The Faith: Love It or Leave It!

 Pope to Doctrinally Dissenting Catholics:
Love It or Leave It!

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is a hard man to classify. Often characterized as a retiring scholar given to carefully nuanced statements, he repeatedly rattles the curial Romanita with a Teutonic bluntness.

A case in point is the Pope's Aug. 28 Angelus address on Judas' betrayal of Christ. The Holy Father examines the motivation of Judas, concluding that he remained with Christ long after he had ceased to believe. Noting that such false allegiance is the "mark of the devil," the Pope tells us that Judas' reason for remaining was rooted in a "secret intention of taking vengeance on the Master."

Drawing a general lesson from the particular instance, the Pope lays down the principle that when faith has departed from the individual, it is best for the individual to depart from the faith. In other words, if you don't believe in Catholic dogma, stop pretending to be Catholic. Be honest: leave the Church.

The Pope is calling on all modern Judases who remain nominally Catholic for the sake of "taking vengeance" on the Church to have the courage of their lack of conviction and acknowledge they are no longer Catholic, i.e. they reject the defined truths to which all Catholics are obliged to give assent if they are to remain Catholic.

The apostles were the first bishops of the Church, and one of the 12 was a traitor. Judas pretended to believe when he did not. And he waited for an opportune moment to betray Our Lord. There is a line of "Catholic" bishops descended from Judas. They no longer hold to the Faith of our fathers...

But we know they will fail in the end, for we have the promises of Our Lord, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (St Matthew 16:18) as well Our Lady's promise at Fatima "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph." FIAT!