Happy belated 🎂 Birthday John Allen and Happy Anniversary 🎉🍾 🎉to both you and your wife! What a beautiful thing for you both that it is a sweet spot of time and you are happy together! May GOD ALMIGHTY and The Holy Family bless you with much favor blessings and protection always! 🕯 🕊
Happy Birthday and Anniversary to you, John and your wife! Gods blessings to you both for your service to each other and to other Catholics! I saw the show about Georg Ganzwein and couldn’t wait to read his book- so disappointed that it is coming out only in Italian! Thank you for always keeping us informed!
John Allen great finish. Pope Benedict’s words of thanks says more about the kind and generous spirit of our German Pontiff. I wish I could say the same of the homily of Pope Francis for Benedict’s funeral mass. God rest his soul may perpetual light shine upon him.
i have been counting on you to inform me because I TRUST you and enjoy your light banter. Thank you! Im from Metro Manila Philippines and travelled to Rome in 2016 so sometimes I can visualize. May God bless you and your wife. Happy birthday. Happy anniversary! ❤❤❤🎉 Stay true passionate and with joy and. humor
Thank you so much John. One of your finest gifts thus far, in my humble opinion. What a brilliant reminder that our Church is not reality TV. Bless you.
It's not "Catholic Civil War". It just takes a really unfortunate person to deliberately refuse to see the crisis afflicting the Church for what it is anymore.
to Aperta, the Church as a helper of the family 'does' procreation role gift within the family, not "is". It is not a "crisis" but a "worldwide catastrophe" (Pope Francis, 10 June 2021) of "the great majority of sacramental marriages are invalid" (Pope Francis, 15 June 2016) resulting in the worldwide disaster of sexual abuse for economic advantages of tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud for the families of diseased family member 'familyists' by their grooming psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members with an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate, non-economic false status inducement of 'higher vocation" of doing procreation gift role of helpers of the family within the family to being identities in need of union such as within the roman catholic church role group of "higher vocation" (Pope St John Paul's Council for the Family document, TTMHS, 1995, 35) of consecrated celibacy role vowed to man in Christ to consecrated male female marriage vowed to God. On the reference point of a spouse joined first in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of their spouse by their been joined in a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ as inseparable and qualitatively equal, Pope Francis on 10 June 2021 in his family member role-identity in keeping their inseparability and qualitative equality exercised in uncertainty of his belief an absolute power of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications of his: 1. ensuring his procreation tax-exempt gift alleged embezzled by his Vatican state group of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others presently been heard on criminal inditements in Pope Francis' Vatican state court, 2. insuring his need of union of his consecrated celibate identity at unacceptable risk of fraud by his, as Primate of Italy, Italian state Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill", defeated in early November 2021 following a protest note against it by Pope Francis' Secretariat of State authorised by Pope Francis, thus correcting this grooming abuse by himself by this simultaneously by him been accountable and making amends. We can all follow this good example given by Pope Francis of "to his own face" holding himself to account and to make amends.
Happy birthday, and happy anniversary! As always I love your reports. I deeply appreciate the way you summarized the “impact” of the recent books and the current Catholic cultural war - is any of this new? Or is it really more of the same? Change frightens people, especially when it means that the side with power won’t be as powerful as they’re used to being. Certainly Pope Francis now being in the shooter’s bullseye is hard for him, but then it was hard for Jesus. I keep our Pope in prayer, and our Church in my petitions.
fascinating video on papal related books. this was one of the best of John Allen. wish the books would be in English. although ive lived and worked in Rome my italian is not the best of kate. but this was good re Benedict and current pope. civil war but no papal murders like in previous centuries when it was really bad and evil.
Hmmm, yeah the pope is sending compassion to the marginalised in the society, which is good. But , how about extending compassion to those that disagree with his method of leadership? I don't see him doing it. Those who always talk about inclusion, always like to exclude those that disagrees with them.
“Last week in the church”. What an appropriate title for your podcast. As the hierarchy, moves closer and closer to embracing the sin of homosexuality and other woke topics. It does look like it’s the last week of the church. Shame on those who are abandoning the Holy Scriptures and the traditions of the church and leading us into apostasy!
Just curious about a few things after reading your post. What exactly does it mean to “embrace the sin of homosexuality?” In what way is homosexuality a ‘woke” topic rather than a matter of understanding human experience? Where in scripture does Jesus, who spent his time with the marginalized, condemn homosexuality? Is it the same to abandon scripture as it is to abandon tradition, or do you consider them to be the same thing? Do you think the Church is or has ever been a perfect Church, or is it always faced with the challenge of growing towards perfection? Just curious.
@@michaelstanford3688 All I can say is that your theological ignorance and your ignorance of scripture is showing. Homosexuality is clearly condemned in the Sacred Scriptures. Please read Romans 1: 26-32. Jesus never calls us to embrace our sexual identities. But He does call us to embrace the cross and follow Him. Jesus calls all sinners to repentance. Are you willing to do that?
@@stevensonrf Is that really all you can say? To lead with an insult? You might lead with some curiosity. For example, “Mike, what do you think of the relative influence of Paul versus Jesus in mainstream evangelical Christianity?” Or maybe “How would you reconcile the Jesus of Mark with the Jesus of John?” Or even more interesting: “Should we be looking to scripture for historical facts, for behavioral legislation, or for metaphorical truths?” These are fun and interesting questions. My curiosity for you would be, what does it mean to embrace the cross and follow Jesus? Precisely. What exactly does that mean?
Oh, pope Francis is such a sweet guy! Such a peaceful man! Such a paragon of virtue! Has so many good words towards homosexuals and not a single encouragement to those who believe in heterosexual marriage sacrament. Extols divorcees in mutually loving second relationships and is mute when looking at those in 30, 40 years long marriages, who made vows in front of their Savior to remain loyal and struggling every day with vicissitudes of life. Strives towards unity of religions and looks sternly at those who battle every day to evangelize, to teach about Christ. Etc. etc. Such a sweet guy!!
Curious if you ever listen to his homilies or his Angelus Prayer addresses? He had a whole catechism conference on marriage and what it means. Your only hearing what people want you to hear.
@@frankjamesiii5362 Yeah, I know. Pope might have even mentioned that "What God has joined together, let no man separate' though he prefers to quote himself rather than Jesus. But next day, or maybe a month later he would state to those in "second marriage", "second relationship" that " he [the Pope" had known many re-married couples living more Christian life than those in unhappy marriages" and "who was he to tell them that they had made wrong decision?". What message this brings to me, a Catholic living with his wife for 30 years, faithfully? Well, I will tell you. If I manage to find a "younger version" of my wife - you know, more shapely, nice curves here and there. etc. etc. - and live with her kissing the earth this new "wife" steps on after ditching the old one, obviously - and my new love "will be stronger than ever" I can count on St Peter's successor to bless me and assure me that I can count on God's love and forgiveness. And that is simple and pure HERESY.
Perhaps NOT YOUR FAVOURITE GUY....but God loves him as he loves every other person HE CREATED. Maybe not palatable for you...but I stand by Pope Francis...wish him GOD'S GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS. May he recognize his limitations, flaws, shortcomings and weaknesses....remain humble and seek God's forgiveness. Same for Me....Same for YOU.
Karl Rahner, a great thinker himself, said that the Church mirrors the society in which it dwells. Throughout the entire world there is division which is painful and perilous. Is this not true of the Church today? So, what do we do? It seems to me that we really need to talk these things out. First, individually. Then among ourselves, and then finally as a whole. Isn’t this what Jesus advises in Matthew’s Gospel?
The division in the end will purify of heretic.. the failures of Vatican 2 are being exposed..Bergoglio hates the Faithful, we need a war to settle all the arguments
The claim that seminarians aren't allowed to read his works is rather odd. I can't speak for every American seminary, but, when I went to seminary, I can't think of a class concerning doctrine that didn't include Ratzinger/Benedict as required reading. Something doesn't sound right about Benedict's claims and doesn't sound like his typical writing style.
it is the serpent that surrounds him, and the serpents that visit him, that has misled Pope Benedict XVI. and you are right; he isn't the type who would focus on himself and make of others enemies or adversaries...
Can someone clarify that last quote. On Seeing both and solutions where others see either or problems? I think I get the jist of but the wording is confusing to me.
I think this shows that we really need to deal with how a Pope retires. The retired Pope definitely should not continue to hang out in the Vatican, continue wearing white, and pontificate on issues.
No, they cannot be synthesized or integrated. Yeats nails the current conditions in the Church today. The last line below really illustrates why John's final query highlights the intellectual vacuity of modernist. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity."
Ganswein's book was dismissed in not-so-subtle-terms by John last episode. This episode, not so much. I'll bet Benedict's posthumous essays won't directly indict our present dreadful Pope. But perhaps indirectly.
I am a Catholic. Not Roman. Benedict's final message is BOTH AND not EITHER OR. The latter love themselves excessively and serve no Gospel message. In the end so many of the so called Benedict's followers REJECT HIS MESSAGE. Thank you for a GREAT PODCAST
I attend the new mass myself because it is all that is available in my area, but the traditionalists do make a lot of good points, there is a serious fear that I don’t think should be dismissed. That such a drastic change to so many of the prayers and Canticles of the mass are a attempt to change the lex credendi of the faith. 9:16 What is more I don’t think anyone can deny that liturgical abuse is still rampant in the Novus ordo.
@@allthenewsordeath5772 the BOTH AND doesn't set aside the points of the traditionalists. I agree that the recent changes wrought to the mass are in some sense radical, but I am very suspicious of the claim that changes to the mass constitute changes to the lex credendi. Even before this century, the latin mass is not the only mass that has been celebrated, the latin mass is not some pure liturgical form that has been handed down to us from the past. It too has undergone changes and abuse, despite what many seek to believe. Conflating the form of the liturgy with the lex credendi is the surest way to abandon the lex credendi.
Dr Ganswein is entitled to tell his story He was a wonderfull secretary and help to dear Pope Benedick who chose him and could have sent him away if he Pope Benedick felt he was not suitable to the position Have the book nil startling in it God bless Dr Gainswein
We need to pray for the church in crisis! Let us remember this is Jesus Christ’s Church not the Pope or hierarchy. They need to uphold the teachings of Our Lord period.
Suffering and confusion is coming. God himself will fix it, but it will be miserable until that time. There will be so much confusion that we need to be sure not to be harsh on those who we see as wrong, because with all the confusion on the horizon, we could be the ones who are wrong.
Beloved Heavenly Father plz remove the confusion and deception for the minds of those you love , bring them into the loving embrace of Jesus that they may accept him into their hearts and receive the Holy Spirit , Amen !
Pope Francis should take disciplinary actions against the Syro Malabar church leaders like cardinal Alanchery and Abp Andrews Thazhath. The church in India is smeared in scandalous incidents because of such unfit bps
As an Indian, I'd invite you to research WHY Cardinal Allencherry was Exonerated by the Court. Please do CHECK the Admission by the Lawyer who had fought to convict him, actually admitted to later on. Amazingly, this was Not covered by the msm. Am Roman Catholic and a North Indian and no bergoglio fan, to boot. So NO bias whatever in favour of the Cardinal. Do Fact Check.
"All anybody in the vatican is talking about"? Ridiculous hyperbole. Bravo to Pope Francis & his associates for moving forward with care & intelligence.♡
The last two points you may, John, destroy the pathetic efforts to sow discord in the Church. Differences exist, and they always did and will always be there. The desire of some to see a rupture shall not pass.
Who are the "some" who "desire" to "see a rupture" that we keep being fear-mongered by modernists/leftists? Anybody who finds the papacy of Francis malodorous or/and disagreeable? Will they name somebody of even mild significance? In the latest version supposedly conservative cardinals were plotting to overthrow Pope Francis whilst Benedict's body was still cooling off. The Left are shamelessly evil.
@@Jimboken1 THANK YOU 🙏🌹❤🙏 Soooo Much. You've spoken for the Majority. I should Know, having been till June 2020, a stout bergoglio fan & defender. South Asia here.
It's good to remember how St Peter and St Paul were at loggerheads, as featured in last Sunday's second reading (1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17). I imagine someone saying, 'Oh, that terrible Paul with so many kind words for filthy gentiles and nothing to say to people who've faithfully kept the Torah for 30, 40 or 50 years.' God willing, one day, we may celebrate the feasts of St Benedict XVI and St Francis I on the same day, like we do with Cephas and Saul of Tarsus.
This pattern of making post-conciliar popes saints has to stop. The idea of making Francis a saint will finally destroy the last of the Church's dignity.
@@driggsbaylon4655 Your 'sensus fidelium' has the smell of orchestration, dear brother. Until the canonisation of Pius X in 1954, the most recent popes to be named saints in the modern era had been Pius V in 1712 and Gregory VII in 1726. After Gregory, who reigned from 1073-1085, and up until the year 2000, only 3 others popes were canonised while just 8 others were beatified.For more than two centuries not a single pope was canonised. Almost every pope of the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning with Pius IX, have been put on the track to sainthood. Pius X was canonised in 1954 and Innocent XI (1676-1689) in 1956. During the last seventeen years alone, four popes - Pius IX, John XXIII, John Paul II and Paul VI - were beatified. Pope Francis canonised John XXIII and John Paul II in the same ceremony in April 2014.
Pope Francis says in Gaudete et exultate chpt 102 that the right to migrate is equal to that of the right to life in the womb, ("grave" bioethical questions) and anyone that says otherwise is letting their politics overrule their Christianity. But the Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly says the right to life in the womb is absolute but the right to immigration is not absolute, so it is Francis who is a politician (leftist) first who twists his religion to conform to his politics not those who claim abortion is a more important issue than migrant rights, because they are following Christian teaching and Francis is following leftist liberal ideology. Francis has psychological issues whereby he projects his own faults onto others. He is the ideologist, the politician, the proselytizer that forces his beliefs upon others not his opponents.
The multiplier in economics referred to in RSV Genesis 1:28 enjoining the male and female spouses: "Be fruitful and multiply", has the arithmetic procession 'do-ing' procreation role gift activities and the geometric progression 'be-ing' identities need of union in covenant, non-presumed reciprocity; that is, inseparable and qualitatively equal role and identity in consecrated marriage. Then by the requiring by this consecrated marriage of this procreation gift role and this identity need of union to be advantageously combined, consecrated marriage is capable of out occulting the occult, incest connected grooming by diseased Malthusian (Thomas Mathus, "Principles of Population", 1796) family member 'familyists' for their families' economic advantage by tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud to purport to presume their separation with a non-economic false status inducement of "higher vocation" of 'do-ing' role to 'be-ing' identity. Only persistent "to his face"; that is, one on one, withstanding by each of those joined in consecrated marriage, either male female vowed to God or celibate vowed to man in Christ such as Pope Francis from 19 March 2013, by their accountability and amends can when not knowing their role and identity but keeping or allowing their inseparability and qualitative equality, out occult this occult evil of this grooming of psychologically and/or emotionally vulnerable family members. This was as achieved by Pope Francis from the Feast of St Joseph, 19 March 2013, then well illustrated on 10 June 2021 on the reference point of previous consecrated marriages, particularly of Mary mother of Jesus joined in both a celibate marriage with God and a male female marriage with St Joseph, exercising an absolute power of his consecrated celibate marriage of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications in his accountability and amends in the cases of the Italian state ("Zan" anti-homophobia bill) and the Vatican state (10 citizens/employees including Cardinal Angelo Becciu) respectively unacceptable risk of fraud on his insuring his need of union of his identity and alleged embezzlement of his procreation role gift charity donations as a helper of his family within his family.
We miss our Holy Father Benedict; and naturally Monsignor Georg Gänswein ; both gave us Camelot. And we pray that Monsignor Gänswein will become Pope someday to bring Holiness back into our church.
At this point of his pontificate Francis deserves nothing but criticism. Inconsistency, lack of clarity in his speeches and documents, utter chaos, doubtful personal appointments etc. Nightmare as late cardinal Pell described it. Ganswein and Muller had every right to be resentful the way both of them were dismissed. They were not school boys to be told not to come to work the next day. I cannot think of other pope of the modern era who would treat his closest collaborators that way. Bergoglio should stay in Argentina and become a parish priest, because his abilities remain at that level.
Um misericordioso que nem sequer sabe tratar os seus colaboradores com um mínimo de respeito. Inacreditável para quem anda para aí a proclamar os braços de Deus abertos para todos.. E ainda há quem acredite e apoie um homem assim ?
@@josephpearson2230 yanalla gave well discussed examples of what many have found disconcerting. His comment was a lot more fulsome than your silly retort. Perhaps you mean to suggest that we can't criticise any papacy, no matter how dreadful? If so, there is no Church teaching to back you up. I agree that it shouldn't be ad hominem. That is a sin. I have no idea if Pope Francis is evil. But to paraphrase Hilary Clinton, whether he is or isn't, at this point what difference does it make?
@@josephpearson2230 I cannot, nor do I presume, to judge the Roman Pontiff. I can only judge the impact his words and actions have had on my life - and they are not good. To insist that I not be scandalized by scandalous behavior, or confused by confusing words is more than a little unrealistic.
Catholic literally means about the whole, synthesis means to put together. So Catholicism is about accepting the whole not putting things together. Accepting the whole truth of the gospel not mixing the gospel with sin and falsehoods. Also it is Francis himself who isn't Catholic, because he doesn't accept the Latin mass, even though it is holy and good, but instead wants to exclude it. Whatever happened to both and ? Synthesis is a Marxist Hegelian concept of the dialectic of change not the Catholic concept of including all good things.
The only thing I see that is really repeating naturally everywhere in nature is Mama's blood shed giving life. This is frowned upon?!? Meanwhile while a father who sacrificed his son for your sins is praised? More like leading people into killing raping molesting beating ect because blood sacrifice and trauma is good favor in your gods! Well at least I know the blood I shed gave life. It's clear who the living ones are. Believing in lies you can't even see will not save you.
The Church as a helper of the family 'does' procreation role gift within the family, not "is" an identity in need of union. It is not a "crisis" but a "worldwide catastrophe" (Pope Francis, 10 June 2021) of "the great majority of sacramental marriages are invalid" (Pope Francis, 15 June 2016) resulting in the worldwide disaster of sexual abuse for economic advantages of tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud for the families of diseased family member 'familyists' by their grooming psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members with an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate, non-economic false status inducement of 'higher vocation" of doing procreation gift role of helpers of the family within the family to being identities in need of union such as within the roman catholic church role group of "higher vocation" (Pope St John Paul's Council for the Family document, TTMHS, 1995, 35) of consecrated celibacy role vowed to man in Christ to consecrated male female marriage vowed to God. On the reference point of a spouse joined first in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of their spouse by their been joined in a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ as inseparable and qualitatively equal, Pope Francis on 10 June 2021 in his family member role-identity in keeping their inseparability and qualitative equality exercised in uncertainty of his belief an absolute power of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications of his: 1. ensuring his procreation tax-exempt gift alleged embezzled by his Vatican state group of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others presently been heard on criminal inditements in Pope Francis' Vatican state court, 2. insuring his need of union of his consecrated celibate identity at unacceptable risk of fraud by his, as Primate of Italy, Italian state Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill", defeated in early November 2021 following a protest note against it by Pope Francis' Secretariat of State authorised by Pope Francis, thus correcting this grooming abuse by himself by this simultaneously by him been accountable and making amends. We can all follow this good example given by Pope Francis of "to his own face" holding himself to account and to make amends.
Pope Benedict was in my view arguably the greatest theologian of the 20th century, and I very much doubt anything contained in his volumes is libel or spurious, it is not in his character to lie. The folks in charge of these seminaries on the other hand, as many of the seminarians, who attended can tell you, have a rather different set of priorities. 2:27 2:29 😊 2:32 2:32
"Let your Yes be "Yes", and your No be "No". The teachings of the Apostles, the Early Fathers, and the Fathers of the Church are not ambiguous, nor dismissive of one another. Teachings were sound, built on those that came before, corrective for the faithful. The Councils likewise, in a span of centuries, answered against heresies. Until Vatican II. Until Francis. The fruits are Anethema! And, Anathema! is before all with eyes to see and ears to hear. See the purely sacred and its Tradition reduced to banter and pedestrian opinion, dismissiveness and even scoffing. Particularly, are the leading Western nations somewhat, or officially, pleased by all the radical rejection of Tradition, of Holy Mother Church of the Ages. Surely the dreaded scales of blindness is manifested, made acceptable, even now sought-after. Modernist bishops are pleased. Laity is conformed, one to the other under the modernists, "neither hot nor cold", made ignorant of the faith and practices of their Fathers, quite un-catechized, and therefore, supportive of the world and the goats ravishing the Church, wolves in Shepherd's clothing. The remnant will be dismissed, banished to suffer and bear up the Holy Cross, as our Lord Christ Jesus, to His crucifixion. The increasing pains are foretold. It must be an honor to suffer. as Holy Mother Church must, our Way of the Cross, to strain well on the "narrow road", and among still... "a peculiar people".
What you must understand the Jesuits swore they would destroy the Papacy. Francis is a Jesuit the black Pope pulls his strings. So V2 moved from Catholic to Protestant church teaching. A movement is to try reverse back to Traditional church teaching handed down by the Apostles.
@@Jimboken1 It's really easy to be morally superior to main stream religions like catholicism.They lost their moral authority when they stopped protecting children. I do not forget. I do not forgive.
@@studfinderball Really, there was no need to confirm that you happily virtue signal whilst insulting real Catholics. You know.... the ones who know they are the Church not woeful clerics. Unlike you
@@Jimboken1 Cardinal Pelosi and Pope Pancho know all about virtue signalling with the pope approved: 'a wall is an immorality' while Isaiah 60:18 goes unanswered: "you shall call your walls Salvation".
one wonders where all of Benedict XVI papers are now? they should have been impounded by Vatican officials. Ganswein has no proprietary rights over these papers. they belong to the Church and therefore, given that Benedict XVI lived his retirement years on Vatican soil, the Vatican has the right to have them stored in the right archives, to be made available when the time is right.
The Catholic Faith is the Mother Dragon of all Christananity. And Revelations says it will be comming for US who denounce the Christain lable. Rev 12-17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of YAHshua Humasheoc (aka not the lawlessness manned taught Greek Jesus Christ”)
You will know them by their fruit. It is a great challenge to cater so extremely to Religious being single and celibate in our times. I believe the RC Church could learn from the Orthodox Church, which allows for marriage. This one thing would be transformative to the entire religious community of the Church. St Peter was NOT single. St Paul was. This is the seat of Peter, not Paul, so to speak. I say this, as anyone who has been married, and is going home and has to explain themselves to another mate, has built in checks and balances in life, that are God ordained. Of course, some things are clerical and private in carrying out of one's office responsibilities. But still, the female/male role together, is stronger than an independent person alone, even with close friends and confidants. This is not to say that if God calls someone to live the single life, as a religious person, that this RC tradition should not continue through the lives of these men and women. This needs to always to be honored. But my sense of things for true reform in the Church, that brings a new stability to the core leaders of the RC Church, this change must occur. And sooner than later....
Happy belated 🎂 Birthday John Allen and Happy Anniversary 🎉🍾 🎉to both you and your wife! What a beautiful thing for you both that it is a sweet spot of time and you are happy together! May GOD ALMIGHTY and The Holy Family bless you with much favor blessings and protection always! 🕯 🕊
Thanks to you for being so kind and non- judgmental explanation of both Popes. There is room enough for both in our catholic (small c) Church!
Happy Birthday and Anniversary to you, John and your wife! Gods blessings to you both for your service to each other and to other Catholics! I saw the show about Georg Ganzwein and couldn’t wait to read his book- so disappointed that it is coming out only in Italian! Thank you for always keeping us informed!
John Allen great finish. Pope Benedict’s words of thanks says more about the kind and generous spirit of our German Pontiff. I wish I could say the same of the homily of Pope Francis for Benedict’s funeral mass. God rest his soul may perpetual light shine upon him.
God will sort us out
@@lawrenceventline3126 I pray so.
Excellent assessment. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide our beautiful Church.
Pope Benedict allowed conservative anglicans an opportunity to come home to mother Church and to authenticate the latin mass. What a blessing .
i have been counting on you to inform me because I TRUST you and enjoy your light banter. Thank you!
Im from Metro Manila Philippines and travelled to Rome in 2016 so sometimes I can visualize.
May God bless you and your wife.
Happy birthday. Happy anniversary!
❤❤❤🎉
Stay true passionate and with joy and. humor
My thoughts precisely! Am from the Philippines too and loves John's banter.
Thank you so much John. One of your finest gifts thus far, in my humble opinion. What a brilliant reminder that our Church is not reality TV. Bless you.
You made me curious. As soon as Gänswein's book comes out in German or English I'm going to get one
Me too
Read it, also! LOL!
U Americans like things, don't read tho
Happy 70th
He'd probably love to give you one.
Great concluding thought, John. Much needed and not often enough voiced! And here's wishing you a happy belated birthday and a happy anniversary!
It's not "Catholic Civil War". It just takes a really unfortunate person to deliberately refuse to see the crisis afflicting the Church for what it is anymore.
to Aperta, the Church as a helper of the family 'does' procreation role gift within the family, not "is".
It is not a "crisis" but a "worldwide catastrophe" (Pope Francis, 10 June 2021) of "the great majority of sacramental marriages are invalid" (Pope Francis, 15 June 2016) resulting in the worldwide disaster of sexual abuse for economic advantages of tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud for the families of diseased family member 'familyists' by their grooming psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members with an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate, non-economic false status inducement of 'higher vocation" of doing procreation gift role of helpers of the family within the family to being identities in need of union such as within the roman catholic church role group of "higher vocation" (Pope St John Paul's Council for the Family document, TTMHS, 1995, 35) of consecrated celibacy role vowed to man in Christ to consecrated male female marriage vowed to God.
On the reference point of a spouse joined first in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of their spouse by their been joined in a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ as inseparable and qualitatively equal, Pope Francis on 10 June 2021 in his family member role-identity in keeping their inseparability and qualitative equality exercised in uncertainty of his belief an absolute power of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications of his:
1. ensuring his procreation tax-exempt gift alleged embezzled by his Vatican state group of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others presently been heard on criminal inditements in Pope Francis' Vatican state court,
2. insuring his need of union of his consecrated celibate identity at unacceptable risk of fraud by his, as Primate of Italy, Italian state Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill", defeated in early November 2021 following a protest note against it by Pope Francis' Secretariat of State authorised by Pope Francis,
thus correcting this grooming abuse by himself by this simultaneously by him been accountable and making amends.
We can all follow this good example given by Pope Francis of "to his own face" holding himself to account and to make amends.
Happy birthday, and happy anniversary! As always I love your reports. I deeply appreciate the way you summarized the “impact” of the recent books and the current Catholic cultural war - is any of this new? Or is it really more of the same? Change frightens people, especially when it means that the side with power won’t be as powerful as they’re used to being. Certainly Pope Francis now being in the shooter’s bullseye is hard for him, but then it was hard for Jesus. I keep our Pope in prayer, and our Church in my petitions.
Happy Birthday and Anniversary, John.
Great Analysis. 🙏🌹🙏🌹
It is not a civil war, but a struggle against heresy within the Church, against Bergoglio, who is the pre-eminent heresiarch, and his followers.
I agree, we should stop worshipping Mary - that is the principal heresy. Wojtyla was an especially repulsive example of this.
@@a.t.c.3862 Don't use your repulsive ignorance to bash Catholic beliefs and practices. Shame on you, A.T.C.
@Marietta
Surely, you mean Erroneous Catholic beliefs.
@@a.t.c.3862 ATC who are you?
@@sirrobertwalpole1754
saint John Henry Newman
fascinating video on papal related books. this was one of the best of John Allen. wish the books would be in English. although ive lived and worked in Rome my italian is not the best of kate. but this was good re Benedict and current pope. civil war but no papal murders like in previous centuries when it was really bad and evil.
Hmmm, yeah the pope is sending compassion to the marginalised in the society, which is good. But , how about extending compassion to those that disagree with his method of leadership? I don't see him doing it. Those who always talk about inclusion, always like to exclude those that disagrees with them.
He is a hateful old man
@@Canisius19 Wish I could give your take 10k 👍LIKES👍
@Steve Montemurro
Benedict was a barely-restrained queer queen.
Happy ( belated) birthday! Happy Anniversary! Praying for sure. Would love to send more support, but funds don’t allow..yet.
books galore.a blessed,happy anniversary john and ann🎊🍾✌️
“Last week in the church”. What an appropriate title for your podcast. As the hierarchy, moves closer and closer to embracing the sin of homosexuality and other woke topics. It does look like it’s the last week of the church. Shame on those who are abandoning the Holy Scriptures and the traditions of the church and leading us into apostasy!
Maga smoke
@@RPlavo Dab ur lips with ur biggest bath towel, you're foaming again
Just curious about a few things after reading your post. What exactly does it mean to “embrace the sin of homosexuality?” In what way is homosexuality a
‘woke” topic rather than a matter of understanding human experience? Where in scripture does Jesus, who spent his time with the marginalized, condemn homosexuality? Is it the same to abandon scripture as it is to abandon tradition, or do you consider them to be the same thing? Do you think the Church is or has ever been a perfect Church, or is it always faced with the challenge of growing towards perfection?
Just curious.
@@michaelstanford3688 All I can say is that your theological ignorance and your ignorance of scripture is showing. Homosexuality is clearly condemned in the Sacred Scriptures. Please read Romans 1: 26-32. Jesus never calls us to embrace our sexual identities. But He does call us to embrace the cross and follow Him. Jesus calls all sinners to repentance. Are you willing to do that?
@@stevensonrf Is that really all you can say? To lead with an insult? You might lead with some curiosity. For example, “Mike, what do you think of the relative influence of Paul versus Jesus in mainstream evangelical Christianity?” Or maybe “How would you reconcile the Jesus of Mark with the Jesus of John?” Or even more interesting: “Should we be looking to scripture for historical facts, for behavioral legislation, or for metaphorical truths?” These are fun and interesting questions. My curiosity for you would be, what does it mean to embrace the cross and follow Jesus? Precisely. What exactly does that mean?
One of your best! Happy birthday and anniversary - ad multos annos before the next registrable event!!!! 🙏🏼🇮🇪
Oh, pope Francis is such a sweet guy! Such a peaceful man! Such a paragon of virtue! Has so many good words towards homosexuals and not a single encouragement to those who believe in heterosexual marriage sacrament. Extols divorcees in mutually loving second relationships and is mute when looking at those in 30, 40 years long marriages, who made vows in front of their Savior to remain loyal and struggling every day with vicissitudes of life. Strives towards unity of religions and looks sternly at those who battle every day to evangelize, to teach about Christ. Etc. etc. Such a sweet guy!!
SPOT ON 📍
Nah
Curious if you ever listen to his homilies or his Angelus Prayer addresses? He had a whole catechism conference on marriage and what it means. Your only hearing what people want you to hear.
@@frankjamesiii5362 Yeah, I know. Pope might have even mentioned that "What God has joined together, let no man separate' though he prefers to quote himself rather than Jesus. But next day, or maybe a month later he would state to those in "second marriage", "second relationship" that " he [the Pope" had known many re-married couples living more Christian life than those in unhappy marriages" and "who was he to tell them that they had made wrong decision?". What message this brings to me, a Catholic living with his wife for 30 years, faithfully? Well, I will tell you. If I manage to find a "younger version" of my wife - you know, more shapely, nice curves here and there. etc. etc. - and live with her kissing the earth this new "wife" steps on after ditching the old one, obviously - and my new love "will be stronger than ever" I can count on St Peter's successor to bless me and assure me that I can count on God's love and forgiveness. And that is simple and pure HERESY.
Perhaps NOT YOUR FAVOURITE GUY....but God loves him as he loves every other person HE CREATED. Maybe not palatable for you...but I stand by Pope Francis...wish him GOD'S GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS. May he recognize his limitations, flaws, shortcomings and weaknesses....remain humble and seek God's forgiveness.
Same for Me....Same for YOU.
Karl Rahner, a great thinker himself, said that the Church mirrors the society in which it dwells. Throughout the entire world there is division which is painful and perilous. Is this not true of the Church today? So, what do we do? It seems to me that we really need to talk these things out. First, individually. Then among ourselves, and then finally as a whole. Isn’t this what Jesus advises in Matthew’s Gospel?
Apparently it does after Rahner.
Before Rahner it was the other way around.
Funny that.
" Isn’t this what Jesus advises in Matthew’s Gospel?" no He said pick up your cross and follow me... Rahner was a leftist heretic
The division in the end will purify of heretic.. the failures of Vatican 2 are being exposed..Bergoglio hates the Faithful, we need a war to settle all the arguments
The claim that seminarians aren't allowed to read his works is rather odd. I can't speak for every American seminary, but, when I went to seminary, I can't think of a class concerning doctrine that didn't include Ratzinger/Benedict as required reading. Something doesn't sound right about Benedict's claims and doesn't sound like his typical writing style.
It all depends on the Rector of the Seminary.
it is the serpent that surrounds him, and the serpents that visit him, that has misled Pope Benedict XVI. and you are right; he isn't the type who would focus on himself and make of others enemies or adversaries...
Can someone clarify that last quote. On Seeing both and solutions where others see either or problems? I think I get the jist of but the wording is confusing to me.
Happy Birthday and Congratulations on your wedding anniversary!
I think this shows that we really need to deal with how a Pope retires. The retired Pope definitely should not continue to hang out in the Vatican, continue wearing white, and pontificate on issues.
I agree.
No, they cannot be synthesized or integrated. Yeats nails the current conditions in the Church today. The last line below really illustrates why John's final query highlights the intellectual vacuity of modernist.
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
Great analysis!!!!
Thanks
Ganswein's book was dismissed in not-so-subtle-terms by John last episode.
This episode, not so much.
I'll bet Benedict's posthumous essays won't directly indict our present dreadful Pope.
But perhaps indirectly.
If it was dismissed by this heretic it must of been right on the mark
@@Canisius19 Just Gotta AGREE. You've nailed the Fact
@Steve Montemurro
Try to learn how to write English properly, dear.
You've used 'of' instead of 'have'.
@@a.t.c.3862 It's 'english' not 'English', dear.
I am a Catholic. Not Roman. Benedict's final message is BOTH AND not EITHER OR. The latter love themselves excessively and serve no Gospel message. In the end so many of the so called Benedict's followers REJECT HIS MESSAGE. Thank you for a GREAT PODCAST
I attend the new mass myself because it is all that is available in my area, but the traditionalists do make a lot of good points, there is a serious fear that I don’t think should be dismissed. That such a drastic change to so many of the prayers and Canticles of the mass are a attempt to change the lex credendi of the faith. 9:16
What is more I don’t think anyone can deny that liturgical abuse is still rampant in the Novus ordo.
@@allthenewsordeath5772 the BOTH AND doesn't set aside the points of the traditionalists. I agree that the recent changes wrought to the mass are in some sense radical, but I am very suspicious of the claim that changes to the mass constitute changes to the lex credendi. Even before this century, the latin mass is not the only mass that has been celebrated, the latin mass is not some pure liturgical form that has been handed down to us from the past. It too has undergone changes and abuse, despite what many seek to believe. Conflating the form of the liturgy with the lex credendi is the surest way to abandon the lex credendi.
Thanks John.
The Idols Worshippers versus Sun Worshippers,
WHO WILL WIN?
Why oh why is your voice volume so weak? Hard to follow! Peace. ehs
Dr Ganswein is entitled to tell his story He was a wonderfull secretary and help to dear Pope Benedick who chose him and could have sent him away if he Pope Benedick felt he was not suitable to the position Have the book nil startling in it God bless Dr Gainswein
We need to pray for the church in crisis! Let us remember this is Jesus Christ’s Church not the Pope or hierarchy. They need to uphold the teachings of Our Lord period.
I love this guy. He's hilarious!
Suffering and confusion is coming. God himself will fix it, but it will be miserable until that time. There will be so much confusion that we need to be sure not to be harsh on those who we see as wrong, because with all the confusion on the horizon, we could be the ones who are wrong.
Beloved Heavenly Father plz remove the confusion and deception for the minds of those you love , bring them into the loving embrace of Jesus that they may accept him into their hearts and receive the Holy Spirit , Amen !
Pope Francis should take disciplinary actions against the Syro Malabar church leaders like cardinal Alanchery and Abp Andrews Thazhath. The church in India is smeared in scandalous incidents because of such unfit bps
So they're waay way better than the Vatican, curia, our dreadful Pope and his cardinals then?
Good for them!
As an Indian, I'd invite you to research WHY Cardinal Allencherry was Exonerated by the Court.
Please do CHECK the Admission by the Lawyer who had fought to convict him, actually admitted to later on.
Amazingly, this was Not covered by the msm.
Am Roman Catholic and a North Indian and no bergoglio fan, to boot. So NO bias whatever in favour of the Cardinal.
Do Fact Check.
"All anybody in the vatican is talking about"? Ridiculous hyperbole. Bravo to Pope Francis & his associates for moving forward with care & intelligence.♡
LOL
Jimboken: Ayayay!
The progressive side of the Church especially that in Germany needs to be crushed
Maybe the Index Librorum Prohibitorum will come back because of this...
The last two points you may, John, destroy the pathetic efforts to sow discord in the Church. Differences exist, and they always did and will always be there. The desire of some to see a rupture shall not pass.
Who are the "some" who "desire" to "see a rupture" that we keep being fear-mongered by modernists/leftists?
Anybody who finds the papacy of Francis malodorous or/and disagreeable?
Will they name somebody of even mild significance?
In the latest version supposedly conservative cardinals were plotting to overthrow Pope Francis whilst Benedict's body was still cooling off.
The Left are shamelessly evil.
The entire Church in Germany
@@Jimboken1 THANK YOU 🙏🌹❤🙏 Soooo Much.
You've spoken for the Majority. I should Know, having been till June 2020, a stout bergoglio fan & defender.
South Asia here.
Marie Theresa:. Southeast Asia here and the overwhelming majority here love Pope Francis.
It's good to remember how St Peter and St Paul were at loggerheads, as featured in last Sunday's second reading (1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17). I imagine someone saying, 'Oh, that terrible Paul with so many kind words for filthy gentiles and nothing to say to people who've faithfully kept the Torah for 30, 40 or 50 years.' God willing, one day, we may celebrate the feasts of St Benedict XVI and St Francis I on the same day, like we do with Cephas and Saul of Tarsus.
This pattern of making post-conciliar popes saints has to stop.
The idea of making Francis a saint will finally destroy the last of the Church's dignity.
Jimboken: Not our own opinion but the sensus fidelium, dear brother!
@@driggsbaylon4655 Your 'sensus fidelium' has the smell of orchestration, dear brother.
Until the canonisation of Pius X in 1954, the most recent popes to be named saints in the modern era had been Pius V in 1712 and Gregory VII in 1726. After Gregory, who reigned from 1073-1085, and up until the year 2000, only 3 others popes were canonised while just 8 others were beatified.For more than two centuries not a single pope was canonised. Almost every pope of the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning with Pius IX, have been put on the track to sainthood. Pius X was canonised in 1954 and Innocent XI (1676-1689) in 1956. During the last seventeen years alone, four popes - Pius IX, John XXIII, John Paul II and Paul VI - were beatified. Pope Francis canonised John XXIII and John Paul II in the same ceremony in April 2014.
Pope Francis says in Gaudete et exultate chpt 102 that the right to migrate is equal to that of the right to life in the womb, ("grave" bioethical questions) and anyone that says otherwise is letting their politics overrule their Christianity. But the Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly says the right to life in the womb is absolute but the right to immigration is not absolute, so it is Francis who is a politician (leftist) first who twists his religion to conform to his politics not those who claim abortion is a more important issue than migrant rights, because they are following Christian teaching and Francis is following leftist liberal ideology. Francis has psychological issues whereby he projects his own faults onto others. He is the ideologist, the politician, the proselytizer that forces his beliefs upon others not his opponents.
Even at one and a half speed this was a waste of time. Sugar coating and downplaying at any speed makes you less smart.
Logoroe in the Vatican. And where went logos?
The multiplier in economics referred to in RSV Genesis 1:28 enjoining the male and female spouses: "Be fruitful and multiply", has the arithmetic procession 'do-ing' procreation role gift activities and the geometric progression 'be-ing' identities need of union in covenant, non-presumed reciprocity; that is, inseparable and qualitatively equal role and identity in consecrated marriage.
Then by the requiring by this consecrated marriage of this procreation gift role and this identity need of union to be advantageously combined, consecrated marriage is capable of out occulting the occult, incest connected grooming by diseased Malthusian (Thomas Mathus, "Principles of Population", 1796) family member 'familyists' for their families' economic advantage by tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud to purport to presume their separation with a non-economic false status inducement of "higher vocation" of 'do-ing' role to 'be-ing' identity.
Only persistent "to his face"; that is, one on one, withstanding by each of those joined in consecrated marriage, either male female vowed to God or celibate vowed to man in Christ such as Pope Francis from 19 March 2013, by their accountability and amends can when not knowing their role and identity but keeping or allowing their inseparability and qualitative equality, out occult this occult evil of this grooming of psychologically and/or emotionally vulnerable family members.
This was as achieved by Pope Francis from the Feast of St Joseph, 19 March 2013, then well illustrated on 10 June 2021 on the reference point of previous consecrated marriages, particularly of Mary mother of Jesus joined in both a celibate marriage with God and a male female marriage with St Joseph, exercising an absolute power of his consecrated celibate marriage of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications in his accountability and amends in the cases of the Italian state ("Zan" anti-homophobia bill) and the Vatican state (10 citizens/employees including Cardinal Angelo Becciu) respectively unacceptable risk of fraud on his insuring his need of union of his identity and alleged embezzlement of his procreation role gift charity donations as a helper of his family within his family.
We miss our Holy Father Benedict; and naturally Monsignor Georg Gänswein ; both gave us Camelot. And we pray that Monsignor Gänswein will become Pope someday to bring Holiness back into our church.
We are Thyatira
At this point of his pontificate Francis deserves nothing but criticism. Inconsistency, lack of clarity in his speeches and documents, utter chaos, doubtful personal appointments etc. Nightmare as late cardinal Pell described it. Ganswein and Muller had every right to be resentful the way both of them were dismissed. They were not school boys to be told not to come to work the next day. I cannot think of other pope of the modern era who would treat his closest collaborators that way. Bergoglio should stay in Argentina and become a parish priest, because his abilities remain at that level.
“Here, I presume to judge the Roman Pontiff, without a hint of spiritual conceit…”
Um misericordioso que nem sequer sabe tratar os seus colaboradores com um mínimo de respeito. Inacreditável para quem anda para aí a proclamar os braços de Deus abertos para todos..
E ainda há quem acredite e apoie um homem assim ?
@@josephpearson2230 yanalla gave well discussed examples of what many have found disconcerting.
His comment was a lot more fulsome than your silly retort.
Perhaps you mean to suggest that we can't criticise any papacy, no matter how dreadful?
If so, there is no Church teaching to back you up.
I agree that it shouldn't be ad hominem.
That is a sin.
I have no idea if Pope Francis is evil.
But to paraphrase Hilary Clinton, whether he is or isn't, at this point what difference does it make?
@@Jimboken1 @ Joseph pearson
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@@josephpearson2230 I cannot, nor do I presume, to judge the Roman Pontiff. I can only judge the impact his words and actions have had on my life - and they are not good. To insist that I not be scandalized by scandalous behavior, or confused by confusing words is more than a little unrealistic.
Catholic literally means about the whole, synthesis means to put together. So Catholicism is about accepting the whole not putting things together. Accepting the whole truth of the gospel not mixing the gospel with sin and falsehoods. Also it is Francis himself who isn't Catholic, because he doesn't accept the Latin mass, even though it is holy and good, but instead wants to exclude it. Whatever happened to both and ? Synthesis is a Marxist Hegelian concept of the dialectic of change not the Catholic concept of including all good things.
The only thing I see that is really repeating naturally everywhere in nature is Mama's blood shed giving life. This is frowned upon?!? Meanwhile while a father who sacrificed his son for your sins is praised? More like leading people into killing raping molesting beating ect because blood sacrifice and trauma is good favor in your gods! Well at least I know the blood I shed gave life. It's clear who the living ones are. Believing in lies you can't even see will not save you.
The Church as a helper of the family 'does' procreation role gift within the family, not "is" an identity in need of union.
It is not a "crisis" but a "worldwide catastrophe" (Pope Francis, 10 June 2021) of "the great majority of sacramental marriages are invalid" (Pope Francis, 15 June 2016) resulting in the worldwide disaster of sexual abuse for economic advantages of tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance costs by fraud for the families of diseased family member 'familyists' by their grooming psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members with an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate, non-economic false status inducement of 'higher vocation" of doing procreation gift role of helpers of the family within the family to being identities in need of union such as within the roman catholic church role group of "higher vocation" (Pope St John Paul's Council for the Family document, TTMHS, 1995, 35) of consecrated celibacy role vowed to man in Christ to consecrated male female marriage vowed to God.
On the reference point of a spouse joined first in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of their spouse by their been joined in a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ as inseparable and qualitatively equal, Pope Francis on 10 June 2021 in his family member role-identity in keeping their inseparability and qualitative equality exercised in uncertainty of his belief an absolute power of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications of his:
1. ensuring his procreation tax-exempt gift alleged embezzled by his Vatican state group of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others presently been heard on criminal inditements in Pope Francis' Vatican state court,
2. insuring his need of union of his consecrated celibate identity at unacceptable risk of fraud by his, as Primate of Italy, Italian state Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill", defeated in early November 2021 following a protest note against it by Pope Francis' Secretariat of State authorised by Pope Francis,
thus correcting this grooming abuse by himself by this simultaneously by him been accountable and making amends.
We can all follow this good example given by Pope Francis of "to his own face" holding himself to account and to make amends.
When I began studying German, one of my motivations was reading Pope Benedict. It seems now I chose poorly
Pope Benedict was in my view arguably the greatest theologian of the 20th century, and I very much doubt anything contained in his volumes is libel or spurious, it is not in his character to lie.
The folks in charge of these seminaries on the other hand, as many of the seminarians, who attended can tell you, have a rather different set of priorities. 2:27 2:29 😊 2:32 2:32
You are a complete dumbass
I agree with you. My comment was because all the books are in Italian
Meh, Italian journalism: 10% completely made up; 30% exaggeration; 60% facts. That's being generous.
So much much better than the rest of the western supposed liberal democracies, then.
Go Italy!
as opposed to anything coming from the USA where we have the opposite. 10% facts, that it is probably being generous.
I think you exaggerate Mr. Allen. People are going to disagree. Hardly a civil war.
Sorry to differ.
Civil WAR is close to the truth.
Disagreeing is a Huge Understatement.
South Asia 🌏 here
where is Bernhard Goetz? How about Charles Bronson
John, you gave Francis nothing more than a tap on the wrist. This episode was dominated by a summary of recent events.
Jorge be an anathema
C’è troppa nebbia per p. Imbroglio……!
"Let your Yes be "Yes", and your No be "No".
The teachings of the Apostles, the Early Fathers, and the Fathers of the Church are not ambiguous, nor dismissive of one another. Teachings were sound, built on those that came before, corrective for the faithful.
The Councils likewise, in a span of centuries, answered against heresies.
Until Vatican II.
Until Francis.
The fruits are Anethema! And, Anathema! is before all with eyes to see and ears to hear.
See the purely sacred and its Tradition reduced to banter and pedestrian opinion, dismissiveness and even scoffing.
Particularly, are the leading Western nations somewhat, or officially, pleased by all the radical rejection of Tradition, of Holy Mother Church of the Ages.
Surely the dreaded scales of blindness is manifested, made acceptable, even now sought-after. Modernist bishops are pleased. Laity is conformed, one to the other under the modernists, "neither hot nor cold", made ignorant of the faith and practices of their Fathers, quite un-catechized, and therefore, supportive of the world and the goats ravishing the Church, wolves in Shepherd's clothing.
The remnant will be dismissed, banished to suffer and bear up the Holy Cross, as our Lord Christ Jesus, to His crucifixion.
The increasing pains are foretold.
It must be an honor to suffer. as Holy Mother Church must, our Way of the Cross, to strain well on the "narrow road", and among still... "a peculiar people".
Ephesus and the demonic spirit of Ephesus have made Mary into a goddess - we must abandon that filthy heresy.
Ratzinger wrote about “both and” aspects of life n the Church; anyway there is a lot of MAGA smoke in the Church, whiners actually
s.p.a.c.e.c.a.d.e.t.
What are you smiling about 😮
Also, shy is the book in Italian when Benedict wrote in German? Think about it!
Something to think about
Italian publisher. Benedict was fluent in several languages and lived in Rome for many years, not just his papacy.
John you are disingenuous about communion to the divorced & remarried. That is teaching far before John Paul!
What you must understand the Jesuits swore they would destroy the Papacy. Francis is a Jesuit the black Pope pulls his strings. So V2 moved from Catholic to Protestant church teaching. A movement is to try reverse back to Traditional church teaching handed down by the Apostles.
Such nonsense.
🍞🀄🌈🍓Isoldam: a Maryknoll sociologist nunsaid the same thing in a more graphic manner. You said it in one word. Sorry, Bro Dennis!⛲💐🐠👨👩👧👧
No longer a Catholic, but I love the gossip, drama, and disintegration!
Sooo well deserved.
A deliciously nasty or just plain nasty comment depending on perspective.
However, the puerile and sanctimonious intention is rather obvious.
@@Jimboken1 It's really easy to be morally superior to main stream religions like catholicism.They lost their moral authority when they stopped protecting children.
I do not forget.
I do not forgive.
@@studfinderball Really, there was no need to confirm that you happily virtue signal whilst insulting real Catholics.
You know.... the ones who know they are the Church not woeful clerics.
Unlike you
@@Jimboken1 Cardinal Pelosi and Pope Pancho know all about virtue signalling with the pope approved: 'a wall is an immorality' while Isaiah 60:18 goes unanswered: "you shall call your walls Salvation".
one wonders where all of Benedict XVI papers are now? they should have been impounded by Vatican officials. Ganswein has no proprietary rights over these papers. they belong to the Church and therefore, given that Benedict XVI lived his retirement years on Vatican soil, the Vatican has the right to have them stored in the right archives, to be made available when the time is right.
Francis had them burned!
@@debrasaints3809 that's funny.
They WERE, indeed, BURNED. Debra is correct.
So why the hurry to burn 🔥 those papers ?
bergoglio has taken no chances.
BTW, what IF scanned copies/pdfs exist? 🤔🤔
@@lorih9182 don't be stupid.
The Catholic Faith is the Mother Dragon of all Christananity.
And Revelations says it will be comming for US who denounce the Christain lable.
Rev 12-17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of YAHshua Humasheoc (aka not the lawlessness manned taught Greek Jesus Christ”)
I AM handling you to ....Satan!
The usual hogwash from Allen!!!
You will know them by their fruit. It is a great challenge to cater so extremely to Religious being single and celibate in our times. I believe the RC Church could learn from the Orthodox Church, which allows for marriage. This one thing would be transformative to the entire religious community of the Church. St Peter was NOT single. St Paul was. This is the seat of Peter, not Paul, so to speak.
I say this, as anyone who has been married, and is going home and has to explain themselves to another mate, has built in checks and balances in life, that are God ordained. Of course, some things are clerical and private in carrying out of one's office responsibilities. But still, the female/male role together, is stronger than an independent person alone, even with close friends and confidants.
This is not to say that if God calls someone to live the single life, as a religious person, that this RC tradition should not continue through the lives of these men and women. This needs to always to be honored.
But my sense of things for true reform in the Church, that brings a new stability to the core leaders of the RC Church, this change must occur. And sooner than later....
However, as always great job!!!