[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 14] TrapCast Express, it's Friday, December 8th, 2023. [ 15 → 18] Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception. [ 18 → 22] You know who's not that into the feast or the dogma? [ 22 → 27] You guessed it, Jorge Bergoglio, also known as Pope Francis. [ 27 → 34] Yes, Bergoglio has said a number of beautiful things about Our Lady in the last ten and a half years, [ 35 → 40] and even affirmed the times that she was conceived without stain of original sin. [ 41 → 48] One can certainly find quotes of him to that effect, and the Novus Ordo apologists will surely do precisely that. [ 49 → 56] However, and this is a big however, Francis has also said things attacking and undermining [ 56 → 57] the dogma. [ 57 → 61] over the years, and some of those we will look at now. [ 62 → 70] In his Wednesday audience of September 11th, 2013, Francis gave a so-called catechesis [ 70 → 77] on the Church as Mother of All Christians, and he managed to insult both the Church, [ 77 → 82] who's the Immaculate Bride of Christ, and the Virgin Mary, Our Lord's Immaculate Mother, [ 83 → 84] both at the same time. [ 85 → 86] Quote, [ 87 → 102] That's what Francis said, and so far, so good. [ 102 → 105] But a little further on, he says, quote, [ 113 → 115] All mothers have defects. [ 115 → 116] We all have defects. [ 116 → 120] But when we speak of our mother's defects, we gloss over them. [ 121 → 122] We love her as she is. [ 123 → 125] And the Church also has her defects. [ 125 → 127] But we love her just as a mother. [ 128 → 134] Do we help her to be more beautiful, more authentic, more in harmony with the Lord? [ 134 → 134] Unquote. [ 135 → 141] Now, it doesn't take a genius to figure out here what he's saying about the Blessed Virgin Mary. [ 141 → 145] The fact that he says it about the Church is also a blasphemy, [ 145 → 148] since the Church is the Immaculate Bride of Christ. [ 149 → 154] For example, in his encyclical Divini Ilios Magistri, paragraph 101, [ 154 → 158] Pope Pius XI speaks of the Church as, quote, [ 158 → 163] the mystical body of Christ, the Immaculate Spouse of Christ, [ 163 → 169] and consequently a most admirable mother and an incomparable and perfect teacher. [ 169 → 170] Unquote. [ 170 → 175] So, instead of drawing a beautiful analogy with the Blessed Virgin Mary, [ 175 → 180] to explain how the Catholic Church is likewise spotless and untainted, [ 181 → 187] Bergoglio instead accuses the Bride of Christ of being sullied with defects or flaws. [ 188 → 191] And, having pointed out that what can be said about the Church [ 191 → 194] can equally be said about the Virgin Mary, [ 194 → 199] makes people draw the necessary conclusion that just as the Church has flaws, [ 199 → 201] so does the Blessed Mother. [ 203 → 205] That was in September of 2013. [ 205 → 209] But Francis wasn't done for the year yet. [ 210 → 213] In a homily given on December 20th, 2013, [ 213 → 217] he said the following about the Blessed Mother at the foot of Calvary. [ 218 → 218] Quote, [ 219 → 223] The Gospel does not tell us anything, if she spoke a word or not. [ 224 → 228] She was silent, but in her heart, how many things she told the Lord. [ 228 → 231] You, that day, this and the other that we read, [ 231 → 233] you had told me that he would be great, [ 233 → 235] you had told me that you would have given, [ 235 → 237] given him the throne of David, his forefather, [ 238 → 240] that he would have reigned forever, and now I see him there. [ 241 → 243] Our Lady was human. [ 243 → 245] And perhaps she even had the desire to say, [ 246 → 248] Lies! I was deceived! [ 248 → 252] John Paul II would say this, speaking about Our Lady in that moment. [ 253 → 257] But she, with her silence, hid the mystery that she did not understand, [ 257 → 262] and with this silence, allowed for this mystery to grow and blossom in hope. [ 264 → 265] What revolting! [ 266 → 266] Blasphemy! [ 267 → 271] This quote was reported by Vatican Radio, by the way, [ 271 → 274] and can still be found on their archived website. [ 275 → 278] When it came time for inclusion in the Vatican's newspaper, [ 278 → 282] Osservatore Romano, and on the Vatican website, however, [ 282 → 283] the line about, [ 284 → 285] Lies! I was deceived! [ 286 → 287] was omitted. [ 288 → 290] Looks like someone in the Vatican was paying attention [ 290 → 293] and knew that that wasn't exactly orthodox. [ 294 → 295] By the way, you can, [ 295 → 297] find all the documentation, [ 297 → 299] the weblinks for all of this, [ 299 → 300] in the show notes. [ 301 → 306] Next, let's fast forward to December 21st, 2018. [ 306 → 310] In his annual Christmas greetings to the employees of the Unholy See [ 310 → 312] in Vatican City State, [ 312 → 315] Francis opined that the Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph, [ 316 → 318] was not a saint from the very beginning, [ 318 → 321] but had to labor and toil to become holy. [ 322 → 323] Quote, [ 323 → 325] Our Lady and St. Joseph, [ 325 → 326] are full of joy. [ 326 → 328] They look at the child Jesus, [ 328 → 329] and they are happy because, [ 330 → 331] after a thousand worries, [ 332 → 334] they have accepted this gift of God [ 334 → 336] with so much faith and so much love. [ 336 → 339] They are overflowing with holiness [ 339 → 340] and therefore with joy. [ 341 → 342] And you will tell me, [ 342 → 345] Of course, they are Our Lady and St. Joseph. [ 346 → 349] Yes, but let us not think it was easy for them. [ 349 → 350] Saints are not born, [ 351 → 352] they become thus, [ 352 → 354] and this is true for them too. [ 354 → 355] Unquote. [ 356 → 360] So, Francis makes it seem as if the Blessed Mother, [ 360 → 363] and we'll leave St. Joseph out of this discussion here [ 363 → 365] because the Virgin Mary's holiness is unique, [ 366 → 369] as if the Blessed Mother had to fight within herself [ 369 → 372] to finally accept that Christ would be born of her. [ 372 → 374] What blasphemous nonsense! [ 375 → 377] The Blessed Mother, we know, [ 377 → 380] immediately consented to the Incarnation [ 380 → 382] as soon as the angel had assured her [ 382 → 384] that what was being asked of her, [ 384 → 388] was not contrary to her vow of virginity. [ 388 → 390] Luke 1.38 says, [ 391 → 403] The Blessed Mother was not only born a saint [ 403 → 405] by the way she was conceived one, [ 405 → 407] and that is dogma, [ 407 → 409] the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. [ 410 → 413] The devil never had any dominion over her, [ 413 → 414] not for one, [ 414 → 415] not for one instant. [ 417 → 422] Our last example is dated December 22, 2022. [ 423 → 427] During his Christmas address to Vatican employees last year, [ 427 → 429] the false pope claimed that the Mother of God [ 429 → 431] suffered labor pains, [ 432 → 433] the pains of childbirth. [ 434 → 435] Here's what he said. [ 435 → 436] Quote, [ 436 → 440] Serenity does not mean that everything is going well, [ 440 → 442] that there are no problems, difficulties. [ 442 → 444] No, this is not what, [ 444 → 444] this is not what it means. [ 445 → 449] The Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary shows us this. [ 449 → 451] We can imagine when they reached Bethlehem, [ 451 → 454] Our Lady was beginning to feel some pain. [ 454 → 456] Joseph did not know where to go. [ 456 → 458] He knocked on many doors, [ 458 → 459] but there was no room. [ 460 → 460] Unquote. [ 461 → 464] Now that is not a direct or explicit denial [ 464 → 465] of the Immaculate Conception, [ 466 → 468] but it is an indirect one. [ 468 → 469] It's one that is implied. [ 470 → 470] In other words, [ 470 → 472] it undermines the dogma [ 472 → 473] because pain, [ 474 → 476] and childbirth is one of the punishments [ 476 → 478] for original sin. [ 478 → 480] In Genesis chapter 3, [ 481 → 482] God announces the punishment [ 482 → 484] for their sin to Adam and Eve. [ 485 → 487] And in verse 16, [ 487 → 489] God says in particular to Eve, [ 490 → 490] quote, [ 490 → 492] I will multiply thy sorrows [ 492 → 494] and thy conceptions. [ 494 → 496] In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, [ 497 → 499] and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, [ 499 → 502] and he shall have dominion over thee. [ 502 → 503] Unquote. [ 504 → 506] In his Apostolic Constitution, [ 507 → 508] Munificentissimus Deus, [ 509 → 512] Pope Pius XII approvingly quotes St. Thomas Aquinas, [ 513 → 515] who taught about the Blessed Virgin Mary that, [ 516 → 516] quote, [ 516 → 519] she was exempted from the fourfold curse [ 519 → 521] that had been laid upon Eve. [ 522 → 522] Unquote. [ 524 → 525] So, you see, [ 525 → 527] Bergoglio is a shrewd fellow. [ 527 → 529] He won't come out and say plainly, [ 529 → 532] no, the Blessed Mother was not conceived immaculately. [ 532 → 534] That would never fly. [ 534 → 536] So he does it indirectly, [ 536 → 537] implicitly, [ 537 → 539] so as to weaken people's belief [ 539 → 542] in the dogma one little bit at a time. [ 543 → 545] Nor will it do to point out [ 545 → 548] that Bergoglio has clearly affirmed the dogma [ 548 → 549] on other occasions. [ 549 → 551] That has long been a strategy [ 551 → 554] employed by innovators to escape condemnation. [ 555 → 556] In his Bull Octorem Fide, [ 557 → 558] issued in 1794, [ 559 → 560] Pope Pius VI [ 560 → 561] condemned the, quote, [ 562 → 563] erroneous pretext [ 563 → 564] that, [ 564 → 566] that the seemingly shocking affirmations [ 566 → 567] in one place [ 567 → 568] are further developed [ 568 → 570] along orthodox lines in other places, [ 571 → 573] and even in yet other places corrected, [ 574 → 576] as if allowing for the possibility [ 576 → 578] of either affirming or denying the statement, [ 579 → 581] or of leaving it up to the personal inclinations [ 581 → 582] of the individual. [ 583 → 585] Such has always been [ 585 → 587] the fraudulent and daring method [ 587 → 589] used by innovators to establish error. [ 590 → 592] It allows for both the possibility [ 592 → 593] of promoting error [ 593 → 594] and, [ 594 → 595] and of excusing it. [ 595 → 596] Unquote. [ 597 → 599] Someone who affirms a dogma [ 599 → 600] on some occasions [ 600 → 602] and denies it on others [ 602 → 603] is still a heretic. [ 603 → 605] He's not half and half. [ 606 → 607] There is no such thing, after all, [ 607 → 608] as half a heretic [ 608 → 609] and half a Catholic. [ 610 → 613] Because he has an obligation [ 613 → 615] to refrain from denying the dogma [ 615 → 617] at any time. [ 617 → 618] It's not good enough [ 618 → 620] to affirm it only sometimes [ 620 → 622] while denying it at other times. [ 623 → 624] That's only reasonable. [ 624 → 627] A man who is unfaithful to his wife [ 627 → 629] is an adulterer. [ 629 → 631] He doesn't become less of an adulterer [ 631 → 633] simply because he commits adultery [ 633 → 635] only once a month [ 635 → 637] and has relations with his lawful wife [ 637 → 638] on the other days. [ 639 → 641] Such a man is an adulterer [ 641 → 644] and he is not faithful to his wife at all. [ 644 → 647] He's not simply somewhat unfaithful [ 647 → 649] and mostly faithful. [ 649 → 651] He is not faithful. [ 652 → 653] Similarly, if I agree [ 653 → 654] that two men are not faithful [ 654 → 656] and two plus two equals four sometimes [ 656 → 658] but not all the time [ 658 → 660] for example, depending on how I feel [ 660 → 662] or what day of the week it is [ 662 → 664] then am I really affirming [ 664 → 666] the truth of mathematics? [ 666 → 668] Am I affirming the true meaning [ 668 → 672] of two and plus and equals and four? [ 673 → 674] Of course not. [ 676 → 677] A heretic is a heretic [ 677 → 681] not because he always denies a dogma necessarily [ 681 → 683] but because he denies it at any point. [ 684 → 686] It would be very easy for any heretic [ 686 → 688] to escape the charge of heresy [ 688 → 690] if only he could sometimes affirm [ 690 → 692] what he at other times denies. [ 693 → 694] Now of course a heretic [ 694 → 696] can also cease to be a heretic [ 696 → 698] namely when he repents of [ 698 → 699] and recants his heresy [ 699 → 701] and professes the true faith [ 701 → 704] but that's clearly not the case here [ 704 → 705] with Bergoglio. [ 706 → 708] In other news [ 708 → 709] I want to mention very briefly [ 709 → 712] that the latest post up on Novels Autowatch [ 712 → 714] as of the making of this podcast [ 714 → 715] is [ 715 → 717] Too Traditional for Tradition [ 717 → 721] Peter Kwasniewski vs. Pope St. Pius X [ 721 → 724] A lot of people may not be aware [ 724 → 727] but in his efforts to rethink the papacy [ 727 → 730] the popular recognize and resist academic [ 730 → 731] Peter Kwasniewski [ 731 → 734] is moving further and further away [ 734 → 737] from the pre-Vatican II magisterium. [ 737 → 740] In our article we present evidence [ 740 → 741] from his online posts and essays [ 741 → 743] that in recent years [ 743 → 744] Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has been [ 744 → 746] Peter Kwasniewski has accused [ 746 → 747] Pope St. Pius X [ 747 → 749] of, get this, [ 750 → 751] liturgical modernism. [ 752 → 754] He's called St. Pius X's [ 754 → 756] teaching on devotion and submission [ 756 → 758] to the Pope a painful historical [ 758 → 759] embarrassment. [ 760 → 762] He's referred to St. Pius X's revisions [ 762 → 763] to the divine office as [ 763 → 765] impious and absurd [ 765 → 768] and has most recently shared [ 768 → 770] and praised a quote from an English [ 770 → 771] priest from a hundred years ago [ 771 → 774] who referred to Pope Pius X [ 774 → 776] as an Italian lunatic. [ 777 → 779] You can't make the stuff up. [ 779 → 781] Now, I mention this article [ 781 → 783] not only because it's new and important [ 783 → 786] but also because I just had to issue [ 786 → 788] a retraction of sorts regarding [ 788 → 790] the claim that I make in the article [ 790 → 791] that Peter Kwasniewski [ 791 → 794] has never had an official [ 794 → 796] teaching mandate from what he [ 796 → 797] recognizes to be the lawful [ 797 → 799] ecclesiastical authority. [ 799 → 802] Apparently, that is not true. [ 802 → 804] In other words, he does, [ 804 → 806] or at least did, have that mandate [ 806 → 808] when he taught at Wyoming Catholic [ 808 → 810] College and also [ 810 → 811] in Austria. [ 812 → 814] Kwasniewski himself contacted [ 814 → 816] Nobles Ordo Watch to set [ 816 → 818] the record straight on that and I have [ 818 → 820] added a correction and apology [ 820 → 822] concerning that at the [ 822 → 823] top of this article. [ 824 → 826] Hey, fair play is essential. [ 826 → 828] This is a tough battle [ 828 → 830] and we can fight hard [ 830 → 832] and be polemical, but what we cannot [ 832 → 834] ever do is use lies or [ 834 → 836] falsehood in the service of [ 836 → 837] truth, so I have no problem [ 837 → 840] issuing that correction. [ 841 → 842] Oh, and [ 842 → 844] one last thing, hot off the [ 844 → 845] presses before we leave. [ 846 → 848] The Austrian theologian Andreas [ 848 → 850] Batlog has written [ 850 → 852] an article in the weekly paper [ 852 → 854] Die Furche, The Furrow, [ 854 → 856] in which he argues [ 856 → 858] that the Feast of the Immaculate [ 858 → 860] Conception should be renamed [ 860 → 862] into the Feast of Mary's [ 862 → 864] Election, celebrating [ 864 → 866] in other words, that the Virgin Mary [ 866 → 867] was specially chosen [ 867 → 870] by God. Batlog [ 870 → 872] contends that contemporary [ 872 → 874] man is prone to misunderstand [ 874 → 876] such terms as [ 876 → 877] original sin and [ 877 → 880] being immaculate from conception. [ 881 → 882] It makes it sound, he [ 882 → 883] says, as if sexuality [ 883 → 885] were a dirty thing. [ 886 → 887] So, what's his solution? [ 888 → 890] Well, instead of properly teaching [ 890 → 892] the people with sound catechesis, [ 892 → 893] the Jesuit theologian, [ 894 → 896] yes, he's a Jesuit, [ 896 → 898] of course, wants to change [ 898 → 900] the language of the dogma. [ 900 → 902] Well, he says language, [ 902 → 904] but he actually wants to change [ 904 → 906] what the Immaculate Conception [ 906 → 908] is, because he introduces [ 908 → 909] different concepts. [ 910 → 912] Batlog claims that the Feast [ 912 → 914] of the Immaculate Conception celebrates [ 914 → 915] Mary's election. [ 916 → 918] Of course it does, but [ 918 → 920] at the same time, it is much more [ 920 → 922] than that. Yes, Mary [ 922 → 924] was specially chosen by God, [ 924 → 926] but then so were [ 926 → 928] Noah and Abraham and Moses [ 928 → 930] and Samuel and St. John the Baptist [ 930 → 932] and a lot of other people. [ 932 → 934] Only a Feast [ 934 → 936] of the Immaculate Conception, [ 936 → 938] not a Feast of Mary's election, [ 938 → 940] celebrates the fact that, unlike [ 940 → 941] any other mere creature, [ 942 → 944] when Holy Mary was naturally [ 944 → 946] conceived in the womb of St. Anne, [ 946 → 948] the stain of original [ 948 → 950] sin was miraculously [ 950 → 951] not transmitted. [ 951 → 953] Through the merits of the redemptive [ 953 → 955] work that would be wrought by her [ 955 → 957] divine Son, Jesus Christ. [ 958 → 959] The Blessed Virgin Mary [ 959 → 961] was entirely full of [ 961 → 963] sanctifying grace from the very [ 963 → 965] first moment of her existence. [ 966 → 968] And that is expressed only [ 968 → 970] by the dogma of the [ 970 → 971] Immaculate Conception. [ 972 → 974] So, happy Feast Day. [ 974 → 975] Tradcast Express [ 975 → 977] is a production of Novus Ordo Watch. 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