Papal Delusions
The purported pope of the Catholic Church recently attacked “libertarianism.” As a number of theologians have ably shown, Jorge Bergoglio, a.k.a Pope Francis, cannot be a legitimate pope, since he was neither ordained as a priest or consecrated as a bishop in the traditional Catholic rite of Holy Orders. And since he is not a bishop, he cannot be “Bishop of Rome” – a prerequisite for being the head of the universal Church.
The collectivist pope Francis – what a contrast to the revered John Paul II, who not only tirelessly argued in support of individual liberty, but had a firm grasp of economic issues as well (we have contrasted their economic views in “A Tale of Two Popes”). John Paul II realized that the Church had to stand up in defense of the free market economy if it really wanted to help the poor – and when he spoke of these things, one had the distinct impression that he really knew what he was talking about (by contrast, Francis often pontificates on things he knows nothing about, see e.g. his infamous “climate change” encyclical). As an aside: during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the then 22 year old Karol Wojtyla, who would one day become Pope John Paul II, worked as an actor in a clandestine, subversive theater. He evidently held on to this subsersive streak as he grew older – those standing up for liberty have always been the “subversives”, as they must by the very nature of their calling be opposed to the State. [PT]
While “technically” he is not the pope, Bergoglio is notorious for giving voice to a mind-boggling number of heresies, engages in the most scandalous of actions, and has attempted to change Catholic doctrine and Church teaching. He is not the pope since a heretic is necessarily outside the Church and, thus, cannot hold ecclesiastical office, especially not that of supreme pontiff.
If Bergoglio’s “invalidity” is not damnable enough, “Pope Francis” is a neo-Marxist who has repeatedly called for the redistribution of wealth and promoted mass migration, while denigrating capitalism and accusing it of impoverishing the poor. Naturally, with such a dossier, Bergoglio would be hostile to the concept of libertarianism.
And, as a skillful demagogue, he has deliberately mischaracterized the subject. In a message to a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Bergoglio harshly stated:
“I cannot fail to speak of the grave risks associated with the invasion of the positions of libertarian individualism at high strata of culture and in school and university education.”*
If Bergoglio thinks that higher education is infected with “libertarian individualism,” he is more delusional than he has been given credit for! Academia has long been a bastion of collectivist thought. Libertarianism and, for that matter, conservative ideas have little voice in higher education.
Moreover, Western culture is dominated by the ideals of social democracy, a philosophy that is anathema to libertarianism and also to real Catholicism, not the kind that is preached by imposters …read more
Source:: Acting Man
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