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| Pope Leo opens first consistory with strong emphasis on synodality, Vatican II |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-08-2026, 08:55 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo opens first consistory with strong emphasis on synodality, Vatican II
Sources told LifeSiteNews that key roles in the opening phases of the consistory were assigned to figures closely aligned with the approach of Pope Francis.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates mass at the Beirut waterfront on December 2, 2025, in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Jan 7, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted, not all hyperlinks included from original]) — Pope Leo XIV opened his first extraordinary consistory with an agenda centered on synodality, liturgy and the legacy of the Second Vatican Council.
On Wednesday, January 7, Pope Leo began the first extraordinary consistory of his pontificate at the Vatican, convening cardinals from around the world in the Paul VI Hall and the New Synod Hall to reflect together, advise the Pope, and discuss key themes like synodality and liturgy through a program centered on small working groups and plenary interventions.
In his general audience held earlier the same day, Leo said that the Second Vatican Council “has helped us to open ourselves to the world and to grasp the changes and challenges of the modern age in dialogue and shared responsibility,” adding “we must still more fully realize ecclesial reform in a ministerial key.”
According to details published by Il Giornale, registration for participating cardinals began at midday Tuesday in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall. The first working session formally opened at 3:30 p.m. in the New Synod Hall with a moment of common prayer, followed by an address from the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, and introductory remarks by the Pope.
The consistory is organized into three sessions over two days. The first session concluded at 6:45 p.m. with a papal address and prayer. On Thursday morning, the cardinals are scheduled to celebrate Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica before beginning the second session, which includes reports from working groups and a limited period for discussion scheduled for midday. After a communal lunch with the Pope, the third and final session begins at 3:15 p.m. The consistory is set to close at 6:45 p.m. with a concluding papal address and the chanting of Te Deum.
The working method relies heavily on small discussion groups, from which collective reports will be presented to the assembly. This format mirrors the one adopted during the 2022 meeting of cardinals on the reform of the Roman Curia. At that time, the use of small groups rather than extended plenary interventions was a point of concern for some members of the College, as it limited opportunities for individual cardinals to address the entire body. The groups were organized primarily by language, a criterion that drew mixed reactions.
The initial convocation letter sent on November 7, 2025, by Cardinal Re did not specify the use of working groups, and cardinals reportedly received the detailed program only shortly before the consistory began.
Free interventions — once central to older consistories — have been reduced now to less than 60 minutes in the second session and approximately 45 minutes in the third. Internal Vatican sources told LifeSiteNews this organizational model has generated “significant discontent” among several cardinals who fear it restricts open discussion.
Sources also told LifeSiteNews that key roles in the opening phases of the consistory were assigned to figures closely aligned with the theological and pastoral approach of Pope Francis. Messa in Latino identified them as Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe O.P., who was scheduled to deliver the opening meditation at 3:30 p.m.; Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, moderator of the second session; and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, moderator of the third session. These three cardinals belong to the faction within the progressive wing of the College closest to Francis’ sensibilities, reflecting an apparent continuity with the previous pontificate.
Hours before entering the consistory, Pope Leo addressed approximately 7,000 faithful during the first general audience of the year in the Paul VI Hall, as reported by Vatican News. He announced a new cycle of catecheses entitled The Second Vatican Council through its Documents, aimed at rediscovering “the beauty and importance of this ecclesial event” and encouraging its practical implementation.
In his address, the Pope highlighted the Council’s vision of the Church as a “mystery of communion” and referred to its liturgical reform, ecumenical commitment and engagement with the modern world. Quoting Pope Paul VI and citing Pope Francis, Leo stressed the need to interpret the “signs of the times” and to continue a process of ecclesial reform, themes that closely mirror those proposed for discussion during the consistory.
In the same general audience, Leo explicitly recalled the liturgical reform initiated by the Second Vatican Council, stating that the Council “set in motion an important liturgical reform by placing at the center the mystery of salvation and the active and conscious participation of the entire People of God.”
Referring to the theological and liturgical reflection that marked the 20th century and culminated in the Council, the Pope presented this reform as an integral part of conciliar renewal, linking it to a broader ecclesiology of communion and to the Church’s engagement with the modern world.
This article has been updated.
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| SSPX head says ‘catastrophic’ Pope Francis decisions would justify new bishops |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-08-2026, 08:52 AM - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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SSPX head says ‘catastrophic’ Pope Francis decisions would justify new bishops
SSPX Superior General Fr. Pagliarani said the Francis pontificate embodied a lasting state of necessity, citing 'epochal,' 'catastrophic' decisions which remain on the books.
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(LifeSiteNews) — Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, addressed questions surrounding episcopal consecrations and the Church’s present crisis during a December 13 talk in Friedrichshafen, Germany, urging prayer, patience, and what he called “supernatural prudence.”
Speaking in French and translated at points into German, Pagliarani told those present that he would not offer “dates or names” regarding future consecrations, instead asking the faithful to take the matter up as a serious prayer intention. The address was attended by senior SSPX figures, including former Superior Generals Bishop Bernard Fellay and Father Franz Schmidberger.
Pagliarani framed the discussion around the question of a “state of necessity,” recalling that in 1988 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre judged such a state to exist in the wake of the 1986 Assisi interreligious meeting. He argued that the situation has only intensified since then, particularly in light of the pontificate of Francis.
“After the pontificate of Pope Francis,” Pagliarani said, that period contained decisions that were “epochal, catastrophic … and which remain.”
He added that “his pontificate, from beginning to end, represents and expresses this state of necessity – which in general, independent of the consecrations, justifies the apostolate of the society.”
While noting that Francis has since died, he insisted that the effects of those decisions endure. In his assessment, the entire pontificate “represents and expresses this state of necessity,” a condition that, he said, already justifies the society’s apostolate independently of any question of consecrations.
He defined the state of necessity in concrete terms:
Quote:When we enter a normal church, an ordinary, common parish, we unfortunately no longer find today the guarantees of finding the necessary means to work out our salvation: the preaching of truth, and the sacraments.
According to Pagliarani, this reality is “much easier to observe” today than it was in 1988.
Turning to Lefebvre’s actions, Pagliarani described the 1988 consecrations not merely as a bold decision, but as “an act of virtue” and, more precisely, “an act of supernatural prudence.” He stressed that Lefebvre waited, prayed, and acted publicly only when the moment was ripe, despite significant disagreement at the time.
“The more time passes,” he said, “the wider is the camp of those who recognize” the value of that act. He emphasised that the SSPX does not act in defiance of the Church, but to serve her, even when using “extraordinary means” proportionate to the gravity of the crisis.
The 1988 episcopal consecrations resulted in a declaration of an automatic excommunication on the part of Lefebvre, his co-consecrator Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer, and the four men consecrated. The validity of this excommunication was always contested by the Society of St Pius X. In 2009, several years after the deaths of the consecrators, the Vatican declared that the excommunication of the remaining four men had been lifted. Since then, two of the bishops have died, leaving only Bishops Bernard Fellay and Alfonso de Galarreta.
If further consecrations were ever to take place, Pagliarani said, the society would need to prepare not only arguments and ceremonies, but “hearts,” through prayer and spiritual readiness. Any such step, he added, would be undertaken for the good of the Church herself, not merely for the society’s internal needs.
Pagliarani concluded by reaffirming continuity within the SSPX: when the time comes, the society would explain its actions to Rome and to the faithful “in the greatest transparency.” The SSPX’s spirit, he said, “is the same as always,” likening it to a rocket that may change speed or altitude, but remains the same rocket.
Quote:Fr. Davide Pagliarani’s address
Translated with the help of AI and checked by a French speaker.
“The future belongs to God, and to Eternal Truth.”
It’s a million-dollar question, it’s a question… Of course, I risk disappointing most of you. I’m not here to give dates or names, but certainly to entrust you with this prayer intention.
So what can we say? First, the question of the state of necessity. Is there today a state of necessity, as in ’88? If you remember, Archbishop Lefebvre considered the ecumenical meeting of ’86 in Assisi somewhat a sign of providence.
Today, especially after the pontificate of Pope Francis, a pontificate that contains decisions which were… epochal, catastrophic… and which remain. Pope Francis has entered into eternity, but all these decisions remain. For my part, I believe his pontificate, from beginning to end, represents and expresses this state of necessity – which in general, independent of the consecrations, justifies the apostolate of the society.
This is very important to understand.
And this state of necessity, concretely – because we must always return to these principles – the state of necessity is the fact that when we enter a normal church, an ordinary, common parish, we unfortunately no longer find today the guarantees of finding the necessary means to work out our salvation. The preaching of truth, and the sacraments. This, I would say, is much easier to observe, to demonstrate today than in ’88.
In this extremely delicate question, we would like as much as possible to follow the supernatural prudence of Archbishop Lefebvre. What Archbishop Lefebvre did in ’88 is an act of virtue. I would say more than that, it’s an act of supernatural prudence which shows, I would say, his docility to the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t so obvious: not everyone agreed in ’88 with this decision.
Archbishop Lefebvre knew how to wait, knew how to pray; the matter matured well, and when the moment came, he made his decision in a clear, noble, and public manner, explaining the reasons. And we would like, as much as possible, to imitate this supernatural prudence of Archbishop Lefebvre.
It’s an act by which Archbishop Lefebvre made it work (sic). The more time passes, the more… the camp of those who recognize them is wide, wider. It’s an act that was done, accomplished with the Spirit, to serve the Church. That’s what’s very important. That’s what must be well explained to all new faithful. Everything the society does, it is not a challenge to the Church. It’s a way to serve the Church, and I would say – to return to the consecrations – if one day we arrive there, we must not only prepare the ceremony, give the apologetic reasons, if I may say; we must prepare hearts.
It’s a grace, it’s a grace, and above all it’s something, once again, that we accomplish for the good of the Church herself. It’s something that goes beyond our immediate necessity. Why? Because the society itself is a work that exists to serve the Church, certainly with extraordinary means, but which are proportionate to the gravity of the crisis. It’s very important, I think, to prepare the heart in prayer.
And that’s it.
Certainly, when the time comes, the society will make its approaches to the Holy See to explain the situation, the reasons, to explain our spirit; and of course when the time comes, in the greatest transparency, everything will be explained to the faithful; what we say, what we do, and in what spirit.
But I would say the spirit; you already know it, I think, with what we’ve just said, you can already grasp that the spirit of the society is the same as always. Yes, and this rocket changes speed, changes altitude a bit, but it’s always the same rocket.
I think that’s the whole beauty of today, it’s really to feel that the society has remained faithful to the reasons for which it was founded. And the person of Father Schmidberger and Bishop Fellay in particular, was no less so.
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| The Recusant: Fr. Joseph Onuorah Joins the Resistance! |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-07-2026, 03:43 PM - Forum: True vs. False Resistance
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The following is taken from The Recusant, Issue #65 - Epiphany 2026:
Divine Providence leads a priest out of the Fake Resistance to the real thing, Deo Gratias!
Fr. Joseph Onuorah Joins the Resistance!
Dear Editor,
My name is Rev. Fr Joseph Onuorah. I am a Nigerian Traditional Latin Mass Priest of SSPX Resistance. I was ordained a Catholic priest in Onitsha Archdiocesan novus ordo diocese in Nigeria on 16th July 2016, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It was two years after my ordination that I discovered the Traditional Latin Mass and I wrote to my novus ordo bishop that having discovered this Mass of all time that I would like to join them. He actually did not want me to join Traditional Latin Mass because according to him and the diocesan Chancellor, Traditional Latin Mass groups have splinter units and they are outside the Church according to the excommunication of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre by Pope John Paul II after the 1988 consecration of 4 bishops. However I insisted in joining Traditional Latin Mass group and he said that he gave me time to think about it and pray over it. I thought about it and prayed over it before the Blessed Sacrament, saying my Rosaries and Masses and after about 40 days prayers, my heart was still at peace remaining with Traditional Latin Mass group. So I officially left novus ordo in December 2018 and in June 2019 they published my name in the diocesan newspaper and some national dailies.
Meanwhile, by that time I did not know the differences between mainstream SSPX, SSPX Resistance/Marian Corps, FSSP, Sedevacantists, etc. In the initial stage I thought that they were all one under the umbrella of Traditional Latin Mass of the Catholic Church. I discovered the differences when I joined SSPX Resistance. I tried to join mainstream SSPX in Nigeria in 2017 but the priest I met told me that they do not accept novus ordo priests as at that time.
Then a priest referred me to SSPX Resistance, and I came in contact with Fr Juan Ortiz and Bishop Williamson. Fr Juan Ortiz lectured me in moral theology and other courses for almost two years. He helped provide the vestments and books for Traditional Latin Mass. After our lectures, he wrote to Bishop Williamson to give me conditional ordination and Bishop Williamson sent me to Bishop Tomas Aquinas de Ferreira in Brazil and I received my conditional ordination on 31st May 2021 at Holy Cross Monastery Brazil. We were three priests who received the conditional ordination but on coming back to Nigeria, one left and went back to novus ordo after about two months. So that is how I remained with Bishop Williamson’s group of SSPX Resistance.
On the issue of the positions of bishop Williamson on the new Mass, Vatican II council, etc, I was totally disappointed when I heard it. It didn’t go down well with me at all. Fr Juan Ortiz had given us many Traditional books including the Biography of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre by Bishop Tissier. I read the Archbishop Lefebvre’s biography, and his stand about the new Mass, the new ordination rites and how all the Sacraments were changed, the essence being removed and not just the accidence, Vatican II council and others major doctrines of the Catholic Church heavily affected, just heart breaking. I have also listened to his conferences and his
stand is very clear and firm. So I am fully standing firmly, shoulder to shoulder with the teachings of our beloved Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre which is the perennial teachings of the Traditional Catholic Church. And that is exactly what I am teaching here in my mission in Nigeria.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam per Mariam
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| Archbishop Lefebvre: Good Shepherd Sunday Sermon 1990 |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-06-2026, 11:43 AM - Forum: Sermons and Conferences
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The following is gratefully reprinted from The Recusant #65 - Epiphany 2026:
Translated for the Recusant from the original, here.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
Sermon at Friedrichshafen,
Good Shepherd Sunday, 1990
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
My dear brother bishops, dear friends, dear fellow priests, dear faithful, Let us give thanks to God today for this magnificent day, this magnificent assembly on this feast of the Good Shepherd. I think that Providence couldn’t have allowed us to have a more significant day than this, a day which give the subject of this sermon: the Good Shepherd. Before I give you a few words of encouragement on this subject, I would like also to thank all those who organised this magnificent day, this gathering. And you, my dear faithful, didn’t hesitate to come from far away, some of you had a long journey getting here, to come and assist at this Catholic ceremony, a ceremony which unites us in the Catholic Faith and in the love of the Catholic Church. I congratulate you with all my heart. And with what emotion I went up and down amongst you just now and I noticed how many children are present here. That’s precisely the witness which the Catholic Church gives, which the Catholic family gives: a Catholic family is a family where there are lots of children. Also, I congratulate you with all my heart, dear Catholic families, for bringing your children who will remember this beautiful gathering in Friedrichshafen. You have come, my dear faithful, particularly to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X.
Twenty years ago - to be exact it will be this November - that our SSPX was officially recognised by Bishop Charriere, bishop of Fribourg, Switzerland. So it was twenty years ago that the SSPX was born, developed and began forming good priests, true shepherds, good shepherds. That’s why the SSPX was founded, to produce good shepherds, good priests. But what is a priest, my dear faithful? The priest according to the spirit of the Catholic Church, according to the definition of the Catholic Church, is he who offers the Sacrifice of the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He has the power, by the grace of the Sacrament of Holy Orders which he receives, to offer the same Sacrifice which Our Lord Jesus Christ offered on the cross. So the priest is one who has power over God Himself, over the Word of God Incarnate, power to make Him come down onto the altar to renew His sacrifice. An extraordinary, incredible power. Poor creatures that we are, feeble creatures, and yet we have power over God, the Creator of the universe, who created everything, who created us. The power to make Him come down onto the altar and renew His Sacrifice.
And by that same fact, there is the second power which a priest has, by virtue of the fact that he has power over the physical body of Our Lord, His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, the priest has a power over the Mystical Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, he can bring all men, all humanity, to Our Lord Jesus Christ, to participate in His Sacrifice and therefore to prepare these souls through the sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, to give them the sacraments which prepare souls to worthily receive Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator and Redeemer. That’s what the work of a priest is, that’s what a Catholic priest is and always has been. We need to remind ourselves of that, and the SSPX has no other goal than the formation of such priests, priests who will one days have, through the grace of their ordination, a power over God Himself, over the Incarnate Word, to offer His Sacrifice, to unite themselves to His Sacrifice, and to give Our Lord Jesus Christ to souls.
But my dear faithful, are we dreaming? Is it possible that a human creation can have such a power? Yes, that’s what the priest has. What a dignity is the priestly dignity! What an ideal is the priestly ideal! A magnificent ideal! And we would like, and we have tried over these past twenty years, to breath into these young Levites, these young seminarians, a love for their vocation and for Our Lord Jesus Christ, so that they can truly be the priests that you desire, that you wish for, the priests which you need.
Was it really necessary, my dear faithful, to found this Society of St Pius X? Weren’t there already enough seminaries in the world? Weren’t there enough congregations with their own seminarians? Was the foundation of this Society really urgent? My dear brethren, the object of the most persistent attacks, the most evil attacks of the devil in the Church is his attack on the priesthood. The devil hates true priests, hates the true priesthood and hates the true Mass. He hates the Mass which is the cross of Christ because he was defeated by Our Lord’s cross. Ever since then he has not ceased attacking the priesthood, so as to destroy the Mass, because he
knows that we will defeat him through the Mass. Just as Our Lord defeated him with the cross, we priests too will defeat the devil with the cross. And the whole history of the Church proves this and shows this, in every century: the attacks of the devil against the priest. But we can say that the attacks against priests were done above all either through schisms, like that of Luther, who destroyed the priesthood and thus the altar. So after the Council of Trent a whole legion of Saints arose, St Vincent de Paul, St Charles Borromeo, St Peter Canisius, St John Eudes, and so many others, so many holy priests, who founded good seminaries and who wanted to
give the Church true priests, the true priesthood, and they had many of them.
But I think that the devil’s power has never been so great as it is in our times. Never have the devil’s attacks been as deep, as clever or as destructive as in our time. Why? Because he has made use of the Church’s authority to destroy the priesthood. Up to that point he had ever managed that. Yes, in our times, the devil is making use of the Church’s authority to destroy the priesthood and the altar. That’s a fact. It’s not something which might happen in the future, it’s something which we’ve witnessed ourselves.
And how did it happen? Well, by calling a Council which would have a spirit close to Protestantism, Protestantism which destroys the priesthood and the sacrifice of the altar because Protestants don’t believe in the priesthood, they don’t believe in the Sacrifice of the Mass as being a sacrifice which makes reparation for sins. They destroyed the Mass and the priesthood.
So the devil succeeded in somehow making those in authority in the Church favourable to this destructive spirit entering the Church, through ecumenism. So, in order to get close to the Protestants - because that’s what ecumenism is - they made this New Mass. A New Mass. Why a New Mass? The Church’s Mass which was said for twenty centuries, they changed it, saying explicitly that they were doing so in order to eventually concelebrate with the Protestants and have a sort of inter-communion. And in doing so, obviously, they destroyed the Sacrifice of the Mass too.
The New Mass isn’t necessarily invalid. It is poisoned. Poisoned by these bad principles, poisoned because it makes the idea of sacrifice disappear, the sacrifice of the cross. But this is of capital importance, you see. It’s at the very root of Catholicism. Catholicism is essentially based on the cross. If we no longer have the notion of the Sacrifice of the Cross and of the Sacrifice of the Mass continuing the Sacrifice of the Cross, we’re no longer Catholic. That’s where we find all the all the resources of grace, in the cross of Our Lord, in the opened Heart of Our Lord, in His head crowned with thorns, in His pierced hands. Yes, that’s where we’ll find all the graces of the Resurrection, of the Redemption which we all need. If we suppress the Sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ on our altars, if our altars no longer reproduce the sacrifice of the cross of Our Lord, they are nothing more than “a eucharist,” a meal, a sharing, a “communion” - it’s no longer the spirit of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is essentially founded on the cross, on the spirit of sacrifice. And what is the spirit of sacrifice which is disappearing - you will recognise what I’m saying, all around you - nobody wants to sacrifice himself any more, to mortify himself. People want to play, they want to profit and enjoy life. This is true of Catholics as well. Why? Because the spirit of self-sacrifice is no longer there, the cross is no longer there. And if the cross isn’t there, the Catholic Church isn’t there.
This is extremely serious, it’s a change of orientation which took place during the Council. Perhaps some of them had a good intention, but they certainly weren’t inspired by the Holy Ghost. So they had a desire to cosy up to the Protestants - what happened? The Catholics became Protestants and the Protestants didn’t become Catholic. So, they took up this spirit which destroys the sacrifice of the cross. But since the priest is made to offer the sacrifice of the cross, to continue this sacrifice of the cross, the priest too was affected in the same way.
He was no longer the man of sacrifice. He was now the man of sharing, the man of gathering, the man of communion. He was the social compere. He is no longer the man of the sacrifice of the cross. And this is a considerable change, you see. It’s another spirit, it is no longer the spirit of the Catholic Church.
Please make sure you tell each other these things, my dear brethren. It’s sad, very sad, painful, we are dying of how sad and painful it is every day, to think that the Church is infested by this spirit which is destroying her. It’s what Paul VI himself called the “auto-demolition of the Church,” yes, the self destruction of the Church, the Church is destroying herself. So we have to take note of these things, don’t we? And unfortunately, we notice them more and more every day. There is no hope of redress for the time being, apparently. Seminaries are in a lamentable state. Vocations are very few and far between and where they do exist, the seminarians are badly formed, because they aren’t being formed for the sacrifice of the Mass.
They’re being de-formed. Why? There’s very little hope for the moment other than by prayer and in God’s help which will arrive one day, and in the resolve which we must have to remain Catholic and defend the Catholic Mass.
Perhaps you will tell me: ‘But Rome seems more accessible recently, more open to allowing us to say the old Mass, the Catholic Mass. So we shouldn’t have any more problems!’ But you see, we would be putting ourselves in a contradiction. Because at the same time as Rome gives, for instance, to the Fraternity of St Peter and to Le Barroux monastery and other groups, permission to say the Traditional Mass, at the same time they make them sign a ‘Profession of Faith’ in which Council is inscribed and which they have to admit the spirit of the Council. It’s a contradiction because the spirit of the Council is expressed in the New Mass. How are they going to maintain the Traditional Mass by accepting the spirit which destroys the Traditional Mass? To do that is to put oneself in a complete contradiction and one day, softly-softly, Rome will require those to whom they gave permission for Traditional Mass, they’ll require them to accept the New Mass in turn, to bring them into line with what they’ve signed. They signed to say that they accept the spirit of the Council and the reforms of the Council. One cannot live in contradiction like that, in such incredible illogicality. It’s a totally uncomfortable situation which is the source of difficulty for these groups who now find that they are in a sort of dead-end.
The only logical attitude for keeping the Catholic Faith is keeping the Catholic Mass. This Traditional Catholic Mass is against to the spirit of the Council, against ecumenism, against collegiality, and also against the liberalism found in the Council. Our Mass is the Mass of sacrifice, there is only one sacrifice which opens the gate of heaven for us. Tu devicto mortis aculeo aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum - Thou overcamest the sting of death and hast opened to believers the Kingdom of Heaven. Thou hast led us to heaven by the cross. The cross is the way which leads us to heaven.
The sacrifice of Our Lord is the royal road which leads us to eternity. There is no other. There is no other! There is no Religious Liberty in the sense that one can choose one’s religion. That doesn’t exist! There is only one religion, because there is only one road which leads us to heaven: the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. And the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the True Mass, the Traditional Mass. So if we want to stay Catholic, we have to keep the Mass of the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ. And if we want to keep this Mass, we need to have Catholic priests, priests who believe in it. Which means we have to have Catholic seminaries, which is what we have: our Catholic seminaries which prepare men to offer this sacrifice of the cross and to unite all the faithful around Our Lord Jesus Christ and take them to heaven via the royal road of the cross. That’s it. We can’t live in illogicality. And in order to have Catholic priests you need Catholic bishops, there’s no choice in the matter. That’s why it seemed to us absolutely necessary and indispensable to give you Catholic bishops. Catholic bishops, Catholic priests, Catholic Mass, Catholic faithful, Catholic children: that’s the Church! That’s the Catholic Church. But if something is lacking, if we didn’t have Catholic bishops, we wouldn’t have Catholic priests. And without Catholic priests, we wouldn’t have the Catholic Mass. And if there’s no Catholic Mass any more, we can’t go to heaven any more, the gates of heaven are closed. Yes, we have to be logical.
So my dear brethren, let us make a resolution to remain Catholic, you see, and to refuse all compromise with this Conciliar spirit which is a spirit that leads to apostasy - yes! - which leads to apostasy! Millions and millions, tens of millions of Catholics have abandoned the Catholic Faith and joined sects, in South America, in North America, in Europe, all over the place [missing piece of audio 24:50]. ...we don’t want to apostatise, why don’t we want to compromise with this spirit which destroys the Mass which is the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.
And let us entrust ourselves, my dear brethren, to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, asking her to make sure that there are lots of vocations, and that she keep these children and young people, these young people here, the choir there as well who charm us with their singing. And I’m not only speaking about priestly vocations: we also need religious vocations, but since I was speaking about the priesthood I spoke particularly about priestly vocations. And it’s in these Catholic schools which we will find future Catholic priests, that’s clear. IT’s also in your families, in your Catholic families with lots of children, that’s where beautiful vocations will be born and future Catholic families too. That’s the Catholic Church.
May the most Blessed Virgin Mary keep you in the Faith. Did you know that in Fribourg, in Switzerland, in Bishop Charriere’s diocese, the diocese where we founded the Society, we were going to make a pilgrimage - I don’t know if maybe some of you know this pilgrimage, - to Notre Dame de Bourguillon in Fribourg. Do you know what they call Notre Dame de Bourguillon? “Our Lady, Guardian of the Faith”! Could we find a more beautiful pilgrimage, to begin our priestly society than the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Bourguillon, Guardian of the Faith? It’s inscribed on the medal: “Notre Dame de Bourguillon, Gardienne de la Foi.” And that’s where I did the first ordinations. The first minor ordinations, I did them in this sanctuary, the sanctuary of Our Lady, Guardian of the Faith. What a wonder. So, let’s ask Our Lady of Bourgiuillon, let us ask the Guardian of the Faith to keep us in the Catholic Faith all the way up to our death, like all the martyrs who gave their lives, who gave their blood, to keep the Faith, who weren’t afraid to shed their blood. We too have to be prepared to give our lives if we have to, for the Faith, in Our Lord Jesus Christ, in His sacrifice, in His Church, in His Mass, His priesthood, is that not so? Let us therefore pray to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she send us lots of vocations so that we can give you the priests that you desire.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
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Posted by: Stone - 01-06-2026, 08:23 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Ordinariate-Style Structure for the Roman Rite - New Proposal to Cardinals
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gloria.tv | January 5, 2026
Ahead of the January 7–8 consistory, a group of cardinals received a new proposal aimed at resolving long-standing tensions surrounding the Mass in the Roman rite, reports Diane Montagna of Substack (January 5).
Dated December 24, the proposal was made by Father Louis-Marie de Blignières, founder of the French Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer.
The letter (below) was sent in hard copy to 15 cardinals known for their interest in liturgical matters and by email to approximately 100 other cardinals.
Rather than calling for a reversal of existing restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass, the letter proposes a structural solution: the creation of a personal ecclesiastical jurisdiction dedicated to the ancient Roman rite. Modeled in part on military ordinariates and Anglican ordinariates, such a structure would not be defined by territory but by the faithful who choose to belong to it.
The proposed jurisdiction would be headed by its own bishop or ordinary and possess the authority to incardinate priests, establish parishes, and, where appropriate, provide seminary formation.
It would operate in cooperation with local diocesan bishops and remain fully subject to the authority of the Holy See.
The idea is presented as a working hypothesis. It invites further study and canonical refinement rather than being a formal request or petition.
However, Pope Leo XIV is dismantling Opus Dei's personal prelature structure. Therefore, it seems unlikely that he will offer a similar independent structure to the faithful of the old rite.
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