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| A Pope who wanted to purify the Church wouldn’t appoint McCarrick men |
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Posted by: Stone - 8 hours ago - Forum: Archbishop Viganò
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Archbishop Viganò: A Pope who wanted to purify the Church wouldn’t appoint McCarrick men
McCarrick brought Saporito into the priesthood; McCarrick promoted him; McCarrick’s heir, Tobin,
consecrated him as a bishop and appointed him his Auxiliary Bishop in Newark.
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Pope Leo XIV smiles to the audience as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square on May 18, 2025, in Vatican City
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Sep 16, 2026
(Exsurge Domine) — Yesterday, on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington announced that Leo had appointed Michael A. Saporito, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, as Bishop of Metuchen. The news takes up just a few lines in the Press Office Bulletin, and that is all it deserves if read as a routine administrative matter. But anyone familiar with the history of the Church in the United States — and I have known it at first hand for five years as Papal Representative — knows that an entire programme is laid out in those few lines.
The breeding ground
Metuchen is not just any diocese. It was the first episcopal see of Theodore McCarrick, who governed it from 1981 to 1986 before moving to Newark and from Newark to Washington, leaving behind a trail of abused seminarians, of compensation paid in silence, and of complaints shelved. It was precisely in Metuchen and Newark that the events I denounced in 2018 took place, and of which the Holy See had been aware since the pontificate of John Paul II.
RELATED: Pope Francis covered up McCarrick abuse, former US nuncio testifies
Now, Michael A. Saporito is being appointed to that post – a priest whom McCarrick ordained in 1992, whom McCarrick appointed in 1999 as deputy director of the vocations office – that is, mind you, the office responsible for selecting young men to enter the seminary, whilst ‘Uncle Ted’ (McCarrick) would invite them to his seaside home — and who, since 2020, by Bergoglio’s volition and through the hands of Cardinal Tobin, has worn the mitre. This is not merely a biographical detail: it is a matter of lineage. McCarrick brought Saporito into the priesthood; McCarrick promoted him; McCarrick’s heir, Tobin, consecrated him as a bishop and appointed him his Auxiliary Bishop in Newark. Today, Prevost is installing him in the See of Metuchen, which once belonged to McCarrick. Ex fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos. [Ed: By their fruits, you shall know them.]
I am not saying that Saporito is guilty of his mentor’s sins: I do not know, and that is not the point.
I am saying that a Pontiff who truly had the purification of the Church at heart — that purification which Bergoglio proclaimed in words but sabotaged in deeds — would never have chosen, for McCarrick’s diocese, a man trained in McCarrick’s school. On the contrary, such a choice would have been made by someone intent on ensuring the continuity of that network. And Prevost, who was Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and is familiar with every file, and who, moreover — being American, and from Chicago — has direct and long-standing knowledge of those circles, cannot claim ignorance.
The CV
But there is more, and the LifeSiteNews article documents it with the sobriety of the facts. As parish priest in Maplewood, Saporito founded a group for ‘homosexual Catholics’ — Open Arms — and entrusted the sacred music to a director who had publicly declared that he was in a relationship with a man. After his departure, that parish hosted ‘Pride Masses’ and ‘Rainbow Rosaries’, and no one has ever denied that the seed had been sown beforehand. Since 2023, Saporito has been attending the closed-door sessions organised by New Ways Ministry — an organization condemned by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and disavowed by the American bishops for its dissent from Catholic morality — for bishops on LGBTQ and gender issues; and he requested that his name be published, declaring himself ‘enriched’ by those meetings.
A bishop describes himself as ‘enriched’ by the teachings of those who deny that the act of sodomy is an abomination that cries out to heaven for vengeance. Not ‘troubled’, not ‘saddened’, not ‘concerned for souls’: but enriched. This is the vocabulary of the synodal Church, in which error is not refuted but listened to; and those who listen to it do not come away admonished, but enriched. If a bishop can claim to be enriched by ‘New Ways Ministry’, what remains of his role as guardian of the flock? What will Saporito say to the young people of his diocese who, as he himself once did, are about to enter the seminary?
And the method is always the same: they ignore doctrine and, in practice, impose a subverted version of it. Leo does not explicitly abrogate the Catechism, but regards it as an outdated ideal, and allows what one dares not write in documents to be carried out in practice. This is why I say that Leo is Francis’s successor: Bergoglio has set processes in motion; Prevost institutionalizes them.
The system
Saporito’s appointment must be viewed alongside that, a few months ago, of another priest from the McCarrick faction as Archbishop of New Orleans, James F. Checchio (formerly rector of the North American College, then Bishop of Metuchen), and must be linked to the ‘Lute case’ (Father Eleuterio Vásquez) in Chiclayo; to Leo’s personal secretary, Edgard Iván Rimaycuna, who grew up in Father Lute’s circle; and to the Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, Edgard Peña Parra, against whom allegations have been levelled that I have been denouncing since 2002. The picture that emerges is one of striking consistency. In the conciliar-synodal Church, proximity to certain circles and the practice of certain vices are not an obstacle to career advancement: they are a prerequisite. Those with skeletons in the cupboard are vulnerable to blackmail; those vulnerable to blackmail are manipulable; those who can be controlled are promoted. Moral corruption and sodomy are the glue that binds it all together.
If the Pope truly wished to clean up the Church, he would have to open the archives, publish the names of those who knew and remained silent, condemn the guilty, compensate the victims, and appoint bishops from outside that lineage. The famous McCarrick Report of 2020, which was presented as an act of transparency, served instead to exonerate Bergoglio and his accomplices, and to target myself, who had exposed that vast network of corruption. It is no coincidence that I have been excommunicated and declared a schismatic, whilst ‘Uncle Ted’s nephews’ are being offered episcopal sees and prominent positions in the Curia.
+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop
Viterbo, 16 September 2026
On the Feast of Saints Cornelius the Pope and Cyprian the Bishop, Martyrs, Wednesday of Quattuor Temporum in September
[1] https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaki...-metuchen/
This article, which first appeared on Exsurge Domine, was translated from the original Italian by DeepL Translate and checked by an Italian-speaking editor.
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| Pope Leo’s Vatican asks Catholics to ‘esteem’ other faiths |
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Posted by: Stone - 9 hours ago - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo’s Vatican asks Catholics to ‘esteem’ other faiths
The Vatican’s new document on inter-religious dialogue downplays evangelization
and rejects ‘a closed view of reality’ and ‘the defensive entrenchment in one’s own position.’
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Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez
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Sep 16, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [Emphasis - The Catacombs]) —The Vatican has asked Catholics to ‘esteem’ other faiths in its latest document on interreligious dialogue and “fraternity.”
The document, signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF); Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, appeared this morning.
Entitled “A Journey of Hope: Sixty Years of Interreligious Dialogue and Fraternity in the Light of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate,” the text discourages “proselytism,” that is, attempts to convert people of other religions.
“The defensive entrenchment in one’s own position and the view that proselytism is the only way to engage with the other no longer make sense in a world that increasingly resembles an interconnected and constantly evolving global village,” it states.
The document upholds “interreligious dialogue” and “fraternity” with other religions as an ideal, but frames these as means towards “peace” and “understanding,” as opposed to evangelization.
What does dialogue mean, according to the text?
“To engage in dialogue in the spirit of, therefore, presupposes a contemplative gaze directed toward the ‘other who is different.’ ‘Approaching, speaking, listening, looking at, coming to know and understand one another, and to find common ground: all these things are summed up in the one word ‘dialogue.’” Evangelization, conversion, and bringing one towards Christ are not cited in this conception of dialogue.
The document further explicitly differentiates “dialogue” from Christian evangelization, more clearly implying that the Vatican’s idea of interreligious dialogue does not involve evangelization.
“To those who might be tempted to insist exclusively on the obligation to proclaim Christ, they recall that also affirms the necessity of dialogue with other religious traditions, since such dialogue is now ‘a part of the Church’s evangelizing mission,’” the text states.
The text cites Pope Francis’ affirmation that such dialogue is “a necessary condition for peace in the world, and so it is a duty for Christians as well as other religious communities.”
So-called “fraternity” itself is also a stated goal, independent of any effort to convert others to Christianity. The document encourages “constant dialogue with cultures, religions, and consciences” that is ultimately “directed toward universal fraternity.”
In “building human fraternity,” what matters for each religion is not that they adhere to the truth, but that they embrace the “poor” and “wounded”:
“Hence arises the importance of a universal criterion of discernment that can be found in the sacred texts of the various religions: namely, whether one welcomes or rejects the wounded person lying by the roadside. Concrete concern for the most vulnerable is the essential measure by which the integrity of every project—whether political, economic, social, academic, religious, or cultural—must be judged. The poor, in all the forms their vulnerability may take, are the compass that allows us to know whether we are moving in the right direction.”
Moving forward, the document declares that our religious goal should be not to establish a “one great world religion in which all beliefs are flattened,” but to build “a fraternal society capable of accepting differences.” That is, Catholics must accept that their neighbors espouse error.
“This intention remains at the heart of interreligious dialogue,” it adds.
The document even suggests that adhering to dogma involves a “closed view of reality” that becomes a source of “suffering.”
“Monolithic and isolated models, which encourage a closed view of reality, are proving increasingly inadequate and, ultimately, become sources of violence and suffering for the most vulnerable,” it claims.
The DDF’s text goes so far as to declare that different, erroneous religions have “special gifts” that they do not have to part with: “In this regard, religions, like universities, have much to offer, without having to renounce their specific character and special gifts.”
Thus, by all indications, the document endorses religious indifferentism, which was condemned by Pope Gregory XVI, by Pope Pius IX in his Syllabus of Errors, and by other popes.
In this regard, the DDF text contradicts Church magisterial teaching.
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| Holy Mass in New Hampshire - September 20, 2026 |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 09:41 AM - Forum: September 2026
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Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Date: Sunday, September 20, 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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| French Freemasons target Catholic schools in proposal to end private education |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 07:51 AM - Forum: Global News
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French Freemasons target Catholic schools in proposal to end private education
Schools that operate without a government contract ‘have no place in the Republic,’ according to Masonic Grand Master Guillaume Trichard.
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The façade of the Grand Orient de France freemasonry headquarters building
Vernerie Yann/Shutterstock
Sep 14, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — The head of a French Masonic lodge, who has credited freemasons with French policies such as its new euthanasia law, announced plans to target independent Catholic schools in the country.
Guillaume Trichard, re-elected grand master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF), told Le Figaro on August 28 that his lodge intends to influence the 2027 presidential race, beginning with plans to publish “a white paper on the school of the Republic, with numerous proposals.”
Trichard took aim at schools that operate without a government contract, known as “non-contract schools,” stating that they “have no place in the Republic,” the National Catholic Register reported. Non-contract schools do not receive regular government funding and therefore enjoy greater autonomy, although they are still subject to government inspection and must meet certain basic educational requirements.
While the majority of such non-contract schools are not religiously affiliated, a reportedly “large number” are Catholic and often traditionalist.
Asked by Le Figaro what he wanted to see in the 2027 presidential candidates’ education proposals, Trichard responded, “The Grand Orient de France is an ardent promoter of free, secular public education.”
“Everyone knows the role Freemasons played in the Jules Ferry laws (the 1881-1882 laws that made French primary education free, secular, and compulsory), but I believe non-contract private schools have no place in the Republic” he said.
“Because ‘non-contract’ means there is no contract with the indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic, which can open the door to significant abuses.”
The Masonic leader added that by 2027 the Grand Orient de France will publish a wider manifesto presenting “our hopes for France, Europe, the world” on issues from public policy to artificial intelligence. “We hope the (presidential) candidates will draw on these forthcoming proposals in their platforms and their arguments,” he said.
The Grand Orient de France has already made a serious attempt to shut down Catholic education. In July 2025, the lodge joined 23 other secular and Masonic organizations in signing a joint statement against the opening of the Académie Saint-Louis de Chalès, an all-boys Catholic boarding school backed by Catholic billionaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin. The statement accused the school’s Catholic “integral education” model of indoctrination, and of violating the “republican consensus” on co-education, in which boys and girls are taught together. Their “petition” was unsuccessful.
Columnist Gabrielle Cluzel stated on the news site Boulevard Voltaire that she believes freemasons are targeting non-contract schools because “they are essentially denominational – that is, Catholic.” She called non-contract schools “the untouched control sample, kept safe from the great apprentice-sorcerer pedagogical experiment” of the national school system.
Only about one in six of France’s 2,557 non-contract schools (counted in the 2025-2026 school year) are Catholic, but they include many of the most robustly Catholic institutions, including dozens tied to traditional orders, including the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) and the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).
Freemasonry in France has a long, documented history of opposition to Catholicism, stemming from freemasonry’s constitutional hatred of the religion. For example, in the “Fiches” affair (1904-1905), Grand Orient lodges in France gave the War Ministry intelligence about military officers’ Mass attendance and their children’s religious education. The files were used to hinder the promotion of those deemed strongly Catholic or monarchist.
Antipathy toward traditional, independent Catholic schools and institutions in France is demonstrated by other government, military and educational arms in the country. It was reported this summer that students from traditional Catholic schools in France were barred from entry into military high schools, prompting legal challenges alleging discrimination.
Grand Master Trichard told Le Figaro that France’s new pro-euthanasia law shows that positions supported by the Grand Orient de France eventually become legalized.
“The law’s promulgation on Aug. 18 didn’t come out of nowhere,” he said. “Look at how far we’ve come.”
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| Fr. Ruiz Sermons: Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady September 15,, 2026 |
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Posted by: Deus Vult - 09-15-2026, 08:28 AM - Forum: Fr. Ruiz's Sermons September 2026
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Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady
September 15, 2026 (NH)
Prayers for Vocations
O God, Who wishes all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, send forth, we beseech Thee, labourers into the harvest: inspire many young people with the generous desire of devoting their lives to Thy service; grant that there may be a great increase in the number and sanctity of vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, so that Thy Holy Name may be glorified and many souls may be brought to know and serve Thee, the One true God, and Him Whom Thou hast sent, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.
O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, may all the love of Thy Sacred Heart be with Thy Priests and Religious in their life and work. Amen.
Jesus, Divine Master, Thou hast said: "The harvest is great but the laborers are few". Behold me here, Lord, ready to take up Thine invitation "to pray to the Heavenly Father to send good laborers into His harvest ".
Jesus Divine Master, make me more aware of the need to crusade for vocations. Raise up Priests who will be the salt of the earth , the city placed on the mountain top for the salvation of mankind, Redeemed by Thy Blood.
Give to Thy Church more men and women Religious whose communities will be a centre of light and warmth, a fount of grace and prayer-life. Instill in all the members of Thy Church an awareness of their own calling. Help them reach out and persevere in that holiness of life to which all men are called.
Help me Lord, who pray to Thee, to be faithful to the calling for which Thou hast chosen me, particularly in those moments of stress, discouragement and lack of faith.
O Mary , the "chosen one of God" pray with us, pray for us, and for all those who are called by God.
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Lord Jesus, High Priest and universal Shepherd, Thou has taught us to pray, saying: "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into His harvest ". Therefore, we beseech Thee, graciously to hear our supplications and raise up many generous souls who, inspired by Thine example and supported by Thy grace, may Conceive the ardent desire to enter the ranks of Thy sacred ministers in order to continue the office of Thy one, true Priesthood.
Grant that the continual promotion of religious institution, true piety, purity of life, and Devotion to the highest ideals, may prepare the groundwork for good vocations among youth. May the Christian family, as a nursery of pure and pious souls, become the unfailing source of good vocations, ever firmly convinced of the great honor that can rebound to Our Lord through some of its numerous offspring.
Come to the aid of Thy Church, that always and everyplace He may have at Her disposal the means necessary for the reception, promotion, formation and mature development of all the good vocations that may arise.
For the full realization of all these things, O Jesus, Who art most zealous for the welfare and salvation of all, may Thy graces continually descend from heaven to move many hearts by their irresistible force; first the silent invitation, then generous cooperation and finally perseverance in Thy holy service. Amen.
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