The John-Henry Westen Show - October 04, 2019


The Amazon Synod is setting up a 'false Church'

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In this special episode, Fr. John Henry Weston reflects on Pope Francis and what he has done to the Church, and what it means for the future of the Church. He notes that the Church is a false Church, a Church that contravenes doctrine, and that sows doubt about the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

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00:00:00.000 Hello and welcome to this special episode of the John Henry Weston Show.
00:00:03.460 I've been asked for a long time to tell you really what we think about the current situation
00:00:08.180 in the Church, to be more frank about what our concerns are with Pope Francis, and we're
00:00:13.060 going to give you that today.
00:00:14.280 Stay tuned.
00:00:18.340 We have arrived.
00:00:20.280 This week, the Amazonian Synod will be underway.
00:00:23.680 This is expected to be the most severe calamity for the faith the Church has ever known.
00:00:29.380 And let's pray that it won't turn out as dire as it threatens.
00:00:34.900 A few cardinals have warned of apostasy and heresy in the working document prepared for
00:00:39.920 the Synod, but most have remained silent.
00:00:43.400 We in the faithful cannot remain silent, because it's the faith of our children that is being
00:00:49.240 threatened.
00:00:50.240 It's our right as Catholics to have the faith of Jesus Christ handed down faithfully by
00:00:55.920 our priests and bishops, and especially by the Pope.
00:00:59.380 But in this time, we have had the opposite, especially from Pope Francis.
00:01:05.400 He has gravely harmed the faith, and it's time to say it out loud.
00:01:10.160 For the love of Christ, for the love of His Church, for the love of our Blessed Mother in
00:01:15.880 Heaven, for the love of our children for whom we live to pass on the one true faith, we must
00:01:22.300 proclaim from the housetops, enough!
00:01:25.260 Let us cry out to God as the Israelites did in the Old Testament, for many ministers in 0.91
00:01:32.600 His Church are betraying Him.
00:01:35.480 The faithful clergy who have fought to defend the teachings of Christ are downtrodden by the
00:01:41.640 Pope, while those who seek to spread confusion and error are promoted and honored.
00:01:48.100 The Pope has gained the friendship of the world, but at the price of betraying the truth of
00:01:54.720 the Savior, in crushing good cardinals, faithful orders, orthodox institutions and academies.
00:02:02.360 By elevating and promoting heterodox prelates, and by giving signs of approval of homosexual 0.74
00:02:08.380 acts and abortionists, by proclaiming a false ecumenism, by giving false teaching on contraception,
00:02:16.060 cohabitation and adultery, the Pope has shown he allows himself to be led by a spirit contrary
00:02:22.880 to that of the Gospel, rather than by the Holy Spirit, who would be available to the Pope
00:02:28.540 as to no one else.
00:02:30.680 Pope Francis has encouraged pastors to have the smell of the sheep.
00:02:34.540 Also, however, a pastor should have the smell of Christ.
00:02:38.920 The sheep know the smell of a pastor made in the mold of Christ. 0.83
00:02:44.620 Faithful Catholics all know when we encounter a faithful Son of Our Lady in a pastor.
00:02:50.220 We see it in his devotion at Mass, in his demeanor at prayer, in his homilies and teachings,
00:02:56.060 in the advice he gives in the confessional, in his admonishing sinners and encouraging the 0.99
00:03:02.320 faithful.
00:03:02.700 The good priest's friends are the most faithful, while those who seek to destroy the Church
00:03:09.720 by remaking her in their own images make themselves the good priest's enemies, while that good
00:03:17.120 priest prays for their conversion nonetheless.
00:03:20.720 The faithful know a good priest.
00:03:23.660 We may be fooled for a time, but eventually we come to know the truth.
00:03:28.660 All that is not to say that we don't love Pope Francis.
00:03:33.240 Indeed, it would not be love at all to gloss over these monumental concerns and be silent
00:03:38.920 about them, because in them he is harming himself most of all.
00:03:45.260 He will have to answer to Christ at judgment, just as we all will.
00:03:48.520 We must continue to pray for the Pope every day.
00:03:52.700 Pray for his conversion.
00:03:54.760 I'm not judging his motives.
00:03:56.500 In fact, I'm assuming he believes what he is doing is benefiting the Church.
00:04:00.800 But what is plainly obvious is that what is being set up is a false Church and a false image
00:04:08.760 of Christ.
00:04:10.360 A reasonable Church that contravenes doctrine in hard cases, a Church that suggests that
00:04:16.380 hell is empty, a Church that sows doubt about the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist,
00:04:21.320 a Church that puts out political considerations such as immigration policy and environmentalism
00:04:27.340 above non-negotiable teachings on abortion, is a false Church. 0.94
00:04:33.000 These are serious charges, yes, but it doesn't take a theologian to recognize when the faith
00:04:38.620 is being distorted.
00:04:40.140 We won't leave the Church.
00:04:41.880 This is the one true Church, and there is no other.
00:04:44.900 We shall fight for Christ's truth in the Church because we are ready to die for this faith.
00:04:51.320 We pledge to be truly devoted to Our Lady as we never have been before, for we know that
00:04:58.460 in the end Her Immaculate Heart will triumph.
00:05:01.460 She warned us that these times were coming, that the final battle between Our Lord and
00:05:05.380 the reign of Satan would be over marriage and the family, and it is here and now.
00:05:11.360 Standing with Our Lady, we are not fearful.
00:05:14.040 We say with Her, Amen, so be it, to all that the Father allows in this suffering of the
00:05:21.320 mystical body of Christ.
00:05:23.340 We know the resurrection follows, and we can rejoice even now in that knowledge, since
00:05:28.880 the depths of suffering make the ultimate victory even more miraculous.
00:05:34.700 For LifeSite News, this is John Henry Weston, and may God bless you all.