[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, August 3rd, 2018. [ 15 → 24] If Pope Francis was looking for a way to get everybody to stop talking about the McCarrick sex abuse scandal for a while, well, he succeeded. [ 24 → 34] Yesterday, August 2nd, Chaos Frank decreed an official change to the Novus Ordo Catechism concerning the morality of capital punishment. [ 35 → 40] From now on, the papal pretender says, the death penalty is inadmissible. [ 41 → 48] Why? Because human dignity. What else? God's law has nothing to do with it. [ 48 → 54] Francis' decree orders that the so-called Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article No. 20, [ 54 → 58] be replaced with the following text. [ 84 → 93] In addition, a new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state. [ 94 → 100] Lastly, more effective systems of detention have been developed, which ensure the due protection of citizens, [ 101 → 106] but at the same time do not definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of redemption. [ 107 → 114] Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that the death penalty is inadmissible, [ 114 → 119] because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person, [ 119 → 123] and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide. [ 124 → 130] So that's the latest and greatest on capital punishment now from the Vatican II Church. [ 130 → 140] And I say latest and greatest because this is now the third formulation of Article No. 2267 in the Novus Ordo Catechism. [ 140 → 142] The first one was published in 1992. [ 143 → 144] Then came the second. [ 144 → 152] It was published in so-called Typical Edition in 1997, and now it's 2018, and they changed it yet again. [ 152 → 159] If you're interested in all the details about this, go to our blog at novusortowatch.org slash wire [ 159 → 163] and click on the post released August 2nd, entitled [ 163 → 172] Francis Makes Official Change to Catechism, Death Penalty Now Universally Inadmissible Because an Attack on the Human Person. [ 173 → 174] Yes. [ 174 → 180] Inadmissible is the key word here, and the normative text for the new teaching is, of course, in Latin, [ 181 → 187] and the phrase rendered inadmissible is non posse admitti in Latin, [ 187 → 190] which literally means cannot be admitted. [ 191 → 196] Now, the idea that the death penalty cannot be admitted is complete nonsense, of course. [ 197 → 204] You see, Francis deceitfully invokes the Gospel here when the truth is that in the entire New Testament, [ 204 → 210] nowhere is capital punishment forbidden or even declared imprudent. [ 210 → 213] In fact, it is actually endorsed. [ 214 → 216] Here are some scripture passages you can look up. [ 216 → 233] Matthew 15, 3-4, Mark 7, 10, Luke 23, 39-41, John 19, 11, Romans 13, 1-4, and Hebrews 10, 28-29. [ 234 → 238] So, if anything is inadmissible here, it's Francis' novel teaching. [ 239 → 243] The Catechism of the Council of Trent, first released in the 16th century, [ 243 → 248] and happily used by the Catholic Church until Vatican II, taught this, quote, [ 248 → 256] Another kind of lawful slaying belongs to the civil authorities, to whom is entrusted power of life and death, [ 257 → 262] by the legal and judicious exercise of which they punish the guilty and protect the innocent. [ 262 → 267] The just use of this power, far from involving the crime of murder, [ 268 → 275] is an act of paramount obedience to this commandment, meaning the Fifth Commandment, which prohibits murder. [ 275 → 280] The end of the commandment is the preservation and security of human life. [ 281 → 286] Now, the punishments inflicted by the civil authority, which is the legitimate avenger of crime, [ 287 → 292] naturally tend to this end, since they give security to life by repressing outrage, [ 292 → 293] and violence. [ 295 → 296] Hence, these words of David, [ 297 → 313] If only the Catechism of Trent had known about human dignity! [ 315 → 322] But hey, good thing we've got that Jesuit from Buenos Aires now explaining to us what the gospel really teaches. [ 322 → 326] You know, one of the most ironic things about this is that, [ 326 → 331] although it's always claimed that we cannot use capital punishment because of human dignity, [ 332 → 334] because man was made in the image and likeness of God, [ 334 → 340] when you look at when God himself first decreed that murderers were to be put to death, [ 341 → 348] he explained that this was to be done because man is created in his own image. [ 349 → 352] Turn to Genesis 9, verse 6. [ 352 → 353] Quote, [ 353 → 369] So here you can see that the Vatican II Church has made the very reason God gave [ 369 → 375] for introducing the death sentence into the reason why it ought not to be administered. [ 375 → 377] It's absurd. [ 379 → 381] Now, there's another problem here. [ 381 → 382] Well, it's a problem that we don't know about. [ 382 → 382] Well, it's a problem that we don't know about. [ 382 → 384] It's a problem for those who believe Francis is Pope. [ 385 → 392] This new teaching meets the requirements for being taught by the universal ordinary magisterium. [ 392 → 399] And the universal ordinary magisterium, according to traditional Catholic doctrine, is infallible. [ 400 → 404] In 1870, the First Vatican Council declared, quote, [ 404 → 409] Further, by divine and Catholic faith, all those things must be believed, [ 410 → 413] which are contained in the written word of God and in tradition, [ 414 → 418] and those which are proposed by the Church, either in a solemn pronouncement [ 418 → 424] or in her ordinary and universal teaching power, to be believed as divinely revealed. [ 425 → 425] Unquote. [ 426 → 431] And you can find that in Denzinger, number 1792. [ 431 → 434] But if Francis is Pope, [ 434 → 436] and the Novus Ordo bishops are the Catholic bishops, [ 437 → 440] then they are now teaching in union with him [ 440 → 443] that the death penalty is inadmissible [ 443 → 445] and that this is divinely revealed [ 445 → 447] because, remember, the new text says [ 447 → 450] that this teaching is based on the gospel. [ 451 → 452] Let me quote it again. [ 453 → 455] The new text says, quote, [ 455 → 459] Consequently, the Church teaches in the light of the gospel [ 459 → 462] that the death penalty is inadmissible [ 462 → 463] because it is an attack, [ 464 → 467] on the inviolability and dignity of the person. [ 467 → 468] Unquote. [ 469 → 470] So there's your evidence. [ 470 → 473] Either what Francis teaches here is infallibly true, [ 474 → 476] and then you could still believe he is the Pope, [ 476 → 477] at least on that account, [ 478 → 480] or else, if it is false, [ 480 → 482] then you know he cannot be a valid Pope [ 482 → 484] because God has promised infallibility [ 484 → 488] to the papal office in a matter such as this. [ 490 → 493] So, can you guess what the reactions to this have been? [ 493 → 501] In the whole spectrum, by way of summary, [ 501 → 503] in the whole spectrum of the Vatican II sect, [ 504 → 506] from ultra-liberal to hyper-traditionalist, [ 507 → 509] you find every kind of reaction. [ 509 → 512] On the far left, you have the sodomite lobby saying, [ 513 → 516] well, if Francis can change teaching on the death penalty [ 516 → 517] because human dignity, [ 518 → 520] well, then he can obviously also change teaching [ 520 → 523] on homosexuality because dignity. [ 523 → 525] And you know what? [ 525 → 526] On that point, they're right. [ 527 → 529] If you can suddenly discover something in the gospel [ 529 → 533] that contradicts what was taught for 2,000 years prior, [ 533 → 536] well, then all teaching can potentially be revised. [ 538 → 540] Just say there's a new awareness now [ 540 → 542] about human dignity or whatever, right? [ 542 → 544] Or we've done more research on homosexuality, [ 545 → 545] and there you go. [ 546 → 549] What's good for the goose is good for the gander. [ 550 → 553] And then you have Bergoglio worshipers [ 553 → 558] like Mark Shea and the folks at WherePeterIs.com. [ 558 → 560] I was about to say WhereIsPeter.com. [ 560 → 563] And they're all, you know, celebrating and pointing out [ 563 → 566] that this is a genuine development of doctrine. [ 567 → 570] And then you have others saying that [ 570 → 572] this is nothing to get worked up over [ 572 → 575] because the new teaching doesn't really change anything [ 575 → 578] from what was said before [ 578 → 580] or only, you know, just some minimal nuance. [ 582 → 583] And then you have, [ 583 → 585] you have those who realize and admit [ 585 → 589] that Francis has just done something impossible [ 589 → 591] or at least impermissible. [ 591 → 594] That is, he has now outlawed all capital punishment [ 594 → 595] as a matter of principle. [ 596 → 598] And so they're contrasting that with [ 598 → 601] basically what the catechism used to teach. [ 602 → 605] That's how Edward Penton put it in one of his tweets, [ 605 → 606] I thought was hilarious. [ 607 → 609] And then you have those who are saying [ 609 → 612] that Francis is rejecting dogma [ 612 → 613] and is therefore, [ 613 → 615] a heretic. [ 616 → 618] Now, one of our next blog posts [ 618 → 621] is going to look at those reactions in some depth. [ 621 → 623] So stay tuned for that. [ 624 → 626] But, oh yeah, there's one reaction [ 626 → 628] I must mention right now. [ 628 → 631] And that is what was written by [ 631 → 635] the chief rhetorician of the Recognize and Resist camp, [ 635 → 637] Mr. Christopher Ferrara. [ 638 → 642] His Fatima Perspectives column installment number 1221, [ 643 → 644] is entitled, [ 645 → 648] The Reversible Magisterium is No Magisterium. [ 649 → 651] And in that installment he says, [ 651 → 651] quote, [ 652 → 654] The Magisterium Cannot Contradict Itself. [ 655 → 655] Unquote. [ 657 → 659] And so far so good, you might say, [ 659 → 660] except when you turn to his book, [ 661 → 662] The Great Facade, [ 662 → 664] which was first published in 2002 [ 664 → 667] and in a second edition in 2015. [ 668 → 670] Ferrara writes there, quote, [ 670 → 672] Let us consider an actual example [ 672 → 676] of a teaching of the ordinary magisterium [ 676 → 678] that was later found to be false [ 678 → 682] and actually reversed by a pope. [ 682 → 683] Unquote. [ 684 → 686] And if you have a copy of the book, [ 686 → 687] you can verify that for yourself. [ 687 → 691] It's page 151 of the 2015 edition [ 691 → 695] and it's on page 192 of the 2002 edition. [ 697 → 698] Ferrara then goes on to claim [ 698 → 701] that the Council of Florence taught error [ 701 → 702] concerning the matter of the sacrament, [ 702 → 704] the sacrament of priestly ordination. [ 704 → 706] And then that was later corrected [ 706 → 707] by Pope Pius XII. [ 708 → 710] But that's simply not true. [ 710 → 712] If you look at what Pius XII says [ 712 → 714] in his Apostolic Constitution, [ 714 → 716] Sacramentum Ordinis of 1947, [ 717 → 719] by no means does he concede [ 719 → 721] that Florence taught error [ 721 → 723] and that he's now correcting it. [ 723 → 725] But that's a whole other can of worms [ 725 → 727] that we really can't get into now. [ 727 → 729] I just wanted to point out [ 729 → 731] that Ferrara is contradicting himself. [ 732 → 732] All right. [ 732 → 734] Back to Francis. [ 734 → 736] Chaos Frank. [ 737 → 739] By revising the catechism like that, [ 739 → 741] he's actually shooting himself in the foot. [ 742 → 744] But that won't matter to him [ 744 → 746] because his goal [ 746 → 749] is the destruction of all Catholic principles [ 749 → 751] in the minds and souls of men. [ 753 → 756] See, a church that gets the Fifth Commandment wrong [ 756 → 758] for 2,000 years is not credible. [ 759 → 761] A church that doesn't know [ 761 → 762] what the gospel really is, [ 762 → 763] what the gospel really teaches [ 763 → 765] on human dignity or anything else, [ 765 → 768] only to discover it 20 centuries later [ 768 → 770] cannot be taken seriously. [ 771 → 773] A church that can change one teaching [ 773 → 775] can change all of them. [ 776 → 777] Even if that doesn't enter [ 777 → 779] into people's minds right now, [ 779 → 781] the premise for this has been laid [ 781 → 784] and sooner or later people will draw [ 784 → 786] the conclusion that follows [ 786 → 788] with necessity from it. [ 788 → 790] And so who knows [ 790 → 792] what that god of surprises will come up with. [ 792 → 795] But I have my suspicions. [ 795 → 797] I can tell you what I think [ 797 → 799] will be the next thing to be considered [ 799 → 800] inadmissible. [ 800 → 801] Ready for this? [ 802 → 804] Life in prison. [ 805 → 806] Yeah, you think I'm kidding? [ 807 → 808] Don't underestimate the Frankster. [ 809 → 811] He's already gone on record more than once [ 811 → 814] saying that life imprisonment is immoral, [ 815 → 818] that it is nothing but a hidden death sentence. [ 818 → 819] Look it up online. [ 820 → 821] You can find it even on the Vatican website. [ 822 → 824] On October 23rd, 2014, [ 824 → 826] in an address to the delegates [ 826 → 829] of the International Association of Penal Law, [ 829 → 830] Francis said, [ 830 → 830] quote, [ 830 → 834] a life sentence is just a death penalty [ 834 → 836] in disguise, unquote. [ 838 → 840] The man is a naturalist. [ 841 → 843] He does not believe in or care about [ 843 → 845] the supernatural destiny of man. [ 846 → 846] For him, [ 846 → 849] if you have no more opportunity for happiness [ 849 → 851] in this natural temporal life, [ 852 → 853] then life is pointless. [ 855 → 857] And that opportunity for happiness [ 857 → 860] is taken away both by the death penalty [ 860 → 862] and by life in prison. [ 863 → 866] And while this might seem somewhat noble at first, [ 866 → 869] perhaps it is a damnable heresy [ 869 → 873] because it denies the true purpose for our existence. [ 873 → 878] It denies the reason why God created us to begin with. [ 880 → 881] By the way, [ 881 → 884] if the death penalty is contrary to human dignity, [ 885 → 888] what about the eternal death penalty of hell? [ 889 → 890] Oh, wait. [ 890 → 892] Francis doesn't believe in that either. [ 892 → 892] Remember? [ 894 → 896] To wrap this up, [ 896 → 897] here's my advice. [ 898 → 901] Don't revise what you believe about the death penalty. [ 902 → 905] Revise what you believe about Jorge Bergoglio. [ 907 → 910] Tradcast Express is a production of Novels Ordo Watch. [ 910 → 912] Check us out at tradcast.org. 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