Francis had an audience with the members of the Pontifical Academy Of Life on Monday, 25 June 2018, in the Clementine Hall where he gave an address. Afterwards, Francis met with some of the members of the academy including the two pro-abortion rabbis (Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, M.D. & Rabbi Professor Fernando Szlajen) he appointed to it. No where in his address did Francis condemn abortion, instead he uttered a bunch of hollow platitudes, talked about his program of gnostic environmentalism (global bioethics), and appealed to the ethics, values, and wisdom of those in attendance. Let’s see, what are some of the ethics, values, and wisdom of rabbis Steinberg and Szlajen? A few of the ethics of Rabbi Steinberg are: gentiles should be put to death for committing abortion but Jews shouldn’t be, pedophilia rape is OK, blood has magic abilities, the first man Adam was a hermaphrodite, etc... One of the value$ that Rabbi Szlajen teaches is, the Bible demands abortion in only one case “when the life of the conceptus [the embryo in utero] inexorably threatens that of its mother.” He then goes on to justify this by citing, “the law of rodef, ‘pursuer’.” We don’t know about you, but we have yet to read a Bible which sanctions abortion or cites ‘the law of the rodef’. We have read the Talmud though, which says almost verbatim what Rabbi Szlajen wrote. This noahidzation of the church is what Francis means when he says he wants a, “deepening of scientific, anthropological and ethical knowledge, and in service to life,” and “there is a real cultural revolution on the horizon of history at this time. The Church must, first and foremost, be part of it.”
We have exhaustively covered how Francis “Who am I to judge?” in fact doesn’t judge anything or anyone unless it goes against his religion of Holocaustianity. How central the Holocaust is to Francis and his religious framework has been apparent this past week. On Saturday, 16th of June, Francis finished off his address to the Delegation of the Forum of Family Associations with this,
“When I was a boy, the teacher taught us history and told us what the Spartans were doing when a child was born with malformations: they took him to the mountain and threw him down, to keep "the purity of the race". And we were shocked: "But how, how can this be done, [those] poor children!" It was an atrocity. Today we do the same thing. Have you wondered why you do not see many dwarves on the street? Because the protocol of many doctors - many, not all - is to ask the question: "Is he/she bad?". I say this with pain. In the last century the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did to treat the purity of the race. Today we do the same, but with white gloves.”
“Have last century’s tragedies thought us nothing?Pope Francis cites a glaring example, the persecution of Jews. “A slanderous communication against the Jews; and they ended up in Auschwitz because they did not deserve to live.Oh... it’s a horror, but a horror that happens today: in small societies, in people and in many countries. The first step is to take charge of communication, and after: destruction, judgment, and death.... The Pope’s invitation is therefore to re-read the story of Nabot in the first Book of Kings and then to think and pray for the many victims - men, women, children, entire nations - devastated by “so many dictatorships with “white gloves””.”
Francis cannot differentiate between good and bad because everything is relative. The only thing he knows with certainty is that the Holocaust was an absolute evil. It is the standard which he uses as a basis for his judgment of what constitutes evil. He uses this gold standard as the foundation of all his values and has thereby become an echo chamber of the Holocaust education machine. When speaking of abortion or slander, it all has relevance only because of the Holocaust.
Francis sees the Holocaust as being the only memory worthy of being a frame of reference and in order for Christians to be forgiven for the Holocaust, Francis wants them to adopt the Noahide laws by hook or by crook. As the fraud Elie Wiesel once wrote, “In the beginning was the Holocaust...”
Francis’ Gos-spiel
#WeRemember the #Memory of the apples and will #NeverForget
#WeRemember the #Memory of the baloney, the soap, and the showers and will #NeverForget
Christ may be resurrected but Francis doesn't want you to rejoice in it. For in this Easter season he has released another Apostolic Exhortation full of his banal modernist thoughts and in the process heaped a Cross onto the backs of pewsitters that take the Novus Ordo seriously. This rumored encyclical instead turned out to be an Apostolic Exhortation but don’t worry it’s filled with a strong condemnation of Catholics neopelagians. The burdensome Gaudete et exsultate (Rejoice and be glad) was launched with its own video trailer. Watch it and see what you will learn from reading the document.
some of the excerpted lowlights
(by no means is it to be considered exhaustive)
(bold is ours for emphasis, our comments in italics)
A contemplative life is bad
26. It is not healthy to love silence while fleeing interaction with others, to want peace and quiet while avoiding activity, to seek prayer while disdaining service. Everything can be accepted and integrated into our life in this world, and become a part of our path to holiness. We are called to be contemplatives even in the midst of action, and to grow in holiness by responsibly and generously carrying out our proper mission.
Traditionalists (aka pelagians) are bad
58. Not infrequently, contrary to the promptings of the Spirit, the life of the Church can become a museum piece or the possession of a select few. This can occur when some groups of Christians give excessive importance to certain rules, customs or ways of acting. The Gospel then tends to be reduced and constricted, deprived of its simplicity, allure and savour. This may well be a subtle form of pelagianism, for it appears to subject the life of grace to certain human structures. It can affect groups, movements and communities, and it explains why so often they begin with an intense life in the Spirit, only to end up fossilized… or corrupt.
Francis is an oppressor because he apes the Faith
94. Persecutions are not a reality of the past, for today too we experience them, whether by the shedding of blood, as is the case with so many contemporary martyrs, or by more subtle means, by slander and lies. Jesus calls us blessed when people “utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account” (Mt 5:11). At other times, persecution can take the form of gibes that try to caricature our faith and make us seem ridiculous.
Francis want charity without discrimination for one’s responsibilities
98. If I encounter a person sleeping outdoors on a cold night, I can view him or her as an annoyance, an idler, an obstacle in my path, a troubling sight, a problem for politicians to sort out, or even a piece of refuse cluttering a public space. Or I can respond with faith and charity, and see in this person a human being with a dignity identical to my own, a creature infinitely loved by the Father, an image of God, a brother or sister redeemed by Jesus Christ. That is what it is to be a Christian! Can holiness somehow be understood apart from this lively recognition of the dignity of each human being?[82]
Don’t fret over communism and stop protesting abortion so strongly
101. The other harmful ideological error is found in those who find suspect the social engagement of others, seeing it as superficial, worldly, secular, materialist, communist or populist. Or they relativize it, as if there are other more important matters, or the only thing that counts is one particular ethical issue or cause that they themselves defend. Our defence of the innocent unborn, for example, needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and elderly exposed to covert euthanasia, the victims of human trafficking, new forms of slavery, and every form of rejection.[84] We cannot uphold an ideal of holiness that would ignore injustice in a world where some revel, spend with abandon and live only for the latest consumer goods, even as others look on from afar, living their entire lives in abject poverty.
Welcome the invading Moslem hordes into your countries
102. We often hear it said that, with respect to relativism and the flaws of our present world, the situation of migrants, for example, is a lesser issue. Some Catholics consider it a secondary issue compared to the “grave” bioethical questions. That a politician looking for votes might say such a thing is understandable, but not a Christian, for whom the only proper attitude is to stand in the shoes of those brothers and sisters of ours who risk their lives to offer a future to their children. Can we not realize that this is exactly what Jesus demands of us, when he tells us that in welcoming the stranger we welcome him (cf. Mt 25:35)? Saint Benedict did so readily, and though it might have “complicated” the life of his monks, he ordered that all guests who knocked at the monastery door be welcomed “like Christ”,[85] with a gesture of veneration;[86] the poor and pilgrims were to be met with “the greatest care and solicitude”.[87]
103. A similar approach is found in the Old Testament: “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Ex 22:21). “When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress him. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Lev 19:33-34). This is not a notion invented by some Pope, or a momentary fad. In today’s world too, we are called to follow the path of spiritual wisdom proposed by the prophet Isaiah to show what is pleasing to God. “Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn” (58:7-8).
Blogs such as Call Me Jorge... are bad
115. Christians too can be caught up in networks of verbal violence through the internet and the various forums of digital communication. Even in Catholic media, limits can be overstepped, defamation and slander can become commonplace, and all ethical standards and respect for the good name of others can be abandoned. The result is a dangerous dichotomy, since things can be said there that would be unacceptable in public discourse, and people look to compensate for their own discontent by lashing out at others. It is striking that at times, in claiming to uphold the other commandments, they completely ignore the eighth, which forbids bearing false witness or lying, and ruthlessly vilify others. Here we see how the unguarded tongue, set on fire by hell, sets all things ablaze (cf. Jas 3:6).
A cloistered life isn't good
140. When we live apart from others, it is very difficult to fight against concupiscence, the snares and temptations of the devil and the selfishness of the world. Bombarded as we are by so many enticements, we can grow too isolated, lose our sense of reality and inner clarity, and easily succumb.
Discernment is the key to everything & change is good except when it’s not good. If we block change we are blocking the Holy Spirit.
166. How can we know if something comes from the Holy Spirit or if it stems from the spirit of the world or the spirit of the devil? The only way is through discernment, which calls for something more than intelligence or common sense. It is a gift which we must implore. If we ask with confidence that the Holy Spirit grant us this gift, and then seek to develop it through prayer, reflection, reading and good counsel, then surely we will grow in this spiritual endowment.
An urgent need
167. The gift of discernment has become all the more necessary today, since contemporary life offers immense possibilities for action and distraction, and the world presents all of them as valid and good. All of us, but especially the young, are immersed in a culture of zapping. We can navigate simultaneously on two or more screens and interact at the same time with two or three virtual scenarios. Without the wisdom of discernment, we can easily become prey to every passing trend.
168. This is all the more important when some novelty presents itself in our lives. Then we have to decide whether it is new wine brought by God or an illusion created by the spirit of this world or the spirit of the devil. At other times, the opposite can happen, when the forces of evil induce us not to change, to leave things as they are, to opt for a rigid resistance to change. Yet that would be to block the working of the Spirit. We are free, with the freedom of Christ. Still, he asks us to examine what is within us – our desires, anxieties, fears and questions – and what takes place all around us – “the signs of the times” – and thus to recognize the paths that lead to complete freedom. “Test everything; hold fast to what is good” (1 Thess 5:21).
Best footnote ever
[73] Detraction and calumny are acts of terrorism: a bomb is thrown, it explodes and the attacker walks away calm and contented. This is completely different from the nobility of those who speak to others face to face, serenely and frankly, out of genuine concern for their good.
Who wrote this? Was it Francis’ perverted ghostwriter, ‘Smoochie’ Fernandez? It has to be because it’s as if the majority of the document is a copy-and-paste job from Fernandez’s writings and the speeches of Francis. It reads like a new age book filled with sophisms. Don’t worry, if you take ‘Gaudete et exsultate’ to heart, ‘Smoochie’ and Francis will heal you with kisses and spiritual hugs, unless you practice the Catholic Faith...so rejoice and be glad!
We have covered for some time, Francis’ appointment of two Talmudic rabbis to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy Of Life and how this is an inversion of the academy’s original purpose. Francis said in an address to academy members,
“There is a real cultural revolution on the horizon of history at this time. The Church must, first and foremost, be part of it. In this perspective, it is essential to honestly recognize her weaknesses and shortcomings.”
Well, yesterday one of the rabbis that Francis appointed to the academy, Rabbi
Fernando Szlajen, wrote an article published on infobae, Aborto a demanda: el crimen como derecho, in which he explains that abortion is fine as long as it is
committed under a particular set of circumstances, it’s also even Biblical! Like the rabbi that he is, Szlajen talks out of both sides of his mouth. He spends a good portion of the article wailing about unnecessary abortions and the evils of abortion but then gets to the rabbinic loophole for abortion and pins this squarely on the Bible.
“In only one case does the Bible demand an abortion, when the life of the conceptus [the embryo in utero] inexorably threatens that of its mother, resolving that as long as it has not been born, the woman's life is prioritized because her life comes first. In such a said case, typified under the law of rodef, ‘pursuer’, it prescribes to kill whoever with certainty and effectively threatens the life of another, even when he is not aware of it. In cases of anencephaly, irreversible degenerative or terminal pathologies where the conceptus will inevitably die, typified as tzarrej gadol, ‘great need’, for the loss, causing the siege and the oppression of the person, abortion is allowed with severe restrictions in time and form. Similar criteria apply to women, pregnant from rape, being that they are in serious psychophysical state.”
And there you have it dear reader, a slow step by step inculcation of rabbinic morals which will result one day into a full blown Noahide initiation. The responsibility for this rests directly on Francis’ shoulders. Recall our previous posts where we demonstrate that Francis lies with regularity and often plays dumb to those whom he lies. We expect nothing less than this if Francis is ever confronted on the matter. Now returning to what Rabbi Szlajen wrote, no abortion isn’t Biblical it’s Talmudic. If the rabbi had been truthful he would have explained, as we have on this blog, that the Talmud says all abortions are fine until the head of the baby leaves the uterus during birth because, “Before the baby is born, it is not considered a living soul, and it is therefore not subject to the halakhot (law) of murder.” (Koren Talmud Bavli: Sanhedrin Part Two, Jerusalem, 2017, p. 155.) Further the rabbi would have told his readers that non-Jews do not possess the souls of men but of animals, in other words they do not have souls.
So the logical conclusion is that the two rabbis believe that abortion is acceptable for Jews as long as the head of the baby hasn’t left the uterus because that’s when the baby acquires its soul and for goyim or non-Jews abortion is okay any time because they don’t possess souls. Any discussion contrary to this is just the rhetorical trick of pilpul which makes true rational discussion impossible — it’s a sideshow to make a dog chase its tail. Dear reader, please educate yourself and others about these matters, make personal acts of reparation, and pray more fervently in order that those stuck in the rabbinic insane asylum may escape and learn that their Savior is Jesus the Christ. Else those in the Novus Ordo church will continue down the perditious road they are on — resulting in the Vatican becoming a shtetl and the churches becoming synagogues with noahides sitting in the pews.
Michael A. Hoffman II writes in, America is under Talmudic law, not Sharia law:
“Pursuers come in all shapes and sizes. They can even be Judaic children. Americans have often expressed dismay and amazement at how, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court did not only legalize abortion at 12 or 16 weeks gestation. The Court, in conformity with the Talmud, legalized abortion on demand at any time during the pregnancy, including a few minutes before the baby is born. This abominable crime is permissible in those lands where the Talmud exerts dominion.
The relevant halacha is found in the uncensored text of the Talmud Bavli (“Bavli” denotes Babylon), in Sanhedrin 72b, where a mother believes her unborn baby is endangering her life by “pursuing” her. According to the Talmud, this unborn infant rodef can be eliminated at any time during the pregnancy, except when the mother is actually giving birth and the head of the child becomes visible.
“Before the baby is born, it is not considered a living soul, and it is therefore not subject to the halakhot (law) of murder.” — Koren Talmud Bavli: Sanhedrin Part Two (Jerusalem, 2017), p. 155.
Right wing campaigners against the alleged imminent imposition of Sharia law announce that they are defending the “Constitution against Islam.” We have never seen a case where Islamic law profoundly influenced members of the Supreme Court. We have, however, observed repeated Talmudic influence over how the court interprets the Constitution in the modern era. Roe v. Wade is one example. Another is the “discovery” of a Constitutional right to legalize the marriage of sodomites. It goes without saying that the Founders envisioned no such right, just as the Bible made no allowance for a usurping Talmud.
In the religion that is directed by the Talmud, there is no legislature. All laws are made by judicial decision. It just so happens that this is how much of the supreme law of the land is made in America. Another name for “activist judge” is Talmudic judge.
Our nation is under Talmudic law, not Sharia, though immense troops of Protestant and Catholic ignoramuses display their cluelessness as they crusade with intense fervor against a non-existent menace, while oblivious to the cancer eating at the bowels of our nation.
One wants to be charitable. One hesitates to overtax rhetoric and apply the word idiocy to the victims of what is a constantly mutating virus of deception that has hoodwinked them and 99% of the conservative movement. In lieu of such rhetoric, an observation of C. Wright Mills comes to mind, “We are at a curious juncture in the history of human insanity.””
*Keep in mind that the editor of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics, Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, M.D., was appointed personally by Francis to the Pontifical Academy Of Life on 13 June 2017. This appointment of a Talmudist and Francis’ near silence on abortion tells one all they need to know about the direction the Novus Ordo is heading.
Emma with her patron György Schwartz (aka George Soros) in 2015
George Soros, “When I first met Emma Bonino, she wanted me to join the Transnational Radical Party. I refused to join thinking it was too utopian. But two years ago I joined the TRP. It goes to show she is a visionary thinker who is often ahead of her time.”
We can hear the objections...but Trump is anti-abortion, he’s this, he’s that!
How can someone be pro-homosexual and be anti-abortion since abortion is intimately related to homosexuality and birth control? They are all selfish acts satisfying man’s pleasures while at the same time defying God’s law.
Yes, Donald Trump is a con-man extraordinaire — a chameleon whose appearance changes for the crowd he is currently pandering to.
Who was the Donald’s mentor?
The infamous Roy Cohn.
Cohn was a racist Jewish closet homosexual who was anti-homosexual publicly. He built his reputation as an anti-communist while working for Senator Joseph McCarthy, when in reality he was helping one organized criminal gang (New York) put the screws on another rival gang (Chicago). Don’t worry despite the turf war, they kept Hollywood firmly in their control. When Donald met Roy Cohn he was recently graduated from college and it was outside an exclusive nightclub. At the time Cohn was a fixer and confidant for New York gangsters, politicians, and tycoons. Cohn took Donald under his wing and said that he talked to Trump 15 times a day, Trump has said it was more like 5 times a day. When Trump’s mentor was in the process of getting disbarred, guess who testified to his good character? That’s right Trump. Cohn still lost his law license for outright theft and fraud. Like many human beings, Cohn’s lifestyle caught up to him and he died from AIDS.
This is just one facet of the insecure narcissist, Donald Trump. There is much more to the man which is better left to writing about if he is elected — his connections to Likud, the Jewish Russian mafia, the New York mob, key 9/11 players, etc...
If Trump is elected, will he get his wall? It’s doubtful but who knows. One thing which will happen is the alchemical transformation of the right into a pro-zionist, pro-pedophile, and pro-homosexual party as is currently being done in Europe. Another trend which will continue is the growth to epic proportions of the panopticon which laughably calls itself the most free country in the world.
And please dear readers don’t take this as support for the murdering liar, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
‘Archbishop’ Antje & Francis are partners in crime
The Lutheran Church of Sweden is:
pro-contraception,
pro-abortion,
pro-homosexual,
pro-female clergy,
doesn’t believe in Transubstantiation,
or the the Real Presence of Our Lord,
and much, much, more!
“You said there are many things you like about the Catholic Church, others not so much. What do I like about the Lutheran Church and what do I not like? I really like good Lutherans, Lutherans who really practice their faith in Jesus Christ. What I don’t like are lukewarm Catholics and lukewarm Lutherans.”
Today (30 April 2016) Francis had a special general audience to which he invited a lot of Rotarians who were in Rome. The purpose of the Rotarians being in Rome was to participate in a
conference organized by the Jesuit Refugee Service with the topic of
“Helping Refugees to Start Over”, one of Francis’ pet causes. Also participating in the discussions
were The United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations World
Food Program. One couldn’t come up with a set of groups which reflect the one world government mentality more and which are hell bent on de-Christianizing Europe.
This isn’t Francis first interaction with with Rotary International nor his predecessors. Francis back in 1999 when he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio and only a year into his appointment as the archbishop of Buenos Aires was named a honorary Rotarian. A few years later in 2005 he was honored as Argentina’s Rotarian of the Year.
Francis has such a high opinion of members of the Rotary that he has even employed Rotary International fellow, Juan C. Zarate, on the Vatican’s finance panel. This feeling though is mutual as Rotarian, Nestor L. Abrematea of the Philippines, got a government resolution passed which declared Francis the ‘Superpope!’ because he weathered typhoon Amang in order to celebrate a Novus Ordo mess with them.
“Bergoglio wants to be loved by everyone and please everyone. In this
sense one day he will talk on TV against abortion and the next day he
will bless the pro abortionist in the Plaza de Mayo; he could give a
marvelous talk against the Masons (Masonic Order) and, an hour later,
eat and drink with them at the Rotary Club.”
The Vatican closely cooperates with Rotary International especially in the interfaith and interreligious movements. Dr. Dietmar W. Winkler is one example of this. He is the Dean of the School of Catholic Theology at the University of Salzburg and has been given grants from the Rotary in order to further these movements.
Francis and Rotary International President K.R. Ravindran.
“It is a tremendous honor to be part of this Jubilee Audience. Pope Francis has inspired men and women throughout the world – regardless of their faith – with his humble acts of kindness. His call to alleviate the root causes of extreme poverty and human suffering transcends religion, age, nationalism and politics. Rotary members from every religion, nation and creed share Pope Francis’ spirit of mercy and compassion, which inspires us to act boldly to address the most difficult challenges facing our world today.”
“Mr. Ravindran called Pope Francis a model for Rotarians, saying "he
is doing exactly what every Rotarian should be doing. So we see a great
synergy of thought with this Pope, and being here, receiving his
blessing, I think is something quite wonderful for us."
"We
are all very excited; we are passionate about this. We have Rotarians
who have come from 80 countries to be present, so you can imagine the
excitement."
Mr. Ravindran compared the conference on
giving refugees a new start to lighting a candle in the darkness. "I
realize that trying to take on this whole problem is beyond us. I have
to be honest and say that Rotary cannot solve this problem, but rather
than cursing the darkness, we can light a candle. I definitely know of
many, many Rotary Clubs who in their own small way are doing what they
can to give refuge, to educate, to take care, to nurse refugees. So if
many of us do what we are doing, then to a large extent the problem gets
alleviated."”
Defenders of Francis claim he stands for everything that the Catholic Faith has stood for but now chooses to focus his attention on aspects the pre-Vatican II church ignored such as mercy, compassion, love, spiritual hugs, etc...
“No Roman
Catholic priest, decreed the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office,
may henceforth be a member of Rotary or attend Rotary meetings.
Furthermore, laymen, while not forbidden Rotary membership, were
exhorted to bear in mind Article 684 of canon law. Excerpt: "The
faithful...must guard against associations which are secret, condemned,
seditious, suspect, or which try to escape legitimate church vigilance."”
This brings us to ask, is Francis a Catholic when his only concerns are the physical well being of people and not their souls? Can the dear reader imagine Pius XII or Leo XIII hosting members of the Rotary International much less being a honorary member and accepting awards from them?
To My Venerable Brother Archbishop Rino Fisichella President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization
With the approach of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I would like to focus on several points which I believe require attention to enable the celebration of the Holy Year to be for all believers a true moment of encounter with the mercy of God. It is indeed my wish that the Jubilee be a living experience of the closeness of the Father, whose tenderness is almost tangible, so that the faith of every believer may be strengthened and thus testimony to it be ever more effective.
My thought first of all goes to all the faithful who, whether in individual Dioceses or as pilgrims to Rome, will experience the grace of the Jubilee. I wish that the Jubilee Indulgence may reach each one as a genuine experience of God’s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed. To experience and obtain the Indulgence, the faithful are called to make a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop, and in the four Papal Basilicas in Rome, as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion. Likewise, I dispose that the Indulgence may be obtained in the Shrines in which the Door of Mercy is open and in the churches which traditionally are identified as Jubilee Churches. It is important that this moment be linked, first and foremost, to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy. It will be necessary to accompany these celebrations with the profession of faith and with prayer for me and for the intentions that I bear in my heart for the good of the Church and of the entire world.
Additionally, I am thinking of those for whom, for various reasons, it will be impossible to enter the Holy Door, particularly the sick and people who are elderly and alone, oftenconfined to the home. For them it will be of great help to live their sickness and suffering as an experience of closeness to the Lord who in the mystery of his Passion, death and Resurrection indicates the royal road which gives meaning to pain and loneliness. Living with faith and joyful hope this moment of trial, receiving communion or attending Holy Mass and community prayer, even through the various means of communication, will be for them the means of obtaining the Jubilee Indulgence. My thoughts also turn tothose incarcerated,whose freedom is limited. The Jubilee Year has always constituted an opportunity for great amnesty, which is intended to include the many people who, despite deserving punishment, have become conscious of the injustice they worked and sincerely wish to re-enter society and make their honest contribution to it. May they all be touched in a tangible way by the mercy of the Father who wants to be close to those who have the greatest need of his forgiveness. They may obtain the Indulgence in the chapels of the prisons. May the gesture of directing their thought and prayer to the Father each time they cross the threshold of their cell signify for them their passage through the Holy Door, because the mercy of God is able to transform hearts, and is also able to transform bars into an experience of freedom.
I have asked the Church in this Jubilee Year to rediscover the richness encompassed by the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. The experience of mercy, indeed, becomes visible in the witness of concrete signs as Jesus himself taught us. Each time that one of the faithful personally performs one or more of these actions, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence. Hence the commitment to live by mercy so as to obtain the grace of complete and exhaustive forgiveness by the power of the love of the Father who excludes no one. The Jubilee Indulgence is thus full, the fruit of the very event which is to be celebrated and experienced with faith, hope and charity.
Furthermore, the Jubilee Indulgence can also be obtained for the deceased. We are bound to them by the witness of faith and charity that they have left us. Thus, as we remember them in the Eucharistic celebration, thus we can, in the great mystery of the Communion of Saints, pray for them, that the merciful Face of the Father free them of every remnant of fault and strongly embrace them in the unending beatitude.
One of the serious problems of our time is clearly the changed relationship with respect to life. A widespread and insensitive mentality has led to the loss of the proper personal and social sensitivity to welcome new life. The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extremeharm that such an act entails. Many others, on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe that they have no other option. I think in particular of all the women who have resorted to abortion. I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision. I know that it is an existential and moral ordeal. I have met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision. What has happened is profoundly unjust; yet only understanding the truth of it can enable one not to lose hope. The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the Sacrament of Confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation with the Father. For this reason too, I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured itand who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it. May priests fulfil this great task by expressing words of genuine welcome combined with a reflection that explains the gravity of the sin committed, besides indicating a path of authentic conversion by which to obtain the true and generous forgiveness of the Father who renews all with his presence.
A final consideration concerns those faithful who for various reasons choose to attend churches officiated by priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X. This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one. From various quarters, several Brother Bishops have told me of their good faith and sacramental practice, combined however with an uneasy situation from the pastoral standpoint. I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity. In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins.
Trusting in the intercession of the Mother of Mercy, I entrust the preparations for this Extraordinary Jubilee Year to her protection.
