{"id":21312,"date":"2015-10-24T21:23:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T03:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=21312"},"modified":"2018-01-19T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:06:34","slug":"papolatry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/papolatry\/","title":{"rendered":"Papalotry?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 5px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Philippines-Pope-Crowds-717x450_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"412\" data-position=\"3\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><i>Pope Francis in the Philippines<\/i> (AP Photo\/Bullit Marquez)<\/span><i><\/p>\n<p> <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>papalotry<\/strong> |p\u0101p\u01ddl\u00e4tr\u0113|: the belief or stance that everything the Pope says or does is without error.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>I\u2019VE <\/b>been getting bagfuls of letters, very concerned letters, since the Synod on the Family began in Rome last year. That stream of worry didn&#8217;t let up the past few weeks as the closing sessions began to wrap up. At the center of these letters were consistent fears regarding the words and actions, or lack thereof, of his Holiness Pope Francis. And so, I did what any ex-news reporter would do: go to the sources. And without fail, <i>ninety-nine percent<\/i> of the time, I found that the links people sent me with heinous charges against the Holy Father were due to:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>words of the Holy Father taken out of context;<\/li>\n<li>incomplete phrases extracted from homilies, interviews, etc. by the secular media;<\/li>\n<li>quotes that were not compared to earlier statements and teachings of the Pontiff;<\/li>\n<li>Christian fundamentalist sources that, relying on dubious prophecy, theology, and bias, immediately paint the Pope as a false prophet or heretic;<\/li>\n<li>Catholic sources that have bought into heretical prophecy;<\/li>\n<li>a lack of proper discernment and theology on prophecy and private revelation; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/prophecy-properly-understood\/\"><i>Prophecy Properly Understood<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<li>poor theology of the papacy and Christ\u2019s Petrine promises. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/jesus-the-wise-builder\/\"><i>Jesus, the Wise Builder<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/time-person-of-the-year-cover-pope-francis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"352\" data-position=\"3\" \/>And so, I have written time and again to explain and qualify the Pope\u2019s words, to point out the errors in the mainstream media, the errors in theology, and even the false presumptions and paranoia in the Catholic media. I simply waited for the transcripts, homilies, published apostolic exhortations or encyclicals, read them cover to cover in their proper context, and responded. As I said, ninety-nine percent of the time, the interpretation of the reader was wrong for the reasons above. Still, I received this letter yesterday from a man purporting to be a faithful Catholic:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Let me make this simple for you. Bergoglio was elected by demons. Yes, the Church will survive, thanks be to God, and not you. Bergoglio was elected by demons. They attempt to subvert the Church by attacking the Family, and promoting every sort of illicit, however popular, sexual relationship. Are you stupid? Stop it\u2014you are going astray. In the name of Jesus, stop your obstinance.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While most readers have been far more charitable, I have been accused more than once of papalotry, of being blind, of not listening to my conscience, of being\u2026 stupid. But, as I wrote this time last year, many of these people are acting on a <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-spirit-of-suspicion\/\">Spirit of Suspicion<\/a>. <\/i>Therefore, it doesn\u2019t matter what the Pope says: if he says nothing, he is therefore complicit with heresy; if he defends truth, then he is lying. It\u2019s both sad and funny how these souls, in defense of orthodoxy, transgress the very heart of the Gospel\u2014which is to love your enemy\u2014by spewing the most astonishing venom toward the Pope.<\/p>\n<p>Still, with the closing remarks of the Synod\u00a0for October, 2015, Pope Francis has once again demonstrated his orthodoxy. But I doubt it will make a difference with those who believe that the Pope is best friends with the Antichrist.<\/p>\n<p>But before I speak about this past year\u2019s Synod, I feel it is necessary to repeat these crucial points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pope is only infallible when he is pronouncing <i>ex cathedra, <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jpiicool_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"305\" data-position=\"3\" \/><\/i>that is, defining a dogma that the Church has always held as true.<\/li>\n<li>Pope Francis has not made any pronouncements <i>ex cathedra. <\/i><\/li>\n<li>Francis has, on more than one occasion, made <i>ad lib<\/i> remarks that have required further qualification and context.<\/li>\n<li>Francis has not changed a single letter of a single doctrine.<\/li>\n<li>Francis has, on several occasions, stressed the imperative of fidelity to Sacred Tradition.<\/li>\n<li>Francis has boldly waded into matters of climate science, immigration, and other fields that one may safely disagree with <i>when they are out of the Church\u2019s divinely appointed jurisdiction of \u201cfaith and morals.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Being pope does not mean the man is not a sinner nor does it <br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/clownnose_Fotor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"200\" data-position=\"3\" \/>make him, by default, a strong leader, a great communicator or even a good shepherd. The history of the Church is pocked by pontiffs who were in fact scandalous. Peter, thus, is both the rock of the Church\u2026 and sometimes a stumbling stone.\u00a0An \u201canti-pope\u201d is someone who has not been canonically elected to the papacy, or who has taken over the papacy by force.<\/li>\n<li>Pope Francis is validly elected, and therefore holds the keys to the papacy, which Emeritus Pope Benedict resigned. Pope Francis is <i>not <\/i>an anti-pope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last, it is necessary to repeat the teachings of the Catechism regarding the ordinary exercise of the Magisterium, which is the teaching authority of the Church:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #000080;\"><b>Divine assistance is also given to the successors of the apostles, teaching in communion with the successor of Peter, and, in a particular way, to the bishop of Rome, pastor of the whole Church, when, without arriving at an infallible definition and without pronouncing in a \u201cdefinitive manner,\u201d they propose in the exercise of the ordinary Magisterium a teaching that leads to better understanding of Revelation in matters of faith and morals. To this ordinary teaching the faithful \u201care to adhere to it with religious assent\u201d which, though distinct from the assent of faith, is nonetheless an extension of it.<\/b> <\/span>\u2014<i>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/i>n. 892<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE SYNOD OF SATAN?<\/p>\n<p>I would describe it as \u201cpanic\u201d\u2014the stream of news stories, reports, and conjecture that has issued forth from the media during both last year\u2019s and this October\u2019s Synod on the Family. Don\u2019t get me wrong: some of the proposals put forth by certain Cardinals and bishops were <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/POPE_2_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"280\" data-position=\"3\" \/>nothing short of heresy. But the panic ensued because <i>Pope Francis &#8220;<\/i>hasn\u2019t said a word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he did speak\u2014and here is the part that has me absolutely baffled as to why so many Catholics have not paid attention to this. From the very beginning, Pope Francis declared that the Synod was to be open and frank:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>&#8230;it is necessary to say all that, in the Lord, one feels the need to say: without polite deference, without hesitation.<\/b> \u2014<i>Greeting of Pope Francis to the Synod Fathers, <\/i>October 6th, 2014; <a href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/october\/documents\/papa-francesco_20141006_padri-sinodali.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Typical of both a Jesuit and a Latin American, Francis urged the Synod participants to lay it all out:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b> Let no one say: \u201cI cannot say this, they will think this or this of me&#8230;\u201d. It is necessary to say with <i>parrhesia<\/i> all that one feels.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014<em>parrhesia<\/em>, meaning \u201cboldly\u201d or \u201ccandidly.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>And do so with great tranquility and peace, so that the Synod may always unfold <i>cum Petro et <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FrancisClosingRemarks_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"224\" data-position=\"2\" \/>sub Petro<\/i>, and the presence of the Pope is a guarantee for all and a safeguard of the faith. <\/b>\u2014Ibid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That is, &#8220;with Peter and under Peter\u201d to ensure that, in the end, Sacred Tradition will be upheld. Furthermore, the Pope said that he would <i>not<\/i> speak until the end of the Synod until all the prelates had made their presentations. This speech was repeated again, for the most part, at the beginning of the 2015 sessions.<\/p>\n<p>And so, what happened?<\/p>\n<p>The Synod Fathers\u00a0spoke boldly and candidly, leaving nothing off the table, and the Pope said nothing until the end.<em> That is, they followed the instructions set forth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And yet, both those in the Catholic media, and many who wrote me, were utterly panicked that prelates were doing exactly what the Pope told them to do.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sorry, am I missing something here?<\/p>\n<p>Besides, Francis clearly declared:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>&#8230;the Synod is neither a convention, nor a parlor, nor a parliament or senate, where people make deals and reach compromises.<\/b> \u2014October 5th, 2015; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.radiovaticana.va\/news\/2015\/10\/05\/pope_francis_full_text_of_remarks_at_synod_opening\/1176908\">radiovatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather, he said, it is a time \u201cto listen to the soft voice of God who speaks in silence.\u201d <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/services\/englishnews\/2015\/pope-says-synod-is-not-parliament-but-place-to-listen-to-holy-spirit.cfm\">catholicnews.com<\/a>, Oct. 5th, 2015<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> And that means also learning to discern the voice of the deceiver.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PETER SPEAKS<\/p>\n<p>Now, I am not diminishing in any way the gravity of some of the proposals that some Cardinals and bishops made that indicate the presence of not only apostasy in the Church, but even the possibility of a coming schism. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/sorrow-of-sorrows\/\">Sorrow of Sorrows<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It\u2019s unfortunate that these proposals were made public, since the reporting\u00a0gives the impression that these are official positions. As Robert Moynihan pointed out,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>&#8230;there have been &#8220;two Synods&#8221; \u2014\u00a0the Synod itself, and the Synod of the media.<\/strong> \u2014<em>Letters from the Journal of Robert Moynihan<\/em>, October 23rd, 2015, &#8220;From Rome to Russia&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But we\u2019re not talking about modernists\u00a0or heretics; the issue here is the Pope, and the allegation that he is a conspirator with them.<\/p>\n<p>And so, what did the Pope say after everyone else had their say? After the first meetings last year, the Holy Father not only corrected both \u201cliberal\u201d and \u201cconservative\u201d bishops for views that were unhealthy, (see <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/francis-at-synod_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"296\" data-position=\"0\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-five-corrections\/\"><i>The Five Corrections<\/i><\/a>), Francis made it unequivocal where he stood in a rather stunning speech that garnered a standing ovation from the Cardinals:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>The Pope, in this context, is not the supreme lord but rather the supreme servant \u2013 the \u201cservant of the servants of God\u201d; the guarantor of the obedience and the conformity of the Church to the will of God, to the Gospel of Christ, and to the Tradition of the Church, putting aside every personal whim, despite being \u2013 by the will of Christ Himself \u2013 the \u201csupreme Pastor and Teacher of all the faithful\u201d and despite enjoying \u201csupreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the Church\u201d.<\/b> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, closing remarks on the Synod; <i>Catholic News Agency<\/i>, October 18th, 2014 (my emphasis)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And then, at the close of the 2015 sessions, Pope Francis asserted that the Synod was not intended to find &#8216;exhaustive solutions for all the difficulties and uncertainties which challenge and threaten the family,\u2019 but to see them \u2018in the light of the Faith.\u2019 And he affirmed this Faith once again, as he has on numerous occasions:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>[The Synod] was about urging everyone to appreciate the importance of the institution of the family and of marriage between a man and a woman, based on unity <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/familypope_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"213\" data-position=\"2\" \/>and indissolubility, and valuing it as the fundamental basis of society and human life\u2026 apart from dogmatic questions clearly defined by the Church\u2019s Magisterium\u2026 and without ever falling into the danger of relativism or of demonizing others, we sought to embrace, fully and courageously, the goodness and mercy of God who transcends our every human reckoning and desires only that \u201call be saved\u201d<\/b> (cf. 1 Tm 2:4). \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/insidethevatican.com\/\">insidethevatican.com<\/a>, quoted from <i>Letters from the Journal of Robert Moynihan<\/i>, October 24th, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While I cannot quote his entire speech, which is well worth reading, the Pope echoed his predecessors by stressing the heart of the Gospel, <i>which is to make known the love and mercy of Christ<\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>The Synod experience also made us better realize that the true defenders of doctrine are not those who uphold <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1_JesusForgives_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"297\" data-position=\"0\" \/>its letter, but its spirit; not ideas but people; not formulae but the gratuitousness of God\u2019s love and forgiveness. This is in no way to detract from the importance of formulae, laws and divine commandments, but rather to exalt the greatness of the true God, who does not treat us according to our merits or even according to our works but solely according to the boundless generosity of his Mercy<\/b> (cf. Rom 3:21-30; Ps 129; Lk 11:37-54)<b>\u2026 The Church\u2019s first duty is not to hand down condemnations or anathemas, but to proclaim God\u2019s mercy, to call to conversion, and to lead all men and women to salvation in the Lord<\/b> (cf. Jn 12:44-50). \u2014Ibid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is precisely what Jesus said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TRUSTING JESUS\u2026 OBEYING THE POPE<\/p>\n<p>Brothers and sisters, it is not papalotry to defend the office of Peter, much less defend the holder of that office, particularly when he is falsely accused. Neither is it wrong for those of <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P11-9_Fotor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"239\" data-position=\"2\" \/>you, alert to the swelling apostasy and false prophets among us, to wonder whether the Holy Father\u2019s approach is the right one. However, more than proper decorum, more than simple courtesy, it is imperative that we strive to preserve the unity of the Church <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_21312_1('footnote_plugin_reference_21312_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Eph 4:3<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_21312_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_21312_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> by not only praying for the Pope and all clergy, but by obeying and respecting them even when we may not like their pastoral approach or personality.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no advantage to you. (Heb 13:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For example, one may not agree with Francis\u2019 embrace of \u201cglobal warming\u201d\u2014a science fraught with contradictions, fraud and outright anti-human agendas. But then, there is no guarantee of orthodoxy <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/prayingpope_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"280\" data-position=\"0\" \/>for the Pope when he pronounces on matters outside of the deposit of faith and morals\u2014whether it is on climate change or who is going to win the World Cup. Nonetheless, one should continue to pray that God will increase in him wisdom and grace so that he may be a faithful shepherd to Christ\u2019s flock. But too many today are looking for absolutely any sentence, photograph, hand gesture, or comment that will \u201cprove\u201d that the Pope is another Judas.<\/p>\n<p>There is papalotry\u2026 and then there is zealotry: when one thinks he is more Catholic than the Pope.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>The Lord publicly proclaimed it: \u2018I\u2019, he said, \u2018have prayed for you Peter that your faith may not fail, and you, once being converted, must confirm your brothers\u2019\u2026 For this reason the Faith of the Apostolic seat has never failed even during turbulent times, but has remained whole and unharmed, so that the privilege of Peter continues to be unshaken.<\/b> \u2014POPE INNOCENT III (1198-1216), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/can-a-pope-be-a-heretic\/\"><i>Can a Pope Become a Heretic?<\/i><\/a> by Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi, Oct. 20th, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks\u00a0for your love, prayers, and support!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/store.markmallett.com\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING ON POPE FRANCIS<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/opening-wide-the-doors-of-mercy\/\">Opening Wide the Doors of Mercy<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong><a 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