The eight-day “Meeting on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of Amoris Laetitia” has finished its groundbreaking work!
Initially, the plan was for a “Summary Report” to be made public at this point, but its release will be delayed until after Leo, following his unanticipated hospitalization, has an opportunity to read and amend it as he may see fit.
I know, I know… bummer, right?
Even so, the overall tone of the Summary isn’t exactly a well-kept secret, rather, it was revealed in some measure in the near hour long final press briefing (available on YouTube HERE) that took place at the Meeting’s conclusion. In this post, I’ll share some of the briefing’s lowlights, beginning with the way in which Jorge’s Love Letter to Satan was characterized:
This beautiful source which is Amoris Laetitia … after 10 years, it is still a fresh document which needs to be rediscovered.
What this tells me is that the various errors and blasphemies in the text were not up for any serious discussion, much less revision, rather, Amoris Laetitia is much like the documents of Vatican Council II: It is a here-to-stay part of the counterfeit church’s magisterium – heresies and all – one that will ever remain in constant need of interpretation and implementation.
NB: For the synodal church, this isn’t a flaw, it’s a feature and a laudable one at that. You see, in order for the synodalists to synodal, they have to have something to synodal about.
Now, on to the briefing, which appears to have been attended by a swarm of nearly six media members. (See photo above.)
First up on the panel was Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J., who said:
The past two days, aside from today, focused on matters pertaining to accompanying families in the hardships of life and how to support them as active participants in the mission of the Church.
OK, sure. To the extent that Catholic families provide a living witness to the immutable truths of the Faith – in the home, in the workplace, in the broader community – they contribute to the mission of the Church.
But let’s not be naïve. In the context of Amoris Laetitia, “families” includes not only those that provide a living witness to the immutable truths of the Faith, but also (perhaps even primarily) those relationships that are characterized by adultery, cohabitation, fornication, and homo-deviance. Presumably, it is this latter group to which Fr. Costa referred when he said:
These are not ideal families but concrete families that carry on a commitment which is combined with their life through an active participation in the mission of the Church.
Exactly how do these “concrete families” participate in the mission of the Holy Catholic Church?
They don’t, but let’s not rashly accuse Fr. Costa of lying. You see, whether he knows it or not, he’s referring to the conciliar counterfeit church, the mission of which has little resemblance to the Divine Commission.
Costa went on to say:
Well, what was very constructive, very significant was the wish to listen to each other in order to learn before passing judgment … there was a willingness to listen to others and let oneself be challenged by the experiences shared in the hall.
Already, just minutes into the briefing, we find some key themes: accompanying, listening, learning, and most ubiquitous of all, experience, which was mentioned nineteen times.
Surprising? Not in the least! Modernism largely stands on the false notion that belief in the “divine reality” rests squarely on “the experience of the individual” such that there is no justification for “denying the truth” of another man’s religious experience (cf Pascendi 14). This is why the synodalists (aka modernists) are so keen to insist that Church [sic] leaders are duty bound to listen to, and to learn from, every faithless bastard willing to lecture them.
Moving forward, this was affirmed in various ways by all of the other persons on the panel. Cardinal Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, for example, spoke of ministry, saying:
It’s based on listening, listening to people. It’s based on discernment together, joint discernment.
If you think that’s cringeworthy, I’ve got bad news for you: You haven’t even begun to cringe!
This brings us to an African theologian named Fr. Stanislaus Chu Ilo, who spoke about his takeaway from the eight-day meeting:
I had [an experience] of a church that is moving convincingly and joyfully to the full realization of the vision of the Second Vatican Council and the synod on synodality …this emerging church. A church that listens. A church where listening becomes the message … a church that is capable of speaking through listening.
To be certain, there is no language barrier here. Fr. Ilo spoke in English (obviously not his native tongue) and one cannot help but be impressed by his ability to express himself with great clarity.
Indeed, he is entirely correct in characterizing the conciliar church as one that prioritizes listening to the counsel of the sheep over and above the notion of shepherding them, so much so that listening becomes the message. In other words, never mind preaching and forget about teaching the nations everything whatsoever that Jesus commanded. That’s old school!
Fr. Ilo then offered this gem:
And that takes me to the second experience as an African theologian, the experience of experience.
Sounds like Kamala Harris, no? In any event, as if the Modernist DNA of the conciliar enterprise hasn’t made itself known quite enough, Fr. Ilo left no room for confusion on the matter, saying:
There is a paradigm shift, or methodological shift, that we see now of theology – listening and emerging from the experiences of people.
Something has shifted, alright!
The Catholic Encyclopedia provides the following concise definition:
Theology, without any further modification, is invariably understood to mean supernatural theology, that is, the science of God and Divine things, in as far as it is based on supernatural Revelation.
In other words, Catholic theology is all about listening to the God who reveals, plumbing the depths of His inscrutable wisdom to the extent that we are able.
In the conciliar church (aka the Church-of-Man), however, so-called “theology” is an earthbound exercise that is committed to listening to the all-too-often sinful experiences of the people, necessarily viewed and relayed through their personal perceptions, and treating them as a gateway to the divine.
As Fr. Ilo went on to say about this dreadful process:
We are seeing, even in shadows, surely the footprints of God.
Fr. Philippe Bordeyne, who spoke next, underscored the importance of listening in the false church:
The role of pastors or ministers is not to judge what happens in families, but first of all to listen.
Go ye therefore listening to all nations, that you may learn everything whatsoever that they experience…
More could be said but, alas, you’ve cringed enough for one day.
Nothing relayed in the final briefing came as a surprise, and neither will anything contained in the Summary Report. The purpose of this post is simply to give the naïve seeker of truth yet another opportunity to see and to embrace the undeniable reality that the conciliar church is not, simply cannot be, the one true Church of Christ, the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
