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Francis’s Angelus Message About the Evils of Holding to Our Catholic Religious ConvictionsIt is somewhat surprising that people still show up in St. Peter’s Square to hear Francis’s Angelus messages, but the Vatican reported that approximately twelve thousand pilgrims gathered for the August 11, 2024 message. As is usually the case, those who hoped to find Catholic wisdom, or at least avoid scandal, likely would have been disappointed by Francis’s message.Francis based his message on the Novus Ordo Gospel reading for the Sunday, which reads as follows:“The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, ‘I am the bread which...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis: Rigid (traditionalist) priests lead immoral lives. From Pontifex Maximus to the Great Generaliser August 07, 2023 Pope Francis: Rigid (traditionalist) priests lead immoral lives. From Pontifex Maximus to the Great Generaliser Pope Francis meanly attacks priests who disagree with his idea of church.In ten years of Pontificate, the Church has undergone a real earthquake. The ministerial priesthood has become Francis' main target, and with each passing day, Bergoglio shows how impatient he really is. Many ask, 'but is he happy being a priest?' There is no Holy Mass or liturgical event where the Pope smiles. It...

Did Pope Francis Just Publicly Rebuke the Prefect of Divine Worship? HOSE WHO STUDY papal pronouncements and decrees are taught to take into consideration—that is, seek to understand—the “mind of the lawgiver.” Since our blog is concerned with the sacred liturgy, it’s worth noting something that took place recently. On 3 February 2023, Pope Francis met with the Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His Holiness responded to a hypothetical retort: “But I don’t know, because the code [of Canon Law] tells me…” Then Pope Francis said: “We must observe the code, because it is serious, but the...

[Catholic Caucus] Astana: Rigid Francis Is Still Obsessed with RigidityFrancis who is a nostalgic of the failed Vatican II, delivered another rigidity rant on September 15 when telling the local clergy at Astana Cathedral, not to be "nostalgic," not "to be stuck in the past” and not to be "paralysed and immobile.”In a complaining, rigid, ideological and moralising attitude, Francis insisted on a Church that is “uncomplaining, rejecting rigidity, dogmatism and moralising.”He insisted on giving more room to the laity “lest our communities become rigid or clerical” - but did not say where the money should come from to pay...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis Spews Gaffes Galore In Eastern Europe Today in Slovakia, the pope gave a talk that was, quite frankly, a multi-faceted embarrassment. I link now to the summary from Catholic News Agency and will link to the full version when I can find it. Anyway, he started by setting up another of his infamous false dichotomies, this one between the Gospel and the Catholic faith. He used the pejorative term "defensive Gospel" against what seems to be a lovely term, "creativity of the Gospel". No, the Gospel is the message of Jesus, as taught by the...

Pope Francis again laments ‘clericalism’ of ‘rigid seminarians’‘Rigidity is somewhat fashionable today; and rigidity is one of the manifestations of clericalism,’ the Pope said.VATICAN CITY, June 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — During a June 10 address to a group of Italian seminarians, Pope Francis urged the future priests to avoid the “perversion” of clericalism, advising that such a misuse of priestly authority leads to a kind of “rigidity,” a term the Pope has often used to malign traditionally-minded clerics and lay faithful alike.In speaking to the members of the Pontifical Regional Seminary Pius XI of the Marche, Pope Francis first addressed...

[Catholic Caucus] Sound the Alarm: Traditionalist Movements Are “Assaulting” the Church, Despite the Best Efforts to Suppress Them An interesting article in the Italian daily Il Giornale demonstrates, perhaps inadvertently, that Tradition cannot be eradicated from the Church because it is, after all, a work of the Holy Ghost that the deluded Modernist visionaries, even with a Pope among them, can never destroy.The article, entitled “How traditionalist movements are ‘assaulting’ the Church,” presents an interview with one Juan Miguel Montes, director of the Rome chapter of the organization Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), which originated in Brazil — a fact...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis: Clericalism linked to fixation on sexual morality Vatican City, Sep 26, 2019 / 10:25 am (CNA).- In a meeting with Jesuits in Mozambique earlier this month, Pope Francis said that clericalism is a direct result of rigidity and linked to a fixation on sexual morality.“One dimension of clericalism is the exclusive moral fixation on the sixth commandment,” Pope Francis said according to the Jesuit-run journal La Civilta Cattolica transcript published online Sept. 26.“We focus on sex and then we do not give weight to social injustice, slander, gossip and lies. The Church today needs a profound...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Warns Madagascar Bishops Of Young "Rigid" Priests Pope Francis spoke on September 7 in the Antananarivo Cathedral, Madagascar, to the local bishops about screening seminarians. In this context, he warned them of young priests who are “too rigid” [meaning: pious and serious]. Francis insinuated that behind this there are “grave problems.” However, Francis failed to mention the enormous evil produced by rigid liberals like Francis himself who pour gallons of Modernist wastewater into the sparkling wine of the Gospel.

Pope’s Latest Homily: ‘Rigid’ Catholics Lack the ‘Spirit of God’ Pope Francis has returned to a common theme of his pontificate, this time in his homily for daily Mass at Casa Santa Marta, earlier this morning. The following are quotes from the pontiff, as reported by VaticanNews.va correspondent Adriana Masotti: They [the Pharisees] were truly an example of formality. But they lacked life. … They were rigid. Rigidity has been theme often repeated by the pope in connection to the rise of interest in the traditional Latin Mass among youths and young adults, as has been reported by LifeSiteNews in...

Saul, Saul, Why Persecutest Thou Me? Torch of The Faith News on Saturday 12 May 2018 - 04:15:02 | by admin Still-picture from the good Frank Walker's Canon 212, depicting the No to Rigid Hypocrisy video. Those Pesky Kids... A slick propaganda video has been released onto the internet, which features Francis returning again to criticisms of one of his favourite groups of, some might say, straw men; those ''rigid youths'' who are supposedly blighting the Church in our day. And so, in a week during which God has been given grave offence, real Catholics the world over have been utterly...

Thursday, May 10, 2018 ‘Humble’ Frank’s Message of the Day Traditional Catholics (aka “rigid Christians”) are full of hypocrisy! Link to video Is Francis projecting his neurosis again?

God frees, ideas and ideologies do not: they make prisoners. From this axiom, clearly expressed in the Gospel of John and his reference to the doctors of the law, Pope Francis unfolds his homily during this morning mass in Casa Santa Marta before the C9 Cardinals, who until tomorrow will be attending their twenty-fourth meeting. Once again, the Pontiff warns against the risk of “rigidity”, which leads to placing oneself at the center and thus remain untouched before the works of the Holy Spirit and insensitive to new things.   The doctors of the law, in fact, were incapable of...

ALL PRIESTS AND BISHOPS ARE TO BE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE NEW HIGH-TECH COLLARSPosted on June 12, 2017 by abyssum Monday, 12 June 2017 Pope Francis approves electronic tagging for clergy As reported by Rorate Caeli, the Vatican is taking steps to keep its cardinals under control; if one of them is absent from Rome he is asked to let the Secretariat know where he is. Sensors indicate that Cardinal Burke is hiding somewhere round here. In phase 2, it is planned to extend this to all clergy, with the introduction of electronic tagging using the TAGLETM: this is a white collar...

Note: My learned EWTN “Papal Posse” colleague, Fr. Murray, dissects today a phenomenon all too common in the Church just now – Churchmen who, on the basis of no one knows what, casually change Catholic teaching and practice. He directs us back to the saving and safe reality of truth. This is something that, in one way or another, we try to do every day at The Catholic Thing. Our fund drive is doing well so far and thanks again to all of you who have made generous contributions to this work. Let me remind the rest of you...

The papal hits just keep on coming. If you are a “rigid” Catholic these days (in other words orthodox and traditional) there’s a bullseye on your cassock and the Holy Father has taken aim. In this morning’s homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis resorted once again to insulting “rigid” Catholics, this time priests. The Holy Father began by first discussing the need for priests to be mediators rather than intermediaries. Yes, I am aware that those words (largely) have the same connotation, but regardless, Pope Francis classified intermediaries as being those awful “rigid” priests we keep hearing about. One...

Cardinal-designate Blase Cupich of Chicago joined Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, as a presenter at a Vatican press conference on the publication of Nei tuoi occhi è la mia parola (“In Your Eyes Are My Word”). The book is the first unabridged collection of the future Pope Francis’s homilies and addresses from 1999 to 2013, when he served as archbishop of Buenos Aires. Other presenters at the press conference included Father Arturo Sosa, the new superior general of the Society of Jesus, and Father Federico Lombardi, the former director of the Holy See Press Office. The book...

Conservatives on college campuses scored a tactical hit when the American Enterprise Institute's magazine published a survey of voter registration among humanities and social-science faculty members several years ago. More than nine out of 10 professors belonged to the Democratic or Green party, an imbalance that contradicted many liberal academics' protestations that diversity and pluralism abound in higher education. Further investigations by people like David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, coupled with well-publicized cases of discrimination against conservative professors, reinforced the findings and set "intellectual diversity" on the agenda of state legislators and members...

South Korea: Drifting Economy, Boiling Society Andy Xie (Hong Kong) at Morgan Stanley Korean society appears to be focusing on democratization and empowering people, demystifying government power, as well as decreasing the scope and social tolerance of corruption. Because of this, economic liberalization may take a backseat. Indeed, Korean society appears to be focusing on reducing the income inequality that economic liberalization may exacerbate. Korea’s economic establishment is deeply bearish about the present state of affairs, fearing that the lack of direction will depress the economy in the short term and may damage Korea’s longer-term economic competitiveness. The economic establishment...