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Pope Francis Is A Leftist And Must Be Called Out

While deferential observers are measuring their tones, Francis drives ahead with a demagogic program which makes the state the guardian and enforcer all values. To suppress challenge to a pope’s political biases or erratic behavior is no favor to the Church. It is little more than a failure of nerve that will earn no reward in the press. Silence is a form of collusion.

RORATE CÆLI: Prof. di Marco for Magister: - The Francis Effect and the new Catholic Climate: “Democratic Tyranny” against dissenters

With the end of Benedict XVI’s pontificate, lay faithful and the clergy seem no longer to have any anti-bodies (they had few before anyway) when confronted with that post-modern Christian rubbish, which consists of admittance of errors and contrition, in self-criticism of our Catholic past “in light of the Gospel” and in all kinds of inclusiveness, as long as they are on the media’s agenda. Widespread Catholic culture has ended up being dominated by an up-to-date anti-clerical syndrome – from the crusades to the inquisition and pedophilia – induced also by an avalanche of best-sellers and costly cinematographic falsifications.

RORATE CÆLI: De Mattei: Heading towards the 2015 Synod - Numerical defeats never before witnessed by any Pope

one cannot but remark once again (and be sure that the Synod Fathers themselves noticed it even more) the absolute ungracious attitude of the Pope in having not just published but kept in the final relatio the paragraphs that were indeed rejected. So the paragraphs that we got were those written by his 6-liberal commission (including Tucho Fernández, with the addition in extremis, after Kasper's anti-African interview and Pell's Thursday intervention, of one African and one Australian), regardless of what the consensual Synodal position was. It was an act of brutality -- of course it was in his power to do so, but so is in his power not to have a Synod at all. Once he asks for their advice, he should "listen" (isn't that one of his favored words?) to what is not consensual, not impose his will. Then we are not speaking of a Synod or a Council, but of a Party Congress - the papal version of the Supreme Soviet. Will he force his will down the throats of bishops and faithful? Possibly, but once again the division he will sow will certainly end tragically for everyone and for the very special claims that the Church makes for herself and for the papacy itself.

RORATE CÆLI: The Purge will hit new levels - they know they are in a race against time

the new stage of the current purge will not stop at the Ratzingerians (such as Burke or Müller), but would now reach the Wojtylians as well. All conservative Poles in the Curia, and their allies, will be removed when the Curial reform takes place.

RORATE CÆLI: SYNOD AND TRUTH: Understanding In Depth The Grave Errors of Cardinal Kasper - A Major Article by Roberto de Mattei

Kasper’s moral theology, according to which, the experience of the encounter with Christ dissolves the law, or better, the law is a hindrance which man must free himself of to encounter the mercy of Christ.