@@mjford6152 Yes, and now that we have several names and photos of women in the U.S. who have died because of the abortion ban, we can do what the people of Ireland did when Savita Halappanaver died in Ireland. Please look up her name, because every time I spell it out my comment gets deleted. Let’s get in the streets, by the millions, in every city and every state in the country!
Who ever thought that the US would suffer the fate of Ireland? But we know that many of the most visually fervent pro life activists came to Ireland from the States…. They used Ireland as a pilot project
I read someone’s comment that said “The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 had a baby and called it Project 2025”. I thought that was very clever. I always say, “We saw The Handmaid’s Tale as a warning; the Republicans saw it as a blueprint”.
I agree that the fascist religious order they want cannot exist on American soil. We are already on the brink of catastrophic and existential civil unrest. Roberts can FAFO.
You speak a great truth and unfortunately, most people do not hear it. I was raised as a Catholic and was not aware of opus dei until a friend 40 years ago made me aware of that sect and warned of its danger. I thought at then that it was a fringe group without a smidgen of ever having influence or power,.How wrong I was! Evil sneaks up on one, and they are evil, despite their pious approbation.
@@mikemalloy5776I first heard of it in the movie The da Vinci Code, with that crazy priest who used to whip himself to bleeding, but I didn’t think Opus Dei was actually “a thing”.
@@mikemalloy5776I'm a convert to Catholicism, but also a lifelong history buff. I learned about Opus Dei when I was on my teens (I'm 80 now). Lots of information about them in the history of the Catholic Church.
What difference will it make when we cannot repay the interest on the debt? You think some law will be passed and everything will go back to normal? Do you even understand econ? $35 trillion debt and going up $1 trillion every 100 days. What WILL you do when your money becomes worthless? It's already down 23% under Biden.
Thanks Frank for your long campaign to keep Americans free. I am Australian but we are infected with this stuff here. I too have eschewed the religious right. I stand with you and pray for the US at this critical time in the life your nation.
I didn’t know this was happening in Australia as well. Of course they’re going to push for international control. It’s what they’ve always done. Stay safe Down Under friends.
The WHOLE reason I left the Republican Party a number of years ago was because the separation of church and state was breaking down. With a libertarian upbringing, and as a Christian, I did not want government telling anyone how to worship. Even -- or especially if -- I agreed with some their religious principles. Man telling fellow humans what to do as if they were God. No thanks. Playing God is not for me.
@@Ninapia347They don’t seem to understand (or care about) the importance of the fact that 51% of this country are women. They’re going to see a huge uprising against that soon. And now that we’ve (so far) got the names of three women who have died because of abortion bans, I think it will be starting soon. Look up the name Savita Halappanaver in Ireland, and take note of what the people did in response, and what that country did in response to that. Sorry, I can’t give you that information here, because every time I’ve done that, it gets deleted. So, please look her up. And bear in mind, we have the names and photos of those women who have died in the U.S., and more, many more will be coming soon.
It's going to get even more dangerous when the debt bubble implodes. So why would you want to add to Biden's $2 trillion deficit? You cannot spend your way to prosperity Tanya. Good luck when the runs on the banks begin...you will have brought that situation on yourself.
If there's a "second American Revolution," we--Democrats, liberals, the non-religious, and those who don't agree with the Christian right--had better win it. VOTE BLUE in November!
JD Vance has converted to Catholicism. No doubt he is part of Opus Dei and he is being groomed to be President after Trump is deemed cognitive incompetent. This cannot happen. The U.S. would be the most powerful, dangerous fascist country on the planet.
People who see this might think it would be impossible to implement any of this because of the Constitution. Every dictator has always suspended the country's constitution and taken power with people that were put in place to help them.
@@BeckyC-mr7co this is what the people I’ve talked openly to about this. I worry that SCOTUS is planning on installing the tangerine terrorist in no matter the results of the election. Everyone tells me, “nope can’t happen because f the constitution!” There will be no constitution if Johnny Robert’s and mango moose have their way. My one hope is that President Biden will take advantage of his newly awarded kingship to step in and then toss the six “justices” out…or at least their ruling. Six people cannot be allowed to ruin this country under these freaks.
these donation begs are enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon. i realize how much it costs to run a decent campaign, but when you encounter a representative who laughs at your donation, and then, because he lost, evacs the state (bruce braley), and then has no answer for me when i ask, "so, if i handed you $5k, would you listen to me?"... should've left the party then, but i stayed in...until they screwed over bernie in such a way as to let us all know...we don't really have a choice. the business round table is choosing our destiny...and mother nature, i hope she is, is laughing at them.
Opus Dei aren't Catholics or even Christians. They are a political group trying to amass power using religion. No Christian would act like Opus Dei. I've never even seen a real catholic interested in politics or want to get involved. They are too busy helping the poor and being nuns, monks, schools. Opus Dei is just evil. It has nothing to do with God.
I was a Roman Catholic theologian. After Trump 2016 victory made possible only by Christians I walked away so now am a FORMER RC theologian. Frank it’s so important that folks in your sphere of Christianity know about Opus Dei and this extreme but hugely powerful network of people and groups and their distortion of the Beauty of Christ that once radiated from the Catholic tradition but now has been weaponized to the max. If I were to imagine what the Antichrist would appear as, this cabal would surely fit the role. So Frank, from one exile to another, I thank you for your courage and witness.
@@DollyMiddleton-ke1yp Didn't say I lost my faith. "Theological existence" (to borrow a phrase from Karl Barth) can happen in many ways, and there are many theologians in the history of the Church who chose different paths to engage their vocation in the face of these 'moments' of ecclesial insanity....
The “beauty” of the Catholic Church always covered over a cabal of anti-Christianity. . . because of its infamous foundation. Much like the foundation of America has been covered over with the blood of millions enslaved people for two-hundred years followed by more hate and violence of Jim Crow.
The “beauty” of the Catholic Church always covered over a cabal of anti-Christianity. . . because of its infamous foundation. Much like the foundation of America has been covered over with the blood of millions enslaved people for two-hundred years followed by more hate and violence of Jim Crow.
My question is not will J.D.'s marriage last, but why hasn't his wife spoken-up about these racist ugly ideas her husband supports? Where is her moral courage, her empathy and humility? I've always said to be a conservative Christian, you have to be lacking in both Empathy and Humility guided by the quest for gold.
The TRUE evil ones want to allow the killing of babies in the womb (even up to and after birth)as well as allow for people to dress up as women and even be called a "woman" when they have a penis. Bot to mention allowing illegal aliens to sneak across the border and attack law abiding US Citizens, and that's just the tip of their evil iceberg! Trump 2024!
I grew up in a traditional Protestant religion which identified the Catholic religion/the pope as the anti Christ and viewed its teachings antithetical . I have seen the gradual and effective transformation and obfuscation of the traditional Protestant message into this new Christian Nationalist Evangelical. I rejected my religious upbringing a long time ago and I’m horrified, petrified by what I have seen happen to members of my family with this new fevered religious uprising.
I've seen on social media that the guy who wrote Project 2025 had killed his neighbour's dog with a shovel. That says a lot about his character in my opinion. It's well known that people who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to other people.
Yes. That's four republicans as far as I know in the Dog K-er club. Sources: The Guardian, also summarized and discussed in a Steve Shives video today.
I can't thank you enough Frank. Your story speaks to me so personally and I receive so much confirmation and comfort from your words. Keep speaking up. You are needed and appreciated. I know the incredible danger these people would be to our country and democracy and they are serious. May We The People come together to defeat the immediate danger November 5 and work together to stop it. May God help us 🙏 💙
Frank, you’ve got to forgive yourself. You were born into that world, brainwashed by people who sincerely loved you, and you believed that you were truly doing good, as did your parents and their circle. You are a beautiful person. Please don’t continue to carry your family’s burden of guilt. Yes, they were highly influential and played a significant role in creating the mess we’re now in. But the pain of understanding the cumulative impact of that influence is a burden not meant for any individual to bear. We all played a part. Peace, dear friend.
I'm adding my voice here. I'm just some random woman. I have praise someone who easily did the right thing, was handed all the tools. But I have so much more respect and honor for someone who did right when they started with nothing. Every time, that means they did wrong first. Frank, you started with nothing, doing wrong. You made your own tools and found the truth. Thank you.
Such a powerful presentation! I feel proud of you & your personal battle to leave your past behind. I did it too though to a much lesser extent. Thank you for renewing my hope for our future; we can do this!!
I KNEW the Federalist Society had to be working with Heritage Foundation! I think of the Heritage Foundation as the Legislative branch, and the Federalist Society as the Judicial branch of the far right movers and shakers. We’re in deep trouble if these organizations get any more power or control.
I believe you Frank: it comports perfectly with the patterns I have witnessed in my own experience. I am one of those Catholics on the other end of the spectrum and I fear that despite the Pope's more "liberal" attitudes toward our political situation, he is of an age that limits his ability to warn the Catholic world with the kind of urgency that is needed. Linking Trump to Opus Dei and exposing it in every public form of media, and doing it relentlessly is demanded. Thank you for your commitment to our future.
After growing up Catholic under Pope John and Pope Paul, I found it harder and harder to connect those leaders and their writings to the leadership of Pope John Paul . Despite the name pick, he seemed bent on overturning their more accepting, loving stance as small a step as they were, to a walled off Catholicism with his enforcer who briefly succeeded him in the papacy. I could not connect with him and then when he had the audacity to write the "Luminous mysteries" and add them to the rosary of Mary , it was like he slapped her because her mysteries were not "enough" but he, the mighty man pope. , could correct that for her. Then to be fast tracked to "sainthood". Add that to abusive clergy and the sex scandals ( one of which I personally saw adjudicated leading to defrocking and a conviction with jail time) , coupled with racist, extremist conservatism being allowed to create hate for others instead of winning hearts and minds with loving teaching, I had to leave Catholicism. I went to Cowboy churches, Baptist churches, the Methodist Church but eventually they all were just going along for power in politics. You cannot legislate your idea of morality. If you cannot change a person's beliefs , you can force them, but it's not a true conversion. It did not work in Prohibition or the war on drugs and it will not stand the test of time even if Trump/Vance/ Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society win. They will cause Dystopia.
Excellent video. I suggest you get the new book “Opus” by Gareth Gore. I follow Leonard Leo and his merry band of Supremes more closely than most. This book has a deep dive into Leonard Leo’s Opus Dei takeover of Washington, DC. All the cool kid DC reporters, the legal pundits, the Sunday morning talking heads havent a clue about how DC runs if they don’t understand the extremist faith that motivates and inspires these Opus Dei Holy Warriors.
The Heritage Foundation has dished out a lot of 'dogma supported authoritarianism' since the 1980s. I observed it operating in red states and the consequences there, such as voter suppression and gerrymandering, as well as the cutting of services and attacks on education were scary.
Thank you Frank. Yes they are formidable and scary as Hell....I have had many ancestors tortured by these fascists. It is time for people who believe in Goodness to stand together of all faiths or non faiths.
Spread the word talk to all you can and share all you can. Prepare to fight for your rights bc thess people are violent and evil. This is not gods will, its using gods name to control others and hold the culture back. Nick fuentes has said things like he wants to burn witches in the middle ages. They are abused but they wont blame the abusers or stop the cycle of abuse.
I’m almost blind on one eye because my religious “teacher “ hit me with a cane Thanks but no thanks when it comes to religion. We all can do good and loving without brainwashing wherever the crap comes from
You're right. I don't believe they will allow the transfer. They don't want Trump. They will just settle for him. The objective is to get this project legislated/forced onto the people. Just look what happened to Ireland when she won her independence and was ruled by the church for 70 years. Watch The Magdalene Sisters for a lesson.
It’s Vance. Trump won’t walk the talk very long because he’s incapable of consistently working with others but when and if he’s elected and doesn’t walk the project 25 agenda talk he’s going to die then their 10 million $ or more candidate will step up. Just IMO if he actually wins.
Just the fact that trump is running for president again indicates that American democracy has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. Thanks Frank. You are spot on I’m fortunate to have grown up in a moderate Catholic family I never was particularly religious and nobody I spent time with was. Moral,yes. Religious, no
@@mr.g1758 He is not talking about faith or no faith in Christ. He is talking about being a moral person which a student and follower of Jesus Christ would be instead of a "my team" mindset over Catholic or Protestant doctrine/rules that may or may not have anything to do with the teachings of Jesus. Yes, study that New Testament and compare it to the doctrinal dogmas of your religion and politics. Are they a match to what Jesus said?
Thanks always for your perspective Frank. As an aware Canadian, I can say that we are extremely concerned for the outcome of this election. Sadly, there is little we can do other than to voice our observations and opinions from without.
I too am Canadian and I am very worried about the creeping of the severe right-wing policies into Canada. The Conservative party under Pierre Poilièvre has espoused the Trumpian method of lying, exagerating, and demonizing his opponents. Whatever happened to the guardrails built into our Freedom of Expression? It's not a ticket to saying anything and everything, there are also serious responsibilities attached, which, sadly, are all too often ignored. For about a year or two I have suspected that while Trump thinks he is acting on his own, there are more nefarious players guiding him towards their agenda wrapped in religious terms to feed their thirst for power and their desire for a theocracy. Until today, I could not pin down who these actors are. Frank Schaeffer has confirmed my suspicions and identified who and what are behind their motivations. He's made it crystal clear and it is even more frightening. It's evil. They are the puppeteers. I wish I could have a say in the upcoming election in the US, but as a Canadian I cannot. I can only hope that Trump's antics are such that a not insignificant number from the MAGA masses will have a last minute realisation that he is not fit to be president. If only a large swath of Trump voters could stay home and not bother to vote.
I would suggest that most Catholics have never heard of Opus Dei, or think it’s a plot in the DaVinci Code. Its power lies in secrecy. Time for some daylight.
Thank you, this is such an important message. Moral character, honor & conduct matter in our elected leaders. Proud Texan, conservative Christian and patriot putting Country over a Republican party that has lost its moral compass - voting ALL BLUE. ✝️🇺🇸🧢🧢🧢 Country over party. 🇺🇸🧢
Don't just vote blue.. But get involved so this NEVER can happen again, religion corrupts its way past time we move beyond this little thinking. 👥👥👥💙💠🇺🇸💪
In Spain under Franco's regime the Opus Dei was known as the Holy Mafia. Nothing to do with the caricature given by Dan Brown in Da Vinci Code, the real thing is much more dangerous.
I’m reading the new book OPUS. I’m so glad you’re talking about this 100 year old group. Even Pope Francis has been battling with them. They were entrenched with Franco.
Shared to FB Public with this statement: Do you have the guts/nerve to listen to this entire video? I do and did. It's not easy but it needs to be watched and listened to intently. I am deeply concerned about what may be coming but I sure as hell won't run if it is what I suspect. I get to be 74 next year and I am looking forward to that. In the meantime, there's a lot of things that I need to change and will. God bless and protect America and We, the People wherever we are.
I'm a Christian woman, and I support a woman's right to have autonomy over her own body, I oppose racism, sexism, and everyone's rights, I'm a lifelong Democrat and I haven't seen the inside of a church in years. There are many like me. Christian shouldn't mean *hate.* Jesus gave us one commandment; that we love each other. If we obey the one it covers the ten, replaces the ten. People who are stuck in the Old Testament behave and talk as though Jesus never came...and it's ignorant and backwards. The next time someone mentions the Ten Commandments, school them on the New Testament and Jesus's Commandment. If they don't love their neighbors, love their enemies, they shouldn't claim Christ. Love is everything. If your faith isn't love based, you don't know Jesus.
What a switch from 1963 when we liberals went to bat for Sen. Kennedy to defend him against the libel that he would be controlled by the Pope. Here we are 60 years later trying to make sure a weird pre-Vatican II secret Catholic society won’t be in control of our government. The difficult part is that we are so conditioned to refrain from religious discrimination that we find it difficult to call out Opus Dei.
Thank you, Frank! Forgiveness & transformation are such gifts & you embody them fully. I appreciate you for the information you share. It's so important that every American knows the future we face if we do not elect Kamala Harris & Tim Walz.
Movies have the ability to speak to minds and hearts sometimes allowing another perspective to gain consideration. There are movies that present characters that embrace Opus Dei ritual and attitudes. Some of those beliefs are terrifying for their holders and for individual who interact with them.
@@toritori5835 One was The da Vinci Code, which had a scene with a priest involved in Opus Dei flagellating himself (whipping himself with leather straps, which, if I remember correctly, had little metal shards at the tips that drew blood, lots of blood) for penance. That’s the only one I remember.
I hope JD Vances marriage goes the same way RFK Jr's is right now. His wife should be able to see what he is now and how quickly he will throw her and her whole family under the bus for power.
This is really creeping me out. I’m old enough that I remember when JFK was running for President (yes, I’m that old!) and I think that was really where I first got some political concepts, even as an adolescent (I think I was about 10 or 11). First, I remember women talking to each other and saying, “ooh, he’s so cute….I’m voting for him!” Even as a kid, I thought, OMG, how stupid! (because I didn’t know the term “shallow” for thought processes yet). He’s running for President, not to be your boyfriend! How can that even matter? I wouldn’t care if he looked like the Hunchback of Notre Dame (I didn’t know the name Quasimodo yet, either), if he has the intelligence and qualifications to run the country. But the other thing I remember so well was the national conversation about him being Catholic, as he was the first Catholic the U.S. ever elected president, when people were asking, “Is he going to take orders from the Pope?” And, “Is he going to ask the Pope for advice in how to run the country?” I thought that was pretty ridiculous, too, and yet, look at what’s going on today. This is really scary to me. If this keeps up, we’ll have our own Inquisition (and if they check my past media history, I’ll be one of the ones they put on the rack! (Yes, I know, that’s a bit of an exaggeration [maybe], but I’m sure whatever method they use to “cleanse” the nation, I’ll be getting it, but I know I’m not even close to being alone). And, of course, someday, some president will be asking “who will relieve me of this pesky ‘cardinal’”. (I know those aren’t the exact words that were used, but you get my point, I’m sure). We’re getting even deeper into Handmaid’s Tale territory here, as well as George Orwell’s 1984.
I have heard of and known of this for sometime now. We are heading into such a time of trouble we have never seen if Trump gets into the White House again. Thanks for speaking out and up about this issue. Many people poopoo this idea and think it far fetched. It isn’t.
Americans just can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact that fascism can happen here. In fact, we have been trending towards it for decades. American exceptionalism is a willful learned helplessness fed by denial.
Keep speaking the truth! I keep wondering when numerous other people - will finally have their own Dietrich Bonhoeffer moment - when they can no longer stay silent and hope to merely ride out the storm and pick up the pieces on the other side…
Thank you Frank you have taught me so much. Vote Blue America be wise and responsible, your life depends on Democracy and Freedom right now . New Zealand 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Frightening. We had enough of that here in Ireland. 🍀🍀🍀
My heroes these days are the Irish. If we can just follow your example.
@@mjford6152 Yes, and now that we have several names and photos of women in the U.S. who have died because of the abortion ban, we can do what the people of Ireland did when Savita Halappanaver died in Ireland. Please look up her name, because every time I spell it out my comment gets deleted. Let’s get in the streets, by the millions, in every city and every state in the country!
Who ever thought that the US would suffer the fate of Ireland?
But we know that many of the most visually fervent pro life activists came to Ireland from the States…. They used Ireland as a pilot project
Opus Dei (Project 2025) weaponizes against others the very sexual perversions & crimes within the Catholic church.
With apologies to gay/trans folks, not intending to apply perverson to their personal "wiring."
Handmaid's Tale isn't a tale, it's project 2025
I read someone’s comment that said “The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 had a baby and called it Project 2025”. I thought that was very clever. I always say, “We saw The Handmaid’s Tale as a warning; the Republicans saw it as a blueprint”.
Margaret Atwood said she based it on where she thought the US was headed.
The KKKult that Amy Coney Barrett was raised in, women and girls are Handmaids. 😮
Yep, it’s Atwood meets Orwell meets the Spanish Inquisition… In short, an existential nightmare.
@@makaheng sadly true with Opus Dei pushing their agenda and plans.
The Opus Dei people want to take people back to a peculiar form of Catholicism that just plain can’t exist now.
I don't think I'd take a bet on that. Whether their success would be perfect or not, it would be completely terrible for the rest of us.
We hope.
It certainly CAN exist, as witness Mel Gibson.
I agree that the fascist religious order they want cannot exist on American soil. We are already on the brink of catastrophic and existential civil unrest. Roberts can FAFO.
It shouldn’t have ever existed but here we are confronted by Satan in the guise of some clergy.
You speak a great truth and unfortunately, most people do not hear it. I was raised as a Catholic and was not aware of opus dei until a friend 40 years ago made me aware of that sect and warned of its danger. I thought at then that it was a fringe group without a smidgen of ever having influence or power,.How wrong I was! Evil sneaks up on one, and they are evil, despite their pious approbation.
I’m a cradle Catholic and never heard of Opus Dei until Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS confirmation.
@@mikemalloy5776I first heard of it in the movie The da Vinci Code, with that crazy priest who used to whip himself to bleeding, but I didn’t think Opus Dei was actually “a thing”.
@@mikemalloy5776I'm a convert to Catholicism, but also a lifelong history buff. I learned about Opus Dei when I was on my teens (I'm 80 now). Lots of information about them in the history of the Catholic Church.
@@DashingDonal-og2gb “Evil sneaks up on one.” 💙 - like a snake in a garden.
God is looking down just horrified by how these things are done in his/her name. 😢😢
Thank you so much for speaking out about the threat these theocrats pose. Please stay safe and well.
What difference will it make when we cannot repay the interest on the debt? You think some law will be passed and everything will go back to normal? Do you even understand econ?
$35 trillion debt and going up $1 trillion every 100 days. What WILL you do when your money becomes worthless? It's already down 23% under Biden.
Thank you Frank. ❤
Name one religion that has no
controversy.
I think Trump will be squashed like a bug if he doesn't concede. Neither him nor his cohorts realize how abused most of the country feels right now.
Thanks Frank for your long campaign to keep Americans free. I am Australian but we are infected with this stuff here. I too have eschewed the religious right. I stand with you and pray for the US at this critical time in the life your nation.
Me, too. Also Australian. Also aware of the dangers of Opus Dei. Please, American friends, vote blue. Kaye, country 🇦🇺
I didn’t know this was happening in Australia as well. Of course they’re going to push for international control. It’s what they’ve always done. Stay safe Down Under friends.
@@cheryldavis7813 thank you
Thanks for your prayers we need it.
The WHOLE reason I left the Republican Party a number of years ago was because the separation of church and state was breaking down. With a libertarian upbringing, and as a Christian, I did not want government telling anyone how to worship. Even -- or especially if -- I agreed with some their religious principles. Man telling fellow humans what to do as if they were God. No thanks. Playing God is not for me.
Very wise awareness.
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And telling women their healthcare choices and contraceptives are banned.
@@Ninapia347They don’t seem to understand (or care about) the importance of the fact that 51% of this country are women. They’re going to see a huge uprising against that soon. And now that we’ve (so far) got the names of three women who have died because of abortion bans, I think it will be starting soon. Look up the name Savita Halappanaver in Ireland, and take note of what the people did in response, and what that country did in response to that. Sorry, I can’t give you that information here, because every time I’ve done that, it gets deleted. So, please look her up. And bear in mind, we have the names and photos of those women who have died in the U.S., and more, many more will be coming soon.
Agree as a fellow Christian.
@@lifeandfaith Beautifully stated!
We are in a dangerous time right now 😢
Vote Blue America 🇺🇸
It's going to get even more dangerous when the debt bubble implodes. So why would you want to add to Biden's $2 trillion deficit? You cannot spend your way to prosperity Tanya. Good luck when the runs on the banks begin...you will have brought that situation on yourself.
We’re sure are in a dangerous time. Voting blue in Wisconsin on the first day next week. Can’t wait!
Done!! Straight 💙 ticket in a Red State!
I did yesterday but I am still scared of these people.
@@Sharon-fw9qw I'm negating your vote. Trump 2024!
If there's a "second American Revolution," we--Democrats, liberals, the non-religious, and those who don't agree with the Christian right--had better win it. VOTE BLUE in November!
There are tons of Christians who don’t support this agenda.
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Churches wil be the first to go.
I am 73 but fighting with my keyboard and donations and postcards
And which Christian Right? Evangelical Protestantism or Opus Dei?
Opus Dei…I have yet to meet one who is not basically a Franco Fascist. i watched them take over the court . 5 of our SC justices are Opus Dei.
I knew that chief justice Roberts is, as well as Bill Barr. But who are the other justices?
@@francinemiranda8409 Thomas, Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett…although she is actually attached to a Catholic handmaid‘s tale group.
@@missourimomofthree ty!!!
@@missourimomofthree OMG
JD Vance has converted to Catholicism. No doubt he is part of Opus Dei and he is being groomed to be President
after Trump is deemed cognitive incompetent. This cannot happen. The U.S. would be the most powerful, dangerous fascist country on the planet.
Thank Goodness that our second Roman Catholic president is a patriotic person of conscience!
People who see this might think it would be impossible to implement any of this because of the Constitution. Every dictator has always suspended the country's constitution and taken power with people that were put in place to help them.
@@BeckyC-mr7co this is what the people I’ve talked openly to about this. I worry that SCOTUS is planning on installing the tangerine terrorist in no matter the results of the election. Everyone tells me, “nope can’t happen because f the constitution!”
There will be no constitution if Johnny Robert’s and mango moose have their way.
My one hope is that President Biden will take advantage of his newly awarded kingship to step in and then toss the six “justices” out…or at least their ruling. Six people cannot be allowed to ruin this country under these freaks.
A couple of Republicans have said on several occasions that they want to destroy the current Constitution and create a new one.
@@BeckyC-mr7co And we are on the brink.
these donation begs are enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon. i realize how much it costs to run a decent campaign, but when you encounter a representative who laughs at your donation, and then, because he lost, evacs the state (bruce braley), and then has no answer for me when i ask, "so, if i handed you $5k, would you listen to me?"... should've left the party then, but i stayed in...until they screwed over bernie in such a way as to let us all know...we don't really have a choice. the business round table is choosing our destiny...and mother nature, i hope she is, is laughing at them.
Hate Opus Dei. They were responsible for ruining my university time and seriously damaged my Catholic faith which is very precious to me
Opus Dei aren't Catholics or even Christians. They are a political group trying to amass power using religion.
No Christian would act like Opus Dei. I've never even seen a real catholic interested in politics or want to get involved. They are too busy helping the poor and being nuns, monks, schools.
Opus Dei is just evil. It has nothing to do with God.
I was a Roman Catholic theologian. After Trump 2016 victory made possible only by Christians I walked away so now am a FORMER RC theologian. Frank it’s so important that folks in your sphere of Christianity know about Opus Dei and this extreme but hugely powerful network of people and groups and their distortion of the Beauty of Christ that once radiated from the Catholic tradition but now has been weaponized to the max. If I were to imagine what the Antichrist would appear as, this cabal would surely fit the role. So Frank, from one exile to another, I thank you for your courage and witness.
Matthew Fox has published a book about Trump and the Antichrist. You may want to check that out.
Why lose your faith over him or a religious cult???
@@DollyMiddleton-ke1yp Didn't say I lost my faith. "Theological existence" (to borrow a phrase from Karl Barth) can happen in many ways, and there are many theologians in the history of the Church who chose different paths to engage their vocation in the face of these 'moments' of ecclesial insanity....
The “beauty” of the Catholic Church always covered over a cabal of anti-Christianity. . . because of its infamous foundation.
Much like the foundation of America has been covered over with the blood of millions enslaved people for two-hundred years followed by more hate and violence of Jim Crow.
The “beauty” of the Catholic Church always covered over a cabal of anti-Christianity. . . because of its infamous foundation.
Much like the foundation of America has been covered over with the blood of millions enslaved people for two-hundred years followed by more hate and violence of Jim Crow.
My question is not will J.D.'s marriage last, but why hasn't his wife spoken-up about these racist ugly ideas her husband supports? Where is her moral courage, her empathy and humility? I've always said to be a conservative Christian, you have to be lacking in both Empathy and Humility guided by the quest for gold.
For the same reason Melania doesn't. Money and status
It might have something to do with her heritage where men rule and women are servient to their husband
So well said . Thank you🍀🍀🍀
Psychopaths often attract one another, and occasionally, they end up marrying. God help their kids.
@@dianagross8784Agree, Usha, an East Indian, was raised in a misogynistic culture.
Yes Frank, People do not understand roots of this evil movement, they ignore religious side
The TRUE evil ones want to allow the killing of babies in the womb (even up to and after birth)as well as allow for people to dress up as women and even be called a "woman" when they have a penis. Bot to mention allowing illegal aliens to sneak across the border and attack law abiding US Citizens, and that's just the tip of their evil iceberg! Trump 2024!
I grew up in a traditional Protestant religion which identified the Catholic religion/the pope as the anti Christ and viewed its teachings antithetical . I have seen the gradual and effective transformation and obfuscation of the traditional Protestant message into this new Christian Nationalist Evangelical. I rejected my religious upbringing a long time ago and I’m horrified, petrified by what I have seen happen to members of my family with this new fevered religious uprising.
I've seen on social media that the guy who wrote Project 2025 had killed his neighbour's dog with a shovel. That says a lot about his character in my opinion. It's well known that people who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to other people.
Yes. That's four republicans as far as I know in the Dog K-er club. Sources: The Guardian, also summarized and discussed in a Steve Shives video today.
Buddha said the only true religion is being kind to animals.
That’s the reason that police have lists of people who have a record of cruelty to animals.
It’s totally on type for maga.
@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 - Who are the other 2? I know there’s also Kristy Noem.
I can't thank you enough Frank. Your story speaks to me so personally and I receive so much confirmation and comfort from your words. Keep speaking up. You are needed and appreciated. I know the incredible danger these people would be to our country and democracy and they are serious. May We The People come together to defeat the immediate danger November 5 and work together to stop it. May God help us 🙏 💙
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Thanks Frank! As always you give us great insights on the politics and thinking of the Christian Nationalist political movement. 😎
My son and I voted blue,
Frank, you’ve got to forgive yourself. You were born into that world, brainwashed by people who sincerely loved you, and you believed that you were truly doing good, as did your parents and their circle. You are a beautiful person. Please don’t continue to carry your family’s burden of guilt. Yes, they were highly influential and played a significant role in creating the mess we’re now in. But the pain of understanding the cumulative impact of that influence is a burden not meant for any individual to bear. We all played a part. Peace, dear friend.
I'm adding my voice here. I'm just some random woman. I have praise someone who easily did the right thing, was handed all the tools. But I have so much more respect and honor for someone who did right when they started with nothing. Every time, that means they did wrong first. Frank, you started with nothing, doing wrong. You made your own tools and found the truth. Thank you.
The road to Hell …
Such a powerful presentation! I feel proud of you & your personal battle to leave your past behind. I did it too though to a much lesser extent.
Thank you for renewing my hope for our future; we can do this!!
I KNEW the Federalist Society had to be working with Heritage Foundation! I think of the Heritage Foundation as the Legislative branch, and the Federalist Society as the Judicial branch of the far right movers and shakers. We’re in deep trouble if these organizations get any more power or control.
Opus Dei (Latin: "work of God") has been nicknamed "octopus Dei" for its pervasive and pernicious influence.
I believe you Frank: it comports perfectly with the patterns I have witnessed in my own experience. I am one of those Catholics on the other end of the spectrum and I fear that despite the Pope's more "liberal" attitudes toward our political situation, he is of an age that limits his ability to warn the Catholic world with the kind of urgency that is needed. Linking Trump to Opus Dei and exposing it in every public form of media, and doing it relentlessly is demanded. Thank you for your commitment to our future.
He made a start by firing bishop Vigano.
After growing up Catholic under Pope John and Pope Paul, I found it harder and harder to connect those leaders and their writings to the leadership of Pope John Paul . Despite the name pick, he seemed bent on overturning their more accepting, loving stance as small a step as they were, to a walled off Catholicism with his enforcer who briefly succeeded him in the papacy. I could not connect with him and then when he had the audacity to write the "Luminous mysteries" and add them to the rosary of Mary , it was like he slapped her because her mysteries were not "enough" but he, the mighty man pope. , could correct that for her. Then to be fast tracked to "sainthood". Add that to abusive clergy and the sex scandals ( one of which I personally saw adjudicated leading to defrocking and a conviction with jail time) , coupled with racist, extremist conservatism being allowed to create hate for others instead of winning hearts and minds with loving teaching, I had to leave Catholicism. I went to Cowboy churches, Baptist churches, the Methodist Church but eventually they all were just going along for power in politics.
You cannot legislate your idea of morality. If you cannot change a person's beliefs , you can force them, but it's not a true conversion.
It did not work in Prohibition or the war on drugs and it will not stand the test of time even if Trump/Vance/ Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society win.
They will cause Dystopia.
@@ewokwarrior2656 I agree completely.
Thank you, Frank!!
Excellent video. I suggest you get the new book “Opus” by Gareth Gore. I follow Leonard Leo and his merry band of Supremes more closely than most. This book has a deep dive into Leonard Leo’s Opus Dei takeover of Washington, DC. All the cool kid DC reporters, the legal pundits, the Sunday morning talking heads havent a clue about how DC runs if they don’t understand the extremist faith that motivates and inspires these Opus Dei Holy Warriors.
Thank you for this info! Haven't been able to find a great deal on opus dei...
Excellent book. It’s on Audible too, read by the author.
Imagine a president who refuses to be fact checked
Don’t have to imagine. He is Trump. A racist, rapist, felon and fraud elected by a country gone amuck. My country has derailed
We have always had. Thhos if not we won't have gotten wars in the past twenty years.
The Heritage Foundation has dished out a lot of 'dogma supported authoritarianism' since the 1980s. I observed it operating in red states and the consequences there, such as voter suppression and gerrymandering, as well as the cutting of services and attacks on education were scary.
What a nightmare scenario, as an Italian the words Opus Dei make me cringe. I had no idea of this connection, this is even worse than I thought
20 years ago kevin roberts killed neighbors dog with a shovel
Just found Guardian story. The fact the dog disappeared lends credibility.
they are soulless monsters
What IS it with GOP politicians and dogs??
@@lynnlytton8244 they are monsters
@@lynnlytton8244 it’s how they’re psychopathy comes out the abuse of people and or animals
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your story, it gives me hope that others can change too. 💙🇺🇸💙
Thank you Frank. Yes they are formidable and scary as Hell....I have had many ancestors tortured by these fascists. It is time for people who believe in Goodness to stand together of all faiths or non faiths.
THANK YOU, FRANK. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION.
Frank, I didn't turn around until early 2021. I appreciate listening to your learning and perspectives.
If only we can get more people to understand this!
Spread the word talk to all you can and share all you can. Prepare to fight for your rights bc thess people are violent and evil. This is not gods will, its using gods name to control others and hold the culture back. Nick fuentes has said things like he wants to burn witches in the middle ages. They are abused but they wont blame the abusers or stop the cycle of abuse.
I weep. Grew up Catholic. Left at 12. I would not become a soldier of God. I'll be back. Thank you. 🙏🏽💙💙💙💙
Frank, consistent for years. We all can be forgiven. If we ask. Thanks for your honesty.
I’m almost blind on one eye because my religious “teacher “ hit me with a cane
Thanks but no thanks when it comes to religion.
We all can do good and loving without brainwashing wherever the crap comes from
Thank you Frank, for such a clear and concise description of this terrible thing we are facing... Evil personified-- it's so ironic!
Especially ironic considering it is Evil and coming from these so called "Christians".
I don't think it will go away if trump loses. There will be another candidate to take his place, and possibly already is.
You're right. I don't believe they will allow the transfer.
They don't want Trump. They will just settle for him.
The objective is to get this project legislated/forced onto the people.
Just look what happened to Ireland when she won her independence and was ruled by the church for 70 years. Watch The Magdalene Sisters for a lesson.
It’s Vance. Trump won’t walk the talk very long because he’s incapable of consistently working with others but when and if he’s elected and doesn’t walk the project 25 agenda talk he’s going to die then their 10 million $ or more candidate will step up. Just IMO if he actually wins.
@@vicky-akastichr-davis4676 That’s what I see too
J.D. Vance will be the chosen one after trump. He is the one to fear.
@@dianemitchell1717 He is the one I meant, but you never know.....he might not be the 'one' ....
Just the fact that trump is running for president again indicates that American democracy has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. Thanks Frank. You are spot on I’m fortunate to have grown up in a moderate Catholic family I never was particularly religious and nobody I spent time with was. Moral,yes. Religious, no
Morality will not save your soul. Only faith in Christ. You'd better study that some more.
To be honest, I'm not sure about Trump, but I am certain that J.D. Vance would have been parading around in a brown shirt in 1930s Germany.
@will27ns Yeah because Trump would be Hitler.
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He is not talking about faith or no faith in Christ.
He is talking about being a moral person which a student and follower of Jesus Christ would be instead of a "my team" mindset over Catholic or Protestant doctrine/rules that may or may not have anything to do with the teachings of Jesus.
Yes, study that New Testament and compare it to the doctrinal dogmas of your religion and politics. Are they a match to what Jesus said?
Thanks always for your perspective Frank. As an aware Canadian, I can say that we are extremely concerned for the outcome of this election. Sadly, there is little we can do other than to voice our observations and opinions from without.
Many Harris voters in America.
I too am Canadian and I am very worried about the creeping of the severe right-wing policies into Canada. The Conservative party under Pierre Poilièvre has espoused the Trumpian method of lying, exagerating, and demonizing his opponents. Whatever happened to the guardrails built into our Freedom of Expression? It's not a ticket to saying anything and everything, there are also serious responsibilities attached, which, sadly, are all too often ignored.
For about a year or two I have suspected that while Trump thinks he is acting on his own, there are more nefarious players guiding him towards their agenda wrapped in religious terms to feed their thirst for power and their desire for a theocracy. Until today, I could not pin down who these actors are. Frank Schaeffer has confirmed my suspicions and identified who and what are behind their motivations. He's made it crystal clear and it is even more frightening. It's evil. They are the puppeteers.
I wish I could have a say in the upcoming election in the US, but as a Canadian I cannot. I can only hope that Trump's antics are such that a not insignificant number from the MAGA masses will have a last minute realisation that he is not fit to be president. If only a large swath of Trump voters could stay home and not bother to vote.
Thank you Frank for all you do. We need to watch ourselves and take care of one another and beat back this extremism. VOTE BLUE DOWN THE LINE
Remember not all Catholics like Opus Dei. I am Catholic and I am voting Blue. I know lots of progressive Catholics.
Progressive Catholic here, too, voting BLUE all across the ballot.
Progressive Catholic here, too, voting BLUE all across the ballot!
Ex Catholic here voting indigo!💙💙
@@elirien4264 Glad you are voting blue but sad you left the church.
I would suggest that most Catholics have never heard of Opus Dei, or think it’s a plot in the DaVinci Code. Its power lies in secrecy. Time for some daylight.
If a Society/Foundation has to be "secret", you can bet its aims are undemocratic.
Excellent point! So true.
Sound bet.
The secrets are always child abuse
And inhuman.
No, they’re not always child abuse.
Thank you very much mister schaeffer! A very very important warning!!!
Thoughts and prayers from germany😕 🙏 😇
Thank you, this is such an important message. Moral character, honor & conduct matter in our elected leaders. Proud Texan, conservative Christian and patriot putting Country over a Republican party that has lost its moral compass - voting ALL BLUE. ✝️🇺🇸🧢🧢🧢
Country over party. 🇺🇸🧢
Thank you for putting this out here. There isn't enough light being shined on this.
I've heard of Opus Dei. I despise them. And the Heritage Foundation.
We have to capitulate! Never. Screw you Kevin Roberts. Bring it.
Totally. Bring it on Kevin. You’re going down!
Capitulate doesn't mean what you think it does
Kevin Roberts messages are chilling.
Don't just vote blue.. But get involved so this NEVER can happen again, religion corrupts its way past time we move beyond this little thinking. 👥👥👥💙💠🇺🇸💪
Thank you for all your efforts!
In Spain under Franco's regime the Opus Dei was known as the Holy Mafia. Nothing to do with the caricature given by Dan Brown in Da Vinci Code, the real thing is much more dangerous.
I congratulate you on seeing the light and your righteous efforts to save our country!
My ex husband was opus dai. Hes a trump.
Glad to hear he’s an ex.
I’m reading the new book OPUS. I’m so glad you’re talking about this 100 year old group. Even Pope Francis has been battling with them. They were entrenched with Franco.
Shared to FB Public with this statement: Do you have the guts/nerve to listen to this entire video? I do and did. It's not easy but it needs to be watched and listened to intently. I am deeply concerned about what may be coming but I sure as hell won't run if it is what I suspect. I get to be 74 next year and I am looking forward to that. In the meantime, there's a lot of things that I need to change and will. God bless and protect America and We, the People wherever we are.
Beautifully stated!!
I'm a Christian woman, and I support a woman's right to have autonomy over her own body, I oppose racism, sexism, and everyone's rights, I'm a lifelong Democrat and I haven't seen the inside of a church in years. There are many like me. Christian shouldn't mean *hate.* Jesus gave us one commandment; that we love each other. If we obey the one it covers the ten, replaces the ten. People who are stuck in the Old Testament behave and talk as though Jesus never came...and it's ignorant and backwards. The next time someone mentions the Ten Commandments, school them on the New Testament and Jesus's Commandment. If they don't love their neighbors, love their enemies, they shouldn't claim Christ. Love is everything. If your faith isn't love based, you don't know Jesus.
Sobering. Gratitude.
Trump fits all the biblical descriptions of the man of sin. 🔥
Vance’s wife also called Kamala a DEI hire. Unbelievable!
Harris/ Walz vs Antichrist/ Jethro.
Asha has deep fear in her eyes...I suspect she is terrified
She had to turn herself inside out to say that. Cognitive dissonance.
Brainwashing at its finest.
Very, very fascinating video and story. Thank you.
What a switch from 1963 when we liberals went to bat for Sen. Kennedy to defend him against the libel that he would be controlled by the Pope. Here we are 60 years later trying to make sure a weird pre-Vatican II secret Catholic society won’t be in control of our government. The difficult part is that we are so conditioned to refrain from religious discrimination that we find it difficult to call out Opus Dei.
And Vance, who wrote the introduction to the Project 2025 manifesto, recently became a Catholic.
Any Opus Dei connection there?
Thank you, Frank! Forgiveness & transformation are such gifts & you embody them fully. I appreciate you for the information you share. It's so important that every American knows the future we face if we do not elect Kamala Harris & Tim Walz.
Allegedly Roberts killed his neighbor's dog with a shovel and bragged about it... The Guardian
Where’s JDV & DJT’s outrage over that?
@@toritori5835 no where to be seen for two so seemingly concerned about "pets".
Movies have the ability to speak to minds and hearts sometimes allowing another perspective to gain consideration. There are movies that present characters that embrace Opus Dei ritual and attitudes.
Some of those beliefs are terrifying for their holders and for individual who interact with them.
Which movies? That would be great to know. Really good point. ☺️
@@toritori5835 One was The da Vinci Code, which had a scene with a priest involved in Opus Dei flagellating himself (whipping himself with leather straps, which, if I remember correctly, had little metal shards at the tips that drew blood, lots of blood) for penance. That’s the only one I remember.
I love listening to Frank I think he speaks the truth.But the truth is so scary.😮
I hope JD Vances marriage goes the same way RFK Jr's is right now. His wife should be able to see what he is now and how quickly he will throw her and her whole family under the bus for power.
That’s an uncalled for ad hominem attack .
@@Sandra-o3l oh trust me, none of it is uncalled for. Much worse is called for. And none of it is untrue
I’m serious! I have dictator phobia and I’m not getting over it! (A little tidbit for Curtis Yarvin who influences JD Vance.)
Recent Maddow segment on him.
Yes!! More info on Yarvin please
Thanks Frank ..I struggle to wrap my head around these peoples ‘ideals’ ..
The way they are willing to enforce their values is scary, to say the least.
Thank you!! We need this information to be aired widely.
This is really creeping me out. I’m old enough that I remember when JFK was running for President (yes, I’m that old!) and I think that was really where I first got some political concepts, even as an adolescent (I think I was about 10 or 11). First, I remember women talking to each other and saying, “ooh, he’s so cute….I’m voting for him!” Even as a kid, I thought, OMG, how stupid! (because I didn’t know the term “shallow” for thought processes yet). He’s running for President, not to be your boyfriend! How can that even matter? I wouldn’t care if he looked like the Hunchback of Notre Dame (I didn’t know the name Quasimodo yet, either), if he has the intelligence and qualifications to run the country. But the other thing I remember so well was the national conversation about him being Catholic, as he was the first Catholic the U.S. ever elected president, when people were asking, “Is he going to take orders from the Pope?” And, “Is he going to ask the Pope for advice in how to run the country?” I thought that was pretty ridiculous, too, and yet, look at what’s going on today. This is really scary to me. If this keeps up, we’ll have our own Inquisition (and if they check my past media history, I’ll be one of the ones they put on the rack! (Yes, I know, that’s a bit of an exaggeration [maybe], but I’m sure whatever method they use to “cleanse” the nation, I’ll be getting it, but I know I’m not even close to being alone). And, of course, someday, some president will be asking “who will relieve me of this pesky ‘cardinal’”. (I know those aren’t the exact words that were used, but you get my point, I’m sure). We’re getting even deeper into Handmaid’s Tale territory here, as well as George Orwell’s 1984.
OMG good people getting fooled all this time. Thank you for the information. We are ready to become aware of this info and do something about it
Evil walks amongst us.
Now Evil wants to own us, own our freedoms.
Thank you so much for speaking up
I have heard of and known of this for sometime now. We are heading into such a time of trouble we have never seen if Trump gets into the White House again. Thanks for speaking out and up about this issue. Many people poopoo this idea and think it far fetched. It isn’t.
Thanks Frank…I felt that this energy,opius day energy for my life time as a Lesbian…I am grateful to you in your TRUTH telling…♥️🌀
Project 2025 is REAL-- Vote Blue up and down the ticket! KAMALA 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Harris/ Walz vs Antichrist/ Jethro Dull.
You are very brave to speak out about this. I just hope the message reaches the right people. Thank you!
We voted blue up and down the ballot. 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🗳️🗳️🗳️
Thank you for speaking out....good luck to you.
I am so proud❤of you.
They also want to do away with no fault divorce. JD also said even if their is violence.
Americans just can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact that fascism can happen here. In fact, we have been trending towards it for decades. American exceptionalism is a willful learned helplessness fed by denial.
I was wondering about the Opus Dei Catholics on the supreme court.Thanks
Scary times and what's scarier is the damn media isn't doing it's job. Where is Walter Cronkite when you need him?
I just put this on my FB page to be shared.
Keep speaking the truth! I keep wondering when numerous other people - will finally have their own Dietrich Bonhoeffer moment - when they can no longer stay silent and hope to merely ride out the storm and pick up the pieces on the other side…
Handmaids tail in action
Trump fits all the biblical descriptions of the man of sin. 🔥
@@MartinJ-t7y Donnie Trumpf sure does.
@@LetteringTheLord Did you notice the astronomical similarities with Trump, Mike Johnson, Jesus and Frederick Trump the Trump Patriarch?
@@MartinJ-t7y oh yes. Including the middle names being Christ and mother named Mary 🙄 like come on … Prince Charles is another Antichrist connection.
Thank you Frank you have taught me so much.
Vote Blue America be wise and responsible, your life depends on Democracy and Freedom right now . New Zealand 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thanks for all you do, Frank!
Thanks for getting the word out.
Roberts is more radical than we knew.
Roberts's is also insane.
Thank you. No one may have believed you until now. But it's a huge relief to encounter the effing truth at last.