[ 0 → 15] Tradcast Express, it's Wednesday, April 13th, 2022. [ 16 → 25] This is going to be a fairly brief podcast since it's Holy Week and next week we're going to release the big Tradcast 32. [ 26 → 28] So, just two quick things. [ 28 → 37] First, speaking at his general audience today, the Argentinian apostate Jorge Bergoglio, some people call him Pope Francis, [ 38 → 44] suddenly discovered that Jesus Christ gives peace not as the world gives. [ 45 → 49] After quoting John 14, 27, the fake pope said, [ 49 → 57] They are two different approaches, the way the world gives us peace and the way God gives us peace. [ 57 → 58] They are different. [ 59 → 65] The peace Jesus gives to us at Easter is not the peace that follows the strategies of the world, [ 66 → 71] which believes it can obtain it through force, by conquest, and with various forms of imposition. [ 72 → 77] This peace, in reality, is only an interval between wars. [ 77 → 78] Unquote. [ 79 → 87] Well, you know, such pious-sounding words from his otherwise blasphemous lips would be a little more believable, [ 88 → 95] if Francis didn't hasten at every opportunity to look for peace by means of inter-religious prayer meetings, [ 96 → 103] such as the one at Assisi in 2016, where infidels of every kind, not just Jews and Muslims, [ 103 → 110] but even pagans like Hindus, Jains, Brahmins, Voodoists, etc., [ 110 → 114] petitioned their false gods to bestow some kind of peace on the world. [ 115 → 118] That, for Francis, is apparently also the peace. [ 118 → 121] The peace of God, not the peace of the world. [ 121 → 124] Well, I've got bad news for Francis. [ 124 → 129] In 1922, Pope Pius XI wrote this in his first encyclical. [ 130 → 130] Quote, [ 130 → 140] It is, therefore, a fact which cannot be questioned that the true peace of Christ can only exist in the kingdom of Christ. [ 141 → 144] The peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ. [ 144 → 148] It is no less unquestionable that in doing all we can, [ 148 → 152] to bring about the re-establishment of Christ's kingdom, [ 152 → 159] we will be working most effectively toward a lasting world peace. [ 159 → 159] Unquote. [ 160 → 168] That was Pius XI writing a hundred years ago in his encyclical Ubi Arcano, number 49. [ 169 → 175] Now, is Bergoglio working for the re-establishment of the kingdom of Christ in this world? [ 175 → 176] Of course not. [ 177 → 178] He's working to, [ 178 → 181] to bring about a kingdom of naturalism, [ 182 → 187] one that is based not on the divine virtues of faith, hope, and charity, [ 187 → 193] but on the Masonic ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. [ 194 → 201] And he continually hijacks and distorts the gospel to achieve that nefarious end. [ 203 → 208] In other news, the Vatican is in hot water after releasing the meditations for, [ 208 → 212] Good Friday's Stations of the Cross at the Roman Colosseum. [ 213 → 218] Since the Vatican II Church is not the Church of God, but the Church of Man, [ 218 → 222] it is not surprising that when it comes to the way of the cross, [ 222 → 229] the post-Catholic Vatican is big into meditating not so much on the sufferings of Christ, [ 229 → 231] as on the sufferings of man. [ 232 → 238] And so, whereas they could simply use the beautiful meditations on the passion of Christ, [ 238 → 241] written by countless saints over the last two millennia, [ 242 → 247] instead, every year, the Vatican commissions someone, [ 247 → 249] either an individual or a group of people, [ 249 → 253] to compose new meditations from scratch. [ 253 → 259] This year, Francis chose select families to prepare the meditations, [ 259 → 262] and it's a different family for each station. [ 263 → 267] Now, the way this works in the Vatican is that they do not, of course, [ 267 → 272] pray the conventional Stations of the Cross, as most Catholics would know them. [ 273 → 277] Rather, they have what they call the Biblical Stations of the Cross. [ 278 → 282] And so, although it is still 14 in number, they're a bit different. [ 282 → 285] For example, they begin with the agony in the garden, [ 286 → 290] and include also the betrayal of Judas and the denial of St. Peter. [ 291 → 294] Each station was assigned to a different family, [ 294 → 297] and each family reflected on its own lives, [ 297 → 300] a lived experience for that station. [ 300 → 302] The result is as follows. [ 303 → 308] The meditation of the first station was prepared by a young married couple. [ 308 → 311] The second, by a missionary family. [ 311 → 314] The third, by an elderly couple without children. [ 315 → 317] The fourth, by a large family. [ 318 → 321] The fifth, by a family with a disabled child. [ 321 → 325] The sixth, by a family managing a home for families. [ 326 → 327] The seventh, by a family managing a home for children. [ 327 → 329] The eighth, by a family with an ill parent. [ 329 → 332] The eighth, by a couple of grandparents. [ 333 → 335] The ninth, by an adoptive family. [ 336 → 338] The tenth, by a widow with children. [ 339 → 342] The eleventh, by a family with a consecrated child. [ 343 → 346] The twelfth, by a family that lost a child. [ 347 → 351] The thirteenth, by a Ukrainian and a Russian family. [ 351 → 355] And the fourteenth, by a family of migrants. [ 356 → 357] Looks like they... [ 357 → 359] Forgot families with no employment. [ 360 → 363] Oh, well, it's only 14 stations, so... [ 363 → 368] Anyway, you can see that the focus is once again mostly on man. [ 369 → 372] Christ, yeah, is also a part of it somehow, [ 372 → 377] but the emphasis on the lived experience of man is hard to miss. [ 378 → 379] And, of course, that's the point, [ 379 → 382] because that's how the new theology works. [ 383 → 386] This year, in the thirteenth station, [ 387 → 387] which is dedicated... [ 387 → 390] to Christ dying on the cross, [ 390 → 393] the meditation is downright blasphemous. [ 394 → 395] Just for context, [ 395 → 400] that's the one composed by a Russian and a Ukrainian family. [ 401 → 404] Here, this is a direct quote from the Vatican website. [ 405 → 406] As you hear these words, [ 407 → 410] remember, this is supposed to be a meditation [ 410 → 415] on our Lord dying on the cross for our salvation. [ 416 → 417] Quote, [ 417 → 419] Death everywhere. [ 420 → 422] Life that seems to lose its value. [ 423 → 424] Everything changes in a few seconds. [ 425 → 428] Our life, our days, the carefree winter snow, [ 429 → 431] bringing the children to school, [ 431 → 434] work, embraces, friendships, everything. [ 435 → 437] Everything suddenly loses meaning and value. [ 438 → 439] Where are you, Lord? [ 439 → 440] Where are you hiding? [ 441 → 443] We want our life back as before. [ 444 → 445] Why all of this? [ 445 → 447] What wrong did we do? [ 447 → 449] Why have you forsaken us? [ 449 → 451] Why have you forsaken our peoples? [ 452 → 455] Why did you break up our families like this? [ 455 → 459] Why do we no longer have the desire to dream and to go on living? [ 460 → 463] Why has my land become as dark as Golgotha? [ 464 → 466] We have no tears left. [ 467 → 469] Anger has given way to resignation. [ 470 → 471] We know that you love us, Lord, [ 472 → 475] but we don't feel this love and it drives us to desperation. [ 475 → 479] We wake up in the morning and feel happy for a few moments, [ 479 → 482] but then we suddenly think how difficult it will be [ 482 → 485] to reconcile ourselves to all this. [ 486 → 487] Lord, where are you? [ 487 → 490] Speak to us amid the silence of death and division [ 490 → 493] and teach us to be peacemakers, [ 493 → 494] brothers and sisters, [ 495 → 498] and to rebuild what bombs try to destroy. [ 499 → 499] Unquote. [ 500 → 504] That is what Bergoglio and everyone at the Colosseum [ 504 → 505] will be praying for. [ 505 → 505] That is what Bergoglio and everyone at the Colosseum will be praying for. [ 505 → 508] They will be praying on Good Friday for the 13th station. [ 510 → 513] While the crucified Lord is hanging on the cross, [ 514 → 515] suffering for our redemption, [ 516 → 517] they'll be yelling at him, [ 518 → 520] what wrong did we do? [ 522 → 524] Yeah, that's a really good idea, [ 524 → 527] to be complaining to our Lord while he's redeeming us [ 527 → 530] that we've done nothing wrong. [ 530 → 533] And it shows how much they've understood the passion, right? [ 533 → 540] In fact, that gives a whole new meaning to the term Good Friday reproaches. [ 541 → 547] That's the traditional song of lamentation that is put on the lips of the suffering Redeemer [ 547 → 552] that's chanted during the adoration of the cross ceremony on Good Friday. [ 553 → 559] So now they turn that around and complain to Christ that they have to suffer. [ 559 → 561] They reproach Him. [ 561 → 564] It is unbelievable. [ 565 → 569] Now, don't worry, we're not going to go through all of these meditations now. [ 569 → 576] And let me be clear, certainly not all of the meditations are like that, blasphemous and stuff. [ 576 → 578] Not at all. Some of them are just fine. [ 579 → 582] They simply don't belong in the stations of the cross. [ 583 → 590] It's the passion of Christ you're supposed to meditate on when walking the way of the cross, [ 590 → 591] not the passion of Christ. [ 592 → 600] It is Christ who died for our sins, not the poor, not the marginalized, not the unemployed, [ 601 → 608] not the disabled, not the aborted, not migrants or refugees, and not Mother Earth either. [ 609 → 613] If you think about it, it's really not that difficult to grasp. [ 614 → 619] Anyway, a big controversy has erupted now about that 13th station. [ 620 → 621] Not, mind you, because it's a fact. [ 621 → 626] It's offensive to our crucified Lord, but because it's offensive to man. [ 626 → 630] Well, at least to one man, as we'll find out in a moment, [ 631 → 636] because it was composed by both a Ukrainian and a Russian family [ 636 → 642] who will also be carrying the cross for that station at the Colosseum on Friday. [ 643 → 648] And while there's war between Russia and Ukraine, I guess you can't have that. [ 649 → 651] Here's a report from Crux. [ 651 → 654] Published yesterday, April 12th. [ 654 → 655] Quote, [ 655 → 659] According to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, [ 659 → 665] the Vatican's decision to have a Ukrainian and a Russian family participate together [ 665 → 670] in a Good Friday event led by Pope Francis is offensive. [ 671 → 674] I consider such an idea untimely, ambiguous, [ 674 → 680] and such that it does not take into account the context of Russia's military aggression [ 680 → 686] against Ukraine, wrote Major Archbishop Svyatoslav Shevchuk [ 686 → 689] in a statement released Tuesday. [ 689 → 695] For the Greek Catholics of Ukraine, the texts and gestures of the 13th station [ 695 → 699] of this way of the cross are incoherent and even offensive, [ 700 → 705] especially in the context of the expected second, even bloodier attack [ 705 → 707] of Russian troops on our cities and villages. [ 707 → 710] I know that our Roman Catholics, [ 710 → 713] Catholic brothers, share these thoughts and concerns. [ 714 → 714] Unquote. [ 716 → 719] Now, it's clear that the meditation is offensive. [ 720 → 721] Of course it is. [ 721 → 723] But it's an offense against God. [ 724 → 729] Now, maybe I missed it, but I don't think Archbishop Shevchuk mentions that part. [ 730 → 734] So, let me offer a solution here, [ 734 → 739] as far as that issue of Ukrainians and Russians together carrying the cross. [ 740 → 745] Why don't we just focus on Jesus Christ carrying the cross [ 745 → 753] and dying for our sins on Good Friday instead of this or that victim group? [ 754 → 755] Problem solved. [ 756 → 759] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 760 → 762] Check us out at tradcast.org. [ 762 → 763] And if you like what we're doing, [ 763 → 769] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution at novusortowatch.org. [ 770 → 770] Donate.