The Amazon Synod is setting up a 'false Church'
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Summary
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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Hello and welcome to this special episode of the John Henry Weston Show.
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I've been asked for a long time to tell you really what we think about the current situation
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in the Church, to be more frank about what our concerns are with Pope Francis, and we're
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This week, the Amazonian Synod will be underway.
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This is expected to be the most severe calamity for the faith the Church has ever known.
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And let's pray that it won't turn out as dire as it threatens.
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A few cardinals have warned of apostasy and heresy in the working document prepared for
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We in the faithful cannot remain silent, because it's the faith of our children that is being
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It's our right as Catholics to have the faith of Jesus Christ handed down faithfully by
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our priests and bishops, and especially by the Pope.
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But in this time, we have had the opposite, especially from Pope Francis.
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He has gravely harmed the faith, and it's time to say it out loud.
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For the love of Christ, for the love of His Church, for the love of our Blessed Mother in
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Heaven, for the love of our children for whom we live to pass on the one true faith, we must
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Let us cry out to God as the Israelites did in the Old Testament, for many ministers in
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The faithful clergy who have fought to defend the teachings of Christ are downtrodden by the
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Pope, while those who seek to spread confusion and error are promoted and honored.
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The Pope has gained the friendship of the world, but at the price of betraying the truth of
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the Savior, in crushing good cardinals, faithful orders, orthodox institutions and academies.
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By elevating and promoting heterodox prelates, and by giving signs of approval of homosexual
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acts and abortionists, by proclaiming a false ecumenism, by giving false teaching on contraception,
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cohabitation and adultery, the Pope has shown he allows himself to be led by a spirit contrary
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to that of the Gospel, rather than by the Holy Spirit, who would be available to the Pope
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Pope Francis has encouraged pastors to have the smell of the sheep.
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Also, however, a pastor should have the smell of Christ.
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The sheep know the smell of a pastor made in the mold of Christ.
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Faithful Catholics all know when we encounter a faithful Son of Our Lady in a pastor.
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We see it in his devotion at Mass, in his demeanor at prayer, in his homilies and teachings,
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in the advice he gives in the confessional, in his admonishing sinners and encouraging the
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The good priest's friends are the most faithful, while those who seek to destroy the Church
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by remaking her in their own images make themselves the good priest's enemies, while that good
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We may be fooled for a time, but eventually we come to know the truth.
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All that is not to say that we don't love Pope Francis.
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Indeed, it would not be love at all to gloss over these monumental concerns and be silent
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about them, because in them he is harming himself most of all.
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He will have to answer to Christ at judgment, just as we all will.
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We must continue to pray for the Pope every day.
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In fact, I'm assuming he believes what he is doing is benefiting the Church.
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But what is plainly obvious is that what is being set up is a false Church and a false image
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A reasonable Church that contravenes doctrine in hard cases, a Church that suggests that
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hell is empty, a Church that sows doubt about the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist,
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a Church that puts out political considerations such as immigration policy and environmentalism
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above non-negotiable teachings on abortion, is a false Church.
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These are serious charges, yes, but it doesn't take a theologian to recognize when the faith
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This is the one true Church, and there is no other.
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We shall fight for Christ's truth in the Church because we are ready to die for this faith.
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We pledge to be truly devoted to Our Lady as we never have been before, for we know that
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She warned us that these times were coming, that the final battle between Our Lord and
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the reign of Satan would be over marriage and the family, and it is here and now.
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We say with Her, Amen, so be it, to all that the Father allows in this suffering of the
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We know the resurrection follows, and we can rejoice even now in that knowledge, since
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the depths of suffering make the ultimate victory even more miraculous.
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For LifeSite News, this is John Henry Weston, and may God bless you all.