(0414). Things are much clearer at this hour. (O517)

6. Shane Schaetzel at Real Clear Catholic

Is any act of disobedience to a command of the pope by itself schismatic?

No. One is not schismatic if he resists a pope or refuses to obey a particular teaching or command of his that is manifestly contrary to natural or divine law, or that would harm or undermine the integrity of the Catholic Faith or the sacredness of the liturgy. In such cases, disobedience and resistance to the pope is permissible and sometimes obligatory.

In 357, St. Athanasius refused to obey Pope Liberius, who commanded him to recognize the Arian bishops of the Orient. Thereupon Pope Liberius excommunicated St. Athanasius.

— CREDO, Part I, Section 1, Paragraph 566, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, https://sophiainstitute.com/product/credo/

5. Snippets

Josh Waller:

One of the things that concerns me in our circles is the heavy emphasis on platform building. Didn’t we see how that worked out for the previous generation of online speakers and pastors? It seems we are gaining ground, but we have to be very careful what we wish for. Monetizing Christianity is unwise at best.

ZeroHedge:

… on Sweden’s 31,000 euro bribe to leave: “They’re going to refuse to leave because no matter how much they say they hate Europeans, hate our culture or say we’re evil racists, they want to live in societies we create, not ones they create. They will just turn our societies into the same as theirs by refusing to leave though.”

Illuminatibot:

My favorite part of being a “conspiracy theorist” is not having myocarditis.

Rodge Scruton over a pint or eight:

“The countryside is not a slice of untilled nature. It is a human institution built over centuries in the image of the people who made it.”

4. Zero reason for the EU to exist

… VOA News via BigDKnight on Gab:

Von der Leyen said Friday the European Union plans to lend Ukraine $39 billion to help rebuild the nation’s economy and energy grid, both heavily damaged by Russia’s invasion.

(She) made the announcement during a joint news briefing in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The $39 billion loan is part of a $50 billion loan package using frozen Russian assets, which was agreed upon by the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations during a meeting in June.

The EU has frozen about $235 billion in Russian assets. The European Commission — the EU’s executive branch — has signed off on the $39 billion loan, but it still must be agreed to by a majority of EU member states.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s most immediate use for the EU funds will be to shore up its heavily damaged energy grid ahead of the winter.

Von der Leyen’s visit Friday follows an announcement she made Thursday in Brussels of a European Union plan to provide Ukraine with about $180 million in energy funding — about $111 million of it coming from the frozen Russian assets.

The funding was prompted by a new report showing nearly two-thirds of the nation’s energy grid had been destroyed by Russian attacks. 

3. Steve at 816:1-4 (looks like a biblical verse)

Selection for now:

MftWC 4:

Italian Parliament Begins Drafting Law To Treat Violent Sex Offenders With Chemical Castration 

JH: P Diddy type?

MftWC 3:

Harris’s Mocking of President Trump on Mass Deportations Comes Back to Bite Her as Team Trump Features Her Words in New Ad

MftWC 2:

Europe Playing With Fire By Calling For Deep Strikes

JH: More like the psychos who grabbed power are playing with fire … and luvving it.

MftWC 1:

US Congress must oppose the UN’s Pact for the Future regardless of what Biden says 

2. Andy in the wee hours at 816:5

Good to know that there are some scientists who can link faith with science.

1. The Final Solution

Over at OoL