Timothy Birdnow

So the white smoke curdled up from the chimney over St. Peters, and it came in a surprisingly vivid shape of a middle finger. But we have a new Pope, just after a few cursory votes. I wanted to write about this before now but time was breathing a bit heavily on me. So here are my thoughts.

First, it was always said there would never be an American Pope because the Church feared the political ramifications; the Papacy was to be in the hands of someone from a downtrodden nation, or at least from one that has no real political or military or economic power. That way the Church seemd universal, not just a tool of the wealthy and powerful nations. But for some strange reason the College of Cardinals, most of whom were appointed by the dearly departed Pope Francis the Heretic, chose to break with this and chose an AMERICAN. That was no accident, nor was the breakneck speed of the Conclave that chose him.

As everyone knows the College of Cardinals chose Robert Prevost to be the new Pope - Pope Leo XIV. Prevost is originally from Chicago and spent nine years serving in my hometown of St. Louis before going to Peru (where he has dual citizenship) and then on to the Vatican, where he served first as the guy who chose Bishops, then was made a cardinal by Pope Frances just a year and a half ago. Now he's Pope, and as he's only in his late sixties will remain so probably for another twenty years (the Pope gets GREAT mecical care).

He chose the name Leo because he intends to continue the reforms started under Leo XIII, who sat on the chair of St. Peter between 1878 to 1903 andx who sought to "modernize" the Church. Leo was called "the Worker's Pope" because of his encyclical on the Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor and he was notorious for marshalling arguments that came from the communists and socialists, so this new Leo is siignaling his solidarity with the social justice movement that Pope Leo XIII started.

Bear with me; I'm just getting warmed up.

Prevost has repeatedly entered the political fray, attacking Donald Trump and J.D. Vance over American immigration policy and over "social justice" matters (like ending DEI). Even the legacy media admit's he's "a liberal" which means he's pretty radical. You will notice there was nothing but adoration for him on all the legacy media stations after he was announced; nary a complaint could be heard.

So why did the College of Cardinals chose him, an American. To tamper with the American electoral process.

This Pope is going to challenge Trump at every opportunity, I assure you. He's going to condemn the things Trump is doing to save America from collapse. And he is going to intimate that he is infallible and many Catholics who do not understand Church teachings on Papal infallability will think they have to vote against MAGA as their Christian duty.

The fact is Papal infallibility only applies when the Pope is speaking ex cathedra. What that means is he makes a pronouncement on matters of Faith and Morals, not on politics or anything else, and ONLY when the matter is close to being settled. It usually applies when the Church has long taught a specific drictrine anyway. The last time a Pope spoke ex cathedra was Nov. 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII formally recognized the doctrine of Mary being bodily assumed into Heaven. Two thousand years of arguing over that and only then did the Pope make it unquestionable. All Catholics MUST believe this to be in good standing with the Church.

If the Pope speaks about anything else he's just giving his opinion. But many Catholics don't understand that, and if this guy challenges MaGA and Trump many Catholics will be deceived. It is intended to split Catholicism from Conseravism, plain and simple, and put it at the service of the revolutionaries and socialists.

I predict Leo will attempt to make women priests. I also suspect he will try very hard to end natioal boundaries via unrestrained immigration, and will push for actual gay marriage (as opposed to just blessing gay unions as Francis did - which was an act of heresy. The Bible is quite clear; homosexuality leads to eternal damnation. See So the Pope is blessing a mortal sin, and this guy will simply remove the sin part of it if he gets his way.) See Genesis 9:20–27, Genesis 19:1–11, Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, and 1 Timothy 1:10 for just a few passages. Practicing homosexuality leads to eternal damnation and it is NOT in the least loving to just excuse it. We needn't be disagreeable or cruel, but it is the duty of the Church to tell people to stop sinning just as it would be the duty of a motorist to tell another motorist the bridge ahead is out and if he hauls down that road he might crash.

Women are not to be priests either - read 1 Timothy 2:12 for example, or Isaiah 3:12 or I Cor. 14 . Jesus chose no women as apostles.

Yet the new Pope Leo XIV seems to embrace all of this.

What this will do is lead to a schism in the Church, with part of it splintering much as the Orthodox did from the Catholics back in the day.

I would add this "inclusivity" is neither Biblicalo nor Christian. Jesus INVITED everyone, but He did not beg them. In fact, He told His apostles "if a town does not receive you shake the dust of that town from your feet and move on". Jesus wanted those who wanted Him, those who would committ. He didn't want luke-warmers. In fact, in the Book of Revelation Jesus addresses the church of Laodecia "You are neither hot nor cold. I wish thou were hot or cold, but as thou art lukewarm I will spew thee from my mouth". Jesus didn't believe in begging for people to follow; He led and they could choose to follow or not.

But that's not what the Chirstian sects have been doing. On the contrary "ecumenism" has been the byword for generations now. Ecumenism essentially means watering down the disparate faiths to promote "unity". Unity is important inside of a religion, but between them it's a bad idea. I would point out the Nazis were ecumenists; most of them believed in Theosophism, which was a religion that sought to amalgamate all world religions. In particular the top brass of the Nazis were members of the Tule Society. Their attempts at the promotion of monism led to the horrors of the holocaust. Unity can be in the service of evii as easily as in the service of good.

And what fruit has all this born? The Protestant churches have been withering and dying for years now as they implemented a woke form of Christianity. It does not inspire, nor does it motivate. The Protestant relgions are essentially dead. Take Anglicanism; many British citizens call themselves Jedi, named after a science fiction franchise. Anglicanism is dying in the United Kingdom and in America along with every other country. Why? Because it no longer means anything. It embraced modernism, all the woke nonsense, and for that God has removed it's infleunce in the world.

The same holds true of many other Protestant faiths.

That's because they refused to take a stand against the rising tide of radicalism across the globe. To many, especially the young, there isn't much value in attending a church that does nothing but talk about being nice. People are inspired by struggle. The early Church grew by leaps and bounds, even while being oppressed. The same holds true in Africa today, or in China. The Church is growing where there is a real cost to being Christian. It's dying in the West because it has become nothing but a social club - a very BORING social club.

But liberals are liberals and the new Pope will double down on what has been killing the Church and the churches. I have no doubt he believes the way to grow the church is to turn her into the world. But St. James said in the Bible "friendship with the world is enmity with God” and "whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” And so he'll try to "modernize" the church, to do "outreach" to "the marginalized" in a vain and pathetic effort to coax them (and their money) into the pews.

What religions are growing in this day and age? Islam, for one. Why? Betcause it makes no bones about it's message and stands firm. While it is a false religion, a series of old Christian heresies, it still is attractive because it offers surety and a solid footing. Modern Christianity does not do that; it is but a whisper in the story sea these days. Of the Christian faiths, the most fundamentalist ones are the ones that are growing. Traditionalist Catholics, Evangelicals, etc. are growing while the standard sects are shrinking. People wnat tradition. The Church has always acted as a conservative force to restrain the passions of the day but now it wants to be a "progressive" force for change. There is nothing progressive about Progressivism; it has all been tried before and found wanting.

But modern science has dazzled the eyes of many, who think we are smarter than our ancestors when in fact they were probably smarter than we - they just lacked the tools we possess. But they had to actually think, a chore most are spared in our modern era. Jut read letters written by our forebearers to see just how much smarter they were than are we.

At any rate the catholic Church has just taken a big leap into the abyss with this fellow. Unless the Holy Spirit takes drastic action, we will see another craven and corrupt papacy doing irreparable harm to society by not standing against the rising tide of antichrist. The Church always believed the false prophet of Revelation would be a Pope. Maybe...

We need a shepherd who will guide the flock, not a man who will comingle them with a pack of wolves.

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