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| Baseball team forfeits game after most players refuse to wear ‘Pride’ jerseys |
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Posted by: Stone - 6 hours ago - Forum: General Commentary
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Baseball team forfeits game after most players refuse to wear ‘Pride’ jerseys
Fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster were willing to play in the 'Pride' uniforms.
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Jun 19, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A professional baseball team in Pennsylvania was forced to forfeit its “Pride Night” game on Thursday after the majority of its players refused to wear rainbow “Pride” jerseys.
The York Revolution team threw its players who declined to wear the LGBTQ-themed jerseys under the bus in a searing public statement condemning the brave, principled team members’ actions.
“It is with great disappointment that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th,” began the team’s statement. “Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey.”
“As a result, and out of respect for the Pride Community and the York community as a whole, the York Revolution has decided that the game on Thursday, June 18 will be forfeited and that Pride Night will continue on as the feature element of the evening at WellSpan Park,” continued the team’s statement.
“To be clear; this action by the players is completely inconsistent with our vision as the Most Welcoming Place in York. As a small token of our regret for the last-minute change of plans and support for our LGBTQIA+ representing partners we are making a $10,000 donation to the Rainbow Rose Center to support and further their work in making sure the York community is as inclusive as we strive to make WellSpan Park in York, Pennsylvania.”
According to an NBC News report, “fewer than nine players” on the Revolution’s roster were willing to play in the Pride-themed jerseys.
At an “unprecedented” team meeting, the team manager was “unable to talk players into wearing the rainbow sleeves,” noted the NBC report.
The Atlantic League team had been scheduled to host the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on its 11th annual “Pride” night.
The move by the York Revolution is part of a recent cascade of professional baseball players refusing to kowtow to LGBTQ-themed Pride events.
Last week, three Christian players for the San Francisco Giants cited verses from Genesis chapter 9 on their team’s specially issued “Pride Night” ball caps. Earlier, one Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher refused to wear his team’s “Pride Night” cap.
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| Conservatives blast passage of Canada’s Bill C-9: ‘Today is a dark day’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 6 hours ago - Forum: Global News
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Conservatives blast passage of Canada’s Bill C-9: ‘Today is a dark day’
Bill C-9 is an ‘assault on religious freedom’ and a ‘serious threat’ to the ‘fundamental rights of Canadians,’
Conservative MPs warned.
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Mark Carney
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Jun 18, 2026
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative MPs quickly blasted the official passage of the Liberal government’s Bill C-9, or the “Bible Ban” bill, as some have dubbed it, saying that it’s a “dark day” for Canadians of faith and that the new law will be used as “a tool to enforce Liberal DEI ideology.”
“Sadly, Bill C-9 has passed. The only amendment was to add the noose as a hate symbol. Nothing was added to protect freedom of religion or good-faith religious expression,” wrote Conservative MP Brad Redekopp.
“Bill C-9 is not a serious effort to combat hate. It is a tool to enforce Liberal DEI ideology while leaving fundamental freedoms dangerously exposed.”
Redekopp, in a video message he posted on X, noted that it is a shame that “not one amendment” to protect religious freedom was put in the bill to “protect pastors, priests” and others of faith who “refuse to bow to Liberal ideology.”
He had earlier, in another post, called the official passage of Bill C-9 a “dark day” for Canada and religious freedom and an “assault” on faith.
On Wednesday, a majority of MPs passed Bill C-9, or “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime, and access to religious or cultural places).” The bill is awaiting Royal Assent, a formality, before it is in the books.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, a final attempt to stop Bill C-9 was defeated on Wednesday, meaning that the bill, which threatens to criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality, has officially passed Canada’s Parliament and will soon become law.
Constitutional experts have blasted the bill, saying that it will allow empowered police and the government to go after those deemed to have violated a person’s “feelings” in a “hateful” way. The bill was introduced by Justice Minister Sean Fraser last year.
Specifically, Bill C-9 will remove Section 319(3)(b) of Canada’s Criminal Code.
This section protects the good-faith expression of a person’s religious views based on religious texts such as the Holy Bible.
Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) previously blasted the passage of Bill C-9 in the Senate, saying that “God will not be mocked.”
Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis said she was “proud” to vote against Bill C-9 and now worries that the new law will set a “precedent” to attack religious “freedoms.”
“I remain concerned about the precedent this legislation sets and the potential consequences for fundamental freedoms in Canada,” she wrote in an X post.
“Canadians deserve laws that do not undermine the rights and freedoms that form the foundation of our democracy.”
Conservative MP Rachael Thomas called Bill C-9’s passing a “sad day for Canada.”
“Despite the pleas of Canadians to stop Bill C-9, the Liberals have passed it. This is a serious threat to religious freedom and the fundamental rights of Canadians,” she wrote.
“Conservatives will continue standing up to defend religious freedom and the rights and liberties that define our country.”
Conservative MP Shuv Majumdar said that the Liberals used their “stolen majority” to “strip away longstanding protection for good faith religious expression and conscience rights.”
Canadian pro-life and faith groups, as well as a Catholic cardinal, had sounded the alarm over the legislation. Indeed, in a recent letter to Canadian senators, Cardinal Frank Leo, the metropolitan archbishop of Toronto, said that while the Catholic Church recognizes “the importance of addressing hatred and protecting individuals and communities from violence,” changes are needed to the bill.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, Canadian senators did at least vote down a proposed amendment to Bill C-9 that would have criminalized “residential school denialism.”
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| Go Fund Me for Family Whose Father of Nine Passed Away June 19, 2026 |
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Posted by: Stone - 9 hours ago - Forum: Appeals for Prayer
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In your charity, please consider helping the family of Christian Melnick, who passed away after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind a wife and nine children. He was the sole provider for his family. Though the GoFundMe page reflects the already generous donations, we all know that in this day and age, that amount in funds can go in only a few months, especially with a large family. Please be generous to his widow and children both financially and with your prayers.
From the GoFundMe page, which has not been updated to reflect his abrupt passing on June 19th:
Quote:Hello Friends and Family.
As many of you know, Christian Melnick is continuing to fight his battle against cancer. He has been out of work for the last few months, as he has been focusing on treatment and healing. Christian still has multiple tumors in his neck and shoulder area that are causing him much pain, affecting the use of his left arm, and placing limitations on his activity. On top of this, he has had to deal with infections in his mouth and nasal cavities that have delayed the more aggressive treatment he so much needs. Although he still has a long road ahead of him and his condition is still debilitated, he has been asked to go back to work or lose his job.
Christian and Irene are the parents of 9 beautiful children. As many of us parents know, it is a difficult world we live in for raising children, both culturally and economically. Thus far, they have been able to home school and provide for their family without accumulating debt or receiving assistance of any kind. That is remarkable. Unfortunately, since Christian has been out of work, they have for the first time in their marriage had to do so now.
In order to help alleviate this burden, we are trying to raise funds to assist him to pay off this debt, cover medical bills and daily living expenses, so he can take the time to focus on treatment and rest that are so crucial to beat his illness.
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| Holy Mass in New Hampshire - June 21, 2026 |
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Posted by: Stone - 10 hours ago - Forum: June 2026
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Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Time: Confessions - 10:00 AM
Holy Mass - 10:30 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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| Transalpine Redemptorists’ founder to be consecrated by [Sedevacantist] Bishop Pierre Roy |
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Posted by: Stone - Today, 05:16 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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An unfortunate development in which we see a natural conclusion of sedevacantism is to create parallel hierarchies and eventually, elect their own pope!
Transalpine Redemptorists’ founder to be consecrated by Bishop Pierre Roy
Riaan Van Zyl
June 19, 2026
The Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer was established by Fr. Michael Mary in 1988 with the blessing of Archbishop Lefebvre.
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Bishop Pierre Roy (left), Fr. Michael Mary (right).
In a major development for the traditional Catholic world, [sedevacantist] Bishop Pierre Roy has announced that Father Michael Mary Sim, founder and rector major of the Transalpine Redemptorists, will be consecrated a bishop on July 25, 2026, at the community’s monastery on Papa Stronsay in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.
According to the announcement, Bishops Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva and Fernando Altamira will serve as co-consecrators. Both hold that the Seat of St. Peter is currently vacant. The ceremony will take place privately within the monastery.
Integrity has reached out to Roy, Mary, and other relevant parties for comment and will publish their responses in due course.
The announcement comes only weeks after the Transalpine Redemptorists, officially the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, publicly declared that the Holy See is vacant and rejected the legitimacy of the post-conciliar claimants to the papacy in their statement “The Dogma To Steer By.” The community was previously associated with both the Society of St. Pius X and the Conciliar Church. The consecration represents one of the most significant developments yet arising from their dramatic shift in position.
Integrity co-founder Stephen Kokx interviewed Mary in May. Mary told him that the local ordinary, Aberdeen Bishop Hugh Gilbert, OSB, has opened a “penal process” against him.
In his June 18 letter, Roy explained that he had been in close contact with the community since June 2025 and had concluded that the Redemptorists required their own bishop due to their international apostolate. The community presently has houses in Scotland, New Zealand, and the United States, while also serving faithful in Australia, Samoa, and elsewhere.
“Since my confreres are in similar situations to my own, it seemed reasonable and necessary to give the Redemptorists a bishop who could properly care for a flock that already knew the sound of his fatherly voice,” Roy wrote.
His Excellency also addressed what many traditional Catholics will regard as the obvious question: whether a community that spent years under the authority of the post-conciliar hierarchy can be trusted with the episcopacy.
“They could have returned to their old errors, but instead chose to undertake a serious study of the Church’s situation. This study, which I have been able to consult, led them to recognize the current vacancy of the Apostolic See and to embrace the only attitude compatible with the Catholic Faith in the face of conciliar apostasy,” he said.
Roy, who resigned from the SSPX in 2016, continued: “Last year I received their Profession of Faith, which I wished to recite with them, and we have since collaborated until their recent declaration, in which they put an end to all ambiguity by affirming before the entire Church their Faith and their rejection of modern errors along with their perpetrators.”
Who are the Transalpine Redemptorists?
The history of the Transalpine Redemptorists has been anything but ordinary. The community was founded in the late 1980s under the leadership of Father Michael Mary with the blessing of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. For many years it operated within the orbit of the Society of Saint Pius X and established its famous monastery on the remote island of Papa Stronsay.
In 2008, however, the community reconciled with Rome under Benedict XVI. For nearly two decades, they functioned as a “canonically recognized” traditional institute, eventually receiving diocesan approval and expanding internationally.
That arrangement began to unravel in recent years amid conflicts with church authorities and growing theological concerns regarding the post-conciliar hierarchy. In October 2025, public reports emerged that serious tensions had developed between the community and diocesan authorities.
The decisive break came on May 2, 2026, when the Redemptorists released a declaration concluding that they could no longer recognize the post-Vatican II claimants to the papacy. The declaration argued that their 2008 reconciliation had been based on the inherited SSPX position of “recognize and resist,” a position they now regard as untenable.
Bishop Roy echoes this interpretation in his new letter: “By making their ‘reconciliation’ in 2008, the Redemptorists primarily sought to end a situation incompatible with the Catholic Faith: that of recognising a person as the true Supreme Pontiff and yet resisting him in matters of faith, morals, and discipline.”
He further states: “Having had the opportunity to closely observe the nauseating stench of the conciliar hydra until 2024, God provided them with the circumstances to rectify the situation through the persecutions they suffered because of their refusal to compromise the sacred Traditions of the Church.”
Bishop Roy has emerged as one of the more prominent voices within the contemporary sedevacantist movement.
Ordained for the SSPX in 2011, he spent five years in the Society before departing in 2016 over concerns that the SSPX leadership was moving toward greater integration with the post-conciliar hierarchy. He subsequently founded Our Lady of Joy Mission in eastern Canada.
In January 2024, he was consecrated by Bishop Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva, who was previously associated with Bishop Richard Williamson and the SSPX “Resistance.” Since then, Roy has advocated the position that traditional bishops possess not merely sacramental powers but also extraordinary jurisdiction supplied by Christ during the present crisis in the Church. That conviction is clearly visible in the new announcement.
Roy acknowledges that he cannot personally grant jurisdiction to Fr. Mary but insists that Christ Himself provides what is necessary: “Christ, the invisible head of the Church and source of all jurisdiction, can, and He certainly will in the limits of the present necessities of the Church, in the absence of a true Supreme Pontiff.”
The consecration arrives amid increasing discussion of what some traditional Catholics call an “Imperfect General Council.” The concept, promoted by Roy, the Unam Sanctam initiative, and other sedevacantist thinkers, argues that in an extended papal vacancy the Church possesses extraordinary means to address the crisis and ultimately restore the papacy. The Transalpine Redemptorists themselves called for such an imperfect council in their May declaration.
Roy has likewise spoken publicly about the possibility, telling Kokx in an interview that the Church cannot be permanently deprived of the means necessary for her own preservation.
The consecration of Fr. Mary will inevitably be viewed as strengthening the network of bishops and clergy who believe that extraordinary measures may eventually be required to resolve the present ecclesiastical crisis.
In his letter, Roy insists that traditional Catholics cannot be content merely to preserve the sacraments while modernist bishops occupy the field. “Church history shows that heretical bishops are combated by establishing Catholic bishops, just as impostor popes are combated by a true pope,” he has said.
Whether one agrees with that assessment or not, the significance of the upcoming consecration is undeniable. The founder of one of the most well-known traditional religious communities in the English-speaking world is set to become a bishop. It follows the community’s formal embrace of sedevacantism and places the Transalpine Redemptorists squarely within the camp seeking not simply to resist the post-conciliar revolution, but to provide what they believe are the structures necessary for the restoration of the Church.
As stated above, Integrity has reached out to various parties of interest pertaining to this story. We will publish their responses when we receive them.
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| Blessed Sacrament Stolen in France |
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Posted by: Stone - Today, 04:58 AM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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From gloria.tv June 20, 2026:
Blessed Sacrament Stolen in France: The parish church of Mugron in southwestern France, Diocese of Aire and Dax, was targeted in a theft between June 14 and 17. The missing items include all hosts reserved in the tabernacle and multiple chalices. An investigation is underway. A Eucharist of reparation is expected to be celebrated in the coming days.
Original article in French:
Quote:Publié le 19 juin 2026
Selon des fidèles joints sur place , le Saint-Sacrement et l’ensemble des hosties conservées dans le tabernacle ont également disparu
L’église de Mugron, dans les Landes, a été victime d’un vol particulièrement grave entre le 14 et le 17 juin. Plusieurs objets liturgiques ont été dérobés au sein de la sacristie de l’édifice religieux. Le premier bilan fait état de la disparition de onze objets, dont huit calices. Mais selon des fidèles joints sur place par Tribune Chrétienne, le préjudice est en réalité bien plus important. D’après leurs témoignages, plusieurs patènes ont également été dérobées. Plus grave encore, le Saint-Sacrement a été emporté, tout comme l’ensemble des hosties conservées dans le tabernacle.
L’église de Mugron appartient au diocèse d’Aire-et-Dax, dirigé par Monseigneur Nicolas Souchu. Joint par téléphone ce jeudi après-midi, le diocèse ainsi que son responsable de la communication, Paul Perromat, ne semblaient pas encore avoir connaissance de tous les éléments de l’affaire.
Selon les mêmes sources, le curé de la paroisse est profondément bouleversé par les faits. Face à la gravité de cette profanation, il devrait porter plainte afin que la disparition du Saint-Sacrement, des hosties consacrées et des autres objets liturgiques soit pleinement prise en compte dans l’enquête.
Pour les catholiques, la disparition du Saint-Sacrement constitue une atteinte d’une gravité exceptionnelle. L’Église enseigne en effet la Présence Réelle du Christ dans l’Eucharistie. Le vol des hosties consacrées dépasse ainsi la seule dimension matérielle et touche directement au cœur de la foi catholique. Une messe de réparation devrait être célébrée dans les prochains jours à la suite de cette profanation. Au moment de la publication de cet article, les fidèles étaient encore dans l’attente de la communication officielle du jour et de l’heure de cette célébration.
De jour en jour, d’incendie en profanation, de vols en actes de vandalisme, les catholiques français ont le sentiment d’assister à une lente dégradation de leur patrimoine religieux et spirituel. Chaque semaine ou presque apporte son lot de nouvelles atteintes visant des églises, des chapelles, des calvaires ou des objets consacrés. Ici une statue brisée, là un tabernacle forcé, ailleurs un incendie criminel ou un vol d’objets liturgiques. Pris isolément, ces faits peuvent sembler anecdotiques. Mis bout à bout, ils dessinent pourtant un tableau inquiétant.Pour de nombreux fidèles, cette succession d’attaques constitue un véritable chemin de croix. Car derrière les pierres, les vitraux ou les objets sacrés, ce sont des communautés entières qui se sentent blessées. Une église n’est pas seulement un bâtiment patrimonial. Elle est un lieu où l’on prie, où l’on baptise ses enfants, où l’on célèbre les mariages et où l’on accompagne les défunts.
Lorsqu’elle est profanée ou dépouillée, c’est une part de la mémoire chrétienne locale qui est atteinte, c’est Le Christ Lui-même qui est blessé.
Computer translation into English:
Desecration at the church of Mugron: chalices, patens and Blessed Sacrament stolen
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Facade of Mugron Church - (Street View)
According to faithful contacted on site, the Blessed Sacrament and all the hosts kept in the tabernacle have also disappeared
The church of Mugron, in the Landes, was the victim of a particularly serious theft between June 14 and 17. Several liturgical objects were stolen from the sacristy of the religious building. The first report shows the disappearance of eleven objects, including eight chalices. But according to faithful contacted on site by Christian Tribune, the harm is actually much greater. According to their testimonies, several patens were also stolen. Even more serious, the Blessed Sacrament was taken away, as were all the hosts kept in the tabernacle.
The church of Mugron belongs to the diocese of Aire-et-Dax, led by Monsignor Nicolas Souchu. Reached by telephone this Thursday afternoon, the diocese as well as its communications manager, Paul Perromat, did not yet seem to be aware of all the elements of the affair.
According to the same sources, the parish priest is deeply upset by the facts. Faced with the seriousness of this desecration, he should file a complaint so that the disappearance of the Blessed Sacrament, consecrated hosts and other liturgical objects is fully taken into account in the investigation.
For Catholics, the disappearance of the Blessed Sacrament constitutes an attack of exceptional seriousness. The Church in fact teaches the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The theft of consecrated hosts thus goes beyond the material dimension alone and directly touches the heart of the Catholic faith. A reparation mass should be celebrated in the coming days following this desecration. At the time of publication of this article, the faithful were still awaiting official communication of the day and time of this celebration.
Day by day, from fire to desecration, from theft to acts of vandalism, French Catholics have the feeling of witnessing a slow degradation of their religious and spiritual heritage. Almost every week brings its share of new attacks targeting churches, chapels, calvaries or consecrated objects. Here a broken statue, there a forced tabernacle, elsewhere an arson or theft of liturgical objects. Taken in isolation, these facts may seem anecdotal. Put end to end, they nevertheless paint a worrying picture. For many faithful, this succession of attacks constitutes a real way of the cross. Because behind the stones, stained glass windows or sacred objects, entire communities feel hurt. A church is not just a heritage building. It is a place where we pray,where we baptize our children, where we celebrate marriages and where we accompany the deceased.
When it is desecrated or stripped, it is a part of the local Christian memory that is affected, it is Christ Himself who is wounded.
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| Canada’s PM Carney says ‘new world order’ is coming, will start with Europe |
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Posted by: Stone - 06-17-2026, 08:53 AM - Forum: Global News
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Canada’s PM Carney says ‘new world order’ is coming, will start with Europe
Mark Carney, who has globalist ties, spoke of a ‘rapidly shifting world order’ and said that we can’t ‘rely on one set of institutions’ while in Ireland.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
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Jun 16, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, while speaking before the start of the G7 summit, implied that no one country or institution could be left out of or defy a “new world order.”
“What one can’t do at this point in a rapidly shifting world order is to rely on one set of institutions, one grouping, one country to provide the answers,” Carney said to reporters on June 14, while in County Mayo, Ireland, on his way to the G7 summit in France, which is taking place from June 15 to 17.
While in Dublin, a day before his County Mayo remarks, Carney said that the G7 is where the “New World Order” begins.
“The new world order will be built starting with Europe,” he said. “Canada is the most European of non-European countries. We are transforming our cooperation with Europe.”
“It’s a recognition that the G7, if it ever did run the world, no longer runs the world or pretends to,” Carney said.
Carney has globalist ties and was called the World Economic Forum’s “golden boy” by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. He has also admitted that he is an “elitist” and a “globalist.”
He has been no stranger to making comments about the “New World Order,” both before he became prime minister and after.
Indeed, earlier in the year, during a trip to Communist China, he said that he was “heartened by the leadership” of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and that the two nations working together set them up for a “New World Order.”
Early in 2026, Carney also doubled down on his intentions to further force Canada into globalism after he told delegates in Davos that the “older order” backed by the United States is “not coming back.”
Carney, like the Liberal government under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has introduced many globalist-leaning bills dealing with restrictions on personal and online freedoms.
For example, tech giants Google and Apple have warned that “dystopian” Canadian Liberal internet censorship Bill C-22, which would demand that people’s data be kept for potential police review, would lead to a “surveillance infrastructure.”
Also, Bill C-9 was recently passed by the Senate and will repeal religious protections and effectively criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality. It was amended at the last minute to ban images of a noose because a senator said it’s a symbol of “White supremacy.”
LifeSiteNews also reported on an exposé saying that Carney and Trudeau are influenced by an “elite network” of foreign actors, including those with ties to China and the World Economic Forum. Despite Carney’s later claims that China poses a threat to Canada, he said in 2016 that the Communist Chinese regime’s “perspective” is “one of its many strengths.”
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| Two historic Catholic sites gutted by fires in a single day |
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Posted by: Stone - 06-17-2026, 08:45 AM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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Two historic Catholic sites gutted by fires in a single day
Separate fires tore through Brittany's Sainte-Anne Chapel and Condom Cathedral's cloister in Gers just hours apart on June 12,
destroying volumes of historic Catholic archives.
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Chapel of Sainte-Anne-des-Rochers in Brittany, France, following the fire
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Jun 17, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — Two major fires struck a chapel in Brittany and a cathedral cloister in southwestern France, causing extensive damage to the historic Catholic heritage sites.
On June 12, two separate fires severely damaged the Sainte-Anne Chapel in Trégastel, Brittany, and the former cloister of Condom Cathedral in Gers within hours of one another. The incidents resulted in the destruction of large sections of the historic buildings and the loss of archival material. Investigations into the causes are ongoing.
“For the moment, we are above all very sad,” Trégastel Mayor Annie Macé said, according to a report by Tribune Chrétienne, summarizing local reaction to the loss.
The first fire broke out in the early afternoon at the Sainte-Anne-des-Rochers Chapel in Trégastel, located in the Côtes-d’Armor department of Brittany. The blaze rapidly spread through the roof of the 17th century building, causing extensive damage. Approximately 75 percent of the roof was destroyed, with part of the timber framework collapsing during the fire.
Thirty-two firefighters from several emergency centers in the region responded to the incident. They fought the fire for more than an hour using four hoses, including one mounted on an aerial ladder. Fire crews remained on site into the evening to extinguish remaining hotspots beneath the debris.
Despite the scale of the damage, all artwork and liturgical objects housed inside the chapel were successfully removed and preserved. Firefighters evacuated statues, including three protected as historic monuments, before municipal services took custody of the rescued items.
The chapel, built in 1635 and dedicated to Saint Anne, patroness of Brittany, already suffered structural defects. The building had been closed to the public since March 2026 over concerns about the condition of its timber framework.
Several witnesses reported different observations concerning the possible origin of the fire. Some suggested that flames first appeared on one side of the building, while others pointed to the belfry. Authorities have not reached any conclusion, and a gendarmerie investigation has been opened to determine the exact circumstances of the incident.
Later the same day, another major fire struck the media library housed within the former cloister of the Cathedral of Condom in the Gers department of southwestern France.
During the initial stages of the fire, flames reportedly rose more than 23 feet into the air, causing significant damage to the cathedral complex and resulting in the destruction of part of the city’s archival holdings. Among the losses were historic volumes dating back to the 16th century.
The two fires occurred independently of one another, and no connection between the incidents has been reported. In both cases, investigators are still working to establish the causes of the fires.
The events have drawn attention to the condition of religious heritage sites across France. Local officials, preservation associations, and heritage specialists have for years expressed concern about the maintenance challenges facing many churches, chapels, and other historic religious buildings, particularly in smaller municipalities where restoration costs can exceed available resources.
French heritage advocate Stéphane Bern recently called for greater support for rural religious monuments. “One finds €900 million for Notre-Dame, but one cannot find the first €1,000 for the churches of our countryside. An emergency plan must be implemented to save the religious heritage of rural France,” he said.
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| Pope Leo warns SSPX against ordaining bishops to avoid ‘schism’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 06-17-2026, 08:42 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo warns SSPX against ordaining bishops to avoid ‘schism’
'I am still considering making another appeal, to say, 'Do not do this. Let us try to live in communion in the Church,'' Pope Leo said Tuesday.
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Pope Leo XIV
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Jun 16, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV addressed the upcoming ordination of bishops by the Society of St. Pius X, saying Tuesday outside his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, that the Vatican may make a final request to SSPX to reconsider its episcopal consecrations.
The SSPX ordinations are planned for July 1 at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland, where four priests in the Traditional Latin Mass society will be consecrated as bishops.
“We have invited them, and I am still considering making another appeal, to say, ‘Do not do this. Let us try to live in communion in the Church,'” Pope Leo said outside Villa Barberini. “But it is their choice. They must understand what it means for them and for the Church.”
The Vatican has cautioned the SSPX on several occasions that the consecrations without papal approval could result in excommunication as a “schismatic act.”
The Pope appeared to make reference on Tuesday to the SSPX rejecting some reforms and teachings of Vatican II, saying, “Certainly, division among Christians is always a painful matter. But they refuse to accept certain fundamental elements of the Church, beginning with various points of the Second Vatican Council. And if they make those choices, I am sorry. But we must move forward.”
The Society had announced in February its plans to consecrate new bishops without papal approval out of an “objective state of grave necessity” for the continuation of its sacramental ministry.
In a press release dated February 2, Superior General Father Davide Pagliarani said the SSPX’s bishops have been tasked with carrying out the consecrations on July 1. The announcement was made at the Society’s International Seminary of Saint-Curé-d’Ars in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, at the ceremony in which new seminarians receive the cassock.
Since then, reaction among bishops has been split between support and opposition. Included among the vocal supporters are Archbishop Carla Maria Vigano. Leading the vocal opponents in the Vatican is Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Prefect of the Discastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
After a February meeting in Rome between Fernández and Father Pagliarani, a communique revealed that Fernández threatened Pagliarani and the SSPX with the crime of “schism” if the episcopal consecrations announced by the Society go ahead.
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Posted by: Stone - 06-16-2026, 10:52 AM - Forum: Sorrowful Heart of Mary
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June 2026
Dear Faithful on the Battlefield of the Church Militant,
A famous U.S. Marine General was known to say: "They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us… they can't get away from us now!" The situation for the Catholic Resistance is the same: We are surrounded on all sides; Modernist Rome in front of us, sedevacantists to the right, compromising groups to the left (viz. St. Peter's Fraternity, Conciliar-SSPX, St. John Vianney in Campos, Brazil, Good Shepherd Institute, Christ the King Institute, etc.), and the Fake Resistance clergy in the rear!
The same Marine also added: "We're surrounded, that simplifies the problem." Truth often stands in the middle of two extremes, extremes to the right and to the left. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre often said: "We are neither Modernists nor schismatics." He steered carefully between a false obedience by an over-exaggerated application of papal infallibility (i.e. "The Pope is infallible in all he says therefore we must obey"), and on the other hand, an exaggerated disobedience by completely rejecting the lawful authority itself (i.e. the Pope committed scandal, therefore he's not the Pope!").
Abp. Lefebvre kept on the ground of Truth by understanding the restrictions the First Vatican Council placed on Papal Infallibility; the Pope is only infallible when he 1.) speaks on matters of faith and morals; 2.) he speaks as head of the Church; and 3.) he binds all the faithful everywhere. Oftentimes, the Pope when acting infallibly, will add a condemnation or anathema on those defiantly rejecting the matter declared, such as in the Council of Trent and the Syllabus of Errors of Pius IX. For instance, "If anyone says that Mass should be celebrated in the vernacular,…let him be anathema" (Council of Trent: Denzinger #1759).
A Pope speaking in a book in which he publishes his opinions or in a private interview on a flight does not, at all, fall under infallibility.
The First Vatican Council (1870 A.D.) also sets clear limits on just how far the Pope can go in his teachings. He is not allowed to depart from Catholic Tradition by introducing novelties and changes foreign to the practice of the Church, especially when the Church has already condemned them. An example of this is found in "Auctorem Fidei" of Pius VI which forbids priests praying the Canon of the Mass out loud! (cf. Errors of the Synod of Pistoia: Denzinger #2633).
On a more critical level, that of Doctrine, the Popes of the Second Vatican Council promoting the errors of Religious Liberty, False Ecumenism, and Collegiality depart from the constant Ordinary Magisterium of the Church. This is why Abp. Lefebvre opposed these errors head-on and had a booklet published titled: "I Accuse the Council!" He gave ample evidence to these Popes that they were departing from the official teachings of the Church and introducing poisonous novelties and errors that would have catastrophic consequences for souls.
All this accentuates the position of Abp. Lefebvre and his Catholic Resistance. The enemy is on all sides: some on the left, with their subtle attempts at compromising with Vatican II and the New Mass, by trying to excuse their errors and legitimize the illegitimate New Mass. Others on the right, who fall into sedevacantism (of which there are over 100 varieties!) and say there's no Pope anymore, while the more logical ones among these, attempt merely human solutions by electing their own "popes." Then in the front is Modernist Rome, suffocating in the grip of the Synagogue of Satan and Judeo-Freemasonry. We have Popes misusing their authority to promote Vatican II's errors and the evil program of the Globalists. Our Lord gave them the supreme authority to teach, protect, and promote the Catholic Faith. But when they use it to teach and promote Error, then they have a right to our disobedience. This is well explained in numerous talks of Abp. Lefebvre, for example, in his book "Open Letter to Confused Catholics," in the chapter: On True Obedience.
Let's not forget the enemy to the rear; the Fake Resistance! Quite honestly, they maintain the façade of Tradition and keep the valid and true Mass and sacraments, but betray the Fight of Tradition by their overwhelming silence, Masonic-type tactics, and cowardly behavior (with some rare exceptions). These are the followers of the personality of the late Bp. Williamson, who out of false human respect, kept silence when he heavily promoted the following errors: "the New Mass gives grace," "one can nourish their faith with the New Mass," "this is not the time for seminaries," "there is no Resistance but only pockets of 'Resist-ants,'" promotion of Novus Ordo Eucharistic "miracles" and even visions condemned by the Index, etc.
His followers should remember the solemn warning of Pope Pius VI in "Auctorem Fidei" that to remain silent in the face of Error harms not only a local part of the Church but the entire Church! "It is not a matter of the danger of only one diocese: Any novelty at all assails the Universal Church!" ("Auctorem Fidei," 1794). It is a cowardly silence for which they will have to render an account as shepherds over the Lord's flock.
"We're surrounded, that simplifies the problem!" Enemies are trying to dissolve the Faith on every side! So it was Abp. Lefebvre who gave us the guidelines to navigate through all this confusion by handing down to us the treasures of Tradition he received! "I have handed down what I received" (I Cor. 15:3) and those treasures for which we owe him such gratitude for passing down, are:
● The doctrines of the Unchanging Magisterium of the Church which condemns Vatican II & New Mass;
● The great Papal Encyclicals of the Popes from Pius VI to Pius XII condemning Modernism and all the other "isms";
● The Tridentine Mass;
● The True Sacraments uncontaminated by the new "Reforms";
● The Combat for the Faith which puts Doctrine above any canonical solutions and phony Agreements with Modernist Rome;
● The proper understanding that the Mass is secondary to the Faith, hence, avoiding the errors of the "Indult Mass" crowd and clergy, shamefully agreeing to be silent on doctrine, in order to have the Latin Mass;
● The love and defense of the Catholic Church as our Mother and the True Church and not just protecting our "little altar" in the Pantheon-of-all-Religions of the Conciliar Church;
● The clear distinction between the Catholic Church and the "Conciliar" Church (a necessary distinction dropped by Bp. Fellay);
● The spirit of the Catholic counter-Revolution openly combating the Errors destroying the Church, not resisting in secret;
● The crusade for the large family;
● The restoration of the sanctity and purpose of the Catholic priesthood;
● The public and vocal defense of the Faith against Modernism;
● The missionary spirit of the saints to convert all to the True Faith;
● The necessity to continually strive for holiness by carrying the Cross;
● Etc., etc.
Our Blessed Mother foretold all these catastrophes in the Church and civil society in Quito, Ecuador when She spoke to Mother Marianna of Jesus. To our great consolation, She also foretold Her tremendous role in overthrowing the grip of the Freemasonic lodges on the Church, when She said: "When everything will seem lost and paralyzed, that will be the happy beginning of the complete restoration. This will mark the arrival of My hour, when I, in a marvelous way, will dethrone the proud and cursed Satan, trampling him under My feet and fettering him in the infernal abyss" (December, 1634). It is, indeed, the promise echoed by Our Lady of Fatima: "In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph!"
In Christ the King,
Fr. David Hewko
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| Archbishop Viganò publishes letter to Leo XIV: ‘I declare that I am not a schismatic!’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 06-16-2026, 06:50 AM - Forum: Archbishop Viganò
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Archbishop Viganò publishes letter to Leo XIV: ‘I declare that I am not a schismatic!’
After long months of silence, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano decided the time had come to make known the contents of his letter to Pope Leo XIV on January 25.
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Courtesy of Archbishop Viganò
Jun 15, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A few weeks ago, I made public the events surrounding my request to meet with Leo – specifically, his initial acceptance, his sudden rescission, and then his definitive cancellation. While a Catholic Archbishop was deemed unworthy of being received in Audience, an abortionist and heterodox figure – in the guise of an Anglican “Archbishop” – merited not only the full honors of Vatican protocol but was even permitted to engage in “communicatio in sacris” with Leo and other Prelates, going so far as to impart a “blessing” within the shrine of the Prince of the Apostles. This serves only as further proof of the double standard applied by the proponents of the “synodal church.” I do not believe it is necessary to dwell on this with further commentary ... After long months of silence, the time has come to make known the contents of my letter to Leo of January 25th of this year, thereby establishing a documentary record of the matter.
Holiness, with this letter, I wish to offer for your consideration the salient events of my personal and ministerial life, so that you may get to know me and understand the intentions that motivate me.
I was born in Varese on January 16, 1941, into a deeply Catholic family, thanks to which I was able to grow up practicing my Faith daily, receiving a solid higher education, and maturing my vocation to the Priesthood. I was ordained a priest on March 24, 1968, and, after a brief period of parish ministry in Pavia, I was invited by the then-Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, to enter the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where I was admitted in October 1971. I served five Popes: first in the Nunciatures of Baghdad, Kuwait, and London; then from January 1978 in the Secretariat of State for over ten years as Secretary to three Substitutes; and then as Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe and the European Parliament in Strasbourg (1988-1992). After my episcopal consecration, received from the hands of John Paul II, I was sent to Nigeria as Apostolic Nuncio (1992-1998), then recalled to the Secretariat of State as the Delegate for Pontifical Representations (1998-2009). In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed me Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and then in 2011 as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America until 2016.
It was in my role as Delegate for Pontifical Representations that I found myself handling the investigative processes for promotions to the Episcopate, both in the Roman Curia and in the Nunciatures, as well as the most confidential and delicate cases concerning Bishops and Cardinals, including the dossier of Theodore McCarrick and other homosexual prelates. My actions in this area led to my removal from the Secretariat of State and my transfer to the Governorate as Secretary General, where Pope Benedict entrusted me with combating mismanagement and the vast network of financial corruption. Even in that case, despite having brought the Governorate’s budget, in the space of a year and a half, from a deficit of 15 million Euros to a profit of 35 million, and despite the Pope wanting to promote me to the Presidency of the Pontifical Council for Economic Affairs of the Holy See, I was removed from the Roman Curia and sent to Washington as Nuncio. My actions disturbed people who at the time were very powerful and capable of overriding the will of Pope Benedict.
In 2016, exactly on my seventy-fifth birthday, Bergoglio ordered me to leave the Nunciature in Washington and forbade me from returning to the Vatican, where John Paul II had permanently assigned me an apartment; he also forbade me from residing in the Roman residence for retired Nuncios that was specially prepared by Pope Benedict. Before his death, Bergoglio also had my Vatican citizenship and passport revoked; he prevented me from accessing the healthcare services provided to members of the Diplomatic Service, even though I had always regularly paid my contributions; and he ordered that my car be removed from the Vatican Vehicle Registry and prevented the renewal of my Vatican driver’s license, which I had held continuously since 1973, causing me serious difficulties and effectively condemning me to house arrest.
In August 2018 I published the explosive memorandum about Theodore McCarrick and the extensive network of corruption and complicity within the Roman Curia, which directly involved Jorge Mario Bergoglio himself. Subsequently, I lived for several years in secret locations, as Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke advised me to do, given the threats I received and the fact that my immediate predecessor in Washington, Nuncio Pietro Sambi, had died under very suspicious circumstances after having had heated confrontations with then-Cardinal McCarrick when informing him of the measures taken by Benedict XVI to counter his crimes as a serial abuser.
The corruption, blackmail, deception, and betrayals I have had to confront have led me to question the deep origins of the disastrous state of the Catholic Church.
Looking back on the years of my formation, at the Lateran University (1960-1964) and then at the Gregorian University (1965-1969), I had to acknowledge that even before the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, the ideological framework of the entire curriculum – and of the teaching staff – was already shaped by the new conciliar teachings, even though they had not yet been approved. I remember well how in the Roman Seminaries clerical discipline gave way to anarchy on all fronts, and how the superiors encouraged the participation of seminarians in the conferences of the “new theologians” – I am referring to those who, until a few years earlier, were viewed with justified suspicion by the Holy Office, such as Küng, Ratzinger, Rahner, Schillebeeckx, Congar, and with them that undergrowth of modernists who would soon infest the university chairs and positions of responsibility in the Vatican and in the dioceses. And as has always happened with all subversive operations, the climate of general change, continuous reforms, and enormous transformations was artificially created from above.
From my privileged vantage point as Secretary to the Substitute, I witnessed the hemorrhaging of thousands of priestly and religious vocations, while those Priests who did not want to support the new conciliar path nor abandon the Tridentine Liturgy were ostracized, treated as heretics, excommunicated or suspended a divinis, deprived of their salaries, and left to die in solitude.
Reconsidering those events and reforms with today’s disillusioned perspective and with the experience gained from other similar events – not least the manipulation of the “Synod on the Family” that led to Amoris Lætitia and, above all, the ongoing synodal revolution – I could not help but see in all of this a mindset that had already prepared the subversive action that would soon show its most disruptive effects.
The conciliar revolution followed a very precise script under a single direction. Everything had to appear perfectly legal and in accordance with the ordinary practice of the Church: every document promulgated had to allow for both an orthodox interpretation with which to reassure the Council Fathers as well as a heretical interpretation to be unleashed later. These documents reveal the true intentions of those who maliciously used a Council to impose doctrinal, moral, and liturgical errors that had previously been condemned by the Roman Pontiffs.
During the long years of my ministry in the service of the Apostolic See, my unconditional obedience to the Popes and my complete absorption in the duties entrusted to me prevented me from understanding the true revolution that was underway. How could I have imagined the subversion and betrayal that were taking place? How could I have believed that the Supreme Authority of the Church and the entire Episcopate could have become accomplices of the most insidious enemies of Christ, whom Saint Pius X had identified as the Modernists?
The “retirement” imposed on me in 2016 allowed me to dedicate myself to prayer, study, and meditation on these serious problems. I thus came to the realization that the Second Vatican Council, while maintaining the characteristics of an Ecumenical Council, was intended to be used to revolutionize the entire ecclesial structure and subvert it in all its components: in doctrine, liturgy, discipline, canon law, and especially in its hierarchical constitution. The very architects of Vatican II defined it as “the 1789 of the Church”, considering their subversive experiment to be “the Council par excellence” thus demonstrating its heterogeneity compared to all other Councils and the perennial Tradition of the Church.
Both Jorge Bergoglio and all the post-conciliar popes proudly claimed their ideological continuity with Vatican II in order to implement and legitimize all their “reforms.” Significantly, the entire “post-conciliar magisterial corpus” establishes a new paradigm sanctioned by the Council. Its fluid doctrines – constantly evolving, just as the Hegelian synthesis they underpin is constantly evolving – are in clear rupture with the two-thousand-year-old Magisterium of the Church prior to Vatican II.
The Council facilitated and contributed to the de-Christianization of the West and the establishment, in the civil sphere, of a new order conforming to the designs of Freemasonry. The plans of the Lodges are well known, and we are aware that they involved infiltrating the Catholic Church and attacking Her from within to achieve their predetermined goals.
The discussio surrounding Vatican II and the coup within the Church led me to rediscover the Traditional Rite relatively recently. Abandoning the Montini Mass marked a new phase in my episcopal Ministry. Along with the Tridentine Mass (which was the one used at my priestly Ordination), I discovered a hidden world of persecuted and marginalized priests, religious, and seminarians. I considered it my apostolic duty to listen to their cry for help, offering them a response that would restore their trust in the Church from which they felt betrayed and cast out. This led me to establish the Exsurge Domine Foundation, doing everything necessary to guarantee the means of subsistence – both spiritual and material – and an authentically Catholic ecclesial identity to those who, due to their fidelity to Tradition, have been unjustly affected by the Bergoglian Terror.
Among those I support are the members of the Familia Christi Priestly Fraternity, which was first founded and recognized within the framework of Ecclesia Dei and then brutally destroyed and dissolved. Its members have been victims of a terrible persecution – of which you cannot be unaware – by the current Archbishop of Ferrara, Gian Carlo Perego, and the Holy See itself. To these clerics, who turned to me after being abandoned to their own devices without support, and to the candidates for the priesthood who have joined them, I am providing my paternal care.
My denunciation of the apostasy of the conciliar and synodal church and its rupture with Tradition, along with my well-founded doubts about the legitimacy of Bergoglio’s “pontificate”— which I addressed in good conscience, believing I was fulfilling my mandate as a Successor of the Apostles — earned me an unjust, illegitimate, and ideologically motivated excommunication. This canonical sanction, although I consider it null, has serious ecclesial, institutional, and personal repercussions that deeply sadden me and that stand in stark contrast to the impunity enjoyed by notoriously heretical and corrupt cardinals, bishops, and priests.
Among these individuals, I cannot fail to mention Eleuterio Vásquez Gonzales, known in Chiclayo as “Padre Lute,” who has been accused of sexually abusing several young victims. The Holy See recently granted “padre Lute” dismissal from the clerical state without a regular canonical trial, effectively leaving him unpunished; while the victims’ canon lawyer, Monsignor Ricardo Coronado Arrascue was removed from his legal functions, reduced to the lay state, and investigated on defamatory charges. The entire affair has been documented and explained to me in detail by Monsignor Coronado himself. This case repeats the same modus operandi of Bergoglio previously adopted with McCarrick and reveals an aberrant administration of justice by the Holy See.
In the face of the excommunication unjustly imposed upon me, I declare that I am not a schismatic! By the grace of God, I am and will remain a devout son of the Holy Roman Church and a faithful subject of the Roman Pontificate. I firmly believe in the Apostolic Communion, and I recognize the Petrine Primacy. I likewise recognize the necessity of belonging not only to the invisible Mystical Body, but also to the institutional and visible ecclesial body.
All the popes in history up to Pius XII have been indicted along with me, placed on trial by the former Holy Office.
I have repeatedly wondered about the reason for the persecution I am facing in the final phase of my earthly life; and whether my conviction that I have acted rightly and according to God’s will might have been mistaken. But however much I examine my actions as if I were standing before Christ the Judge at the moment of my death, I find nothing morally wrong. My accusers have merely followed a predetermined sentence, in order to remove, by means of a “canonical” stratagem, the one who has denounced the infidelity of the Catholic Hierarchy, proclaiming the Truth without restraint. A voice – my own – that could not be silenced for the simple reason that no one has ever been able to corrupt or blackmail me.
The officials of the former Holy Office were unable to refute a single one of the arguments I presented. But it was enough for them that I dared to criticize Vatican II and Jorge Mario Bergoglio to condemn me to excommunication for the crime of schism, precisely when it is my love for the Papacy and for the perennial Magisterium of the Church that exposes me to this ruthless attack from the Vatican. I have never intended to separate myself from the Apostolic Communion, nor to disobey the Vicar of Christ, nor to found a “parallel church,” as some have accused me of wanting to do. On the contrary, I believe, that I could not have served the Papacy and the Holy Church better than by speaking and acting as I did, facing the sufferings that resulted from it in a spirit of union with the sufferings of the Divine Redeemer.
I am writing to you as an elderly Archbishop, out of love for Our Lord and in fidelity to the Holy Church. I am writing to you to express my anguish at seeing the Catholic Church eclipsed and disfigured by those who occupy Her and hold power within Her. I cannot understand how, after the disastrous experience of Jorge Bergoglio, you not only refuse to condemn his errors and scandals, but also seize every opportunity to reaffirm your complete continuity with them, in the name of a “synodal church” that adulterates the hierarchical structure and monarchical nature that Our Lord willed for His Church, and demolishes its entire doctrinal edifice.
I appeal to another Leo, the great Pope Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, in the paradoxical situation of knowing that he would find my words agreeable and praiseworthy, while the Bergoglian church has judged them to be schismatic. What has happened in the Catholic Church in the space of a few decades, that I find myself condemned, and with me all the pre-conciliar Popes? Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis? (Is 1:21).
The Faith I profess, the Tridentine Mass I celebrate, the Councils and magisterial acts I accept, the Professio Fidei Tridentina and the Jusiurandum Antimodernisticum that I have repeated so many times, are common to the entire Church and unite me to Her. Of this One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Church, unchanged in doctrine and morals, I declare myself a devoted son and servant. That Papacy, likewise unchanged, is the Roman Papacy to which I am obedient, for in the voice of the Vicar resounds the Truth of the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep (Jn 10:11).
The authority of the Holy Keys must open the gates of the Heavenly Jerusalem to the righteous and exclude the wicked, not the other way around. This authority emanates from Our Lord (Rom 13:1) – and is vicarious of His Authority. It is not possible for it to be used to legitimize what He condemns, nor even less to condemn what He has commanded to be done. For this reason, I cannot obey those who, constituted in authority, refuse to be themselves subject and obedient to the Supreme Authority of God.
I think of the words of Saint Paul: “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be anathema!” (Gal 1:8) From which Church am I separated? And what authority has condemned me? The authority of the Vicar of Christ? Or that of those who preach a different gospel from the one received from Our Lord?
I leave this letter in your hands, so that you may understand the reasons for my positions and action, in the hope of encouraging you to a profound examination of conscience and to a necessary and urgent conversion of heart, mind, and will, mindful of the words of Our Lord: “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat, but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” (Lk 22:31-32). I ask you to exercise your supreme Authority to confirm the brethren in the Faith. I ask you to confirm me in the Faith: please do so. Or tell me where I am erring and in what I am contradicting the Depositum Fidei that you must safeguard and upon which Catholic Unity is based. It is on the profession of the True Faith that I must be judged: therefore, tell me in what way I have contradicted the Catholic Faith, and I will amend myself.
But there are no arguments that legitimize my excommunication: it was imposed on me illegitimately, to destroy my person and my action in defense of Catholic Truth; a sanction motivated not least by the implacable hatred of Jorge Mario Bergoglio towards me. An injustice that demands reparation for the grave damage caused to me and to the Cause of the Holy Roman Church.
I trust that you will still want to grant me an audience after the cancellation of the one that had been scheduled and then cancelled on December 11, 2025. I will then be able to communicate to you in person some matters of the utmost importance relating to my apostolic Ministry and the need to ensure its continuity and future.
From this moment forward, I renew my unconditional intention to fulfill every obligation imposed on me as a Successor of the Apostles.
In Christo Rege,
+ Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana, Apostolic Nuncio
Viterbo, 25 January 2026
In Conversione S. Pauli Apostoli
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