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Quo Vadis, Domine? - "Lord, whither goest Thou?": Rome and the Society of Saint Pius XOn June 16th, Pope Leo XIV made a statement outside his residence at Castel Gandolfo concerning the Society of Saint Pius X, which was then preparing to consecrate four bishops without a pontifical mandate. The Pope affirmed that this decision grieved him, while concluding that he intended to press forward. "If they make that choice," he said, "it saddens me deeply, but we must move forward."Move forward toward what?A question immediately arises: in what direction do the Roman authorities wish to lead Catholics as they...

The Challenge of a Synod That Walks Away from Christ Introduction The superiors of the Society of Saint Pius X have argued that there exists a state of emergency in the Catholic Church. Those who deny this claim, who insist that all is well, that the concerns of the Society are exaggerated or unfounded, have, to employ a metaphor, buried their heads in the sand. The evidence is not obscure; it is visible in parishes, in chanceries, in synodal assembly halls, and in the documents these assemblies produce.The crisis assailing the Church is not just a liturgical matter, though the...

Suicide is Canonized, Another Latin Mass is Banned, and an Openly “Gay” Priest Gives Lectures on “Living Queer.” Meanwhile the SSPX is in “Schism.”A suicide memorial, Lutheran worship in a Catholic sanctuary, a suppressed Latin Mass, and the boundaries of Leo XIV’s open-door ChurchChicago’s Pastoral CanonizationOn June 26, the Archdiocese of Chicago dedicated a memorial called At Peace near the main entrance of Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. The memorial offers families affected by suicide a place for prayer, remembrance, and mourning. Bishop Lawrence Sullivan described it as a visible sign that grieving families remain within God’s loving...

“Physician, Heal Thyself”: Why this Diocesan Priest Rejects the Vatican’s SSPX ExcommunicationsThe debate over the SSPX excommunications has largely centered on obedience and canon law. But one diocesan priest believes everyone is asking the wrong question. In this powerful essay, he argues that excommunication exists to heal souls—not to silence Catholics defending Tradition—and asks whether those imposing penalties should first examine themselves in light of Canon 1364. Whether readers agree or disagree, this essay offers one of the most provocative priestly responses yet to the Vatican's action against the Society of St. Pius X. What is Excommunication Actually For?Excommunication exists...

The Mad Dash toward Synodal SuicideSynodal Inc., is hurtling toward the UN's Agenda 2030 deadline, accelerating the Great Spiritual Reset before the deadline expires.The race is on. Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod wrote in the 2025 Synodal Pathways letter and addressed the need for immediate action from 2025-2028:“It is the urgency of this mission that drives us to implement the Synod, a task for which all the Baptised share responsibility.”What is this urgent mission? Why suddenly is there a frantic sprint to get there? So much for the leisurely pilgrimage of mutual listening. After years of...

Catholic parish to host space for Islamic prayer during youth camp ‘in the spirit of the Gospel’A Catholic parish in Milan, Italy, will host a space for Islamic prayer as part of a summer program based upon a diocese-wide initiative of ‘interreligious dialogue.’A Catholic parish in Milan will set aside space for young Muslims to perform Islamic prayers during its summer oratory program, with the parish priest defending the initiative by saying that Christians and Muslims “pray to the same God.”On June 8, Father Giovanni Salatino, parish priest of San Giovanni Bosco in the Baggio district of Milan, Italy, announced...

[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] A Papal Audience That Rewrote EcumenismAn Archbishop of Canterbury's Masonic ties, his audience with John XXIII, and why the foundations of today’s Catholic–Anglican “journeying together” deserve far closer scrutiny.Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has largely pursued a distinct model of ecumenism, one that deliberately sets aside what was once called an “ecumenism of return.” In its place has emerged a vision of “journeying together,” in which separated Christians and Catholics are seen as travelling along parallel paths that may one day converge. This shift has been especially evident in relations with Anglicanism. While the intention has been...

[Catholic Caucus] The Sacred Heart and Vatican II: Why Catholics Must Resist the Revolution Against the MassThe Sacred Heart of Jesus calls Catholics to make reparation for the outrages committed against Him in the Blessed Sacrament. But what if some of the gravest offenses came not from outside the Church, but from within? Drawing on the warnings of Cardinal Ottaviani, Archbishop Lefebvre, Michael Davies, and Fr. Raymond Dulac, this article examines the Vatican II revolution and its devastating impact on faith in the Eucharist.“Could He Who willed to give men the treasure of His Body and Blood have failed at...

[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...

Ten Oddities from Leo XIV’s Encyclical on AI1. Leo XIV explicitly or humorously said that the single language before the tower of Babel was a lack of diversity. §10: “Let us avoid the ‘Babel syndrome’ … the uniformity that levels differences; the claim of a single — even digital — language…”2. From the 224 footnotes, Pope Francis is cited 55 times.3. At the press conference, Leo XIV said that the Church and the US tech company ‘Anthropic’, will walk together to "find the way for humanity."4. The encyclical includes lots of personalist philosophy, including the erroneous idea of an “infinite”...

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] Pope at Audience: Liturgical tradition and renewal drive evangelizationDuring his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on Vatican II's 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and emphasizes the importance of liturgical progress that also preserves sound tradition.Renewing the liturgy and allowing it to progress, while preserving tradition, allows the Church to grow, be united and continue her mission of spreading the Gospel to all, Pope Leo XIV said during the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 27.Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis series on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, and...

Judge Andrew Napolitano praises Latin Mass, calls Pope Leo XIV ‘Francis II’Napolitano said at an event honoring Fr. John Perricone that the Latin Mass that he attends is like ‘another religion’ compared to the ‘American watered-down Protestantized Mass.’Judge Andrew Napolitano delighted the audience gathered to celebrate Fr. John Anthony Perricone’s 50 years as a priest when he called Vatican II “dangerous and pernicious” and “nonsense” while extolling the Traditional Latin Mass.Napolitano also unapologetically referred to Pope Leo XIV as “Pope Francis II.”The former judge and Fox News personality began by recounting the time that he addressed a massive gathering of...

[Catholic Caucus] US Catholic converts are tuning out their liberal, heterodox bishopsPope Francis' brand of Catholicism, now continuing under Pope Leo XIV, is a politicized version of the faith that prioritizes wokeness and social justice over doctrinal fidelity.Viral coverage in religious and secular media of the record number of American adults entering the Catholic Church this past Easter included an article in The Federalist titled “America’s Catholic Renewal Is a Rejection of Liberal Modernity.”American bishops and prelates, John Daniel Davidson wrote, mostly embrace “the Catholicism of Pope Francis, marked by a disdain for the Latin Mass, an embarrassment at ritual...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic boy denied confirmation for calling LGBT ideology ‘nonsense’Bishop Robert Mutsaerts gave the Dutch youth the sacrament elsewhere after he was rejected by a church that flies the rainbow flag.A boy was denied the Sacrament of Confirmation at an “inclusive” church for calling an LGBT event “nonsense.”According to Bishop Robert Mutsaerts, the auxiliary bishop of the Dutch diocese ’s-Hertogenbosch, a Catholic boy was asked to withdraw from the preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation because he said that Purple Friday (a pro-LGBT event in the Netherlands) was “nonsense.”On Bishop Mutsaerts’ blog, he described an incident that occurred at...

[Catholic Caucus] Toward a Religion with No Doctrinal or Moral PrinciplesHow does it feel?How does it feel?To be on your ownWith no direction homeLike a complete unknownLike a rolling stone?i> — Bob Dylan, 1965They do not call it “change.” They call it a “paradigm shift.” This is what someone says when they want to make you think that nothing is changing, when in fact everything is going to be different. I am talking about the “Final Report” of Study Group 9, released May 5, 2026. In response to the Synthesis Report of the First Session of the XVI Ordinary Assembly...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican II Condemns Today’s Vatican, Not the SSPXWho actually aheres to more of Vatican II's teachings: the SSPX, or the current Vatican? Drawing extensively from Vatican II’s own texts, this explosive analysis argues that Rome now contradicts many of the orthodox teachings conservative Council Fathers fought to preserve.One of the most interesting passages in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s They Have Uncrowned Him is his description of the way in which the Vatican II documents were drafted. After having discussed the efforts of conservative Council Fathers to add orthodox passages to the Council documents to counterbalance liberal assertions, he wrote...

SSPX to Pope Leo XIV: “We Would Rather Die Than Renounce the Faith”In response to Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández’s warning that the SSPX’s upcoming July 1 episcopal consecrations could constitute a “schismatic act,” SSPX Superior General Don Davide Pagliarani has issued a sweeping Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed directly to Pope Leo XIV. Far from announcing a break with Rome, the SSPX insists its mission is to preserve the Traditional Mass, the Sacraments, and the perennial Catholic Faith amid what it sees as a profound crisis in the Church.Following Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández’s May 13 declaration that the upcoming episcopal...

The Catholic Church’s Enemies are Feasting on the “Fruits” of Vatican II Sixty years later, Catholics can no longer ignore its rotten pastoral “fruits” of Vatican II. Robert Morrison examines how ambiguity, false ecumenism, and Rome’s post-conciliar trajectory have fueled confusion, weakened Catholic identity, and emboldened the Church’s enemies.One of the most important things about Vatican II, that both its defenders and critics can agree upon, is that it had a “pastoral” focus. Paul VI made this clear at various times, including during his August 6, 1975 general audience:“Differing from other Councils, this one was not directly dogmatic, but disciplinary...

[Catholic Caucus] Has the Merciful Approach to Anti-Catholic Errors Worked for the Church?For centuries, the Catholic Church boldly condemned error to safeguard truth and souls. But beginning with Vatican II, a dramatic shift took place—away from doctrinal clarity and toward a new “pastoral” approach rooted in mercy over judgment. From Pius IX’s Quanta Cura to today’s Synod on Synodality, this article examines whether that shift preserved the Church… or helped unleash the very crisis now engulfing it.Blessed Pius IX began his 1864 encyclical “condemning certain errors,” Quanta Cura, with a paragraph that made it perfectly clear that he understood the...