Tradcast Express
Whereas Francis declared in paragraph number 303 in his infernal exhortation Amoris Laetitia
that sometimes God may want people to commit adultery amid the concrete complexity of their
limits, of course, wink wink, a novice orto-theologian in Rome has now figured out
that if that's the case, then there are certainly also circumstances, very complex no doubt,
in which contraception is not just permissible but required. From a report published by
LifeSite yesterday, January 8th, quote, responsible parenthood can obligate a married
couple to use artificial birth control, a recently appointed member of the Pontifical
Academy for Life has argued, basing his theory on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the
family Amoris Laetitia. Italian moral theologian Father Maurizio Chiodi said at a December 14th
public lecture at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome that there are
circumstances in which a married couple can use artificial birth control.
Circumstances, I refer to Amoris Laetitia chapter 8, that precisely for the sake of responsibility
require contraception. In such circumstances, he said, an artificial method for the regulation
of births could be recognized as an act of responsibility that is carried out,
not in order to radically reject the gift of a child, but because in those situations,
responsibility calls the couple and the family to other forms of welcome
and hospitality, unquote. That's not a moral theologian speaking, folks, that's an immoral
theologian. In any case, here we see realized precisely what we and many other commentators
have said from the beginning, that despite whatever they may try to claim, at the end of
the day, Amoris Laetitia teaches situation ethics, which was condemned by Pope Pius XII in the 1950s.
For example, in his address,
of April 18th, 1952, Pius XII talked about this new morality of situation ethics and said,
quote, the distinctive mark of this morality is that it is not based in effect on universal
moral laws, such as, for example, the Ten Commandments, but on the real and concrete
conditions or circumstances in which men must act, and according to which the conscience of
the individual must judge and choose. Such a state of things is unique and is a place for
every human action. That is why the decision of conscience, as the advocates of this ethic
assert, cannot be commanded by ideas, principles, and universal laws. Such judgments of conscience,
howsoever contrary they may seem at first sight to divine precepts, would be valid before God
because, they say, in the eyes of God, a seriously formed conscience takes precedence over precept
and law, unquote. Bam.
That is exactly what the Bergolians are putting forward, and it is absolutely condemned by
the true Roman Catholic Church. We're going to see a lot more of that, folks, in the probably
not too distant future. You can count on that. Because once you admit the principle that
an intrinsically evil act is sometimes justified or can be smoothed over because of conscience
and complex circumstances and all that, well, then there is nothing that would be immune
from that line of reasoning.
Although, I have a hunch that no one in the Novus Ordo Church is going to apply that situation
ethics principle and say that sometimes racism is permitted or excluding the marginalized or
bullying others. Speaking of which, Francis has discovered and condemned the work of the devil.
No, he didn't issue a new condemnation of modernism, Lutheranism, atheism, paganism,
Satanism.
Abortion or the gender ideology. No, in a sermon of January 8th, he fearlessly spoke out against
bullying, calling it Satan's work that is rooted in original sin. Wow. I mean, golly, I'm shocked
to hear him profess belief in original sin. I think that may be a first for him. And of course,
it's entirely hypocritical since he's a naturalist and all naturalists deny, at least implicitly,
original sin or its consequences.
But it's good to know that Francis has once again hit the nail on the head in identifying
what is really ailing our world.
Well, keep in mind that this is also the man who continually preaches against the
terrorism of gossip and the great evil of making too large of a carbon footprint.
And because of this ridiculous rhetoric, no one listens to Francis when he does,
at some point, speak out against abortion, for example.
As he sometimes does do, likewise calling it criminal or demonic or whatever.
Yeah, well, I guess it's just on a level with school bullies and failure to recycle
and immigration problems. It probably won't be long before we see an encyclical from him
on the genocide of jaywalking.
And finally, in his homily today, January 9th, Francis asserted once again,
as he had done before, that spiritual authority comes from,
the people, from being close to the people. And that if you don't have that closeness,
well, then your authority is lost. A report by Robin Gomes published at Vatican News says,
quote, what gives authority to Jesus, the Pope explained, is precisely his closeness to the
people. Because he understands their problems, pains and sins, he welcomes, heals and teaches
them, coming close to them, unquote.
Utter garbage, baloney, rubbish, okay? I don't know if it's heresy or not, but if it's not,
it's certainly not far from it. Now, Francis, being the modernist that he is, speaks out of
all sides of his heretical mouth. And so, at the same time, he also claimed in his homily that
authority comes only from God, from the Father, quote, authority, the Pope explained, is a gift
that comes only from God, which Jesus gives to his own. Authority in speaking, he said,
always comes from one's closeness to God and to the people. Authority is coherence, not double
life. And if a pastor loses his authority, he should not lose hope, as there is always time
to come close and reawaken one's authority and prophecy, unquote. You know what? Just get out of
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