[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Wednesday, January 25th, 2023. [ 16 → 24] You've probably heard about it already, but Francis today graced the world with yet another lengthy interview. [ 25 → 27] This time with the Associated Press. [ 27 → 37] Funny, because just the other day, on January 20th, he told members of an audience about the importance of cultivating silence. [ 37 → 38] Oh well. [ 39 → 42] But don't worry, we won't cover the interview here. [ 42 → 45] Everybody else is already talking about it. [ 46 → 48] Instead, let's go through some other news items. [ 49 → 55] There's been so much news again that picking just a few things and not covering the rest is kind of difficult. [ 55 → 57] But here we go. [ 57 → 65] You may have heard about a certain brother, Alexis Bugnolo, who blogs at FromRome.info. [ 66 → 69] He is an American who lives in Rome as a Franciscan friar. [ 70 → 77] He's not officially recognized by the Novus Ordo authority as a real Franciscan brother, but he is convinced that he is one. [ 78 → 84] He's been around as a commentator and writer of theological articles for, I think, at least 20 years. [ 84 → 86] But in recent times, he's become... [ 87 → 91] He's become rather odd and now pretty much lives in his own world. [ 92 → 101] Not simply because he's been preaching for the last few years that Benedict XVI didn't valiantly resign the papacy and therefore remained pope until his death. [ 102 → 104] There's a number of people who believe that. [ 104 → 110] And although they're clearly wrong, holding that belief doesn't make them weird or unhinged. [ 110 → 111] Just wrong. [ 111 → 115] But Bugnolo seems to have lost common sense. [ 115 → 116] For example... [ 117 → 126] I recall that back in 2020, Benedict XVI left the Vatican briefly to travel to Germany to assist his dying brother. [ 127 → 133] Well, Bugnolo claimed to have inside information on that, saying that according to his sources, [ 133 → 142] it had been confirmed that the so-called Pope Emeritus was being driven from the Vatican and placed in exile [ 142 → 146] because Francis could no longer tolerate having the... [ 147 → 160] Well, that narrative blew up in his face when, after a few days, Ratzinger simply headed back to the Vatican where he stayed until his death last month. [ 161 → 166] It was an odd sort of narrative Bugnolo was offering to his readership, [ 166 → 173] especially because a year prior, he was telling the world that Benedict XVI was a prisoner in the Vatican. [ 174 → 176] So you see how this works. [ 176 → 179] When Ratzinger is in the Vatican, he's being imprisoned. [ 180 → 183] When he leaves the Vatican, he's being exiled. [ 184 → 186] Clearly, that's the kind of blog you want to follow. [ 187 → 195] In any case, while Benedict was traveling to Germany in 2020, Bugnolo feared for Ratzinger's life. [ 195 → 198] And so he began raising funds on his blog. [ 199 → 200] And I'm not making this up. [ 200 → 205] He tried to raise a million dollars to establish a security firm. [ 206 → 210] In Germany, to provide Ratzinger with sufficient security personnel. [ 211 → 213] I've got that linked in the show notes. [ 213 → 216] So, why am I bringing this up? [ 216 → 225] Because this same Alexis Bugnolo is currently getting a conclave underway to elect Benedict's successor. [ 226 → 234] It's scheduled to begin January 30th and is being held at a conference room of one of the airport hotels in Rome. [ 235 → 236] Now, I don't... [ 236 → 243] I don't know how many Roman residents Bugnolo expects, but I would say there will be at least four or five. [ 244 → 246] You can't make this stuff up. [ 247 → 253] Now, I don't know precisely who or what gave him the authority to call a conclave, [ 254 → 257] whose result will be binding on everybody's conscience. [ 258 → 265] You know, as opposed to a mere privately authorized get-together where people get to play electing a pope. [ 265 → 265] But... [ 265 → 269] But, maybe he's got some inside information on that as well. [ 270 → 280] For the last few weeks, Bugnolo has been saying that it is absolutely certain that there will be a new pope by early February. [ 280 → 287] On January 3rd, he said on his blog that it would be within 30 days no matter what. [ 287 → 291] So, ladies and gentlemen, let me make a careful prediction here. [ 291 → 294] Before long, this fake conclave... [ 295 → 301] ...will elect Alexis Bugnolo, and he will take the name Benedict XVII. [ 303 → 306] And that'll be just what this world needs. [ 306 → 309] Yet another false pope in Rome. [ 311 → 316] In other news, the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue [ 316 → 325] is currently hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter. [ 325 → 334] On January 24th, they released a statement in which they claimed that all religious traditions and spiritualities [ 334 → 340] are not just to be welcomed and respected, but that they are equal. [ 341 → 342] Quote, [ 342 → 349] The event, on the one hand, aims to listen to interreligious initiatives from different contexts [ 349 → 355] and, on the other, to develop a global network of religious traditions and spiritualities. [ 355 → 364] Which, through the promotion of a culture of encounter, as well as of their own dignity and equality, [ 364 → 371] can work together in solidarity for a growing re-humanization of society [ 371 → 375] through friendship, dialogue, and cooperation. [ 375 → 376] Unquote. [ 377 → 377] Got that? [ 379 → 384] Hey, you may have totally forgotten about this, but in 2023, [ 384 → 385] it's time for me to say goodbye to all of you. [ 385 → 385] And I'll see you in the next video. [ 385 → 389] Time again for World Youth Day. [ 390 → 397] Yep, that's something invented by John Paul II, I think in 1984 or 85. [ 398 → 404] And it's been termed the Catholic Woodstock by the secular press for a reason. [ 405 → 412] As was to be expected, Francis recorded a video message for the poor souls attending this year's World Youth Day in Lisbon. [ 412 → 415] The gist of that profound message was, [ 415 → 420] Say no to walls, say yes to horizons. [ 421 → 422] Here's an excerpt. [ 423 → 423] Quote, [ 424 → 431] You young people, there are already 400,000 of you registered, are thirsty for the horizon. [ 432 → 438] At this meeting, during this World Youth Day, learn to always look towards the horizon. [ 439 → 441] To always look beyond. [ 441 → 444] Don't put up a wall in front of your life. [ 444 → 445] Walls close you in. [ 445 → 448] The horizon makes you grow. [ 448 → 454] Always look at the horizon with your eyes, but look above all with your heart. [ 455 → 462] Open your heart to other cultures, to other boys, to other girls who are also at this World Youth Day. [ 463 → 464] Get ready for this. [ 464 → 467] To open horizons, to open your hearts. [ 468 → 472] And thank you for having already registered so far in advance. [ 472 → 475] Let's hope others will follow your example. [ 476 → 477] May God bless you. [ 477 → 478] May the Virgin take care of you. [ 479 → 481] Pray for me, for I pray for you. [ 481 → 486] And don't forget, no to walls, yes to horizons. [ 486 → 487] Unquote. [ 489 → 496] Just wait till someone tells him that horizons are really boundaries that close you in and limit you. [ 496 → 498] They limit your vision. [ 498 → 504] And limitation, as Francis himself tells us in his 2013 exhortation, [ 504 → 505] Evangelii Gaudium, [ 505 → 507] Paragraph 222, [ 508 → 513] Limitation is a wall set before us. [ 514 → 517] So, I'd say be careful, kids. [ 518 → 524] By opening yourselves to horizons, you may ultimately be saying yes to walls. [ 526 → 530] Boy, Catholicism sure used to be a lot simpler, didn't it? [ 531 → 535] Alright, changing gears a bit, let's turn to the remnant. [ 536 → 541] An article by Robert Morrison was just posted on January 23rd, [ 541 → 541] and it's called [ 541 → 546] The Hermeneutic of Correction and Rejection, [ 546 → 549] Taking Vatican II Away from the Heretics. [ 550 → 556] In that piece, the author basically says that we need to give a Catholic meaning [ 556 → 561] to what Vatican II says and reject any heretical meaning. [ 562 → 563] Well, that's a new one, huh? [ 563 → 565] Yeah, he gives some concrete example, [ 565 → 566] examples, too, [ 566 → 572] which amount to basically repeating the pre-Vatican II teaching of the Church, [ 572 → 576] while all but ignoring the troublesome passages of Vatican II, [ 576 → 582] so that in the end, the Council is basically drowned out by the traditional catechism. [ 584 → 587] In other words, Vatican II can't be saying, for example, [ 588 → 591] that Protestants are part of the mystical body of Christ, [ 591 → 594] because the Church before Vatican II taught otherwise. [ 595 → 600] So, whatever Vatican II might be saying there, it can't mean that. [ 602 → 603] Morrison concludes by saying, [ 604 → 604] quote, [ 604 → 609] Perhaps a holy pope will one day completely reject Vatican II, [ 609 → 616] but until that happens, we should do all we can to render it worthless to our enemies. [ 617 → 617] Unquote. [ 618 → 623] Yeah, no doubt that is finally going to defeat the modernists in Rome, right? [ 623 → 625] A bunch of trads giving lewdness, [ 625 → 632] lectures, making videos, and writing books about what Vatican II should mean, or should say. [ 632 → 639] That is totally going to neutralize the last 60 years of the post-conciliar magisterium, [ 639 → 646] which, hello, has provided the only authoritative interpretation of the Council. [ 648 → 655] You know, sometimes you ask yourself if the remnant is just desperately trying to fill its pages with something, [ 655 → 659] anything, as long as it's not Sedevacantism. [ 660 → 664] By the way, I find it interesting that the semi-traditionalists, [ 665 → 670] the Recognize and Resisters, who believe there is a pope, and his name is Francis, [ 671 → 676] how they love to talk about that future holy pope who will solve everything, [ 676 → 685] as if the Catholic Church were dependent on a pope being holy to be safeguarded from error and heresy. [ 686 → 689] Anyone who thinks that does not know or understand [ 689 → 695] what the Church has traditionally taught about God's assistance to the papacy. [ 697 → 704] The miracle of that assistance consists precisely in the fact that no matter how rotten of a sinner, [ 705 → 708] how immoral of a scoundrel a pope may personally be, [ 709 → 715] if he is a true pope, then he can never lead the Church astray. [ 716 → 721] Otherwise, you'd be saying that the Church is safeguarded not by Christ at all, [ 721 → 727] but by the personal holiness of each individual vicar of Christ. [ 727 → 733] It would mean that the personal sins of a pope could render the Church incapable [ 733 → 739] of fulfilling her divine mission and make her into a tool of the devil. [ 739 → 745] It would mean that a pope's sinfulness could vitiate the reason for which our Lord established [ 745 → 747] the Church in the first place. [ 747 → 751] But then the Church would not be the ark of salvation at all, [ 751 → 758] but would sometimes be helpful to salvation and at other times be a danger to our salvation, [ 759 → 762] depending on how holy of a man the current pope happens to be. [ 763 → 768] And if you were born with a bunch of miscreants successively teaching and governing the Church, [ 769 → 769] too bad. [ 770 → 775] And so we see once again that although there is clearly a lot, [ 775 → 775] there is a lot of sin. [ 775 → 775] And so we see once again that although there is clearly a lot, [ 775 → 779] there is a lot of mystery here regarding what has happened to the Catholic Church [ 779 → 782] since the death of Pope Pius XII. [ 783 → 788] The idea that Francis is a true pope does not save anything. [ 788 → 795] In fact, it destroys the faith and makes a mockery of the divine assistance for the papacy. [ 796 → 798] You have a choice to make. [ 799 → 804] Either you deny that Francis is pope, or you deny the papacy. [ 804 → 808] Only one of these is heresy. [ 809 → 809] Guess which one? [ 811 → 814] Tradcast Express is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. [ 815 → 817] Check us out at tradcast.org. [ 817 → 818] And if you like what we're doing, [ 819 → 825] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution at novusordowatch.org. [ 825 → 827] Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to our channel. [ 827 → 828] And if you have any questions, feel free to email us at novusordowatch.org. [ 828 → 828] Thank you for watching. [ 828 → 828] We'll see you next time.