Pope Francis Calls Biden "Good Catholic" w/ Ralph Martin 

Let us pray for our Pope that he may be guided by the Holy Spirit.

“You’re so charitable! I think the rest of us are just tired - so tired of making excuses!” AMEN!!!!

Love the point made about things being exposed and finally brought to light as a good that is occurring. I am reminded of a talk done by a religious sister who said the bride is sick, and we have to bring these things to light for her to become well. I am in the process of converting to Catholicism, and while all of this can be discouraging, my faith is not in humanity: it is in God. In His Church.

I am tired of making excuses. And I am tired of being tired of making excuses. Edit: my cri de coeur may be misinterpreted (my apologies for the ambiguity): do *not* abandon your Mother, the Church. Trials must come; stumbling blocks must come; we are being raked over the coals. Be angry if you must, tune out if you need, but do *not* abandon your Mother, the Church. Place your sufferings at the feet of the Cross, to Him that suffered all for our sake. You will be purchasing your salvation with blood and fire, and God willing, the salvation of many.

Separate from Matt not being afraid to discuss the controversy head on, let’s acknowledge that Matt wearing those glasses does him right.

The President of Argentina and his Mistress, NOT the President of Brazil.

When Biden said that the pope said he’s a good Catholic he looks like he was lying

From 5:05, Ralph may have meant the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez. Fernández successfully championed/ pushed through a bill that legalized abortion. When the law passed he tweeted, " “Safe, legal and free abortion is now law … Today we are a better society,” Also, "I'm Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone." Reminds me of another so-called Catholic president. On Jan. 31, 2020 Fernández visited the Vatican with his live-in girlfriend, Fabiola Yanez, where they first attended a specially arranged mass at the tomb of St. Peter, in the crypt under St. Peter’s basilica celebrated by Archbishop Sánchez Sorondo, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. That is pure privilege, a rare honor in the eyes of the world that few of us will ever experience. The president and his mistress received Holy Communion from Archbishop Sorondo. After that they had their private audience with the Pope. The Pope very warmly met the lovely couple, compared to his meeting with Trump. Pope Francis of course famously and quite harshly cast doubt on whether Trump was a real Christian - choosing to deny Trump the benefit of his "Who am I to judge?" approach. The Pope has met president Fernandez twice. He's had a private audience with Fr. James Martin SJ (advocate of the LGBTQ community), but has no time to meet or respond to the Dubia cardinals or Cardinal Zen of China. Many aggrieved Catholics are saying that Biden HAS GOT BE lying - despite having zero basis for saying that and no denial from the Vatican. Unfortunately, as I have shown above, President Fernandez is a clear precedent of an abortion-pushing "Catholic" leader being welcomed to communion by the Vatican so Biden wasn't the first to be so warmly endorsed by Pope Francis, so why should we doubt Biden that the Pope called him a good Catholic whom he encouraged to continue receiving Communion? With Pope Francis, the behaviour is the message.

My biggest beef with the issue is with what I do know. I actually feel like Biden is outright lying, so I'm mostly upset the Vatican didn't correct.

If Joe Biden misspoke on behalf of the Pope, the Vatican PR office would have issued a "diplomatic" statement. But it's "crickets". THAT speaks volumes! 🙏

Pope Francis continues to challenge us To walk along cafeteria Catholics and to love them in this worldly journey. Please pray for President Biden that he will fully accept God's call for repentance and conversion.

That "small church" that father Ratzinger talked about, I already feel like I am a part of it and I absolutely love it.

Thank you, Ralph, for consistently speaking the truth in love.

"The Lord is about to do something significant about the judgment of the wicked and the gathering of the remnant." Out of the doubts and strife that is happening inside and outside of the church right now, the Lord is going to bring together a white hot fire of love for the Lord and for people! - my sincerest gratitude for these encouraging clip! Because although the Vatican does not address these issues directly, ministries like yours @MattFradd has spur on to keep us Christians motivated and to keep on trusting and putting our faith in God and not in man.

What a world it is, to hope the Leader of the Free World is not of sound mind, in order to defend the Pope from committing Sacrilege.

I think it’s really telling about the times we are living in when you can see Protestant and Catholic believers feeling the same things about what is happening in both the World and the church at large.

Bottom line is that God’s will be done. Keep the Faith🙏

I love my pope and when I disagree with him, I pray instead of taking to social media and flaming him like this is a sport.

This clip is surprisingly inspirational! I didn’t expect it from the title. Thank you! 🙏❤️✝️

The president of Argentina, not Brasil...just to clarify.

The best advised I have is STOP paying attention to what the Holy Father does or doesn't do, just pray and live your life and pray to Our Lady of Sorrows and pray the Sorrowful Rosary she has done amazing and beautiful things in my life, just pray for the Holy Father, the Church and believe in Christ. ¡Viva Cristo Rey!

Mr Martin is on key here, and it puts everything in a clear light.

A pope who believes the 10 Commandments "are not absolute" could easily have annointed Bided "a good Catholic". Wonder if he said the same thing to Pelosi.

Message we really need to hear for today. Thank you! ❤️

6:03 I recently heard Jordan Peterson say "Cynicism is a cheap shortcut to approximating wisdom." It's an easy trap to fall into these days, so let's all try to be careful to avoid it.

Deleted previous posts after thinking about things a bit..totally agree with Ralph we just don’t know what happened so refrain from judgement until it’s for sure. The Vatican press on the other hand, is really preaching a different Gospel.

Francis: “I think you’re a good Catholic” Biden: “And I think you’re a good pope”

I love Ralph Martin. I love everything he speaks. I love Pints with Aquinas. Throughout this podcast have I learned many things I didn't know as a revert to the Catholic Church, and boy, I had fun listening to the many hours of existing podcast. But as a South American, and living in a Liberation Theology infested country, I know what's behind all this. I had my personal crisis in faith, because all that is happening these days, and after much praying, thinking, and even with some help from God, I have come to the point where I can no longer accept excuses. I'm tired of excuses, and of being tired of excuses, as someone else mentioned here. He is beyond excuses already. Regarding the current Pope, my decision from now on is to live like a medieval man. A medieval man, possibly, didn't even know who his contemporary Pope was. The last time he heard a Pope's name, was just so many years behind that he might not even be alive anymore. So, he (the medieval man) did his best to live his Catholic life, and to die in a state of grace. He attended to Mass, confessed, took counseling from his spiritual counselor; he prayed the rosary. And much like many saints did in their times, they only read material from past Popes (I can't recall a saint mentioning their contemporary Pope, except for the times they (their Popes) were doing some evil thing), whose works and deeds had been approved by tradition. And last but not least, they defended PAPACY, which is 2 thousand years long tradition, not POPE. They also had bad Popes, but they weren't worried in defending every absurdity they (the evil Popes) were out there doing. So, this is it! I'm done with trying to defend him, I'm done even listening to what he said or did. I'll follow the tradition, read from the literally thousands of books I have at home, which come from tradition. And I'm done listening to Pints with Aquinas, as much as I like it. I'll treasure the good times I had listening to it. But I can no longer take these episodes full of attempts to excuse the inexcusable.

I think it is important to point out the logical fallacy of those who seem to reject the authority of the Pope in the name of Catholic doctrine. It is Catholic doctrine to show respect and reverence to the Pope. However, we all know that throughout history there have been Popes who have behaved in ways that are not in line with what Jesus clearly teaches us through scripture. What Ralph Martin said in this video is beautiful. Maybe the Pope is now in error, or maybe the ways that he does not conform to what you expect from a Pope show some of the ways that the Church has been in error in recent times. I would just caution many of those who show a lack of respect for Pope Francis's authority to question whether the ways that he differs from their ideologies are more or less like Jesus.

Matt, I’m completely serious. I’m looking over these comments, and nearly 1,000 comments are here and 97% of them bordering on the schismatic. Don’t assist Satan as he seeks the ruin of souls. You know what Vatican 1 says. Please, do the right thing for God and the Church and lead your sheep back to Peter. Even if it is difficult for you right now, and understandably so, it is the right thing to do.

I love how this clip ended - so much hope to be had.

The question that begs to be asked: "Is Pope Francis a good Catholic?" We need a little less liberal politics and a little more spiritual leadership, and I do not see that happening any time soon.

Most of us do think Biden heard what he wanted to hear. There are many scenarios where the Pope, any pope, would tell anyone to keep going to comunión as it assumes being in a state of grace. Of course, a person like Biden would hear what best suits him.

I grew up in the Uniting Church (mum and dad evangelical puritans, my grandfather and my great grandfather both Congregationalist Ministers), yet I married a Catholic almost 30 years ago and have been worshipping with our local Catholic parish for all that time. Sadly, my daughter who grew up in the Catholic Church feels now alienated from the Catholic Faith. I must say, after this interview I can now understand why.

Excellent interview. Many thanks. Did Biden talk to the Holy Father after a good confession? Makes a world of difference, doesn't it? Let's be careful about making our own judgements. Pax!

I have no idea why I feel obliged to state this, probably because I think we all just want to call each other "Christ's followers" with no division, BUT: I'm a protestant and LOVED both of you talking about this. you're great voices. greatly appreciative of both of your strength of conviction to Christ.

The Church is being scourged like Her Master. Expect nothing less.

Charity and diplomacy have become excuses for complicity.

Wow, thank you Matt and Dr.Ralph. I really needed to here this today. God bless

I'm trying to rationalize the inconsistency in my mother's, who prays the rosary, watches a couple of Masses daily, love of Joe Biden and extreme hate of Donald Trump. Even though to me it seems DT was against abortion and JB encourages it. I don't get it.

i am a protestant (not throwing down the gantlet just info ) i critique the pope for condemning the active sharing of the gospel and a atheists viewer accused me of lying about the pope and hating Catholics. my catholic viewers were as concerned as i was and some of them wasn't as gentle as i was . i watch your channel for your educated pov and I love Catholics even though we disagree on some doctrine . Viva Cristo Rey Soli Deo Gloria !

Thanks for this because it gives me hope and encourages me to persevere in faith.

Be not afraid. Be aware. Be prepared.

How many times am I supposed to forgive my brother? 77 times 7. Some just need more forgiveness than others. So true that most of us are tired of doing it, but Jesus asks us to keep doing it.

“Clarity is charity”-fr. Altman.

GOD bless you guys! Keep up the good work!

What Pope Francis is saying and sadly doing, makes me want to cry. I will continue to pray for Pope Francis and the Bishops and Priesthood of the Church, we are at war and I will continue to pray the Holy Rosary daily. Very good clip, thank you.

I cried so much that day in fact I still do in prayer we must offer reparation for this desecration and for the Vicar of Christ who if he is guilty of saying it, and for him not clarifying it, in reparation and conversion of him! Sacrifice and love. We cant empty our hearts like Christ if its filled with hatred of a person and unforgiveness.

There should be no confusion here. The pope should be upfront in promoting the teachings of our Faith.and condemn evil whoever commits it. If the pope truly commended Biden as being a good Catholic, then the pope be reprimanded, pope or no pope, he is not above the laws of Christ. Why doesn't the Vatican came out with what was discussed concerning the evil of abortion; why remain silent on such an important issue?

We pray for repentance and courage for our Church and government leaders to fully turn to the Lord in a brand new & faithful way !!!

Very uplifting. Many times we do forget that God IS in charge and we MUST trust him. Like Padre Pio says, pray and don’t worry. God bless you both.

Our priest just said this weekend during his RCIA classes he wouldn't feel comfortable offering Biden communion.

Did we get this self righteous when it was revealed that JFK committed adultery, repeatedly? Let's be mindful of our own sins before we start beating each other down with values we ourselves can't maintain.

Thank you so much.for lighting my path. God bless you both.

Thanks Matt for your work.

Pray and don’t judge. You don’t know what was said in these conversations. Stop assuming. Stop listening to all that you hear and read. Love and pray for our Pope and trust that God is guiding Him. 🙏🏼

I’m a Protestant/evangelical who started to doubt evangelical eschatology on the grounds that it came about in the 1800s. Obviously if one continues to pull that string, you then realize a lot of other stuff came about only in the 1500s. I’ve come to reject sola scriptura , accept real presence, and apostolic succession. But the issue in this video is a real stumbling block to choose Rome over Constantinople. I know the church has fallible people who sin, and I think I understand papal infallibility doesn’t apply here, but how can the pope have been chosen correctly, given what we are observing? Isn’t his election guided by the Holy Spirit?

Ralph Martin is the clearest voice out there!

Wow. To be honest, I didn’t want to watch this. I certainly didn’t expect to like this. Well done.

This relieved alot of my current concerns about the state of the church and church leadership. Thank you for this video 🙏

COWBOY LOGIC 101: That reminds me. There were a few Popes in the Middle Ages that were not even followers of Christ. That is to say, they were not even Christians. Kind of ironic. Not sure about this one. "You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?" Matthew 7:16

Wow that was fantastic! Thank you Ralph Martin for your grounding wisdom! Praise God

Pope and bishops not denying communion and not excommunicating pro abortionists.. Is a sacrilege.. Grave sin

Charity doesn't mean coming up with excuses for sin. It means to call it out and be willing to forgive when there is true repentance. There is no point to the virtue if we pretend someone who is clearly in the wrong and breaking away from Church Teaching and Tradition either has a very good reason for it, or uniquely has the right to do so, or only LOOKS like they are but really are perfectly orthodox. To do that is to commit a much bigger sin, which is to call evil good and good evil. As catholics we must never betray our clarity of vision, or else we will never be able to defend the church, even from her prelates.

Beautiful - what you said at the end.

Wow... I see the pope in another way... Thank you for the Informative video God bless you two!!

If the Church leaders aren't willing to cast shame on the world and its leaders for their grave sins then it seems to me it is ashamed of Christ, and we know then that Christ will be ashamed of those who aren't willing to call out sinners. And as much as this goes for leaders should it not also go for the lowest. Edit: not gonna lie, it almost feels like we're getting back to Herodian times. Edit 2: Thats a really interesting vision Mr Martin shares. It reminds me of our Lord's saying "He who wants to keep his life will lose it, and he who wants to lose his life for my sake will keep it." I'd love to hear more on this line of thought.

“We don’t know “ Really?! That’s what he’s going with? With all due respect, their conversation may have been private, but it became public when joe decided to make it such. “We don’t know” is like saying that it is completely unreasonable to believe that francis would say such a thing. We know that would be dishonest to say the least.

It was no longer private if Brandon talked about it.

Fantastically helpful. New Catholic from evangelical protestant. Have been thinking should I go back to that? Totally agree with guest.

This is a good video that has me considering many things. It seems like many of the recent Popes (Particularly Pope Francis) are playing more of a game of politics rather than acting as spiritual leaders towards the entire universal Church. This seems to be in stark contrast to the prophets of the Old Testament, and even Jesus and the Apostles in the first Century. None of those figures affirmed the wickedness of the world leaders in their day. John called out Harod's affair with his brother's wife, Jesus called the political leaders "a broad of vipers", Nathan called out David's sin with Bathsheba, Isaiah confronted King Ahaz, Elijah called out Queen Jezebel. The spokesmen only speak against the political elites in all Biblical history. So why are the Popes affirming the modern day political elites? Because they're doing man's work, not God's. Does this call into question the authority of the Papestry? I am undecided. It seems to me that people chosen by God to be His spokesmen do not belong to a given class of human authority. Perhaps better than saying that the Papestry is false, it should be said that many Popes in history have had false authority that came from human tradition rather than from God. Meanwhile, other Popes were genuinely chosen by God, and God used the authority of the Papestry in those Popes. Perhaps the spokesperson for God is outside of class or human tradition on where they should come from. What Martin was so beautiful describing almost sounded like a Reformation of the Catholic Church. Is that to say that people should cease being Catholic? No. I don't think Protestantism is the right answer. I think it seems the Protestant Reformation did see many similar things in the Catholic tradition in their time (such as the selling of indulgences), and sought to reform those things. But Protestants didn't get everything right either. But I think the true Church of Jesus is not lumped into categories of "Catholic and Protestant", "Baptist and Pentecostal", "Traditional and Contemporary". The true Church permeates all of these things. Not all who identify as Catholic are saved, nor are all who are Evangelicals saved. But I can feel the Spirit of God living in many individuals across all camps and denominational sects. "Individual Catholics have to now make a deeper personal choice... and answer the question, 'Who do you think Jesus is?' If Jesus is really the Lord, the only sensible response to make to Him is total commitment and total obedience, ... eagerly wanting to follow what He wants us to do... not just somebody who believes in Jesus, but somebody who obeys Jesus, follows Jesus, and wants others to come Jesus. A lot of Catholics need to be awakened to that kind of commitment to the Lord, because it's the only commitment Jesus is asking for in the Gospel." -This is the core of Christianity, or Mere Christianity as C.S. Lewis described it. This is the thing that permeates denominations and truly matters. This is the thing contemporary authorities cannot take away from individuals. This is the Holy Spirit living and working in the lives of individuals across all sorts of backgrounds, uniting us all (no matter how different) in Jesus Christ.

Jesus didn’t have a problem shaming the pharisees.

Honestly, I just went to confession and I have to see this picture. Saints preserve us!

We shouldn't be embarrassing heads of state...or perhaps heads of state shouldn't be embarrassing the Church, no?

Pray for all our bishops ,cardinals and pope. God may lead them to holiness. God is calling all of us to holiness. We are called to be saints. Love God with all your heart. Don’t be afraid God will have His way. He will judge us all.

I once heard a convert from Catholicism to Buddhism ask these questions (to paraphrase): "Who is a better example of their respective faiths, the Pope of the Dalai Lama? So, why should I follow a religion whose leader isn't even following it?"

May God guide our Pope :( Sometimes I feel like he is too eager to please the World… But I will try to be humble and trust in Him🙏

Excellent interview! Matt.thanks

Why do people think they’re saints and can judge others?

Do you remember when JPII publicly reprimanded Ernesto Cardenal.

As a lifelong Roman Catholic I find a few things suspect with JB comments about Pope Francis saying that he is a good catholic? I totally respect Pope Francis and who am I to judge what the Pope says to anyone good or bad? I am not without sin and regardless if the Pope calls me a good catholic or not I would never publicly state what he said to me? And no catholic needs to advertise who said that they were a good catholic or not? We were all taught what is a sin and what isn’t a sin growing up in the catholic religion! So say you killed someone and nobody knew except for yourself and you met the Pope and he didn’t know either and he said that you are a good catholic and you need to repeat it to the world knowing what you did and no one else does is another sin on top of the killing sin! Not a single person that has ever lived on the planet or will ever live into the future is without sin except for Jesus Christ! With all due respect Mr P you are not without sin nor am I nor is anyone else except for Jesus Christ! I am riddled with sin so who am I to cast the first stone against anyone?

Perhaps Pres Joe went to confession to Pope Francis during that long visit and for a few minutes he sounded like a good Catholic.

If it's a private conversation of a pastoral nature - which it was at least in part if they're talking about the state of Pres. Biden's soul and whether he's in communion with the Church, then the minister (Pope Francis) would have the obligation to maintain confidentiality, while Pres. Biden (the one receiving counsel) would not have that obligation. I'm surprised this was overlooked in the conversation. Anyone in ministry knows this, but sometimes when things get political we forget the basics, I think.

This is awesome !! 👏

Why is the church silent about the current oppression around the world regarding forcing people to get jabd?

I agree let's pray for the Pope" God bless 🙏🛐💯 Catholic"🗝️🗝️🙏🛐 & God bless all who are getting ready for Thanksgiving 🍖🍖🦃🦃🦃🍁🍂🍁🙏

We ought to keep President Biden in prayers that he'd change his stance on abortion. Certainly he losing his son Bo makes him more aware of those contemplating abortion losing a child. Don't under estimate the power of prayer.

Dr. RALPH is a good thinker and analyzed correctly what must have happened in the meeting with his his insights

I needed to hear this man's wisdom today.

Luke 12:49-57 Love from Orthodoxy.

There seems to be no end to the scandal generated by this "Pope". I'm not saying he's not the pope . I am saying that I can't imagine how he possibly can be .

According to catholic magisterium and dogma, the Pope is indefectible. If Pope Francis is wrong, this is making it hard for me to be drawn to the Catholic Church. Looking East is more appealing/convincing.

Pray for the Pope.

Just as the Vatican’s attitude to the Kennedys was alarming and shocking to we ordinary Catholics, so is this. Only this time unsurprising. God bless.

We need to pray for stronger, more concise leadership in our Church. I for one am incredibly tired of feeling like I can't turn to our bishops for guidance especially in the United States. Our bishops need to stop trying to appease the progressive mob and start standing up for the truth even if it means people leave the Church.

Did Pope Francis say Biden was a "Good Catholic" or did Biden say that Pope Francis said that he was a "Good Catholic". Those things are pretty dissimilar... "The Pope said I am a Good Catholic, come on, Man! I go to church every Sunday and worship the thing, you know the thing!"

typical ingratiating behavior toward a prominent politician by Bergoglio so as to enhance his own international standing and he takes his international reputation much more seriously than the Catholic faith which is his duty to defend and uphold.

My church is so liberal I am so worried. My pastor has been off record saying he applied a same-sex couples. They don’t really see it must seem to not think it’s a big deal regarding a portion or any other cohabitation. I just feel so sad

Every Catholic needs to hear this charitable analysis of what’s going on with the Church and her approach to being in the world today

Modern day Pharisees are alive and well. Thank God for Pope Francis and may He continue to protect him.