Pope Francis Weighs Adding ‘Ecological Sin’ to Church Teachings

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 15, 2019 | Francis X. Rocca

[Mrs. Don-o]

Since the pope is basically the court of final appeal, there's no way he can be convicted, finally, under canon law. Since a pope can only be judged by another pope, I reckon that would mean:

• A past pope.That could only be B16 escaping his handlers, jumping over a wall with Ganswein, and finding his voice

• The present pope: Pope Francis could repent his sin, convict himself of heresy, and depose himself. That has actually happened: Marcellinus, regnal years 296-304.

• A future pope. This has historic precedent, too. I'd have to check my list, but I think this happened to PP Liberius, whose heresy was opposed by St. Athanasius; PP Zosimus (Pelagian); PP Vigilius; PP Boniface VI.

Let us pray.

[Mrs. Don-o]

That’s really cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’s like a healthy branch on the Vine of Christ saying, “Oooh, I hate those rotten branches out there! I’ll show ‘em! I’ll just get me a pruning knife and cut myself off!”

[rfp1234]

Are the cocaine-fueled orgies in Rome by his associates carbon-neutral?

[eastsider]

There’s always confession, your Hole-iness ...

[Bookshelf]

The Pope is the ideal Argentinian. And now you know why that nation is so fouled-up.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Apostasy, heresy and schism, all three, are *very* grave sins. It seems some congratulate themselves for virtuously choosing the one they like best.

The Pope can do absolutely nothing to prevent you from remaining in Christ and living a good, faithful Catholic life.

Satan's policy is: strike the shepherd, scatter the flock. Scatterers are objectively handing the Enemy the victory.

[Mrs. Don-o]

That's like saying Obama was proof that the Constitution is a fraud.

So I say, "No, the pope is proof that Modernism is a heresy."

[setter]

That’s really cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’s like a healthy branch on the Vine of Christ saying, “Oooh, I hate those rotten branches out there! I’ll show ‘em! I’ll just get me a pruning knife and cut myself off!”

The last 2 priest we had were liberal social justice warriors. The CC is being overtaken. Our Bishop also spent millions in lavish lifestyle and trued to hide it.

[bgill]

Can’t imagine why Catholics are leaving in droves.

[RitaOK]

To be accurate, the Faithful are not guilty of enabling this pope and his band of thieves, bandits and vandals.

*Traditional* Practicing Catholics do not enable the Marxist Bergolio, but rather recognized very well (in observing Vatican II and its anti-Catholic effects) exactly what was coming.

Now that it is here, Catholics are not at all surprised by the appearance of a False Prophet, the current pontificating Bergoglio.

Having been already well informed by Scripture and Tradition and warned of Wolves among the Shepherds, of the Remnant, the few who would be even left with faith.

It is the Popester whom we are warned against, who has ex-communicated himself, if he was ever Catholic to begin with, and the story is in chapter and verse found in Sacred Scripture.

HE is the schismatic. He just has access to the property, the art and rules over the archives, which are in no way the Church.

Catholics simply pilgrim on in the Tradition of the Church and the faith and voice opposition to the evil.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Those are sins. If we have to be in a church that has no sins, we'd have to leave because of Judas.

Think of what Jesus might have thought on the day he died. In the beginning of His public ministry, he hand-picked 12 men to be His chosen lieutenants.

• Of his inner circle --- Peter, James, and John --- not one of tem could even stay awake and pray with him at his hour of crisis.

• One Apostle betrayed him for money.

• One denied he even knew him, three times, because he was intimidated by a servant girl. (A servant girl!!)

• Nine of them just ran like scalded cats, headed for the tall grass.

So who remained as "His Church" at the foot of the cross? A pitiful handful. John the Beloved. His mother Mary. A couple of faithful women (who stayed when the "Apostles" deserted him). A repentant capital criminal. And a Centurion, one of His executioners, who finally blurted out, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

It was not the Apostles' moment of glory. One priest I know, remarked that this was the first time the "Bishops" acted "collegially" --- by abandoning Him!

So when the "clergy" disgrace themselves, don't be surprised. Just be faithful.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Does your parish have Adoration? Regardless: How often do we even remain and pray with Him for one hour?

[Old Yeller]

Well, he is infallible.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I haven’t left. Yet.

But I am a realist, and perhaps a fatalist, that as an absolute dictator this guy is fully capable of transforming the Church into something I don’t want to be a part of.

To deny that reality is to become his enabler.

But, as Jerry Seinfeld rightly observed, its not like changing toothpastes.

[Wm F Buckley Republican]

I agree with much of what you say BUT, why do you need a pope? This guy leads people to hell. At best, he’s unnecessary and at worst, he’s dangerous, BTW, I believe the church of Christ is invisible and we humans cannot judge the salvation of others but I categorically reject and condemn the idea that church membership saves. I do believe there are Catholics that are saved in spite of the false teaching of the Catholic Church. Jesus was plain when He said that we are saved by our faith in Christ, not of our works.

[Old Yeller]

Catholicism and Islam are the two greatest deceptions of Satan. He has caused billions of souls to be lost through these two cults.

[RitaOK]

Many of us are in regions that enjoy NO experience of Faithful priests.

It is rightful and charitable that reactions to our geographic or logistical are unknown, therefore it is concerning and worrisome for other loving Catholics, who have access to faithful priests and to Traditional Catholic parishes, to misunderstand.

We who have None of that and do not have that privilege, may say we have “left the Church”, however, it seldom means we reject Holy Mother Church, but that we reject the spiritual Auschwitz we suffer, starved of faithful priests, starved of any recognizable signs of spiritual life existing, in buildings inside reduced to nothingness over the course of time, since Vatican II and by its devious implementation.

It is Agony to be 14 hours from a Traditional Catholic Latin MASS, to be so scandalized that to be “properly disposed” to receive our Lord in Holy Eucharist is made impossible.

[Wm F Buckley Republican]

Ditch the papacy. It is unnecessary.

[Mariner]

“*Traditional* Practicing Catholics do not enable the Marxist Bergolio”

Practicing Catholics contribute billions of dollars every MONTH to the Church.

How can you say they are not enabling this Pope? How does that logic work?

[abclily]

If the pope is not that stupid, then he is a liar.