Church Militant reports:
Vatican leaders are now calling for Catholics on the internet who do not meet their approval to be censored. The censorship would come in the denial of official certification from the Holy See. … Paragraph 146 of the final approved Synod document speaks to the need for creating “certification systems for Catholic websites, to counter the spread of fake news regarding the Church.”
Which news about the Church isn’t fake, for Francis? Church Militant journalists found that out for us. They took a snapshot of a list of approved Catholic media at the recent U.S. bishops meeting:
The Father Rosica who drew up that list? He’s the same guy who published an article claiming that Pope Francis is uniquely infallible. That Francis, unlike previous popes, can override previous Church teaching and even the Bible.
As I wrote in the Rome-based magazine Inside the Vatican:
European governments, which work with their local Catholic bishops to oppose populist parties, regularly censor and punish populist critics. One French court has sent politician Marion Le Pen for psychiatric tests because she shared news of ISIS atrocities. What the pope apparently has in mind is the global censorship of Catholic sites that don’t back his policies. Google can just include them in the sites it routinely buries as “fake news” or “hate speech” with its left-leaning algorithm. But if European governments join in, it can go even further. Google and social media companies can effectively ban such sites. Only Catholic sites specifically authorized by his minions will be exempt. As only churches approved by his ally, the Communist government, escape demolition in China today.
Remember that Google willingly worked with the Chinese government to create a search engine that serves the Communist Party’s thought police. In the West, Google routinely buries stories that don’t fit its political slant. How long before stories about the Church get the same treatment? Facebook banned Franklin Graham last week. How long before Facebook lets the likes of Fr. Rosica decide which Catholic media venues are “fake”? So their stories just … disappear….
Conservatives, Gun Purchasers, and Vocal Christians Will See Their Credit Scores Lowered.
I know, it sounds crazy to suggest that we here in the West might be subject to something like the new, Orwellian Chinese system of “social scores.” That imposes direct economic costs on Chinese citizens whose politics or religion don’t toe the party line.
Except that it’s already kind of happening. The left has launched its trial ballons and so far they are floating. What else does it mean when GoFundMe can ban clients because it disapproves of their views? That happened to Catholics trying to help Fr. Paul Kalchik, whom Cardinal Blaise Cupich removed and tried to institutionalize for stripping a rainbow flag from the sanctuary of his parish. (Parishioners burned the flag on their own initiative.) Thankfully, a pro-religious crowd-sourcing site, FundingMorality.com, let Fr. Paul’s friends continue the fundraising.
How about when sites like Patreon ban conservatives from fund-raising just because of their views? That happened to a list of prominent, intelligent conservative commentators, including Lauren Southern, Laura Loomer, and “Sargon of Akkad.”
And when Mastercard and Visa refused to process payments made to ex-Communist, pro-Israel conservative David Horowitz? That was on the say-so of the viciously partisan Southern Poverty Law Center?
Now New York State is trying to use its vast financial power to force credit card companies to report all their gun and ammunition sales to the State government. Mind you, these are legal products being bought legally from licensed, heavily regulated gun dealers. To purchasers who’ve passed all legal restrictions on their Second Amendment rights.
How long before governors like Cuomo and companies like Mastercard approach Experian and Equifax? Then explain to them that people with “hateful” views (on abortion, transgender surgery, fill in the blanks) are a poor credit risk?
I’m guessing this happens by April 15. So you might want to make your major purchases before that.
Of course, the GANI coefficient is not infallible. Often, it turns out to have been too optimistic. Please keep that in mind and pray accordingly.
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