Religion, Nations, and Geopolitical Review: SATURDAY, JULY 17

by A. Joseph Lynch

I. POPE FRANCIS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

TRADITIONIS CUSTODES: Pope Francis has issued a motu proprio that all but eliminated Benedict XVI's Summorum Pontificum. The document, Traditionis Custodes, places regulation of the Latin Mass back into the hands of the bishops. For more context we recommend reading the papal letter that was attached to the new document. Expect a video coming soon on the topic, but if you're interested in history, we suggesting reading John Paul II's 1984 indult, Quattuor Abhinc Annos, which allowed some limited use of the Latin Mass - indeed Taditionis Custodes reads very similarly to the 1984 indult. You might also examine John Paul II's motu proprio entitled Ecclesia Dei, which led to a renewal of the Latin Mass as means of dialogue with the schismatic SSPX. We cannot fully understand Francis without knowing something of John Paul II and Benedict XVI concerning the Latin Mass.

CARDINAL DOLAN EXPOSED: A must-watch Church Militant expose on Cardinal Dolan and the corruption in the New York Archdiocese surrounding the "Father" Peter Miqueli (second YouTube link). The Archdiocese of New York is also being sued in another case of negligence by a man claiming to have been raped by Covenant House founder, "Father" Bruce Ritter. If true, the Covenant House - which was built to help wayward youth off the streets - was used to take advantage of at least one child it was supposed to protect.

BUFFALO BISHOP INVESTIGATED: Buffalo's auxiliary bishop, Edward Grosz, stepped down while he's under investigation for homosexual predation on a 15 year old boy. While we await the findings of the investigation, repeated findings of homosexual predation on sexually mature, underage males reveals the fact that the Church doesn't have a pedophile problem (as pedophiles prey on prepubescent children), it has a homosexual pederast problem (pederasts prey on sexually mature, underage children). 

LEO XIII AND SATAN: There's a tradition that asserts Pope Leo XIII had a vision of the Devil and God speaking on Satan's plans for the 20th century, after which the pope wrote the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel for protection in the dark years ahead. What's the history of this vision? Taylor Marshall explains.

BORIS JOHNSON - CATHOLIC: It appears the fallen away Catholics has returned to his roots, recently married in the Catholic Church and raising his new child Catholic. Tony Blair converted to Catholicism after he left office, but Johnson's "reversion" to Catholicism while in office his historic.

II. AMERICAN POLITICS

TRUMP DOMINATES CPAC: CPAC recently conducted a couple of straw polls regarding the GOP 2024 presidential nominees. It came as no surprise that President Trump polled at 70% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second at 21%. Everyone else polled at 1% or lower. Mike Pence, for example, unsurprisingly earned 0%. In a poll without Trump running for office, however, DeSantis jumped to 68% with all other contenders polling at 5% or less. Clearly these two men should ally in 2024. The only problem is that the US Constitution would require that they give Florida's electoral votes as both men would hail from the same state. If Trump ever were to move, it's a likely sign he's looking at a Trump DeSantis dream ticket.

DEATH OF RUMSFELD: The man who helped put America into Mideast quagmires is dead.  Rumsfeld should also be remembered for leading the company Searle from 1977-85. Searle is the company that gave us the birth control pill. What a legacy Rumsfeld leaves.   

AUDITS IN PA, GA, AZ: If it is discovered these states really voted for President Trump, then Trump won the race with 279 electoral votes (nine more than necessary). Tucker Carlson reported on voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia (video). You can also read about his reporting. As the audit in Arizona's Maricopa County winds down and a forensic audit in Pennsylvania is about to begin, we are very interested to see the results.

SPYING ON TUCKER: Tucker Calson was also in the news regarding a whistleblower reporting the NSA spying on him. The NSA issued a non-denial denial while the media accused him of lying. It turns out he had requested an interview with Vladimir Putin and the NSA "incidentally" picked that up and began looking into his communications. The media went from calling Carlson a liar to calling Carlson a traitor (for nothing more than being a good journalist). It is totally abhorrent and highly likely that he, like General Michael Flynn, was unmasked and targeted by people in the White House.

CAPITOL POLICE NATIONWIDE: The Capitol Police are not to be confused with the DC Metro Police. The Capitol Police are a security force given the sole task of guarding the US Capitol building and the congressional office building. They, however, are the only federal law enforcement group operating outside the authority of the Executive branch. They report to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Now the Capitol Police are expanding field offices across the country in order to "investigate" the January 6 riots. We should all be concerned.

III. THE NATIONS

CUBAN PROTESTS: Anti-communist protests have broken out in Cuba and the government has already opened fire on the peaceful protestors. Of course, the Biden team refused to condemn the communism that has kept the island nation prisoner for decades. And in no surprise, Black Lives Matter has come out in support... of the communist dictatorship (BLM had previously praised Fidel Castro).

SOUTH AFRICAN RIOTS: South Africa teeters on the edge amid riots and unrest. In order to better understand the situation we invite our readers to look at this Twitter thread from South Africa's Jonathan Witt. He does a good job of pointing to the wokism that helped divide the nation and cover the corruption of many South African officials.

HUNGARY BANS LGBT CHILD PROPAGANDA: Hungary has taken another step in the right direction by protecting its youth from LGBTQIA+ propaganda by ensuring parents - not activists - educate their children in this regard. It's a common sense move, yet the sexual revolutionary atheists across western Europe (i.e. "the West") are freaking out. More from Pat Buchanan.

HATI ASSASINATION: Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was recently assassinated in his home by a death squad of twenty-six Columbians and two Haitian Americans. Surprise, surprise, some of the assassins were trained by the US military. It reminds us of the Saudi death squad that murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Members of that squad were trained by the US military, too. Why is it that international assassins keep getting trained by the US military?

IV. CULTURE OF LIFE, CULTURE OF PROTECTION

COMING AFTER YOUR KIDS: SF Gay men's choir are coming for your children. As Church Militant reported, one of the singers served time in prison for quite literally coming after someone's child.

CAVING TO GAY "MARRIAGE": The Methodist church is following the other mainline Protestant denominations (like the Lutherans with their first transgendered bishop) into collapse and will soon hold "marriage" services for homosexuals.

FACTION VS. FACTION: Boston Pride - an organization for LGBT's - has dissolved for not being pro-black enough. It's amazing how name-calling everyone and everything "racist" is so impactful. It's nice to see it used to gobble up their allies in their revolution.

"PROTESTING" WWII VET: Two members of the US women's soccer team "protested" the national anthem as it was performed by a harmonica playing 98-year old World War II veteran. The sad reality is that American youth are not raised to understand American history, the sacrifices of our soldiers (especially those of the greatest generation), and the unifying loyalties of patriotism and religion. Not only do these two women not have any shame, they also just don't "get it".

"WOKE" NAVY IN SHAMBLES: A report issued by retired Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery asserts that recent accidents involving naval warships (like the burning of the USS Bonhomme Richard are the result of too much time teaching sailors diversity and not enough on keeping ships afloat. What's the point of having the world's most powerful navy when we are abandoning the sailing tradition and culture necessary to keep a navy operating?

TURN OFF THE NFL: The NFL continues to double and triple down on wokism. After recently declaring "football is gay" (well, football isn't but the NFL certainly is), it now plans to play the Black National Anthem before the (only) National Anthem at every game. It's clearly time to turn off the NFL if you haven't done so already.