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Annulment Merry-Go-Round

An annulment does not invalidate a marriage, but merely recognizes the reality that binding marriage vows were absent during the entire span the “spouses” were together. Toward the end of my marria...

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Clarification - Everyone has weaknesses; it seems Michael Voris' loves the pontiff figure-head too much. It's great when the pontiff is good, but what happens when the pontiff isn't? Do we keep quiet, of even withhold the truth?

It is like a case of a Mother or Father overly loving their son too much that it blinds them from seeing the truth, and to do right thing. If the son had committed a serious crime, they would conceal the truth and not report him to police (some of us would think this is normal).

In the video Michael Voris seems to have regretted breaking the news of Cardinal Burke's statement that the Pope is doing the Church harm by remaining silent. In other words he may have not broken this news in hindsight. The question is, can CMTV be trusted for reporting all Catholic truth? Yes, until it involves incidents where it might make the pontiff look bad?

One commenter from CMTV FB page posted...

To imply that those who question the actions of the Pope are in need of forgiveness is wrong. I am disappointed that Michael chooses to make this implication. Something is amiss and the Holy Father appears to be embracing the Prelates who wish to see major changes in the Church. The Pope's every word is not the the Word of God, he is human and in some instances able to err.

It’s unfortunate that Michael Voris did not say this at all on the video, only for CMTV admin to reply that this is true. A tactic, who knows?

Also Michael Voris loves to blast the cardinals, bishops and priests when they do wrong. However we know that he will not say anything bad about the Pope; That's his standard for himself, but is it good for reporting the truth to faithful Catholics? Let someone else do it, what happens if there was nobody else?

Let’s get back to the issue of love...

We know about unconditional love... and it deals with "mercy", which is what every concerned Catholic is talking about now. Mercy is really about how we go about applying this unconditional love. Like a loving father, correcting (or not correcting) his son.

So what is unconditional love? Could it be that it's really all about doing what is right and wrong; that it's not just about us, our love ones, or our neighbours?

There is true (righteous) love and selfish (blinding) love. True love is the love of God and comes from God. Selfish love can only come from man.

One can even do what is right (seemingly righteous), but if there is no true love of God, it is not a righteous love, hence not true love; one suffers the sin of pride. The righteous act becomes a sin of pride.

Jesus  said: "I am the way and the truth and the life." - John 14:6

God's love is true love.

True Love = Truth and Love = Unconditional Love = God's Love.

If we love but conceal truth for someone, it is true love?

So when cardinal Burke comes out and says Pope Francis is harming the Church by remaining silent, and Michael Voris regrets posting this news (remaining silent), both might have the right intentions, both can’t be right, regardless of status. Is a poor sinner not worthy to recognize the truth, must he be silent?

What we can say is, that the love of Christ and love of His Church is objective; Love of the Pontiff is subjective, that is not to say don't love the Pope if he is bad, but that true love should always be applied.

In Christ.

PS Thank God for the internet!

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In his closing address to the Synod Fathers, Pope Francis offered a perplexing vision. the Pope’s own vehement praise, support and promotion of Cardinal Kasper makes one doubt Pope Francis would be including Kasper in the overly progressive camp.

The above article is what faithful Catholics have been saying all along..

We love the Catholic faith and it teachings... We will defended it, defend it's truth. If people hate us for speaking the truth, we will have to burden it..

Extract:

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Prior to this Synod, Cardinal Burke was relatively unknown beyond America’s culture war faithful, but now he has international recognition as a courageous and faithful Catholic leader ready to lay down his life, status and ranking to defend the truth in charity.

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 Jesus said this...

"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. - John 15:18-19

In Christ we are to love God, and love our neighbour.

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The Vortex: Let’s Just Say…

What are faithful Catholics to do...? Keep the faith!

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Extract:

What happens is that "everyone has forgotten it, and now there is the impression that the Church has suddenly become merciful, while she wasn't before. That she has become enlightened, and wasn't before."

"These are all delusions, that are the product of nearsightedness, of the fact that we look at the past two weeks to exclaim: this did not exist before! Instead, all this already existed. The impression cannot be given that for two millennia there had been no mercy in the Church, that mercy now shows up unexpectedly. Mercy makes sense if it is related to truth," Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki declared to Polish state radio.

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Crazy Cardinals, Synod on the Marriage and Family, Keeping Calm

Taylor Marshall New Saint Thomas Institute

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Après une semaine plutôt agitée – et notamment sous l’effet d’un tempête médiatique que je me réserve le soin d’analyser un jour ou l’autre – le Synode extraordinaire s’est achevé sous le signe de l’unité et même de l’unanimité. Il y avait d’abord l’existence d’un rapport final, où l’ensemble des évêques se reconnaissait (beaucoup mieux que dans la synthèse de la mi-temps qui avait provoqué de gros remous). Mais l’intervention du pape François, tirant les conclusions de l’assemblée, a eu un effet déterminant, l’ensemble des évêques se reconnaissant dans Pierre, grâce à la lumière qu’il apportait aux débats qui avaient précédé, sans cacher qu’il y avait eu des« moments de désolation, de tensions et de tentations ».

Dans son intervention, François a réaffirmé ce qu’il appelle « les vérités fondamentales du sacrement de mariage : l’indissolubilité, l’unité, la fidélité et la procréation, l’ouverture à la vie ». Est-il utile de préciser que cette affirmation centrale rend inopérantes toutes les gloses du style : « Le pape force l’Église a faire sa révolution sur la famille » Bien sûr, on attendra en vain démentis et rectifications. Le grand n’importe quoi continuera à se déployer impunément. Mais il est vrai aussi que François a développé la thématique des grandes tentations qui guettent les hommes d’Église, Jésus lui-même n’ayant pas été indemne de ses tentations au désert. Retenons en deux : celle du raidissement légaliste qui conduit à ignorer les personnes dans leurs difficultés, et celle d’un « angélisme destructeur, qui au nom d’une miséricorde traitresse met un pansement sur les blessures sans d’abord les soigner, qui traite les symptômes et non les causes et les racines ».

François a fustigé dans une formule saisissante « la tentation de descendre de la Croix, pour contenter les gens, de ne pas rester à accomplir la volonté du Père, de se plier à l’esprit mondain au lieu de le purifier et de le plier à l’Esprit de Dieu. » Voilà certes des formules qui nous feraient plutôt courber la tête et mesurer notre indignité. Mais elles nous aident à chercher la bonne direction. Pendant un an, dans l’attente du Synode qui se tiendra en 2015, l’Église dans sa tête et dans ses membres, aura à creuser sa réflexion sur une pastorale du mariage, associant la doctrine féconde du sacrement à la charité qui fait tendre la main à ceux qui souffrent d’être éloignés de toutes ses grâces.

Chronique diffusée sur Radio Notre-Dame le 20 octobre 2014.

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The Beauty of mathematics - There is truth and there are untruths.

Pope Francis says.. don't be too rigid, or too lax; so what is he really saying? Ignore truth and make up one that suits? Like bending truth to suit what is acceptable for ones own standard and not Christ's?

Mercy should be a straightening agent against sin, and not a bending agent against truth. If one is still bent on sinning it is not real mercy.