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If We Want to Promote the Kingship of Christ, We Must Dethrone False EcumenismNo rational observer familiar with Vatican II or its implementation can truthfully deny that the Council’s ecumenical movement was condemned by Pius XII and his predecessors.“If they elect Roncalli, everything would be saved; he would be capable of calling a council and of consecrating ecumenism.” (Dom Lambert Beaudin, quoted in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s They Have Uncrowned Him, p. 160)Pope Pius XII’s 1950 encyclical “concerning some false opinions threatening to undermine the foundations of Catholic doctrine,” Humani Generis, was the last forceful condemnation of anti-Catholic errors prior to...

[Catholic Caucus] From Doomsday 1959 to Dire Straits 2024When most Catholics hear of revelations, they are understandably skeptical. After all, they say, do we not already have the teaching of Christ, the inspired word of God in the Scriptures, and the dogmatic teaching of the Church? What need do we have of revelations? They are, of course, right. But what happens when the teaching of Christ that may still be alive in the mind goes dead in the heart, as did the love of God when Jansenism was rife in the Church? Christ Himself appeared to St. Margaret Mary—not to...

'Amazon' Eucharist 'Approved' for MexicoThe retired bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, México, Felipe Arizmendi, 84, announced on 13 November on Exaudi.org that the Dicastery for the Novus Ordo Liturgy had "finally" approved some "liturgical adaptations" for the Eucharist in the Tseltal, Tsotsil, Ch'ol, Tojolabal and Zoque ethnic groups of his former diocese.Arizmendi is responsible for the doctrine of the faith at the Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) and appears also to be a Cardinal. San Cristóbal de Las Casas has 1.6 million Catholics and 135 priests.The prelate writes that "ritual dances" have been approved at the offertory, in the...

The Unholy Synodal Church Can Help Us Reject the Vatican II Cockle Sown by the EnemyAlmost by definition the Synodal Church’s “faith” becomes the lowest common denominator of Christian beliefs. In this way, the path is cleared to eliminate almost everything about Catholicism that stands in the way of the Christian unity championed by John XXIII and Cardinal Bea. No serious Christian would find this appealing, but the Synodal Church is not for serious Christians anyway.In his February 14, 2013 address to the clergy of Rome, Benedict XVI spoke of the tremendous evils caused by Vatican II:“We know that this...

TwitterPope vs. Master Catechism?A new catechism tool could help even Vatican officials better understand the Catholic Faith.It remains anyone’s guess as to whether sainted pontiffs of the past would have descended into the mire of the Twitterverse or other social media. What’s quite certain, however, is that they would never have employed such tools for the dissemination of false or ambiguous teaching—something which, alas, is repeatedly done by the current bishop in white. Just last month, @Pontifex gainsaid the teaching of Jesus Christ that divine power over human life is legitimately entrusted to civil authorities (see Jn 19:11), instead claiming...

After Fifty Years, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s “1974 Declaration” Is More Vital Than EverAlmost fifty years ago, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre wrote his famous “1974 Declaration,” a brief defense of the immutable Catholic Faith which was so powerful that the liberals in Rome realized they must immediately attack the archbishop. In his Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, Michael Davies described the difference between how orthodox Catholics and Rome’s anti-Catholics saw the 1974 Declaration: “It is difficult to see how any orthodox Catholic could possibly disagree with Mgr. Lefebvre concerning this. It is all the more significant, therefore, that the Commission of Cardinals subsequently...

Catholic Numbers Tank GloballyBefore Vatican II, numbers of Catholics across the globe were exploding. Consider just a few stats regarding American Catholics as listed in the Index of Leading Catholic Indicators:In 1930, the USA had 27,000 priests, but by 1965 that number nearly doubled, bringing the total number of American priests to 58,000.In 1930, the United States had 20,203,702 Catholics. By 1965, that number had sky-rocketed to 45,640,619. This means Catholics were not just reproducing, but making many converts.By 1965, American priests, nuns and lay people had built the world’s largest conglomerate of hospitals, universities, high schools, grade schools and...

[Catholic Caucus] In Rome, theologians reflect on ‘reception’ stage of Synod on SynodalityTheologians and others involved in the October gathering of the Synod on Synodality met this week to offer their expert opinions on the synodal process as it moves into the “reception” or implementation phase.The academic congress — “From the Council to the Synod: Rereading a Church’s Journey, 60 Years on Since Lumen Gentium (1964–2024)” — was hosted by the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from Oct. 28–30.“We are still in this synodal process, and with the approval of the final document, in fact, the third phase of the...

On Synodality...It has been brought to light that there is a commission of 14 members which dictated the Synod's final document; 7 of which represent a given earthly continent. The Continental Delegate from North America was announced as Catherine Clifford, Professor of Systemic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa. She is the founding director of the Center for Research on Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism there. Ms. Clifford has composed pieces with many and varied titles, including, "Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed," "The Priority of Social Justice at...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis closes Synod saying Church needs to ‘get its hands dirty to serve the Lord’Closing the Synod, Pope Francis rebuked the Church for being ‘seated in blindness’ and urged the Church to ‘take up the cry of the world’ and be ‘a Church that gets its hands dirty to serve the Lord.’Closing the Synod, Pope Francis rebuked the Church for being ‘seated in blindness’ and urged the Church to ‘take up the cry of the world’ and be ‘a Church that gets its hands dirty to serve the Lord.’ Accusing the Church of already being unable to...

[Catholic Caucus] Trusting in God’s providence is the Catholic answer to our times of crisisEven though we know with certainty that God wins in the end, and that He will give us everything we need to serve Him faithfully in this time in which He created us to live, it is easy to lose heart in our increasingly chaotic world.Even though we know with certainty that God wins in the end, and that He will give us everything we need to serve Him faithfully in this time in which He created us to live, it is easy to lose heart...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal-Elect Timothy Radcliffe Reveals the Synod’s Revolutionary DNAMost faithful Catholics fortunately have little reason to know much about Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, even though Francis recently named the pro-LGBTQ Dominican priest on the list of Cardinals to be created at the December 8 consistory.However, it is worth examining Radcliffe’s October 21 meditation delivered to the participants on the ongoing Synod on Synodality because it offers us one of the most honest and accurate statements of what is truly going on in Rome today. We can get a clear picture of how the Synodal Church differs from the Catholic Church...

[Catholic Caucus] A Jacobin “Synodality”Don’t be fooled. Just because hot-button issues are not on the Synod's agenda, it doesn’t mean that the revolution is not in full swing.Is it any coincidence that the leaders of the Catholic Church discovered in 1962 that the Catholic Church must be more “participatory” and less “clerical”—in other words, more democratic? After 2,000 years the Holy Spirit, we are to believe, came upon Holy Mother Church and decided that it was time for this ancient institution to reflect modern political trends? We are being told the same thing today, that the Church must continue on...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Athanasius Schneider : A Catholic Conscience and CredoBorn in Kyrgyzstan under Soviet repression, to intensely devout Catholic parents, the future Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider was essentially raised in the Catholic underground. His parents, who had been prisoners in the gulag, would often travel dozens of kilometers under the cover of darkness to attend Mass. Had they been captured, the consequences would have been severe – gulag, loss of job status or worse.The Cultural RevolutionUpon moving to West Germany in the 1970s, he and his family were amazed to see the radical changes of Vatican II, especially those...

[Catholic Caucus] A Time of Trial and SiftingPublished in our May 2015 issue, these extracts from "The Present Crisis of the Holy See Tested By Prophecy: Four Lectures" (1861) are more timely, helpful, and sobering by the month and year. A Time of Trial and SiftingCARDINAL MANNINGWe have here (in St. Paul's forewarning in II Thess. 2: 1-4) a prophecy of four great facts: first, of a revolt, which shall precede the second coming of our Lord; secondly, of the manifestation of one who is called “the wicked one;” thirdly, of a hindrance, which restrains his manifestation; and lastly, of...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider tells Michael Knowles that reverence is a question of taking ‘God seriously’‘God is not something which we can treat as we like. God is God,’ the Kazakhstan bishop said of the importance of right worship.Bishop Athanasius Schneider stressed the importance of reverence toward God in a Friday interview, saying that it is a question of taking God “seriously.”The Kazakhstan bishop began by telling Daily Wire host Michael Knowles how as a child he lived under the Soviet regime and grew up in the “catacombs” of the Catholic Church, with his parents helping to organize “secret Masses.”...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: Pope Francis’ comments on all religions being paths to God are ‘heresy’I have often expressed my deep concern regarding heresy and the atmosphere of apostasy as it emanates from the Vatican, but I must now ask: ‘Where is the outcry of the shepherds? Where is the courage and conviction to defend our faith?’Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,“We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee, because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.” This familiar prayer offered as part of the Stations of the Cross is familiar to Catholics, and well it should...

The Spirit of Paul VI Is a False Spirit and, like All False Spirits, It Is Unconsciously CruelIn 1970, the Belgian philosopher Marcel De Corte (+1994), who taught at the University of Liège, wrote a letter to the French publisher Jean Madiran (+2013) about the Novus Ordo- "I confess that for a long time I was deceived by Paul VI. I thought he was trying to preserve the essential".- But there is no example in history of a deceiver who does not eventually expose himself.- "How dare Paul VI proclaim that there is no 'new Mass', that 'nothing has changed',...

Exposing False Shepherds: Should We Really Mind if Heretics Like Cupich Hide the Cross?“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” (Matthew 7:15)In the wake of Blase Cupich’s invocation at last week’s Democratic National Convention, some Traditional Catholics have criticized the bishop for hiding his pectoral cross. While the impulse to criticize Cupich is seldom wrong, his scandalous behavior in this particular instance invites us to ask a question that may make us less censorious: do we really mind if heretics like Cupich conceal their supposed Catholic identity? To...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland warns of apostasy ‘at the top’ of the ChurchBishop Joseph Strickland warns in his latest letter about ‘corruption and the powerful evil forces’ in the Church and society and calls on the faithful to ‘cling fiercely’ to Our Lady and the Eucharist in response to Our Lady’s messages at Fatima and Akita.The following is the full text of a new letter by Bishop Joseph Strickland, the bishop emeritus of Tyler, Texas, warning the faithful about the “evil that grips our world and the Church” and urging them to “be spiritually prepared for whatever may come,” especially...