Amen. Amen. Great talk Michael. Yes, we must keep the Faith. The devil, who by the way, lives in hell, wants us to do exactly what you're asking us not to. That is, to despair! So we won't! Pray our Rosaries, and hold tight to our Crucifixes. St. Louis DeMonfort said that we could conquer the world with the Rosary in one hand and the Crucifix in the other. So let's all band together and do this while holding fast to Tradition and not giving into despair. Even if we are only just a Remnant of Holy Mother Church that is left. God will not abandon us or His Church. So also hold tight to our families too and perservere together. The gates of Hell will not prevail over Christ's Church. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

Yesterday I posted this on Mundabor's blog:

"I don’t know how you can criticize Cardinal Burke for not yet issuing a public correction, while you yourself are always hiding behind an alias. I have no idea who you are. Kind of like someone stoning someone for their supposed crimes, while remaining completely hidden behind a barricade. Why don’t you stand up for the truths of the gospel using your real name? Maybe you’re a kitten too."

Of course, my comment is still "awaiting moderation" by Mundabor. BTW I posted my comment in Mundabor's comment box using my real name.

You rock Mr. Matt.
Keep on keepin' on. I am encouraged by your good work.

I posted this on Mundabor's blog:

"I don’t know how you can criticize Cardinal Burke for not yet issuing a public correction, while you yourself are always hiding behind an alias. I have no idea who you are. Kind of like someone stoning someone for their supposed crimes, while remaining completely hidden behind a barricade. Why don’t you stand up for the truths of the gospel using your real name? Maybe you’re a kitten too."

Of course, my comment is still "awaiting moderation" by Mundabor. BTW I posted my comment in Mundabor's comment box using my real name.

Nothing Pope Francis ever says will change my perception of the Catholic Church. He hasn't the power to destroy it. He can expend all the personal opinions he wants until proverbial pigs fly, but he, the man, remains incapable of changing anything. But God who created us without our consent will not save us without our consent. If Pope Francis's errant ways have any bite to them, if people fall by the wayside and go down a pathway of error to their eternal doom, though the Pope will have a severe judgment in that regard, even so it is, in my feeble opinion, far less because of the errors touted by an errant Pope than the individual who has, somewhere along the way, closed his or her heart to the grace of God.

Why? Two reasons (at least): First, God always reaches out to the soul and knocks at the door of our heart; it takes a conscious decision to reject that knocking (veiled by thousands of excuses). Second, because apart from actual grace, we must labor to have the proper disposition of soul that grace may be most efficacious within us -- and this, despite all the fouled up garbage spewed out by various persons of whatever rank or dignity. They who make a conscious decision to say "yes" to God will seek Him, and Our Lord promised that to them who seek, the door would be opened. And no power or persuasion on the earth, under the earth or above it has power to thwart God's promises. The day may come when my commute to Mass on Sunday goes from the current 1-1/2 hours one-way to 3 hours one-way just to get to a TLM. If that is God's will, so be it. But increased scarcity of availability of the TLM will never, in my eyes, diminish the viability of the Church Christ founded to continue in time His ongoing mission of redemption. We are living in the dark shadowy umbrella of a massive carpet bombing raid by the enemy, and getting pelted by raining debris. This is the penalty of sin, and innocents may be struck by some of that falling debris. So heed the message and remember well who it was who died on that Cross and why. All the madness of this Pope does not justify losing hope in the promises of Christ. Just a thought. (BTW, this is meant in support of the Remnant).

Mr Matt, do not despair. You are forgetting something important, God knows what is happening and I dare say wants what is happening, At Easter most scattered, at present most people are scattering. Stick to the Faith, do your part, and do it in the full knowledge that God has this under control. God bless you your family and the team at Remnant

Did you watch the video????

Despair? Thanks for your comment but it is a bit depressing to me that this is your takeaway. The entire second half of the video is one long plea from Mr. Matt to see this trial in God's providence, to understand that it has all happened before, and to keep the faith and never give ourselves an excuse to despair or even become discouraged by what's going on in Rome. Seems like we watched two different videos. :-)

We watched the same video, my impression is that Matt is approaching this like we are loosing and have to accept our on coming suffering lying down in our catecomb. That is wrong, We already won, Christ got us the Victory, all we need to do is stay positive, if anything feel sorry for Pope Francis, he’s playing a losers game. If you haven’t watched the film darkest hour about Winston Churchill I recommend it. He had every reason to despair but he didn’t give up, fight the good fight and keep a sense of humour doing it.

Being a Pollyanna is not a virtue as defined by the catholic church.

Nobody but you said anything about being a Pollyanna. But the point is , we don’t need to give the impression we need to run to the catacombs scared and desperate, im sure even a cradle convert would agree we need to put up a bit of a fight, and having a sense of humour in the midst of the fight can only be a good thing.

Then you'll be happy to read the following message from a viewer this morning, via theremnantunderground.org:
Hello Michael,
I just finished watching your last video about Pope Francis' denial of the existence of hell and found it very moving. I agree with you a 100% on not despairing about such things. Let me tell you that I always watch the Remnant videos on youtube and they have been very important to me since I have learned a great deal from them. I am a cradle catholic who only attends the Tridentine Mass at a little institute that is in full communion with Rome. I am really grateful to you for sharing your faith online. I am from Colombia, South America and the church hierarchy here for the most part seems to be really happy about Francis' pontificate,which disheartens me really much. The joke about the bishops fleeing was really good, I heard it yesterday while watching another youtube video by Charles Coulombe. I will pray for you, and please keep Latin America in your prayers because we really need them.

I already had a conversation with a Novus Ordo type and he's holding the company line that he didn't say this or was misquoted. To that, I think Michael Matt is correct: If he didn't say it, where is the forceful denial? All they said is that it's not a good translation. Where is the reaffirmation of Catholic dogma instead of a non-denial?

He has said this before. Last time, he was more specific...that bad souls are annihilated. The Vatican didn't deny that one either. Why did this make zero impact last time it came out? We are bent out of shape that it came out during Holy Week, but it has been published before, under a separate interview.

As Jesus said to Pilot, "You would not have power if you had not gotten it from My Father." So for what ever reason Our Father has given Francis his power, so we have to wait to see why.

Wait and see? Is that something taught in catholic theology? Really? What about Galatians 1:8? Wait and see. I am so sick of that kind of silly non-Catholic thinking. Wait and see. Wait and see.

What would you suggest we do then?

You are interpreting Jesus' words to Pilate as meaning that the existence of God means essentially that everything is done because God wants it done that way, which if true would mean that Pilate had no real choice and so could not be condemned for washing his hands of the mess brought to him by Jews who demanded that the Romans crucify Jesus.

I submit that Christ's point is something very different, almost opposite your understanding. Jesus in telling Pilate that God is his - Pilate's - ultimate boss is asserting that Pilate is responsible for his choices and will be held accountable.

Pilate misused his power in God's eyes. His choice was God's way or the Imperial way (specifically to pacify Jews to keep them from causing trouble with Rome).

Bergoglio/Francis will be held accountable. The Cardinals who elected him will be held accountable. The Cardinals and Bishops who 'tolerate' him and thus prop him up will be held accountable.

Slightly less accountable but still fully on the hook are the priests promoting Bergoglioisms, some even promoting a Cult of Pope Francis, and so leading their flocks away from Truth.

The faithful laity also are accountable. We also cannot wash out hands of the mess.

Yes Pilate was judged already and I'm sure it didn't go well. but God gives Satan power to tempt people and lead them astray. Satan rules the world because most people choose mammon over God, or like Pilate, respect for men over God. Bergoglio is a mammon man pretending to care for the poor. And most of our priests are huge softies living in lush homes for free and eating way too much. They start to think they are God because they are called Father. You are correct James. It's mammon or human respect or people who love God. It's pretty ez to determine by their words and deeds

That's my point; Francis is misusing the power that he was given and still has and so are all the others you just mentioned.

Well, the demons and devils got a chuckle out of this as they lounged around in of all places, Hell. This raises some metaphysical problems. How can an immortal soul disappear? Perhaps the Pope needs new glasses. Or he needs to go a little closer and verify what may have been on his part an erroneous conclusion as these souls may simply have gone around the bend. And when He descended into Hell where did Jesus go? Was he too confused to know? We are now faced with a choice: Jesus or Pope Francis? However, I am not surprised as long ago I concluded that Francis was not who he wished us to believe he was--but whom surely many Cardinals knew he was. It might be in place to ask what drugs Francis is using.

Only one step from no Heaven. Hard to be a Pope and a materialist.

I defer to "One Among Many" previous comment!!

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a
destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for
its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his
glory. I love only that which they defend.”

– Faramir in The Two Towers, The Window on the West

“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.”
– Gandalf in The Return of the King, The Last Debate

Do you want the list???

Remember there has been good Popes and Bad ones, just remain focused on God !

Well said. Few words, to the point and
bulls-eye. Thank you.

Ending music credit?

The Holy Father is not senile. He is a heretic. He is not to be listened to anymore. Defend the faith. Live the faith. Pass this faith on to others and follow those few prelates who DO live, follow, and teach the faith.

To quote Michael . What are we supposed to do with this?
I sense Michael's real anger and frustration in this one and rightly so.
We need faithful prelates to publicly reject this heresy right now.

Quote; It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted, or to be adapted, to different times and different places. unquote; St Pius X

Holy Father, if Hell doesn't exist:

1) What punishment is meted out against Lucifer and his apostate angels?
2) Where do the same apostate angels currently reside?
3) When Christ described Hell as being prepared for the Devil, was He mistaken or lying?
4) How is Divine Justice meted out on wicked men? Justice is giving each man his due, and the due given to the damned is eternal separation from God, yet Annihilationism denies this justice, because how can an annihilated soul be separated from God when it no longer exists?!
5) How can the soul of the just be eternal, but not the soul of the damned?
6) If the soul is not eternal, then what is the point of its existence?
7) How does the annihilation of the soul cause a man to repent of his sins? (Since he no longer has to worry about eternal pain.)
8) When Our Saviour preached numerous times on Hell and its physical torments, was He lying?
9) Are you aware, Holy Father, that what you have said is heresy?

Good Job Mark!

Frank says hell doesn't exist unless of course you are an unrepentant Mafioso then hell does exist. The heretic is a walking talking contradiction.

Francis is a Peronist. He will say one thing to please the liberals and another to please the conservatives, whilst his own personal views are rarely published.

It's alright to use the phrase "Holy Father" in regards to Bergoglio, as long as you use put the prefix "un" in front of it. Otherwise, it's not appropriate at all.

Why can’t you recognize that this is deliberate? This is one key means of promulgation of Francis true belief, with the excuse of plausible deniability?

All everybody has to do is to keep believing in the HOLY Catholic Church established by Jesus Christ and NOT the non holy catholic church established by John XXIII & Paul VI.

Looks like Scott Hahn disagrees with the assertion that the pope thinks there is no hell. Now what? Scott carries a lot of weight and many Catholics do listen to him, me included. Doesn't make him right though. To many are still running to this pope's defense...all the time! It's getting ridiculous. https://aleteia.org/2018/03...

Perhaps most 'conservative' Novus Ordoists have developed a deep faith in the office of the Papacy. For them, because the office represents Christ's authority on earth, no Pope can be guilty of grievous error, and certainly not repeated grievous error. And that means that they are always getting back into spin mode.

Hahn is the special type of that group by being a convert from Protestantism. Those type converts recognized the chaos that is the theological and philosophical fruits of Protestantism, and they became Catholic rather than Orthodox because of the Papacy. And that means they feel that their decision could be faulty if a Pope, any Pope, is simply wrong about something halfway important.

So they become defenders and excusers of things done and said by post Vatican II Popes that we know to be fraught with trouble, or even downright heretical.

Could someone list the multiple heresies that stem from the heresies of " annihilation" and the "non existence of hell" thank you in advance.

That's a great suggestion. I know that the goal of Buddhism is non-existence (Nirvana) Not sure what Hinduism teaches.

Thank you, Michael for doing the Remnant Underground during this Holy time. You have helped so many of us immeasurably by speaking about this latest debacle. You are our voice and you get it completely. You expressed the same shock, deep sorrow, disbelief and anger so many of us are feeling. It really feels like being kicked in the gut on so many levels. My prayer is that this papacy and the Vatican will not be able to spin this one. There is such a thing as going too far and this is it. There is no other way to view this regardless of what the Vatican does or says now. God Bless you and thanks for all you do.
Pam Palmer, Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS.

My Aunt Margaret is 95 today (4/1 - Pascha/Easter). Her birthday usually falls during the Great Fast. Many & blessed years!

I went to Easter mass this saturday night. It was as good as a novus order mass could be expected. Alter boys, devout mass goers, good liturgy and a good priest. Many people took communion on the tongue. Yet the priest brought up Bergolio in his homily in a positive light as though everything is tickety boo. I left mass shaking my head. Am I going crazy , or is everybody else?
As crazy as Bergolio is, I believe that the real problem in the Church is the clergy who seem to be dumbfounded.

I totally agree with Michael Matt. However, I don't believe Pope Francis doesn't realize that he got himself into hot water. It seems to me that these statements of his are planned. They are always said in such a way that you can't pin an exact quote on him, and therefore the Vatican can always disavow it as a misquote. But as usual, Pope Francis says nothing. It's actually quite masterful the way he drops these bombs on us.

Good post frank. It's called 'diabolical disorientation' - aka 'satan's minions have the cunning of deep rooted evil!'

Michael, this is one of your finest broadcasts . Thank you and a blessed Easter to you and yours.