In 2018, I posted Canonizations Must Be Infallible, but an important distinction was apparently missed. It’s why the Church canonizes saints.
In trying to rationalize how the Church could canonize popes believed to be terrible examples of Christianity, quite a few different individuals of the Vatican 2 sect have tried to tell me that the canonizations of John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II only mean they went to heaven. The infallibility of the canonization only concerns the final destination of the soul who was canonized. Regardless of the lives they actually lived, God must have given them final penitence at some point before or at death. Therefore, infallibility of the Church stays intact.
The real problem was never about whether these men went to heaven or not. Final penitence is always a possibility. The problem is that canonizations are not performed merely to say someone is in heaven, but to say that an individual led an exemplary life as a Christian as to why he’s in heaven.
Jesuit theologian Fr. Joachim Salaverri explains that canonizations “proposes them [saints] as examples of virtue who are worthy of imitation.” [1]
The Catholic Encyclopedia notes,
In the circular epistle of the Church of Smyrna (Eusebius, Church History IV.23) we find mention of the religious celebration of the day on which St. Polycarp suffered martyrdom (23 February, 155); and the words of the passage exactly express the main purpose which the Church has in the celebration of such anniversaries:
We have at last gathered his bones, which are dearer to us than priceless gems and purer than gold, and laid them to rest where it was befitting they should lie. And if it be possible for us to assemble again, may God grant us to celebrate the birthday of his martyrdom with gladness, thus to recall the memory of those who fought in the glorious combat, and to teach and strengthen by his example, those who shall come after us.” [2]
It’s not like we need popes and theologians to tell us this. From the time we were children, we understood that saints were examples of great Catholics whom we should honor and emulate because of their heroic and virtuous lives.
The Church is teaching us something in canonizations. It’s officially giving us examples ON HOW TO LIVE. It’s not just declaring someone in heaven.
The Vatican 2 sect apologists have reduced canonizations to an almost meaningless pronouncement. They say the Church gets it right insofar as the person is in heaven, but gets it completely wrong on the reasons why. If Vatican 2 apologists really believe infallible declarations are made based completely on lies, misunderstandings, and other errors, which don’t matter in the end, what does that say about their faith and what is it really based on?
Whatever they want canonizations to mean, their religion is teaching, whether they like it or not, that they can and should imitate the lives of the Vatican 2 sainted popes. Of course, it doesn’t mean we can imitate their sins, since all the saints were sinners, save Our Lady, the Angels, and possibly St. John the Baptist.
When the Vatican 2 religion canonizes its popes, it’s crowning the Second Vatican Council and the practice of its new teachings, which all the Vatican 2 popes have marvelously done, specifically, the putting into practice ecumenism with all the world’s religions and recognizing them as legitimate paths to heaven.
They received blessings from the leaders of false religions, kissed the rings of Anglican bishops, went into Lutheran churches and praised Martin Luther while praying with women bishops, invited Protestants pastors to give homilies at mass, have written to Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs and tell them that they are “pastors in the Church of God” who “guide the Church,” went into mosques and bowed towards Mecca while praying with the local Muslims, lighted candles in Zoroastrian temples while wearing pagan stoles, prayed with animists and voodooists, allowed non-Catholics from Buddhists to Anglicans to use the altars in the Catholic Churches, had Hindu dancing during mass, prayed at the Wailing Wall like the Jews, hid all the crucifixes so as not to offend Jews and others, had numerous “Pan-Christian” encounters, and thrice invited all the worlds religious leaders to the Basilica in Assisi to pray for world peace.
We are to believe that these are good and charitable works of canonized saints which may be imitated. I know Vatican 2 priests that have already followed some of these examples.
To be a member of the Vatican 2 religion, you must chuck all of the previous Church teachings on communicatio in sacris with other religions and the Natural Law and become a full-fledged modernist, because that is the way of your religion. You can’t have the old Catholic Faith and the Vatican 2 religion at the same time. The canonizations of the Vatican 2 popes are proof positive of this fact!
Footnotes:
[1] (Fr. Joachim Salaverri, Sacrae Theologiae Summa IB: On the Church of Christ, trans. by Fr. Kenneth Baker [original Latin published by BAC, 1955; English published by Keep the Faith, 2015], n. 724.)
[2] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Beatification and Canonization (newadvent.org)
I love this article. It’s a shoot em up bang bang piece. If Novus Ordos can’t see the ridiculousness of what has happened it’s because:
#1 They already have little to no faith
#2 Are in denial
#3 Or just plain evil because they knowingly ignore facts.
The canonized false popes of the V2 sect are offered as role models for the Novus Ordo faithful to follow. This means that being a Freemason, Sodomite or admirer of false religions is commendable for the V2 sect. What a mockery of true sainthood !
This is great…something to keep handy and show any NOite who is proud of their saintly popes and religion. But, I’m afraid it’s much too late for the vast majority of NO who have no clue to what is what in their religious sphere. It’s called ‘having lost the faith’ .
An antipope has no power to canonize anyone. Our Holy Mother warned that we would have two Popes. One would be persecuted & the other would be someone no one expects. Cardinal Vigano call this man at the top “Mr Bergoglio”. Could our priests be paying GOD lip service? Will GOD thru the Holy Warrior bring our true Pope to the forefront!! Is there a LIE in the fixity of the MASS. All this will happen in that other century by the year 2000 given a little more time since it is now 2023! Will World War III bring about the song of TRIUMPH! Will GOD arise this poor man who fell away from the Church & now has repented & will fight all HIS battles for the crucified one? Will this SOLDIER & his army of Cross Bearers push SAtAN back so GOD has mercy on us who have been fooled? HOLD on to your rosaries because GODs triumph over evil men who infiltrated HIS Church have now been
Kicked out. GOD alone cleanses the Sanctuary!