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Election of Leo XIV was the next step in the ‘St. Gallen revolution’ Anyone wishing to gain a clearer understanding of the attacks on the true faith in our time need only look at the telling statements of the St. Gallen Mafia.Anyone wishing to gain a clearer understanding of the attacks on the true faith in our time need only look at the telling statements in which the agitators have revealed their plans. We are referring to the originally secret St. Gallen Group, an association of cardinals and bishops who described themselves as a “mafia.”[1] Its leading figure was Cardinal...

[Catholic Caucus] The Deceptive Tactics of the Silent Revolution Engulfing the Church - by Bishop Robert Mutsaerts The Deceptive Tactics of the Silent RevolutionBy Bishop Robert MutsaertsAux. Bishop of the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsThe Catholic Church has experienced, over two thousand years, virtually everything that can befall an institution: bad popes, corrupt bishops, heresies, schisms, revolutions, persecutions, decadent monasteries, dissolute clergy, and theologians so determined to be original that ultimately only they themselves understood what they meant.And yet the Church endures. Not because Catholics have always been wise — that would be a rather audacious historical hypothesis. The Church survived...

The Catholic Response to a (Synodal) Church in Crisis | Bishop Mutsaerts CIC 2026 In an address that received the longest standing ovation in Catholic Identity Conference history, Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of the Netherlands challenges the modern obsession with constant reform, asks whether the Synodal project has actually produced the fruits it promised, warns against confusing mercy with affirmation, defends the sacred character of the liturgy, and explains why young Catholics are often searching for precisely what the Church has been tempted to abandon: truth, sacrifice, reverence, doctrine, confession, beauty, and a supernatural faith. Below are both the transcript and...

[Catholic Caucus] In the Synodal Church Every Month is Pride Month From Fiducia supplicans to Pride pilgrimages in St. Peter’s Basilica, by their fruits you shall know them.And their fruits are antichrist.As June unfolds and the secular world celebrates Pride Month, Catholics are reminded that for a long time the post-conciliar, synodal Church has not only accommodated the LGBT movement but is actively participating in its advancement.The evidence is not confined to isolated incidents or fringe personalities like ”Fr” Jimmy Martin, but across Germany, Italy, and the United States, clergy, religious, and diocesan structures are increasingly flaunting and celebrating the...

[Catholic Caucus] Heterodox cardinal says ‘entire Tradition’ must be read ‘in light of’ Vatican II 'The Council was not a departure from Tradition. It was a return to that current of Tradition which is the oldest and establishes the measure,' claimed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś.A heterodox Polish cardinal said that Catholics should read the “entire Tradition of the Church in light of” the Second Vatican Council.On October 3, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Kraków, made a series of striking remarks on the relationship between Tradition and Vatican II during an interview with Dr. Konstanty Pilawa at a session of the Jagiellonian...

[Catholic Caucus] German bishop to share gay couples’ ‘experiences’ at Leo’s Amoris Laetitia summit Bishop Heiner Wilmer's stated intention to bring those experiences with him to the Vatican meeting signals a continued movement toward normalizing homosexuality within the Catholic Church.The president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) promised to bring the “experiences” of homosexual couples with him to Rome for the Vatican’s upcoming conference on Amoris Laetitia.Bishop Heiner Wilmer, the DBK president, said that he prepared for the Vatican summit by meeting with a wide variety of couples – including same-sex couples and those living in a second civil marriage...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo: The Church Should be an “Open House” that “Listens Without Judging” The Church as founded by Christ listens only to God, not to man, but the Bishop of Rome has a different idea. Pope Leo has said that he wants the Church to be an “open house” that “listens without judging.” In his prayer video for October 2026, he said:“May your Church be an open house, a safe space where everyone has a place — a community that accompanies and never excludes; that listens without judging; and that draws near without fear.”Unfortunately, Leo has erred again. This...

Another diocesan priest links up with SSPX, bishop removes faculties The bishop of Knoxville, TN, who suppressed the Latin Mass earlier this year, has now revoked the faculties of a diocesan priest who has associated himself with the SSPX. The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, has revoked all the faculties of a diocesan priest who has associated himself with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). A strongly-worded statement issued by the diocese said that Bishop James Beckman had withdrawn all faculties, permissions, and authorizations previously granted to Fr. David Mary Engo for ministry within the diocese. “He is not authorized...

Humanly speaking, Bishop Schneider doesn't see Leo XIV reversing Francis' course. Humanly speaking, Bishop Schneider doesn't see Leo XIV reversing Francis' course.The celebration of the Pontifical Mass at the end of October in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore - instead of St. Peter’s Basilica - can be described as a “consolation prize,” Bishop Athanasius Schneider told Gloria.tv (video below).It is “sad,” he said, that these Catholics are not allowed to celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s.At the same time, Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important Marian church in Christendom. Both Pius V - who codified the traditional Mass for...

[Catholic Caucus] Synod’s canonical commission calls for diocesan synods, provincial councils every 10 years, ‘complete revision’ of Code of Canon Law A canonical commission established by Pope Francis proposed changes to 34 canons of the Code of Canon Law in light of the Final Document of the 2021-2024 synod on synodality.“In the long term, however, there is an obvious need for a complete revision of the two Codes to reflect the theological and ecclesiological issues that have emerged,” the commission, referring to the Code of Canon Law (1983) and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1990), stated in...

[Catholic Caucus] Theologian laments how ‘anything goes’ in the Church now'The loss of substance within the Church due to inconsistency is enormous,' writes Professor Hubert Windisch.Professor Hubert Windisch, a German priest and retired professor of theology at the University of Freiburg, has written a piercing assessment of the situation of the Catholic Church that is at the same time encouraging. He sees the growing loss of substance, clarity, and leadership, not only on the level of the Catholic Church in Germany, but also in Rome.“Everything is now called a (pastoral) process,” he writes. “Truth is synodal, the journey is the...

Leo XIV praises foundational Lutheran document: The Augsburg Confession by MelanchthonLeo XIV praises foundational Lutheran document: The Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon.Today, Leo XIV received a delegation of the Lutheran World Federation. He said: “Renewed communion in the apostolic faith, in the sacraments [!], and in the ministries is the goal of our ecumenical journey of grace.”Leo XIV focused particularly on the year 2030, which will mark the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, presenting it as an opportunity to advance Catholic-Lutheran ecumenism and the pursuit of “full, visible unity.”He claimed: “The Augsburg Confession was originally intended as a document of...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Synod commission proposes “complete revision” of canon law — including marriages without a priest. Vatican Synod commission proposes “complete revision” of canon law — including marriages without a priest.A 10-member Canonical Commission established as part of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality has published today proposals to reshape canon law.The report says that in the long term there is an “obvious need for a complete revision” of the Codes. The goal is to reflect emerging “theological and ecclesiological issues.”Among the proposals:• Sensus fidei: Canon 749 would begin by stating that “the entire body of the Christian faithful… cannot...

Leo XIV in France: Which Christianity Is the Vatican Now Promoting? Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to France appears as a call to awaken hope and recover Europe’s Christian roots, but in substance it reveals the adoption of a horizontal and multilateral humanism, in which the Catholic faith is reduced to an ethical and social force at the service of a pacified and desacralized global coexistence.Pope Leo XIV’s journey to France, from September 25 to 28, was received by the media and the world at large as a major pastoral success. The press, both French and international, particularly highlighted the...

[Catholic Caucus] Irreversible—the Dictatorship of What Has Happened. When History Becomes a “Magisterium”Irreversible—the Dictatorship of What Has Happened. When History Becomes a “Magisterium”: Notes on a Statement by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich. Functional “Facts-Based Politics” Instead of the Holy Spirit. An article by Armin Schwibach (kath.net; original in German)Rome (kath.netet/as) “Irreversible”: With these words, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich described the process of synodality initiated by Pope Francis in an address in October 2015: the fait accompli of a political land grab within the Church. In an interview with the Kurier on September 20, 2026, the Luxembourg cardinal and former Jesuit explained that...

Leo XIV backs interfaith appeal calling religions ‘privileged path’ to peace Leo XIV attended as Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant, and Orthodox leaders signed an appeal with France’s leading cardinal, pledging to pursue ‘dialogue,’ ‘fraternity,’ and ‘peace.’Pope Leo XIV attended the signing of an interreligious appeal Monday in which the president of the French Bishops’ Conference signed a joint spiritual pact alongside non-Christian religious leaders.On September 28, Pope Leo XIV gathered with Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant, and Orthodox representatives at the Robert Schuman Conference Center to attend the signing ceremony and receive the signatories’ pledge of commitment to the “Metz Appeal,”...

Observations on the Note “A Journey of Hope” by the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith, Christian Unity, and Interreligious DialogueForeword: An Accusing DateThe Note A Journey of Hope, drafted for the sixtieth anniversary of Nostra Ætate, bears the signatures of Cardinals Fernández, Koch, and Koovakad. Leo XIV approved it and ordered its publication. It is dated September 16, the memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian.I do not know whether the authors noticed the irony: St. Cyprian is the Father who bequeathed to the Church the formula salus extra Ecclesiam non est. He taught that he who does not...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: Church is ‘synodal by nature’ but remains hierarchicalCardinal Mario Grech has said that while the Catholic Church is “synodal by nature” and there must be room for everyone, it remains “hierarchical by nature”, with bishops and the Pope retaining responsibility for decisions. “Our Church is synodal by nature. That means there’s room for everyone,” Cardinal Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of […]Cardinal Mario Grech has said that while the Catholic Church is “synodal by nature” and there must be room for everyone, it remains “hierarchical by nature”, with bishops and the Pope retaining responsibility for...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinals praise ‘irreversible’ synodality and ‘healing’ nature of Church declineDescribing Pope Francis’ synodality as “irreversible” and the decline in Church figures as “healing”, two prominent cardinals have weighed in on the future of the Church in Europe. Synodality is impossible to forestall, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich attested this past week. Luxembourg’s Cardinal Hollerich served as the relator general of the multi-year Synod on Synodality and thus – alongside Cardinal Mario Grech – has become one of the most vocal champions of Pope Francis’ synod and synodal style. Synodality, as begun by Pope Francis, is “irreversible” Hollerich claimed. Its goal...

The Church in Crisis — and How We Must Not Save Her: Twelve Issues (Bishop Robert Mutsaerts) The Church in Crisis — and How We Must Not Save HerTwelve Issues, Uncomfortable Truths, and a Catholic Way ForwardBishop Rob MutsaertsAuxiliary of 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsSeptember 16, 2026 I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that the Catholic Church is in crisis. The good news is that she has been here before. Indeed, anyone with even a passing familiarity with Church history sometimes gets the impression that crisis is one of the few genuinely enduring Catholic traditions. We...