The John-Henry Westen Show - February 03, 2021


Pope accuses media of loving excrement, condemns 'fundamentalist' Catholics


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In shocking comments made in an interview with the U.S. Bishop's News Agency Catholic News Service on Monday, Pope Francis used the terms "coprophilia" and "poopilia" to describe the media and Catholic fundamentalists. Coming in a close second this week is San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy commenting on Holy Communion for President Joe Biden.

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00:00:00.300 We are truly living in a world where good is considered evil and evil good, where everything
00:00:05.920 seems upside down and backwards, where Black Lives Matter is getting nominated for the 1.00
00:00:11.560 Nobel Peace Prize, and John Kerry, who with his wife owns multiple states, cars, SUVs,
00:00:17.160 and a jet, is now the Biden administration's climate czar, urging Americans to take public
00:00:23.120 transit to save the planet.
00:00:24.680 But nothing is so bizarre as Pope Francis' latest comments using scatological terms to
00:00:30.800 describe the media and bashing Catholic fundamentalists.
00:00:35.180 Coming in a close second this week is San Diego Bishop McElroy commenting on Holy Communion
00:00:40.980 for President Biden.
00:00:42.400 But at least Archbishop Vigano has a very Catholic message for the Feast of the Purification 0.58
00:00:48.000 of Mary, also known as the Feast of the Presentation, which we celebrated just yesterday.
00:00:53.340 Stay tuned.
00:00:54.680 In shocking comments made in an interview with the U.S. Bishop's news agency Catholic News
00:01:19.400 service on Monday, Pope Francis used the terms coprophilia, which, according to Wikipedia, 0.65
00:01:26.040 refers to, and I quote, sexual arousal and pleasure from feces, end quote.
00:01:31.940 It's not the first time the Pope has used the term to the consternation of Catholics.
00:01:36.520 He made similar remarks in 2016 using the same scatological term.
00:01:41.840 The Pope's comments came as he described the four main sins of journalism.
00:01:48.280 Have a look for yourself.
00:01:50.840 Perché il giornalismo ha principalmente quattro peccati.
00:02:00.620 Non dimenticate di questi quattro peccati, no?
00:02:03.920 Desinformazione, calumnia, diffamazione e coprofiglia.
00:02:08.400 Now, the Pope defined this use of this term as journalists, and I quote,
00:02:14.500 always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly things, even though they may be true, he said.
00:02:20.980 Well, in that same interview, the Pope went after what he called traditionalists in the
00:02:27.160 United States, suggesting that they need healing.
00:02:29.980 Watch.
00:02:44.000 Now, from the transcript of his remarks at that meeting, which are posted at the Vatican website,
00:02:52.140 you can read that he also came down very hard on what he called fundamentalists in the Catholic Church.
00:02:58.940 Here's what he said.
00:03:00.700 All religions have fundamentalist groups, all of them.
00:03:04.440 We do, too, he said, referring, of course, to the Catholic Church.
00:03:08.240 He continued saying, and I quote,
00:03:10.060 And they destroy, starting from their fundamentalism.
00:03:14.140 But these are small religious groups that have distorted and have sickened their religion, 0.95
00:03:19.940 and as a result, they fight, they wage war, or they cause division in communities,
00:03:24.740 which is a form of war.
00:03:26.580 But these are the fundamentalist groups we have in all religions, end quote.
00:03:32.100 Now, of note, there was no similar condemnation of progressive groups inside the Church.
00:03:38.520 Meanwhile, in the United States of America,
00:03:40.900 President Biden's so-called Catholicism continues to be a major news item.
00:03:46.420 Not only does he promote abortion in America, but also abroad.
00:03:52.920 In fact, cartoonist Patrick Cross, who has been a contributor to LifeSite News in the past,
00:03:58.180 has this awesome cartoon, which really encapsulates what's going on.
00:04:03.100 In the cartoon, you'll see Biden is asked by a priest,
00:04:06.400 the traditional baptism renunciation, do you renounce Satan and all his pomps and works?
00:04:12.400 And Biden replies, personally or politically.
00:04:16.940 But despite his very evident lack of faith and scandalous promotion of abortion,
00:04:22.400 many U.S. bishops have been insistent that Biden should not be denied Holy Communion.
00:04:28.800 Speaking at Georgetown University Conference Monday,
00:04:31.820 San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy said it would be,
00:04:36.080 it really, he said, it would amount to weaponizing the Eucharist.
00:04:41.340 Have a look.
00:04:42.480 I do not see how depriving the president or other political leaders of the Eucharist,
00:04:50.800 based on their public policy stance,
00:04:52.820 can be interpreted in our society as anything other than a weaponization of the Eucharist
00:04:58.860 and an effort not to convince people by argument and by dialogue and reason,
00:05:05.980 but rather to pummel them into submission on the issue.
00:05:10.120 McElroy, who is one of the most controversial figures in the U.S. episcopacy,
00:05:15.980 has already advocated downplaying the Church's stance on abortion,
00:05:20.480 altering its stance on homosexuality and also female clergy.
00:05:24.300 He actually pointed to Pope Francis as an excuse for insisting that pro-abortion Biden
00:05:30.280 should receive communion.
00:05:32.180 Watch for yourself.
00:05:33.420 Furthermore, many bishops are proposing that the conference take steps
00:05:37.880 to publicly deprive President Biden of his ability to receive the Eucharist.
00:05:42.940 In contrast to the direction advocated by this bloc of bishops,
00:05:48.000 we have a pope who has placed encounter, dialogue, honesty, and collaboration
00:05:52.600 at the heart of his approach to public conversation,
00:05:55.740 and who is unlikely to endorse the deprivation of the Eucharist from the president.
00:06:02.860 But faithful Catholics and pro-lifers are making their own voices heard,
00:06:07.380 and very powerfully.
00:06:08.600 You have to check out this video titled,
00:06:11.840 A Message for President Biden, The Unified Voices of Africa.
00:06:15.760 It was released last week in response to the Biden administration's announcement
00:06:20.480 that it would repeal the Mexico City policy,
00:06:23.860 which would restore foreign aid to organizations involved in abortion.
00:06:30.580 Obianuju Ekyosha is a Nigerian-born human rights activist
00:06:35.860 who's the founder of Culture of Life Africa.
00:06:39.260 She put this video together.
00:06:41.340 She's a great friend.
00:06:42.640 Have a quick look at this.
00:06:44.020 And I would like to use this opportunity to plead with the incoming U.S. President Joe Biden
00:06:49.100 not to sponsor abortion in Africa.
00:06:52.560 We all deserve the right to live.
00:06:56.220 I stand against the funding of abortion in Africa.
00:07:00.100 Life or death.
00:07:02.000 I choose life.
00:07:02.820 My name is Benson, and I'm a cinematographer.
00:07:05.920 I stand against the funding of abortions in Africa.
00:07:09.140 What if you weren't given the chance to live?
00:07:12.320 What if I was aborted?
00:07:14.040 I wouldn't be here making this video.
00:07:16.580 My name is Tmei, and I stand against abortions in Africa.
00:07:23.420 Very powerful indeed.
00:07:25.140 Be sure to check out the whole video.
00:07:26.840 Also, yesterday was the Feast of the Purification of Mary, 0.80
00:07:31.700 more well known today as the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple.
00:07:36.640 At LifeSite, we published a beautiful reflection on the feast from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano,
00:07:43.300 which I encourage you to check out.
00:07:45.000 But he made this special appeal to priests and religious inside that reflection,
00:07:51.940 to nuns and monks.
00:07:53.540 Speaking of the troubled times in the Church and in the world today, he said, and I quote,
00:07:58.640 In this supernatural battle, the contribution of religious men and women is fundamental.
00:08:06.420 This is why it is more necessary than ever that consecrated souls rediscover the sacrificial
00:08:13.600 dimension of their vocation, offering themselves in a holocaust as expiatory victims. 0.74
00:08:19.420 This, after all, is the heart of the religious vocation and of being a Christian itself,
00:08:25.440 becoming like Christ and following Him on the cross as to sit at His right hand in blessed
00:08:32.180 eternity.
00:08:33.280 I therefore invite those who have the privilege of having chosen the state of perfection to
00:08:38.880 pray with renewed ardor, to fast with zeal, and to do penance.
00:08:43.700 Finally, let us ask the Holy Spirit to touch the ministers and religious who have been led
00:08:48.640 astray, granting them the gift of repentance and the grace of forgiveness, end quote.
00:08:54.100 And finally, do you remember that spoof ad for the manslator, a translator for women speak
00:08:59.880 to something men can actually understand?
00:09:02.140 Well, here's a refresher on that ad, and I'm going to give you a real version of the manslator 0.68
00:09:08.820 right after this.
00:09:12.360 Hey, are you golfing today?
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00:09:15.860 It's the second time this week.
00:09:17.320 But you said it was fine.
00:09:19.340 It is fine.
00:09:20.460 It's perfectly fine.
00:09:22.700 Are you confused by female behavior?
00:09:25.640 Wish you had a translator to understand what she means?
00:09:29.060 Well, you're in luck.
00:09:30.920 Introducing the manslator, a revolutionary device that translates woman language into simple
00:09:36.640 man words.
00:09:37.920 Finally, the power to know what she means.
00:09:40.960 Okay, cool.
00:09:41.460 Let me just check with my wife. 1.00
00:09:42.620 Hey, babe, a tea time open up later. 0.99
00:09:44.360 You mind if I go?
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00:09:46.360 If that's what you want to do.
00:09:50.800 No go! 0.68
00:09:52.080 Stay home!
00:09:53.680 On second thought, I think I'll just stay here with you and watch the notebook.
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00:10:04.300 Honestly, I wish there was such a thing sometimes as a manslator, even after more than 25 years 1.00
00:10:10.240 of marriage.
00:10:10.860 But I'm still not the best at woman speak or womanese, that you might call it.
00:10:15.900 But I want to introduce you to a great teacher, not only of womanese, but on many other things
00:10:21.340 to better your marriage and your spiritual life.
00:10:23.700 Deacon Dr. Bob McDonald is a personal friend and a great Catholic psychotherapist, now retired.
00:10:30.240 And he, one of his videos, one of his wedding homilies was put to video on LifeSite years
00:10:36.500 ago, and it went totally viral.
00:10:38.580 He's now got his own website featuring, all for free, many of his talks and inspiring writings.
00:10:43.960 Here's a little taste of what he's offering.
00:10:46.780 A one-minute snippet.
00:10:49.100 Have a listen.
00:10:49.600 This is a Marriage Minute with Deacon Dr. Bob McDonald.
00:10:54.140 Women often use the words never, or always, or should, and men take that literally and
00:11:00.120 get it all wrong.
00:11:01.500 For example, wife, we never go out.
00:11:04.260 Husband, we went out last Thursday.
00:11:06.360 How can you lie like that?
00:11:08.300 Translation, I'm feeling overwhelmed.
00:11:10.640 I wish we could go out together and just be relaxed and close.
00:11:14.360 Woman, you never give me flowers. 1.00
00:11:16.740 Husband, I bought you a new coat.
00:11:18.600 Which would you prefer, a coat or flowers?
00:11:21.400 Translation, I feel unloved and lonely right now.
00:11:24.440 I need a big warm hug.
00:11:26.380 Woman, I always feel tired these days.
00:11:29.340 Husband, you were full of beans at the Joneses on Sunday.
00:11:33.000 Translation, I am emotionally drained.
00:11:35.500 Just accept my feelings.
00:11:37.340 So a man needs to learn womanese if he is ever to respond correctly and lovingly to his 1.00
00:11:42.200 wife's hidden meanings. 1.00
00:11:43.220 She speaks in metaphors from the heart, but he speaks from the left side of the brain.
00:11:49.060 Amen.
00:11:49.400 Well, I hope you enjoyed that and do check out Deacon McDonald's full site where he offers
00:11:57.060 many of these one-minute pearls of wisdom and many of his full-length homilies and talks.
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