“They have always formed a part of Catholic moral theology…” ~ Steve writes that the people who are still desperately trying to spin Francis and his pontificate as “fine, just fine,” are not our friends. They are, in fact, the mortal enemies of our souls and the souls of everyone we love. “…To sum up: yes, he really did say what you think he said. But it’s apparently okay, because hey: he’s the pope!

Because it’s the only game they know. We all know the drill by now, so who wants to lay bets on the next steps: A.) an embargo’d copy of the Exhortation will be released before the real one drops B.) no Latin copy C.) homosex is loving and valuable but all soft-peddled with vague/fuzzy language D.) communion for the divorced and remarried is crypto-legalized by being kicked downstairs to the national conferences

Meteor explodes above the earth with the force of Hiroshima atomic bomb. “The largest fireball since the Chelyabinsk, Russia, explosion of 2013 that left 1,400 people injured occurred earlier this month. The meteor broke up with the force of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT; however, it went unnoticed due to the fact it occurred over the Atlantic ocean some 620 miles from the Brazil coast.

The other night, I was dreaming all night about Pope Benedict. That he was living in a kind of care home run by a very holy order of priests, like the Oratorians. They had a big compound and ran a hospital and school and library and a small farm. Everybody liked to feed the animals. He spent his days praying and writing letters and whatnot. One day I was asked to spend the day with the Holy Father because his regular companion had to be away.

On this feast day of the universal Church, I beg readers to pray for the pope, that God will have mercy on him, will shore him up with His grace, that he be protected from all harm both physical and spiritual and grant him the wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord necessary to lead the Church out of its current darkness. V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Francisco.

…oh wait… Louie ends with: “At present, the best they can do is pretend that it has always been the case that the Church considers contraception morally permissible in anticipation of a violent act that has yet to occur and may never occur. “The very idea is entirely ludicrous to be sure, but that’s all they got, folks. “Keep a close eye on just how vigorously this ridiculous proposition is put forth over the next few days and weeks – on the one hand by ignorant pawns, on the other, by those directly involved in the deception.

Louie has a few thoughts: “One will have noticed that among the first lines of defense that has been offered includes a considerable effort to convince the faithful that the Church has always approved of contraception use as a means of ‘self-defense,’ such as when there is reasonable fear of an impending rape at some point in the future. The whole thing is a ruse, of course. The boss made a significant blunder and the lower ranks are clanging the barn door shut as fast as they can:

Fr. Zed seems to have done some digging… It’s not an urban legend, it’s a LIE: Paul VI did NOT give permission to nuns to use contraceptives. Yeah, it’s not an urban legend until someone loses an eye… Zed writes: _[It] reads like a soap opera, the one hand. It reads like a vicious campaign of lies and disinformation designed to confuse the faithful and undermine the Church, on the other…

I’ve been forgetting to include this guy in my daily prayers for the conversion of the professional papologists. There’s only so much willful stupidity one can take… And I’d had a bad day. He posted Ed Pentin’s latest, quoting “Church philosophers” telling us that Francis IS NOT denying Humanae Vitae… all in line with Church teaching… as long as you’re standing on your head, have one eye closed and have downed most of a twenty-sixer of Jack.

…oh wait… ~