[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017. [ 15 → 18] Well, Chaos Frank has done it again. [ 19 → 23] It's a story that's almost a month old, but it looks like everybody just missed it. [ 24 → 25] Are you ready for this? [ 25 → 28] Hey, if you're driving right now, be careful. [ 28 → 30] You may want to pull over for this one. [ 31 → 37] On February 26th of this year, during his visit to the Anglican Parish Church of All Saints in Rome, [ 38 → 40] Francis said during a question and answer session, [ 41 → 45] well, effectively, that if there is no Catholic Mass available for you, [ 45 → 47] you can just go to the Anglicans instead. [ 48 → 52] He said this is what was done in mission territory in northern Argentina, [ 52 → 56] and the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith knows about it, [ 56 → 59] and he thinks that that's a great ecumenical treasure [ 59 → 60] that the Church of Christ has given to the Anglicans. [ 60 → 60] and that's a great ecumenical treasure that the Church of Christ has given to the Anglicans. [ 60 → 62] can offer to the Church in Europe. [ 63 → 65] Here is what he said verbatim. [ 65 → 66] Quote, [ 66 → 71] In the north of Argentina, there are the Anglican missions with the Aborigines, [ 71 → 75] and the Anglican bishop and the Catholic bishop there work together and teach. [ 76 → 79] And when people can't go on Sunday to the Catholic celebration, [ 80 → 83] they go to the Anglican, and the Anglicans go to the Catholic, [ 84 → 86] because they don't want to spend Sunday without a celebration, [ 87 → 88] and they work together. [ 88 → 89] And here, [ 89 → 92] the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith knows this, [ 93 → 94] and they engage in charity together, [ 95 → 97] and the two bishops are friends, [ 97 → 99] and the two communities are friends. [ 99 → 103] I think this is a richness, or treasure, [ 103 → 106] that our young churches can bring to Europe [ 106 → 108] and to the churches that have a great tradition. [ 109 → 109] Unquote. [ 110 → 113] We've got the full quote with context, with video, [ 113 → 115] in Italian and in translation, [ 116 → 118] up on our blog on the Novus Ordo Wire. [ 118 → 119] All right? [ 119 → 122] Now, aside from Anglican worship being heretical, [ 123 → 126] schismatic, and therefore objectively odious to God, [ 126 → 129] there's another minor detail that we need to mention, [ 129 → 129] and that is, [ 130 → 133] Anglicans do not have valid orders. [ 133 → 136] That means their priests aren't really priests. [ 137 → 138] Their bishops aren't really bishops. [ 139 → 144] They're all just laymen, or, well, laywomen these days. [ 145 → 149] But then again, the Novus Ordo church's clergy aren't valid either. [ 149 → 149] Right? [ 149 → 150] At least, not most of them. [ 151 → 153] And their liturgical rites are also heretical. [ 154 → 156] So, hey, maybe Francis has a point. [ 156 → 159] If you go to one, you might as well go to the other. [ 160 → 166] Anyway, all that is covered in our blog post published yesterday, March 21st. [ 166 → 169] Find it at novusordowatch.org slash wire, [ 170 → 174] or just go to novusordowatch.org and click on the Novus Ordo Wire [ 174 → 177] in the menu bar at the top. [ 178 → 179] So, is this? [ 179 → 182] Is this now finally the last straw for people? [ 183 → 184] We can only hope so, [ 184 → 187] although Francis has been delivering last straws [ 187 → 190] on pretty much a weekly basis as of late. [ 190 → 193] It's almost like the guy wakes up every morning and asks himself, [ 194 → 197] what could I do today to prove that I'm not a valid pope? [ 198 → 201] Well, unfortunately, it appears that for a lot of people, [ 201 → 203] the answer is simply nothing, [ 204 → 208] because they have long abandoned the Catholic doctrine of the papacy. [ 208 → 209] Now, I know that some people, [ 209 → 213] will say, oh, but we just want to play it safe. [ 213 → 216] We'll just say Francis is pope, just in case he is, [ 216 → 219] but we won't follow him because we know he teaches heresy [ 219 → 222] and all sorts of anti-Catholic error. [ 222 → 226] Well, the problem with that is that such a position is not safe at all, [ 227 → 230] because that's not reconcilable with Catholic teaching on the papacy. [ 231 → 235] You see, to say that someone is the vicar of Christ has consequences. [ 236 → 239] And if you think that the only consequence is, [ 239 → 242] is infallibility when making ex cathedra pronouncements, [ 242 → 245] if you think that's all that the doctrine of the papacy is, [ 245 → 249] then you do not have the foggiest idea about the papacy. [ 249 → 251] Go back and hit your catechisms. [ 253 → 256] No, in fact, it is quite the reverse. [ 256 → 258] If you want to play it safe, so to speak, [ 258 → 261] if you want to be on the safe side with regard to all this, [ 261 → 263] then you ought to be a Sedevacantist. [ 265 → 267] Sedevacantism, the position that, as far as we know, [ 267 → 269] there has been no true pope, [ 269 → 272] of the Catholic Church since the death of Pius XII in 1958, [ 273 → 276] and that the current Vatican establishment is not the Catholic Church, [ 277 → 279] is entirely safe theologically. [ 280 → 281] Why? [ 281 → 283] Because by adhering to it, [ 283 → 286] you cannot be led into heresy nor into schism [ 286 → 289] if you are faithful to Catholic teaching, of course. [ 290 → 292] Even supposing, for the sake of argument, [ 292 → 294] that the position were false, [ 295 → 296] where would be the danger? [ 297 → 299] What could you be accused, [ 299 → 302] The worst that could be said of you [ 302 → 304] is that you were wrong about who the pope was. [ 305 → 306] You believed, in good faith, [ 306 → 309] that there was no pope when, in fact, there was one. [ 310 → 311] But at least you acted consistently [ 311 → 314] in an accordance with Catholic teaching [ 314 → 315] to the best of your ability [ 315 → 317] and in peace with your conscience. [ 318 → 320] You could be accused of having made a sincere mistake, [ 321 → 321] nothing more. [ 322 → 325] A mistake regarding the identity of the true Roman pontiff, [ 325 → 328] as many others did before in Church history, [ 328 → 329] and quite incidentally, [ 329 → 329] innocently. [ 330 → 332] I mean, who could blame you [ 332 → 334] for making a good faith mistake [ 334 → 336] in these crazy times? [ 336 → 339] You believed, based on your knowledge [ 339 → 341] and understanding of Catholic doctrine, [ 341 → 343] to which you are bound to adhere, [ 343 → 345] that the authorities that imposed [ 345 → 348] an entirely new modernist religion [ 348 → 350] filled with the foulest heresies, [ 350 → 352] errors, blasphemies, and sacrilege [ 352 → 354] were not, in fact, [ 354 → 357] the true authorities of the Church Jesus Christ founded. [ 358 → 359] But, let's say, [ 359 → 360] hypothetically, [ 360 → 362] that it turned out that you were wrong. [ 363 → 363] Even so, [ 364 → 365] you rejected their religion [ 365 → 367] because you did not believe [ 367 → 370] that they were the authority established by Christ. [ 371 → 372] That makes sense. [ 373 → 375] And this is the worst that could be said of you [ 375 → 377] if you were wrong on this. [ 377 → 379] You could not be accused of adhering to [ 379 → 382] or spreading false doctrine, heresy, [ 382 → 384] nor of refusing to be subject [ 384 → 386] to the man you acknowledge to be the pope, [ 387 → 387] schism. [ 387 → 389] And that, ladies and gentlemen, [ 389 → 393] is the safest route you can possibly take. [ 394 → 396] Tradcast Express is a production of [ 396 → 397] Novus Ordo Watch. [ 397 → 399] Check us out at tradcast.org [ 399 → 401] and if you like what we're doing, [ 401 → 403] please consider making a tax-deductible contribution [ 403 → 406] at novusortowatch.org [ 406 → 406] slash donate.