[ 0 → 4] Tradcast Express [ 4 → 14] Tradcast Express, it's Thursday, June 7th, 2018. [ 15 → 20] The Vatican's latest official document quotes Pope St. Pius X. [ 21 → 22] Can you believe it? [ 23 → 27] Yeah, well, unfortunately, the document is about sports, [ 27 → 31] and that's why they didn't mind mentioning Pope Pius X, [ 32 → 36] who reigned as Supreme Pontiff from 1903 to 1914, [ 36 → 39] and was the arch-enemy of modernism. [ 40 → 43] The document that was just released on June 1st is entitled [ 43 → 45] Giving the Best of Yourself, [ 46 → 50] a document on the Christian perspective on sport and the human person, [ 50 → 57] and it was published by the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life. [ 57 → 60] And now you know why they didn't have time to make every effort [ 60 → 63] to keep Ireland from legalizing abortion. [ 64 → 69] It's because they were working on a 37-page, 21,000-word document about exercising. [ 70 → 72] Well, I mean, priorities, you know. [ 73 → 76] So, what is Pius X quoted as saying? [ 76 → 80] Let me just read to you the entire short paragraph as follows. [ 80 → 81] Quote, [ 81 → 86] In 1904, Pius X opened the doors of the Vatican to sport [ 86 → 87] by hosting a youth championship. [ 87 → 88] Gymnastics event. [ 89 → 93] The chronicles of that time do not hide their amazement towards this gesture. [ 93 → 98] A story is reported that in response to the question from a puzzled priest of the Curia, [ 98 → 100] where are we going to finish? [ 100 → 101] Pius X replied, [ 102 → 103] My dear, in paradise. [ 104 → 104] Unquote. [ 105 → 110] So, yeah, out of all the topics they could have quoted Pope Pius X on, [ 110 → 113] out of all the things he said during his pontificate, [ 113 → 116] this is what they chose to quote. [ 117 → 120] And you notice that they don't even call him Saint Pius X. [ 121 → 123] They just refer to him as Pius X. [ 124 → 128] Well, you know, he was only incorrupt when they canonized him in 1954, but hey. [ 129 → 134] Paul VI, you can bet your bottom dollar, is going to get the title Saint all over. [ 135 → 138] And that will happen in October this year, in case you didn't hear about it yet. [ 139 → 144] So, yep, the Francis will actually declare the one man most responsible [ 144 → 147] for the existence of the Novus Ordo religion. [ 147 → 151] The way we know it, to be a Roman Catholic saint. [ 152 → 155] Now, a true Pope, of course, would not be able to do that. [ 156 → 161] And that is going to be yet another proof that Francis cannot be what he claims to be, [ 161 → 164] namely, the Pope of the Catholic Church. [ 164 → 168] And that still won't matter to people like Christopher Ferraro, of course, [ 168 → 174] who said in 2011 that it would be impossible for John Paul II to be declared a saint. [ 174 → 177] But, well, in 2014, Francis, [ 177 → 179] did precisely that. [ 179 → 181] And what did Ferraro do? [ 181 → 185] Did he conclude that, therefore, Francis could not possibly be a true Pope? [ 186 → 188] No, of course not. [ 189 → 195] In fact, on May 3rd of this year, Ferraro published a post on the Remnants Fetzenfliegen blog [ 195 → 200] entitled, Will No One in the Hierarchy Follow the Example of St. Paul? [ 200 → 206] And in this post, he once again appeals to the incident of St. Paul rebuking St. Peter, [ 206 → 207] recorded in 1418. [ 207 → 213] In Galatians chapter 2, verses 11 through 14, here's what Ferraro says, quote, [ 213 → 218] When St. Paul went to Antioch and encountered the error of the first Pope [ 218 → 223] in refusing to eat with the Gentiles, clinging to the old law and thus jeopardizing the Church's [ 223 → 229] universal mission, he did not issue an epistle calling upon the Galatians to reaffirm the [ 229 → 234] universality of the divine commission while failing to oppose the very Pope who, in his [ 234 → 236] very presence, was fatally compromising it. [ 236 → 242] Rather, he issued an epistle in which he recounts that he had been forced to oppose [ 242 → 247] Peter to the face because he was to be blamed, Galatians 2.11. [ 247 → 253] St. Paul thus recorded the divinely revealed truth about what the Church must do when confronted [ 253 → 255] by a wayward Pope, unquote. [ 256 → 262] Yeah, well, except that Galatians 2 is not talking about a Pope teaching error, but about [ 262 → 265] a Pope behaving in a potentially scandalous manner. [ 265 → 266] That's a crucial difference. [ 266 → 272] Some scripture scholars, such as St. Augustine, doctor of the Church, for example, said that [ 272 → 278] St. Peter was merely guilty of a venial fault of imprudence, nothing more. [ 278 → 284] And yet, by applying this passage to our situation today with Francis, Ferraro makes it seem [ 284 → 288] as though St. Peter had, you know, fallen into apostasy or something. [ 289 → 295] In any case, whatever the actual sin or degree of sin may have been, this was not an instance [ 295 → 296] of St. Peter teaching error. [ 296 → 300] It was an instance of St. Peter teaching the Church, as Francis does in Amoris Laetitia. [ 300 → 306] It was an instance of St. Peter conducting himself a certain way with the Jews in relation [ 306 → 307] to the Gentiles. [ 307 → 312] And you can look this up in traditional Catholic sources that speak about this passage. [ 313 → 320] For example, in paragraph number 283 of his book On the Church of Christ, which is part [ 320 → 326] of the Sacre Theologiae Summa Dogmatic Theology Collection, published in the mid-1950s, [ 326 → 332] Father Joachim Saloveri writes that St. Paul did not correct St. Peter for an error in [ 332 → 340] teaching, but for his way of acting, which was less suited to the truth of the teaching. [ 340 → 345] And he goes on to say this in paragraph 284, quote, [ 345 → 351] The truth of the teaching that must be held by all is this, that the observance of the [ 351 → 356] Mosaic Law for Christians, in addition to the Law of Christ, is not necessary for salvation, [ 356 → 359] but they are free to observe it if they wish. [ 360 → 365] And let me just interject here and point out that that was true only until the destruction [ 365 → 371] of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD, because that is when the Mosaic Law, observance of [ 371 → 375] the Mosaic Law, became intrinsically wrong. [ 376 → 381] Therefore, de facto to observe it could not be said to be forbidden intrinsically, or [ 381 → 386] by reason of the truth itself of the teaching, but extrinsically, or by reason of the teaching. [ 386 → 386] extrinsically, or by reason of the teaching. [ 386 → 414] And so Paul himself, when he took on Timothy as a companion, circumcised him because of [ 414 → 416] the Jews, Acts 16.3. [ 417 → 419] Rightly, therefore, Tertullian said, [ 419 → 429] Saint Robert Bellarmine too writes about this, quote, [ 429 → 435] When St. Peter compelled the Gentiles to Judaize, this was not an error of preaching, but of [ 435 → 436] conduct. [ 436 → 442] St. Peter did not ratify by some decree that they must Judaize, rather he formally taught [ 442 → 444] the contrary in Acts 15. [ 444 → 446] Nevertheless, when he was still in Antioch, [ 446 → 451] he separated himself from the dinner table of the Gentiles, lest he would give offense to those [ 451 → 457] recently converted to the faith from the Jews, and by his example compelled them to Judaize in a [ 457 → 462] certain measure, even Barnabas. But we do not deny that popes can offer the occasion of erring [ 462 → 469] through their own bad example. Rather, we deny that they can prescribe the whole church to follow [ 469 → 476] some error ex cathedra. Moreover, the examples and doctrines of the pontiffs are not equally [ 476 → 481] pernicious to the church, seeing that the Lord instructed them, saying, Do what they say, [ 481 → 488] but do not do what they do. Unquote. And that is from St. Robert Bellarmine's De Romano Pontifice [ 488 → 495] on the Roman Pontiff, Book 4, Chapter 8, and here I'm using the Ryan Grant translation. [ 496 → 501] So you can see that Ferrara is simply hijacking this passage because it floats his boat. He's [ 501 → 506] looking for something to use to advance the idea that the Pope can teach all sorts [ 506 → 512] of nonsense, even heresy, to the entire church, as Francis regularly does, and then the proper [ 512 → 519] response is to resist him to his face while still recognizing him as a valid Pope. And that is [ 519 → 525] simply not what St. Paul is saying in Galatians 2. The divinely revealed teaching in Galatians 2 [ 525 → 532] is that one must rebuke even the Pope, if necessary, with regard to his personal moral [ 532 → 535] failures, not with regard to his magisterium. [ 536 → 539] So, exit Mr. Ferrara. [ 540 → 547] In other news, Dr. Brian McCall has become the new editor-in-chief of Catholic Family News, [ 547 → 552] filling the position that was formerly held by Mr. John Venari, who passed away in 2017. [ 553 → 560] The managing editor is Matthew Gaspers. Catholic Family News is a flagship recognize-and-resist [ 560 → 565] publication. It advertises itself as adhering to the traditional Catholic faith [ 565 → 566] 100 times. [ 566 → 572] And yet it does not adhere to the Catholic teaching on the papacy, for example, because [ 572 → 577] they insist that Francis is the Pope of the Catholic Church, while at the same time they [ 577 → 583] refuse him submission, reject his teachings and laws, overrule his decisions, reject his canonized [ 583 → 589] saints, and so forth. So when McCall writes that he is committed to proclaiming the beautiful and [ 589 → 595] unchanging truths of the Catholic faith, I guess he means that the papacy is not one of them. [ 596 → 604] For more information on that, you can go to our blog at novusortowatch.org slash wire and search for [ 604 → 612] the post entitled Catholic Family News and the 100% Challenge, and you will see that they do not, [ 612 → 615] in fact, adhere to the Catholic faith 100%. [ 615 → 623] Now, Brian McCall is a U.S. attorney and an academic. He's also the author of three books [ 623 → 626] and has contributed as a writer to the Catholic Church. So, if you're interested in learning more [ 626 → 630] about him, you can go to the Latin Mass Magazine, Catholic Family News, The Remnant, and The [ 630 → 637] Angelus. The one article from him that I will always remember is the one he published in The [ 637 → 644] Remnant on September 9th, 2009, which was a commentary on the new encyclical that Benedict [ 644 → 653] XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, had just released then, entitled Caritas In Veritate. McCall opens his [ 653 → 655] article thus, quote, [ 656 → 661] Your experience reading the third encyclical of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI may have been similar [ 661 → 668] to my own. As I read through the text, I experienced the sensation of paradox and confusion. At one [ 668 → 673] point, I would rejoice over a clear affirmation of Catholic truth, much in need of proclamation [ 673 → 678] in these troubled times. But often, such a jewel would be followed by an almost incomprehensible [ 678 → 684] phrase, such as authentic integral human development, or a troubling practical suggestion, [ 685 → 686] such as the call for a global revolution. I would rejoice over a clear affirmation of Catholic truth, [ 686 → 690] such as the call for a global political authority capable of enforcing its decisions. Unquote. [ 691 → 697] Does this sound familiar, ladies and gentlemen? Yep, all the confusion and contradictions and [ 697 → 703] such, they didn't just start with Francis, you know? Francis is just taking everything [ 703 → 709] to a whole new level. In any case, later on in the article, McCall suggests that although [ 709 → 715] the encyclical Caritas In Veritate of Benedict XVI, although that encyclical is filled with [ 715 → 716] all sorts of novel things, it is not entirely true. The encyclical is filled with all sorts of novel [ 716 → 721] Vatican II terminology that is virtually incomprehensible to Catholics, since Benedict [ 721 → 727] XVI assures his readers that he is nevertheless teaching the apostolic faith unchanged from the [ 727 → 735] past, therefore a decoder is necessary to translate this Ratzinger speak into Catholicism. [ 736 → 742] Here is Brian McCall, quote, the consequence of this continued linguistic policy is that one needs [ 742 → 748] to approach the encyclical like a decoder. The Holy Father has told us that he is teaching the [ 748 → 754] same apostolic tradition. The same doctrine is pre-conciliar teaching. We must therefore read [ 754 → 761] the confusing language in light of tradition and translate the new ambiguous language into the [ 761 → 767] traditional language of the church. There is insufficient time to provide a complete codebook [ 767 → 772] of language for the encyclical, but here is my attempt at translating some of the major [ 772 → 772] forms of the encyclical. [ 772 → 776] Phrases used by the Holy Father, unquote. [ 781 → 787] Yeah, we'll just leave it at that. Folks, this is nothing but what the neo-Catholics, [ 788 → 794] the conservative Novels Orders are doing today with Francis. You've got Francis spouting all [ 794 → 799] these errors, the heresies and blasphemies, and then the pundits come in and tell you what Francis [ 799 → 802] really means. But I guess we're going to have to wait and see. [ 802 → 808] I guess when the Remnant does it with Benedict XVI, then it's considered, you know, top-notch [ 808 → 816] traditional Catholicism, right? 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