The coronavirus outbreak shows just how liberal Pope Francis really is
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In addition to the absence of public Mass in almost the whole world, including the Vatican, the Pope launched another Vatican Commission to Study Women Deacons. And Vatican News ran an article praising the beneficial effects for the planet of coronavirus and revised the Mass against plague to remove references to God s wrath.
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What a crazy Holy Week. In addition to the absence of a public Mass in almost the whole world, including the Vatican,
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the Pope launched another Vatican Commission to Study Women Deacons.
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Vatican News ran an article praising the beneficial effects for the planet of coronavirus
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and revised the Mass against plague to remove references to God's wrath.
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Just before we begin, I wanted to wish you all and all your loved ones a happy and holy Easter.
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As we celebrate together the resurrection of the Lord, even in the midst of our hardship,
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we have hope in his triumph over sin and death.
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So let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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You might think that almost all of the Catholic churches of the world locked tight at this most sacred time of the year
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with no public Easter celebrations, even at the Vatican.
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With donations from the church in free fall and with much of the world in fear and dread,
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the Pope would concentrate on calling the world to repentance to appease the just anger of God.
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In fact, what did happen was quite the opposite.
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The Vatican put out a new Mass last week, changing the original Mass for times of pestilence to remove mention of God's wrath.
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As LifeSite reported, the Congregation of Divine Worship, invoking the authority delegated to it by Pope Francis,
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has issued a text for a special votive Mass for pandemics that departs from ancient liturgical tradition
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by omitting any reference to divine wrath and chastisement for sins.
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The new Mass in time of pandemic was issued in response to popular requests during the current COVID-19 crisis.
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And unlike the traditional Latin Mass, which includes a votive Mass for the deliverance from death in time of pestilence,
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the new Mass in time of pandemic seeks the mercy of God,
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asking for various forms of aid for those who are suffering from illness,
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those who have already died, their families, medical staff, and government officials.
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The traditional Mass for deliverance from death in times of pestilence also asks for God's mercy and aid,
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but in addition asks for the pardon for sins and speaks of the scourge of thy wrath,
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The entrance hymn of the traditional Latin Mass, last issued in 1962,
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to be mindful of thy covenant and to say to the destroying angel,
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now hold thy hand and let not the land be made desolate and destroy not every living soul, end quote.
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However, the new version gives a brief entrance antiphon that merely states,
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truly the Lord has borne our infirmities and has carried our sorrows, end quote.
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The special collect or the opening prayer of the traditional version states,
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O God, who does not want the death of the sinner, but that he should repent,
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welcome with pardon thy people's return to thee,
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and so long as they are faithful in thy service,
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do thou in thy clemency withdraw the scourge of thy wrath,
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The new version's collect instead asks for help,
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And while all the world is distracted with the coronavirus,
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the liberal agenda being played out in the Vatican has not slowed down one bit.
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During Holy Week, Pope Francis appointed another commission
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to look into the possibility of women's ordination as deacons.
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On April 8th, the Vatican released a memo stating that the pontiff had decided,
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during a recent audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Louis Ladaria,
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prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith,
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to appoint a new commission on the study of the female diaconate.
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But beyond that, LifeSite reported April 2nd that Pope Francis,
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in a surprise move, dropped the historic and essential title,
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Vicar of Christ, from the 2020 Pontifical Yearbook,
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relegating the title to a footnote, calling it a historical title.
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While previous yearbooks listed the title Vicar of Christ and the name of the reigning Pope
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under that title, this year's annual directory simply lists the name
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the name of the man who became Pope Francis in 2013.
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The title Vicar of Jesus Christ stems from the Holy Scripture,
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where Jesus granted St. Peter the power of keys in the Church.
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Former papal nuncio Archbishop Carla Maria Vigano reacted to this deletion of Vicar of Christ,
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or at least hiding of it, saying in a statement sent to LifeSite
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that the dropping of Pope Francis' essential title, Vicar of Christ,
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is an act that appears to officially alter the papacy, he said,
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no longer recognizes himself as guardian, end quote.
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this change in the layout and content of an official text of the Catholic Church cannot be ignored,
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nor is it possible to attribute it to a gesture of humility on the part of Francis,
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which is not in keeping with his name being so prominently featured, end quote.
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it seems possible to see in it the admission passed over in silence of a sort of usurpation,
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whereby it is not the servant of the servants of God who reigns,
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who has officially disavowed being the Vicar of Christ,
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and the Supreme Pontiff as if they were annoying trappings of the past,
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approved a new bishop's body to make for a regional church with an Amazonian faith.
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Cardinal Gomez announced a new Pan-Amazonian Episcopal body
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that was based on recommendations in the Amazon Synod's final document.
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This is another proof that Pope Francis did not abrogate or censor
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And if you want an indication of what this new body of bishops will be up to,
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well, here's the quote from the Synod's final document that references this.
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that promotes synodality among the churches of the region,
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helps to express the Amazonian face of this church,
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and continues the task of finding new paths for the evangelizing mission,
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especially incorporating the proposal of integral ecology, end quote.
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Well, speaking of the Vatican's take on ecology,
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we got a very revealing glimpse into that last week, too,
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as Vatican News unbelievably published an article by a Jesuit priest
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that looked at the coronavirus positively because it had environmental benefits.
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published the article calling the deadly coronavirus an ally of planet Earth.
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The article, written by Jesuit priest Fr. Benedict Mayaki,
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The changes in human behavior due to the COVID-19 crisis pandemic
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are yielding unintended benefits to the planet, end quote.
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The author, the priest, actually made no references
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to the tens of thousands of deaths attributed to the virus,
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except to say that the pandemic is a global health concern.
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Earth is healing itself as a result of the reduction in human activity.
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In Italy, fish have returned to the canals in Venice.
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Less tourism and water transport have allowed the murky waters to settle.
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have been sighted gliding through the city's waterways.
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The global reduction in air, land, and sea travel is yielding benefits for the planet
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Well, after much criticism, the Vatican actually pulled the article,
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we, of course, saved it at LifeSite so you can have a look.
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The news article's statements follow, actually,
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Pope Francis's own statements along this very line.
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Assessing the Pope's Responsibility in the Chastisement of Coronavirus,
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I spoke of the Pope saying that coronavirus was not God's punishment,
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but nature was having a fit because we failed to take care of the environment.
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Since then, several cardinals and bishops have condemned such an approach,
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but the Pope last week doubled down on that very notion.
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He told the tablet in an interview that, quote,
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We did not respond to the partial catastrophes.
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or remembers the 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole
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I don't know if these are the revenge of nature,
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doubling down on this notion that coronavirus is sort of
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nature's response to our not caring for the planet.
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LifeSite reported last week that German Cardinal Paul Joseph Cordes
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has joined the growing number of Catholic leaders
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looking at the coronavirus pandemic as a chastisement.
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is the former president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.
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Cordes pointed to the story of the paralytic in the Gospel of Mark,
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makes the link between illness and sin irrefutable.
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you can read that heroic Bishop Athanasius Schneider
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a divine intervention to chastise and purify the sinful world
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Bishop Schneider singled out the Pope's allowance
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and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
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And Schneider, commenting on that portion of Scripture,
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I am convinced that Christ would repeat the same words
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and who implicitly approved sexual relationships
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by allowing the so-called divorced and remarried