{"id":4660,"date":"2022-06-21T22:39:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T04:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betrayedcatholics.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2022-06-22T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T00:48:37","slug":"4660-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betrayedcatholics.com\/4660-2\/","title":{"rendered":"These incorrigible Fatima deniers are workers of iniquity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>St. Aloysius Gonzaga+<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Because those posting on social media simply refuse to obey the teachings of the Roman Pontiffs that private apparitions and revelations must not be treated with derision and\/or contempt once they have been approved by the Church, <\/em><\/strong>we are forced once again to address attacks on Fatima (see https:\/\/www.keepandshare.com\/doc18\/25945\/rodriguez-rebuttal-1-pdf-326k?da=y<\/a> and https:\/\/www.keepandshare.com\/doc18\/25946\/rodriguez-rebuttal-2-pdf-539k?da=y<\/a>). One can choose not to believe such revelations and even to believe they are not of divine origin. But no one can publicly or privately deride them or treat them with contempt.<\/em><\/strong> It scarcely needs to be said that if the Church was here to guide us today it is doubtful anyone would be allowed to discuss or debate religious topics on social media, if we were allowed to use it at all! The reasons should be obvious but unfortunately to some they are not. Religious topics are ordinarily off bounds for the majority of the laity, who would need to receive special permission from the bishop to even print. While Pope Pius XII has given the laity permission in the absence of the hierarchy to assume many of their duties, including the defense of the faith, this permission must be interpreted strictly and engaged in with the greatest caution and reverence.<\/p>\n

This obsession<\/em> with Fatima as a \u201cdemonic\u201d apparition that supposedly signaled rot in the Church decades prior to Our Lady\u2019s appearance at Fatima has, predictably, escalated to involve the rejection of all popes reigning after Pope Pius IX as false popes<\/em><\/strong>. This was necessary for these Fatima deniers in order to justify their errors and escape the accusation that they are not Catholic for refusing to obey the popes in refraining from demonizing \u2014 literally \u2014 the apparitions. The primary promoter of this base calumny apparently subscribes to the work of one \u201cBernal Diaz,\u201d (a pseudonym; generally, only cowards and hucksters, not Catholics, write under assumed names), as the basis for the rejection of Fatima and the Roman Pontiffs. The deluded follower of this man and promoter of Fatima as demonic has publicly stated this author (man, woman?) she follows is a Catholic<\/em>, but offers no proof whatsoever for this. And none can be found anywhere on the Internet. The most disturbing aspect of all this is the repeated insistence \u2014 with absolutely nothing to back it besides speculation, far less \u201cproofs\u201d of any kind as the promoter pretends \u2014 that demon worship and cooperation with the demonic on the part of the seers was involved. I speak with St. Teresa of Avila, who wrote in her biography:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do not understand those terrors which make us cry out, Satan, Satan! when we may say, God, God! and make Satan tremble. Do we not know that he cannot stir without the permission of God? What does it mean? I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself<\/em><\/strong>. Satan can do me no harm whatever, but they <\/em><\/strong>can trouble me very much\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And to this I say a resounding, \u201cAmen.\u201d Whenever we see something this pernicious that has so violently seized the minds of those who once walked along the straight path, we can quite rightly suspect that such a thing itself is from the devil. As an article on the Fisheaters <\/em>forum explains, \u201cSometimes demons, including Satan himself, and the souls of damned humans go beyond merely tempting a person, and wage a more intense assault. This sort of assault can happen to those who give the Devil an “entree” into their lives by willfully engaging in sin, playing with heresy<\/em><\/strong>, becoming inordinately interested in the occult (“occult” meaning “hidden”<\/em><\/strong> and referring to those things naturally veiled from us)\u2026 Certain forms of mental illness can be caused by or attract the demonic. When demons see weakness, they attack,<\/em><\/strong> and some of our mentally ill are victims of the diabolical\u2026\u201d And there also exist in those obsessed \u201c\u2026all of the [other] things that go with obsession, such as illnesses, unexplainable pain, what appears to be incessant, incredibly \u2018bad luck,\u2019 etc.\u201d https:\/\/www.fisheaters.com\/praeternaturalworld4.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The Popes may be judged by no one<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Most sorrowful in all of this is the attack on the popes based on maliciously misconstrued and misunderstood quotes taken entirely out of context, and with no historical perspective provided to better understand what is being discussed and why. Diaz and his follower(s) violate a condemned proposition of the Church, that \u201cThe judgment of the Apostolic See, whose authority is not surpassed, is to be disclaimed by no one<\/em><\/strong>, nor is anyone permitted to pass judgment on its judgment<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d (Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Pastor Aeternus,<\/em> DZ 1830). In his infallible 1559 bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio<\/em>, Pope Paul IV teaches: \u201cThe Roman Pontiff, who is Vicar of God and of Jesus Christ on earth, holds fullness of power over peoples and. kingdoms, and judges all, but can be judged by no one in this world\u2026\u201d He then goes on to explain exactly how and when such a man can be considered a heretic, and it is NOT <\/em><\/strong>when he is in office, but only prior <\/em><\/strong>to his election. The Vatican Council forever precluded the possibility that the Roman Pontiff could speak heresy as a validly elected pope, and the only thing that could effectively invalidate a papal election, Pope Paul IV teaches, is the invalid election of one who was an apostate, heretic or schismatic.<\/p>\n

This is confirmed by St. Robert Bellarmine here<\/a> as well as the eminent theologian Rev. Felix Capello, De Curia Romana iuxta Reformationem a Pio X, vol. II: De Curia Romana \u201cSede Vacante\u201d (Rome: Fridericus Pustet, 1912) as quoted by NovusOrdoWatch<\/em> (https:\/\/novusordowatch.org\/tag\/felix-cappello\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n