Amazon Synod: Who Cares?
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So for a little needed context, the Amazon Synod was a meeting of bishops and theologians to discuss the pastoral needs of people living in the Amazon region which includes multiple South American countries and hundreds of ethnic groups spread over a large area of land with many remote pockets.
And some of the proposed solutions to be discussed were things like, ordaining married men within remote regions so that that the sacraments could be available to those people who are not easily accessed by the current shortage of priests.
Now obviously, that’s going to be controversial proposal and there were others as well, but again, my first instinct is, what do I know about that region and its needs. If the bishops there think this is a good idea and Church law might allow for it, then why should I take much interest in it and it’s not like married clergy don’t exist elsewhere for specific reasons.
But then I was reminded of a phenomenon in the Church that has been abused to bring about certain changes that should never have been normalized and this is the use of indults. Indults are special permissions granted to an individual or a group to do something outside of the norm or law of the Church.
And this is a good thing because not all laws, practices, or norms can be universally applied. But the risk of abuse has been felt throughout the Church reaching all the way to my very own parish. And let me give you some examples of what I mean.
Take something like communion in the hand. Previous to the now current practice, it was universal and normative that you would receive communion on the tongue. But in the wake of the second Vatican council, possibly emboldened by a sense that things were changing, several regions started to allow communion on the hand which there were no allowances for in the liturgy, which made this a liturgical abuse.
With an awareness of that abuse Pope St. Paul VI called for a consultation to address the issue and from that consultation, a document called Memoriale Domini, and I know my Latin is terrible, but this recorded the results of that consultation which found that the bishops thought that communion in the hand should not be allowed, by quite an overwhelming vote.
And by the way, I’d really encourage everyone to read that document especially if you’re not sure about why this even matters. It’s easy to treat something like this question as no big deal, but when you look at a document like this, you realize why it actually is.
So, as a result of that, they decreed that in those regions in which the abuse was taking place, the bishops could ask for an indult which might be granted.
As time went on and abuses become more widespread, the indults piled up and the abuse has now become the norm. In fact, it’s so normative, that in my parish, the overwhelming majority of people receive in the hand with no idea why they do or why they should do otherwise.
Another example of this would be replacing the propers of the mass with hymns. This is something that was requested and refused by the consilium who wrote the new mass. They said that to do so would be to cheat the faithful of their rights. They insisted that we are supposed to sing the mass itself and the prayers that are proper to it, but indults changed that reality and this is why singing banal modern hymns are the norm instead of the actual prayers of the mass which are just set aside where I live.
These kinds of special permissions granted to individual regions for specific purposes have been known to snowball and overwhelm faithful Catholics. So even though something may be proposed for an isolated case, we’ve seen, historically, how activists in the Church can wedge their way into those exceptions and use them to reshape the Church and her practices to their liking.
God bless Alexander Tschuggel for disposing of those Pachamama Idols into the Tiber river.
The Church needs more men like him.
Jack - thanks for mentioning the guys name. I’ll look him up. I saw a picture, a young guy and a hero.
He has launched his own YT channel too. He’s Viennese.
@@richardbenitez7803 it's Tschugguel
The Blessed Iconoclast!
Correction: Idoloclast
I am Catholic but this episode was a bit much, I'm Brazilian by the way so I followed it a bit closer. It was a flat out political move to lay foundations for the internationalization of the Amazon, they used religion as a disguise and allowed all manners of heresy and that is sickening. Bernardo Küster explains it well, he is also Brazilian. He gave an interview in English on Dr Taylor Marshall's YT channel, if anyone is interested in knowing more about it.
I understand that this could be a hot take and there could be a number of things I'm unaware of that could theoretically excuse what the Church has done, but the burden is on the Church now to prove that.
Yes! Taylor Marshall did a FANTASTIC interview with Bernardo and so did John Henry Westen from Life Site News...... both videos taught me so much. Bernardo used to be a communist so he understands so much of what is really at play here. He also understands to follow the money trail, which is so sad. God bless you Conovan! th-cam.com/video/ss0npOnLuk4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/HblYOyZvU2Y/w-d-xo.html
I am Peruvian I also followed. I agree with your comment and i found offensive to our cultures that were used to get their purpose.
Agree. I am catholic from Herzegovina and I think that this synod had nothing with religion, this was political synod. It is very sad that in this world pope and bishops don't have anything else to disqus but pachmama... Very sad.
@@mirandahutlet1996 Thank you for the tip, I'm just watching it thanks to your comment ;)
@@lglge611 I was there a few weeks ago. I pray with you
They are using the Amazon synod to creep in modernism, progressivism and other cultural marxist views in the Church. The metaphor of the frog in boiling water comes to mind.
James Merone this is the purpose of the modern Catholic Church it’s all about social engineering sorry guys.
The idols and surface scandals were kabuki theater. My primary concern is that of Rome becoming an arm of the UN and its "sustainable development goals". The real idol here is the UN
Your is fond of idolatry, sò whats to worry about.
@@margaritotamayo4533 the Novus Ordo is an extension of the UN five decades in the making. And here we are. I pray for the Church to see the apostates that have driven her into the ground.
This is so accurate. The Amazon Synod ("Vatican III") is simply a function of further corruption. PLEASE educate yourselves. The th-cam.com/video/w_G4zElw61E/w-d-xo.html
@William Cloud Rot in Hades heathen. You protestants created this modernist world. Now you wanna lecture on scripture? You have some nerve. Seriously you're a cursed bloodline.
William Cloud you need to study a lot more. Pray. You are in error.
You should rename that video to "My take on the Amazon Synod"
When I saw "Amazon Synod: Who Cares?", I first thought... "God, please, don't let Brian becoming another one of those apologist for this sick synod..."
We both know you're not, but I'm just saying. ;)
My humble impression is that Brian wants to draw everyone to the conversation, supporters of liberation and traditional alike. I pray that the truth will spread in this manner and eyes will be opened. It's why we should never judge a book by its cover. God bless 🙏
From a brazilian... The problems in Brazil is that the church has a significant political power, and it had been used by certain bishops (we have a syndicate of bishops) that are against the new government....
The Pope should pay heed and put a stop to many of the things some clergy are doing. I believe that the pandemia is a warning to the Church. All those paederastia, idolatry and dealings with the chinese government issues must be adressed at once.
Great video. I have come to the conclusion that since I'm from Texas and I don't even have a Latin mass in my area, all I can do about what's going on in Rome and what is going to happen is in the Amazon is pray for our church and guide my family as best I can. God-bless you man.
Dear Elias, there are Latin Masses in Texas: www.latinmassschedule.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:texas&catid=54:tridentine-mass-schedule-by-state&Itemid=2
Besides your sincere prayer life, you can also cut the life line of Rome by suspending your contributions. If your Bishop is supporting this evil modernism, cut the financial support to him as well. That is what I have done in san Antonio, Texas.
@@MiracleWeaver2012 that directory is incredibly helpful Roberto. Im from El Paso. I appreciate it! Despite going to this parish all my life, I think it's time for change. I'm going to try to take my family to one of those Churches. Thanks again Roberto
@@eliasgutierrez6592 Change can be so hard, but the spiritual benefits our family is experiencing from the change to Latin Mass and to the traditional norms of piety are unbelievable. God bless you, brother, as you lead your family. They will be well off in your care!
Canon 212 says the Laity can and should speak up when they see something wrong.
Events occur daily which are, at best, confusing or ambiguous. When asked for clarification, if the Pope responds at all, it's typically some chastisement of "rigid" people with moral problems. When the Pope wishes to interact in a rational manner, I'll listen. Until then, I'll just ignore him.
@@AussieCatholic Nowhere has Catholic teaching ever obliged Catholics to regard the Pope as an impeccable person. Catholics are obliged to obey the deposit of faith (which the Pope can, in special circumstances, infallibly define), not believe that the Pope as a private individual is perfect in everything he does and says (see St. Paul's correction of Peter in Acts).
Furthermore, if one Pope appears to contradict another, and said Pope will not answer requests for clarification, who bears responsibility for the consternation that results?
Ignoring him is how I avoid the “near occasion of sin.”
Thank you for your measured, fair, and charitable assessment. These recent events have been so confusing and distressing. Those of us who are appalled by the Pachamama incidents are not Francis-Bashers. We are sheep yearning for a shepherd who will guide us, not mislead and confuse us. Nobody *wants* this horrible crisis...it is incredibly painful. Lord have mercy! Rescue Your suffering Church!
Amen!
Only Jesus Christ saves. Read the Scriptures yourself and pray to the Holy Spirit. No religion could save you. Put your faith in Christ and obedience to Him. Accept the gift of God's grace. Repent of your sins now
@@margaritotamayo4533 "Read the Scriptures yourself" That's what Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Miller, John of Leiden, Felix Manz, Thomas Cranmer, John Smyth, John Wesley, Charles Fox Parham, Jan Hus,
George Fox and other founders of Protestant denominations have done. And they all agree to disagree.
Rescue your church from your own vicar? Maybe just maybe the papacy is not such a great institution? I mean not just Francis, but all those Borgia Popes too? the avingnon papacy? Having one super bishop over the church is a very bad idea that leads to corruption and idolatry.
Q: How do you get a camel into a tent?
A: Nose first.
Vatican II was the nose. We’re up to the hump now.
Francisan Alumni here! Take the plunge! It's worth it! I don't regret my four years there. And always Brian - thank you for your insight and wisdom. I really love your channel!
Amen! So glad to hear more people are waking up against the abuses of the Vatican and Praise the heroic Deeds of our Austrian friend.
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I am a Brazilian Catholic living in the US. So many are not informed thankyou! For your always level headed and well spoken thoughts and teaching.
This video was amazing and refreshing. I like the advice of Padre Pio, "Pray,hope, and dont worry".
Thank you Brian for your insights and commentary. Much appreciated. Blessings and peace, Fr. David
You are always calm and thoughtful in your insights. Thank you! God bless you, your family, and your work, and God bless the young men who took those idols out of the Church! 🙏🙏🙏
They were not imposing their beliefs in the catholic sacred space. They didn't sneak in without anyone's knowledge. They were invited by Catholic authorities who had full awareness of what is going on.
Agreed, but that doesn't change the fact that it was an abomination they were there in the first place. I don't blame the Amazonian people instead shame on those "Catholic" authorities for allowing it. They knew full well what they were doing.
@@MrVazza96 and if that small gesture of inclusion helps evangelize future generations, it was worth it. People who are already saved arguing about the sacredness of space is a waste of time. Our focus should be on evangelizing above all things.
Daniel Lazo These people’s ancestors actually *were* Catholic! But Protestants evangelized heavily, “Liberation theology”-sympathetic priests refused to baptize their children and they fell away into paganism. The actual racism is saying they are “incapable of understanding celibacy”.
@@daniellazo888 It is NEVER ok to be in a Catholic church and turn your back to the blessed sacrament in the tabernacle to worship pagan idols. What are you thinking? Honestly?!
@@reginapontes5672 It's also never ok to sell your brother into slavery, but when that happened to Joseph, God turned it into a great blessing for his people. It was just a one-time event at one synod, it's not going to harm the faith or the Church.
One of the best observations i have come across. Good work.
This is getting tired. I'll always will remain a Catholic within the Church. But, I'd love some more traditional teachings coming from the Holy Father..
If you want more traditional teachings then orthodox is the answer
What about Latin mass?
Super interesting take on the synod. I appreciate your deliberate approach to discussing such a difficult topic. Prayer for the Church and her members in the Amazon.
The most thoughtful assessment of the Amazon Synod I have seen. Thank you for your input.
Great take on the matter. Always nice to hear traditional, but also rational and fair, opinions on this. Thanks for the work you put in!
I agree 100%! Brian's measured tone was a breath of fresh air.
taditional is always rational in LOGOS in Jesus Christ
There is a time when we are called to be passive. ... (This, not one of them).
Then there are times when, like Christ, we must throw the thieves out of God's Holy Temple ... and ... INTO THE TIBER RIVER!
SSPX letter to the faithful to observe a day of prayer and fasting today in response to attacks on Holy Mother the Church
Thank you! Thank you for speaking the truth for our Faith. I second guess myself when speaking about Francis. I keep telling myself that he’s our father, and leader. But he’s continuously attacked the True Faith. I mean, how much more can we take? Now he’s calling this a racist act. I expect that from a politician, not our Holy father. At what point do we fight back here?
It's so confusing and distressing!! From one minute to the next, I don't know what to think.
Thank you so much to this sane commentary Keep up the good work! God Bless you and your family.
Me: *Loves and Respects Brian Holdsworth* *Prays for Brian Holdsworth*
Brian Holdsworth: "mEmoRalE dOminI"
Me: Wow . . . 😲
Me: *Still Loves and Respects Brian Holdsworth* *Prays Harder for Brian Holdsworth*
SpartaChris 5280 amen ~
@Nathan Wilson That he profoundly can't pronounce Latin 😋
Brian, stop playing the moderate about this pope. these are different times, this pope is no friend of the Catholic church. He's a man who has sold out to the world. You better care about about the Amazon Synod.
@@wconsiglio Dude, did you even watch the whole video?
Well said. Always appreciate your well spoken videos. Thanks for posting.
A great video brother. Well articulated and thought out. God bless.
Praise be to God for your opinion🙏
You're far more measured and diplomatic than I would have been, but you got it said. Well done
Thank you for your ministry. I appreciate your reasonable insights.
Brian, I would like to think that anyone who might take the time to view the entire video and not stop and leave an uninformed comment after the first few minutes, will join me in thanking you for exercising prudence in not 'rushing to publish' for the sake of likes. You ultimately arrived at the conclusion of many of your contemporaries, but you did so in a manner that was not rash, hurried or influenced by the desire to be popular. I've got to admit, I was a bit concerned during the first few minutes of your video, but I am glad I saw it through to the conclusion. For those who viewed and are interested here is the link to MEMORIALE DOMINI. www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/instruction-on-the-manner-of-distributing-holy-communion-2195
Yes!! I second your thanks.
God bless you Brian 🙏
This is very interesting.
God bless you!
TOTALLY AGREE,GOID JOB,REGARDS FROM BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
THAT IS A LONG LONG STORY.YET LET ME BRIEF IT FOR YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN. i WAS AWAY FROM MY HOMELAND SINCE 1976 UNTIL 2010. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY DISMAY I NOTICED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH , ITS LITURGY ITS PRACTICES DIFFERED ENORMOUSLY TO WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED IN USA, MEXICO, PERU, COSTA RICA AND OTHER PLACES WHERE I SPENT LESS TIME. I HAD BEEN AN ADMIRER OF THE JESUITS ALL MY LIFE TO THE POINT I WAS INCHES AWAY FROM BECOMING ONE UNTIL MY OLD GIRL TOLD ME ALL ABOUT THE THEORY OF LIBERATION AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE ORDER. BERGOGLIO WAS ALWAYS A POLITICAL ANIMAL FUNDAMENTALLY A PERONIST( INVESTIGATE WHAT THIS MEANS) BUT SEVERELY TAINTED INTO SOCIALISM( MARXISM???) THE 3 YEARS I WAS HERE PRIOR TO BERGOGLIO S ELECTION AS POPE, I NOTICED HE WAS TOO MUCH INTO THE POOR ( SO MUCH SO I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT EVENTUALLY WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CLERGY, TELLING THEM THAT ALL THIS CONCERN WITH THE POOR, WAS NOT IN THE GOSPEL AND THAT BEING A PRIEST WAS NOT AN OCCUPATION OR AN OBLIGATION YET A VOCATION, AND THAT THE CHURCH LOOKED TOO MUCH LIKE AN O.N.G>) NON GOVERMENT ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY AND THE POOR.THAT IF THE CHURCH NEEDED TO DO THIS IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED AWAY FROM THE TRUE GOSPEL, WHEN J.C SAID BLESSED ARE THE POOR ......OF SPIRIT( JOB FOR THE CHURCH)AND THAT TAKING CARE OF THE POOR (JOB OF THE LAITY)WAS TO US TO DO SO AS TO PROVE WITH OUR DOINGS OUR CREED.
DR TAYLOR MARSHALL DID A GOOD RESEARCH ON THE PERONISTS AND WHAT THEY ARE . I KNOW ITS TOO LONG AND RATHER WEAK, HOPE YOU WILL FIND TO YOUR SATISFACTION. BLESSINGS BROTHER
Saint Paul teaches us that if one part of the Mystical Body of Christ (The Church) suffers then all the members suffer.
The month of November dedicated to All Saints and All Souls reminds us that we belong to the Communion of Saints (Church Triumphant in Heaven; Church Suffering in Purgatory, Church Militant on Earth) and to the universal Church.
To be Catholic means to experience unity in diversity and diversity in unity.
Therefore, spiritually speaking, what happens in one region of the Church -- no matter how remote -- impacts the whole Church.
The fact that the Amazon Synod was held in Rome, at the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Francis, and not in Brazil or some other Amazonian nation made it an event on the world's stage.
I think that all faithful (orthodox) Catholics had a genuine right to be concerned about the radical agenda of the Amazon Synod.
The movers and shakers of the Amazon Synod like Cardinal Claudio Hummes and Bishop Kraütler (who openly advocates Women's Ordination to the Diaconate and Priesthood and likewise boasted that in the past 35 years he has not "baptized" an indigenous person) are themselves causes for grave concern let alone the presence at the Synod of men like Jeffrey Sachs who shares the radical agenda of anti-Catholic, anti-Christian men like George Soros.
Why all the fuss about the Amazon Synod from the get-go?
Why did faithful Catholics, clergy and laity alike, feel the need to be vigilant in fighting the good fight of the faith in these dark times, which are really unprecedented in the history of the Church?
Indeed, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, commenting on the Amazon Synod, compared the present crisis of faith in the Catholic Church to the Arian crisis of the Fourth Century about which Saint John Henry Newman wrote so extensively.
We can recall here that the Arian Crisis was started by a priest (Arius of Alexandria) and that most of the Bishops at the Council of Nicaea were initially on Arius' side not the side of orthodoxy.
The voices of orthodoxy among the Bishops during the Arian Crisis were quite few.
One thinks of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria and Saint Nicholas of Myra who actually was so enraged by Arius the Heretic that he allegedly punched him in the face.
As Saint John Henry Newman noted it was the "Sensus Fidelium," ("Sense of the Faithful") that won the day in the Arian crisis not so much the orthodoxy of the Bishops many of whom lapsed into Arianism or Semi-Arianism after the Council.
Back in the early Church the laity were not content to be passive spectators of Bishops gathered together at Synods and Councils.
Quite to the contrary, knowing and loving the orthodox, Catholic Faith, lay people made their voices heard. They complained to their Bishops and protested them when necessary to make sure that their beloved Faith was not being tinkered with let alone trampled on in Synods and Ecumenical Councils.
So why the immediate, negative reaction to the Amazon Synod?
Let's take a brief look at the radical agenda of the Amazon Synod:
-- "Viri Probati" (Married Priests) to undermine the Apostolic Tradition of Priestly Celibacy;
-- "Female Diaconate" to destroy the All-Male Priesthood as established by Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Last Supper;
-- An "Amazonian Rite" to incultrate aspects of primitive, pagan (demonic) worship (withcraft) into the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass which would be tantamount to idolatry, sacrilege and blasphemy, In a word, apostasy.
-- Globalist push for the "UN Sustainable Development Goals" which are integral to "Population Control," which itself cannot be achieved apart from State-mandated Birth Control and Abortion à la Communist China.
The "Working Document" ("Instrumentum Laboris") of the Amazon Synod was condemned by Cardinals Müller, Brandmüller and Burke not to mention by Bishop Athanasius Schneider as both "heretical" and "apostate."
Surely, if such respected Princes of the Church and Successors of the Apostles concerned themselves with the Amazon Synod then the average priest and lay person was likewise justified in concerning themselves.
This concern cannot lessen now that the Amazon Synod has concluded for the "Final Document of the Amazon Synod," still contains heretical and apostate paragraphs which received majority approval of the Synod Fathers. This is the text that Pope Francis has as the basis for his upcoming "Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation."
The infiltration of Modernism in the life of the Church has been decades in the making. This infiltration predates the Second Vatican Council. The Modernists came out of the closet during Vatican II and have wreaked havoc in the Church ever since especially during the chaotic pontifcate of Paul VI and the even more revolutionary pontificate of Francis.
For the past 60 years, we have seen the rotten fruits of Modernism on display in parishes, dioceses and episcopal conferences around the world especially as regards the demise of the Sacred Liturgy; the denigration of orthodox preaching, catechesis and evangelization in the West.
According to a recent Pew Poll, In the United States of America, 7 out of 10 "Practicing Catholics," meaning Catholics who attend Mass on Sunday, don't believe in the Lord's Real Presence.
Why?
Is it too far fetched to say that the Protestantized "Novus Ordo Missae" and such institutionalized Liturgical Abuses as Mass Facing the People; Communion-in-the-hand; standing rather than kneeling for Holy Communion; Extraordinary Lay Ministers of Holy Communion and Altar Girls have been major factors in this sad crisis of supernatural faith in the Roman Church?
The rotten fruits of Modernism were also most evident in Rome during the entire month of October, traditionally dedicated to the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church.
What do I mean?
On October 4, 2019, on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, two days before the official start of the Synod, Pope Francis presided over a pagan ceremony in the Vatican Gardens in which a female shaman performed superstitious rites honoring the false Inca deity known as "Pachamama," the South American "Mother Earth Goddess," par excellence.
Throughout the Sacred Scriptures idolatry is condemened and punished by the Lord and His Prophets.
Saint Paul warned the early Christians to avoid participation in idolatry (pagan worship) because such false worship signifies communion with demons and their sacrifices.
Saints like Benedict (Patron of Europe and Father of Western Monasticism) and Boniface (Apostle of Germany) did everything in their power to oppose and uproot the pagan practices they encountered in their lifetimes.
How then couldn't faithful Catholics be dismayed and even filled with righteous indignation when on October 7, 2019, Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Pope Francis led a procession of "Pachamama" into Saint Peter's Basilica?
There, right in front of the Tomb of Saint Peter ("Confessio"), pagan rituals were held with the participation of the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Religious and Lay People.
From my perspective, the Vatican Basilica was desecrated. The Pachamama idol worship in front of the "Confessio" recalled the "Abomination of Desolation" prophesied in the Bible.
Was not the "Via Crucis" held during the Amazon Synod along the Via della Conciliazione and in St. Peter's Square also a cause for concern as participants ignored Christ's Passion choosing instead to honor the so-called "Martyrs of the Amazon," priests and laity, who were killed for being violent revolutionaries for the cause of "Liberation Theology," which is essentially Marxist-Socialist and Communist?
Was not the young Austrian man who "stole" the Pachamama idols from Santa Maria in Traspontina and subsequently tossed them into the Tiber River doing his duty as a faithful, zealous Catholic duly offended by the grotesque idols in a Catholic Church (steps away from the Vatican) where Synod participants performed pagan prayer services with their backs to the Blessed Sacrament?
Should not all Catholics, not to mention other Christians and even monotheistic Jews and Muslims, have been perplexed at the presence of "Pachamama" in the Synod Hall where the Pope and the Bishops meet regularly for three consecutive weeks?
Was it not also offensive that Pope Francis recognized the idols at Pachamama; lamented their disappearance; did not condemn the idolatry attached to Pachamama but rather denied that fact contrary to all the evidence at hand?
And, to add salt to the wounds, Francis threatened to have Pachamama idols brought into St. Peter's Basilica for the Closing Mass of the Synod.
When pushback came, in typical Jesuitical style, Bergoglio substituted the actual Pachamama idols (supposedly fished out of the Tiber River) with a potted plant, symbol of "mother earth" and therefore Pachamama, which an indigenous woman brought up in procession and placed directly on the High Altar for all to see during the Closing Mass of the Synod.
Finally, on October 28, 2019, the Pope met with Jeffrey Sachs (Harvard Professor and Population Control Advocate), Ban Ki Moon (former Secretary General of the United Nations), Bono (Lead Singer of the Band "U2") along with other likeminded powerbrokers of the "New World Order" to ratify the Vatican's support of the aforementioned "Sustainable Development Goals."
If all that I have outlined above isn't a matter of grave concern for Catholics, then I don't know what is.
Kyriel eleison!
When idols are placed into a church that is consecrated to the Virgin Mary, I'd say that Catholics have an obligation to object to such blasphemy. I think you haven't been fully educated on this issue. Please look at more traditional Catholic sources. I care and you should too.
chovava bateman -He never said that we were not obligated to get rid of pagan idols. In fact he pointed out that p.mama shouldn’t have been there at all, that it was a violation of the First Commandment and that it was good that they were tossed out, etc.
watch this. Even more heartbreaking allowing these idols into the church! th-cam.com/video/W1DR6LE-FBI/w-d-xo.html
Did you even watch the video all the way through before you commented this? It does not seem so by what you said.
@@hanskung3278 it's the foundation. What don't you get?
@@hanskung3278 1st commandment!
Well done on your video. You have produced a well thought out and balanced view of the synode. You have the humility to accept that you do not fully understand the perspective of the people in South America and that their pastoral needs may be different. Too many Catholic TH-cam commentators are all too ready to come out guns blazing ready to condemn at any suggestion that there has been a variation from the specific way they believe things should be. When they are like that they seem to me more like a solar scripture, personal interpretation protestant than a Catholic. You were right to ponder the ideas coming out of the synode but being open to contrasts in procedures provided they stay within the normal Church magesterium
I was so worried this was going to be an apology (didn't seem like you!). I'm so glad it wasn't. Wonderful!
3 Hail Marys for you, Brian.
Hey Brian, I'm curious about an aspect of your set up. Do you memorize your script or use a teleprompter of some sort? Or something in between?
That assumes he even has a script...
Thanks Brian!
This is a great video, Brian. Well done. I wish more people would take this point of view. I speak as a conservative.
I heard a homily last evening from Fr. Martin, SJ, defending the pachamama idols, everyone please pray for him.
Thanks for this video Brian. Well done.
Excellent analogy regarding a crucifix in a Buddhist temple. 🙏🏻❤️
The description is so interesting too. I personally need to look more into how communion should be received, on hands or on the tongue. When I prepared for communion, at after school religion classes Tuesday nights (since I was one of the public schoolers), I remember only learning how to receive the communion on my hand. I didn't even see anyone receive on their tongue until high school. I'm 23 now and I went to my first Latin mass with some friends and received the Eucharist on my tongue for the first time just a few months ago. It's still something I'm not quite comfortable with yet, but I do want to know more about it and wish I had learned more about it sooner.
Thank you.
For all the wonderful richness of the Catholic church, my eyes were finally opened to the rot, error, and deception in the church that reaches back to its early history. I no longer can stay aboard a bark that is sinking. I had to jump ship. I don't see how any thinking person can convince themselves to hang on to a sinking ship. This doesn't mean that I have found anything much better, I haven't. The state of most Christian churches is a mess. So I return to the Father, the Holy Spirit, Christ alone and scripture alone. I left the Catholic church to save my faith.
Bravo! Well said.
Thank you for a sensible, balanced take on this issue. Please consider lowering the volume on your background music as you speak. It’s lovely music, but at times becomes distracting to your talking. Thanks for your excellent and articulate content.
have u read quran carolyn,all the best
Thank you, Brian..... that`s exactly, what some parts of the church will do very soon... reach out and try to implement and insist in demanding the exception to be the rule. Sad. Ambiguity and confusion .... Stay strong! Prayers for you!
Great Video brother.
Honest assessment.
Well said, Brian
I guess the difference in the Hindu analogy is that no one snuck in to install these in our church. That has been approved by the Pope, the head of our church. I really don’t know what to think about this strange act.
Very very well said. 👍
Thank you for referencing the horror that has come of the indults and the documents that might lead us back to right worship. I also agree with your reasons for delaying comment, but disagree that those who jumped in did so for self aggrandizement. Sure, some might have been in it for that game, but by and large we lay faithful sadly have no leadership at the moment (save a very few, very brave Cardinals and Bishops). So, we look to the network of social media and bloggers to help decipher the mess that is Rome right now.
I think we listened to the same presentation, but I didn't hear an accusation of others. What I heard was what's called a "self-check," where Brian said he held back to avoid succumbing to the temptation to get more "Likes" "Subs" and all that human respect stuff. It's a caution that we can all take or leave, but it's good advice to take.
The commandments, no other gods, no false idols ... We have the right ,and duty, to speak up about that
Pope Francis said there was no idolatry at the synod's opening ceremony in the Vatican Gardens. He only referred to the statues as 'Pachamama' when the Italian police recovered them because it was the familiar term being used by the media. Pope Francis also referred to it as the 'pregnant woman with her son in her womb'. Pope Francis concluded the synod by giving Our Lady a new title - Queen of the Amazon
A lot of us care!
What is the song you always have playing at the beginning of your videos? It's captivating.
I agree about avoiding commentary on much of the current controversy. Pray, Hope and don't worry. Christus Vincit God bless and sustain your apostolate.
You speak with common sense (reminding me of CKC). You, also, exemplify the Truth within the Holy Roman Catholic Church while gently, kindly and gracefully putting into "check" of how we perceive things and ought to pray more and practice patience regarding matters that concern us vs do not concern us. I do want to bring something up, from the concerned laity standpoint, to ponder, regarding the circumstances of the Synod.....you pointed out how abuses occurred through certain circumstances, which turned into abuses.....therefore, I feel "fear" of this being spread is (rightly so) a concern of the laity and before any abuses occur with chancesvof getting out of hand, the laity are addressing it as it unfolds. Your thoughts, please.
Brian, as per usual, I really enjoyed your talk. I feel more that ever we need to pray for our Pope, whether you like him or not, these are challenging times for our Church. I do not hear that enough for my liking. What is the music at the intro?I really enjoy it. Love and Prayers to you and your family. Thanks again Brian.
I have a request, can you research or study about the “gift of tounges” of the Charismatic Movement and why did it come about after Vatican II? Our parish is trying to bring Alpha to parishioners. Something like a peer pressure to do it. When some parishioners are more inclined to the traditional deviations like Adoration, and rosary.
What song is this??? It's so beautiful.
I went to a Roman Catholic church that was new to me. I was very upset as they only allow the Eucharist by hand.
What's the name of the chant in the background?
What is that music in the background
I love your words today! thank you. What is the music you have going on behind your words! I think I recognize it. It is beautiful! it sounds like Paul Jernberg. Is it?
Very well done video, Brian. You took the same position as one 'conservative' U.S. bishop said: If that is the pastoral need in that region, then the local bishops can ask the Pope to ordain married men to the priesthood, and the Pope can then act on it. My platform is this: Maintain celibacy as the 'norm' in the Latin rite but allow dispensations on a case by case basis (as previous 20th Century Popes have done starting with Pope Pius XII to dispense married men to become Latin rite priests). The Amazon bishops asked to ordain married deacons that have had a fruitful ministry to the priesthood. At the time of this writing, we do not know what will happen. We will see what decision is made in a few days. I am going to cite you in my blog, Brian. I will be sure to give the source and link. God bless.
What is that music in the background ?
Yes, this.
It is by a composer named Paul Jernberg. He has a TH-cam channel with a video of the Mass where this was the introit
th-cam.com/video/FQfy1G_PirM/w-d-xo.html
Jacob Alexander well that got the water works going.
Brian, while I understand and can appreciate your deference to the local bishops at least initially, it has been proven by his own testimony that one of these bishops refuses his sacred duty to baptize others. How can we say that such a man knows what is best for the church, Locally or otherwise?
Just curious, did you actually watch the whole video or did you look at the title and then write a comment? I don't think the content is what you think it is.
Steubenville is a big charismatic center.
Brian, your naïveté is showing.
Did you even watch the whole video? He talks about how indults lead to widespread abuse, and then condemns the Pachamama statues.
First, I would like to say that most of what Brian says, especially towards the end, I agree with. The way he started out made me a bit skeptical of what he was about to say. I very much agree that we should be prudent and deliberate in our judgements. However I don't think this is about vloggers trying to make their channels popular. Please keep in mind that our person salvation and that of our brothers is at stake here. In such a time as this, in which virtually every act and pronouncement of Pope Francis is heretical or damaging to the church, we have a duty to be zealous and inform those nominal Catholics that the Church is "on fire". I am so glad that we have bloggers that are on top of all of this skulduggery. If the modernists, such as Pope Francis, could do this while the majority of Catholics are completely unaware then think how much worse the Church would be decades from now. God Bless all orthodox Catholic bloggers and websites that are exposing the auto-demolition of the Church!
Before we as lay people condemn one or the other practice or reject it as completely wrong, we should perhaps seriously deal with the history of the church.
Some may not be aware that it took about 750 years after the Council of Nicaea (375 CE) until celibacy was actually enforced for all priests.The celibacy law, that is, the obligation of all priests to celibacy, was proclaimed and enforced by the Second Lateran Council in 1139 for the entire Catholic Church. At that time, priests who were married or in an illegitimate relationship were dismissed from their ministry and their benefices, while at the same time ordination became a divisive obstacle to the church's understanding of the law. Since then, celibacy has been an indispensable condition (conditio sine qua non) for ordination.
Hand Communion:Just as in the case of the Communion of the Mouth, the hand-communion of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist must be given due reverence. Therefore, as the Fathers of the Church have done, great importance is attached to the dignity of the faithful. Accordingly, at the end of the fourth century, the newly baptized were instructed to stretch out both hands and "form a throne for the right hand with their left hand to receive the king" (Cyril of Jerusalem, 5th Mystagogical Catechesis, n. PG 33, 1125 or SC 126, 171, Johannes Chrysostom, Homily 47: PG 63,898, etc.).
7:52 in my local parish the ministers straight up make me take it by the hand every time I try to take it by the tongue
It's a little mean, but the boys who threw that idol in the Tiber is one of my favorite stories of all time.
I respect you opinion on the matter and I love you too the time to make sure to read the situation about the synod. I encourage you listen to trent horn, he had a different perspective of the synod and discussed about the statue that the Pope received. I would like to know your opinion on this?
YES!
We’ve given those Protestants who criticize us all the time, an excuse to call us idolaters. Francis has severely let us down and disappointed many Catholics.
I think you're right to raise this concern. It's occurred to me, as well. And yet, here's the interesting thing: The reaction from the majority of individual Catholics seems to have puzzled the Protestants who commonly accuse us of idolatry, and those Protestants don't seem to know what to do with it. At least, that's true in respect of online social media platforms where Catholics and Protestants come together to interact (whether peacefully and respectfully or heatedly). I think Catholics have beat the Protestants to the punch in condemning the actions of REPAM and the hierarchy. For now, it seems the anti-Catholic Protestants are sitting back to watch the drama unfold. They might be formulating some narrative in their minds that justifies their traditional error, but it doesn't seem to have come together yet. On the other hand, maybe they're seeing that Catholics recognize the difference between idolatry and reverence, after all. This may be a witness to them as we cry out against blasphemy and make prayers and sacrifices in reparation. Whatever the case may be, let's pray that Our Lady will wrap them in her mantle and bring them home to the heavenly kingdom where we may worship God together forever.
dont give up prayer for all.people being.safety follow yours heart and mind .focus prayer .for us god bless you more.our religion no highest people only make problem pray for them
Excellent analysis. The requirement for priestly celibacy is a Latin discipline. That has a list of unfortunate consequences. The use of statues was never approved by the Seventh Ecumenical Council.
You are raising precisely the issues that disturbed me for over 40 years. It was resolved when the devout and conscientious priest who usually said the Tridentine Mass on a Sunday became ill, and none of the other dozen or so priests in the area was able or willing to stand in for him. That left me with no alternative than to go to one of the several Orthodox churches in the city, where the priest greets all comers with an embrace and triple kiss. Since then, the goings on in the Church of Rome have no longer disturbed or surprised me. You gain a reliably worthy liturgy and peace of mind.
Yes very strange indeed! Not sure where Pope Frances is going with this, but as I read below keep your self in a state of grace, use the Sacraments, and the Graces will flow unto you and help us to understand the will of our Father. The Church has been guaranteed to stand do no worries there as Jesus has this.
You don't know what the needs are of the people in the Amazon?
The same needs WE ALL have ... SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST!
HERESY IS HERESY WHERE EVER THOU HAST COMMITTED IT: whether
In Rome, in the Amazon, or in thy own philosophical conclusions.
You didn't watch the whole video...
I did watch the entire video.
Wow, I’m in the midst of the college applications process, currently discerning & very unsure about where I’ll end up. Franciscan’s on my list, but as I’m not catholic (at least yet), & my family doesn’t quite approve, I haven’t been sure...however it was encouraging to see it pop up on your video!
Also look at Saint Vincent College. Truly a life changing and special place. I just graduated from there with a degree in Accounting. God is truly at work there!
FranciscanU or FUS is absolutely fantabulous!
Dear Hope, pls convert! We are called to love God with all our heart, soul and mind. Convert asap and pray the Virgin Mary to grant your parents the grace of conversion. I will be praying for you. Try to find a Traditional Catholic Church. God bless you
Don't get education in a rc school. They'll just take ur money and let your soul swim in the eternal lake of fire. Enroll in a state u and read the Scriptures yourself and pray unceasingly to the Holy Spirit
@@bedar6961 she will not hear you, shes dead in her grave and needed a Savior. And she's no virgin having children after her 1st born, Jesus
Thanks for your speech. Those indigenous people who live in our andean and amazon countries, like Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Brasil, and Northwest Argentina, had their ancestral rituals dedicated to worship Pachamama. What they do has been banned by Roman Catholic Church through the centuries since the discovery and conquest of America. However, in the last decades there has been an indulgent attitude from the bishops and the clerics of the region, because of the fact that liberal governments are supposed to enhance and protect the liberty of religion in their countries, so the Church are not allowed to prohibit the other religion practices of minority’s people. Despicably, for the millions of catholics in those countries there has been a scandal of a great magnitude the attitude of Pope Francis and his Cardinals during the last Synodic meeting. In fact, Instead of showing all the world a conversion of indigenous people to God with a justified Mass Ceremony praying for Amazonia’s blessings at the presence of Jesus Christ, suddenly we saw horrified and astonished Pope and his bishops and cardinals dancing around the Pachamama idol as if they indeed were worshipping it. For all who has a simple knowledge of the Then Commandments, that kind of ceremony is a wicked sin against the First Commandment which reminds us the idol the tribes of Israel had built and worshiped during Moises absence by the time he climbed up the Sinai Montain.
The Amazon Synod reminds me of the Chinese Rites controversy, yet it is so different. It is funny to read how the Vatican would outlaw Confucian rituals despite it being very compatible with Catholicism (It would later be allowed by Pope Pius XII). But in the modern days we see such scandals as the Amazon Synod...
The Pope's job is to uphold Christ's teachings, not to bringing in idol worshipers false Pope this is fact
Bring back john paul 2nd. Just like the old days when a former dead pope was exhumed to stand trial b4 the new pope
Good video, however, what happens in one part of the world can eventually affect us all. It’s the slippery slope, as seen in what happened post- Vatican II.
So...when are you going to join SSPX? :)
Anyone who believes these Pachamamas are the Virgin Mary:
- Whomever through these in the Tiber should be excommunicated.
- A priest recently burned an image of Pachamama, he should be excommunicated.
Hear the Pope lay down some excommunications lately? Thought so.
The priest burning pachamamma was the right and Christian thing to do.
The Vatican press office specifically said it was not some our lady of the Amazon image that some liberal press types were saying earlier. The office specifically said it is not Our Lady
The focal point is when a commandment is violated or not, that is, it is violated when the man is put before God. I give an example, the Prophet Elijah allowed himself to kill 450 priests of Baal, but he did not violate the Fifth Commandment which says You shall not kill, simply because he has put God before satanic men. In our case the ratio is the same, that is to say, the one who threw the idols on the Tiber did not steal because he put God before human arrogance. The violation or not of a commandment has the discriminating in God, if first is God there is no violation, if instead there is first the man then that is a violation. Here it is not a question of violence or not, but of primacy or not of God. It is an eternal law for all, in fact, when we die, God will ask us the classic question about who we put in the first place. In fact, God is harmony in love, while the human self is disorder in hatred.!
Okay, this video just popped up in my notifications just as I started to read the documents from the synod... Weird
have u read quran victoria,all the best forevermore
Brian there are many saints that say we can talk against the Pope. In fact, Paul was the first to talk against Peter. I don't have his quote on me, but St Cajetan said we can go against the Pope if he goes against the Church.