TrapCast Express
TrapCast Express, it's Tuesday, February 6th, 2018.
Well, Pope Francis is in hot water.
Yesterday, the Associated Press published an explosive report
which indicates that Francis flat-out lied
when he spoke to reporters on the recent return flight from Peru
about the Bishop Juan Barros case.
From the Associated Press, quote,
Pope Francis received a victim's letter in 2015
that graphically detailed how a priest sexually abused him
and how other Chilean clergy ignored it,
contradicting the Pope's recent insistence
that no victims had come forward to denounce the cover-up,
the letter's author and members of France's own sex abuse commission
have told the Associated Press, unquote.
The name of the victim,
and author of the letter is Juan Carlos Cruz.
Barros is accused of having repeatedly witnessed,
ignored, and covered up sexual abuse
committed by Father Fernando Caradima.
Caradima was tried by the Vatican
and in 2011 found guilty.
Given his advanced age,
he was ordered to spend the remainder of his life
in prayer and penance at a remote location
and was prohibited from exercising his priesthood.
According to the AP report,
the victim's letter said,
his letter was given to Marie Collins,
who was then a member of the Vatican's commission
for the protection of minors,
and later hand-delivered to Francis by Cardinal Sean O'Malley.
Collins says that O'Malley confirmed to her
that he had placed the letter into Francis' hands.
Now, keep in mind, this was no ordinary letter
and O'Malley isn't just any noble sort of cardinal.
He's the president of the commission for the protection of minors.
So, if Francis,
if Francis really takes the sexual abuse issues
as seriously as he claims,
then he knows that when O'Malley hand-delivers a letter to him,
it's important enough to pay attention.
If anyone can give me evidence,
I'll be the first to listen,
Francis had assured reporters on the plane in January.
So now Francis has a lot of egg on his face,
enough to make an omelette.
The AP report says that the Vatican press office
has so far not responded to emails or calls,
seeking comment.
Imagine that.
In other news,
the University of Bonn, Germany,
employs the noble sort of priest Gerhard Hoever
as a professor of moral theology.
Well, it turns out that he teaches immoral theology, actually,
because he just published a reflection on Amoris Laetitia,
in which he argues that the Catholic notion of intrinsic evil
needs to be abandoned.
Now, Hoever is not just anyone.
He is actually a member of the Vatican's pontifical academy,
for life,
and his paper was published on its official website,
academyforlife.va.
At the National Catholic Register,
journalist Edward Penton published a report about this on January 29th,
with the headline,
Pontifical Academy for Life Member,
Term Intrinsically Evil Too Restricting.
Penton states the following, referring to Hoever,
quote,
He believes that the principle time is greater than space
relates to an interplay,
between the eternal and temporal spheres,
taking on a moral theological significance
that affects the previous teaching about intrinsically evil actions,
unquote.
Now, this is typical modernist gobbledygook
that is meant to sound profound and impressive,
to make it look like it's just really deep theology,
and whoever dares to contradict it
just isn't bright enough to get it.
So time is greater than space, huh?
My eye.
Sounds like something Spock said on Star Trek,
in 1967.
Anyway, Penton continues,
quote,
Hoever argues that the term intrinsically evil
is too restricting,
as it fails to account for some regularity
within irregular situations,
ones which could be allowed
if one abides by the principle
that time is greater than space,
unquote.
Yeah, well, you know what?
Maybe time is not greater than space,
and this whole thing is just a load of bunk,
from Jorge Bergoglio.
The notion of intrinsic evil
is only too restricting
for those who want to justify intrinsic evils.
Think about that for a minute.
You know, the matter is actually quite simple,
and it's got nothing to do with situations.
Some acts are intrinsically evil
because they are not in conformity
with our nature, our human nature.
They contradict it.
That's why no circumstance or motive
can justify them,
such as blasphemy,
or adultery, for example.
If Mr. Hoever wants to get rid
of the notion of intrinsically evil acts,
he'll have to get rid of human nature altogether.
And who knows?
At this point, perhaps that's exactly
what he intends to do.
I mean, he is a part of the Vatican II religion,
and teaches at Star Trek Theology, after all.
Perhaps we just ought to be glad
that this beacon of moral theology
isn't saying that the notion
of intrinsic evil is now
intrinsically evil.
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