Man, this guy is really batting 0 for 1,000!
Earlier today Pope Leo attended a Climate Change conference where he stood up on stage and blessed a block of ice.
Yes, really.
Full report here:
I personally believe this is an excellent use of his time...
Why spend any time talking about Jesus or telling the world about Jesus?
Let's focus on a big block of ice!
You know, because CLIMATE CHANGE is clearly the most important thing we can focus on!
Not Jesus.
In case you haven't been keeping score, the hierarchy of importance in the Catholic Church is roughly the following as best I can tell:
- Mary
- Praying to Mary
- Worshipping Mary
- Saints
- Praying to Saints
- The Catholic Church itself (arguably this should be #1)
- Rosary Beads
- Homilies
- Climate change
- Forcing you to accept violent raping and killing "migrants" into your country
- Abortion rights
- Gay nightclubs in Vatican City
- Funny hats
- Goofy outfits
- Baseball
- Thursday Night "Must See TV" on NBC
- A bunch of other stuff
- Maybe Jesus?
But I digress....
Here is Pope Leo being asked about why the Catholic Church just bestowed an honor upon Senator Dick Durbin if Sen. Durbin is pro-abortion?
Isn't that murder?
And doesn't that obviously conflict with the position and teaching of the Catholic Church (and the Bible)?
Good question!
Bad answer from Leo from the South Side:
Pope Leo says opposing abortion but supporting the death penalty is not pro-life.
And he says opposing abortion but supporting the deportation of illegal immigrants may not be pro-life. pic.twitter.com/xQ9gvtW70l
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) October 1, 2025
Reporter: I wanted to ask one thing that has become a bit of a divisive subject in the U.S. right now, with Cardinal Blase Cupich giving an award to Senator Durbin. Some people of faith are having a hard time understanding this because he is pro—or rather, he’s for—legalized abortion. How would you help people of faith right now decipher that, feel about that, and how do you feel about that?
LEO: I’m not terribly familiar with the particular case. I think that it’s very important to look at the overall work that a senator has done during, if I’m not mistaken, 40 years of service in the United States Senate. I understand the difficulty and the tensions, but I think, as I myself have spoken in the past, it’s important to look at many issues that are related to the teaching of the Church.
Someone who says, “I’m against abortion,” but says, “I’m in favor of the death penalty,” is not really pro-life. So someone who says, “I’m against abortion,” but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.
These are very complex issues. I don’t know if anyone has all the truth on them, but I would ask, first and foremost, that there be greater respect for one another and that we search together—both as human beings, in that case as citizens of the state of Illinois, as well as Catholics—to say we need to really look closely at all of these ethical issues and to find the way forward as Church.
ADVERTISEMENTChurch teaching on each one of those issues is very clear.
Ok, allow me to step in and fix this train-wreck...
Honestly Catholics, it's a really sad day for you when Noah from WLT Report has more common sense, more Biblical knowledge, and more courage than your Pope!
But I do.
All of it.
School is in session and I will be your Substitute Teacher for the day...
Simply put, the issue is quite clear and not at all hard to understand.
The 5th Commandment (or 6th Commandment depending on how you count) does NOT say do not kill.
It doesn't.
It says do not murder.
Killing means taking a life.
Murder means the unjust taking of a life.
There are many times where taking a life is considered not only justified but also required in the Bible.
Here's a deep dive, with all credit to my friend Dr. Michael S. Heiser, the foremost Biblical scholar of the past 100 years:
“You Shall Not Murder”: The Real Meaning of the Sixth Commandment
When we look at the Ten Commandments, especially Exodus 20:13 and its parallel in Deuteronomy 5:17, we often encounter an English translation that says:
“Thou shalt not kill.” (KJV)
But the truth is, that’s not what the Hebrew says. The Hebrew text is very precise, and the word used there is not the general word for “kill.” It is the verb רָצַח (ratsaḥ), which means murder. That distinction is crucial, and it’s one that clears up a lot of confusion. Let me explain why.
1. The Hebrew Word Matters
The commandment reads in Hebrew:
לֹא תִּרְצָח (Lo tirtzaḥ)
Literally: “You shall not ratsaḥ.”
Now, Hebrew has several different words that could be translated as “kill.” For example:
הָרַג (harag) – a very general word meaning “to kill, slay.” It can apply to war, accidents, executions, or even killing animals.
מוּת (muth) – “to die” or “to put to death,” often used in judicial contexts.
שָׁחַט (shachat) – “to slaughter,” often used for animals in sacrifice.
ADVERTISEMENTBut in Exodus 20:13, none of these are used. Instead, we get ratsaḥ, which refers specifically to unjust, criminal, or unauthorized killing of a human being — what we would call murder.
This is why most modern translations, like the NIV (“You shall not murder”), the ESV, or the NASB, render it as murder. They’re not “watering down” the commandment. They’re actually making it more precise.
2. Why “Do Not Kill” Creates Contradictions
If we insist on translating this command as “do not kill,” we immediately run into problems. Why? Because the same Torah — the very same books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — commands situations where killing is not only permitted but required.
Capital Punishment: Exodus 21:12 – “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.”
Holy War: Deuteronomy 20 lays out rules for Israel’s warfare, which included taking life under divine command.
Self-Defense: Exodus 22:2-3 allows killing a thief who breaks in at night as justifiable.
If the commandment were an absolute “never kill,” then God would be contradicting Himself only a few chapters later. But if the commandment is specifically against murder — wrongful killing — then there’s no contradiction. The biblical worldview permits certain types of killing while forbidding others.
3. The Ancient Context
In the ancient Near East, laws were very concerned with differentiating between murder and other forms of taking life. For example, accidental killings (what we’d call manslaughter) were treated differently than premeditated murder.
The Torah reflects this same concern. Numbers 35:11-12 speaks of “cities of refuge” for someone who kills another unintentionally. That person isn’t executed; instead, there’s a process of protection and trial.
This again shows us that the commandment cannot be a blanket “do not kill.” The law itself makes distinctions, just like our legal systems do today.
4. How the Septuagint and Vulgate Handle It
When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek (the Septuagint), the translators used the Greek verb φονεύω (phoneuō), which means “to murder, to commit homicide.”
Later, when Jerome translated the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), he used non occides — “you shall not murder.” Even in Latin, occidere in this context carried the sense of homicide, not the killing of animals or enemy soldiers in war.
So both the ancient Jewish translators and the early Church recognized the commandment was about murder, not about every form of killing.
5. Jesus’ Teaching
Jesus Himself confirms this understanding. In the Sermon on the Mount, He says:
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment…” (Matthew 5:21–22, ESV)
Notice He quotes the commandment as “You shall not murder,” not “You shall not kill.” Then He deepens the command, moving from the act itself to the heart behind it — hatred and anger.
Jesus doesn’t abolish the command; He clarifies and intensifies it.
6. Why This Matters Theologically
If we misread the command as “do not kill,” we create a moral problem. Soldiers defending their nation, police officers protecting the innocent, or even the Israelite priests sacrificing animals would all be in violation of God’s law. That would make God inconsistent and the law incoherent.
But when we understand the command as “do not murder,” everything falls into place. Murder — the unjust taking of innocent human life — is always forbidden. But killing in war, executing criminals under just law, or killing animals for food or sacrifice — those are different categories.
7. Murder vs. Killing in the Bible
Let’s look at two clear examples that show the difference:
Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:8): Cain “rose up against his brother Abel and killed (harag) him.” This was clearly murder.
David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:51): David kills Goliath in battle, but this is not described as murder. It’s celebrated as God’s victory.
ADVERTISEMENTSo the Bible itself draws a sharp line: one is condemned, the other praised. That only makes sense if the commandment is about murder, not all killing.
8. Practical Implications
Understanding this distinction helps us think clearly about tough issues today:
Abortion: This is murder because it takes innocent human life.
Self-defense: Taking life to preserve one’s own or another’s life is not murder.
Capital punishment: While debated today, biblically it was distinguished from murder.
War: Unjust war is wrong, but defending against aggression has biblical precedent.
The commandment is not simplistic. It requires us to discern the difference between murder and other forms of killing.
Conclusion
The Sixth Commandment is not a vague prohibition against every form of killing. The Hebrew verb ratsaḥ makes it clear: God forbids murder — the unlawful, unjust taking of human life.
That’s why modern translations have corrected the older rendering. The King James Bible’s “kill” reflected English usage in 1611, where “kill” often carried the narrower sense of “murder.” But in today’s English, “kill” sounds too broad.
So if we want to be faithful to the text, the theology, and the intent of the command, we must say:
“You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17)
ADVERTISEMENTAnd when Jesus deepens the command to include anger and hatred, we see that God is not only against murder — He is for life, peace, and reconciliation. That’s the heart of the Sixth Commandment.
So with all apologies to Pope Leo, nice wet noodle answer, which completely debases Biblical truth.
You should be ashamed of yourself!
But of course you're not, because you also just did this today:
Pope Leo Makes A RIDICULOUS "Blessing"
Praying to Mary...
Praying to Saints...
Worshipping the Rosary...
Embracing abortion...
AND....going full "Climate Change" woke!
Congratulations folks, I give you your 2025 Catholic Church!
I am so disappointed in "Leo from the South Side".
I thought we had a chance to have a Not-Woke Pope, but it seems like that chance is evaporating faster than...a block of ice at room temperature?
Because here is Pope Leo at a Climate Change conference blessing a huge block of ice!
Literally putting his hand on it and blessing it as if it's a person.
How absolutely embarassing!
The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo. pic.twitter.com/QL5T5TOCvg
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) October 1, 2025
Come on Leo!
You're better than that, or at least you should be!
And at the risk of getting the Catholics all mad at me again, here are two equally absurd recent reports:
“God’s Influencer” — Catholic Church Declares It’s First Millennial Saint
There are two things that always get me in big trouble around here when I write about them...
One is calling out the Freemasons.
People get irrationally mad when I do that, viscerally, emotionally angry at me!
The second is when I tell the Catholics they should really stop praying to Mary and to Angels.
They get almost equally mad at me.
But....we have a mission around here and that is to print the truth wherever we find it, and the truth is that the Bible NEVER tells you to pray to Mary or to pray to Angels.
It doesn't instruct it.
It doesn't permit it.
In fact, it specifically says NOT to do that.
But the Catholics just really like doing it and so they do it anyway.
And the reasons they come up with for doing it are about as broad as you can imagine, but the latest one I just came across is perhaps the worst and most blasphemous one I've ever heard.
Meet Father David Michael, or at least that's what I assume his name is based on the video below.
In the video below, Father David Michael says he is in fact a Catholic Priest, and although he looks like he's 15 years old and he talks about calling his mom a lot, he appears to be an adult Catholic Priest.
He's certainly wearing the outfit, but that doesn't always mean anything.
Anyway....Father David Michael says that the reason Catholics can and should pray to Mary is because Jesus just sometimes gets busy!
I mean, cut the guy some slack, he's got to really have his hands full running the world and all, so sometimes he just gets a little tied up!
And if Jesus is busy, you can get his attention....by calling his mother!
Just phone up Mary and then she will scold Jesus and tell him to get his act together and get back to you quicker.
Folks, I wish I were mocking and exaggerating what I just said, but that's literally a verbatim transcript of what this guy just said.
Watch here:
Roman Catholic priest insists that occasionally Jesus is too busy to hear and answer our prayers, and so this is why we should pray to Mary, saying: "sometimes, the fastest way to the son is through his mother."
What's your opinion on this 👇 pic.twitter.com/EYy0i8TFo0
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) March 3, 2025
It's such a bad take, I almost don't even know where to begin...
Is this what they are teaching now in Seminaries?
The irony is, it reminds me exactly of Elijah taunting the prophets of Ba'al in 1 Kings 18. Remember this?
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
The sad irony though is that this was Elijah taunting the other prophets for their inept "god".
How far we've fallen since then....
Now we have a Catholic Priest who must not have ever read this chapter of the Bible trying to promote what Elijah used as mockery as doctrine to support praying to Mary.
So sad!
And in case we need it, here's a backup:
How many heresies can one man jam into 53 seconds?
Bro says "hold my beer"..... 👇 pic.twitter.com/ypSDffBUOO
— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) March 3, 2025
Gee, how many heresies can you jam into 53 seconds?
The all-mighty, all-powerful creator of the Universe sometimes just gets too busy to hear your prayers?
But Mary can hear them just fine?
And then Mary will just scold Jesus like a shrill Jewish mother and tell him what to do?
YIKES!
Look folks, I know you Catholics really love praying to Mary and the Angels, I know it's like a security blanket for you, the cosmic equivalent of sucking your thumb, but you really need to stop.
It's completely unbiblical.
It's heretical.
And it also is just silly....
Mary is a 100% human being who is now in heaven. She is not a "god". She cannot hear your prayers. You are literally praying to no one and just wasting your time if you think she can hear you. It's silly.
I've written much more about it here:
MEMO TO THE CATHOLICS: Please Stop Praying To Mary and Angels
MEMO TO THE CATHOLICS: Please Stop Praying To Mary and Angels
This post may ruffle some feathers, and I am ok with that...
We have one founding Mission around here that is paramount to everything else: Print the Truth.
That's what we've done since Day 1 back in 2015 and that's what we'll do for the next 50 years as long as I remain in the Editor's chair.
Print the truth without bias....
Without censorship....
Wherever we find it, whether that's in politics, religion...anywhere!
So today I have to tackle a tough topic with the Catholics, but I do it out of love and in furtherance of our Mission.
I also want to say Catholics are good people and despite my disagreement with them on this point, they are absolutely still Christians. And they are of course always welcome here, just as everyone is, even if we disagree on something.
Ok, so with all of those disclaimers out of the way, let's jump right in....
It all started a few days ago when I posted this article:
The Catholics were NOT happy with me when I commented that as a baby Christian I don't think President Trump knows any better and his heart is in the right place, but the Catholics have had centuries to fix this and they still continue to pray to Mary and to Angels.
Well, that did not go over well....
The Catholics came out in full force in the comments section and boy did it get spicy (as I knew it would)!
What I quickly learned was that not even all of them agree, and *most* simply had an emotional reaction.
Most simply have always prayed to Mary and prayed to Angels because it's their tradition, it's what they were taught. They can't really defend it and they get very emotional when told it might be wrong.
If possible, I'd like to take as much emotion out of it and simply offer the Catholics some food for thought.
Why?
Because I do think it's very important.
I don't believe it rises to the level of a core salvation issue, you can (wrongly) pray to Mary and believe in Jesus and still end up in Heaven, but wouldn't you like to fix things now if your compass was off?
So that's the goal of this article.
I have no doubt a brand new firestorm will erupt in the comments section of this article, and I'm ok with that. But I have to publish this article.
I want to start with the most common theme I read from all the Catholics in the last article, which was basically this: "We don't really pray to Mary, we just ask her to intercede for us on our behalf. What's wrong with that? Haven't you ever asked a friend to pray for you? Same thing!"
I'd love to address that.
The first thing that's wrong with that is it's in direct conflict with 1 Timothy 2:5 which says the following: "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus." (NIV)
It's almost as if God knew some people would try to pray to Mary or pray to Angels and so he put this verse in the Bible as a caution.
The finished work of Jesus is sufficient, you don't need to add anything to it!
You don't need Jesus + Mary.
As I told one person, I very good rule of thumb for anything theological, is any time you find yourself doing the formula of needing "Jesus + _____" you're probably in dangerous territory.
Jesus alone is sufficient.
In the Old Testament, man needed a mediator with God.
After the death and resurrection of Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us now there is only ONE mediator between God and mankind, and it doesn't involve Mary as the relay rally assistant. Do not cheapen the finished work of Jesus Christ.
It reminds of that classic "What would you say you DO here" scene from Office Space -- where the one guy's job is completely unnecessary:
Funny clip to prove a point -- you don't need an intermediary just like "Initech" didn't need that employee.
Ok, moving on....
Next up, let's talk basic logistics.
For the people who say they just ask Mary to pray for them and it's just like asking a friend to pray for you, let's talk about that.
Mary is a human who lived, died and by all accounts is now in Heaven. On that we agree, right?
While she played an incredibly special role in the Bible and in human history, there is absolutely nothing at all in the Bible to suggest she had any "super human" abilities or that she is "Godlike" in Heaven.
In other words, there is absolutely no evidence of any kind to suggest Mary can hear your prayers in the first place! She is one human being who is not omniscient, omnipresent or omni-powerful. There is ZERO evidence of any kind, certainly nothing in the Bible, to suggest now that Mary is up in Heaven with the ability to hear millions of Catholic prayers all day long.
Don't you think that's a bit silly?
My dead Grandfather cannot hear my prayers.
Neither can Mary.
So to answer the question "how is it different from asking my friend to pray for me?" -- the answer is very simple: they can hear me and respond.
In addition, Deuteronomy 18:10-12 specifically prohibits "consulting with the dead":
“Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.” (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, NIV)
We typically think of that as talking to mediums or diving spirits, but thinking you are are sending messages to Mary is also "consulting with the dead." Mary lived 2000 years ago. Her human body is currently dead. Depending on what you believe about when we go to Heaven, she is either in Heaven right now or will be. But the Bible makes clear you are not to be consulting with her.
Ok moving on....
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