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[Catholic Caucus] Dutch bishop: Young people love traditional liturgy, not Pope Francis’ ‘synodality,’ climate agendaYoung people have ‘voted with their feet’ and left woke parishes in favor of ones ‘where the Holy Mass is still Holy Mass,’ Bishop Robert Mutsaerts said. ‘If the liturgy is an incoherent mess, if forgiveness and sin are forbidden words, then what are you doing there?’Dutch Bishop Robert Mutsaerts has criticized the Catholic hierarchy for focusing on “climate change” and social justice issues instead of the salvation of souls. He said that young people are attracted by traditional liturgy and not by Pope Francis’ “synodality.”In...

[Catholic Caucus] Christmas Address: Francis Exorcises His Own ShadowIn his December 22 Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia, nostalgic Francis praised the outdated Vatican II as "a great opportunity for conversion [= secularisation] for the whole Church" and an attempt to make the Gospel "current, alive, operative in this historical moment [of the 1960s]."The disgraced Cardinal Angelo Becciu was present (video below). Francis pretended that the "current reflection on the Church's synodality [= Roman centralism] stems from the conviction that the path of understanding Christ's message is never-ending and continually challenges us." Synodalism, however, is an old heresy.He railed against...