The John-Henry Westen Show - August 18, 2021


BREAKING： Pope Francis' absolutism for the COVID jab but not God's Commandments


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Breaking news from the Vatican is Pope Francis has said he does not observe the Ten Commandments as absolutes. We have a response from Bishop Athanasius Snyder to those comments from the Pope. Pope Francis does not have an absolutist approach to the commandments. And in related news, Pope Francis released a video today promoting the so-called COVID vaccine and urging people to get vaccinated.

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00:00:00.520 Breaking news from the Vatican is Pope Francis has said he does not observe the commandments as absolutes.
00:00:07.680 We have a response from Bishop Schneider to those comments from the Pope,
00:00:11.140 and while Pope Francis does not have an absolutist approach to the commandments,
00:00:16.160 he certainly does have an absolutist approach to the so-called COVID vaccine, making it seem absolutely necessary.
00:00:23.680 He's released another promo video for the COVID jab without even mentioning that they are all abortion tainted. 0.51
00:00:31.940 So please stay tuned.
00:00:33.200 Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:00:56.460 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
00:01:01.200 Speaking at his general audience today, Pope Francis said about the commandments, I quote,
00:01:08.180 I observe them, but not as absolutes, end quote.
00:01:11.860 Yes, I know that's hard to believe, of course.
00:01:14.320 And that's what we've seen with so many of Pope Francis' statements over the last eight years.
00:01:18.680 So we wanted to show you the video of him saying it, so that you can see for yourself, and see it in context.
00:01:24.960 Have a look.
00:01:25.400 How do I live?
00:01:29.220 In fear of, if I don't do this, I will go to hell?
00:01:34.060 Or do I live with that hope, with that joy, of gratitude, of salvation in Jesus Christ?
00:01:42.980 It's a beautiful question.
00:01:44.500 And also the second question.
00:01:45.520 Do I live with that hope, with that joy, of the gratuitousness, of salvation in Jesus Christ?
00:02:15.500 Now, the Pope suggests fear of hell is somehow opposed to hope and joy in Christ.
00:02:24.420 And you know, nothing could be further from the truth.
00:02:27.000 In the traditional act of contrition, Catholics for centuries prayed,
00:02:31.700 Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, because I detest all my sins because of the fear of the loss of heaven and the pains of hell.
00:02:42.620 But most of all, because they offend Thee, my God, who are so good and worthy of all my love.
00:02:49.400 There is no contradiction in the loving of Christ and obeying His commandments.
00:02:55.860 In fact, Jesus Himself says in John 14, 15,
00:02:59.240 If you love me, keep my commandments.
00:03:02.940 I reached out to Bishop Athanasius Snyder, the very outspoken defender of truth from Astana in Kazakhstan.
00:03:12.300 And he commented on what the Pope said.
00:03:15.400 He said, and I quote,
00:03:18.200 This contradicts the teaching of the Church and is very much a kind of sola fide teaching of Martin Luther, end quote.
00:03:26.900 Moreover, Bishop Snyder answered, and I quote again,
00:03:29.720 This affirmation of Pope Francis contradicts the encyclical Veritatis Splendor of Pope John Paul II, which says,
00:03:38.780 In the Old Testament, we already find admirable witnesses of fidelity to the holy law of God,
00:03:46.180 even to the point of a voluntary acceptance of death, end quote.
00:03:50.560 Now, I'd urge you to go to LifeStateNews.com for the full reaction from Bishop Snyder.
00:03:55.280 There's more to it, which is there.
00:03:56.660 But he also quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church in number 2072,
00:04:02.900 which also contradicts what Pope Francis said.
00:04:05.920 The Catechism states, and I quote,
00:04:08.180 The Ten Commandments are fundamentally immutable, and they oblige always and everywhere.
00:04:15.720 No one can dispense from them, end quote.
00:04:20.200 Do you remember last year when Pope Francis said that he approved of same-sex unions?
00:04:26.660 Well, at that time, Bishop Snyder called on all the faithful to pray for the conversion of Pope Francis.
00:04:35.600 So many of his statements over the years have caused massive confusion and contradicted the faith.
00:04:43.300 It's no wonder the faithful need to pray for his conversion.
00:04:47.400 You know, Archbishop Vigano went even further than Bishop Snyder in a recent statement that he made.
00:04:55.120 He called Pope Francis a non-Catholic Pope.
00:04:59.020 Have a look.
00:04:59.580 We have come to a point that even simple people with little knowledge of doctrinal issues
00:05:10.140 understand that we have a non-Catholic Pope, at least in strict sense of the term.
00:05:18.380 And in related news, Pope Francis has released a video today promoting the COVID-19 so-called vaccine
00:05:28.740 and urging people to get vaccinated.
00:05:31.120 In the three-minute long video, the Pope said that vaccines bring hope of an end to the pandemic
00:05:37.560 and called the vaccines and receiving the vaccine, and I quote,
00:05:40.900 an act of love.
00:05:42.640 The video made no mention of Christ, and believe it or not,
00:05:48.220 never even mentioned the fact that all of the currently available COVID vaccines are abortion-tainted.
00:05:55.380 Here are a few of the clips from that video, and I urge you to go to LifeSiteNews.com
00:05:59.580 to check out the coverage, which includes the full video from Pope Francis.
00:06:02.920 Vacunarse con vacunas autorizadas por las autoridades competentes es un acto de amor.
00:06:11.540 Y ayudar a que la mayoría de la gente lo haga es un acto de amor.
00:06:16.520 Amor a uno mismo, amor a los familiares y amigos, amor a todos los pueblos.
00:06:21.640 El amor es también social y político.
00:06:24.160 Hay amor social y amor político.
00:06:26.340 Es universal.
00:06:26.960 Siempre desbordante de pequeños gestos de caridad personal, capaces de transformar y mejorar las sociedades.
00:06:36.680 Vacunarse es un modo sencillo, pero profundo, de promover el bien común y de cuidarnos unos a otros,
00:06:44.800 especialmente los más vulnerables.
00:06:47.600 Le pido a Dios para que cada uno pueda aportar su pequeño grano de arena,
00:06:54.280 su pequeño gesto de amor.
00:06:56.960 Did you catch that?
00:06:59.640 Most vulnerable?
00:07:01.880 That is the...
00:07:03.120 That's totally mind-blowing.
00:07:05.520 We speak of the most vulnerable, at least pro-lifers often speak of the most vulnerable
00:07:09.800 being children in the womb, who are without doubt the most vulnerable class of people on the planet.
00:07:17.760 These COVID jabs being promoted unabashedly by Pope Francis were developed on the backs of aborted babies.
00:07:24.260 They were all produced using aborted fetal cell lines, for testing purposes at least.
00:07:30.140 And the aborted baby who was killed to extract those cells from her kidney is known and beloved by Almighty God.
00:07:39.940 As tyrannical governments all over the world are mandating the vaccine,
00:07:45.740 the split in the Catholic Church over the issue is becoming more extreme and generally lines up along the lines of orthodoxy.
00:07:53.180 Pope Francis and heterodox bishops such as Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Bishop McElroy, even Father James Martin are backing mandates of the vaccine.
00:08:04.640 Cardinal Puyets, on the other hand, Bishop Schneider, Bishop Strickland have said Catholics are not even able to take or cannot accept the abortion-tainted vaccines.
00:08:17.540 They said in a document, and I quote,
00:08:20.420 The crime of abortion is so monstrous that any kind of concatenation, which is like an association with this crime,
00:08:29.340 even in a very remote one, is immoral and cannot be accepted under any circumstances by a Catholic once he has become fully aware of it. 0.68
00:08:38.780 They also wrote, and I quote again,
00:08:41.900 One who uses these vaccines must realize that his body is benefiting from the fruits of one of mankind's greatest crimes, end quote.
00:08:52.700 Cardinal Raymond Burke, whom we are all praying may pull through this fight with COVID as he's lying in his hospital bed, he said,
00:09:01.640 With regard to vaccination, it must be clear that it is never morally justified to develop a vaccine through the use of the cell lines of aborted fetuses.
00:09:16.700 The thought of the introduction of such a vaccine into one's body is rightly abhorrent.
00:09:22.540 At the same time, it must be clear that vaccination itself cannot be imposed in a totalitarian manner on citizens.
00:09:32.980 When the state takes on such a practice, it violates the integrity of its citizens.
00:09:39.160 You know, some bishops have gone so far as refusing to allow their priests to give religious exemption letters to faithful Catholics,
00:09:50.840 pleading for such letters from their priests in order to conscientiously object to the mandates that are costing them their jobs, schooling, and the freedom to travel.
00:10:01.600 Such bishops point to Pope Francis's pro-mandate position.
00:10:05.800 Because on August 19th, 2020, Pope Francis called for the so-called vaccine to be universal and for all.
00:10:13.740 And shortly after that, he gave a television interview in which he suggested that everyone must take the COVID-19 vaccine.
00:10:21.180 And I quote what he said,
00:10:22.700 I believe that ethically everyone should take the vaccine.
00:10:26.360 And then he added, it must be done.
00:10:29.260 Also in mid-January, the Pope announced that Pope Francis and Benedict had both taken the abortion-tainted vaccine.
00:10:37.280 And only a month later came the news that the Vatican employees who refused the abortion-tainted COVID injections would lose their jobs.
00:10:46.300 Only people who have received the coronavirus vaccines may attend Pope Francis's mass during his planned visit in Slovakia this coming September.
00:10:56.800 According to the country's health minister, and he put that out in conjunction with the Vatican.
00:11:02.440 Now, moreover, in a July 29 statement from the Vatican, the Vatican museums confirmed that as of August 6th, and I quote,
00:11:13.120 And until further notice, access to the Vatican museums and all related areas will be permitted only to those in possession of a green COVID-19 certification.
00:11:24.080 And that's the COVID past saying that basically you have to be vaccinated.
00:11:27.800 So, as we can see, while Pope Francis says he does not support absolute obedience to God's commandments,
00:11:35.980 he certainly seems to support absolute obedience to tyrannical governments mandating the abortion-tainted COVID jab.
00:11:44.500 We must, as Bishop Schneider advised, pray for the conversion of Pope Francis.
00:11:51.240 Here's the message to the Pope that Bishop Schneider said must come from all the faithful.
00:11:55.900 At the time, Bishop Schneider said it, it was over same-sex unions.
00:11:59.980 But, you know, it could apply equally to this new statement of the Pope's against absolute obedience to the commandments.
00:12:07.380 Addressing the Pope, in the words of Bishop Schneider, we must say, and I quote,
00:12:12.580 For the sake of the salvation of your own immortal soul, for the sake of the souls of all those persons
00:12:19.460 who through your approval of the same-sex unions are by their sexual acts grievously offending God
00:12:25.920 and exposing their souls to the danger to be eternally lost,
00:12:31.100 convert, retract your approval, and proclaim with all your predecessors the unchangeable teaching of the Church.
00:12:40.140 End quote.
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