[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. [ 16 → 21] The Argentinian apostate Jorge Bergoglio, also called Pope Francis, [ 22 → 26] is currently on another high-carbon emission blather tour. [ 26 → 31] This time, and I think it's something like his 39th trip abroad, [ 32 → 35] this time he jetted to the kingdom of Bahrain, [ 36 → 40] a small island in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia. [ 41 → 45] He will be in Bahrain until Sunday, November 6th, [ 45 → 50] and unload the usual heaps of blather about encounter, fraternity, [ 50 → 56] mutual respect, human dignity, common roots, and interreligious cooperation. [ 57 → 64] Tomorrow, the false pope will attend the closing of the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue, [ 64 → 67] East and West for Human Coexistence, [ 68 → 72] before meeting with the members of the Muslim Council of Elders, [ 72 → 76] and after that, an ecumenical prayer meeting for peace. [ 76 → 80] While we don't know yet, of course, what Francis will say, [ 81 → 86] we have noticed that since returning from his visit to Morocco in 2019, [ 86 → 92] the Jesuit antipope has been using the idea of heaven more and more. [ 92 → 96] Not, of course, the true Catholic idea of heaven [ 96 → 102] as the perpetual enjoyment of the beatific vision of the Most Holy Trinity, [ 102 → 108] but rather some kind of interreligious heaven from which we all come, [ 108 → 112] whose children we all are, under which we all walk, [ 112 → 116] and to which all of us are moving in some way, [ 116 → 120] or another, regardless of our religious beliefs. [ 121 → 125] And so today, in his address to the King of Bahrain [ 125 → 127] and the other authorities and the diplomatic corps, [ 128 → 130] Francis said this, [ 130 → 130] quote, [ 130 → 135] These days mark a precious stage in the journey of friendship [ 135 → 141] that has intensified in recent years with various Islamic religious leaders, [ 142 → 146] a fraternal journey that, beneath the gaze of heaven, [ 146 → 149] seeks to foster peace on earth. [ 149 → 150] Unquote. [ 150 → 154] Now, don't underestimate that little phrase, [ 154 → 155] gaze of heaven. [ 156 → 158] Just a few weeks ago, in September, [ 158 → 162] when he attended the interreligious congress in Astana, Kazakhstan, [ 163 → 167] Francis kept mentioning his interreligious heaven. [ 168 → 173] For instance, he claimed that we are all children of the same heaven, [ 173 → 176] that we all have our eyes raised, [ 176 → 177] that we are all raised to heaven, [ 178 → 180] that everyone has a right to heaven, [ 181 → 182] which, of course, is heresy, [ 183 → 188] and that encounter, dialogue, and patient negotiations [ 188 → 193] are the only means blessed by heaven to obtain peace. [ 194 → 200] Really now, funny, I seem to remember something about a prince of peace [ 200 → 204] who alone can give true and lasting peace, [ 204 → 206] not as the world. [ 206 → 206] not as the world. [ 206 → 216] The world giveth, but through his grace, and the observance of his law, especially meekness, mercy, justice, forgiveness, and charity. [ 218 → 225] The peace of Christ is not nourished on the things of earth, but on those of heaven. [ 226 → 232] Pope Pius XI declared in his encyclical Ubi Arcano Dei, number 36. [ 232 → 240] Clearly, the heaven Francis is talking about is not the kingdom of Jesus Christ. [ 241 → 252] In other news, Jeff Kassman, a layman who is essentially a follower of the Society of St. Pius X, a Lefebvreist, [ 252 → 257] published an article on 1 Peter 5 recently with the ironic title, [ 258 → 262] Anti-SSPX Critics Do Not Follow the Holy Spirit. [ 262 → 265] Yes, you heard that right. [ 266 → 273] And SSPX are complaining that people who oppose the SSPX aren't loyal enough to the Holy See. [ 274 → 277] Now, if anything, he should have entitled his article, [ 277 → 281] Anti-SSPX Critics Do Not Follow the Holy See Either. [ 283 → 287] But anyway, Kassman made some arguments in that post that caught my eye. [ 287 → 292] You see, now that Francis has taken a very different approach, [ 292 → 294] towards the SSPX than his predecessors, [ 294 → 301] all of a sudden, what Rome says and does is now authoritative and binding, [ 302 → 307] and indicative of the path that every Catholic should accept. [ 307 → 314] So, when in 1988, John Paul II made clear that the SSPX wasn't schism, [ 314 → 316] what did the Lefebvrists do? [ 317 → 319] They said, no, that's baloney. [ 320 → 321] The Pope's wrong. [ 321 → 322] He's not infallible. [ 322 → 323] He's not infallible in this. [ 323 → 324] This isn't binding. [ 325 → 327] And look at these canon lawyers who agree with us. [ 328 → 332] We're only in schism with modernist Rome, not eternal Rome. [ 333 → 334] Yada, yada, yada. [ 336 → 343] But now, now that Bergoglio has given them faculties to hear confessions and witness marriages, [ 344 → 349] now all of a sudden, Rome's judgment is authoritative and to be accepted by all. [ 350 → 351] See how this works? [ 351 → 352] See how this works? [ 352 → 356] If Rome says or does something the SSPX agrees with, [ 356 → 359] then it's good and binding and all that. [ 360 → 364] But when Rome says or does something the SSPX does not approve of, [ 365 → 370] then it's something that needs to be resisted because we're faithful to tradition. [ 371 → 373] This is arguing backwards. [ 374 → 381] The Vatican's judgment is only being claimed to be authoritative now because it favors the SSPX. [ 381 → 388] At the end of the day, this still has the SSPX retaining the final authority. [ 389 → 396] It's just that in this case, they like what Rome did, and so Rome is being appealed to now as an authority. [ 396 → 398] It really is hypocritical. [ 399 → 406] But not only does Kassmann's argument rely on a double standard, it also won't fly for another reason. [ 408 → 411] Francis doesn't care about consistency. [ 411 → 414] He doesn't care about orthodoxy. [ 414 → 419] He really doesn't care about anything except getting his way. [ 421 → 426] Now, Kassmann argues that if Francis thought the SSPX was in schism, [ 426 → 430] why, surely he wouldn't have given them faculties to hear confessions. [ 431 → 432] Oh, really? [ 433 → 435] You want to bet your soul on that? [ 435 → 441] See, Kassmann is assuming that Francis would act how a Catholic, [ 441 → 445] but we're not talking about a Catholic here. [ 446 → 448] We're talking about Jorge Bergoglio. [ 450 → 454] Bergoglio, Francis, is a man who, back in 2014, [ 455 → 459] received a blessing from the Anglican arch-layman of Canterbury. [ 460 → 464] He's a man who ordered that when his friend Tony Palmer died, [ 465 → 467] who was an evangelical Anglican bishop, [ 467 → 470] that he be buried as a Roman Catholic, [ 471 → 474] I got the link in the show notes. [ 475 → 478] Francis has said that if Catholics live in an area [ 478 → 481] where there is no Catholic mass on a Sunday, [ 481 → 484] but there is an Anglican mass, [ 484 → 486] then they should just go to that. [ 487 → 490] Folks, the Anglicans don't have a valid priesthood. [ 491 → 494] That is according to the infallible judgment [ 494 → 498] of Pope Leo XIII in Apostoli Cecure. [ 498 → 502] Anglicans, therefore, don't have a valid mass, [ 502 → 505] not to mention the fact that they're Protestants. [ 506 → 508] That's Jorge Bergoglio for you. [ 510 → 514] Also, Francis has stated that his favorite exorcist [ 514 → 519] is Manuel Acuna, who is a Lutheran. [ 520 → 524] Then, in 2020, Francis revealed that he once led [ 524 → 527] a Lutheran prayer service when the Lutheran pastor [ 527 → 528] couldn't be there. [ 528 → 530] And so he jumped in for him. [ 532 → 535] Francis has stated that Lutherans and Catholics are, [ 535 → 536] and this is a quote, [ 537 → 541] members of one and the same mystical body of Christ. [ 542 → 542] Unquote. [ 544 → 549] In 2015, Francis gifted a Eucharistic chalice and patent [ 549 → 553] to the pastor of Rome's Lutheran community. [ 555 → 558] Earlier this year, Francis said that even Herodian [ 558 → 562] heretics and apostates are still part of the church. [ 563 → 565] We are all brothers, he said. [ 566 → 571] Also earlier this year, Bergoglio told the Russian Orthodox [ 571 → 573] patriarch Kirill, quote, [ 573 → 578] we are shepherds of the same holy flock of God. [ 578 → 579] Unquote. [ 580 → 584] And, of course, Francis believes that today's Jews [ 584 → 587] are God's chosen people. [ 587 → 591] And I could go on and on and on. [ 592 → 595] Mr. Kassman, I have a question for you. [ 596 → 599] Are you sure you want to use Francis' words and actions [ 599 → 603] as the normative standard by which to judge [ 603 → 607] the SSPX's orthodoxy and communion? [ 608 → 608] Didn't think so. [ 609 → 613] You know, you really have to wonder why it is [ 613 → 617] that the Lefebvris are so interested in being considered [ 617 → 619] a part of Club Bergoglio. [ 620 → 624] If you look at why the SSPX was founded back in 1970, [ 624 → 626] what they supposedly stand for, [ 627 → 628] and what they want to achieve, [ 629 → 632] you'd think they'd be running away from Bergoglio, [ 632 → 633] kicking and screaming. [ 634 → 637] In the whole history of the Vatican II Church, [ 637 → 640] it has never been worse than today. [ 642 → 644] The apostasy has never been greater. [ 645 → 646] The contempt with which the posies, [ 647 → 649] Catholic Vatican, treats our Lord, [ 649 → 651] his sacred doctrine on faith and morals, [ 651 → 652] and the sacred liturgy, [ 653 → 656] has never been greater or more obvious. [ 657 → 660] You would think that the leadership of the SSPX [ 660 → 664] are screaming at Francis at the top of their lungs, [ 664 → 667] and yet, what is happening? [ 668 → 668] Not much. [ 670 → 673] All right, last but not least. [ 673 → 676] With whom do you refuse to eat? [ 676 → 676] What? [ 677 → 677] A mortal sinner? [ 678 → 681] A few days ago, on October 29th, [ 682 → 684] the English edition of Vatican News [ 684 → 686] published a gospel reflection [ 686 → 689] by the Thomas Merton aficionado, [ 689 → 691] Jonathan Montaldo. [ 692 → 695] Commenting on our Lord's encounter with Zacchaeus, [ 695 → 696] the tax collector, [ 697 → 698] Montaldo wrote, [ 699 → 699] quote, [ 699 → 703] Before we receive the sacrament of reconciliation, [ 703 → 705] we examine our consciences [ 705 → 707] to detail our ways, [ 707 → 709] and at the worst, so we surmise, sins, [ 709 → 712] uncomfortable sometimes with our imagined admonition [ 712 → 713] to come from the priest. [ 714 → 717] But should the priest be a boundary-crossing [ 717 → 719] disciple of Jesus, [ 719 → 723] he ignores the sins we thought might shock. [ 724 → 726] I get your bad temper, your sexual desires, [ 727 → 728] your lying, your love of filth, [ 729 → 732] but before I pray for your absolution, [ 732 → 735] tell me the folks with whom you refuse to eat. [ 735 → 736] Tell me. [ 736 → 738] Tell me your mortal sin. [ 739 → 742] May the Holy Spirit bestow courage [ 742 → 745] when examining our consciences, [ 745 → 748] we ask ourselves two related questions. [ 749 → 751] With whom do I refuse to eat? [ 752 → 754] And who still eats with me [ 754 → 758] in spite of my presence giving them indigestion? [ 759 → 760] Unquote. [ 761 → 763] Well, you know, it's nice to see [ 763 → 765] that there are still some Novos Ordo people [ 765 → 766] who believe in mortality, [ 766 → 767] and mortal sin. [ 768 → 770] Now they just need to understand [ 770 → 772] what is and isn't grave matter. [ 773 → 774] Oh, and by the way, [ 774 → 777] the priest doesn't pray for absolution, [ 778 → 781] as in, may God absolve you of your sins. [ 781 → 785] He gives absolution in the person of Christ. [ 785 → 789] I absolve you of your sins. [ 789 → 791] That, at least, is how it works [ 791 → 793] in the Catholic religion. [ 794 → 796] It's always the same with these liberals. [ 796 → 798] Real mortal sins, [ 798 → 800] which snuff out the life [ 800 → 802] of sanctifying grace in the soul, [ 803 → 805] are demoted to mere peccadilloes. [ 806 → 808] You know, entertaining lustful desires, [ 809 → 809] who cares? [ 810 → 811] Filthy movies, no big deal. [ 812 → 813] Cheating your insurance company, [ 813 → 814] everybody does it. [ 815 → 817] But heaven forbid, [ 817 → 819] there should be even one person [ 819 → 821] you wouldn't want to have over [ 821 → 822] for dinner at your house. [ 822 → 824] Now, that is serious matter. [ 824 → 826] The priest may just have to refuse, [ 826 → 828] you absolution over, [ 828 → 831] if you're not sufficiently contrite. [ 833 → 835] In his first letter to the Corinthians, [ 836 → 836] by the way, [ 837 → 840] St. Paul said that we are not to keep company [ 840 → 841] with fellow believers [ 841 → 845] who are unrepentant, grave public sinners. [ 846 → 849] In 1 Corinthians 5.11, we read, [ 849 → 849] quote, [ 850 → 852] But now I have written to you, [ 852 → 854] not to keep company, [ 854 → 856] if any man that is named a brother, [ 856 → 859] be a fornicator or covetous [ 859 → 861] or a server of idols [ 861 → 863] or a railer or a drunkard [ 863 → 865] or an extortioner [ 865 → 868] with such a one not so much as to eat. [ 869 → 869] Unquote. [ 870 → 873] So, I have a suggestion. [ 874 → 877] Next time a Novus Ordo priest asks you [ 877 → 879] with whom you refuse to eat, [ 880 → 881] let him know. [ 882 → 883] Tradcast Express is a production [ 883 → 885] of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 886 → 886] Check us out. [ 886 → 888] at tradcast.org [ 888 → 889] And if you like what we're doing, [ 889 → 892] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution [ 892 → 895] at novusordowatch.org [ 895 → 896] slash donate.