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| Macron endorses Freemasonry’s anti-Christian ideology as guide for French society |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 08:42 AM - Forum: Global News
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Macron endorses Freemasonry’s anti-Christian ideology as guide for French society
French president calls Freemasonry a ‘spiritual family’ and thanks it for shaping euthanasia policy,
embracing a worldview long condemned by the Catholic Church.
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TIRANA, ALBANIA - MAY 16: French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the 6th European Political Community summit
on May 16, 2025 at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania
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May 27, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) –– French President Emmanuel Macron has publicly embraced Freemasonry’s worldview, declaring its anti-Christian vision of man to be foundational to the Republic—and praising it for its involvement in recent euthanasia legislation.
“Freemasons are taking up this fundamental debate regarding the end of life,” Macron said during a May 5 visit to the Grande Loge de France. “Be proud of it.”
Macron praised the Lodge’s framing of end of life issues not as “good on one side and evil on the other,” but as “simply a choice to be made in concrete situations.”
The president went beyond policy, endorsing what some have called the cult of man that underlies Masonry and his new law:
Quote:‘That Freemasons should have this ambition to make man the measure of the world, the free actor of his own life, from birth to death, should come as no surprise,’ he said. ‘I welcome it.’
‘The Republic is more than at home in Freemasonry, it is in its heart and soul,’ he said, and affirmed that ‘Freemasonry is at the forefront of the crucial battle we must fight if we want to mold the times for the good of humanity.’
The Catholic Church has always been the foremost critic of Freemasonry, condemning its rejection of divine law, religious truth, and the supernatural order.
In Humanum Genus, Pope Leo XIII warned that Freemasonry aims at “the utter overthrow of the whole religious and political order of the world which the Christian teaching has produced,” replacing it with a system “drawn from mere naturalism.”
Masonry was also condemned by many other popes, and membership of such organizations carries penalties including automatic excommunication.
Macron’s speech praised this ideology of naturalism and humanism, calling Freemasonry a guardian of France’s “project of revolution and emancipation.” He dismissed its critics as “conspiracy theorists and obscurantists, who attribute to it an influence that actually does it credit” – even as he confirmed the Masons’ active role in shaping national policy.
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| Durandus on the Minor Litanies |
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Posted by: Stone - 05-27-2025, 08:20 AM - Forum: Church Doctrine & Teaching
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Durandus on the Minor Litanies
Gregory DiPippo/NLM | May 26, 2025
The following excerpts are taken from book VI, chapter 102 of William Durandus’ treatise on the Divine Offices.
On the three days before the feast of the Lord’s Ascension, the Rogations, which are also called the Litanies: the Greek word “litania” in Latin is “supplication”, or “rogation” (from ‘rogare – to ask’), on which the Holy Church asks God… to destroy the counsel of those who wish to live outside Her peace. At the same time, we also beseech God that He may defend us from a sudden death, and from every infirmity, and we ask the Saints, that they may intercede for us before God. …
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The Procession of St Gregory the Great, by an anonymous Sienese painter of the mid-16th century. The traditional story recounts that when the procession described below reached the Mausoleum of Hadrian, which is fairly close to St Peter’s Basilica, an angel appeared over it with a drawn sword in his hand, which he then sheathed, symbolizing the end of the plague as in 2 Samuel 24.
Now the Litanies are two, the Greater and the Lesser. The Greater is on the feast of the blessed Mark, and was created by the blessed Gregory (the Great), because of a plague, which caused a swelling of the groin. Paul, a monk of Monte Cassino, the author of “The History of the Lombards”, wrote the story of its institution, saying that in the time of Pope Pelagius (II, 579-90) there was so great a flood in Italy, that the waters rose as high as the upper windows of the temple of Nero in Rome … Then there came forth up the Tiber a multitude of serpents, and one very large dragon among them, whose breath corrupted the air; from this came the plague in the groin, from which men died suddenly all over the place. When nearly the whole population of Rome had been destroyed, Pelagius declared a fast and procession for all, but during it, he himself died, along with seventy others. Gregory I, who is also called the Great, took his place, and commanded that this Litany be observed throughout the world; it is therefore called the Gregorian or Roman Litany. It is also called “Black Crosses”, since, as a sign of mourning for the death of so many men, and as a sign of penance, people wear black clothing, and the crosses and altars are veiled in black.
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A folio of the Echternach Sacramentary, 895AD, with the stational prayers for the Greater Litanies as they were done in Rome; the stations are at the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, St Valentine (very far up the Tiber), “ ad Pontem Olbi”, a corruption of “ ad Pontem Milvium – at the Milvian bridge”, “at the Cross”, which was a station set up along the way, and two “ in the atrium” of St Peter’s Basilica. (Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 9433; folio 76r.)
The Lesser Litanies, which are also called Rogations and processions, take place on the three days before the Ascension, … they were created in Vienne by the blessed Mamertus, bishop of that city. Because of a plague of wolves and other wild beasts, who were ferociously killing men in Gaul, and because of the dangerous earthquakes which were frequently taking place there, he enjoined a fast of three days on the people, and instituted the Litanies. But when the danger had passed, the fast became a custom of annual observance … This latter is called the Lesser Litany, because it was instituted by a lesser person, that is, by a simple bishop, and in a less important place, Vienne, while the Greater (Litany) is so called because it was instituted in a more important place, namely, Rome, and by a greater person, namely, Gregory the Great, and because of a great and very serious plague. However, the Lesser Litany is older, since it was instituted when Zeno was Emperor (ca. 470 AD), and the Greater in the time of the Emperor Maurice (582-602)
Litanies are also held for many other reasons, wherefore Pope Liberius established that a litany should be held for war, famine, pestilence, and other imminent adversities of this sort, so that we may escape from them by supplications, prayers and fasts. Therefore, because in this time of the year especially wars are wont to break out, and the fruits of the earth, which are still in bud or flower, can easily be corrupted in many different ways, the litanies are held, so that we may ask God to turn these things away from us, and to defend and deliver us from bad weather, and war, and the enemies of the Christian religion, as we also implore the patronage of the Saints …
… we beseech the Saints, because of our poverty, and their glory, and reverence for God. And when we celebrate the Litany because of imminent dangers, in penitential and mournful garb, we represent that last procession of the women who wept after the Lord when He was being led to the Cross, weeping, according to the Lord’s command, for ourselves and our children.
The Litanies also take place in this time, since the Church now asks more confidently, because Christ ascends, Who said, “Ask and ye shall receive.” (In the Gospel of the Sunday before the Ascension, John 16, 23-30.) She fasts at this time and prays, that through the mortification of the flesh, She may have little to do with it, and gain wings for herself through prayer, which is the wing by which the soul flies up to heaven. Thus is She is able to freely follow Christ as He ascends, and opens the way for us, and flies upon the wings of the wind. This is the reason why we join the last litany, the last fast, to the Ascension, so that through prayers and fasts, we may be able to lay aside the weight of the flesh, and follow Christ as He ascends.
Therefore, during the Litanies, there is a procession, and in some churches, (the antiphon) Exsurge, Domine is sung at the beginning. The Gospel canticle “Holy God, holy mighty one, holy immortal one, have mercy on us,” is also to be sung repeatedly by the boys’ choir, for John of Damascus tells the story … that in Constantinople, litanies were held because of some trouble, and a boy was taken up to heaven from the midst of the people, and there taught this chant; and returning to the people, sang it before everyone, and at once the trouble ceased. This chant was approved by the Council of Chalcedon, and therefore it is considered praiseworthy and authoritative …
… in the procession itself, the Cross goes first, and the reliquaries of the Saints, so that by the banner of the Cross, and the prayers of the Saints, demons may be repelled…
A banner is also carried to represent the victory of Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension, since He went up to heaven with great spoils … just as the multitude of the faithful follow the banner in the procession, so also a great gathering of the Saints accompanies Christ as He ascends. Banners are also carried in imitation of that which is said by Isaiah (11, 12), “And he shall set up a standard unto the nations, and shall assemble the fugitives of Israel, and shall gather together the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.” The Church took the carrying of banners and crosses from Constantine, who, when in a dream he saw the sign of the Cross, and heard the words ‘By this sign thou shalt conquer’, ordered the Cross to be marked on his war banners. The fact that in the Litanies the cross-bearer takes his cross from the altar reminds us that Simon of Cyrene took it from Christ’s shoulders.
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A Rogation procession held in the village of Balatonderics, Hungary in 2017.
In some places, the litany is done in the fields, so that demons may be expelled from the crops, or rather, so that the crops may be preserved by the Lord. … It has also become the custom that a dragon with a long tail, upright and inflated, should go before the Cross and banners on the first two days, but on the last day, looking back, with its tail deflated and lowered, it follows behind. For this dragon symbolizes the devil, who in three periods, that is, before the law, and under the law, and in the time of grace, which these three days symbolize, has deceived men, and even now seeks to deceive them. In the first two periods, he reigned, and as if he were the lord of the world, had a long tail, which shows his power, and inflated, which symbolizes his pride. For this reason, Christ calls him the prince of this world (John 12, 31) and John says in the Apocalypse (12, 4) that the dragon, falling from heaven, drew with him the third part of the stars, which symbolize people. And the Lord says in the Gospel, “I saw Satan falling like a lightning bolt from heaven” (Luke 10, 18), as a figure of which, on two days he goes at the head … But in the time of grace, he is beaten by Christ, and power is given to the Apostles to cast out unclean spirits; therefore, on the third day he follows after the Cross, to show that his power is lost through the spread of the Faith, and his tail is deflated, and hangs down, and is not long, because he does not dare to reign as mightily as he formerly did, but rather seduces men through suggestion, and in a hidden way, those whom he sees to be lazy and remiss in good works, and who follow not the way of life, as if he were looking back like a thief, to see if someone may wander and fall away from the righteousness of the Faith, so that he can draw that person to himself …
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A page from an 1882 scholarly edition of the Sarum Processional, by W.G. Henderson, showing the order of the Rogation procession. The rubric above the image mentions both a dragon and a lion carried in the procession, the latter presumably in reference to the words of Apocalypse 5, 5, “Behold the lion from the tribe of Judah hath conquered.”
On the Litanies, all must abstain from servile labor, … and be present for the procession until the end, so that, just as all have sinned, so all may ask for forgiveness, and all raise their hearts to God, with their hands, that is, raise up their zeal for prayer.
But since on the preceding days, a double Alleluia, is sung, why on these days is only one sung? And again, since Alleluia is not said on other fast days, why is it said on this one? To the first question, we answer that ... a double Alleluia is sung on the preceding days because of the double stole which will be given in the general resurrection, namely, that of the soul and of the body. But the liturgy of Easter, which this signifies, is now finished, and therefore, the cause being taken removed, the effect is also removed. To the second, we answer that on the other fast days, Alleluia is not sung because it is a song of joy, and those fasts are held because of sins, wherefore they are called fasts of mourning; but this fast, and that of Pentecost, are matters of rejoicing, because they are not held for sins, but so that the power of the devil, and the plague, may be removed; and therefore, Alleluia is sung on them.
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| The Catholic Trumpet: The Neo-SSPX Now Discourages Conditional Confirmation |
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Posted by: Stone - 05-26-2025, 08:06 AM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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The Neo-SSPX Now Discourages Conditional Confirmation
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The Catholic Trumpet [slightly adapted and reformatted] | May 15, 2025
Source: “Matters Arising: Conditional Confirmation” by Fr. Nicholas Mary, CSSR, published in Ite Missa Est (SSPX Great Britain, Jan–Feb 2025). Available at:
https://fsspx.uk/en/matters-arising-cond...tion-52375
In 2025, the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) quietly published an article that would have stunned its own founder. Titled “Matters Arising: Conditional Confirmation” and authored by Fr. Nicholas Mary, CSSR, the piece discourages conditional Confirmation for faithful who were confirmed in the post-Vatican II rite. Unless the faithful can produce concrete evidence that their specific Confirmation was invalid—such as the wrong form, the wrong oil, or an invalid minister—they are told not to seek conditional Confirmation. Just “being unsure” is no longer enough.
This position stands in direct contradiction to the sacramental practice and pastoral theology of +Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who—faced with the same crisis—routinely conditionally confirmed souls because the new rite was doubtful in matter, form, minister, and intention.
Let us examine the issue clearly.
I. The 2025 SSPX Position: Trust the Novus Ordo, Unless You Can Prove Otherwise
In Ite Missa Est (Jan–Feb 2025), the SSPX’s UK District published Fr. Nicholas Mary’s article answering a question many traditional Catholics ask: “I was confirmed in the Novus Ordo—should I be conditionally confirmed in the traditional rite?”
His answer:
“We can reply: no, unless you have positive grounds to doubt that your specific Confirmation was invalid when it happened. Otherwise, be at peace.”
— Fr. Nicholas Mary, CSSR, “Matters Arising: Conditional Confirmation,” Ite Missa Est (SSPX UK), Jan–Feb 2025.
Fr. Nicholas Mary argues that:
Conditional Confirmation should not be sought unless there is a prudent doubt based on probable reasons
Sacraments that imprint a character, such as Confirmation, cannot be repeated without grave sin if valid
Seeking conditional Confirmation “just to be sure” may constitute sacrilege, even if done with good intentions.
He concludes that the Novus Ordo Confirmation rite is valid per se and that unless a specific defect can be demonstrated—such as proof of invalid matter (e.g., chrism not made of olive oil), or an invalid minister—one should presume validity.
II. +Archbishop Lefebvre: Conditional Confirmation Was the Norm, Not the Exception
This directly contradicts the position and practice of +Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
“I confirm because the faithful fear that their children have not received the grace of Confirmation… I may not refuse those who request that their Confirmation be valid… We are clearly at a time when divine natural and supernatural law takes precedence over positive Church law…”
— Archbishop Lefebvre, A Bishop Speaks (Kansas City: Angelus Press, 1975), pp. 275–276.
Lefebvre’s practice was based on the following doctrinal reasons:
1. Matter
Chrism must be made from olive oil. The Church always used this, and no other oil was ever accepted until Paul VI changed the law in 1972. +Archbishop Lefebvre held that if the matter of a sacrament is changed, its substance may be invalidated.
“The Church has always and exclusively used olive oil in the confection of the sacred chrism… No other kind of oil… can be employed… In the West, no theologian ever contested that olive oil was indispensable to the validity of chrism.”
— Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, Vol. II, cols. 2401–2402.
“I recognize the validity of the new Latin formula. I use the old formula to meet the wishes of the faithful and for safety’s sake, keeping to formulas which have communicated grace for centuries with certainty.”
— Archbishop Lefebvre to the CDF, quoted in The WM Review, “Archbishop Lefebvre and Conditional Confirmation,” July 2024.
2. Form
The traditional form—“I confirm thee with the chrism of salvation…”—was replaced in the Novus Ordo with “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.” Lefebvre warned that many bishops shortened or even changed the formula.
“There is no Confirmation if he does not say, ‘I confirm thee in the name of the Father…’”
— Archbishop Lefebvre, Sermon at Écône, 1980s, cited in The Angelus.
3. Minister
The post-1968 rite of episcopal consecration is itself doubtful. +Archbishop Lefebvre conditionally ordained priests and questioned the validity of new bishops’ orders.
“We do not know if these sacraments are valid. That is why we conditionally ordain. We take no risks with the sacraments.”
— Archbishop Lefebvre, Écône Conference, 1979.
4. Intention
To confect a sacrament, the minister must intend “to do what the Church does.” Lefebvre noted that modernist clergy often redefine sacraments, reducing Confirmation to a mere rite of passage or personal expression of faith.
“This Reformation, born of Liberalism and Modernism, is poisoned through and through; it derives from heresy and ends in heresy.”
— Archbishop Lefebvre, Open Letter to Confused Catholics (Angelus Press), p. 9.
Thus, Lefebvre always conditionally confirmed those who had only received the Novus Ordo rite. It was his regular pastoral practice, and he never required exhaustive investigations or documentation. Moral doubt sufficed.
III. What Canon Law and Catholic Theology Say
The 1917 Code of Canon Law:
“The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Orders… cannot be repeated. But if a prudent doubt exists about whether really and validly these sacraments were conferred, they are to be conferred again under condition.”
— Canon 732 §2, 1917 Code of Canon Law.
Fr. Henry Davis, SJ, leading 20th-century moral theologian:
“A sacrament that is doubtfully valid must not be used. To do so is gravely sinful. The sacrament must be repeated conditionally if the validity is not morally certain.”
— Fr. Henry Davis, Moral and Pastoral Theology, Vol. III, p. 25.
And from the Catechism of the Council of Trent:
“The conditional form of Baptism is to be used only when after due inquiry doubts are entertained as to the validity of the previous Baptism. In no other case is it ever lawful to administer Baptism a second time, even conditionally.”
— Catechism of the Council of Trent, Part II, “Baptism.”
These laws and principles support Lefebvre’s approach: in a climate of liturgical corruption and doctrinal confusion, prudent doubt is sufficient to justify conditional repetition.
IV. Post-2012 Compromise: Why the SSPX Changed
In April 2012, Bishop Fellay officially submitted the Doctrinal Declaration to Rome, which stated:
“We declare that we accept… the sacramental rites… legitimately promulgated by Popes Paul VI and John Paul II.”
— Doctrinal Declaration, April 15, 2012, §4.
This was the first time the SSPX leadership formally accepted the “legitimacy” of the new rites. Unlike Bishop Fellay’s 2012 Doctrinal Declaration—which was submitted to Rome without retraction and accepted the legitimacy of the New Mass and the Council—+Archbishop Lefebvre refused to sign such a declaration in 1988. Though he initially initialed the Protocol under pressure, he publicly retracted it the next day, calling it a grave mistake that would lead to ‘Operation Suicide.’”
Afterward:- In 2015, Pope Francis recognized SSPX confessions as valid and licit.
- In 2017, Rome granted SSPX marriage faculties under diocesan bishops.
Since then, the SSPX leadership has softened:- No more routine conditional confirmations
- No more strong language about the new rites being doubtful
- Public affirmation of the validity of post-Vatican II sacraments unless proven otherwise
Fr. Nicholas Mary’s article reflects this policy.
V. The Law of Non-Contradiction
You cannot affirm both positions at once.
Either the new Confirmation is objectively doubtful, and conditional Confirmation is prudent and pastoral (Lefebvre’s position),
Or it is to be presumed valid unless proven otherwise (the Neo-SSPX position).
Both cannot be true. One is faithful to the Catholic principle of suprema lex, salus animarum. The other follows a path of human approval and ambiguity.
VI. Fidelity to Lefebvre and the Spirit of St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius withstood exile and persecution for rejecting semi-Arian bishops. He famously said:
“They have the churches, but we have the Faith.”
— St. Athanasius, 4th century.
+Archbishop Lefebvre followed the same principle. He conditionally confirmed because he would not take risks with the sacraments. He did not accept a “rite“ that might be invalid. He believed the Church cannot command doubtful sacraments, and the faithful have a right to sacramental certainty.
The SSPX in 2025 tells the faithful:
“Unless you can prove your Confirmation was invalid, be at peace.”
But peace does not come from assuming grace. It comes from knowing it. And that is why conditional Confirmation is not extremism, but fidelity.
“We do not play with the sacraments. We supply what is missing, for the good of souls.”
— Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Ecône Conference, 1981.
A Word To the Faithful
If you were confirmed in the Novus Ordo “rite,”and you do not have moral certainty that it was valid—
You have the right to be conditionally confirmed.
This is not scrupulosity. It is fidelity.
This is not rebellion. It is clarity.
This is not nostalgia. It is the Church’s eternal law.
Certainty. Validity. Grace.
That is what +Archbishop Lefebvre defended.
That is what the new SSPX no longer offers.
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| Pope Leo XIV meeting: 'It was the largest meeting with false religions ever gathered at the Vatican' |
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Posted by: Stone - 05-26-2025, 07:35 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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'On the path to establishing full communion...'
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Speech for religious leaders May 19, 2025
Photo from L'Osservatore Romano
TIA | May 25, 2025
On May 19, 2025, Leo XIV received at Clementine Hall 161 representatives of different religions, above, who had travelled to the Vatican for his inauguration Mass the day before. As far as we know, it was the largest meeting with false religions ever gathered at the Vatican.
We offer to our readers some excerpts from the Pope's address, taken from L'Osservatore Romano (May 19, 2025, p. 6)
Words to the Schismatics and heretics: "As Bishop of Rome, I consider one of my priorities to be that of seeking the reestablishment of unity and visible communion among all those who profess the same faith in God the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. ...
"Aware, moreover, that synodality and ecumenism are closely linked, I wish to assure you of my intention to continue Pope Francis' commitment to promoting the synodal character of the Catholic Church and developing new and concrete forms for an ever stronger and more intense synodality in ecumenical relations."
To the representatives of other religions: "Now is the time for dialogue and for building bridges. Therefore I am pleased and grateful for the presence of representatives of other religious traditions, who share the search for God and his will, which is always and only the will of love and life for men and woman and for all creatures."
To the Jews: "In a special way I wish to send a greeting to our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters. Because of the Hebrew roots of Christianity, all Christians have a special relationship with Judaism. ... The theological dialogue between Christians and Jews remains ever important and close to my heart."
To the Muslims: "Relations between the Catholic Church and Muslims are marked by a growing commitment to dialogue and fraternity, fostered by esteem for these our brothers and sisters 'who adore the one God, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth.' {Document of Abu Dhabi, 3)"
To pagans: "To all you representatives of other religious traditions, I express my gratitude for your participation in this meeting and for your contribution to peace. ... I am convinced that if we are in agreement, and free from ideological and political conditioning, we can be effective in saying 'no' to war and 'yes' to peace, 'no' to the arms race and 'yes' to disarmament, 'no' to an economy that impoverishes the peoples of the earth and 'yes' to integral development."
These words of Leo XIV show that, far from being a conservative, he is rather a radical disciple of Francis and the previous Conciliar Popes
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| Pope Leo XIV confirms priest who supports ‘women’s ordination’ as new bishop of St. Gallen |
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Posted by: Stone - 05-25-2025, 05:11 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV confirms priest who supports ‘women’s ordination’ as new bishop of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Pope Leo XIV confirmed the election of heretical Fr. Beat Grögli as bishop St. Gallen.
Grögli said that ‘the women's priesthood will come,’ among other heterodox statements.
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St. Gallen Cathedral
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May 23, 2025
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the election of a heterodox priest who supports “women’s ordination” to be the new bishop of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Father Beat Grögli, the pastor of the Cathedral of St. Gallen, will be the new bishop of the diocese on Wednesday. The day before, he was elected by the cathedral chapter, a group of 13 local priests.
Due to the Concordat of 1845 between the Holy See and the Catholic Swiss state Church authority, the bishop of St. Gallen is chosen by the cathedral chapter with input from the local Catholic College, a type of church parliament that is elected by the Catholics in the diocese and also consists of laypeople. The Holy See can then confirm or deny the elected man as bishop. “I simply take great pleasure in the trust that the cathedral chapter has placed in me,” the 54-year-old Grögli said upon his election. He chose “In concordiam Christi,” which translates to “In the harmony of Christ,” as his motto.
Grögli was ordained a priest in 1998 by Bishop Ivo Fürer and has been the parish priest of the landmark St. Gallen cathedral since 2013. He is a strong proponent of “female ordination,” in blatant contradiction to Catholic doctrine. He has said that the Church needs “a broad roof” and, according to a report by SRF, stated in response to a diocese’s questionnaire that “The ordained ministry [Holy Orders] can no longer just be a matter for men.”
During a press conference after his election, he reiterated: “The women’s priesthood will come” but also stressed that “we have to walk the path together,” in reference to the Universal Church.
The Catholic Church teaches that only men can be admitted to the Sacrament of Holy Orders. In his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, Pope John Paul II reaffirmed this perennial teaching:
Quote:Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church’s divine constitution itself, in virtue of my ministry of confirming the brethren (cf. Lk 22:32) I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s faithful.
Grögli has reportedly expressed support for homosexual “blessings” as well and claimed that the Church should “adapt” its teaching on marriage, sexuality morality, and contraception.
Grögli’s fondness for “female ordinations” can also be seen in his actions. During several Holy Masses recorded on video in the St. Gallen Cathedral that Grögli celebrated, women read the Gospel and gave the sermon, in contradiction to canon law and liturgical provisions for Mass. While giving a sermon during a Holy Mass in the Carnival season, Grögli put on a colorful court jester’s hat.
Grögli’s ordination will take place on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in the St. Gallen Cathedral. Until then, Bishop Markus Büchel will continue to lead the diocese as apostolic administrator.
The St. Gallen Mafia
The Diocese of St. Gallen is known to most Catholics as the meeting place of the infamous St. Gallen Mafia, a group of high-ranking, heterodox clerics who opposed Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s election to the papacy in 2005 and reportedly plotted to elect Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope. The group had multiple meetings in St. Gallen, Switzerland, between 1995 and 2006.
The meetings were hosted by Bishop Ivo Fürer, who ordained Grögli a priest. Fürer was a heterodox cleric who has been accused of covering up sexual abuse cases in his diocese. His successor and now still administrator of the diocese, Bishop Markus Büchel, is known for his heterodox positions on homosexual behavior.
Already in 2013, Büchel called upon homosexual priests to “come out” and not to hide their homosexuality. He was then the president of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference.
It was also under Büchel’s leadership that the Swiss Bishops’ Conference asked Dr. Arnd Bünker, an LGBT activist and promoter of “homosexual liturgies,” to write up a report for the Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome. That report asked for the admittance of “remarried” divorcees to Holy Communion.
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Posted by: Stone - 05-25-2025, 05:05 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Charlotte bishop suppresses Latin Mass by relegating it to Protestant Christian center
Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin cited Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes in his decision to shut down Latin Masses,
a devastating blow to faithful across North Carolina.
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Sharon Kabel
May 23, 2025
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted- not all hyperlinks included from original]) — Bishop Michael T. Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina announced Friday he will be shutting down traditional Latin Masses at parish churches in his diocese — four in total — and merging them into one non-Catholic chapel, citing Traditionis Custodes.
The traditional Catholic social media account Sensus Fidelium posted a copy of the letter to X on Friday morning explaining that the decision shutters two diocesan TLM parishes in Charlotte at St. Ann and St. Thomas Aquinas as well as one in Tyron (St. John the Baptist) and one in Greensboro (Our Lady of Grace).
Bishop Martin shared that, effective July 8, the traditional Latin Mass will no longer be offered at parish churches in the diocese but instead will be moved to a designated “chapel” at 757 Oakridge Farm Highway in Mooresville, a Protestant center (Freedom Christian Center).
Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes states that TLMs are not to be celebrated in “parochial” churches.
The DC Rosary Rally for the Latin Mass X account decried the decision as “evil” and called for Pope Leo XIV to “restore Summorum Pontificum immediately.”
The TLM previously held in Boone was suppressed as of Jan. 9, 2024, along with those at few other Catholic churches in the diocese. Charlotte’s previous bishop, the outspokenly conservative Bishop Peter Jugis, had announced in December 2023 that due to Traditionis Custodes, the number of Sunday Latin Masses would be reduced from six to four, and that the remaining four would only be allowed to continue until 2025.
As Bishop Martin noted in his letter, Bishop Jugis — who had overseen the growth of TLM locations, including a new minor seminary that offered training in the old rite – had obtained Vatican approval of a continuation of diocesan TLMs until 2025.
Latin Masses offered by priests of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) will continue at St. Anthony of Padua in Mount Holly, near Charlotte. The Charlotte Latin Mass community has noted:
Quote:The Holy See has, on various occasions, written that the Masses of the SSPX are valid and that the faithful who attend them fulfill their Sunday and Holy Day obligations. The Holy See has even written that in justice, we are free to contribute to their collections at Mass.
It remains to be seen whether Pope Leo XIV will reverse any of Francis’ restrictions on the TLM.
“The fight ain’t over yet,” declared the moderator of the Sensus Fidelium account. “We’ll hit Rome up. Bishop probably thinks if he puts it in no mans land (away from everyone) that nobody will go and it’ll die off. He doesn’t get the people have more heart.”
“They’re robbing us,” lamented X user Atticus Isidore, who said the Greensboro TLM “attracts people from as far as Graham.” Greensboro is an hour and half’s drive from downtown Charlotte, and Tyron is two hours from Charlotte.
Traditionis Custodes, which has led to the suppression of dozens of Latin Masses around the world, has been denounced by clergy and scholars as a repudiation of the perennial practice of the Catholic Church and even of solemn Church teaching.
Cardinal Raymond Burke has affirmed that the traditional liturgy is not something that can be excluded from the “valid expression of the lex orandi.”
“It is a question of an objective reality of divine grace which cannot be changed by a mere act of the will of even the highest ecclesiastical authority,” wrote the cardinal in 2021.
Liturgical scholar Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has also implored priests to resist Traditionis Custodes and its accompanying Responsa ad dubia “regardless of threats or penalties,” since obedience to these documents would undermine the very mission of the holy Catholic Church.
Kwasniewski has made the point that “the traditional liturgical worship of the Church, her lex orandi (law of prayer),” is a “fundamental” “expression of her lex credendi, (law of belief), one that cannot be contradicted or abolished or heavily rewritten without rejecting the Spirit-led continuity of the Catholic Church as a whole.”
‘The traditional Mass belongs to the most intimate part of the common good in the Church. Restricting it, pushing it into ghettos, and ultimately planning its demise can have no legitimacy. This law is not a law of the Church because, as St. Thomas [Aquinas] says, a law against the common good is no valid law,’” he said in a speech at the 2021 Catholic Identity Conference.
He quoted the solemn words of St. Pius V’s bull Quo Primum, which authorized the traditional Mass in “perpetuity.” Quo Primum states:
Quote:(I)n virtue of Our Apostolic authority, We grant and concede in perpetuity that, for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whatsoever, this Missal is hereafter to be followed absolutely, without any scruple of conscience or fear of incurring any penalty, judgment, or censure, and may freely and lawfully be used. Nor are superiors, administrators, canons, chaplains, and other secular priests, or religious, of whatever title designated, obliged to celebrate the Mass otherwise than as enjoined by Us. We likewise declare and ordain … that this present document cannot be revoked or modified, but remains always valid and retains its full force …
Would anyone, however, presume to commit such an act (i.e., altering Quo Primum), he should know that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.
Respectful communications to the Diocese of Charlotte can be submitted here.
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Posted by: Stone - 05-25-2025, 04:57 AM - Forum: Archbishop Viganò
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Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano
May 24, 2025
It is normal and humanly understandable that more than a decade of open persecution of Catholics by the one who presented himself as their Pope would lead many of us to desire a truce, hoping that Our Lord would give His Church - if not a new Pius X - at least another Benedict XVI.
But this legitimate desire - certainly animated by good feelings and love for the Church - cannot transform itself into a virtual reality in which, even against all evidence, everything must necessarily be read as a confirmation of what we would like, and not of what is really happening. We cannot build for ourselves a "virtual church" with a "virtual papacy" that we love and serve in a consoling but unreal fiction.
The confirmation of a notorious heretic to the Cathedra of Saint Gallen in Switzerland; the appointment of a nun as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, in line with the appointment of a Prefectess by Bergoglio; the repeated references to the heretical documents of his predecessor and to Vatican II; the declarations on ecumenism and synodality, and finally the acceptance of climate fraud; all place Robert Francis Prevost in evident and disturbing continuity with his predecessor, and it will certainly not be the stole and mozzetta that will change reality.
May looking at reality with supernatural eyes help us to recognize the deceptions of the Evil One and push us, today more than ever, to place all our hope in Christ the King and Pontiff, so that He may help and protect His Church. May He who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life be our guide in a rebellious world doomed to perdition, lies, and death.
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