[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019. [ 15 → 20] It's been over three weeks now since the famous open letter to the world's Novus Ordo bishops [ 20 → 23] accusing Francis of heresy was first published. [ 24 → 29] And if you recall, with that letter also came an online petition that people could sign [ 29 → 33] to appeal to the Novus Ordo bishops to take this open letter seriously [ 33 → 37] and get some action taken against Francis. [ 37 → 42] Well, on a prior episode of this podcast, I predicted that the petition would get no more than [ 42 → 45] about 3,500 signatures. [ 46 → 49] Well, turns out I was wrong. [ 50 → 58] As of today, the petition has garnered no fewer than 5,753 signatures. [ 59 → 65] Well, with that kind of support, I would suggest that they take every single one of those signatures [ 65 → 71] and forward them on to the Vatican and make sure they end up on Francis' desk. [ 71 → 72] That'll show him. [ 74 → 76] Seriously, what was the point of that? [ 77 → 84] This past Saturday, May 18th, the anti-abortion March for Life took place in the city of Rome, Italy. [ 85 → 89] Most people have probably not heard the recorded message Francis sent out, [ 89 → 91] in support of this endeavor. [ 91 → 94] But not to worry, Novus Ordo Watch has your back on that. [ 94 → 98] Here is the exclusive audio released by Francis. [ 104 → 109] Had it been a march in support of migrants, clean water, integral human development, [ 110 → 115] or sustainable agriculture, you know the Frankster's lips would still be moving. [ 116 → 118] Oh yeah, and while we're on that topic, [ 118 → 122] on May 3rd, Francis gave an address to the participants [ 122 → 126] in a Vatican conference on mining for the common good. [ 127 → 128] Quote, [ 128 → 140] The anti-pope said, [ 140 → 146] hitting on many of the talking points he puts forward in his eco-encyclical Laudato Si. [ 147 → 148] He stressed, [ 148 → 177] I really don't think I need a comment on that, do I? [ 177 → 178] Quote, [ 178 → 180] All right, one last thing on Bergoglio. [ 180 → 188] Yesterday, May 21st, it was chicken soup for the soul once again at the Casa Santa Marta. [ 188 → 192] In his daily blather session, also known as his weekday homily, [ 192 → 199] Francis asked his sheeple to go forward in life with the ability to make the heart smile. [ 201 → 202] People like that, he said, quote, [ 202 → 206] know how to smile at everything. [ 206 → 207] Unquote. [ 207 → 207] Quote, [ 207 → 219] Yep, this is the greeting card spirituality you will find at your local grocery store. [ 220 → 224] And one day, people will figure out that if that's what Catholicism is, [ 224 → 230] then nobody needs a pope for that, or a church, or even an organization. [ 230 → 233] You can just grab a Hallmark card. [ 234 → 237] Meanwhile, the Reverend Kevin Cusick has written, [ 237 → 241] a piece for The Wanderer, the newspaper that is to conservative Novus Ordo's [ 241 → 243] what the remnant is to the semi-trats. [ 244 → 248] And in his latest article, posted May 20th, entitled, [ 248 → 252] 11 in the World, The Pope is a Catholic, [ 253 → 257] Mr. Cusick is using desperate argumentation to keep people believing [ 257 → 261] that Jorge Bergoglio is the pope of the Catholic Church. [ 261 → 265] The question that, if he's the pope, then why is he preaching heresy? [ 265 → 269] Cusick answers with this brilliant rejoinder. [ 270 → 270] Quote, [ 271 → 271] Quote, [ 271 → 274] Let's clear the air by making one thing clear. [ 274 → 276] The pope is Catholic. [ 276 → 280] If the pope were not a Catholic, the dubia would never have happened. [ 281 → 286] If the pope were not a Catholic, none of the other growing list of letters [ 286 → 289] growing list, I love it, [ 290 → 294] of letters, petitions, and other appeals would have occurred. [ 294 → 302] Yes, Pope Francis is indeed a Catholic. [ 303 → 306] Because he is a Catholic, it is incumbent upon him [ 306 → 311] to consistently profess and teach the true Catholic faith. [ 311 → 313] And that has become a concern. [ 314 → 316] It is precisely because Francis, [ 316 → 319] because Francis is, [ 319 → 323] pardon me, [ 323 → 323] because Francis is, [ 324 → 326] because Francis is both Catholic and the pope, [ 327 → 328] that so... [ 328 → 331] We interrupt this program for a brief moment. [ 336 → 341] It is precisely because Francis is both Catholic and the pope [ 341 → 345] that so many are voicing concerns about his way of enunciating the faith. [ 346 → 351] The faith is not ours to manipulate or to change so it can't be changed back. [ 351 → 353] None of us serves Christ. [ 354 → 358] If we do not all share in the mutual submission to him in the truth, [ 358 → 360] from least to greatest in the church. [ 361 → 361] Unquote. [ 362 → 364] Uh, yeah. [ 364 → 367] I think Father Cusick is confusing something here. [ 368 → 374] It is not because he's a Catholic that people are trying to get him to profess the Catholic faith. [ 374 → 381] It's because he's not a Catholic and yet they believe him to be the head of the Catholic Church, [ 381 → 381] the pope. [ 382 → 383] That is the problem. [ 384 → 385] If they didn't think he was the pope [ 385 → 389] or any influential member of the Catholic Church, [ 389 → 393] then they couldn't care less what he thought or professed about anything. [ 393 → 396] It's the idea that this obvious modernist, [ 396 → 397] indifferentist, [ 397 → 398] communist, [ 398 → 399] and secularist [ 399 → 400] is the pope [ 400 → 403] that makes it all so dramatic. [ 404 → 405] But the pope, [ 405 → 406] any true pope, [ 407 → 409] is not just supposed to teach the true faith. [ 409 → 412] He actually and necessarily does. [ 412 → 417] That is the guarantee that God has given to the papacy. [ 417 → 420] That is what Vatican I means where it says, [ 420 → 420] quote, [ 421 → 440] unquote. [ 440 → 442] And that's Pastor Eterno's [ 442 → 442] Eterno's [ 442 → 443] Denzinger [ 443 → 445] number 1836. [ 446 → 449] The teaching of Vatican I is descriptive, [ 450 → 451] not merely normative. [ 452 → 454] That means that the teaching is describing [ 454 → 458] how the Holy Ghost protects the papacy. [ 458 → 463] It is not simply a rule that the pope is supposed to follow. [ 463 → 468] It is a description of what the pope actually does. [ 468 → 470] He does not invent new doctrines, [ 471 → 472] but faithfully says, [ 472 → 476] sets forth the contents of the deposit of faith. [ 478 → 480] Mr. Cusick also says in his Wanderer piece, [ 480 → 480] quote, [ 480 → 486] no pope is above a reasoned examination of his words and actions, [ 486 → 487] unquote. [ 487 → 492] Well, that is certainly true with regard to his personal moral life, [ 492 → 497] in which he can be rebuked by any Catholic if he sins and causes scandal, [ 497 → 501] but it is certainly not true of his magisterium. [ 501 → 502] On September, [ 502 → 502] 10th, [ 502 → 503] 1957, [ 504 → 508] Pope Pius XII said in an address to the general congregation of Jesuits, [ 509 → 509] quote, [ 509 → 515] let no one take from you the glory of that rectitude in doctrine and fidelity [ 515 → 520] in obedience due to the vicar of Christ among your ranks. [ 520 → 524] Let there be no room for that free examination, [ 524 → 529] more fitting to the heterodox mentality than to the pride of the Christian. [ 529 → 531] And according to which no one hesitates, [ 531 → 534] to summon before the tribunal of his own judgment, [ 535 → 540] even those things which have their origin in the apostolic sea, [ 540 → 541] unquote. [ 541 → 542] See, [ 542 → 546] the problem is they have way too many people in the Vatican II sect, [ 546 → 552] and especially among the semi-traditionalists who all pontificate about the papacy, [ 552 → 557] what a pope can and cannot do without really knowing much about the papacy. [ 558 → 561] They all have an opinion that they're more than happy to share, [ 561 → 563] people like Chris Ferreira, [ 563 → 564] Steve Skojec, [ 564 → 565] Michael Madd, [ 565 → 566] Taylor Marshall, [ 566 → 566] for example, [ 567 → 571] but they really never bother to look up in the old Catholic theology books, [ 572 → 572] manuals, [ 572 → 573] and catechisms, [ 573 → 576] just what that teaching on the papacy actually is. [ 578 → 579] All right, [ 579 → 580] changing gears here, [ 580 → 582] we come now to Mr. [ 582 → 582] Blaise Cupich, [ 583 → 585] the current pretend Archbishop of Chicago, [ 585 → 589] who recently apologized after the controversial father, [ 590 → 590] Michael Pfleger, [ 591 → 594] had invited the leader of the Nation of Islam, [ 595 → 596] Louis Farrakhan, [ 596 → 598] to speak at his parish church. [ 599 → 600] No, [ 600 → 600] of course, [ 600 → 602] Cupich didn't apologize to Catholics, [ 603 → 603] silly, [ 603 → 604] or to Novus Ordos, [ 605 → 608] for a Muslim speaking in what is supposed to be a Catholic church. [ 608 → 608] No, [ 608 → 609] no, [ 609 → 609] no, [ 609 → 609] no. [ 610 → 615] Cupich apologized to the Jewish community because Farrakhan had said to the crowd [ 615 → 618] that he was there in order to, [ 618 → 618] quote, [ 618 → 621] separate the good Jews from the satanic, [ 621 → 622] the satanic Jews, [ 622 → 623] unquote, [ 623 → 625] and other things in that direction, [ 626 → 628] according to a report by the Jesuit rag, [ 628 → 629] America. [ 630 → 632] Cupich issued his apology, [ 632 → 632] quote, [ 632 → 635] to my Jewish brothers and sisters, [ 635 → 637] whose friendship I treasure, [ 637 → 639] from whom I learn so much, [ 639 → 642] and whose covenant with God remains eternal, [ 643 → 643] unquote. [ 644 → 644] Well, [ 645 → 649] maybe someone can tell him that there is now a new covenant, [ 650 → 651] and that that new, [ 651 → 653] covenant is the one that is eternal, [ 653 → 657] not the one that the new covenant replaced. [ 657 → 660] You see Hebrews 8.13 and Hebrews 13.20, [ 661 → 661] for example. [ 662 → 666] But then Cupich may simply not know that there has been a new covenant in place [ 666 → 668] since 33 AD. [ 669 → 669] I mean, [ 669 → 671] it's not like he's actually a part of it. [ 672 → 675] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 676 → 678] Check us out at tradcast.org, [ 678 → 679] and if you like what we're doing, [ 679 → 681] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution, [ 681 → 685] at novusordowatch.org slash donate.