller and Raymond Burke.
Brantmuller?
Brantmuller is 88, and Burke is 69.
By the way, Francis sent his hypocritical condolences to the Archdiocese of Bologna on the passing of Fr. Caffara,
saying that he, quote,
served the gospel with joy and loved the church intensely, unquote.
Yeah, well, apparently, though, that wasn't enough to get him an audience,
the audience he wanted to talk to Francis about the errors of Amoris Laetitia.
Oh, and one final thing.
This is just hot off the presses.
Came in while I was preparing for this podcast.
Francis, at the end of his first full day in Columbia, said this, quote,
Now, I know he's trying to sound real philosophical here, but this is utter nonsense.
But it gets worse, so bear with me for a moment.
So he says vulnerability is the essence.
Well, a thing's essence is what makes a thing to be what it is.
In the case of man, his essence is the union of his rational soul with his animal body.
It is the rational, intellectual soul that distinguishes man from the brutes, from animals.
Animals, too, have a body, but they do not have a rational soul.
So that's the first error in Francis' claim that vulnerability is the essence of man,
the denial of his true essence.
The second error.
Is for him to say that man's essence is vulnerability.
If that were so, then it would mean that only man is vulnerable,
because that is what makes him man specifically.
That is what distinguishes him from all other beings.
So animals and plants are not vulnerable, according to that idea.
But, of course, Francis doesn't believe that.
In fact, Francis believes that even inanimate matter is vulnerable.
Think of his environmentalism, the cry of the earth.
And all that stuff.
So, this makes no sense whatsoever.
But then, the worst is yet to come.
Listen to this.
After Francis said that vulnerability is the essence of man, he added,
quote,
We are all vulnerable except for the Lord himself.
Unquote.
And by saying that, he has just denied our Lord's humanity.
He says that vulnerability is what makes us human,
and then he says,
He says that the Lord is not vulnerable.
You know what follows?
That our Lord Jesus Christ is not fully man.
That is heresy.
But then, what's one more heresy at this point?
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