The Fatal Folly Of “Recognize & Resist”

A return to the email inbox on this episode of What Catholics Believe.  Many topics are discussed:  • Is the clerical pedophilia today in the church unprecedented?  • How the Recognize & Resist (R&R) is poisonous.  • Are canonizations infallible?  • When do we have to follow the teachings of the church?  • When is the church infallible?  • Why Jansenism and how dangerous it is for traditional Catholics.  • What to make of the Syro-Malabar Rite which has no prayer of institution and no tabernacle.  • A word on abortion.

Vatican II and the Will of God

On this edition of What Catholics Believe, Tom and Fr. Jenkins discuss:  What is the difference between the active will of God and the passive will of God?  • What is the ‘Oath Against Modernism’?  • Is the ‘Oath Against Modernism’ binding upon successive popes?  • Can an encyclical be overturned by a later pope?  • Was Vatican II the result of God withholding his graces?  • What was the Miracle on the Vistula?  • How was ‘Humanae Vitae’ a restatement of previous Church teachings?  • How was ‘Humanae Vitae’ also different from previous Church teachings?  • Why do the members of the Novus Ordo have a myriad of views on morals?  • Lastly, Fr. Jenkins shares a few spiritual thoughts on preparation for the season of Advent.

Archbishop Lefebvre at Vatican II

Tom and Fr. Jenkins return to answer viewers emails: did any bishop at the Second Vatican Council hold to the Faith; how do traditional Catholic convents and seminaries run in times such as these; what is supplied jurisdiction; and lastly, what changes were made in the Holy Week and why?

The Bad Fruits of the Novus Ordo

Fr. Jenkins answers emails: explaining why is it just as important not to follow a modernist pope as it is to worry that you will be judged for not following Rome; why modernism is the cause of the rot; answers ‘Was the Church in need of improvement before Vatican II?’; discusses why modernism isn’t Catholicism and the Novus Ordo isn’t the Catholic Church; and how to become a Catholic and where to find the Faith.

VigaNÒ! Renouncing Satan and his works

In the newest episode of What Catholics Believe, Fr.  Jenkins: updates listeners on latest fallout  concerning Abp. Viganò’s Dossier; discusses the roles of Vittorio Ettore Tedeschi & Abp. Viganò at the Vatican; how Abp. Viganò’s letter is related to VatiLeaks; talks about the Kim Davis story; examines the responsibility of Vatican II and the bishops who participated for this ‘New Springtime’ of sexual abuse; listens to Tom read emails from viewers and offers pertinent Catholic commentary; briefly reviews two papal encyclicals, Pascendi dominici gregis (http://tiny.cc/Pascendi) and Acerbo nimis (http://tiny.cc/Acerbo); and speaks of St. John Bosco’s vision in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.