[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Monday, November 30th, 2020. [ 15 → 24] You may not have heard about it, but Francis had some thunderous words for his sheeple during his Wednesday audience of October 21st this year. [ 24 → 35] He warned against atheism, sacrilege, and the worst sin one can commit against God's holy altar. Whoa! [ 35 → 39] Now, what do you think the Argentinian apostate was talking about? [ 40 → 47] No, of course not that kind of atheism. You know, the denial of God's existence. [ 47 → 54] Nor did he condemn mistreating the Holy Eucharist or profaning altars with all kinds of clownery. [ 54 → 67] No, no, no. As always, when he fulminates against blasphemy and sacrilege, you can bet your bottom dollar that he's talking about man. [ 68 → 71] Here's what he said on October 21st, quote, [ 72 → 83] God does not support the atheism of those who repudiate the divine image that is imprinted in every human being, that everyday atheism. [ 83 → 84] I believe in God. [ 84 → 88] But I keep my distance from others and I allow myself to hate others. [ 88 → 91] This is practical atheism. [ 92 → 105] Not to recognize the human person as the image of God is a sacrilege, an abomination, the worst offense that can be directed toward the temple and the altar, unquote. [ 107 → 113] My goodness! Fire and brimstone from the Frankster! [ 114 → 114] Bam! [ 114 → 122] Now, just to put this in perspective, Francis is the guy who allowed Pachamama worship in the Vatican gardens, [ 122 → 128] accepted a bowl of dirt as an offering to the earth goddess, and put it on the high altar of St. Peter's. [ 129 → 135] He's the guy who joked about the crucifixion of Christ for the interview book El Jesuita, [ 135 → 139] a passage that was curiously omitted from the English edition. [ 140 → 143] He's the same man who signed an interreligious declaration, [ 144 → 150] with a Muslim imam, that says that God desires a diversity and pluralism of religions. [ 151 → 155] He's the man who happily accepted a blasphemous crucifix, [ 156 → 158] showing Christ crucified on a hammer and sickle, [ 159 → 163] the symbols of communism, from the socialist president of Bolivia. [ 163 → 169] He's the guy who claims that our blessed Lord Jesus Christ made himself the devil for us. [ 170 → 174] The same guy who declares that the Rohingya Muslims are the presence, [ 174 → 180] of God in our day, who calls the Holy Spirit a disaster, [ 181 → 186] and says Christ probably apologized for staying behind in the temple [ 186 → 189] when his mother and foster father were looking for him, [ 189 → 196] and who jokes that the three divine persons only give the appearance of being unified [ 196 → 200] in an actual fact quarrel behind closed doors. [ 200 → 204] Yeah, that guy is now concerned, [ 204 → 207] about blasphemy and sacrilege, [ 207 → 211] about, as he calls it, the worst possible offense [ 211 → 215] that can be directed toward the temple and the altar, [ 215 → 220] which, according to him, is not recognizing the human person as the image of God. [ 221 → 227] Now, of course, if someone were to deny that man was created in the image of God, [ 227 → 230] it would be an act of heresy, first of all. [ 230 → 234] But what Francis is talking about, as the context shows, [ 234 → 237] is not really the theoretical denial of that, [ 237 → 244] but it's supposed practical denial by, I guess, not being charitable towards one's neighbor. [ 245 → 246] Now, let me be clear. [ 246 → 252] The love of neighbor for the love of God is the second greatest commandment. [ 252 → 255] It is morally necessary, not optional. [ 256 → 261] God has commanded it, and if we fail in that in a grave way and do not repent of it, [ 261 → 262] we will go to hell. [ 262 → 263] That's clear. [ 263 → 263] That's clear. [ 263 → 269] But the way Francis talks, you'd think that every time you see someone who is ill [ 269 → 273] and don't immediately run towards him and hug him and kneel before him, [ 273 → 275] then you're practically an atheist. [ 275 → 276] That's ridiculous. [ 277 → 277] Right? [ 278 → 280] He talks about that everyday atheism. [ 281 → 285] I believe in God, but I keep my distance from others, and I allow myself to hate others. [ 286 → 288] Well, obviously, we're not allowed to hate others, [ 288 → 292] but notice how he's lumping all of this together. [ 292 → 293] Keeping your distance. [ 293 → 298] Keeping your distance from others, hating others, and not recognizing the image of God [ 298 → 299] in others. [ 299 → 303] Well, keeping your distance from others could be a very prudent thing to do. [ 304 → 309] Bad company corrupts good morals, or as St. Paul put it, be not seduced. [ 309 → 312] Evil communications corrupt good manners. [ 313 → 315] That's 1 Corinthians 15.33. [ 316 → 322] Yes, genuine hatred of another is gravely wrong, but not all sins against our neighbor [ 322 → 323] are a matter of fact. [ 323 → 330] Francis, of course, makes it seem like whoever doesn't go along with his worship of migrants [ 330 → 333] and the marginalized is guilty of hate. [ 333 → 338] Or worse yet, he's saying that whoever sins against his neighbor is refusing to recognize [ 338 → 341] that he was created in God's image. [ 342 → 343] What absolute idiocy. [ 343 → 348] That's like saying that whoever commits a mortal sin, any mortal sin, is thereby guilty [ 348 → 351] of denying the existence of hell. [ 351 → 353] That's totally bonkers. [ 354 → 357] Now, this attitude is not new for Francis. [ 357 → 364] On January 1st of this year, he claimed in a sermon that, quote, every form of violence [ 364 → 372] inflicted upon a woman is a blasphemy against God who was born of a woman, unquote. [ 373 → 377] We took that apart in a blog post published January 7th. [ 377 → 382] You can find it at novosordowatch.org slash wire. [ 383 → 385] Let me clarify something. [ 386 → 392] The truth that man was created in God's image means that human beings possess intellect [ 392 → 392] and will. [ 393 → 397] Unlike brood animals, man has knowledge and free will. [ 398 → 403] He was given the capacity for knowledge so he could know what is true, and he was given [ 403 → 407] the faculty of free will so he could love what is good. [ 408 → 411] What is the ultimate true thing to know? [ 411 → 412] God. [ 412 → 412] What is the ultimate true thing to know? [ 412 → 415] What is the ultimate good thing to love? [ 415 → 416] God. [ 416 → 420] Man was created to know and love God. [ 421 → 427] But man was also created not just in God's image, but also in his likeness. [ 428 → 433] The likeness to God is found in the possession of sanctifying grace, which dwelled in the [ 433 → 440] souls of Adam and Eve from the beginning, until, that is, Adam and Eve sinned. [ 440 → 441] When Adam committed original sin, God was created to know and love God. [ 441 → 441] When Adam committed original sin, God was created to know and love God. [ 441 → 442] When Adam committed original sin, God was created to know and love God. [ 442 → 445] When Adam committed original sin, as head of the human race, he forfeited the gift [ 445 → 451] of sanctifying grace, not only for himself, but for all of his descendants. [ 452 → 456] Man's likeness to God, therefore, was lost by original sin. [ 456 → 461] The image of God, on the other hand, was obscured by original sin. [ 461 → 468] We obviously still have free will, and we still have the capacity for knowledge, but [ 468 → 472] our will is weakened and our intellect is clouded. [ 472 → 479] That is the condition in which unregenerate, fallen man finds himself from his conception. [ 479 → 487] That is why fallen man has to be born again in baptism to obtain sanctifying grace. [ 487 → 491] The only exception to this was the Blessed Virgin Mary. [ 491 → 497] Now, she also had need of a Redeemer, of course, because she, too, is the member of a fallen [ 497 → 501] race, and she, too, is a descendant of Adam. [ 502 → 509] But in her case, through a singular privilege, God prevented original sin from being transmitted [ 509 → 515] to her soul, not apart from the sacrifice of Christ, but by means of that sacrifice, [ 515 → 522] the fruits of which were applied to her in a unique manner before that sacrifice was [ 522 → 525] actually offered by the Son of God. [ 526 → 528] God, as we know, is not limited by time. [ 529 → 531] He is eternal and outside of time. [ 532 → 532] So, that's... [ 532 → 534] That is not an obstacle for him. [ 535 → 537] Anyway, this just as a brief aside. [ 539 → 545] Returning now to the Frankster, who is concerned about atheism only when it manifests itself [ 545 → 553] in other people getting mistreated or getting treated uncharitably, then he's all concerned [ 553 → 554] about atheism. [ 555 → 559] Now, of course, we're not saying it's okay to mistreat others. [ 559 → 562] We are saying it's not atheism. [ 562 → 565] We are saying it's not atheism to do so, practical or otherwise. [ 565 → 575] But just for the record, St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that, quote, the sin of unbelief is [ 575 → 581] greater than any sin that occurs in the perversion of morals, unquote. [ 582 → 588] That's from his Summa Theologica, the second part of the second part, question 10, article [ 588 → 589] 3. [ 589 → 592] Let me translate that into Bergoglio. [ 592 → 600] It means that intellectual atheism is worse than practical atheism. [ 600 → 601] Got that, Frankie? [ 603 → 605] See, of course, he doesn't believe that. [ 606 → 611] See, when we're talking about real atheism, about people actually denying the existence [ 611 → 616] of God, Francis switches to a completely different tune. [ 616 → 622] See, instead of, for example, denouncing the idiocy of denying the existence of God, he's [ 622 → 630] Remember, King David writes in Psalm 52 that the fool said in his heart, there is no God. [ 630 → 637] Instead of fulminating against the horrific and idiotic sin of atheism by proud and foolish [ 637 → 642] modern man, Francis adopts a very meek and jolly tune. [ 642 → 649] For example, on June 7th, 2015, he turned to a group of reporters after a meeting and [ 649 → 650] said, quote, [ 650 → 651] Pray for me. [ 651 → 657] Pray for me, and if some of you can't pray because you are not believers, send me good [ 657 → 658] vibrations, unquote. [ 659 → 661] Yes, he actually said that, and not just once. [ 661 → 662] He said it several times. [ 663 → 670] For example, he did it again on July 9th of the same year, 2015, at the conclusion of [ 670 → 676] his address to the World Meeting of Popular Movements in Bolivia, where he said, quote, [ 676 → 678] I ask you, please, to pray for me. [ 679 → 681] If some of you are unable to pray, with all respect, pray for me. [ 681 → 684] If some of you are unable to pray, with all respect, I ask you to send me your good thoughts [ 684 → 686] and energy, unquote. [ 687 → 689] It's a recurring theme for him. [ 690 → 696] His most recent mention was on September 12th, 2020, when he told participants in the meeting [ 696 → 698] of Laudato Si communities, quote, [ 699 → 705] To those of you who pray, I ask to pray for me, and to those who do not pray, at least [ 705 → 706] send me some good vibes. [ 707 → 708] I need it, unquote. [ 709 → 710] So you get the point. [ 710 → 711] Oh. [ 711 → 717] And let's never forget his meeting with representatives of the media just days after his election. [ 717 → 725] It was on March 16th, 2013, when he concluded the meeting by declining to bless the people [ 725 → 727] in attendance with the sign of the cross. [ 727 → 731] This is the explanation he gave, quote, [ 731 → 738] Since many of you are not members of the Catholic Church and others are not believers, I cordially [ 738 → 741] give this blessing silently to each of you. [ 741 → 747] Respecting the conscience of each, but in the knowledge that each of you is a child [ 747 → 748] of God, unquote. [ 749 → 751] This is on the Vatican website. [ 751 → 753] That's where I'm quoting from. [ 754 → 761] Then, when the atheist comedian Stephen Amos, who is also a sodomite, visited Francis in [ 761 → 766] the Vatican last year, the fake pope didn't tell him to get his act together, lest he [ 766 → 771] perish eternally, nor did he take, you know, a gentle approach and encourage him to do [ 771 → 771] something. [ 771 → 777] He didn't encourage him to recognize that this world could not exist without a benevolent [ 777 → 778] creator God. [ 778 → 785] No, he simply told him that it doesn't matter how he lives his life because nothing can [ 785 → 786] make him lose his dignity. [ 787 → 788] Unbelievable. [ 789 → 791] So, what have we learned here? [ 792 → 797] We've learned that when it comes to sinning against your neighbor, Francis blows a gasket [ 797 → 801] and calls it an abomination, sacrilege, blasphemy. [ 801 → 803] Practical atheism. [ 804 → 810] Yet, when there is question of real intellectual atheism, denying the very existence of God, [ 810 → 813] then Francis doesn't have a care in the world about it. [ 813 → 819] Then he is all concerned about respecting other people's consciences and dignity and [ 819 → 819] whatnot. [ 820 → 825] In fact, he is happy to go along with that atheism and even encourage it. [ 827 → 831] But one thing must have escaped the master theologian. [ 831 → 841] And that is the fact that people who deny the existence of God obviously then also deny [ 841 → 846] necessarily that man was created in his image. [ 849 → 852] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 852 → 854] Check us out at tradcast.org. [ 854 → 859] And if you like what we're doing, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution at [ 859 → 861] novusortowatch.org. [ 861 → 861] Thank you. [ 861 → 861] And if you'd like to donate, visit novusortowatch.org. [ 861 → 862] Donate.