{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"True Catholic Faith: Clarion Call of the Church’s Timeless Teaching","title":"Francis Is a Heretic - Bp. Germán Fliess 04-21-24","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1439,"description":"Summary\n\nBp. Germán Fliess presents an extended allegory involving a young athlete and an old lawyer who witness a man strangling a woman in front of a house. Despite the presence of a distant policeman, no immediate intervention occurs. The athlete, driven by charity and practical judgment rather than strict adherence to the law, breaks trespassing laws to save the woman, subdues the attacker, and awaits the police. Although technically he has broken the law by entering private property and using force, the judge later exonerates him, recognizing his actions as morally justified and praiseworthy due to the imminent danger and absence of official intervention. The narrative then draws a parallel between this story and the situation faced by traditionalist clergy and faithful Catholics concerning the Vatican II Council and \"Pope\" Francis. Bp. Fliess argues that while only an official ecclesiastical authority (a general council or the College of Cardinals) can juridically declare Vatican II a false council or Francis a heretic, the silence of these authorities after decades compels others—like the young athlete in the story—to speak out loudly out of charity to protect souls from spiritual harm. His Excellency emphasizes that this is not an act of usurpation but a necessary intervention borne out of responsibility and charity, pending official ecclesiastical judgment. The conclusion calls for prayer and hope for eventual official condemnation, but insists on the moral imperative to continue warning the faithful in the meantime.\nHighlights\nA young athlete intervenes to save a woman from strangulation despite legal prohibitions against trespassing.\nThe old lawyer represents strict legalism, while the athlete symbolizes practical judgment and charity.\nThe athlete’s actions, though illegal, are ultimately exonerated by the judge as morally justified.\nThe story is an analogy for the current ecclesiastical crisis involving Vatican II and Pope Francis.\nOnly official...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/04tBMdKlr1uv707lWt1hcGT2DU5lurWQ9VbuxkKdZe4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNmQw/MzlmNzQzOTQwYzc4/MWViZjEzZWU5ZDg0/MzcxNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}