Author: Odon De Castro

 1. The principle.
     St. Paul wrote; ‘everything that is not of faith is sin. ‘ When a person does not have the theological virtue of Faith, he just goes from bad to worse every second. It is difficult to imagine to how much evil he can descend in a week, or worse in a month. 
     The world does not have Faith due to their ignorance of the true religion. Any other false religions will just make their state all the worse. The Catholic Church which is meant by God to give the example of Faith is, also, without Faith. So everyone is going down, down and down with absolutely no one to cling to. 
     In such a situation, it is useless to try saving souls from other religion; though we can celebrate useless rituals with them for the newspapers. It is even useless saving the souls of other Catholics; because the probability is great that we ourselves would not know how to save our own souls. The wise things to do is to concentrate on our own selves; and with this we might not even have enough time to do so. 
     This, being the present situation in the whole world, we are aghast to see the entire world busy in doing a thousand things that have nothing to do with their salvation. Of course, most religion do not have a convincing program of salvation. The Catholic Church has a very convincing program of salvation. Gilbert Chesterton wrote that the Catholic Church’s program of repentance is what convinced him that that is the only program that can really forgive past sins. So he became a Catholic. 
     But we saw in the Bishop’s Synod of 2012 that the entire Synod did not know what repentance was. So how can Catholics have their past sins forgiven and become Catholic when they do not know how to repent.

2. The Catholic religions, being the truth,  is the basis by which all things are judged. This had been proved beyond doubt. Anyone who says otherwise has to prove his stand. The Catholic Church had proved using Philosophy, Metaphysics and other sciences that she alone is the truth beyond any doubt. The proof is even more convincing when one goes to the supernatural level, wherein the proof is very certain. So in matters on Divine truths we must use Catholic doctrines as the basis for checking. Of course, we do not have to do that when we are just checking the taste of certain food. 
     This brings us back to the statement of Archbishop Ganswain in the previous post. He mentioned that Pope Benedict is still the Pope side by side with Pope Francis; the former being a contemplative Pope while the latter is an active Pope. This greatly disturbed Pope Francis so he made such belligerent statements ‘I am Pope,’ and ‘I am Roman.’ These statements were reactions to the hints by commentators to Ganswain’s speech that Pope Francis was not a Pope and that his name was not in the list of St. Malachy.

3. Let us return briefly to St. Malachy’s prophecies.
    The Papacy of Pope Benedict was described by Malachy as ‘Gloria Olivae,’ i.e. the Glory of the Olives. And as before Malachy’s prophecy was right. Ratzinger knew that the ‘Olives’ were the symbol of peace. And peace is the emblem that fills up Benedictine monasteries. It was all over the Abbey where I was a monk. Now, whether Ratzinger knew that and deliberately took the name Benedict or he did not know that and took the name Benedict thus conforming to the prophecy, we do not know. But the prophecy was fulfilled. 
     Let us, now, go to the next Pope in Malachy’s list, ‘Peter Romanus.’ St. Malachy wrote; ‘In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, whop will feed the sheep in many tribulation; and when thee things are finished, the City of the seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful Judge will judge His people. The end. ‘
     First, note that ‘Peter Romanus’ is not numbered in the list. ‘Gloria Olivae’ was the last in the list. So Pope Benedict is supposed to be the last Pope in the list and ‘Peter Romanus’ is not in the list because as mentioned by St. Grignon, he will be appointed by Christ, Himself, and not elected by a Conclave. 
     Then, St. Malachy described the Papacy of ‘Peter Romanus’ as the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church. There was no evident persecution during Benedict’s time. But we find the truly Catholic groups greatly persecuted by the government of nations but most specially by Pope Francis. 
     St. Malachy continues; ‘who will feed the sheep in many tribulations.’ Pope Benedict was the last Pope who greatly feed the Faithful with great banquets of Catholic truths. While Pope Francis had taught nothing spiritual; only sex education,  global warming, communism, love for the world and that Christ is not in the Sacred Host. So the Church is being fed in this time of tribulation by the past teachings of Pope Benedict. And then what?
     ‘The City of Seven Hills will be destroyed;’ including Sant ‘Anselmo, that beautiful Benedictine Abbey that had become the breeding place of liturgical abuses and the chair of aberosexuality. 
The Blessed Virgin had been announcing the destruction of the Vatican. How come nobody every noticed it? Because it was unimaginable during the reign of previous Popes. But now the Vatican deserves its impending fate before more of the faithful are destroyed. And then what?
     St. Malachy wrote ‘The End.’ The end of what? It does not matter right now. What is important is that we are ready for it whatever it is. How do we prepare for it. By making sure we are Catholics. 

4. Ganswain was leading to using the signs of Catholicity. 
    The most important topic today is the four visible signs of the true Church. How can we recognise the true Church of Christ with so many pretenders to the title, aside from the countless pagan religions insisting that theirs is the true religion. 
     With the demise of Philosophy and Metaphysics it has become impossible for any one to prove in the natural level that their religion is the true religion. Through philosophy and metaphysics no pagan religions can prove that theirs is a true religion; neither can any Protestant do so either. In fact, Philosophy will prove that their religion cannot be a true religion at all. Philosophy and Metaphysics is there for all to use to analyse their religions. But nobody is using it because nobody knows it except for a few. 
     But even those few Philosophers cannot necessarily be good Catholics because the Catholic Church is in the supernatural level. One has to be in the supernatural level to know anything Catholic. 
     But I have just discovered lately, because I recite the Nicene Creed in the Mass,  that most Catholics recite the Apostles Creed at Mass. The Nicene Creed has the four visible signs of the true Church; One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. While the Apostles Creed have the abbreviated; ‘I believe in the Holy Catholic Church.’ It does not enumerate the four visible signs. So most Catholics, from cardinals, bishops, priests and laymen are not reminded what are the four visible signs of the true Church. And that is the state of the Church; that most Catholics cannot prove that they are Catholics because, the four visible signs being the only proof of true Catholicity, they do not have those signs. 
     The teaching duty of parish priests and Diocesan bishops is to teach and help develop these four signs in their parishes and dioceses. Not conscious of these signs they failed to do this duty so we have a state of the Church in that most parishes and dioceses do not have the four visible signs of true Catholicity. 
     If Archbishop Ganswain used these four visible signs as found in the Nicene Creed or it’s expanded version in the 15 Marks of the Church according to St. Bellarmine, he can show clearly that Pope Benedict is Catholic while Pope Francis is not. Pope Francis does not even have the easiest first sign of Catholicity mentioned by St. Bellarmine, a Jesuit like him, when Francis said; ‘there is no Catholic God.’ There you have it. There is no need to go further. He does not have the easiest and first sign of being Catholic, he will certainly not have the more difficult and other signs.
     Why is that issue important? If Pope Francis is not Catholic, everybody who listens to him, who attends his audiences, who reads his writings, or who obeys him, sins. Because they are intentionally entering into an occasion of sin. What he says is not mere indifferent matters but teachings against the teachings of Christ; that would be sins against Faith. One who sins against Faith has no Faith and will be condemned like all those who do not believe. 
     When someone sees his Pope, cardinals, bishops, priests and thousands of souls going to hell, as described by the Blessed Virgin Mary, what is the charitable thing to do? St. Paul says; ‘correct them that they may know their fault and repent for it.’ They will never repent unless they know that what they are doing is wrong. 
     Correcting a humble person is no problem. He will be grateful to you for all eternity. The problem is with the proud. They will resent correction. Often they will not mind corrections believing they know better than you. Their attitude is ‘believe what you want and I will believe what I want;’ as Pope Francis said in other words. That is the reason Archbishop Ganswain is very careful in what he says. Following the Rule of St. Benedict which Pope Emeritus has mastered, he knows that the vessel must not  be cleansed with much zeal less it be cracked. It must done very mildly. It is this mildness that had made commentators impatient. They want to know what is next and he had not said so. 
     But there is something like reading between the lines. Most of what Ganswain want to say and have not said yet are all in between the lines. Whatever they are, they will always be according to Scriptures, the writings of the Fathers and the writings of his mentor, Pope Benedict.
     If Pope Benedict is Peter Romanus, which is the greater possibility just by definition of terms, then, as many commentators had written, we have just run out of time……preparing for the salvation of our souls. 
     What??? Does it mean that the Catholic Church does not have any provision for such eventuality as ‘running out of time? Well, the Church has. It is called the monasticism of John Climacus. Not the monasticism of St. Benedict which is a gradual journey towards holiness. John Climacus is a monastic journey towards holiness when things in the world had become worse; ……when you have just ‘run out of time.’ 


      

 1. Archbishop Georg Ganswain.
     The short speech of Archbishop’s Ganswain had caused ripples all around the world. But  as of today the commentaries had suddenly stopped due to the difficulty in understanding what he said. But one headline read that Pope Francis was worried about what was said; that there were two Popes, one contemplative and the other an active one. Pope Francis has reason to worry because the Catholic Church cannot have two Popes. And if what Ganswain said was with the permission of Pope Benedict, then we only have one Pope and that is Pope Benedict.
     If Pope Francis knows his theology, which does not seem to be the case, then he should suspect that Pope Benedict is the Pope and that he is an anti-pope. To save his reputation, he should immediately send Pope Benedict to Cologne so he does not have to have a pain in the neck in the Vatican. As long as Pope Benedict stays in the Vatican, everybody will always compare the two and everyday the difference is becoming wider and wider. One is the epitome of orthodoxy while the other one is an  out right  heretic.  

 2. Malachy’s last Pope.
     Let us concentrate in only one point of contention; that is Archbishop Gawain’s mentioning St. Malachi’s list of Popes. It is evident that Pope Benedict believes in the list of Popes mentioned by St. Malachy, Bishop of Armagh. St. Malachy is a great saint who was highly praised by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is not wise to easily set aside the writings of Malachy because he is a saint. 
     Pope Benedict, in fact, based his choice of Papal name from the list of St. Malachy. Seeing that he is the second to the last Pope in the list, he chose Benedict. The Benedictines have the Olive branch all over their monasteries. Besides, St. Pope Gregory the Great prophesied that sometime during this time that is approaching the end of the list of Popes, a group of Benedictines will prepare the world to be a light in the present era of darkness. Thus he took the name ‘Gloria Olivae.’

     Basing the present situation  on St. Malachy’s prophesy, Pope Benedict would be ‘Gloria Olivae,’ which aptly described him. And Pope Francis would be ‘Peter Romanus’ which does not describe him. Archbishop Ganswain is hinting at this discrepancy. That there is something wrong; which he is not resolving and which he wants us readers to resolve by ourselves. 
     Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger is said to have consultations at least once a week. While Ratzinger had dwelt much in Benedictine monasticism and is acquainted with monks like St. Malachy, Pope John Paul seems to be acquainted with St. Grignion of Montfort author of ‘True devotion to Mary.’ In fact, Pope John Paul had made the total heroic consecration of his soul to the Blessed Virgin Mary according to Grignon’s formula.  
     John Paul II and the future Benedict XVI, knowing that they are the third and second to the last Popes in the list of St. Malachy, they must have discussed the topic. And the topic of the third, second to the last and the last Pope in the list must have come up. Pope John Paul II must have mentioned to Ratzinger that the last Pope is not going to be elected by a Conclave according to St. Grignon de Montfort.  That as at the beginning of Christianity, the last Pope will be appointed by Jesus Christ.
     That removes Pope Francis from the picture.  Because he is not appointed. He was elected. This alone settles and clarifies the confusion people have with regard to Ganswain’s statements. 
     We have two Popes. As of now, one was elected and the other is, also, elected. But the Pope today described as ‘Peter Romans’ is supposed to be appointed by Christ and not elected by a Conclave. So Pope Francis does not qualify to be ‘Peter Romanus’, though so many books and writings are insisting on it.  Besides, he would not fall under the description ‘Peter’ because he is disregarding completely all the promises he made immediately after his election, a vow that he recites before his papal name is announce to the public. His actuation are completely the opposite of St. Peter, the first Pope. He might be ‘Romanus’ because he is really Italian or Roman. But he has absolutely no resemblance with the ‘Peter’ the first Pope as described in the Gospel.

     Then Ganswain explains why Pope Benedict is still in the Vatican. Normally Pope Benedict should be returning to Cologne or Bavaria. Pope Francis would prefer to send him to Cologne because Benedict’s presence in the Vatican is too close for comfort. The two  are like black and white. But as Gawain was hinting; Pope Benedict is definitely ‘Peter’ and no one can doubt that. But if he went to Cologne, than the prophesy of Malachy should state ‘Peter Cologne’ which will further confuse people. So,  he had intentionally, stayed in Rome so that everybody can clearly see who is ‘Peter Romanus.’ He is the clone of St. Peter and he stays in Rome, in the Vatican. With that everything is clear.

     Some writers had expressed the opinion that St. Malachy’s list of Popes is just a medieval made list. Well, what if they are wrong. What if it is authentic. Christian humility is when you are very certain of what you are saying, you still believe the possibility that you can still make a mistake. This degree of humility Pope Francis does not have. He is so sure that adulterers, atheist and gays can go to heaven; when God, Himself, have said they were going to hell. 
     Having clarified Ganswain’s comment of St. Malachy, let us see other facts that confirms his belief in St. Malachy.   

3. Ganswain should have stated things clearer. Was his seemingly unintelligible statement intentional?  Yes. Ganswain knew that people without Faith would not understand anything anyway. But people with Faith would get it right away; that we have a Pope and an anti-pope. So what is new about that? Nothing. As we mentioned  before, the Catholic Church have had more than 40 anti-popes, so what else is new?
     
4. Ganswain was saying something deeper. It is based on the rich writings of the Church. Both the Old and New Testament had warned us on what the devil will do to destroy the Church; bad cardinals and bad bishops coming from bad seminarians and bad priests.  Well, it is so easy for one of those bad bishops and bad cardinal to be elected Pope. We have seen the state of seminaries and Cardinal Ratzinger, in his book ‘Ratzinger Report’ had already warned us of bad priests. It takes one Conclave to elect one of them. And we have seen how the progressives, described as the St Gallen Mafia, even from the beginning of Vatican II, had begun trying to sabotage the Church. How they failed in the five following Conclave but succeeded in the sixth. That is written in history. 

     The true Church had been warned by the prophets in the Old Testament, warned on Good Friday, warned in St. Pauls letter to the Thessalonians,  and warned in the Apocalypse of a bishop who would try to kill the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ. Judas pre-figured such a man. And we have seen several such persons in the history of the Church. But Divine Revelation tells us to expect him when we are running out of Popes. 
     Noticed already that as early as the 17th century, this man was awaited. At first no priests, bishop or cardinal is under suspicion. 
    The Marian Popes, from  Pope Pius X to Benedict XVI, were beyond suspicion. Most writers did not include Pope Francis among the Marian Popes because their books were written before Pope Francis. 
     Then St. Bridget’s ‘Scivias’ came to our notice because Pope Benedict raised her up as Doctor of the Church. A 12th century Benedictine nun raised up at this time. Why so long? Because she warned as of an anti-pope at this time. Benson in his nobel warned us, too. Then books on  prophecies, on the anti-christ and on the anti-popes begun appearing. Maybe, God’s way of focusing man’s attention  to up coming events. 
     
5. Then comes Mario Bergoglio. 
     The scenario was just right. We have cardinals, bishops and priest who are going to hell and dragging many souls with them……according to the Mother of God. The rest of the laymen are totally ignorant of Catholic truths and, therefore, in complete denial of reality, the punishment for infidelity. All states, prefigured by Pontius Pilate and the Roman empire, are out to destroy the Catholic Church. The few who know the truth had been silenced. All religions being from Satan, as St. Paul wrote, are doing Satan’s job. 
     In short, as mentioned in a previous post, the whole world is spiritually possessed by Satan. Signs?  Everybody is killing everybody, everybody is lying to everybody, everybody is preventing the few who are saving their souls from being saved and everybody is going to hell without knowing it. 
     With most people spiritually possessed by the devil, as on Good Friday, the possibility is very great that one of the possessed, like Judas, could be raised to the Papacy; specially when there is a known conspiracy to do so. And there is, since the beginning of Vatican II. That is history. 
     Those who want to be saved, what should they do? Don’t expect anyone to help you. There is no one left. You will have to help yourself. This post has become too long. Let us discuss it in another post. 
    

 1.  The spiritual possession of Judas Iscariot. 
      In the past post we have seen the two kinds of satanic possessions; first, the physical possession and secondly, the spiritual possession. The physical possession is the one we commonly see in the movies; and You Tube has a lot to entertain us. Though these are for adults only. The spiritual possession is impossible to film because it is spiritual. 
     Such was the case of Judas Iscariot. He was spiritually possessed by Satan. And note that neither the apostles nor Christ exorcized him; because it was a problem of the free will. And nobody can touch that will. 
     We saw, also, that the problem these days is that most people, specially bishops and priests are spiritually possessed by the devil. How did that happen?  Because they have the same disposition that Judas had when he was possessed. 
     If you will recall, news had it that even the newly canonised St. Teresa of Calcutta asked a priest to exorcise her later in her age. How can a saint ask for such a thing? Because it is so hard to know if there is a spiritual possession since everything  looks normal. In fact, a spiritually possessed person is most charming and a good candidate for the Nobel prize. And Mother Teresa thought she was possessed. If Mother Teresa with her good work filled schedule suspected she was possessed, how much more Pope Francis who honoured Martin Luther in Sweden. 

  2. Steps in the spiritual possession of Judas.
      The Gospel tells us that Satan entered Judas without asking permission from Jesus, the apostles nor from Judas, himself. That is how freely Satan entered into Judas. If he can do it to Judas so freely, he can enter into any of us without our permission and even without us knowing it. Judas did not know Satan entered into him. Thus most people are possessed today and nobody knows it. 
     But if we study how Judas was spiritually possessed, we can easily discover if we, too, are, possessed.  Let us see step by step on how Judas was possessed. 
     a.)  Judas was possessed because he was covetous. Covetousness is defined as inordinate love for money over and above one’s need. A covetous person loves himself; and this love he has for himself is due to pride. 
          In effect, a covetous person, because he loves himself due to his pride would like to give himself everything that he wants; both indifferent and sinful things.  The things he wants are worldly things because his pride prevents him from knowing and desiring  any spiritual realities. 
           Spiritually, the covetous does not have Faith, Hope and Charity. Thus Judas did not believe that Christ was the Messiah. 

            A covetous person, because he wants to please himself with so many worldly things both sinful and morally indifferent things, will need plenty of money. This is aggravated by his love for prestige that goes hand in hand with covetousness, thus making him desire even more and more money to entertain his flatterers. 
             Because he wants so many things that cost money, because he wants to be praised by friends that will cost money, he works so hard to increase his money thus ending up becoming a  ‘lover of money,’ which St. Paul described as ‘the root of all evil.’ 
               Judas was not only guilty of covetousness, he was guilty of all evils because he had become a lover of money. Keep in mind all the vices he had accumulated  even before he became a lover of money.  Covetousness is just the crown of all his vices beginning with ‘love of self.’
     b.)  A covetous person will kill.  
      He loves himself in an inordinate way; so he really does not love himself. He really hates himself. And by hating himself, he hates everybody else. So covetous person can easily kill his neighbour. Judas did not hesitate to have Christ killed. Cain did not have second thoughts in killing his brother Abel.  
      A person spiritually possessed by Satan is covetous and is a killer. 
      c.) He exerts efforts to plan his killing by having accomplices. People in high positions must be used to ascertain accomplishment of the foul deed.  Judas goes to the Sanhedrin who will judge and condemn Christ, Eventually they will go to the Romans to execute the killing of Christ. These are people who hold important position  both in the church and in the state. 
      d.)  Being equally covetous, all these people have a price; they can be bought. Pontius Pilate’s price was that he kept his position. The Sanhedrin will keep their position as religious leaders. Judas was going to receive 30 pieces of silver. The Jewish people will get rid of a pest and the soldiers guarding the tomb will get a bribe to keep their mouth shut.

3. The ‘killing’ is the crown of the ‘root of all evil.’
     Judas’ covetousness will end with the crucifixion of Christ. That is the final end of covetousness. It will end in abortion, in euthanasia, in suicide, in terrorism, in murder, in human sacrifices. The author of these killings is Satan with the full cooperation of the killer. 
     The killing of another person is the fruit of the vice of covetousness. Because it is the root of all evil, from the little seed of abortion, the root grows into murder, to terrorism and eventually to Judas’ sin Deicide, the killing of a God. 
     All the killings today are signs that the people who do these hideous deeds are spiritually possessed by Satan, just like Judas. As such they are, not only, children of Satan. They are children of perdition. 

4. Church and State.
    Man has a body and a soul. The body is what makes him akin to animals. While his soul is what makes him like an angel. The body is physical; the soul is spiritual. The body is inferior the soul is superior. As such the soul should rule the body. Naturally. 
    The state is like the body since it deals only with the physical needs of people. The Church is the soul that deals with the spiritual needs of the people. The Church must guide the State to benefit the people. Thus the wisdom of union of Church and State. A separation of Church and State makes the State behave like a beast. Look at most of the governments that function separately from the true Church. It is useless for a government to be in union with a false church. 
     Separation of Church and State has its advantages; but only for the true Church. Union of Church and State spoils and corrupts the Church. This is what happened at the time of Emperor Constantine. The good emperor did more harm to the Church than the previous persecutors of Christianity. Not his fault. It was the fault of the bishops and priests who used their new freedom and privileges to enjoy the world. 
     Today, there is a separation of Church and State. But when doing something evil, there is usually a union of Church and State. This is what happened on Good Friday. The Jewish religion and the Romans were united in killing Christ. When this happen, both Church and State are spiritually possessed by Satan; the Church being first possessed and then followed by the state. 
     St. John Chrysostom wrote that you can know the spiritual  state of the Church by knowing the political state of a nation. If the Church is holy,  the State will be in a good state. That is  how it was in Europe. The Church was holy at its beginning and it evangelised pagan Europe. The Church was first holy; then it made Europe holy. On the other hand, when the church is unholy, the state deteriorate politically and socially. If the USA is deteriorating into the worse form of communism, as Putin himself noticed, it is because the Catholic Church in the US had first deteriorated into total infidelity, prophesied by Blessed John Newman. Just look at the newly appointed bishops like Cupich.  Is the US church  going into auto-demolition?  Or  somebody else on the top is doing it. 

5. Let us now look for an example of a nation that is spiritually possessed.
    Let take the latest documentaries on the Kennedy Assasination. After the Warren Commission, many documents were made available to researchers and, indeed, many questions left unanswered by the Warren Commission were answered. It turned out that the Commission was a part of the web of covetousness. Unless these new facts are refuted, the findings of the latest investigations sound credible. 
     a.) America is not ruled by political parties. They are ruled by a  rich elite that, also, rules the whole world.  Their wealth shows them a thousand times more covetous than Judas. And they are out to make themselves wealthier at any price. Earning money at any price makes them possessed by thousands of Satans.
          To increase their already vast wealth, they start wars because they produce the materiale used in war. They promote abortion to decrease the population and increase their profits. They dislodge governments to confiscate their resources. They have heads of states assassinated for financial gains. They even assassinate their own presidents to maintain their earnings.  We see that nation as one who have the most covetous people in the whole world. Being a very great lover of money, they are the most evil people in the world. 
     b.) They are willing to kill. They will kill babies; they will kill old people, they will kill heads of foreign nations, they will finance terrorists, they will interfere in other sovereign nations, they will organise and finance rebel forces and they will kill their own family and their own president. They can kill a God if they can get  hold of one. They are the main killers in the world. 
     c. ) They will call on accomplices to reduce their guilt and ascertain success of their evil deed. They can call on the Mafia, the CIA, some corrupt police. This is based on the principle that those who go to hell always pull others with them to hell. 
     d.) Being covetous they can easily be bought; they have their price and they know they can get their  price; from the CIA, to the Army chief of Staff,  from the FBI to the oil tycoons, to the policemen, the doctors and the gunmen……they act under one command……Lucifer. 
      
        The assassination of President John Kennedy, alone, is certain proof that the entire US bureaucracy, prescinding from the fact that a handful could be honest men and women….. are spiritually possessed by Satan just like Judas. They could not have been able to do what happened in Dallas if their planning was not made in hell……but permitted by God as punishment to this people. 
     If they did it before to their own president, they can do it now to anybody; and, in fact, they are doing it to most of the presidents around the world.  Due to their immense wealth, power and influence they believe they can get away with murder. In fact, they got away with the assassination of their own President.       

     With these covetous financiers and their trillions of dollars, down to every men who can be bought, we have a civilisation made of ‘lovers of money.’ They are  the root of all evils in this world. The financiers of Hollywood alone has done more evil in the world than all the nations put together. Run by covetous financiers, Hollywood had become the root of all evils. 

     Now, how did it happen that this nation has become possessed and is now completely run by Satan? Because many of its cardinals, bishops and priests are, also, possessed spiritually by Satan. Let us see if they have the four signs of Judas. Or better still, let us see if the  Vatican has the four signs of Judas; because if the Vatican has them, the US church would, also, have them. 

6. Now, let us see if the Vatican is spiritually possessed by Satan.
     Pope Paul VI said Satan has entered the Church. I do not have to say it.  The Blessed Virgin, also, said it in her many apparitions. Let us see if it is a mere physical possession or the more serious spiritual possession. 
     If Judas was spiritually possessed while he was in the midst of the other apostles and while he was in front of Jesus Christ, Himself, what would prevent Pope Francis from being possessed if he is just with Cardinal Maradiaga and Cardinal Marx; and in front of Fr. Spadaro. Maybe, it would be all the easier for Satan to enter the Pope. 
     Let us go to the first step; the covetousness of Judas. Covetousness if the desire for money so you can  do what you want. Pope Francis reorganised the Vatican Bank by removing the good bankers assigned by Pope Benedict and appointing homos and child molesters so he can use the money the way he wants. Though he speaks insincerely about poverty, he entertains big donors who control him to make statements dear to the donors; like Soros and his Open society foundation that funds national upheavals. He shamelessly accepts personally the checks like his latest meeting with tops rich financiers of social reconstruction fomenting abortion. 
     Secondly, instead of killing the body, Pope Francis is aiming at  the soul with heresies. Like, be involved in the world; which goes against Christ’s teaching that friendship with the world is enmity with Christ. 
     Thirdly, Pope Francis has filled the Curia with heretics; from the expert in kissing to the catechism on sex. Every corner of the Church is occupied with possessed people. 
     Fourthly, they are able to get away with spiritual murder. Commissars can get away with the suppressions of orders, matrimonial courts can get away with adulteries, and the Pope, himself, can fire good bishops without due process and get away with it. Just recently a bishop just closed down an association of exorcists. Well, what did you expect? 
     Our Lady said that priests, bishops and cardinals are going to hell and pulling many souls with them. Why are they doing something like that? 
     Look at most nations like the US, France and Germany; and then look at the Vatican, what can you say? Well, like father  like son. 

     

    
     




    

 1. Mary told us to repent from the beginning.
     And we have not done it up to the present. Her last message was exasperation for we have not repented and that, now, God had decided to punish us. First, how come with all the priests and bishops to teach us we have not repented. And secondly, what punishment has God in store for us?

2. Christ, from the beginning, told us to repent.
    Because nobody goes to heaven without having repented. With sins in our souls we go to hell. Thus the importance of repentance. Strictly speaking, repentance is just the preparation for Faith. It is the virtue of Faith that forgives our sins. 
     As far as I can remember, since the apparition in LaSallete, Mary had exhorted mankind to repent. Like a nagging mother, she had repeated that message down to Rosa Mistica, Fatima, Akita and Kibeho. Nothing. No one is visibly repenting. Why? Because the priests and bishops who are supposed to teach us did not teach us. Because they, themselves do not know how to do it. 
     So priests and bishops, themselves, have not repented for their sins. And we all, unable to learn  from them, have not repented for our own sins. We have all our past sins in our souls and we do not know how to take them away. 
     Proof of this state of affairs;  Pope Benedict instructed Bishop Eterovic, Croatian Secretary General of the Bishop’s Synod of 2013, to prioritise ‘repentance’ during that Synod. The bishop intentionally omitted the topic erroneously thinking that it was a topic every bishop knew  and that there was no need to discuss the topic. The Synod did not discuss ‘repentance,’ to the dismay of Pope Benedict and the ITC. 
     The bishops thought they knew the topic; in truth, they were totally ignorant of it. The word ‘repentance’ was never repeated again in all the following Bishop’s Synod. 

     Church history relates that both priests and bishops were already ignorant of the ‘life of repentance’ since the 18th century. This was already a big problem in that it was not even taught in seminaries. It was never taught in homilies. Yet, its importance, as Pope Benedict was insisting, is shown in the Gospel of the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Anybody having heard Mass for 10 years should have heard it 10 times. Let’s hear it, at least, for the last time.

3. The three parables.
     The Mass for the 24th Sunday has three parables. The first parable is about the shepherd who left the 99 sheep to look for the lost sheep. Upon finding it he carries it on his shoulder, returned to the fold and rejoiced. 
     The second parable is about the woman with 10 coins. She lost one. She diligently looked for it and upon finding it called his neighbours and rejoiced in finding the lost coin. 

     The question is; why did the shepherd leave the 99 and look for the lost sheep? And why did the woman look for the lost coin. Because the shepherd knew that the lost sheep wanted to come back home. The lost sheep is repentant while the 99 did not need repentance. And the woman knew the value of the coin, the soul, that has to be taught to repent. 
     Where does the third parable, the longer parable of the prodigal son, fit in? The shepherd looked for the lost sheep because that sheep was repentant like the prodigal son. And the woman valued the soul of the lost coin thus the need to teach it repentance.
     We do not believe that the shepherd will leave the 99 to look for an unrepentant goat. And neither can we believe that the Church, the woman, will look for a lost soul except to teach that soul how to repent, which is evangelisation.  Repentance of the lost soul, which is the third parable, is the common denominator of the first two parables. 

4. Elements of repentance. 
    What are the elements of repentance and how come priests and bishops do not know how to repent. 
     First, what is sin? Sin is described in the action of the younger son. He demanded his part of the inheritance, left for a far country and spent his inheritance in dissolute living and loose women. 
     The young son did not have a right to his inheritance. The father owns all things as long as he is alive. But the father gave the son freedom so he gave him his inheritance. St.Thomas wrote that this inheritance is the use of reason and free will. Both are gifts of the Father to be used according to God’s Will. The son, then, went to a far place. Any place outside the Church is a very far place. And when one leaves the Church, he will surely end up in loose living; doing one’s own will and basically enjoying life with loose women. 
     So what is sin? Using God’s gift of intellect and free will according to one’s own wishes instead of according to the Will of the giver. 

5. First step in repentance; ‘he came unto his senses.’
    His senses perceived facts; that he was poor, he was feeding pigs and he was eating the husk meant for the pigs. With his imagination he recalled other facts; that in his father’s house the servants are well-fed. Then, with his intellect that he formerly misused, he begun to think properly. Hey, what a fool I am. I am eating husks with pigs when I could be eating well in my Father’s house. 
     Having used his intellect properly, the intellect informs the free will; hey, choose your father’s house.  With intellect and free will in agreement, he decided to act. This act is in the philosophical level. 

6. Second step ; ‘ I will break away, so he stood up and set off for his father’s house.’ To break away and stand up is to leave past sins. To set off for the father’s house is to pray for the grace to return to God; which no one can do without grace. This is in the supernatural level that will prepare us for the next step.

7. Third step; ‘I will say, I have sinned against God and against you.’ All sins are, first, against God and, secondly, against one’s neighbour. We must be sorry to both and give restitution to both. 

8. Fourth step; ‘I no longer deserve to be called your son. Treat me like one of your hired hands.’ To make restitution to God we must, first, give up all our privileges as children of God.  And secondly, we must serve God like servants.
     How do we behave like servants? A good servant knows all his masters wishes and does them. A bad servant is one who does not know the wishes of his master and goes about doing what he wants. Repentance is the former not the latter. 
     To be a hired hand of God means to know all His wishes and to do all His wishes. Where can you find His wishes? From Scriptures as interpreted by the Fathers of the Church. To be exactly like the Blessed Virgin Mary who said; ‘may it be done to me according to Your Will.’ And like Christ who said; ‘I came not to do My Will, but to do the Will of My Father in heaven. 

9. When repentance is over.
     When we have lived our life of repentance then God, like the Father, will order His angel to give us a new robe, a ring and have the fatted calf slaughtered for the festivities in heaven. But only after the life of repentance. Not before. 

10. Proof most bishops and priests do not know how to repent. 
      The first proof priests and bishops do not know how to repent is that God had, already, decreed that the great chastisement is about to come. God does not chastise the soul that has repented. The soul may still have suffering for his perfection; but he will not be chastised because of unforgiven sins. 

11. First defect of most Catholics led by their bishops and priests. They do not know that, at present, they are eating and living in a spiritual pig stye; and they do not know how happy the people in the Fathers house are. While you, only, need philosophy to know that you are in a pig pen, you need Faith and theology to know how happy it is in the Father’s house.  Because of this theological ignorance people in the world want to make this world their heavens. Adulterer are living in pigs manure and Pope Francis tells them it is alright. They can even receive Holy Communion and go deeper into the manure. It is Pope Francis practically to everybody; are you in a pig pen? Enjoy yourself. 
     Second defect. Not knowing how the Father’s house look like because they have never been there before, unlike the young son, they do not want to break from their present worldly pleasures and desire the things of heaven. This is an act of the intellect and as early as the 1890, Chesterton and Bellow had already described man as an unthinking animal. 
     Third defect. They do not consider their sins as an offence before God and before men. Because they have completely lost the sense of sin. People, today, do not consider sins as an offence against  God and men. In fact they do not consider sin as sin. 
     Fourth defect. Everyone considers themselves worthy sons of God and cannot imagine being anyone’s servant. Just like Lucifer, we want to be like gods with rights to dictate our will on ourselves and on everyone.
   
     See, it is obvious,  hardly anybody we know has repented. Because of this, the shepherd is not picking up any lost sheep because most sheep enjoy being lost and staying lost. And the Catholic Church does not look for lost coins because though the Church want to save souls, like above, nobody want to be saved. If they can avoid global warming, everybody would rather stay here on earth……….for all eternity. 

 1.  A dinner with Bishop friends. 
      During a dinner with some bishop friends I mentioned a news item from a British newspaper.  
      The news stated that a Filipino cardinal issued a directive to all  his parishes to disobey the just proclaimed ‘Summorum Pontificum.’  The directive was flashed in news worldwide and clearly showed the signature of the cardinal.  The Vatican sent him a public warning. 
     The Cardinal was a personal friend who I believed could not do such a thing.  This was at the time of Pope Benedict XVI. 
     My guests looked stunned at the news. It appeared that no one in the Bishop’s conference knew about the Vatican warning.  After a short investigation, as I suspected, it seems that one of his own priest made the circular, gave it to the him for his signature  without him realising the content and issued the directive to all the parishes. This got the cardinal into trouble. 
     I supposed he retracted and the case was closed. A Vatican public correction of a cardinal is serious. How come not a single soul here knew about it? Not a single bishop, not a single priest and, of course not a single layman. 
     The conclusion is that there is complete ignorance of what is happening in the Church of the Philippines among its own bishops. This news was about one of its two cardinals. 

2. Catholic news in radio program. 
    Our Catholic TV and radio programs are lamentable. The TV station suddenly disappeared. The radio program was scaled down and its contents is mostly personal and individual opinions of priests. There were no news on the state of the Catholic Church, neither local nor international. 
     
3. Another dinner.
     After the seeming resignation of Pope  Benedict XVI, interest on international news about the Catholic Church rose around the world.  But not here in the Philippines. 
      During another dinner, this time with some priest and bishops, international Catholic news were presented to them, they could not believe the news. Reading the printed news was a traumatic experience to them. But these were mere factual news; like vocations are down, seminaries are closing, priests are becoming gay and bishops were allowing divorce. The bishops were just quiet. But the priests treated the news as if they were leprous soars. ‘Take those news away from us. We do not want to read them!’ 
     After that dinner, every time I met those priests they would tell me, ‘Don’t give me any of those news.’ Because they could not believe me, I was giving them photo copies of the news. They rejected the copies. Why was there utter refusal to know the truth? Of course, no one wants to hear bad news. But news, whether bad or good should be known, specially if it has something to do with the salvation of our souls. Catholic news, always, has something to do with the salvation of our souls. The state of the Catholic Church is the state of our soul…….if we are Catholics. 
     Though the bishops were just quiet and were not belligerent, nevertheless they did not show interest in Catholic news.  Like Castor oil, these international Catholic news is good for the soul and must be forced down their throats. 
     Maybe it was better to add honey to the Castor Oil (though we are not sure if the combination is palatable) but the news were forced down their throat.  These international Catholic news was, later,  broadcast in a commercial radio station. The most prominent news were about the 2015 Bishop’s Synod in the Vatican. 
     The reaction was unbelievable. 

4. The bishops up to the nuncio ordered all news suppressed, the radio programs offed the air and all printed articles deleted. And these were mere international news available everywhere.  The motive was to suppress all news about the Catholic church from the Filipinos  except what was given by the CBCP that practically had nothing.  There was an atmosphere of panic in doing so as if they were trying to wipe out a plaque.
      As a clinical psychologist I could not find an explanation for the reaction except that it was like a reaction akin to touching a hot object, a reflex action. It was a surprised reflex reaction to the realisation that the Catholic Church they knew is no longer what it was. It was an entirely different church and they could not believe it had been transformed so radically. 

5. Iodine vs Betadine.
     Before,  Iodine was a painful medication for wounds. Now it is painless in the form of Betadine. I guess, the international news came like iodine in the wounds of the bishops. So they reacted like having touched by a hot iron. Maybe, if the news came like Betadine, painless, they can more easily receive the medication for their being ignorant of news about the Catholic Church. 
    Then a year after that dinner incidents happened, from nowhere, a little newspaper began arriving at the addresses of some bishops and priests. It contained, exclusively, international news about the Catholic  Church. They were mere photo copies of news with their corresponding pictures from different newspaper containing all news about everything pertaining to the Catholic Church. 
     Nobody knew where it came from. But the bishops and the priests who received them were quite happy with the publication. Many were even enlightened from reading the news. They even thought it came from me, which was a compliment because the news were very well assembled. It did not come from me. But the general reaction was very good. The recipients were enlightened which all of us were glad to hear. 
     The publisher states that they were Catholics but attempts on my part to look for them was a failure. The point is that they were doing a very good job, a job that was very badly needed; informing the Catholic bishops and priests what was going on in the Church. Again, I didn’t do it. And I do not want to see again that panic reaction from the entire hierarchy aimed at me. I was glad when the bishops believed that I did not do it. 

6. Every country with Catholics should do something like this.
    The project was an excellent idea. It opened the eyes of some bishops and priest to the plight of the Catholic Church. Even if it enlightened only a few it would still have had a very evangelising effect. It was distributed free of charge which made the project an act of Charity. 
     In fact, I have never seen anything that had greatly benefited the bishop’s conference for years until now. 
     The internet have several news portals that publishes the headlines of news. If someone gets the important news, open up the headline to see the rest of the news, scan the article and rearrange them in Word or Microsoft Publisher to create a typical newspaper……..that’s it. Print them and distribute them to as many bishops and priest you can afford. That would be a real good work of great merit. It does not take much effort. Cut and paste. Arrange the articles and print; spent a few dollars for paper and that’s it.
     In getting these news there will certainly be good news and bad news. Well, publish both. After all the Church is made up of cockles and wheat. Do not add your opinions or attempt to interpret the news. Let the readers do that. 

7. Bishops are busy.
     Our bishops are quite busy. They have no time navigating the internet for news. Besides the internet has too many distraction that can divert the search for worthy news. 
     So it would be a great help if some one collects the news for them. With the news collated and placed in their tables, there is still the problem that they have no time to read them. So it is important, if possible,  to summarise the news and type them in bigger letters for easy reading.
     In short, make it easy for them to read the articles. That would be a great act of service to the princes of the Church. Certainly, God will bless you for that because nobody had done it; until two months ago, here in the Philippines. 
     


     

 
    

 1. Christ gives these two advices.
     First advice; ‘If one of you decides to build a tower, will he not first sit down and calculate the outlay to see if he has enough money to complete the project?’ Meaning to say; ‘if one wants to build a house, he should do two things. First, he should know how much it will cost to build his house and secondly, he should find out if he has that amount. 
      If he does not know the amount needed to build a house and fall short, even if he had the money he might just not finish the construction. And, even, if he knows the amount needed but if he does not have the amount, neither will he be able to finish it. He should know the amount needed and he must have that amount.
     The Liturgy of the Mass  was completing our knowledge on what we must do to have everlasting life. Now, He is teaching us that if we want to have everlasting life, first, we must know how much knowledge we must have to attain our goal. And secondly, we must find out if we have that complete knowledge. 
     Again, He is telling us that if our knowledge on the way to salvation is lacking, we won’t make it. And again, if we have all the knowledge but we do not put them into practice, we won’t make it, either. The above teaching is based on His two sayings; first, that we must know everything regarding the salvation of soul up to the last iota. And secondly, on the wise man who builds his house on rock is the one who knows and obeys His commands. 
     The man who sits down and calculates the outlay to see if he has enough money to complete the tower is the Gospel’s wise man who knows the commands and puts them into practice. He knows how much the house will cost and he has the amount to finish it. 

     How much knowledge is needed to build our spiritual edifice that can make us worthy to have everlasting life? We need, at least, a good knowledge of the meaning of the articles of the Nicene Creed. The Apostle’s Creed is insufficient. Why? The Apostles Creed does not have a very important element of Catholic belief, i.e. the four visible signs of the true Church of Christ. So most Catholics cannot prove that they are in the true Church of Christ. While the Nicene Creed have the four visible signs. But, of course, we must know the explanations of those four signs. 

     The state of the Church. Most Catholics, including nuns, priests, bishops and cardinals, do not know how much knowledge is needed to attain everlasting life. Their knowledge is way, way down the necessary requirement. Even Pope Francis have a below- the necessary- level knowledge for salvation. Most Catholics have a knowledge equivalent only to the level of Protestantism. They, indeed, have a little knowledge of Catholic doctrines but it is not sufficient to finish building the house.
     The reason for this is that; Catholic knowledge is an infuse supernatural gift from God. It cannot be attained by enrolling in a seminary. Again, it is a gift from God, attained through unceasing prayer, which nobody is doing today. Yes, people pray but not unceasingly. If man prayed as long as he watches television, he could get this infuse knowledge. 

     Second advice. ‘If a king is about to march on another king to do battle with him, will he not sit down first and consider whether, with ten thousand men, he can withstand an enemy coming against him with twenty thousand?’
     If you know the way that leads to everlasting life and follow Christ in that way you should know how the road that leads to life look like. There will be smooth roads and there will be very rough and narrow roads. And there will be impassable roads. Can you survive passing those roads?
     In the last posts we saw how rough the roads could be. Christ, Himself said; your husband or wife, your brothers or sisters will actually stop you.  Your parish priest and diocesan bishop could try to stop you. Yea, even the Pope can stop you, as Pope Francis is trying to do in his ‘Vultum Deum quaerere,’ where he is preventing religious from reaching contemplation. Can you handle such impassable roads? If not, don’t even go to battle; don’t even make the journey.  
     Negotiate first so you can get the upper hand. How can you get the upper hand? Christ said; ‘take your cross and follow Me.’ If you don’t do this, you will not survive the impassable roads. ‘You cannot be My disciple.’

2. What will it cost you to attain everlasting life?
    First, Christ said; ‘none of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his possession.’ Note in the last post. You have to renounce all your possession to avoid covetousness, the vice that will allow Satan to possess you spiritually. The desire for money had given Satan the opportunity to possess the souls of most men.
     Second, Christ said; ‘if anyone comes to me you must turn your back on your father and mother, your wife and children, your brothers and sisters, indeed your very self.’ If you turn your back to your wife and children, it is not to look for another wife and have other children…..as someone in the Vatican is encouraging remarried people to do. St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote; to turn your back means…..if any of them tells you not to seek the kingdom of God, turn your back on them, do not obey them and unless they change, have nothing to do with them. 
     And then Christ, speedily add, ‘turn your back on your own self.’ Meaning; don’t do anything that will not bring you to heaven. 

     This part ‘turning your back’ is further explained in the words; ‘to take your cross and follow Me.’ What does it mean to take up the cross of Christ. St. Thomas mentions two things; to carry the cross of Christ is to deny all the desires of our concupiscence, and secondly to practice the works of mercy towards our neighbour. 
     The reason why we must renounce all our possessions is to have the means to perform good works towards our neighbours. These works are well explained by St. Augustine and St. Thomas and should not be interpreted the way we want. Saving the earth is not in the lists of good work; neither is welcoming immigrants into our countries. These are just off-the- cuff comments made on a boring plane ride. 

3. Pope Francis.
     Pope Francis and many of our bishops have not told us the whole amount needed to build our spiritual edifice. Even up to now.  So we have become laughing stocks because the church is filled with unfinished structures. 
     The Church of Rome had not subsidised our journey to eternal life which she is supposed to do by the merits of the death of Christ. And instead of warning us of bad roads ahead, they had thrown obstacles on the road ahead as if we do not have enough problems, like saying that Jesus Christ is not truly present in the Holy Eucharist. Did you notice Pope Francis’ insinuated this in his speech in Poland? 
     For those of us who are serious in saving our souls, what must we do? The same thing.  Since the way to everlasting life is infused knowledge given by God, let us get it from God through unceasing prayer with the aid of Divine Revelation, the the writings of the Fathers of the Church (which can be downloaded from the Internet free of charge), and, not to burden ourselves to much, add the writing of Pope Benedict…….and you will be very well on your way to everlasting life. 

 1. St. Bonaventure – state of the world.
     We shall describe the state of the world, not by gathering facts from the present but by repeating the descriptions given by the Church hundreds of years before. In effect this is a prophetic description already fulfilled in the past and which is expected to repeat today. 
     So the Church is waiting for these events. Which Church? The Church that has the four visible signs or the 15 Marks of the true Church mentioned by St. Bellarmine. 
     St. Bonaventure described these days in a enigmatic way which makes it a little difficult to understand. It was for this reason that the young Joseph Ratzinger found it challenging to base his sacerdotal thesis on the topic. And though the topic was rejected by the faculty, Ratzinger succeeded in having it accepted.
     He successfully defended his thesis,  but he was dissatisfied in not having fully understood the treatise. He was planning to continue and finish his research on Bonaventure when he was elected to the Papacy. As Pope, he was dreaming of the day he could be free to continue studying this enigmatic treatise of the Seraphic Doctor. In the monastery Mater Ecclesia he has his opportunity. And many are awaiting his latest enlightenments. 
     Are the latest comments of Archbishop Ganswain the result of Pope Benedict’s continueing study on Bonaventure? It seems, because the statements are evidently the continuation of that thesis. 

2. How are these days described by St. Bonaventure? Identical to the 6th Day, i.e. Good Friday. 

    First; people will be lovers of self and lover of money, (this is followed by a long list of vices). This was first described by St. Paul in his second letter to Timothy and St. Bonaventure got his description of these days from St. Paul.   
     Loving oneself is doing one’s own will.   Covetousness is a product of love of self; it develops into  love of money which is the root of all evil. This makes both people and their surroundings filled with evil.  When one is open to love of self and covetousness,  Satan is able to enter the soul freely. 
     Today, everybody is guilty of this, but more so are the very rich and the powerful. Thus the world is posed for the free entrance of Satan into their minds and hearts. 

     Secondly, Judas, definitely, love himself and loved money. For it is said that he used to get from the pouch meant for the support of the apostles. He had no love for Christ nor for the apostles. His love of self and money opened him to Satan.   
     Such people are extremely gentlemanly. No one will ever suspect that they are spiritually possessed. Humanly speaking they will be the star of the parties. Even bishops and cardinals will not be able to suspect that they, themselves,  are possessed.  They will look like sheep; but underneath they are wolves. 
     Since people of this age had been described as lovers of self and of money, Satan will not hesitate even for a second to possess them. For this reason the world today is possessed spiritually by Satan just like Judas.
     
     Thirdly, being possessed by Satan they know they will end up with Satan in hell. So all their activities will consist in obeying Satan whose only desire is to bring souls to hell. So people today i.e. from Hollywood to the Bishop’s conferences, are aiming at drawings souls with them to hell. 

     Fourthly, the devil’s and the possessed person’s most  potent weapon to force souls to deny Christ is death.  Everybody fears death, even the good and the saints. Except saints are able to overcome the fear of death, But most people, since they are not saints, fear death. So they will do anything to avoid death. Threaten them with death if they do not deny Christ and they will deny Christ without a second thought. 
      Persons spiritually possessed by the devil are cold blooded killers. The will kill anybody for no reason.  All the more they will kill if they can get some advantage in doing so, like  earn a fortune. They kill, not because they have the freedom to kill. They do not have. They can only kill if God allows them;  these possessed persons do not know that. Nevertheless they  will threaten people in the hope they will apostatised. Whether the victim will be killed or not is in God’s hand, not in the killer’s hands.
     Thus the Jews, led by the Pharisees, Scribes and the High priest went about coldly murdering Christ. The killers were made up of the laymen, the pagan civil authorities, the state officials, the Roman soldiers, the priests, the bishops, the cardinals and the high priest, the Pope.

     Fifthly, another signature trait of one spiritually possessed by the devil is that they are liars. The devil is the ‘father of liars.’ This is more manifest in Politicians; they will lie, they will promise, they will threaten, they will bribe to get what they want.
  
     Sixthly, their goal had always been to get what they want. By this time, what the devil wants and what they want are identical. This is the essence of ‘original sin,’ the first sin used by Lucifer that caused the fall of man. Now, they will not, only, do what they want. They will force others to do what they want. So the Christian who wants to do God’s Will  becomes out of place in this world that wants to do, only, what it wants. 
     So, as the Book of Revelation states, the true Christian community will leave the Satan-filled world and go to a place specially prepared by God for them to safely stay. Of course, the beast will still try to drown the Church in the desert but God will protect her by opening the earth to swallow the waters of destruction. Thus, the ‘new’ evangelisation of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI consist in guiding the people of God into the ‘mystical’ desert; this is essentially different from all the other evangelisations described today by both Pope Francis and most Bishop’s conferences. John Paul II and Benedict’s evangelisation is akin to St. John the Baptist; it consist in bringing souls to the desert to point where Jesus is. Thus Pope John XXIII precisely said that his Papacy and Vatican II were meant to do the job identical to St. John the Baptist. And that is to be a voice in the wilderness inviting people to go there to know Christ. That is the reason Rocalli took the name Pope John. That goal was completed with the Papacy of Benedict XVI.  

3. Where do we place Pope Francis.
    First, Pope Francis said he will do what he wants regardless of what others say. He calls these ‘non-negotiable items.’ This is love of self. And he accompanies this  with  his love in entertaining very wealthy personalities who donates large amount of money like George Soros. To receive donations to obey God’s command is praise worthy; but to receive donations from Soros to further the agenda of his ‘open society foundation’ for the advancement of abortion world wide and the suppression of religious freedom is devilish. Thus, the big joke is that Hilary Clinton and Pope Francis are just pawns of George Soros with pictures to prove it.  
     Secondly, because of his love for self by doing his own will in disobedience to God’s will, and selling his loyalties for a prize, he had shown the vice of covetousness.
     Thirdly, having the same disposition as Judas, he opens himself to being spiritually possessed by Satan; signs he had even while in Argentina with his heresy of indifferentism. Spiritually possessed like Judas, who like him was a bishop who turned traitor, his agenda had been to encourage people to disobey God’s command. 
     Fourthly, he had threatened the good bishops and priest they would be fired or demoted if they do not tow the line. 
     Fifthly, he lies in that he says souls no longer go to hell, that unbelievers can go to heaven, that the sins that cry up to heaven are no longer causing anyone to cry up to heaven, that marriage is no longer indissoluble, that the rosary is a waste of time, that capital punishment is unCatholic, that saving the environment is a work of mercy (never!!) and that babies are causing global warming. 
     Sixthly, and he forcing everybody to believe what he believes and to do what he wants; completely disregarding what God believes and what God wants. 
     He is not different from Obama, Hilary Clinton and George Soros. This reminds me of Robert Benson’s ‘Lord of the World’ where his character Father Francis, a apostate Catholic priest was a lackey of the President of the U.S. and anti-Christ, Felsenburgh. And he is using his papacy to force the Catholic Church to do what he wants, rather than what God wants. And what he wants were contrary to what God wants. His ‘Vultum Deum quaerere’ is completely contrary to the asceticism of religious life. That exhortation will not bring any religious near his goal of Charity. It will make all religious worldly, lover of self and of money, thus disposed, also, to be spiritually possessed by Satan. 

4. Pope Francis is Father Francis in ‘Lord of the World.’
    Let us go back to Good Friday and look at these two little details regarding Caiaphas and Judas. The former was an Old Testament figure while Judas was a New Testament figure. Both were figures of a present Pope that will be high priest like Caiaphas and a bishop like Judas. 

     John 11 verse 51 states; ‘He, (Caiaphas) did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. 
     Look at Caiaphas and what he said. He did not say it of himself. He prophesied. He was describing his future deed.
    Let us look at Pope Francis, in a plane ride from the Philippines,  
he quotes Benson’s prophetic novel and encourages other to read it.
He did not say the contents of the book of himself. Yet the book was talking about himself. 
     Pope Francis was Father Francis, the apostate Catholic priests in cahoot with Felsemburgh, president of the U.S. and perceived ruler of the world and the anti-Christ. Both were out to destroy the Catholic Church as Caiaphas was out to kill Christ in collusion with the Roman civil authority. Pope Francis was not prophesying on his own. The author Benzon was prophesying while Pope Francis was pointing at the contents of the prophesy; which is, that there will be an anti-pope that will work with the powerful anti-christ to destroy the Mystical Body of Christ. There we have the whole of Good Friday re-enacted today, year 2016. The state of the world today is like Good Friday.

     The ancient Catholic Church had been waiting for Good Friday to be relived today. Today, the 6th day, we have the Catholic Church, the Mystical Body of Christ undergoing a crucifixion. We have the secular head of all nations, like the U.S., pre-figured by Rome  involved in the crucifixion. We have Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops as the main mover for the crucifixion. And we have a high priest pre-figured by Caiaphas, making the prophecy using the words of Benzon, that there will be an anti-pope that is influenced by the U.S. president.  Satan had spiritually possessed the crowd that day, both the Jews, the Pharisees, Scribes and the Romans.
     If the world is filled with evil spirits what do we do? As the Apocalypse says; follow the Woman with twelve stars into the desert where God had prepared a special place for them. Where they shall be protected against the attacks of the devil. 
   

     
 1. There were more than 40 anti-popes.
     Historians made the list. They had no way of finding out the true list. Saints pointed out during their time who was true Pope and who was not. But the saints never made their own list. So the list of Popes at present is not reliable. To attempt to purify the list is possible but it could be tedious. 

2.  As of lately, some considers Pope John XXIII up to the present, Pope Francis, as anti-popes. This claim is made mostly by Protestants. What is their basis for saying so? St. Robert Bellarmine says that this conclusion comes from the Protestant’s own erroneous beliefs. 

3. Most of those who wrote saying John XXIII up to Pope Francis  are anti – Popes  do not base their conclusion on the only acceptable and valid norms, i.e. the four visible signs found in the Nicene Creed.  Nor on the expanded versions of the four visible signs written by St. Augustine or Vincent of Lerins, both Fathers of the Early Church.  
     Most, if not all, made their own personal, private judgments; the basis of which is acceptable only to themselves while unacceptable to the rest of the world.

4. St. Robert Bellarmine wrote; most look for signs that their sect already have and then declare that those are the signs of the true Church. Hmmm. Very convenient. They, alone have those signs.   
     The Catholic Church did not do it that way. The Fathers studied Divine Revelation and the lives of Christ and the Apostles.  And from such study they chose what were the signs that the early Church had;  and incorporated them into the earliest Creed, the Creed of Nicea and Constantinople. There were no other christian heretical sect at that time. It was God’s way of pre-empting all the other Protestant sects. In other words, in the beginning, all Christians believe that the four visible signs found in the Nicene Creed were the only way to prove which is the true Church. 
     Having decided what were the four visible signs  that points to the true Church which excludes all other religions, the early Church incorporated the four visible signs, One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic,  into the Nicene Creed. This Creed had been  recited in the Mass since then……..until recently it was abbreviated into the Apostles Creed; which is shorter, which is still the Creed but which does not describe the four visible marks of the Church. This is the reason almost nobody knows how to check which is Catholic and which is not.
      
5. The only proof of Catholicity are the four visible signs and as they are expanded by the saints. One of particular interest is the expanded 15 signs mentioned by St. Robert Bellarmine, Jesuit saint and doctor of the Church.  
     I have applied those four visible signs and further confirmed them by applying the 15 Marks by St. Bellarmine, first, on Popes John XXIII up to Benedict XVI. They all passed with flying colours. The five Popes are indeed Catholics in that they had all the visible signs; both the four signs of the Nicene Creed and the 15 Marks of St. Robert Bellarmine. These signs were applied on their writings, on their autobiography, their speeches and addresses. 
     It was a little difficult with Pope Paul VI due to some indiscretions he committed but he, still, passed the test of authenticity. Pope Benedict XVI got the highest points. 
     After the election of Pope Francis, as usual, we applied the visible signs on him, on his work, words and behaviour and we had a very difficult time. He did not have any of the four or 15 signs mentioned above. To make matters worse, he had the opposite signs mentioned by St Bellarmine, signs of him being a Protestant. 

      All those who accused the five Popes of being anti-popes did not have any of the visible signs of true Catholicity. So they had no right to describe them as anti-popes.  On the other hand,  critics of Pope Francis, not only called him anti-pope. They, also, called him anti-Christ, the destroyer, the second beast, etc. And it was nearly impossible to defend him because, not only did he not have the visible signs of true Catholicity, he had the signs what people were accusing him to be, like being a Mason.
     In summary, those accusing John XXIII to Benedict XVI were not Catholics at all. They had not right to accuse the Popes for being anti-Popes because they did not have any basis for their accusations, neither theological or Patristic or even mere Philosophical arguments. 

6. The four and 15 signs of the true Church can be used to solve countless problems.
     It is used for canonisation. A candidate for canonisation must first be a Catholic. So he must have the four visible signs. Next,   they must have the three theological virtues. Third, they must have practiced the theological virtues to a heroic degree. These three just mentioned points  is what makes the candidate for canonisation exhibit the four visible signs thus qualifying him for canonisation. The process of canonisation cannot proceed unless it is first proven that the candidate has the four visible signs of Catholicity. 
     Today, these guidelines are not used. The Vatican office concerned canonise saints for political purposes; like, to increase the popularity of the Pope or to please the crowd who are yelling ‘Santo Subito.’ Belief in the saints are no longer based on Faith because it is pronounced by the Pope who followed proper procedure. Without proper procedure the Saints are no better than rock stars. 

     The Vatican Congregation on the canonisation of saints have lost, long ago, the ability to properly canonise saints. This inability was carried over in the approval of apparition. Again, the first step in approving an apparition is to prove that the people involved are showing the visible signs of being One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. If they are, the apparition is authentic. How can it be otherwise?
      The inability of the Office of the Vatican to properly study apparitions had made the Popes directly interfering in the approval of apparitions, i.e. like Pope Benedict directly interfering in the approval of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin in Kibeho. Why is it taking so long to approve Garabandal and Lipa when they all have the visible signs of being Catholic? Because the messages are derogatory stating that  Bishops and Cardinals are going to hell and dragging many souls with them? Note how they withheld a part of the Fatima message thought it is already approved. Because it speaks ill of bishops, cardinals, and even hints at the Pope as in LaSallete.

      This four or 15 visible signs are, also used to approve Rules of communities seeking for approval. As long as the rule and the way of life can lead the community to attain the four visible signs, then the rule and the community should be approved. 

      The visible signs can be used to check on Dioceses and parishes; used to check on priests and bishops if they are Catholic. And these four and 15 visible signs can be most effectively  used when we have a problem in having two Popes. Simply find out who has the four visible signs and who does not have them. If one of them says; ‘there is no Catholic God,’ he just showed he does not have the first sign of being Catholic according to St. Bellarmine. Without the first visible signs, he will surely will not have the rest of the signs.  

    Most importantly, the four and fifteen visible Marks of the Church can be used to check if we are going to heaven or to hell; since there is no salvation outside the Church. And to check if our dying love ones will go to heaven or to hell. Or if Cardinal Martini or Fr. Volpi is in heaven or hell. 

     There is no other reliable way of checking. Since the Catholic Church have had more than 40 anti-popes ( these are persons pretending to be Popes side by side with the true Pope,) it is important to know how to check. History informs us that absolutely no one but a saint pointed out to the people who was true Pope and who was the anti-pope. Ordinary people like you and me do not have the holiness to make that discernment. But with the four visible signs found in he Nicene Creed and the 15 Marks found in St. Bellarmine’s ‘in controversiis’ one can safely judge who is Pope and who is anti-Pope. I wonder why earlier bishops and cardinals did not do this during those times. 

 1. Eschatology.
     Scriptural events are not mere historical events. They are eschatological events pointing to both the present and future happenings. That is why it is called ‘the Living Word.’
     St. John the Baptist was a precursor of Christ’s first coming. In figure, someone like him will be precursor of Christ’s Second coming. The events in St. John’s life are figures to what will happen to the Church as it prepares for Christ’s second coming. After all St. Elizabeth and St. John were one of the first figures of the Catholic Church.
     Now, I know that most people are allergic to these words ‘first and second comings. But what can we do? We have to explain the feast of St. John’s beheading. Why do we have to celebrate a gruesome event of a head on a platter presented as a birthday gift in a birthday party?  Because it will happen again today. 

2. St. John was preaching and pointing to Christ in the desert. 
    St. John was preaching in the desert. And people were going to him in the desert. And there in the desert, John points Christ to the people; ‘Behold, the lamb of God.’
     The Liturgy gives us the ambiance for preaching and learning; sort of how seminaries should be.  That evangelisers should be living in the desert and preach in the desert, i.e. living a life having left all things, like John. ‘Living in the desert’ is a description of primitive monastic life. 
     There is nothing in the desert; so both preacher and disciple should possess nothing. This will be emphasised in the next Sunday Mass, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary time. This is to show you how organised and lessons of the Liturgy are. 
     St. John preached. Crowds went to listen to him. They were baptised by him with the water of repentance that could not forgive sins. And he pointed to Him, who was the Lamb of God. And suddenly, He was ready to preach a more sublime doctrine and to baptise with water and the Holy Spirit. A greater voice has arrive. The voice of John had to be silenced. It has done its job. 
     No. John was not beheaded because of a lousy dance that pleased an adulterous ruler. No. He had done his job; his voice must be silenced. 
     There was a need for the voice of the precursor to be silent when the more important message was about to be proclaimed for the first time. So it should happen that when it is time for the Words of Divine Judgment is about to be declared to the world, all voices, including the voice of the Church must be silent. And so it is happening today.

3. The Gospel had been preached throughout the world. 
     Everyone have had ample opportunity to know the Word of God. Mass communication and all sources of knowledge are in our finger tips. With a computer, anyone can surpass in knowledge anyone with 10 doctorate degrees. The Word of God can be easily learned together with the tons of garbage. 
     Aside from the sources of mass communication, there is man’s faculties, human nature and creation to aid man in knowing the Word of God. And there are nuns, priests, bishops and the Pope who should be teaching us the Word of God. There is absolute no reason why any man cannot know the Word of God. Except one reason; he does not want to know it. That is a sin that can condemn him.     

3. Silencing of good preachers
     As on Good Friday, the Pharisees and the Scribes went against the teachings of Christ  and influenced the civil authority to arrest Christ.  Everything is led by the high priest. While the Apostles were silenced and in hiding. 
     Today, eschatologically, the same thing is happening.  Most of the priest, bishops and cardinals are going against the teachings of Christ. And they are being led by the high priest, Pope Francis. And the voice of truth is slowly being silenced. 
      This scenario was, also, prefigured by the lost of the Ark of the Covenant. Because the Jews were disobedient to the commands of God, the tablet of the commandments disappeared at the time of the Maccabees. As if God was saying; ‘if you are disobedient to My Commands, I will remove My commands and hide them from you. It is still nowhere to be found. 
       But one day the Ark of the Covenant with the 10 commandments, will appear, just as St. John appeared for one last time in Herod’s court, to show the world the commands which the world had disobeyed and those commands will be the reason why they shall be condemned.  Today,  for one last time, a few good preachers are teaching the Word of God. When they are silenced, like John, then God will speak out and declare; ‘it is these teachings and your disobedience of them that will condemn you to eternal fire. 
     So Scriptures has it that on Judgment day, the Ark of the Covenant will be seen and the commandment of God in it.  Disobedience to these commands is why the world shall be condemned, while obedience to these commands shall be your salvation. 

4. Happening today. 
     Notice, how Pope Francis and most of the bishops and priest are acting like the Pharisees and Scribes  on Good Friday. Note, how the true preachers are silent and nowhere to be found. Notice how practically no one is preaching the complete truth. The time for teaching the truth is over; the Gospel had been preached throughout the world. The Church must now become silent and await the day of reckoning. 

 1. HUMILITY.
     Humility is the beginning of the spiritual life. It is the beginning of our journey towards salvation. It is the beginning of all virtues, all knowledge and all wisdom. In the spiritual life, without humility   we will get no where but remain in our sins. 

     Humility is the first Beatitude; it is the first degree of holiness with which the kingdom of heaven become ours. It is the beginning of the supernatural life. 

     Humility, as the first Beatitude, is the first step wherewith we enter the Catholic Church. It is the beginning of supernatural Faith. 
Asked what we should learn from Him, Christ answered; ‘learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.’ He didn’t say learn how to preach, how to perform miracle or how to walk on water. He said, learn ‘humility’ from Me. Learn ‘My humility.’ Not 
anybody’s humility. 

2. One of the most defined word in theology.
    All the fathers of the Church and all the saints had something to say about humility. But the saintly authors who described it exhaustively were St. Pope Gregory the Great, St. Augustine, St. Benedict, St. Thomas of Aquinas, St. Bernard of Clairvaux……and not to prolong our list, St. Ignatius of Loyola. 
    St. Benedict is known for his 12 degrees of humility; while St. Bernard took the same 12 degrees of humility and wrote side by side with them the 12 degrees of pride. We such clear definition and presentation we can look at ourselves and others and see in what degree of humility we all are or in what degree of pride we are. 
    These degrees are often used in spiritual direction to guide souls through an ascending degree and, therefore, a gradual and constant ascent in the spiritual life. 

3. Philosophical humility, supernatural humility and public relation humility. 
    Christ clearly said to learn His humility and not anyone’s humility. That is supernatural humility that cannot be attained through natural ways. Supernatural humility is a gift of God given to those who have lived a life of repentance.
     There is another level of humility common to philosophers. It is the highest kind of humility in the natural level reached through pure human reasoning. 
     And there is the popular humility highly praised by mass media common among politicians  and actors wanting to raise their ratings. 
     Christ and the Gospel for the 22th Sunday talks only of supernatural humility; a humility all Catholics should have but specially, as Christ said, by cardinals, bishops and priests. Now, let us define this virtue and see if we have it. 

4. The humility of Christ. 
     The humility of Christ is humility of mind and humility of heart. It is a supernatural humility built on philosophical humility, thus mind and heart. It is an act of the will based on reality. 
     With all the confusion in the Church today, knowledge of the four visible signs of the true Church mentioned in the Nicene Creed is settle all questions. But most do not know these signs; and, therefore, are unable to use these visible signs to analyse present problems. 
     The Beatitudes are another way of knowing which is the true Church and who are those who are inside the Catholic Church. Except that they are not visible signs. They are more spiritual descriptions of the soul and, therefore, cannot be used by most people. But we can try to use, at least, the first Beatitude which is humility. Christ gave some visible signs of this spiritual virtue. He said; ‘if you have this spiritual virtue you will not chose the first place in a wedding party.’ That is the visible sign. But what is the spiritual description of this virtue?
     Let us try to describe it using St. Benedicts’, St. Bernard’s and St. Thomas’ descriptions. 

5. Poor in Spirit – humility
    St. Benedict describes 12 degrees of humility. Let us just describe the first, keeping in mind that the next degrees are so dependent on the previous degree. The second degree can only be attained after the first is attained.  
     Today, the first degree is nowhere to be found even among most of the member of the hierarchy, as Christ, Himself could not find it among His Apostles in today’s Gospel since they were squabbling on who will be first. 
     In the Beatitudes, poor in spirit is humility. Let us now talk about humility and discuss the first degree as found in St. Benedict’s Rule. And then let us go to St. Bernard and look at the opposite of humility, i.e. pride and talk about the highest degree of pride. So we have the lowest degree of humility and the highest degree of pride as our topics for this post. 
     Why is our topic this way? Well, when we begin with small humility it is possible that we still have very great pride. As our humility increases, our pride decreases.  That is why the first degree of humility is placed side by side with the greatest degree of pride. 

     Let us first define humility in general, then define the first degree specifically. We will not proceed to the second degree up to the twelfth because to find the first degree today is almost next to impossible, not eve among the bishops or even in Pope Francis. So there is no use to go up to the twelfth. But we shall look at the highest degree of of pride because that is the first in St. Bernard”s list. 

6. Humility in general. 
    St. Thomas of Aquinas wrote that humility has two general characteristic; first, it is a virtue that makes a person very realistic. And secondly, that he believes no matter how educated he is, that he can, still, commit a mistake. 
     Being realistic needs a lot of intellectual knowledge and wisdom. He is not influence by imaginings, fantasies, virtual realities, day dreams and unproven theories; all of these are considered unrealistic. It was for this reason that Galileo was rebuked; because he was proposing a theory that at time time was not realistic. Only for that reason and nothing else. That the world was round was unproven at that time and, therefore, could not be considered realistic. As long as there is no proof that something is real, the humble person will not accept it. 
     Firstly, the humble soul has the most scientific mind in the world. He won’t believe unless there is solid proof. That is why he needs the supernatural grace to believe Catholic truths; without this grace he won’t believe. This supernatural grace, that can come from God alone,  is his proof and infallible reason for believing.
     Pope Francis believes in the big bang theory; he believes in evolution, he believes in climate change. He believes that all religion have the same god which no religion claims. He believes communism is better than capitalism. He believes that the youth should make a mess of the world. He, even, believes that adultery and same sex marriage are alright. What proofs does he have? Nothing!  These are theories and personal opinions that have not been proven; they are, therefore, in the present still unreal. So Pope Francis does not have true humility.  He, only, has put on humility for mass media and for nobel awards.
     Secondly, a humble person, no matter how well educated the is believes that he can, still, make a mistake and will gladly listen to any correction. He believes, in fact, that he knows nothing though he has a doctorate degree. And if he is praised for knowing something he attributes it as a gift from God; while considering it a great favour if he is corrected since he deeply believes in humility that he can still make a mistake. 
     Pope Francis thinks he cannot make a mistake. Corrected by a group led by Cardinal Burke during the 2015 Bishop’s Synod for disobeying the 6th and 9th commandments, He fired Cardinal Burke and demoted him; and continues to insist on what he likes in the next two bishop’s Synod. That is humility for you; rejecting the possibility of committing mistakes and firing and demoting the one who corrects you. Why, there is not a shadow of humility in his behaviour. 
     
      In fact, during the meeting on climate change in the Vatican upon which he based his ‘Laudato si’ the news stated that he invited all of those who proposed that there is climate change but barred from the meeting those who’d argued against its existence. 

7. First degree of humility; the fear of the Lord.
     Now, let us go into humility in more detail by studying the first degree of humility. Most member of the priesthood and hierarchy do not have the humility, defined in general,  that puts them inside the Church. If their Pope does not have it, certainly, most of the followers wouldn’t have it. Because from whom will the common man learn it if the teachers do not have it.
     Maybe, if we be more specific by dividing the said virtue into 12, which makes it easier to describe and apply them, then hopefully we might find some priests, bishops and even Pope Francis having at least one degree of humility.
     Being a Jesuit he should have at least one of the three degrees of humility mentioned by St. Ignatius. Though St. Ignatius described it more in general than St. Benedict and St. Bernard.
     What is the first degree of humility according to St. Benedict?  The fear of the Lord. While the 12th degree is the humility that cast out all fears.  The first degree is the humility that is filled with fear of the Lord; not servile but filial fear. The 12th is the love that cast out all fear, i.e. Charity. The 12th degree of humility is Charity.

     St. Benedict described the first degree of humility this way; that a person keep the fear of God  before his eyes and beware of ever forgetting it. Let him be ever mindful of all that God has commanded. Let his thoughts constantly recur to the hell fire which will burn for their sins those who despise God, and to the life everlasting which is prepared for those who fear him. Let a man consider that God is always look at him from heaven. that his actions are every where visible to the divine eyes and are constantly being reported to God by the Angels. 
     What should we fear? God’s justice. Fear of God is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It cannot be developed by human efforts. It is a gift of God given to those who have completely repented. We should fear the fact that God rewards the just but punishes the sinner. 
     And the FIRST THING we should fear is the possibility that some of our past mortal sins had not been forgiven. Of course, we have gone to confusion. And the priest said ‘your sins are forgiven thee.’ And, maybe, those sins are really forgiven. 
     But let us face it, when the priest said ‘your sins are forgiven thee,’ he was, also, unsure if those sins are forgiven. Priests just say that because it is in the prayer formula after absolution. Even when bishops and popes absolve they are not sure if those sins are forgiven. Only one person knows if those sins are forgiven or not. And that is God who had been offended and, only Him, who can forgive. I repeat, your mortal sins might have been forgiven but no one is sure. Not even you. 
     But spiritual writers had shown that those saints who reached the 12th degree of humility, and that is all of them, were informed by God, Himself, that their past sins had been forgiven, like St. Catherine of Sienna. It is part of the Beatitudes that you will be consoled with the fact that your sins are forgiven when you rise up to the higher Beatitudes. 
     In the meanwhile, while God had not informed you, since you are just in the first degree of humility, you should live in fear that some mortal sins had not been forgiven and that if you die you go to hell. Very good reason for fearing the Lord, isn’t it?

     Pope Francis had been disobeying God’s command as Bishop in Argentina, like tolerating remarried couples to receive Holy Communion. He is still doing it as Pope and continuing to tolerate it up to this moment…….aside from his tolerating same sex relationship, encouraging pagans to remain pagans, not believing in the Catholic God, etc.  This lack of the gift of the Holy Spirit speaks very badly of him. And this is due to his preaching that no one goes to hell. Of course, with such teaching no one will have the fear of the Lord (the first degree of humility.)  As a consequence no one can go to heaven, not even Pope Francis…….because as stated above, humility is the first Beatitude, the minimum requirement to enter the Church and be saved. 
     If you do not have the fear of the Lord which is a gift of the Holy Spirit, you do not have the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, who is the uncreated soul of the Catholic Church, you are not a Pope, not a bishop, not a priest….because you are not, even, a Catholic. Humility is the basic minimum, wrote St. Ignatius of Loyola (‘Humility for the sake of salvation,’ St. Ignatius)

      
     We should fear the Lord for many reasons. But let us just take one more; and we hope everyone  can continue on their own. The SECOND THING we should fear is that we might not have done completely what is necessary for the salvation of our souls. We can, only, know if we have done everything well if we have reached Charity. 

     Have we obeyed all the more than 80 commands of Christ in the New Testament?  Have we practiced the 12 degrees of humility? Have we practiced the 8 Beatitudes? Have we performed the more than 70 acts of good works? Do we have the three theological virtues, etc.
     To answer these questions we must know what we are talking about, like what are the more than 80 commands of Christ in the New Testament. How can we know if we have obeyed them if we do not know what they are. 
     And yet we know that Christ said; ‘no one will enter unless we have paid the last iota.’ That should fill our hearts with fear. Have we paid the last iota? And unless we can answer that question in the affirmative we cannot go to sleep in peace less we die in our sleep and go to hell. 

     Pope Francis’ ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ does not show the way to everlasting life unlike Pope John Paul’s ‘Veritatis Splendor.’ None of his writing, specially ‘Amoris laetitia’ show the way to eternal life. In fact, there is absolute nothing in ‘Laudato si.’ How come he is so sure he is going to heaven when he has no proof that he knows the way. In fact, anyone who has 3 credits in theology can see that his theology is pure Pelagianism. He does not know the way to everlasting life since he had never mentioned the way up to now. ‘Who am I to judge?’ See. He does not even know good from evil. 
Proof he does not have the humility described by the saints.

8. What does he have. Let’s go to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. 
     Pope Francis encourages the habit of sinning. He tells adulterers to continue in their adultery and commands bishops to annul previous marriage so adulterers can continue their adultery thus making it a habit. He, also, encourages pagans to continue in their paganism thus developing their paganism into a habit. He encourages perverts to continue in their perversity so that it becomes a habit. 
     St. Augustine wrote; ‘for of a forward will, was a lust made; and a lust served, became custom; and custom not resisted become necessity (Confessions).When a sin becomes a habit due to prolong immersion in it, it bears ugly flower in that the sinner becomes a slave. He, who encourage sin so that it becomes a habit is guilty of the HIGHEST DEGREE OF PRIDE, the 12 degree of pride. St. Gregory the Great in his ‘Moralia’ calls it ‘spiritual pride in imitation of the devil.’
     But mass media describes him as humble. Mass media would not know the difference between heaven and hell.