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Friday, 23 February 2024

IS FRANCIS THE POPE? IF NOT, THEN WHAT?

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Cardinal Cardinal Cláudio Hummes with the pretender pope Francis and the Pachamama idol

The 'two popes'. Hah

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For millions of faithful Catholics the defining moment of Jorge Bergoglio's papacy was his worship, with Cardinal Cláudio Hummes and assorted clerics, of a pagan idol in the Vatican Gardens in 2019.

But other, minor moments are too many and too scandalous to mention yet again. As the pretender pope comes closer to his inevitable end they seem to multiply and accelerate in a kind of terrifying tailspin for the Church.

On this feast of St Peter Damien, Doctor of the Church and holy terror of sodomites, a reader of this blog offers an admirable summary of the multiple theories around the putative resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the resolutions that might be reached in order to rescue the papacy and restore orthodoxy and holiness in Christ's Church.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò - a thorn in Francis' side

Is the Pope Catholic?

What’s the status of the Papal Office, and what do we do?

There are a number of theories concerning the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on February 28, 2013, which if correct would render it invalid. Several more may apply to the ensuing conclave of cardinals and at least three more may apply to the status of Jorge Bergoglio/Pope Francis. All of which affect the question of whether or not The Holy See, the Chair of St Peter, is currently vacant. It 's most likely that at least one is correct; possibly several.

Below is a summary of the various scenarios under discussion and the current status of the Papal Office: is it vacant, or is it not ? The matrix includes suggestions of what course of action should logically follow in the case of any of these theories proving to be correct.

https://www.youtube.com/Is the Pope Catholic? Conference

https://www.youtube.com/Archbishop Vigano Statement

Archbishop Vigano’s Statement 8 Dec 2023

Note:
The Formal Declaration of a Heresy, or the Declaration of a person as a Formal Heretic, is reserved for the holder of the Papal Office. This is different from a person being a “Material Heretic,” which situation arises when an individual demonstrates heretical beliefs or publicly declares him/herself a heretic.

Logically, the Pope cannot be a heretic because by adhering to heresy the Pope would automatically leave the Office of the Papacy and leave the Catholic Church. From that moment of choosing heresy over the Faith he could no longer remain as Pope. This needs to be made obvious to the faithful by his declaration or manifestation of Material Heresy - i.e. by his becoming a Material Heretic.

This problem is not one to be left to future Catholics to resolve, as souls are being lost. It has to be resolved now.

The Pachamama statue was highly visible in various venues in the Vatican all throughout the Amazon Synod. Indigenous people bowed down and said prayers before it in the Vatican gardens, in front of the Pope. Churches were re-oriented to feature the statue more prominently than the tabernacle. Cardinals and bishops carried it in a procession, in front of the Pope.

https://veritas-vincit-international.org/2019/11/25/pagan-pachamama-statue-takes-centerstage-in-vatican-synod/

I am not a theologian, nor a Catholic scholar. This summary of the current discussions aims at assisting ordinary lay Catholics to decide for themselves what happened, and why. They can then take action proper to their station in life to help correct any error.

Christ is King and the High Priest of His Church. When the papacy becomes vacant because a heretic has chosen to leave the Church, and when the cardinals have fled - or worse, are wolves dressed as shepherds - then the responsibility to act belongs to those institutions still managed by the faithful, and to the faithful individuals who remain (the “remnant”).

There is no salvation outside the Church; there is nowhere else to go. Catholics must each defend the faith to the best of our individual abilities. As St Joan of Arc said “Act, and God will act.”

Pope 'Emeritus' Benedict XVI

The matrix below shows the theories currently under discussion, in rough chronological order of when each theory may have arisen, except for serial 7 - Bergoglio having become a heretic prior to 2013 and thus having already left the Church before his election to the papacy.

So what?

What happened? What is the current status of the Papal Office – is it vacant or occupied? What needs to be done and how do we do it?

Some of the theories listed below are complex and may mean people need to make further enquiries; others are fairly simple. Links are included to assist with further reading. (To see the matrix in full, please scroll down and also across.)

https://www.youtube.com/Is the Pope Catholic? Conference

https://www.youtube.com/Archbishop Vigano Statement

Archbishop Vigano’s Statement 8 Dec 2023

	Theory	Reason	Explanation	Result As at 2023		Required Actions			About Bergoglio/Francis	Comment
				Therefore	So what	So what	So what	So What	So What
1	Invalid Resignation	Coerced to Resign	Any resignation forced by coercion is invalid	Pope Benedict remained Pope	Papacy Vacant now vacant as at 2022. (As of Pope Benedict’s Death)	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state”. All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void	Not the Pope, so has none of the protections afforded to the holder of the Papal Office
2	Invalid Resignation	Substantial Error Canon 188 A resignation made out of grave fear that is inflicted unjustly or out of malice, substantial error, or simony is invalid by the law itself.	If Pope Benedict attempted to do something not in his power to do, then it was not done	Pope Benedict remained the Pope	Papacy now vacant as at 2022	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid conclave and select a new Pope.	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void	Not the Pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office	vatican.va benedict-xvi_20130211_declaratio.html 2016/05/30/complete-english-text-archbishop-georg-gansweins-expanded-petrine-office-speech/
3	Invalid Resignation	Resignation not properly manifest/lack of clarity	Can. 332.2 If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone.	Pope Benedict remained the Pope*	Papacy now vacant as at Dec 2022 upon Pope Benedict’s death	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void	Not the Pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office	Pope Benedict said when he announced resignation that he intended to resign the ministerium but remain in the Munis (Office) in a new way. The Papacy is an Office (Munis) authority to carry out the Ministerium is derived from the authority that the Office holds, hence the lack of clarity and confusion is his announcement.
4	Invalid Conclave	Papacy still occupied (for any reason, including any of the reasons listed in serial 1-3)	College of cardinals has power to call a conclave to elect a Pope only if the Office is vacant. Papacy still occupied as there can only be one Pope at any time.	Pope Benedict remained as Pope so conclave invalid as Papal Office still occupied	Papacy now Vacant As of Dec 2022 due to Pope Benedict’s death, Still vacant 2024	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and elect a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void	Not the Pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office
5	Invalid Conclave process	Simony (Buying votes)	(Assuming that the Papacy was empty due to a valid resignation)	Simony invalidates result of Conclave. (See Chapter 5 below https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis.html )	As of Pope Benedict’s resignation the papacy would now be vacant		Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void	Not the Pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office	People involved in the conclave said that this happened.
6	Invalid Conclave process	Political lobbying	(Assuming that the papacy was vacant)	Political lobbying invalidates result (See Chapter 5 below https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis.html )	Papacy would be now vacant as of Pope Benedict’s resignation (assuming a valid resignation)	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null	Not the Pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office	People involved in the conclave said afterward that this happened.
7	Material Heresy by Bergoglio (Before 13 March 2013)	Before becoming the “Pope,” (Assuming that Bergoglio/ Francis had already manifested heresy prior to 13 March 2013)	(Assuming that the Papacy was vacant)	A heretic has himself chosen to leave the Church, (Latae Sententiae Ipso Facto), therefore cannot enter any office within the Church while still manifesting heresy. So he never became pope	Papacy would be now Vacant As of Pope Benedict’s resignation, (assumes valid resignation)	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid, so null and void. Explain to the faithful that as a material heretic Bergoglio chose to leave the Church, so was ineligible to be elected pope	Not the pope, so no protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office
8	Bergoglio accepted the papal office with prior intent to destroy the Church (on earth) and/or to create an Anti-church (An Ape of the Church).	As described by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano in his Statement 8 Dec 2023	(Assuming that the papacy was vacant prior to the conclave)		Papacy would be now vacant as of Pope Benedict’s resignation, (assuming a valid resignation)	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All Bergoglio’s actions were invalid so are null and void. New Pope formally excommunicates all involved	Not the Pope, so he has none of the protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office. Enemy of Christ and his Church	Bergoglio would have been literally at war with Jesus Christ (with Christ’s foreknowledge) so he could not be the Head of Christ’s Church as he had left the Church “latae sententiae ipso facto”
9	Material Heresy by Francis/ Bergoglio (Since March 2013)	After becoming Pope	(Assuming that the papacy was empty prior to the conclave)	A heretic has himself chosen to leave the Church, (“latae sententiae ipso facto”). A Pope who is a Material Heretic has resigned the office ipso facto and has left the Church	The Papal Office would now be vacant and would have been from the moment Bergoglio manifested heresy. Heretic. (There is no requirement for anybody in the Church to judge him as he does this himself. When he chose heresy he chose to resign and leave the Church	For the Laity: Pray for a new Pope soon. Talk/Write to your Bishop. Write to The Papal Nuncio, (Papal Ambassador), in your country	Call a valid Conclave and select a new Pope	Church returns to last known “good state” All of Bergoglio’s /Francis’ actions after manifesting heresy were invalid so are null and void. The question then is when did he first manifest heresy (i.e. chose to be a Manifest Heretic?	Not the Pope, so Francis does not have the protections afforded the holder of the Papal Office

NB: Scroll back (across) again to see image and quote below.

Final Thoughts:

Possibly the most pressing issue is that most, if not all, of the major institutions of the Church are controlled by cardinals who either attempted to remove Pope Benedict from Office, and/or helped to put Bergoglio/Francis where he is now, or by men who have been made cardinals since then and were approved by him. The legitimate authorities in Rome whom the bishops or lay faithful would normally petition for help appear to have fallen under control of those who are either faithless hirelings who are afraid of Bergoglio/Francis and/or wolves masquerading as shepherds.

I implore all the faithful, both clergy and laity, to look at the state of the Church and to consider, reflect and pray over each of the theories proposed above. The current crisis in the Church must be addressed, now because it is creating scandal and souls are being lost. In order to do this we must determine whether Bergoglio/ Francis’ papacy is valid, and if it is not, elect a new Pope.

“Act, and God will act.” St Joan of Arc

St Peter Damian (Feb 22)
Andrea Barbiani

Truly, this vice is never to be compared with any other vice because it surpasses the enormity of all vices.... It defiles everything, stains everything, pollutes everything. And as for itself, it permits nothing pure, nothing clean, nothing other than filth.

-“Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices”

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

PREPOSTEROUS, PERVERTED OTAGO VICE-CHANCELLOR

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Far too flattering

Preposterous. Perverted. Those are not the only words to describe ex-Finance Minister (feel free to insert your own pejorative) Grant Robertson's appointment as Vice Chancellor of Otago University. Some horrid, cynical conspiracy theorist theorised yesterday on Facebook that this sad man would monopolise the entire first segment of TvOne Spews last night. And the Marxist Mainstream Media proved the conspiracy theorist right. Again.

Otago alumni will be appalled. Taxpayers who will fund Robertson's Parliamentary pension and now his Vice-Chancellorship will be appalled. Kiwis who suffered, and still suffer, and will suffer from Robertson's Covid scam will be appalled. Universities are supposed to serve the truth, not lies and liars. This is a horrible blot on New Zealand's escutcheon.

But mostly it's Almighty God Who is offended - by Robertson's intrinsically disordered sexuality, by his 'husband' Alf, by his dalliance reported last year with cute boys in the Philippines which somehow completely escaped the attention of the Marxist Mainstream Media who know better than to bite the Labour hand that fed them.

Vice Chancellor Grant Robertson? He's not Qualified & Does not Deserve the Job. What an Awful Message to Send Kiwi Students: NZ is not a Meritocracy!

Big Media are reporting that their mate, former Finance Minister Grant Robertson "will retire from Parliament next month as he becomes the vice-chancellor of his alma mater Otago University".

What an outrage. Vice Chancellors are meant to be distinguished scholars. Meant to have a PhD. Meant to have had a lifetime of researching & teaching at the highest level. Our former Finance Minister has done none of those things.

It took me 15 years to train for my job at Auckland University. It is impossible for a guy like Robertson to have a clue about what it takes to publish an academic paper, teach a great course, or attract the interest of a major business or philanthropist in one's field, without having been through that 15-year learning process. Does Otago think it is an extension of the NZ Labour Party? That the academic ideal of a search for the truth doesn't matter? That education is so politicized it's best to have a politician running it?

Otago already became politicized when it got close to Labour via folks like Michael Baker supporting the Ardern-Hipkins-Robertson Covid elimination "strategy". Hang on. Robertson has said in a Press Conference he is qualified because he "had once been a student at Otago". It's a national embarrassment.

What is this game of former members of parliament getting jobs they are not qualified for? What kind of message does it send our young people studying hard at school and in tertiary institutions? It doesn't matter how much you study or how smart you are? Better to become a politician if you want the top job at a University paying $500,000? Research is a waste of time?

It's who you know, not what you know if you want status and to earn big bucks? If you know people in Wellington then people will employ you hoping you can use your networks there for them? We're no longer a meritocracy? The University of Otago Council should resign. The whole lot of them.

By the way, here is a small part of the CV of the Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University, the main competitor of places like Otago and Auckland in our region of the world:

Professor Duncan Maskell

Professor Maskell holds a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. He is a research specialist in infectious diseases. Professor Maskell’s career also includes the University of Oxford, Imperial College London and Wellcome Biotech. In addition to academic & university leadership roles, Professor Maskell has enjoyed an active entrepreneurial career, co-founding four biotech companies among his accomplishments, including Arrow Therapeutics, which sold to biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, and Discuva, which sold to Summit Therapeutics.

Why should your children go and study at Otago University any more - wouldn't they be better off going to Melbourne or Sydney where the Vice Chancellors actually have experience in research, teaching and academic leadership?

There are several questions you can ask about Grant Robertson bailing now.

1) Why not on the night, or shortly afterwards?

He seemed to give some indication post-election he would hang around for a while to see how things were travelling.

But the clue was there last year when he pretended that you couldn’t be a Finance Minister and an electorate MP at the same time, despite having been a Finance Minister and an electorate MP at the same time.

I've watched him this year at question time. He has fired a couple of probing inquiries to Nicola Willis but the gusto, the wit, the energy, and the joie de vivre is well and truly gone.

In fact, the air has gone out of the tyres of the whole party. They look flat, bored, bewildered and with eight press releases so far and a poll that has Chris Hipkins dropping 10% in preferred Prime Minister.

Some of which is to be expected. They got hammered, they got rejected, and they got a message over an approach to life I suspect came as a genuine shock to some of the more idealistic of them.

2) Who wrecked the economy the most? Muldoon or Robertson?

As much as National are playing to the crowd over what they have been left with, it's actually real. In some cases, it's dangerous.

This country is in a number of fiscal areas in a shocking state and that is on the former Finance Minister.

His co-conspirator, Ms Ardern, you will note is long gone, never to be questioned again. So, in that respect I suppose you could say he deserves an element of credit for hanging around the place to watch the outworkings of the vote.

But politicians are measured in legacy and records.

The ultimate aim is to leave the place better off than when you found it. The reality for Grant Robertson is so far from that it is tragic.

He will defend at least some of it because some of it is ideological. But whether it's pipes, trains, ferries or debt welfare the numbers don’t lie and the numbers are desperate.

He softened it with his wit, humour, and personality. As I have said many times, I always liked him, and I enjoyed talking to him.

But let the record show the Grant Robertson era was as ruinous as any you will ever see.

Our Worst Finance Minister Ever Grant Robertson (the one who created the cost-of-living crisis) wrote on his Facebook Page that "Chippy (Labour Leader Chris Hipkins) is my mate first and foremost. I worked out the other day I have known him for nearly 25 years. I was best man at his wedding".

"Worked out"??? How long did it take him? Well, it involved digits ... Small wonder that Robertson was our worst finance minister ever.

And what do mates do for one another? Here's what: the government appoints four members to Otago University's Council, which in turn chooses the Vice Chancellor. On 23 December 2021, then Labour Education Minister Chris "Chippy" Hipkins appointed former Labour Party Cabinet Minister, Clare Curran, to the University of Otago Council. Yesterday, on 20 February 2024, it was announced Chippy's mate, Grant Robertson, had been chosen by that same Council to be the next Vice Chancellor (VC), on a salary of $629,000 - Otago's first ever non-academic VC in its 155 year history.

Few Vice Chancellors in the world come from non-academic backgrounds - NZ has selected several in the past, including the VC of Waikato, former UK Labour Party politician, Bryan Gould, who once ran for the Leadership of that party (he was brought up in NZ), and Steve Maharey, a former Labour Party Minister who was VC of Massey. Seems they're all part of the Labour Party Extended Families Association which gets "mates rates" - which in Labour's case means higher, not lower, rates paid by you, the tax-payer, to fund their own.

Politics is about the pursuit of power; business the pursuit of money; universities the pursuit of truth. It's a shame Otago University, with its proud history, has rejected the truth in favor of power and money.

There should be a judicial enquiry into this scandalous use of public funds to support a retiring politician who doesn't have the energy to go on in politics (in his own words, "doesn't have much left"), but is taking a job that requires far more energy than being an Opposition MP, at least to do it properly. Let's wish him a happy semi-retirement (as Vice Chancellor).https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/keeping-our-education-system-and-universities-in-the-labour-party-family?fbclid=IwAR376Z0ECvMVsh0_dgk5E2dX79cQiOhuNK-n-cwnvABsYbXHdaYUQA73h28

Marc Spring uncovered the story below in June 2023. He concluded by hoping Grant Robertson MP would not be offered a knighthood. That was before Robertson did the deals with Otago. But even if he'd had some foreknowledge, would it ever have occurred to Spring that such an ignoramus as Robertson could be granted a Vice-Chancellorship?

The Official Information Request (OIA) Does Not Lie
For the record, Yung & Hung is NOT an accountancy firm in the Philippines. We have checked.

Attached to this story is 3 pieces of information.

1, The OIA reply from Grant Robertsons office.

So just what is “Cute boys of the Philippines?”

Well that is simple, its an Instagram account with risqué pics of what appears to be young boys. Now before you go silly, the age of those kids in the images has not been verified, but to an average person they appear to be rather young.

Clearly it raises some questions about what the Finance Minister of NZ, Grant Robertson, is viewing in his spare time, or even more concerning, while conducting business on behalf of the NZ taxpayers.

The MSM in NZ have chosen to ignore this story, but yet they with glee report on other similar stories. So surely if our main stream media was reporting in a fair, and balanced manner, then this story should have been news.

But, as we know since this current Labour government pumped plenty of tax payers cash into the failing NZ media entities to spread the Covid message, payers cash into the failing NZ media entities to spread the Covid message, they seem to have also purchased some silence, and bought favour. The response letter from Grant Robertson is interesting, and concerning – Robertson says the Instagram account is not held in his ‘Ministerial’ capacity, so therefore its not subject to the Official Information Act 1982. So what we know is that is his personal account. WOW.

Yet, when you check out the Instagram account ‘bio’ of grantrobertsonmp you can that its authorised by Rob Salmond, 187 Featherston Street, WGTN, with a further address of 220 Wilis Street, Wellington, New Zealand.

So why is Rob Salmond authorising a private account?

A quick check of Grant Robertson’s instagram account shows he deleted the ‘cute boys of Philippines’ page.

What we know is that Robertson has since deleted following that particular page, but that does (not) excuse the fact he was looking, nor has he given a plausible answer as to why he was.

This site thought that the reply would be to blame a staffer who has access to his Instagram, but that has not happened either.

Perhaps thats why Robertson is not standing in an electorate, he’s happy to be way down the list.

Let’s hope Grant Robertson MP is not offered a Knighthood. https://marcspring.com/index.php/2023/06/07/grant-robertson-and-his-instagram/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhf-cQuGz7E

"We beseech Thee, O Lord, enlighten our minds with the light of Thy glory, that we may recognise our duties and have the strength to do what is right."
-Collect, Ember Wednesday