[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, February 14th, 2020. [ 15 → 24] If we enter into communion with the forest, our voices will easily blend with its own and become a prayer. [ 24 → 33] However, as we rest in the shade of an ancient eucalyptus, our prayer for light joins in the song of the eternal foliage. [ 35 → 40] Well, excuse me, but I'm reading from France's new apostatic exhortation here, okay? [ 41 → 48] It's called Carita Amazonia, Beloved Amazon, and what you just heard was just a very small part of it. [ 49 → 54] If you print off a copy from the Vatican website and reduce the print size to... [ 54 → 59] 70%, it's a total of 25 pages, including the footnotes. [ 60 → 65] And I took one for the team the other day and read the whole thing, so you don't have to. [ 66 → 77] So, I'm going to need at least a week or so to detox, but in the meantime, let me fill you in on some of the highlights of that latest Bergolian masterpiece. [ 78 → 81] Now, I won't be able to do that all in a single Express podcast. [ 82 → 84] It's probably going to take two or three... [ 84 → 91] Maybe even four, but I'll try my best to get those published in quick succession so that this topic won't drag on forever. [ 93 → 95] All right, so what's this exhortation about? [ 95 → 100] Primarily, it's about making the Amazon a better place. [ 100 → 109] Yes, it even mentions evangelization, but the salvation of souls is clearly not the focal point of this document. [ 110 → 113] Now, you've got to love how Francis starts out. [ 114 → 121] Right off the bat, he's already being vague and not making clear what the heck people are supposed to do with what he says. [ 121 → 126] In the second paragraph of the exhortation, he writes, [ 126 → 136] I wish merely to propose a brief framework for reflection that can apply concretely to the life of the Amazon region, [ 137 → 142] a synthesis of some of the larger concerns that I have expressed in earlier documents, [ 142 → 151] that can help guide us to a harmonious, creative, and fruitful reception of the entire synodal process. [ 152 → 155] Look at the terms he uses. [ 155 → 156] Propose. [ 157 → 158] Framework for reflection. [ 159 → 160] Can apply. [ 161 → 164] Can help us guide. [ 165 → 167] What's a Catholic supposed to do with that? [ 168 → 171] That paragraph right there is basically gigantic. [ 172 → 179] It's a gigantic disclaimer issued at the very beginning that can overturn the whole document if need be. [ 180 → 185] It's deliberately vague so that all options remain open. [ 185 → 185] Unbelievable. [ 187 → 190] In paragraph three, Francis says, quote, [ 190 → 197] I would like to officially present the final document, which sets forth the conclusions of the synod, [ 197 → 202] which profited from the participation of many people who know better than myself, [ 202 → 206] or the Roman Curia, the problems and issues of the Amazon region. [ 207 → 211] Since they live there, they experience its suffering, and they love it passionately. [ 211 → 216] I have preferred not to cite the final document in this exhortation, [ 216 → 220] because I would encourage everyone to read it in full. [ 221 → 221] Unquote. [ 222 → 229] All right, so he's officially presenting the synod final document, whatever that means. [ 230 → 231] And in fact, they're arguing about... [ 232 → 238] Still, now that it's been, what, two days since the release of the exhortation, [ 238 → 241] that's been one of the points of contention at the press conference, [ 241 → 245] the points of confusion that people wanted answers to, [ 246 → 248] and I'm not sure they ever got their answer. [ 250 → 253] In paragraph five, a particular term caught my attention [ 253 → 258] that I think Francis put in there with the deliberate intent to offend. [ 259 → 260] He writes, quote, [ 260 → 261] Unquote. [ 261 → 261] Unquote. [ 261 → 265] I am addressing the present exhortation to the whole world. [ 265 → 270] I am doing so to help awaken their affection and concern for that land, [ 270 → 277] which is also ours, and to invite them to value it and acknowledge it as a sacred mystery. [ 278 → 278] Unquote. [ 279 → 285] The term sacred mystery, in the original Spanish, it's misterio sagrado. [ 285 → 291] I think he chose that deliberately as a jibe against the sacred mysteries [ 291 → 291] of the whole world. [ 291 → 291] Unquote. [ 291 → 292] The Holy Mass. [ 292 → 297] And for those who are not aware, a common alternate traditional Catholic term [ 297 → 300] for Holy Mass is sacred mysteries. [ 301 → 306] But regardless of whether or not that was his intent, one thing is clear. [ 306 → 310] The Amazon region, or any other region in the world for that matter, [ 310 → 312] is not a sacred mystery. [ 313 → 315] The world is not sacred. [ 315 → 319] If you start saying the world is sacred, then everything is. [ 320 → 321] And if everything is sacred... [ 321 → 322] If everything is sacred, then nothing is. [ 322 → 324] Because then the term has lost its meaning. [ 325 → 328] In paragraph 6, the Frankster writes, quote, [ 328 → 334] Everything that the Church has to offer must become incarnate in a distinctive way in each [ 334 → 340] part of the world, so that the Bride of Christ can take on a variety of faces that better [ 340 → 344] manifest the inexhaustible riches of God's grace. [ 344 → 346] Preaching must become incarnate. [ 346 → 348] Spirituality must become incarnate. [ 349 → 351] Ecclesial structures must become incarnate. [ 351 → 353] Unquote. [ 353 → 354] Yeah. [ 355 → 355] Whatever. [ 356 → 360] I mean, look, the exhortation is full of wording like that. [ 361 → 362] What does that mean? [ 362 → 368] See, it's wording like this that has gotten the Vatican to church to where it is now. [ 368 → 375] It sounds totally profound and spiritual and whatnot, and yet 10 different people are going [ 375 → 377] to understand it in 11 different ways. [ 378 → 381] And not only that, but it's all just windowed. [ 381 → 388] You know, ever since the Council, they've been talking about all these lofty and impressive [ 388 → 394] sounding things like the prophetic vocation of every Christian and the charisms that are [ 394 → 400] continually poured forth on the body of Christ and the great fruitfulness of the Council [ 400 → 408] seen in the various ecclesial movements and the abundant doctrinal and spiritual richness [ 408 → 410] of the post-conciliar encyclicals. [ 411 → 418] All these fancy Greek words like kerygma and metanoia and all that flowery, high-sounding [ 418 → 423] language that stands in total contrast to the actual reality. [ 424 → 429] I mean, just walk into your average Novus Ordo parish on a Sunday morning. [ 429 → 433] See what passes for Catholic Mass there. [ 434 → 437] See how the people receive what they think is Holy Communion. [ 438 → 439] See how they're dressed. [ 439 → 441] See what kind of music. [ 441 → 443] They play and sing. [ 444 → 449] See if you can find a confessional even, right, or a reconciliation room. [ 450 → 452] Listen to what you hear during the sermon. [ 452 → 453] It's atrocious. [ 454 → 455] It's utterly atrocious. [ 456 → 463] Look at what they would consider art, right, their felt banners and all the cold emptiness [ 463 → 464] everywhere. [ 464 → 471] Here in the United States, we've been seeing a veritable abortion holocaust for decades. [ 471 → 479] To a significant extent, enabled and supported by politicians who are members of the Vatican [ 479 → 480] II Church. [ 480 → 486] And if anything ever happens to them, it's a lone Novus Ordo bishop or priest saying [ 486 → 489] that they cannot receive communion in their diocese or church. [ 490 → 491] That's it. [ 492 → 493] And that's the courageous ones. [ 493 → 495] This has been going on for decades. [ 496 → 501] And then the Vatican II Church is always talking about how we must be known. [ 501 → 504] We must be nourished by God's Word, right, which is true enough. [ 505 → 508] But again, contrast it with the reality. [ 508 → 509] What do they give you? [ 510 → 511] The new American Bible. [ 512 → 518] And they're proclaiming doctrines that are totally and manifestly at odds with the very [ 518 → 522] scripture that they're saying needs to be our nourishment. [ 522 → 528] Like Francis saying that God wills the diversity of religions and religious differences are [ 528 → 528] necessary. [ 530 → 531] That is. [ 531 → 531] That is the reality. [ 531 → 533] That is the Vatican II Church for you. [ 534 → 538] You know, the one with the prophetic voices and the charisms and all that stuff. [ 539 → 541] It's unbelievable. [ 542 → 544] Anyway, I've gone off on a tangent. [ 545 → 548] So, Francis wants a church with a variety of faces. [ 549 → 556] Well, Catholics, by contrast, have a church with only one face, that of Christ, for he [ 556 → 557] is her head. [ 558 → 560] Just a little thought there on the side. [ 561 → 561] All right. [ 561 → 568] Then, Chaos Frank goes into four dreams that he has for the Amazon, namely a social dream, [ 569 → 574] a cultural dream, an ecological dream, and an ecclesial dream. [ 574 → 576] And that's what we're going to look at now. [ 577 → 582] First, though, let me make clear that, of course, the exhortation doesn't only contain [ 582 → 583] bad stuff, okay? [ 583 → 589] A certain amount of what it says is good, true, important, and justified, right? [ 589 → 590] For example, where it denounces, [ 591 → 596] Terrible and really cruel crimes committed against the indigenous population. [ 596 → 603] But that doesn't counteract the intolerable, unacceptable, erroneous, heretical, or blasphemous [ 603 → 604] stuff. [ 605 → 610] You can't say that because it's got half of good stuff and, say, half of bad stuff, [ 611 → 615] therefore, taken together, it's really nothing to lose sleep over, that it's okay. [ 615 → 616] No. [ 616 → 620] This is a document that's supposedly from the vicar of Christ. [ 620 → 620] Even, [ 621 → 626] One blasphemy, one heresy, one serious error is a disaster. [ 627 → 629] You cannot offset that by saying, [ 629 → 632] Oh, but look at all the good stuff over there. [ 633 → 636] Now, you wouldn't do that in any other situation, right? [ 636 → 641] Imagine if a car dealership were trying to sell you a car with only three wheels. [ 642 → 644] I mean, obviously, you'd reject it. [ 644 → 650] And they couldn't make up for that by pointing out how awesome the leather seats are, right? [ 650 → 651] It doesn't matter. [ 651 → 651] It doesn't matter. [ 651 → 652] It doesn't work that way. [ 653 → 653] All right. [ 653 → 655] Back to the text of the exhortation. [ 656 → 660] In paragraph 12, Bergoglio writes something that I thought was quite amusing. [ 661 → 662] Quote, [ 662 → 668] It is well known that ever since the final decades of the last century, the Amazon region [ 668 → 675] has been presented as an enormous empty space to be filled, a source of raw resources to [ 675 → 678] be developed, a wild expanse to be domesticated. [ 678 → 681] None of this recognizes the rightness of the Amazon. [ 681 → 682] None of this recognizes the rights of the original peoples. [ 683 → 689] It simply ignores them as if they did not exist, or acts as if the lands on which they [ 689 → 691] live do not belong to them. [ 691 → 692] Unquote. [ 693 → 693] Whoa. [ 695 → 702] Francis, the man who is encouraging and supporting the continued flooding of the European continent [ 702 → 709] with migrants from Africa and Asia, has suddenly discovered that native people own the land [ 709 → 710] in which they live. [ 710 → 711] Wow. [ 711 → 712] Wow. [ 712 → 715] In paragraph 14, he even defends borders. [ 716 → 723] He talks about, quote, the right of the original peoples to the land and its boundaries, and [ 723 → 725] to self-determination and prior consent. [ 726 → 726] Unquote. [ 726 → 728] How about that? [ 729 → 732] Bergoglio, the defender of boundaries and borders. [ 733 → 735] Only for non-Europeans, of course. [ 736 → 740] When it comes to Europeans, they had better shut up, embrace anyone and anyone. [ 740 → 745] And, of course, pay for it all to boot. [ 746 → 752] Folks, if hypocrisy caused weight gain, this guy wouldn't fit into St. Peter's Square. [ 753 → 760] In paragraph 22, Francis tells us, quote, Christ redeemed the whole person, and he wishes to [ 760 → 765] restore in each of us the capacity to enter into relationship with others. [ 766 → 766] Unquote. [ 767 → 767] Yeah. [ 767 → 773] Because until Christ redeemed the human race, people were not able to enter into relationship [ 773 → 774] with others. [ 775 → 779] Here we go again with this post-conciliar garbage. [ 779 → 787] So, here Francis finally talks about the redemption, and right away he keeps it horizontal, or [ 787 → 789] he makes it horizontal, right? [ 789 → 795] He uses the redemption to focus on man's relationship with his fellow man. [ 795 → 797] Not with God, but with his fellow man. [ 797 → 798] Bravo. [ 799 → 802] Now, the sentence that follows is priceless. [ 803 → 803] Quote, [ 803 → 820] Unquote. [ 821 → 825] Be careful as your head hits the desk. [ 826 → 827] A hymn. [ 827 → 828] A fraternity. [ 829 → 831] Who writes this junk for him? [ 832 → 837] Always, always beware of metaphors in Novus Ordo documents. [ 838 → 843] Usually, they're used to obfuscate or as a substitute for theology. [ 845 → 849] In paragraph 26, Francis turns his attention to the poor. [ 850 → 851] He says, quote, [ 851 → 856] If we wish to dialogue, we should do this in the first place with the poor. [ 856 → 863] They are not just another party to be won over or merely another individual seated at [ 863 → 864] a table of equals. [ 864 → 871] They are our principal dialogue partners, those from whom we have the most to learn, [ 871 → 878] to whom we need to listen out of a duty of justice, and from whom we must ask permission [ 878 → 880] before presenting our proposals. [ 881 → 881] Unquote. [ 882 → 886] Now, I only have one question on this. [ 886 → 887] Why? [ 888 → 888] Why? [ 888 → 891] Why are they the most important people? [ 891 → 896] Why are they the ones from whom we supposedly have the most to learn? [ 896 → 901] Why must we listen to them, not simply out of charity, but out of justice? [ 902 → 907] What is it about physical poverty that calls for all that? [ 907 → 909] See, this is never explained. [ 910 → 913] It's always simply asserted, dogmatically, I guess. [ 914 → 916] And everyone is expected to just accept it. [ 916 → 922] And that's not to say, of course, that the poor aren't important, that they can be brushed [ 922 → 926] aside, that they shouldn't be considered equal to everyone else or any of that. [ 927 → 927] No. [ 927 → 934] All I'm saying is that Francis almost deifies them, almost makes them divine, and he doesn't [ 934 → 936] even explain why. [ 936 → 943] It's funny, but with all the footnotes that this exhortation has, a total of 145, he's [ 943 → 944] got none for that paragraph. [ 944 → 945] Why? [ 946 → 946] All right. [ 947 → 954] Thus far, the social dream of Francis, and you can see it's already a nightmare. [ 954 → 956] We'll pick up here in the next episode. [ 957 → 960] Tratcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 961 → 965] Check us out at Tratcast.org, and if you like what we're doing, please consider making [ 965 → 970] a tax-deductible contribution at NovusOrdoWatch.org slash donate.