For the past twelve years, Catholics have been subjected to an awful lot of “innovation.” The late Pope Francis frequently derided Catholic traditions — especially those pre-dating the Second Vatican Council — and introduced a number of new theories and ideas. In most of his writing, he not only quoted from his own previous work but quoted himself extensively. Whether it was adjusting the Catholic Church’s teachings on the moral permissibility of capital punishment, eschewing more formal papal customs and styles of dress, mitigating the celebration of the Tridentine Mass, or introducing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships, Pope Francis clearly identified himself as an innovator. That may be no surprise. The late pontiff was, in many ways, a product of the Second Vatican Council, even though he was not involved in the Council’s construction. Pope St. John XXIII first convened the council, and its work was continued by Pope St. Paul VI.  Karol Wojtyła (later Pope St. John Paul II) served as one of the Council fathers, and Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) contributed to a substantial sum of the Council’s documents. All of these pontiffs may then, in some respect, be considered “innovators,” although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI both worked hard during their pontificates to preserve and defend Catholic moral teaching, doctrine, and tradition. (RELATED: Catholicism on the Decline in the US) Pope Francis, as the only recent pontiff not actually involved in the Council, may have felt as though he were left out of this long line of “innovators,” and thus overcompensated over the course of his pontificate. He may also, seeing the label “innovator” as a badge to be worn proudly, have viewed the orthodoxy evinced by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI and the “reform of the reforms” that they attempted with a hint of scorn. (RELATED: Don’t Canonize Pope Francis — Yet) It may be too much to hope that Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will herald a “return to tradition,” but this at least seems a hopeful prospect: the new pontiff may put an end to “innovation.” Already, social media is ablaze with quotes from Pope Leo XIV during his time as a priest and bishop. In one homily delivered to the Dicastery for Bishops, of which the new Holy Father used to serve as prefect, he is reported to have said, “A bishop is not called to reinvent the Gospel, but to guard and transmit it whole and entire.” This indeed would seem to herald an end to “innovation.” Pope Leo XIV chose to appear on the loggia decked in the traditional papal garb, the same regalia worn by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI and spurned by Francis. On his way to celebrate his first Mass as pontiff, the new pope carried a crozier used by Pope Benedict XVI. Even his name — Leo XIV — hearkens not to the division and factionalism which has wormed its way into the Church in recent years, but a deep love and respect for the mission, purpose, and history of the 2,000-year-old papacy. John Paul III, Benedict XVII, Francis II, or even John XXIV or Paul VII would have been difficult to interpret as anything other than “choosing a side,” aligning oneself with a particular faction within the Church, and risking further disrupting and damaging the unity of the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. Instead, Leo XIV pays homage to Pope St. Leo the Great, the champion of the Church who boldly confronted the warlord Atilla the Hun and — with no sword, no spear, with only words and grace — drove him back from Rome. Leo XIV continues the tradition of Pope Leo XIII, the pontiff who, just as Pope Leo the Great confronted the Huns, confronted the burgeoning evil of communism and definitively established Catholic social teaching, who wrote the St. Michael prayer, which so many Catholics across the globe pray faithfully to this day. The great Catholic convert and author G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “We do not want, as the newspapers say, a Church that will move with the world. We want a Church that will move the world.” For too long, too many Catholics have been concerned with winning the applause and acceptance of the degenerating modern world and have even attempted to remake the Church — if not in the world’s image, then at least in terms, categories, and dichotomies that the world itself has established. What a joy, then, to have a new pope who boldly declared, echoing Chesterton, “We must be careful not to make the Church a mirror of the world. She is called to be a sign of contradiction.” READ MORE from S.A. McCarthy: The Age-Old Importance of the Papacy Don’t Canonize Pope Francis — Yet Why Trump Should Act Against Abortion The post Pope Leo XIV: An End to ‘Innovation’? appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

For a vivid example of the dinosaur media’s holistic mendacity, consider President Donald J. Trump’s recent interview with Kristen Welker, host of NBC’s Meet the Press. According to news stories about this conversation, Trump virtually set the U.S. Constitution ablaze on live TV. ABC News announced: “Trump says ‘I don’t know’ if he’s required to uphold Constitution.” ABC News Radio reported, “‘Shocking’: Experts question Trump claiming ‘I don’t know’ about upholding Constitution.” “Trump, asked if he has to ‘uphold the Constitution,’ says, ‘I don’t know’” NBC News stated. “Does a president need to uphold the Constitution?” National Public Radio wondered. “Trump says ‘I don’t know.’” USA Today chimed in: “Trump says ‘I don’t know’ when asked if he must uphold the Constitution.” So, was Trump too busy savoring newsreel footage of Benito Mussolini to brush up on America’s Founding blueprint? While the “Trump = Hitler” crowd would love for Americans to believe this, the transcript of Meet the Press — naturally — tells a totally different story. (RELATED: FCC Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ on ‘60 Minutes’) Trump told Welker that in order to grant “due process” to illegal aliens before deporting them, “we’d have to have a million or 2 million or 3 million trials.” Trump added that these include “Some of the worst, most dangerous people on Earth. And I was elected to get them the hell out of here, and the courts are holding me from doing it.” The transcript continues: KRISTEN WELKER: But even given those numbers that you’re talking about, don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president? PRES. DONALD TRUMP: I don’t know. I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said. What you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said. They have a different interpretation. So, despite the deceitful headlines above, Trump expressed neither total cluelessness nor reckless disregard for his sworn duty to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Instead, Trump said that he was unaware of the technicalities governing the rights, if any, enjoyed by people who broke the law the second that they breached America’s borders. (U.S. Code 8 § 1325 — improper entry by alien.) This issue has fueled incendiary disagreement, even among legal scholars. Ambiguity about this is not a sign of incipient fascism. It’s an accurate description of the status quo. No surprise, here’s how MSNBC twisted this story: Trump’s uncertainty about his sworn oath of office leaves little room for debate For seemingly the first time, a president has expressed doubt about his obligation to uphold the Constitution. This passage appeared beneath those headlines: “But the language of the court’s Alien Enemies Act ruling and the Constitution could not be clearer,” wrote Austin Sarat, a Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. “As the Supreme Court observed (in part quoting earlier rulings), it is ‘“well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law”’ in the context of removal proceedings….So, the detainees are entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard “appropriate to the nature of the case.” It also could not be clearer how the Court ruled in 1948’s Ludecke v. Watkins decision: If the President of the United States invokes the Alien Enemies Act to deport hostile foreign citizens, no judge may challenge that action. Indeed, this is the very first item “held” in this 5-4 majority opinion: “1. The Alien Enemy Act precludes judicial review of the removal order.” The decision further states: “These are matters of political judgment for which judges have neither technical competence nor official responsibility.” Over the last few weeks, judges from district court to the Supreme Court have landed on every side of this remarkably straightforward language. And the ensuing controversy roars on. Thus, when asked if he must uphold the Constitution under these circumstances, a perfectly reasonable answer, especially from a non-attorney like Trump, could be: “I don’t know.” I’ll ask my lawyers. As luck would have it, this is exactly what Trump said. So, of course, the Left-wing media repeatedly slammed Trump as if he had declared martial law. This outrage echoes the “very fine people” hoax perpetrated by what my sainted father, Oscar Murdock, calls “the criminal media.” In the aftermath of the August 2017 race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump said that there were “very fine people” on both sides of that mayhem. The media criminals hammered Trump. The Washington Post’s Lisa Rein, for one, bashed Trump for not “singling out the white nationalists and neo-Nazis who rallied there.” But, mirroring the “I don’t know” case, Rein and other journalistic thugs ignored Trump’s words that, seconds later, disproved their hallucinated racist battle cry. After “very fine people,” Trump continued answering the same query: “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.” Oops. End of “pro-KKK” fantasy. In April 1963, Washington Post co-owner Philip L. Graham described the “inescapably impossible task of providing every week a first rough draft of history…” The children and grandchildren of those who pursued that ideal have devolved into today’s enemies of the truth. READ MORE from Deroy Murdock: Make Medicaid Great Again With Diego Garcia Military Base in the Balance, ‘The Chagos Farce’ Is No Laughing Matter Down With GOP Tax-Hike Talk! ​Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News Contributor. The post The Dinosaur Media Lies Again appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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