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Pope Francis: The Poison Oozes to the Surface

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Larry Chapp, ex-seminarian and renowned, retired professor of theology for 20 years has written an excellent analysis of the papal comments in Singapore. He commences by endeavouring to interpret the Pope’s remarks within their rightful context, scrupulously resisting the allure of hyperbole, so as not to exacerbate the situation further than it already stands: "Before I proceed, however, a couple of caveats are in order. First, these remarks by the pope are clearly not in any way definitive teachings of the papal magisterium. Even if we judge them as imprudent and ambiguous, there is no need to throw accusations of formal heresy around. Let’s not invent crises where none exist. The remarks are problematical, but can also be dismissed as the mere incautious musings of a pope speaking off the cuff." I recognise the need for a caution which seeks to avoid any further undermining of a papacy which is doing enough of that all on its own, but how much "informal heresy"

Pope Francis Says That Jesus Doesn't Matter

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Amazing Gospel this Sunday, wasn't it? Mark 8:27-35 Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ This came directly after Pope Francis told children in Singapore "All religions are paths to reach God". Tell that to the Incans or the Mayans Holy Father! The Vatican tried to nuance this by altering the Pope's words when they published a transcript, but given that it was recorded on video, and everyone was wise to it, they eventually changed it back (do they or the Pope have any credibility left to squander?). Obviously he (the Pope) was trying to avoid offending non Catholics but if you can't expect the Pope to talk about Jesus, what on earth do you expect him to talk about? If you believe that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and that none can come to the Father except through Him (see Jn 14:6), how does it help t

Synodal Metastasis

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  Gavin has had a new chat with Professor Larry Chapp. You can watch/ listen to it here: I think there are some excellent points made, especially regarding the non-prophetic stance the Vatican has taken under Pope Francis which simply accepts the current world view and seeks to conform the Church to modern progressive secular values. We have seen another major example of this trend this week as the Vatican adopts BCE and CE over BC and AD, as Katherine & Gavin discuss in this video: Returning to Gavin's discussion with Dr Chapp, the key points revolve around the idea of synodality , what it means and what the two academics think it is supposed to achieve. Neither of them are deceived. It's is very obvious to anyone with even a modicum of theology insight that the revisionist theology of proletarian privilege runs like an Ariadne’s thread through the whole thing. We can also see clearly (and this isn't mentioned in the interview) the fingerprints of the now deceased Card

The Fruits of Fiducia Supplicans & A Bishop for the Ordinariate

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Defending the Catholic Position on Mary to Baptists

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  I take me camera out into the wilds of the Essex countryside to explain what happened at Baptist Bible study last Monday when I was accused of Mary worship:

The Cass Review & Transgenderism

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I am finding it rather difficult to believe that the cowardly bishops were not waiting for something like the Cass Review before doing anything vaguely like teaching on the difficult and dangerous problem of the transgender agenda. Who can forget that our bishops pretty much sold us down the river back in 2017  and there are many examples of bishops promoting a pro-trans and queer agenda in our dioceses in the name of inclusion and love. They have facilitated Stonewall's infiltration of Catholic Schools and while some have acted with courage (John Wilson) others have completely failed to stand up to this pernicious ideology. Now the Cass Review has sounded the all clear and our meek bishops finally stick their heads over the trench to see how the fighting has gone. Now, post Dignitas infinata , the bishops of England and Wales confidently declare that they are in ‘absolute harmony’ with Vatican against gender ideology. Well that is a releif! Even so, they pointed out in a press c

Gavin Ashenden on why Anglicans are wrong & why we must stand with our priests

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Gavin gives a particularly excellent explanation of why the only place to be to be close to Jesus is the Catholic Church in this, our latest Catholic Unscripted video. I really enjoyed Gavin's explanation of why he is a Catholic and his discussion of some of the arguments he has encountered from Anglicans as to why they are not Catholic. He goes on to discuss the abuse crisis and explains why we should not be surprised and why we must stand behind the sanctity of the priesthood.