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Phone Interview
with Walter Veith
April 14, 2013
Walter, what have you been doing in
2013 evangelistically?
I have just returned from the Transvaal camp
meeting which was attended by between twelve
and thirteen thousand people. Subsequent to
this we conducted an evangelistic series in a
large Dutch Reform Church which was recently
purchased by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
and thus offered a unique opportunity to reach
out to the community. These meetings were
regularly attended by between 300 and 400
guests and we could share the great truths
which people need to hear for the times we
live in. Francois du Plessis is continuing with
the meetings and it is our prayer that many will
embrace the truth and take their stand on the
Lord’s side.
In March, a new Pope was elected who is a
Jesuit. It is not being kept secret, but even
publicly praised. What is the significance that
the new Pope is a Jesuit?
The new Pope is not only a Jesuit, which
means that he is absolutely committed to
ultramontanism, but he has been actively
engaged in ‘Social Justice’ issues. His strong
emphasis on the poor and marginalized means
that the ‘Catholic Social Agenda’ is a high
priority of his papacy. What exactly does
this entail?
Ultramontanism was the Jesuit catchphrase
of the Council of Trent which cemented papal
power and authority. The Vatican II agenda
was to sell this Ultramontanism (all power in
one man) under the guise of openness to the
religious world in general and Protestantism
in particular.  Again it was the Jesuits (under
the leadership of Karl Rahner who incidentally
worked together with Ratzinger and also
trained Paul Knitter who wrote the book No

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new “openness” to the world. Vatican II did however not
relinquish one iota of the papal claim to supremacy or
its claim to being the sole avenue for salvation. Numerous blatant
statements by the Foundation on Doctrine and Faith and even by the
then Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict) confirm this fact. 
The Pope emeritus, Benedict, leaves behind a Catholic Church that
is accustomed to power and prestige. In the media, we see that
the Papacy is more pervasive than ever. What, in your opinion, did
Ratzinger accomplish during his tenure as Pope?
Ratzinger continued the ecumenical agenda of his predecessor, and
papal supremacy in the religious sphere has been virtually cemented
through the various councils, agreements, charta’s and interreligious
bodies that have been set up. There are many examples of Protestant
and world religious leaders and bodies bowing to this supremacy and
even of Protestant leaders such as Rowan Williams kissing the ring of
the Pope although he is supposedly subject to the Queen of Britain.
The Pope has increasingly become the universal spokesman for world
religions in their quest to tackle social issues but what remains is
‘Universal Moral Supremacy’ which has to be set up.
 Ratzinger set the stage through his UN and German Parliament
speeches calling for natural law to be the basis for governing human
morality (this of course being the basis of Catholic moral ethics and
incidentally the very reason why they believe that they can modify
Divine Law). He claimed that ‘natural law’ formed the basis of
human rights which in turn include the right to work, rest and family
association, all of which were cornerstones of Benedict‘s Papacy.
Workers‘ rights must be guaranteed by the state so that corporate
greed cannot and will not interfere with these rights. That is why
Benedict called for economic regulatory bodies to ensure economic
ethical values and why he emphasized the family as the cornerstone of
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