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| Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 09:37 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru
Long before Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality, then-Bishop Robert Prevost allowed women to lead synodal commissions in his Peru diocese, according to a report.
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Cardinal Robert Prevost, during a Synod 2023 press conference
Michael Haynes
Fri Jul 24, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A new report published this week by the heterodox National Catholic Reporter (NCR) featuring interviews from members of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, sheds new light on how then-Bishop Robert Prevost, the future Pope Leo XIV, implemented synodality and embraced women taking on leadership roles during his tenure as ordinary.
The July 21 report recounted that, upon his arrival in the Chiclayo in 2014, first as apostolic administrator of the diocese, seven years before Pope Francis’ Vatican opened the Synod on Synodality, Prevost attempted to remedy a deeply divided diocese by forming a “diocesan pastoral animation team” that would become better known by its Spanish acronym EDAP. This group, later described as a “synodal laboratory,” consisted of priests, religious, and lay men and women who traveled through the diocese to listen to each parish’s needs and particularly emphasized the perspective of the laity.
Clerics and laity in Chiclayo described to NCR how Bishop Prevost focused on “listening” to the perspective of the laity and even defended allowing women to lead synodal commissions.
“At that time, Msgr. Robert (Prevost) talked about ‘co-responsibility of the layperson,’” Luis Antonio Zapata, a lay catechist who joined the EDAP in 2018, told NCR.
He added that Prevost would say “the priests are busy with their tasks, get more laypeople in here, because the laity is best able to reach the laity.”
Father Elmer Uchofen, a priest who helped lead the diocese’s synodal process, stressed that Bishop Prevost would often speak and focus on “encounter” and “listening” to the faithful.
“(Prevost) spoke to us about encounter, about needing to listen to later see what path to take,” the priest said.
“His way of being helped a lot, because he was a bishop that knew how to listen and to be patient,” he added. “He would sit in the groups and listen to the people, to everyone: priests, the laity, to the ones that were drifting a bit or had fallen away from the church. In that sense, he was a real pastor.”
Indeed, since his election as 267th pontiff last year, Leo has repeatedly highlighted in continuity with his predecessor, Pope Francis, his belief that the Church ought to be a “synodal church,” beginning with his first remarks as pontiff.
READ: Pope Leo defends synodality, tells cardinals ‘I need your support: strong, explicit, and public’
“To all of you, brothers and sisters from Rome, from Italy, from all over the world, we want to be a synodal Church, a Church that walks, a Church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, that always seeks to be close especially to those who suffer,” the newly elected pope said from the loggia.
In an extended interview last fall with Crux correspondent Elise Ann Allen for a since-published biography, Leo further stressed continuity with Francis on synodality and other key issues, noting how his time in Peru deepened his connection to the late Argentine pontiff’s outlook.
I believe (the time in Peru) was significant in both my connection with Pope Francis, my understanding of some of the vision that Pope Francis had for the Church, and how we can continue to carry that on in terms of a true prophetic vision for the Church today and tomorrow,” Leo said.
On synodality, Leo was explicit that the “process that began long before the last synod” must continue.
“I think there’s great hope if we can continue to build on the experience of the past couple years and find ways of being Church together,” he said.
READ: Leo XIV vows to ‘continue’ Francis’ ‘prophetic vision’ for the Church
Gladys Calderón, a lay female member of the EDAP who is also involved with the diocese’s Charismatic Renewal, recounted how Prevost had been more welcoming to members of their movement than his predecessor.
“As a movement, we saw ourselves as keeping a certain distance from the diocese, because as a charismatic movement we have a particular way of living (the faith), but Msgr. Roberto shook up that structure and brought us on board to walk together,” she told NCR. “We became more united, more integrated into the diocese, sharing our different charisms — it was a beautiful experience in building unity.”
Another laywoman, Birgit Weiler, a theologian at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, emphasized how Prevost had allowed several women to lead teams that provided “synodal formation” in parishes and even defended allowing this after facing pushback from priests.
“Not all parish priests were so happy when a commission came, led by a woman,” Weiler said, adding that Prevost “fully backed up the women.”
“(Prevost) said, ‘They are prepared as well as the men are and this commission is led by a woman, full stop,'” she said.
As with his emphasis on synodality, the future Pope Leo’s desire to see women take on leadership roles seems to have carried over into his pontificate.
In June, the pontiff named Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, who currently serves as president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, as the next Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication and the first woman to lead a Roman curia office.
Leo has also confirmed Sister Simona Brambilla in her role as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and named her to the Dicastery for Bishops. The pontiff also confirmed Sister Raffaella Petrini and María Lía Zervino, the former president of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations, in their roles in this key dicastery.
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| Holy Mass in New Hampshire - August 9, 2026 |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-24-2026, 10:01 AM - Forum: August 2026
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Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Time: Confessions - 9:00 AM
Holy Mass - 9:30 AM
Location: The Oratory of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary
66 Gove's Lane
Wentworth, NH 03282
Contact: 315-391-7575
sorrowfulheartofmaryoratory@gmail.com
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| Pagan Aztec war dance takes over LA Catholic cathedral sanctuary |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-24-2026, 07:06 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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A reminder that incorporation of different 'cultures' is practically mandated by Vatican II:
Quote:[There are] numerous articles that encourage adapting the Roman Rite (by means of experimentation and creativity) to the vernacular languages, to modern mentalities and cultures (and thus to the spirit of the world), to national and local usages, or which revive archaic forms of these: Sacrosanctum Concilium §§24, 36:2-3, 37, 38, 39, 40, 44, 50, 53, 54, 63, 65, 66, 67, 77, 79, 90, 101, 119, 120, 128, etc.
Pagan Aztec war dance takes over LA Catholic cathedral sanctuary
The sacrilegious ‘Aztec Mass’ event featured pagan Aztec music and war dances with immodest performers near the altar of the Los Angeles cathedral.
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Aztec dancers
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Jul 23, 2026
LOS ANGELES (LifeSiteNews) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles allowed the performance of a “Misa Azteca” (“Aztec Mass”) concert, which featured pagan Aztec music, dances, and poetry in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels last month.
The sacrilegious June 27 event, held in the mother church of the largest archdiocese in the United States, combined the sacred music of the Catholic Mass, such as the solemn “Kyrie” chant and the “Ite Missa Est,” with pagan Aztec rhythms and indigenous instruments accompanying the cathedral orchestra.
The event also featured Aztec war dances being performed near the altar, with the dancers immodestly dressed, and Nahua poetry.
Joseph Julián González, the composer of the “Misa Azteca,” claimed that the Mass composition was born out of his devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and recalled how he felt inspired to write it after the “Kyrie” from the High Mass played to an Aztec dance rhythm popped in his head, believing this was “divine inspiration.”
“It’s so beautiful, the way that God really wanted to bring all people, including the indigenous, to himself,” González said. “It enriches our knowledge of the Guadalupe event, and it enriches our Catholicism.”
While the Catholic Church has always sought to bring people of all cultures together, it has also always condemned the concept of syncretism, or the blending of pagan and other non-Catholic rituals, such as Aztec dances, with Catholic practices.
Furthermore, González saying that devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe inspired the creation of this composition is deeply ironic, as Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego to convert the Aztec and other indigenous peoples in the New World to the Catholic faith.
Despite the Church’s clear teaching, syncretism has become common in many Catholic churches across the globe in recent decades. Perhaps most scandalously, during the 2019 Amazon Synod, a ceremony honoring the Andean fertility “goddess” Pachamama was held in the Vatican Gardens before Pope Francis, cardinals, bishops, and priests.
A group that included Franciscan friars knelt and prostrated themselves, foreheads to the ground, before two wooden statues of Pachamama. The ritual was led by a woman with a painted face and headdress, who later processed to Pope Francis and placed rings on his fingers. A second woman brought to him a Pachamama statue, and Francis blessed himself before it, blessed it, and took it as a gift from the woman.
Following the ceremony, the Pachamama idols were processed into the Paul VI Hall, where the pope, cardinals, and bishops met for discussions at the Amazonian Synod. Later, the Pachamama idol would be processed into St. Peter’s Basilica, where, again, the pope and cardinals stood around it, praying.
Photos unearthed by Faith & Reason co-host Father Charles Murr earlier this year, also show then-Father Robert Prevost, the future Pope Leo XIV, attending a Pachamama ritual.
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| Pope Leo approves new bishop in false Chinese ‘Catholic’ church |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-23-2026, 09:07 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo approves new bishop in false Chinese ‘Catholic’ church
Joseph Chang Yanfeng was consecrated in a ceremony presided over by a vice-chairman of the
Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).
Wed Jul 22, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — China today consecrated a bishop of Inner Mongolia with the approval of Pope Leo XIV under the controversial Vatican-China deal.
Joseph Chang Yanfeng was consecrated in a ceremony presided over by Bishop Meng Qinglu, a vice-chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA), a pro-Chinese Communist Party group that oversees the state-controlled “Catholic” church in China, UCA News reported.
“The Holy Father appointed him bishop of Chifeng (Province of Inner Mongolia, China) on 15 June 2026, having approved his candidature within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China,” the Vatican announced Wednesday.
The officially secret Sino-Vatican deal, signed in 2018, is believed to recognize the state-approved church in China and allows the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to appoint bishops. The Pope apparently maintains veto power, although in practice it is the CCP that has control. It also allegedly allows for the removal of legitimate bishops to be replaced by CCP-approved bishops.
The deal was renewed most recently in 2024 for a four-year period.
Before Leo XIV was elected, during the sede vecante period after Pope Francis’ death, two bishops who were selected by the CCP, eliciting concerns that China was taking advantage of the vacancy.
The CCP’s move to appoint two bishops during this period demonstrates that Beijing does not see the role of the Holy See or the pope as important. It further points to the fact that in the highly secretive Sino-Vatican deal, it appears to be China – rather than the Holy See – that is in charge.
Joseph Chang Yanfeng is the sixth bishop Pope Leo XIV has approved thus far under the Vatican-China deal.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, has repeatedly criticized the deal strongly. He described the agreement as an “incredible betrayal” of China’s Catholics and accused the Vatican of “selling out” Chinese Catholics.
He has been supported by numerous activists and China experts, including former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who warned in 2020 that “(t)he Vatican endangers its moral authority, should it renew the deal.”
Additionally, the deal has led to an increase in religious persecution, and the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China has documented this in its annual reports.
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| Müller’s Marching Orders to Trad Inc.: A Year of Coordinated Silence |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-22-2026, 09:00 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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While this news from Anthony Stine is based on an anonymous source — which should be treated with some caution until confirmed — the article below nonetheless makes a compelling case that the meeting did in fact take place, judging at least from Michael Matt's own conduct. - The Catacombs
Selling Us Out Over Sagrantino: Müller’s Marching Orders to Trad Inc.
Anthony Stine’s source, TLM Ryan’s public reversal, Taylor Marshall’s deleted warning,
and Michael Matt’s own words expose a year of coordinated silence sold to traditional Catholics as prudence
Chris Jackson via Hiraeth in Exile [Emphasis - The Catacombs] | Jul 22, 2026
On April 27, 2025, Michael Matt looked into the camera and announced what would happen if the conclave produced another Francis.
“We will resist Francis II to his face.”
He spoke with the confidence of a veteran editor who had survived twelve years of Francis and learned the lesson. Matt reminded viewers that he had resisted Francis “honorably,” with “no regrets,” because resistance belonged to the duty of loyal Catholic sons. Days later, after quoting Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s declaration that Catholics owe no obedience to false doctrine, Matt supplied the conclusion himself:
“So there are the marching orders.”
The line now reads like prophecy with a taste for black comedy.
A little more than a year later, Anthony Stine reported that a highly placed source had described an actual meeting in Rome between Cardinal Müller and prominent traditional Catholic media figures. According to Stine, Müller urged them to stop attacking the newly elected Leo XIV—to surrender, soften their coverage, and give the new pope room.
Stine said his source specifically identified Taylor Marshall and unnamed others as having changed course after Müller’s intervention. Stine added that, as far as he knew, no money changed hands. The apparent inducement was the hope that friendly treatment of Leo might bring relief for the traditional Latin Mass.
An anonymous source deserves careful handling. There is no recording of the alleged meeting, no verified guest list, no admission from Müller, and no confession from the media figures said to have attended. Anyone presenting the report as a fully proved fact would outrun the evidence.
Fortunately, the case no longer rests upon that report alone.
Michael Matt recorded himself before, during, and after the conclave. His own broadcasts trace the whole transformation: the promise to resist; the instant search for encouraging rumors; the elevation of papal clothing and temperament over the new pope’s announced program; the insistence that Leo was changing; the ridicule of journalists who continued examining his record; the public discussion of a possible conclave “quid pro quo”; the demand that Catholics “cool it”; and the premature declaration that the revolution had already lost.
These videos turn an anonymous allegation into something far more serious. They reveal that Matt publicly adopted the exact strategy Stine’s source attributed to Müller, whether the strategy arrived through a private meeting, informal conversations in Rome, or Matt’s own eagerness to believe that Vatican access could purchase a reprieve.
The currency appears to have been influence, respectability, access, and hope for liturgical concessions. Cash would almost have made the arrangement less embarrassing.
Before the Conclave: “We Will Resist”
Matt’s pre-conclave position was admirably clear.
Francis had exposed the revolution. A successor continuing Francis’s program would have to be opposed. The laity possessed an active responsibility beyond prayer. Catholic loyalty required resistance when Roman authorities promoted error. Matt said he had done exactly that throughout the Francis years and felt no regret.
His analysis before the conclave also recognized the institutional facts. Francis had created most of the electors. The conclave was intensely political. The Holy Ghost did not mechanically select the pope. External forces, alliances, personalities, and ecclesiastical factions could influence the result. Criticism of a pope therefore could never be dismissed as criticism of the Holy Ghost.
Matt’s April 2025 programs contained none of the timid uncertainty that would appear after Robert Prevost emerged on the loggia. He spoke of a hostile takeover of the Church. He invoked Müller’s warning that a heretical pope would be catastrophic. He promised to resist another Francis “to his face.” He called the faithful to active resistance and closed by treating Müller’s words as “marching orders.”
That standard matters. Matt later portrayed immediate scrutiny of Leo as rash, immature, un-Catholic, strategically stupid, and driven by clicks. Yet before the conclave, he had already laid out the opposite standard: examine the record, identify continuity with the revolution, and resist openly.
The principle changed only after the man wearing the white cassock changed.
Much more in the rest of the article, here: https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/sell...no-mullers
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| Statue of Our Lady unharmed after church roof caved in during earthquake |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-22-2026, 08:44 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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Statue of Our Lady unharmed after church roof caved in during earthquake
‘A large part of the church nave has collapsed. ... The statue of the Virgin remains intact,’ Father Henry Díaz explained.
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Tue Jul 21, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A statue of the Virgin Mary survived a devastating 5.1 magnitude earthquake unscathed in Peru despite the church’s roof, part of its facade, and its viceregal altars collapsing.
Built in the 16th century, Santiago Apóstol Parish church in the Chupaca province underwent heavy damage on the night of July 18.
“A large part of the church nave has collapsed. You can see huge cracks everywhere and roof tiles that have come loose. The high altar collapsed into the rubble. The statue of the Virgin remains intact,” Father Henry Díaz said.
In an interview with Rotafono, Díaz noted that the church’s “tower is leaning and must be demolished” and lamented that this “architectural gem” had been damaged shortly before the region’s celebration of its patron saint, Saint James the Apostle.
The quake left at least 6 people dead, more than 32 injured, and 50 homes destroyed, according to RPP (Radio Programas del Perú).
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| LGBT event mocking Christianity canceled after Catholics pray Rosary outside |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-21-2026, 09:43 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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LGBT event mocking Christianity canceled after Catholics pray Rosary outside
An LGBT-themed ‘performance’ in a former Catholic church mocked nuns, exorcism, and the Eucharist –
but now future events are canceled and the group hosting them had its lease terminated.
Jul 20, 2026
SYDNEY (LifeSiteNews) — After hundreds of young Australian Catholics knelt and prayed the Rosary outside of a former Catholic church where a blasphemous LGBT-themed performance mocking Christian themes – including the Eucharist – was taking place, future performances have been canceled and the building’s tenant is being evicted.
“Our concern is the recent material publicly promoted by the venue, including imagery and performances that many Christians experienced as a deliberate mockery and misuse of sacred Christian symbols,” the Prodigal Sons, a Catholic group, said in a statement.
“The publicly accessible material included performers dressed as nuns, exorcism parodies, references to ‘unholy water’ and depictions involving Holy Communion,” the group pointed out.
“It’s over. Our lease terminated, our artists canceled, our venue being cleared out,” the founder of the offensively named “Divine Playhouse” said in a statement sent to Star Observer. The performing group was previously named “Unholy Playhouse.”
The group was given three days to clear out.
Pictures posted on X show young Catholic men and women praying and holding Rosaries directly across the street from the church.
“Australian Catholics gathered from across Sydney to pray in reparation for the blasphemous performances taking place at a venue on Kent Street in Sydney’s central business district,” the prayerful protest sponsors explained on Instagram. Their video post continued:
Quote:More than one thousand faithful united in peaceful prayer, carrying Rosaries and lifting their hearts to God in reparation for the public offence against Jesus Christ.
Their response was not one of anger, but of faith — answering mockery with prayer, hatred with charity, and blasphemy with unwavering devotion.
It was a powerful witness that the Catholic faith will not be silenced. When Christians stand together in truth, prayer, and love for Christ, they become a light that no darkness can overcome.
“I believe taxpayers have every right to ask why public money was allocated to a project that many members of a faith community found deeply offensive,” said Chris Nave, who had launched a petition questioning the use of government funding to support the offensive performances.
“This campaign has never been about hatred or attacking individuals. It has always been about accountability, transparency and ensuring that all faith communities are treated with equal dignity and respect,” Nave told nine.com.au.
“Our fight is not against any individuals. It is against what we believe is a mockery of our faith and is against the use of taxpayer money to support it,” Nave said.
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| ‘Irish’ knifeman interrupts Rosary before Mass to stab woman |
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Posted by: Stone - 07-21-2026, 09:39 AM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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‘Irish’ knifeman interrupts Rosary before Mass to stab woman
The knifeman is said to be a stranger to the woman he attacked but not to the police.
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Tramore, Co. Waterford
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(LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic has been badly injured by a knifeman in her church in Ireland.
The middle-aged woman, who has not been publicly identified, was stabbed by a man this morning, July 21, at around 9:45 a.m. The attack interrupted the morning recitation of the Rosary at Holy Cross Church in Tramore, County Waterford. Parishioners immediately summoned emergency services. The victim, reported as being in her 50s, was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening wounds.
The police apprehended a suspect, currently described as “Irish” and “in his thirties,” at a home nearby.
According to the Irish Mirror, the parish priest, Father Richard O’Halloran, called the attack “random in nature.”
“It has been a very shocking event,” he told the outlet. “However, the people and, indeed, my colleague who was there at the time responded wonderfully well. All the emergency services were called, and they looked after everything that was happening.”
The recitation of the Rosary was to be followed by the 10 a.m. Mass. The attacker is said to be a stranger to the woman he stabbed but not to the police.
The Diocese of Waterford & Lismore has released a statement saying that they are “deeply shocked by a violent incident which occurred this morning during Mass at Holy Cross Church, Tramore.”
Quote:Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured parishioner, and we pray for her full and speedy recovery.
We wish to commend the courage and presence of mind shown by the parishioners who assisted during this frightening incident. We also thank the priests of the parish for their immediate pastoral care and concern, and we express our sincere gratitude to An Garda Síochána, the National Ambulance Service and all emergency personnel for their prompt response.
We ask the people of the Diocese to pray for the injured woman, for everyone affected by this distressing incident, and for the parish community of Holy Cross, Tramore.
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