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  • From the David Hodges Common Sense Show


    Six years ago when this picture was taken of my son and myself, I still held out hope that the Independent Media could rescue this country from the tyrants that have hijacked our government. I had this picture made into a poster where it is now displayed just outside my office where I write and broadcast. The picture formerly symbolized the hope that I held out for the next generation. Today, this picture represents what has been lost and will never be recovered. It also serves as a reminder of my parental responsibility to adequately prepare my son for what lies ahead as he prepares to become a citizen in the nєω ωσrℓ∂ σr∂єr.


    Paradise Lost
    When I became a parent, I mistakenly thought that I would raise my son just like my parents raised me. My parents instilled in me a fundamental respect for authority, how to honor the great traditions of our country and how to work hard to get what I wanted out of life.

    I grew up loving the ideals of our country, the freedom and the opportunity.  As a result, I have lived a good and prosperous life. I give thanks to my parents and to God everyday for my good fortune. However, I have learned that I was not fully prepared to be a parent because I do not know how to teach my teenage son about how he should live in the nєω ωσrℓ∂ σr∂єr.

    The America we knew is dead and gone and is running solely on momentum. Are any of you asking the same question that I am about how we tell our teenage children that they live under a hopelessly corrupt government and they are making plans to fully enslave all of us under REX 84, FEMA Camps, NDAA, etc? Do we teach our children to never criticize the government because free speech has been criminalized as an act of terrorism? How do we provide our children hope that if they work hard and go to college, that they will have a good life? And even if our kids graduate from college, most won’t find jobs when they get out of school and even if they do find work in their field, they will be debt slaves because of the cost of higher education. How do we encourage our children to learn the lessons of civics when we fully know that our vote, on a national level, does not make a darn bit of difference and that the Peℓσѕι’s, Reid’s, Clinton’s, Bush’s and Obama’s are bought and paid for? How do we teach our children that our brave men and women who serve in the military have been turned into pawns of corporate greed and subsequent imperialism? How do we prepare to raise our children in a decadent society which dishonors the Christian principles that our country was founded upon?

    The Questions a Parent Cannot Answer
    My son is showing signs of asking questions befitting an adult perspective of our present political and economic situation.  I am not bashful about identifying the misdeeds of our government when I am writing or broadcasting. Also, I know that I have the intellectual capacity to explain to my son how bad things have become in terms he can understand. However, I have found that  I am lacking the skill and knowledge to explain to my son just how bad things are and that his generation has no future. I know that there comes the day when all parents realize that we have to tell our children that there is no Santa Claus.

    I grew up in an America which was a republic interspersed with some corruption. Today’s America is a corporate criminal enterprise where there are no rules for the elite and the republic concepts underlying our laws are on life support. Subsequently, my son is growing up in a far different America than I did and to hear him talk about his future hopes and fears reflects these fundamental changes that we have experienced as a country.

    The Creation of Debt Slaves and the Increasingly Worthless College Degree
    Save your money, go to college, get a good job, right? For the most part, that ship has sailed.

    The rate of increase of a college education has increased eight times more than the cost of living. In my generation, college students could pay for their education with part time jobs. A part time job, today, will not even purchase the text books.

    In order to obtain a college degree today, students must pay about three times as much for their degree as did someone graduating 30 years ago, even when accounting for inflation. And there is not one shred of evidence that the quality of the education today have received a degree three times as good. In fact, the existing data is suggests that our college students are paying far more than their parents did and receiving a less quality education.

    According to the College Board, in 1983 a typical private American university managed to provide a bachelor’s degree education to young people just like you for $11,000 a year in tuition and fees, today, it costs almost $30,000 per year.

    Thirty years ago, public universities have witnessed an even more dramatic increase. One used to be able to get a full four-year degree for $8,800. Today, one year’s worth of tuition will cost $8,700. In fact, today on an overcrowded college campus, it takes an average of six years to graduate because of the shortage of offered required classes, It can accurately be said that a good rule of thumb is that the bigger the college, the longer it takes to graduate. Further, when one factors in the time for degree completion, a college education at a public university is 6-8 times greater than it was in 1983.  And if you think that these figures don’t sound that bad, please consider that the new tuition numbers do not account for room and board.

    This Is the Job Market We Have Left Our Children
    Today, nearly 25 million adults, or 57 percent of all young adults between 18 and 24 stilllive at home with their parents because they’re unemployed or underemployed. These adults are attempting to pay off student loans or save money to buy a home, save money for school or to save money for any number of other reasons. While having your parents as your roommates may make financial sense, it is devastating for a person’s self-esteem and it is the kiss of death for one’s marriage choices. Trulia’s survey found that only 5% of unmarried adults would consider dating someone who lived at home with their parents.

    The majority of college graduates considered their college experience a waste of time as 70% of all surveyed college graduates wish that they had spent more time preparing for real jobs skills rather than the purely academic focus they pursued while in school.

    It would appear that the regret expressed by so many college students is well-grounded in fact, as there are more than 100,000 janitors and 317,000 waiters and waitresses that have college degrees. In the year 2000, 80 percent of men in their late 20’s had a full-time job, by 2012, only 65 percent of this population had full-time work. And what will happen as Obamacare kicks in and employers continue the trend to reduce their workforce to part-time?

    These statistics are only the tip of the iceberg, but the message here is clear. Be prepared my fellow parents to support your children well into their 30’s. There is an additional consideration, the Obama administration and friends are posturing to eliminate the generational transmission of wealth. Even though we have allowed the central bankers through such nefarious strategies as the blatant implementation of free trade agreements to export many of our jobs overseas, we could have still passed along our acquired wealth to our children. However, if our pensions and 401K funds are confiscated and placed into a national redistribution of wealth center, your child will see little, if anything, of your accuмulated wealth. This is an obvious ploy to impoverish this new generation and make them totally dependent on government for everything. If Obama has his way, our welfare ranks will grow from one in two working age Americans to a 100% rate of dependency upon the government. After all, 75% of all Americans make less than $30,000 per year.

     

    More Jobs Are Leaving the Country
    For decades, our leaders in Washington pushed us towards “a global economy” and told us it would be so good for us.  But there is a flip side.  Now workers in the U.S. must compete with workers all over the world, and our greedy corporations are free to pursue the cheapest labor available anywhere on the globe.  Millions of jobs have already been shipped out of the United States, and Princeton University economist Alan S. Blinder estimates that 22% to 29% of all current U.S. jobs will be offshorable within two decades.  The days when blue collar workers could live the American Dream are gone and they are not going to come back.

    If you are awake as to what is going on and you have children, you will one day be forced to answer the questions that your children ask about the world that they live in. And for the life of me, I do not know how to tell my child how to live in the nєω ωσrℓ∂ σr∂єr.
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    What do you tell your children?
    « Reply #1 on: September 05, 2015, 08:14:43 PM »
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  • This was written by a successful "Christian" Pop Musician. For someone who is probably very rich, he does seem to understand what the average Joe is going through in the good ole USA.

    Some points

    1. " I grew up loving the ideals of our country" - This where IMO so many people, including Trads go wrong. The US was founded on Satanic Principles. The rot we are witnessing today is a logical consequence of the "founding Principles" of the USA. All the so called freedoms that Americans worship were just temporary hammers to crush Christendom.
    Freedom of Religion - This is used to undermine the Catholic Church, and is the Satanic version of The Social Kingship of Christ. With this hammer multiple Protestant Sects can flourish and spread heresy on top of heresy, not to mention all the Pagan Religions, Islam, and of course the тαℓмυdism, all this just sows confusion and pushes the uneducated average Joe towards Atheism.
     Freedom of Speech -  This is another hammer that was used to undermine all authority, especially the Catholic Monarchy in Europe, now that the Monarchy is dead, IMO this so called right is being pulled back and the new Satanic speech is being enforced. Also with this tool many impurities have flourished to the masses, porn chief among them.
    If a car is defective,( The US Constitution) simple changing drivers(Politicians) won't make it run.

    2. American Prosperity- The fact is that until the Second World War was finished, the average American was poor, probably on par with the average Mexican. It was only after WWII was done, all of Europe & Asia in shambles, with no competition, did American manufacturing really take off. This gave a great economy and life style to the middle class. By the 1970 however, Europe & Asia were retooled and ready to compete, of course "The American Dream" would take a hit. The politicians & the Fed not wanting to be blamed for a lower standard of living, kept coming up with different debt schemes to give the illusion of prosperity, but sooner or later reality catches up!!

    3. The College Scam- I have a niece who is going for her doctorate in psychology, part of the program is that she must teach some courses, she was shocked when the administration told her that she couldn't fail her students because the university depends on the tuition money!!
    IMO the Jєωniversity is only there to push the acceptable satanic social doctrines: gαy Unions,Socialism, Atheism etc... Its also a nice way for the Jєωs to line their pockets !! And as the author points out, the dumb Goyim come out heavily in debt. Of course we can point our children to learn a trade with out going to college , with the aim of opening their own business.

    4. " The America we knew is dead" - I'm 51, grew up in a Catholic Ethnic area of North Jersey. I always tell my children that I saw the tail end of the old America, and watched it get wounded and now die. Yes the days of the  Catholic ghetto's here and there, and the wonderful influence
    they had, has been totally destroyed and is now no-more.

    5. The Gloomy Economic & Spiritual Outlook of the NWO - A lot about this is on the board already. This country had a good thing, but the greedy- traitorous politicians , influenced IMO by The Tribe's Power and Corruption skills, have given it all away. What there was of an American Culture from the 1950 has been totally destroyed by cultural Marxists, so not only are most Americans going to be materially poor, but they are totally degraded also. I guess they can all smoke dope and have sex with each other, and their dogs, while the Jєω boy masters laugh at them !! I actually don't foresee an economic crash, but more of a slow boil, where piece by piece the country turns into Brazil. We will have a few very beautiful areas, well guarded and protected for the ʝʊdɛօ-Masons. And the rest of us will live in favaelas, probably with racial violent skirmishes to keep us busy killing each other. The sad part is there will be no place to run, since the whole world will be in the same boat.
    As far as being Catholic in this mess will require super human strength, the hatred for religion in general is already high( Just read any comment section of the secular news) and will only get worse.

    6. How to break this news to your Children- I find this question from the article sadly amusing. Proof of the emasculated Yankee male. What I have done is try to raise my children with hope for heaven, not material happiness here. Prepare and embrace sufferings ( not easy!!) , this takes discipline and grace, so praying a family rosary and talking about current events daily with the Catholic viewpoint constantly stressed is essential !! Be a man, and face the enemy !!    

           


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    « Reply #2 on: October 24, 2015, 09:40:42 AM »
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  • Quote from: jmid
    This was written by a successful "Christian" Pop Musician. For someone who is probably very rich, he does seem to understand what the average Joe is going through in the good ole USA.

    Some points

    1. " I grew up loving the ideals of our country" - This where IMO so many people, including Trads go wrong. The US was founded on Satanic Principles. The rot we are witnessing today is a logical consequence of the "founding Principles" of the USA. All the so called freedoms that Americans worship were just temporary hammers to crush Christendom.
    Freedom of Religion - This is used to undermine the Catholic Church, and is the Satanic version of The Social Kingship of Christ. With this hammer multiple Protestant Sects can flourish and spread heresy on top of heresy, not to mention all the Pagan Religions, Islam, and of course the тαℓмυdism, all this just sows confusion and pushes the uneducated average Joe towards Atheism.
     Freedom of Speech -  This is another hammer that was used to undermine all authority, especially the Catholic Monarchy in Europe, now that the Monarchy is dead, IMO this so called right is being pulled back and the new Satanic speech is being enforced. Also with this tool many impurities have flourished to the masses, porn chief among them.
    If a car is defective,( The US Constitution) simple changing drivers(Politicians) won't make it run.
     


    Now I know why I have been meeting so many Communist Catholics lately. They forgot and never learned why the Constitutional Republic in the US was created. This was an experiment in freedom that proved very successful, so much so, that several other countries adopted our framework. The opposition to this is primarily communist in nature.

    Central banks are the the super powers of the planet, and they seek communism because it helps to ensure they will rule for the future, without much opposition. Take away individual rights and make that the accepted paradigm and organization against tyranny becomes very difficult.

    The Catholic Church is against communism, which means it supports freedom. It is up to the individual to rule themselves when freedom abounds. This is not society's job. In communism, the fascists or corrupt government rules, and the individual has no right to practice any religion that is not aligned with the State.

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  • Brian

    Thank you for the response. From reading some of your past posts, it seems that you are very new to the faith. That’s OK we all start somewhere LOL. Your response is pretty much the “programmed” responses from the average American. We have all been indoctrinated from a young age to think “Jєωιѕн” on all sorts of issues. Today being the Feast of Christ the King, is a perfect day to get you reprogrammed in Christian thinking, and get the satanic doctrines flushed out. I appreciate your zeal, but it does need to be channeled correctly, please don’t give up, we need people like you in the world!!
     
    At one time, I would have given the same reply you did, I actually served 3 years in the US Marine Corps making the world safe for Zionism LOL, of course I thought I was serving God & country, that the constitution was a divine docuмent, the founding fathers were above the Apostles etc. When the country started to rapidly disintegrate back in the 80s & 90s I couldn’t understand why. “If we just followed the divine principles of the constitution, everything would work out” was my thinking. But things kept getting worse & worse; when I discovered Tradition I started reading and studying the social teachings of the Church, much to my shock, I found that those “divine” principles in the constitution did not come from Christendom, but from the enemies of the Church.
    Many books have been written on the Social Kingship of Christ. I suggest Father Denis Fahey, Tom Droleskey. You can also listen to Restoration Radio, that has many great shows on the topic.

    I am going to briefly answer some of your comments: Your comment will be in bold, followed by my reply

    Now I know why I have been meeting so many Communist Catholics lately. – This is an oxymoronic statement since one cannot be a Catholic and a communist. This conclusion of yours, I suspect, comes from your ignorance of Church teachings.

    They(Meaning Traditional Catholics) forgot and never learned why the Constitutional Republic in the US was created. This was an experiment in freedom that proved very successful, so much so, that several other countries adopted our framework. The opposition to this is primarily communist in nature. – This is a very poorly thought out statement. It’s more of a typical “kneejerk” American/ʝʊdɛօ statement. A whole book could be written in response, but I will keep it short lol.
    The American Constitution is a ʝʊdɛօ/ Masonic docuмent, built on the тαℓмυdic principles coming out of the French Revolution. The main principle was to overthrow the existing Catholic Order made up of Monarchies, and to replace it with Atheistic/Naturalistic Governments. They came to the conclusion after trial & error (Communism, Democracy, Despotic Rule) that an, what I call, “Illusionary Democracy” to replace Christendom. This will transform to Jєωιѕн rule of terror sometime in the future.
    As far as “Freedom” goes- Thomas Aquinas defined freedom (I’m paraphrasing) as being able to do the right thing. As long as you can practice the Faith without fear of persecution, you are Free. For the most part Americans are Free right now, although the grip is tightening every day. The “Freedom” you are expressing is the ʝʊdɛօ/Masonic version of Freedom, which is really the Satanic, “Do what thou wilt”. They (ʝʊdɛօ/Masons) are temporarily allowing this to destroy Christian morality, ethics and culture. Once this has been totally accomplished then they will take this bastard freedom away.
    True Freedom only exists when the person,family,society,government embraces the Yoke of Christ. Examples of these societies existed in the past and has left us with beautiful Art, music, architecture etc.
    The whole “your against the constitution, therefore you’re a communist” argument is laughable. You act like there are only two choices in the world!!!    Actually so called free market capitalism & communism/socialism are two sides of the same coin. They both have the same result economically which is a very few at the top(the 1 %), control  95% of the wealth , and the 99% of the population fight over the crumbs. The Church teaches that the “means” of production to be spread as widely as possible, employee ownership of companies, just wages…..many books has been written on this subject notably by G.K. Chesterton , he called this system Distributionism. Of course there are other ideas on implementing Catholic Social teachings out there.

    Central banks are the the super powers of the planet, and they seek communism because it helps to ensure they will rule for the future, without much opposition. Take away individual rights and make that the accepted paradigm and organization against tyranny becomes very difficult. – This is a much talked about issue that I believe I covered in my last comment on the economic teachings of the Church. You need to look at what group controls these Central Banks?? Overwhelmingly Jєωs of course. Who gave them this power?? It came with the idiotic Masonic Constitutions!!! It all comes full circle.

    The Catholic Church is against communism, which means it supports freedom. It is up to the individual to rule themselves when freedom abounds. This is not society's job. In communism, the fascists or corrupt government rules, and the individual has no right to practice any religion that is not aligned with the State – I already replied to the communist/freedom arguments. Now I will post some Magisterial Teachings to show that so called “Freedom of Religion “  and Establishment Clause has been condemned by the Church.

    I’m posting this from this link, I invite you to read and study these concepts

    http://christorchaos.com/ACatechismoftheSocialReignofChristtheKing.htm

    12) How can one define the Social Kingship of Jesus Christ?

    The Social Kingship of Jesus Christ may be defined as the right of the Catholic Church to see to it that the binding precepts of the Divine positive law and the natural law are the basis of the actions of civil governance and that those who exercise civil power keep in mind man’s last end, confessionally recognizing the Catholic Church as the true Church founded by God Himself and having the right to reprimand and place interdicts upon those who issue edicts and ordinances contrary to God’s laws.
    13) Are you saying that each civil state in the world has the obligation to recognize the Catholicism as the true religion?
    It is not "my" teaching that I proclaim on this site but the immutable teaching of the Catholic Church that teaches that each civil state has the obligation to recognize her with the favor and the protection of the laws. Pope Leo XIII, writing to the American bishops in Longiqua Oceani, January 6, 1895, explained that the "separation of Church and State" that existed in the United States is not the model for the rest of the world:
    Yet, though all this is true, it would be very erroneous to draw the conclusion that in America is to be sought the type of the most desirable status of the Church, or that it would be universally lawful or expedient for State and Church to be, as in America, dissevered and divorced. The fact that Catholicity with you is in good condition, nay, is even enjoying a prosperous growth, is by all means to be attributed to the fecundity with which God has endowed His Church, in virtue of which unless men or circuмstances interfere, she spontaneously expands and propagates herself; but she would bring forth more abundant fruits if, in addition to liberty, she enjoyed the favor of the laws and the patronage of the public authority.
     
    13) What passage from a papal encyclical letter best summarizes this teaching and that of the Social Reign of Christ the King:
    The passage from a papal encyclical letter that best summarizes the Catholic Church's immutable teaching on the Social Reign of Christ the King is found in Pope Saint Pius X'sVehementer Nos, February 11, 1906:
    That the State must be separated from the Church is a thesis absolutely false, a most pernicious error. Based, as it is, on the principle that the State must not recognize any religious cult, it is in the first place guilty of a great injustice to God; for the Creator of man is also the Founder of human societies, and preserves their existence as He preserves our own. We owe Him, therefore, not only a private cult, but a public and social worship to honor Him. Besides, this thesis is an obvious negation of the supernatural order. It limits the action of the State to the pursuit of public prosperity during this life only, which is but the proximate object of political societies; and it occupies itself in no fashion (on the plea that this is foreign to it) with their ultimate object which is man's eternal happiness after this short life shall have run its course.But as the present order of things is temporary and subordinated to the conquest of man's supreme and absolute welfare, it follows that the civil power must not only place no obstacle in the way of this conquest, but must aid us in effecting it. The same thesis also upsets the order providentially established by God in the world, which demands a harmonious agreement between the two societies. Both of them, the civil and the religious society, although each exercises in its own sphere its authority over them. It follows necessarily that there are many things belonging to them in common in which both societies must have relations with one another. Remove the agreement between Church and State, and the result will be that from these common matters will spring the seeds of disputes which will become acute on both sides; it will become more difficult to see where the truth lies, and great confusion is certain to arise. Finally, this thesis inflicts great injury on society itself, for it cannot either prosper or last long when due place is not left for religion, which is the supreme rule and the sovereign mistress in all questions touching the rights and the duties of men. Hence the Roman Pontiffs have never ceased, as circuмstances required, to refute and condemn the doctrine of the separation of Church and State. Our illustrious predecessor, Leo XIII, especially, has frequently and magnificently expounded Catholic teaching on the relations which should subsist between the two societies. "Between them," he says, "there must necessarily be a suitable union, which may not improperly be compared with that existing between body and soul.-"Quaedam intercedat necesse est ordinata colligatio (inter illas) quae quidem conjunctioni non immerito comparatur, per quam anima et corpus in homine copulantur." He proceeds: "Human societies cannot, without becoming criminal, act as if God did not exist or refuse to concern themselves with religion, as though it were something foreign to them, or of no purpose to them.... As for the Church, which has God Himself for its author, to exclude her from the active life of the nation, from the laws, the education of the young, the family, is to commit a great and pernicious error. -- "Civitates non possunt, citra scellus, gerere se tamquam si Deus omnino non esset, aut curam religionis velut alienam nihilque profuturam abjicere.... Ecclesiam vero, quam Deus ipse constituit, ab actione vitae excludere, a legibus, ab institutione adolescentium, a societate domestica, magnus et perniciousus est error.
    14) What other encyclical letters can you cite here can I find these points explained as part of the patrimony of the Catholic Church?
    Pope Gregory XVI's Mirari Vos, August 15, 1832; Pope Pius IX's Quanto Conficiamur Moerore, August 10, 1863, and Quanta Cura, December 8, 1864; Pope Leo XIII'sHumanum Genus, August 20, 1884, Immortale Dei, November 1, 1885, Libertas, June 20, 1888, Sapientiae Christianae, January 10, 1890, Rerum Novarum, May 15, 1891;Custodi Di Quella Fede, December 8, 1892, Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae, January 22, 1899, Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus, November 1, 1900, A Review of His Pontificate, March 19, 1902; Pope Saint Pius X's Vehementer Nos, February 11, 1906 and Notre Charge Apostolique, August 15, 1910; Pope Pius XI's Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 23, 1922, Quas Primas, December 11, 1925, Divini Illius Magistri, December 31, 1929;  Casti Connubii, December 31, 1931,  Quadragesimo Anno, May 15, 1931,   Mit Brennender Sorge, March 17, 1937, and Divini Redemptoris, March 19, 1937. A ready summary of key passages from some of these encyclical letters may be found at Sources for A Day with Christ the King and His Popes.
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    15) Can a Catholic dissent from the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church concerning the necessity of praying and working for the confessionally Catholic civil state and the restoration of the Social Reign of Christ the King?
    No. One must adhere to everything contained in these encyclical letters. Pope Pius XI made this clear in Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 23, 1922:
    Many believe in or claim that they believe in and hold fast to Catholic doctrine on such questions as social authority, the right of owning private property, on the relations between capital and labor, on the rights of the laboring man, on the relations between Church and State, religion and country, on the relations between the different social classes, on international relations, on the rights of the Holy See and the prerogatives of the Roman Pontiff and the Episcopate, on the social rights of Jesus Christ, Who is the Creator, Redeemer, and Lord not only of individuals but of nations. In spite of these protestations, they speak, write, and, what is more, act as if it were not necessary any longer to follow, or that they did not remain still in full force, the teachings and solemn pronouncements which may be found in so many docuмents of the Holy See, and particularly in those written by Leo XIII, Pius X, and Benedict XV.
    There is a species of moral, legal, and social modernism which We condemn, no less decidedly than We condemn theological modernism.
    It is necessary ever to keep in mind these teachings and pronouncements which We have made; it is no less necessary to reawaken that spirit of faith, of supernatural love, and of Christian discipline which alone can bring to these principles correct understanding, and can lead to their observance. This is particularly important in the case of youth, and especially those who aspire to the priesthood, so that in the almost universal confusion in which we live they at least, as the Apostle writes, will not be "tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive." (Ephesians iv, 14)
     
    Pope Pius XII emphasized in Humani Generis, August 12, 1950, that one is bound to accept the teaching contained in papal encyclical letters as such teaching is but a reiteration of the perennial teaching of the Catholic Church:
    Nor must it be thought that what is expounded in Encyclical Letters does not of itself demand consent, since in writing such Letters the Popes do not exercise the supreme power of their Teaching Authority. For these matters are taught with the ordinary teaching authority, of which it is true to say: "He who heareth you, heareth me"; and generally what is expounded and inculcated in Encyclical Letters already for other reasons appertains to Catholic doctrine. But if the Supreme Pontiffs in their official docuмents purposely pass judgment on a matter up to that time under dispute, it is obvious that that matter, according to the mind and will of the same Pontiffs, cannot be any longer considered a question open to discussion among theologians.
     
    Pope Pius XII reiterated the immutable nature of Catholic Social Teaching in 1958, just three months before his death:
    Assuming false and unjust premises, they are not afraid to take a position which would confine within a narrow scope the supreme teaching authority of the Church, claiming that there are certain questions -- such as those which concern social and economic matters -- in which Catholics may ignore the teachings and the directives of this Apostolic See.
    This opinion -- it seems entirely unnecessary to demonstrate its existence -- is utterly false and full of error because, as We declared a few years ago to a special meeting of Our Venerable Brethren in the episcopacy:
    "The power of the Church is in no sense limited to so-called 'strictly religious matters'; but the whole matter of the natural law, its institution, interpretation and application, in so far as the moral aspect is concerned, are within its power.
    "By God's appointment the observance of the natural law concerns the way by which man must strive toward his supernatural end. The Church shows the way and is the guide and guardian of men with respect to their supernatural end."
    This truth had already been wisely explained by Our Predecessor St. Pius X in his Encyclical Letter Singulari quadam of September 24, 1912, in which he made this statement: "All actions of a Christian man so far as they are morally either good or bad -- that is, so far as they agree with or are contrary to the natural and divine law -- fall under the judgment and jurisdiction of the Church."
    Moreover, even when those who arbitrarily set and defend these narrow limits profess a desire to obey the Roman Pontiff with regard to truths to be believed, and to observe what they call ecclesiastical directives, they proceed with such boldness that they refuse to obey the precise and definite prescriptions of the Holy See. They protest that these refer to political affairs because of a hidden meaning by the author, as if these prescriptions took their origin from some secret conspiracy against their own nation. (Ad Apostolorum Principis, June 29, 1958.)