Wasn't sure where to post this, and I didn't want to start a Roman Catholic thread, since I'm not Roman Catholic. I just heard about this today. Anyone have more insight into this?
Start at 2:00, if you don't want to watch the whole thing, and read the subtitles. It is obvious what they are saying, and even I am shocked.
Come on, these are just some lazy 'gotchas' rehashed mostly by anti-Catholic protestants, over and over again. They can be easily verified if you spend one minute on Google.
The 'lucifer' in the chant is not invoking or addressing Satan, clearly. It's taken from the Easter liturgy and it's about Morning Start or... Jesus Christ! Just because one of Satan's names is also Lucifer it doesn't mean the same phrase - which could be translated to light bearer or Morning Start - cannot be used in a different context.
English:
Therefore, O Lord,
we pray you that this candle,
hallowed to the honor of your name,
may persevere undimmed,
to overcome the darkness of this night.
Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,
and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.
May this flame be found still burning
by the Morning Star:
the one Morning Star who never sets,
Christ your Son,
who, coming back from death's domain,
has shed his peaceful light on humanity,
and lives and reigns for ever and ever.
and in Latin:
Oramus ergo te, Domine,
ut cereus iste in honorem tui nominis consecratus,
ad noctis huius caliginem destruendam,
indeficiens perseveret.
Et in odorem suavitatis acceptus,
supernis luminaribus misceatur.
Flammas eius lucifer matutinus inveniat:
Ille, inquam, lucifer, qui nescit occasum:
Christus Filius tuus,
qui, regressus ab inferis, humano generi serenus illuxit,
et vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculorum.
The guy in the video is saying many stupid or ignorant things too. Pope Francis isn't claiming that you shouldn't have a relationship with Jesus but rather that you can't have a personal relationship without the guidance of the Church. It's an obvious jab at protestants who insists (some at least) that it's all that matters.
And the picture of the pope is clearly photoshopped.