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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Go And Sin No More?? Not From This "Cardinal": Card. José Rueda Aparicio Called For Accepting Of The 'Transgender' Prostitutes!!!

Another ravenous wolf in sheep's clothing giving massive scandal to faithful Catholics in his archdiocese!

There was no call for repentance either this time or last time. That's right, he did the same damn thing last year!

Apparently, "cardinal" Aparicio cares little or nothing for the souls of these bodily mutilated LGBTQ, sinning lunatics. Or does he even believe that we all have an immortal soul destined to be with our Good God and Lord?

If you want more proof of these false shepherds, here it is from lifesitenews.com, and written by Antonino Cambria Tue Apr 7, 2026 - 7:08 pm EDT: WATCH: Colombian cardinal washes feet of 'transgender' prostitutes on Holy Thursday - LifeSite

"(LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal José Rueda Aparicio, the metropolitan archbishop of Bogota and primate of Colombia, commemorated Holy Thursday by washing the feet of several “transgender” prostitutes in the city’s red-light district for the second consecutive year.

Rueda Aparicio, the Latin American country’s highest-ranking prelate, washed the feet of several male prostitutes who identify as “transgender” in the Colombian capital’s red-light district during a Mandatum foot washing ceremony to commemorate Maundy Thursday, per Colombian media. The prelate, who previously washed the feet of “transgender” individuals last year, also preached against the “discrimination” of these gender-confused individuals, but not for their conversion.

READ: US bishops prohibit transgender drugs and surgeries at Catholic hospitals

Rueda Aparicio also preached against the discrimination these “transgender” prostitutes purportedly face, calling for them to be accepted as they are by society.

“What societies do through discrimination is create divisions,” the cardinal said. “They create a kind of caste system that was abolished long ago and has no place in society.”

“We are all welcome in the House of the Lord,” he added.

While it is true that all people, including those who identify as “transgender,” are welcome in the Church, they must repent of their sins. The Colombian prelate notably did not call the “trans” prostitutes to conversion in his message.

Furthermore, the Catholic Church teaches that God creates every individual male or female at the moment of his or her conception, and that sex is an immutable trait that “characterizes man and woman not only on the physical level, but also on the psychological and spiritual, making its mark on each of their expressions.”

The 1975 Vatican document Persona Humana warned against the tenets of the modern transgender movement, stating “there can be no true promotion of man’s dignity unless the essential order of his nature is respected.”

One of the gender-confused men who had their feet washed, named “Valentina” Rojas, said he felt “happy and loved” to have his feet washed by Rueda Aparicio. “Alexandra” Ramírez, another so-called “trans woman” whose feet were washed by the cardinal, stressed that these gestures are important “to make themselves known to society.”

Rueda Aparicio, 64, was one of the prelates chosen to oversee the drafting of the Synod on Synodality’s final report in 2024. The archbishop of Bogota also previously implemented rigorous COVID restrictions within the archdiocese, closing the Monserrate Shrine and promoting the COVID jab as “the best way to protect everyone’s life and health.”

In recent years, several clerics have used the traditional Mandatum ceremony to promote LGBT ideology. Last year, Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, the archbishop of Naples, Italy, washed the feet of a prominent LGBT activist, Carlo Cremona, who serves as the president of the IKen LGBT Napoli organization. After the ceremony, the IKen LGBT group praised Cremona’s inclusion for serving as a “powerful gesture” of hope to those who have been “excluded.”

“It is a powerful gesture, capable of bringing hope to those who have been excluded,” they wrote. “Everyone is invited to participate in this moment of faith and fraternity, which is certainly of historic significance.”

READ: LGBT group praises cardinal for inclusion in Holy Thursday liturgy: ‘Historic significance’

End of very disturbing article...

Pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion -- the "cardinal" too, that is!!

Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun, and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph, pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio -- Where Have You Gone President Donald J. Trump??

As tonight's deadline approaches, what will happen to Iran, or should I write, what will Iran do if their "civilization ends"??

How can the Iranian's (military, that is), further attack, if their civilization does end?

Will they have one or two individuals left who are able to push a button on a "secret" weapon stashed away in some remote, undetectable location waiting for the word or time to launch some massively destructive device against us or our "allies"? Or will some very dangerous sleeper cells here in the U.S. be activated if or when Iran is completely defenseless??

The time is quickly approaching to find out the answers to those earth-shaking questions!

(This is what happens when folks put all their hopes, dreams -- and their "salvation" in one man, or political party; it just doesn't work and will not ever work, when, at the same time, they reject their good and loving God and Creator and cast Him out of their lives, hearts, minds and souls. This is why entire nations can suffer or be completely annihilated!)

Please read the following article from lifesitenews.com, and written by Dorothy Cummings McLean Tue Apr 7, 2026 - 12:08 pm EDT: Trump's post predicting end of a 'civilization' leads to fears of catastrophic attack on Iran - LifeSite

"(LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump has stated that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”

The president of the United States caused widespread consternation this morning when he posted a contradictory message to Truth Social that both predicted the end of a “civilization” and blessed “the Great People of Iran.”

Trump’s message reads:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter and less radicalised minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

This was taken by such mainstream outlets as the British Guardian as a threat to “completely annihilate” Iran “should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz.”

Conservative pundit Steve Bannon advised his listeners to take the message “very seriously.”

Catholic philosopher Edward Feser urged pro-life Trump supporters to condemn the president’s threat: “Christians who loudly condemned the assault on innocent life until Trump began to support abortion pills and IVF, what will it take for you finally to put your principles over politics, if not a threat that a ‘civilization will die tonight’? Just how seared are your consciences?”

Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wrote, “The threat of destroying a whole civilization and the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure cannot be morally justified. There are other ways to resolve conflict between peoples. I call on President Trump to step back from the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of peace and before more lives are lost.”

Vice President JD Vance defended the sentiment behind Trump’s post in public remarks Tuesday, accusing the Iranian regime of “economic terrorism.”

“We feel confident that we can get a response, whether it’s positive or negative, we’re going to get a response from the Iranians by 8:00 tonight. I hope they make the right response,” he said.

“So they’ve got to know we’ve got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven’t decided to use. The president of the United States can decide to use them, and he will decide to use them, if the Iranians don’t change their course of conduct.”

On Monday night conservative journalist Tucker Carlson posted criticism of the president of the United States for having posted a profane, bellicose, and arguably blasphemous Easter Sunday message about the strait of Hormuz, suggesting Trump is leading the nation to nuclear war.

“Desecrating Easter was the first step toward nuclear war,” he wrote. “Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us.”

Developing….

NOT the end of the story!

Pray for peace and for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun, and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph, pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla

NO Communion In The Hand!! Jonathan Roumie... He Will Only Kneel For Holy Communion As Liberal Bishops Attack Reverence

One of the reasons that the heresiarch, Martin Luther, detested Communion on the tongue while kneeling, was to erase the "idea" of the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist!

That was 500 years ago, and that Protestant Revolt -- not the "reformation" -- is still going on to this very day because of liberal "bishops" who do not hold the Catholic Faith, and are true wolves in sheep's clothing...

As a matter of fact, under the current pope, Leo, more modernist "bishops" have illicitly ordered and cancelled more Traditional Latin Masses and have ordered the removal of altar rails and even kneelers, making it, especially difficult for the elderly, to kneel for the reception of the Holy Eucharist!

Despicable!

Their deplorable actions are a violation of church law, but that doesn't mean a thing to these modernist monsters...

Some faithful laity, and even some priests, are fighting back...

And some well-known actors!!

Before I post this article from lifesitenews.com, I want to reiterate that these deplorable actions from some "bishops," is still going on under Leo -- why is that???

It must be noted that under the new, synodal church, all are supposed to be welcomed and included in the church, all, that is, except those faithful to the teachings and traditions of the real Catholic Church as founded by Our Blessed Lord on the Rock of Saint Peter -- the real first pope of the Church.

So, what is going on here??

If it hasn't been made clear to anyone reading this missive, there really is a parallel, shadow "church" calling itself catholic, but, in reality, it is nothing but a hollow shell devoid of the Holy Ghost and sanctifying grace -- both necessary for the eternal salvation of all souls on earth!

There are real hatful and uncharitable actions of these rogue "bishops" to kill belief in the Real Presence, and to make the current "church" more appealing to the Protestants!

This "church" has been in the making by the enemies of the true church way before the demonic Second Vat. Council, but came to fruition at that bastardized church council, when sinful liberals took over and wrote ambiguous documents filled with land minds and time bombs that have since exploded, and continue to explode, to the present day.

But that has backfired spectacularly, as more and more young and growing families have come, and continue to come and swell the pews of traditional Latin Mass communities, providing the real Faith as well as vocations to the religious life and the priesthood!

Let those who have eyes to see, see, and those who have ears to hear, hear, knowing that the Truth shall set you free...

Now the article...

Jonathan Roumie says he will only kneel for Holy Communion, even as liberal bishops attack reverence - LifeSite, written by Charles Richards Mon Jan 5, 2026 - 2:51 pm EST

"(LifeSiteNews) — Jonathan Roumie, lead actor of The Chosen, informed Father Mike Schmitz during a recent podcast that he was denied Holy Communion on the tongue while kneeling.

Roumie explained that he felt “convicted” by the Holy Spirit to give the Eucharist more “reverence.” He said that he went to Mass recently and that he knelt to receive Our Lord. To his surprise, the priest told him to “get up.” Roumie complied but afterwards asked him why he ordered him to stand. The priest claimed he couldn’t allow him to receive while kneeling because it would allow everybody to do whatever they pleased.

A visibly bothered Schmitz said it is the right of lay people to receive Our Lord on the tongue while kneeling.

Roumie further shared that he went to his spiritual director about the matter. He told Roumie that the priest “shouldn’t do that.”

Roumie then said he has “doubled down” on his desire to kneel and that he is prepared to wait on his knees until the priest “concedes, because I’m not going anywhere.”

The issue of laity receiving Our Lord on the tongue while kneeling is a flashpoint that has all too often needlessly been in the news in recent years. Liberal clergy view the practice with disdain due to it being a throwback to more traditional liturgical practices. Even some “conservative” clergy dislike it because it may lead to more laity calling for altar rails and other pious traditions that were the norm before the Second Vatican Council.

Just last month, Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte ordered that altar rails and kneelers no longer be used for the reception of Holy Communion. He insisted that laity should receive Communion while standing, citing the fact that it is the “normative posture,” according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He also claimed that it is “absurd” to “instruct the faithful that kneeling is more reverent than standing.”

Of course, this is not only contradicted by what we read in Scripture, which says in Philippines 2:10 that “in the name of Jesus every knee should bow,” but it is demonstrably shown by data that traditional liturgical norms lead to stronger faith.

Lindemann specifically found that “reintroducing reception on the tongue, encouraging consecration bell use, and allowing the celebration of the [Traditional Latin Mass]” leads to “a much stronger belief in the Real Presence” than among those who said Catholics should receive Communion in the hand.

Martin is not the only prelate in the U.S. who is attacking traditional practices. Monsignor James A. Misko, formerly of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, and recently named the next bishop of Tucson, Arizona, by Pope Leo, has a track record of cracking down on them as well.

As reported by LifeSiteNews in December 2025, when Misko was vicar general of Austin, he enforced the suppression of multiple Traditional Latin Masses and the banning of Communion kneelers under new Bishop Daniel Garcia, while also urging the faithful to get the abortion-tainted COVID jab.

At the time, Misko signed a memorandum asking pastors to no longer use kneelers, emphasizing that standing to receive the Eucharist is the “norm” in the U.S. Setting out a kneeler “could put undue pressure on the communicant” to receive kneeling, his directive alleged.

Thankfully, Catholics are “standing up” to these sorts of decrees. This past summer, traditional Catholics attended en masse to receive Holy Communion on the tongue while kneeling during a concelebrated Mass with Bishop Martin and about a dozen other bishops. Martin did not administer Communion that day.

The story of Father Fredy Leonardo Herrera Fuentes, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Bogotá, is worth recalling on this subject.

On February 7, 2021, at the conclusion of the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass, Fuentes told parishioners from the pulpit that “from this moment in our parish, it’s only going to be possible to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling down.” He did so after having what he later called a mystical experience during Mass where he was bowing down for about 20 seconds, shaking, and crying.

Lastly, LifeSiteNews co-founder John-Henry Westen explained in a video five reasons why Catholics should receive Our Lord in this manner. His arguments are airtight and serve as a good rebuttal to those clergy who intransigently oppose it. Watch below then share it with friends and priests:

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Truths And Myths About The Vietnam War (My War.)

The following video is about 47 minutes long.

If you don't want to watch all of it, please start at about minute 9 and forward to see the humanitarian good works of myself and my brothers.

This short video will correct some of the b.s. that we have seen and heard over the last several decades about that protracted war.

Please, please watch this video.

(13021) Truth and Myths About The Vietnam War - YouTube

I thank you all.

God bless you all on this coming great Easter of Our Lord -- and His flock of faithful disciples...

Gene DeLalla (Vietnam veteran, December 16, 1967-- December 16, 1968...

PS. Please say an Ave for all those names (souls) etched on the Wall in D.C.

Friday, April 3, 2026

If Satan Can Win Over The Children, He Wins The War -- For Souls! North Carolina U. ... Hosting ‘Abortion Doula’ Event For Teenagers!!

But N.C.U. is not the only university that is under the spell of the demon, as you will read in the following article from lifesitenews.com, and written by Matt Lamb Thu Apr 2, 2026 - 9:58 am EDT: North Carolina university under fire for hosting 'abortion doula' event for teenagers - LifeSite

Of course, the university denies participation of such madness, but the fact remains that they knew of this demonic attempt to influence -- and recruit! -- the impressionable minors to help women kill their pre-born babies!

"(LifeSiteNews) — A taxpayer-funded university in North Carolina faced fire from its own congressman after the school allowed a left-wing group to host an event to train teenagers on how to work as “abortion doulas.”

However, the school says it did not host the event itself.

The College Fix first broke the story about how the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, along with other universities, were allowing events on campus hosted by the Youth Abortion Support Collective, which is a project of Advocates for Youth.

The left-wing group supports the intentional killing of innocent preborn babies – and wants 14-year-olds to learn how to assist women in destroying their own children. American University, Davidson College, and the University of Maryland at College Park all had the events on campus.

“According to materials on its website, the collective runs training programs specifically designed for young people ages 14-24,” The College Fix reported on March 27.

“The abortion doula training is typically delivered as a multi-week course, often six to seven weeks long, composed of sessions lasting around two hours each,” according to The College Fix. “Participants are introduced to the role of an abortion doula, defined in the training as someone who can ‘physically, emotionally, and/or spiritually hold space’ for individuals undergoing abortion.”

UNC-Charlotte hosted such an event last November. News of the event drew criticism from Congressman Mark Harris, who pressed the school for answers.

“Allowing the abortion industry to recruit and train impressionable minors as young as 14 years old on a public university campus is deeply inappropriate and raises serious concerns about the responsible use of public resources and the university’s priorities,” Harris wrote to Chancellor Sharon Gaber. Fox News Digital obtained an exclusive copy of the letter.

“North Carolinians who fund this institution and have deeply held views on the sanctity of life deserve transparency and accountability,” Harris wrote further.

The Republican asked the school what role, if any, the school played in organizing the event and whether future abortion doula programs were planned for the future.

“Public universities have a duty to steward tax dollars responsibly and maintain an environment appropriate for all students, including minors,” Harris wrote. “Partnering with an organization advancing a radical progressive agenda to minors undermines this trust and sends a concerning message to young people.”

He also said the university should “reconsider future partnerships with similar organizations to ensure future decisions better reflect the values and expectations of North Carolina taxpayers.”

The university, meanwhile, downplayed its role, saying that an outside group organized the event.

A spokesperson told Fox News:

We have shared accurate information with Representative Harris and his office and clarified the nature of this event. This was not a university-sponsored event, and no university funds were used. As noted previously, the activity was organized by a registered student organization.

Harris did respond to that message and thanked the school for its response.

“I look forward to working alongside the university to ensure something like this never happens again,” he wrote, thanking the school for its “quick response.”

The Advocates for Youth program had also faced criticism from Monica Cline, a former Planned Parenthood sex educator who is now a pro-life activist.

“The abortion and sex education movements have long worked toward peer education,” Cline told The College Fix. “My concern is that our society is normalizing the sexualization of children … and even placing them in roles where they are facilitating or supporting life-altering medical decisions.”

End of very disturbing article...

Pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion!

Pray too for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun, and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph, pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

More Good Pro-Life News From Kansas! Kansas Passes Law To Protect Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers After Democrat Governor Vetoes

The demonic Demonrat, anti-life, Governor Laura Kelly, vetoed the bill, but the House voted 87-35 and the Senate 30-9 to override the veto!

The governor continues to kick against the goads, but it's not working, thank goodness!

There is something very morally and spiritually wrong about these anti-life, Christ-hating demonrats.

Little do they realize that, at their Particular Judgment, they will be held accountable for their heinous actions that foster the brutal deaths of the pre-born.

Then the question begs, do they even believe in a God that awards good and punishes evil?

It appears not, as they continue headlong into the fiery abyss of hell, that is, if they don't repent of their barbaric lunacy...

From lifesitenews.com, and written by Calvin Freiburger Tue Mar 31, 2026 - 3:09 pm EDT: Kansas passes law to protect pro-life pregnancy centers after Democrat governor vetoes - LifeSite, comes this bit of good pro-life news...

"TOPEKA, Kansas (LifeSiteNews) – The Kansas Legislature enacted a new law to protect pro-life pregnancy centers from state mandates interfering with the information and services they offer.

House Bill 2635, the “Pregnancy Center Autonomy and Rights of Expression Act,” forbids any arm of state or local government from requiring pregnancy centers to “offer or perform abortions;” “offer, provide or distribute abortion-inducing drugs;” “counsel in favor of abortion or abortion-inducing drugs;” or “post any advertisement, sign, flyer or similar material that promotes abortion or abortion-inducing drugs or provides any information about obtaining an abortion or abortion-inducing drugs.”

It also keeps government from preventing pro-life pregnancy centers from “providing information, care, counseling, classes or other services related to pregnancy, childbirth or parenting;” “providing prenatal and postnatal resources, including diapers, baby clothes, baby furniture, formula and similar items;” providing medical testing, medical counseling and medical care or treatment related to pregnancy or childbirth;” “counseling a woman on any pregnancy-related care or treatment;” or otherwise “interfer(ing) with staffing or hiring decisions of a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center by requiring such center to interview, hire or continue to employ any person who does not affirm the center’s mission statement or agree to comply with the center’s prolife ethic and operating procedures.”

Pregnancy centers may sue any government entity that violates these protections for damages.

The Kansas Reflector reported that Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the measure, claiming “we shouldn’t be spending tax dollars trying to interfere with that very personal, very private, medical decision,” but within hours her veto was overridden by an 87-35 vote in the House and 30-9 vote in the Senate.

“This governor is quick to talk about supporting choice, but that support disappears the moment a mother chooses life,” Republican House Speaker Dan Hawkins responded.

GOP Senate President Ty Masterson of Andover also criticized Kelly for attempting to quash “good legislation that saves lives,” adding that the bill “simply protects pregnancy resource centers’ ability to educate mothers and provide life-affirming care.”

Crisis pregnancy centers and other community health locations have long provided low-income women with a wide variety of services, including ultrasounds, basic medical care, adoption referrals, parenting classes, and children’s supplies that help mitigate the fears and burdens that lead some to choose abortion. For that reason, they have long been a target of left-wing rage, with attacks often focusing on claims that they deceive women, both about abortion and about their own services. But the pro-life contentions most often derided as “misinformation” are in fact true, and accusations of self-misrepresentation typically refer to little more than the fact that ads for them appear in online searches for the term “abortion.”

The abortion movement is notoriously hostile to such alternatives to abortion, from publicity campaigns to malign crisis pregnancy centers to attempts to strip medical licenses from pro-life doctors to violence and threats against pregnancy centers that under the Biden administration were less likely to be prosecuted than purported cases of anti-abortion violence.

Many conservative measures have become law in Kansas over Kelly’s attempts to veto them in recent years, including keeping men out of women’s restrooms, requiring fetal development education in classrooms, and preventing the state from forcing foster parents to affirm LGBT dogma."

End of article...

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun, and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph, pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Well, Here He Goes Again... "Bishop" Barron Proposes Judas Iscariot Did Not Go To Hell

I'll repeat that heading: "Bishop" Barron Proposes Judas Iscariot Did Not Go To Hell...

Keep in mind, that this is the same "bishop" that failed in his office to explain to the Jew, Ben Shapiro, that Christ, Our Lord is the only way to the Father, instead relegating Christ as the "privileged" way to the Father!!

That, my friends, is absolute heresy!

Moreover, Barron is also the character to attack the Catholic convert, Mrs. Boller, and had a hand, no doubt, in having her removed from the so-called Religious Liberty Commission because Mrs. Boller upheld the real Catholic Church teaching on the deadly sin of Zionism!

Now, he further embarrasses himself regarding the un-repentant traitor, Judas, by saying he did not suffer eternal perdition!!!

"Bishop" Barron: the truth shall set you free!!

From lifesitenews.com, and written by LifeSiteNews staff Tue Mar 31, 2026 - 1:43 pm EDT: Bishop Barron proposes Judas Iscariot did not go to hell - LifeSite

"(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Robert Barron has published an article advocating for the view that Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, is not in hell.

On March 29, Barron’s article entitled “Even Judas? Rethinking sin, despair and divine mercy this Palm Sunday” appeared on the Fox News website. While acknowledging that Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and “most theologians” have believed Judas went to hell either for betraying Christ or for self-murder, Barron presented a “counter-view”: a 12th century carving apparently showing the Good Shepherd carrying the dead Judas over his shoulders.

“Pope Francis was so fond of this image that he had a reproduction of it over his desk in his papal office. It showed, for him, the hope that even Judas might have been saved by the overwhelming mercy of the Lord,” writes Barron.

The bishop asks readers not to send him letters, as he knows “that we cannot embrace a simple-minded universalism, which says that we are perfectly confident that all people will be saved. We do indeed have to admit to the very real possibility of an eternal rejection of God.” The rest of Barron’s article treats on the topic of people who commit suicide and how we need not despair for them but “pray for them and commend them to God’s mercy” instead.

Barron’s initial argument for the possibility that Judas has been spared damnation was his clear contrition, as witnessed by the Gospel of Matthew. However, the bishop does not address the fact that the Gospel does not state that Judas repented of his despair.

In response to Barron’s article, pundit Matt Gaspers pointed out that the traditional teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, found in the Catechism of the Council of Trent, is that Judas “lost soul and body.”

Canon lawyer Ed Peters observed, “Acknowledgment of having sinned, and repentance for having sinned, are two different things.”