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Newly Published Study of Vatican II Implementation Breaks New Ground in Historical Research, Answers Crucial QuestionsPeople today often ask questions like: “What in the world happened at the time of Vatican II, that the Church seemed in such an unholy hurry to change? Why were the changes so drastic and so sudden? What were the causes, the motives, the expectations, the assumptions about reform and its expected fruits? Who were the main actors? Was it planned out or random? Who benefited (cui bono)? How responsible were the bishops for it, versus the middle managers, versus the laity?” and so forth....

A Lifelong Catholic's Appeal to Bishops: Aren't We Trying to Square the CircleA Catholic from New Zealand sent a letter to the bishops of his country some time ago, hoping for a response. Having received nothing, not so much as a polite acknowledgment, he sent the letter to me and asked if I might publish it. I am pleased to do so, as this humble layman speaks for a million others who could have written the same thing. Until the bishops choose to unstop their ears and listen to the cry of the poor, the Church’s decline will be credited...

San Bernardino LGBTQ+ Mass welcomes all during Pride monthThe church should be a place for healing and acceptance for all, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, Catholic ministry leaders in the Diocese of San Bernardino say.The second annual Embrace Family Mass was celebrated by Bishop Alberto Rojas at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral on Saturday in San Bernardino.“Jesus looks past labels and social barriers to see a human being in need of love, compassion and restoration to a family, to a community, and to our society,” Rojas, who leads the Diocese of San Bernardino, told those gathered at the...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo defends synodality, tells cardinals ‘I need your support: strong, explicit, and public’Pope Leo XIV addressed some cardinals' apprehensions while meeting in Rome about a ‘synodal’ round-table format — a structure they felt was ‘very controlled’ when used at the first consistory in January, Vatican journalist Edward Pentin reported.Pope Leo XIV opened his second extraordinary consistory of cardinals on Friday in which he insisted that the Lord is leading the Church via “synodality” so that she can “grow in communion,” according to a report by Vatican journalist Edward Pentin. The Pontiff encouraged the 178 cardinals to “engage...

[Catholic Caucus] Swiss diocese of St. Gallen promotes ‘working together’ for ‘election of first female pope’For the Diocese of St. Gallen, ‘women must be treated as equals to men—in all circumstances,’ apparently including ‘women’s ordination,’ according to a heterodox diocesan campaign. The Diocese of Saint Gallen, Switzerland’s, “Ich bin Dabei” (“I’m In”) campaign meant to encourage lay participation in the Church includes a poster calling for the “first female pope.”The diocese’s ongoing campaign, which officially launched in May, includes several posters displayed in about 25 villages and towns as well as on its website, with laypeople’s faces promoting the discussion...

Synodal Rome Co-Organizes Antichrist Conference That Brings Together Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs for the Sake of “Fraternity”Before Vatican II, such an event would have been inconceivable.The Synodal Church’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is currently co-hosting (June 23–24) a conference titled Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains and Sikhs in Europe: Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration, and yes, it is as antichrist and anti-Catholic as it sounds.The opening remarks of “Cardinal” George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, provided yet another startling illustration of the profound gulf separating the religion practiced and promoted by the post-conciliar hierarchy...

SSPX issues 154-point profession of faith to Pope Leo, cardinals ahead of consecrationsThe Society of St. Pius X unveiled a sweeping 17-chapter ‘Profession of Catholic Faith,’ urging Pope Leo and the cardinals to embrace Tradition as the remedy to the Church’s ‘deepest ills.’The SSPX has published a “Profession of Catholic Faith” as part of communications with the Pope and the cardinals ahead of the planned episcopal consecrations and “in response to the chief and gravest dangers of our time.”According to an open letter published by the Society of St. Pius X “to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and to the...

[Catholic Caucus] WATCH: Young Catholics pray Rosary to protest Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT conferenceMembers of Tradition, Family and Property Student Action and other Catholics prayed the Rosary outside of Fr. Martin’s heterodox Outreach conference at Georgetown University.Several young Catholics prayed the Holy Rosary outside Georgetown University this weekend during Father James Martin’s pro-LGBT Outreach Conference.Members of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Student Action, along with many young faithful, peacefully prayed the Rosary outside the Jesuit university after receiving over 31,000 signatures for a petition opposing the June 19–21 conference, entitled “Walking Side by Side: Celebrating Five Years of Outreach Ministries.”In...

[Catholic Caucus] Argentine priest in ‘Minions’ hat makes fruit salad during Pentecost Mass to explain Holy SpiritWearing a Boca Juniors apron and a ‘Minions’ hat, an Argentine priest prepared a fruit salad during Pentecost Mass, purportedly to teach children about the fruits of the Holy Spirit.An Argentine priest has drawn widespread criticism after preparing a fruit salad mid-Mass on Pentecost Sunday, purportedly to illustrate the fruits of the Holy Spirit for children.Videos of the event circulated on social media following the May 24 Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in the Diocese of Río Cuarto, Argentina, and were reported...

[Catholic Caucus] Homosexual German priest says Bible should be read through ‘queer’ lens'Reading the Bible from a queer perspective essentially means approaching the texts as a source of liberation for all ways of life,' wrote Father Burkhard Hose.An openly homosexual German priest, who enjoys the support of his local bishop, has said that the Bible should be read through a “queer” lens.Father Burkhard Hose, a well-known pro-LGBT activist within the Catholic Church in Germany, wrote an essay in which he laid out what it means to read Holy Scripture through a “queer” lens.“Reading the Bible from a queer perspective essentially...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodality: The New ReligionYes, this image really came from the Vatican’s Synod websites.The revolution in the Catholic Church is more widely recognised than ever, and as two books written about it reveal, the only real questions are: when it began, and whether you are for or against it.My face when I see “Synodality”I have been reading two books about Synodality, one from the SSPX - and one from within the Holy See. If you are interested in the crisis in the Church today, I would strongly recommend you read them both.Every week on Faith and Reason I have...

Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas: a blueprint for the destruction of the Catholic ChurchIn Leo XIV's new society, 'the poor, the sick, the migrants and the least among us — will become the cornerstone' and not Jesus Christ.On May 8, 2025, Leo XIV spoke these words from the loggia of St. Peter’s:We want to be a synodal Church.Now, on May 25, 2026, he has published a detailed manifesto for its construction.Magnifica Humanitas is a blueprint for the construction of a new society, which Leo variously calls the “city,” “Jerusalem,” and a “civilization of love.” The words “building” and “rebuilding” are used...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditional Marian Franciscans in UK to be dissolved despite growthThe Marian Franciscan friars, who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass, faced opposition from a new bishop in the Diocese of Dunkeld and indicated that they will relocate and join another association.The Priests of the Association of the Family of Mary Immaculate and St. Francis, better known as the Marian Franciscans, will be dissolved on the last day of May and will no longer exist as an association of the faithful.The friars, who celebrate both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo Mass, have indicated that they will relocate...

[Catholic Caucus] 'Emergency In The Church’: Catholic Leaders Decry Vatican Report That Pushes Homosexuality Father Gerald Murray called the ‘Vatican-sponsored’ report a ‘full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.’The Vatican’s decision to publish a synod study group’s report that includes testimonies of two men in same-sex “marriages” who claim to have been wounded by the church’s teaching that homosexuality is “contrary to the natural law” is drawing outrage among faithful Catholics.Earlier this month the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the 32-page report, prepared by Study Group No. 9 — one of those initiated by Pope Francis in 2024.While originally...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. James Martin: The “Mastermind” Behind the Two Testimonies in the Vatican’s Synod Report on HomosexualityThe “plot” behind Study Group No. 9’s final report comes to light as the author of Testimony 1 is identified.ROME, 14 May 2026 — Jesuit Father James Martin was a key figure behind the inclusion of two testimonies in the Study Group No. 9 report on homosexuality, released earlier this month by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod.In an article published today in the Spanish-language online publication Página Católica (reproduced below in English), the author of Testimony 1 — a Portuguese layman...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: We Need Women Calling for "Female Priesthood" Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, claimed at the German Catholic Congress (Katholikentag) in Würzburg that both Germany’s Synodal Path and the global Synod on Synodality are inspired “through the same protagonist: the Holy Spirit.”Katholisch.de reported on May 17 that Grech described the Church as a “symphony,” saying that synodality is about harmony rather than the sum of individual opinions.Theology student Finja Miriam Weber, a member of the German Synodal Assembly, responded by asking who decides which “instruments” people in the Church are allowed to...

SSPX 2026 Consecrations: Why It’s No Longer 1988For better or worse, most Catholics will judge the SSPX 2026 consecrations through the lens of 1988. But after Pachamama, Synodality, Fiducia Supplicans, and the collapse of doctrinal clarity in Rome, can serious Catholics still pretend nothing has changed? The case for the SSPX is far clearer today than it was when Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops nearly four decades ago. Here's why: Not much, if anything, has changed about the fundamentals of the SSPX’s position since Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated bishops without Rome’s approval in 1988. Indeed, Archbishop Lefebvre’s sermon from the 1988...

Leading Catholic convert says Vatican Synod’s pro-LGBT move mirrors Anglican ‘schism’A former Anglican chaplain to the Queen said the pro-homosexual Synod report strikingly echoes the Anglican Church’s embrace of sexual depravity and descent into schism.A Catholic convert and former Anglican chaplain to the Queen said the Vatican Synod on Synodality’s recent pro-LGBT final report mirrors the Anglican Church’s descent into relativism and “schism.”Gavin Ashenden on Tuesday published a piercing critique of the Vatican’s Study Group 9 report on “doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues” that scandalously gave the impression of condoning the grave sin of homosexual acts. Referencing the testimony of...

[Catholic Caucus] SSPX statement: Vatican inaction on Germany’s same-sex ‘blessings’ has created a crisisTo fully understand the issue of blessings for same-sex couples promoted by the German Bishops' Conference, it is necessary to trace its history within the context of the Synodal Way.(FSSPX) — The launch of the Synodal Way, the history of which can be found on this site, immediately provoked reactions from Rome. But these rarely went beyond warnings or reprimands, leaving the process unimpeded to this day, and allowing the German episcopate, supported by lay people, to advance decisively along unorthodox paths.To fully understand the issue of...

REVEALED: How Leo XIV presents Vatican II as a rupture with the Catholic pastLeo XIV’s presentation of the nature of the Catholic Church is often difficult, and sometimes impossible, to reconcile with what the Church has always taught about herself.Earlier this year, Leo XIV began “a new cycle of catechesis which will be dedicated to Vatican Council II and a rereading of its Documents.” [1] This weekly catechesis, delivered at the Wednesday audiences, will, he said, be a “valuable opportunity to rediscover the beauty and the importance of this ecclesial event.” [2]Between January 14 and February 11, Leo XIV provided...