[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, July 26th, 2019. [ 16 → 22] As we said in the last podcast, Francis has announced he wants to visit his native Argentina in 2020. [ 23 → 24] That's next year. [ 24 → 29] And since that's not going to be a cakewalk for him, after all, the people know him there, [ 29 → 35] the Novus Ordo media spin machine has now begun jumping into action to sway public opinion, [ 36 → 41] or at least, shall we say, qualify the expected Argentine opposition. [ 42 → 48] Ines San Martin, who is from the same country, wrote a piece for Crux entitled [ 48 → 56] God Love Him, Argentines Just Can't Help Criticizing Their Pope, published on July 15th. [ 56 → 59] And in it, she says this, [ 59 → 67] Beyond being egocentric, people who hail from the ends of the earth also believe themselves entitled [ 67 → 73] to their high opinions of themselves, to the point that they question the abilities of Lionel Messi, [ 73 → 77] widely considered one of the greatest soccer players in history. [ 77 → 84] Francis, history's first pope from the Global South, is no exception to the Argentine rule of thumb. [ 84 → 85] Unquote. [ 85 → 89] Yeah, well, nice try to shield Francis from the... [ 89 → 92] expected criticism, but not quite. [ 92 → 100] You see, Jorge Bergoglio, Francis, was appointed and elected to his respective positions, [ 100 → 106] whereas Lionel Messi arrived at his number one soccer ranking purely by skill. [ 106 → 111] No one selected him, no one gave him that job, no one voted for him. [ 112 → 117] So, no, Bergoglio isn't the theological equivalent of Messi. [ 118 → 119] He's more like... [ 119 → 121] that of Florence Foster Jenkins. [ 122 → 127] In other news, yesterday, the federal government of the United States announced [ 127 → 135] that after a roughly 15-year hiatus, it is going to resume the execution of inmates who have been condemned to death. [ 136 → 138] Which kind of makes sense. [ 138 → 143] If you have the death penalty and people are sentenced to die, then at some point, [ 144 → 146] they should actually be executed. [ 146 → 148] Otherwise, why have the punishment? [ 149 → 153] Well, of course, that didn't sit well with the nation's Novus Ordo bishops, [ 154 → 157] who adhere to a false naturalist, pseudo-Catholic religion, [ 158 → 163] in which temporal life on Earth and not eternal salvation is the highest good. [ 164 → 169] And so they rushed to issue a statement in which they condemned the decision by the federal government [ 169 → 173] to resume executions of death row inmates. [ 174 → 177] Crux published an article yesterday that stated, quote, [ 177 → 178] Bishop Frank DeWayne, who is a Catholic, said, [ 178 → 186] Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development [ 186 → 192] said he is deeply concerned by the move and urged the Trump administration to reconsider. [ 193 → 197] In 2015, Pope Francis, echoing the views of his predecessors, [ 197 → 200] called for the global abolition of the death penalty. [ 201 → 202] He went on to state that [ 202 → 208] a just and necessary punishment must never exclude the dimension of hope [ 208 → 208] and the global abolition of the death penalty. [ 208 → 209] This is the goal of rehabilitation. [ 210 → 214] The Catholic bishops of the United States have echoed this call for many years, [ 215 → 217] including their 2005 statement, [ 217 → 223] a culture of life and the penalty of death, DeWayne said, unquote. [ 224 → 230] Yup, and that's the difference between Roman Catholic teaching and Novus Ordo teaching. [ 230 → 235] In the Novus Ordo, punishment must always be about rehabilitating the offender [ 235 → 238] and giving him a second chance in this life. [ 238 → 242] It's always first and foremost about the perpetrator. [ 243 → 244] Well, guess what? [ 244 → 250] There are some crimes so horrific that you simply don't deserve another chance. [ 251 → 254] Yeah, you'll get a priest before your execution, [ 254 → 256] and hopefully you'll repent of your sins, [ 256 → 260] and then salvation is still possible for you, [ 261 → 264] which is the ultimate goal of your existence anyway, [ 264 → 266] and that goal can still be reached. [ 266 → 268] But in terms of this life, [ 268 → 269] you're done. [ 270 → 271] It's over. [ 272 → 274] You have to expiate the crime you've committed. [ 275 → 277] That's what punishment is about. [ 277 → 280] Not only, of course, but that is an essential element, [ 280 → 283] at least when it comes to real crime. [ 284 → 288] Now, Mr. DeWayne quotes Francis talking about hope, [ 288 → 290] and there, too, we see the difference. [ 291 → 293] See, for Francis and all modernists, [ 293 → 296] hope pertains to the natural temporal life. [ 296 → 298] Hope is about getting out of the way, [ 298 → 299] getting out of prison sometime, [ 300 → 303] getting another chance to live life again outside of prison. [ 304 → 308] But the Catholic notion of hope has to do with salvation. [ 309 → 310] It's about making it to heaven, [ 311 → 314] and that chance is still given even on death row. [ 314 → 317] In fact, nothing can make someone repent faster [ 317 → 323] than being faced with the prospect of shameful, painful execution, [ 323 → 327] then death, and then judgment by God. [ 327 → 328] It's amazing. [ 328 → 330] It's amazing what that thought can do to someone. [ 331 → 333] Remember the good thief on the cross? [ 334 → 338] Anyway, it seems to me that people who oppose the death penalty in principle [ 338 → 342] don't really understand the severity of some crimes. [ 343 → 348] What some people are capable of doing to other human beings defies belief. [ 349 → 354] When you look at the cruelty and wickedness that some are capable of, [ 354 → 358] heinous crimes often committed even against children, [ 358 → 360] when you look at that, [ 360 → 362] you understand immediately, intuitively, [ 363 → 367] that there is only one just punishment for such people, [ 368 → 369] and that is death. [ 369 → 372] That is execution by the state, [ 372 → 374] who is the lawful authority. [ 375 → 378] That's what we find confirmed not only in the Old Testament, [ 379 → 380] but also in the New. [ 381 → 383] St. Paul wrote to the Romans, [ 383 → 383] quote, [ 383 → 386] Let every soul be subject to higher powers, [ 386 → 388] for there is no power but forgiveness, [ 388 → 388] from God. [ 389 → 392] And those that are, are ordained of God. [ 392 → 396] Therefore he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God. [ 397 → 400] And they that resist purchase to themselves damnation. [ 401 → 405] For princes are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. [ 405 → 408] Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? [ 408 → 412] Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same. [ 413 → 416] For he is God's minister to thee for good. [ 416 → 418] But if thou do that which is evil, [ 418 → 422] fear, for he beareth not the sword in vain. [ 423 → 425] For he is God's minister, [ 425 → 430] an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil. [ 431 → 431] Unquote. [ 431 → 435] And that's Romans chapter 13, verses 1 through 4. [ 436 → 438] Now, of course, the Novus Ordo bishops, [ 438 → 439] led by Francis himself, [ 440 → 442] have long rejected divine revelation [ 442 → 444] and have substituted for it [ 444 → 447] their idol of the dignity of man. [ 447 → 450] Yes, man was created in the image and likeness of God, [ 451 → 453] on account of which he possesses dignity. [ 453 → 459] But that dignity obviously can never be invoked against God himself. [ 459 → 464] It can never be used to justify rejecting the very law of God, [ 465 → 467] whose dignity is infinite. [ 467 → 469] And what did God say? [ 469 → 473] Well, ironically, it is precisely due to human dignity [ 473 → 477] that God decreed the death penalty to begin with. [ 477 → 481] Look at Genesis chapter 9, verse 6. [ 485 → 495] But the Novus Ordo religion prefers the worship of man to that of God. [ 496 → 501] The dignity of man is now being put above God himself and above his law. [ 502 → 504] What an incredible blasphemy. [ 504 → 506] And like in the Garden of Eden once again, [ 507 → 511] the serpent is casting doubt on God's revelation. [ 511 → 513] Did God really say? [ 514 → 516] Yes, he did. [ 516 → 516] Really. [ 518 → 521] Now, on July 10th, a little more than two weeks ago, [ 522 → 524] the government of India updated its laws [ 524 → 526] to impose capital punishment [ 526 → 529] on those convicted of sexual offenses [ 529 → 532] against children below the age of 12. [ 533 → 535] Can you guess who's opposed to that? [ 535 → 536] Of course. [ 537 → 539] The country's Vatican II bishops. [ 540 → 545] A July 15th article by UCANews.com reported on it, [ 545 → 549] and I want to quote from it because the logic is so bad. [ 549 → 550] Quote, [ 550 → 554] The Catholic Church is against the death penalty for any crime, [ 554 → 557] said Bishop Jose Chituparampil, [ 558 → 559] I probably butchered that, I'm sorry, [ 560 → 563] of Rajkot in the western state of Gujarat. [ 563 → 566] The death penalty cannot be seen as an effective deterrent, [ 567 → 572] however horrible the crime may be, he said. [ 572 → 574] If it were an effective deterrent, [ 574 → 576] crimes punishable by the death penalty [ 576 → 579] would not have occurred anywhere in the world, he noted. [ 580 → 581] Unquote. [ 581 → 583] Well, let me interrupt right here for a second [ 583 → 585] because of how dumb this is. [ 587 → 589] Come on, it's not too difficult to figure out. [ 590 → 593] Concerning any crime, the more severe a punishment is, [ 593 → 596] the more it deters people from committing it. [ 596 → 596] Okay? [ 596 → 598] We all know that's true. [ 599 → 601] So, obviously, the death penalty is a deterrent. [ 602 → 605] The fact that there are still crimes committed that are punished, [ 605 → 606] even with a death penalty, [ 607 → 609] doesn't mean it's not a deterrent. [ 609 → 612] It just means that some people will not be deterred [ 612 → 615] even by the harshest punishment. [ 616 → 617] That's all it means. [ 618 → 622] Besides, you can't measure the crimes people didn't commit [ 622 → 623] because they were deterred. [ 624 → 626] Anyway, the pseudo-bishop then continued, [ 626 → 630] saying that God is the master of life, [ 630 → 633] totally ignoring the fact that the permissibility [ 633 → 638] of capital punishment is part of divine revelation. [ 639 → 639] Oops. [ 641 → 643] God, who is the master of life, [ 643 → 648] has already told us concerning the death penalty [ 648 → 649] that it is legitimate. [ 651 → 653] All right, Mr. Chitu Parampil [ 653 → 656] then issues a disclaimer, [ 656 → 659] saying that the Novus Ordo position [ 659 → 661] should not be interpreted, of course, [ 661 → 663] as approving of the gravest crimes. [ 664 → 667] And then it gets downright hilarious [ 667 → 671] because the Mr. Bishop here says, [ 671 → 671] quote, [ 672 → 675] There should be stringent punishments [ 675 → 678] for those playing with the life of innocent children [ 678 → 681] in all forms of sexual offenses [ 681 → 684] so as to generate fear [ 684 → 686] among those committing such offences. [ 686 → 688] Unquote. [ 689 → 690] Did you notice it? [ 691 → 693] He just contradicted himself. [ 693 → 697] He just admitted that stringent punishments [ 697 → 699] generate fear among potential criminals. [ 700 → 701] Precisely. [ 702 → 705] And that is why, Mr. Chitu Parampil, [ 705 → 707] the most stringent punishment, [ 708 → 709] which is execution, [ 709 → 711] will generate the most fear [ 711 → 716] and will therefore be the most effective deterrent. [ 716 → 717] You're welcome. [ 718 → 722] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. 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