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| Pope Leo defends synodality, tells cardinals ‘I need your support: strong, explicit, and public’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 1 hour ago - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo defends synodality, tells cardinals ‘I need your support: strong, explicit, and public’
Pope Leo XIV addressed some cardinals' apprehensions while meeting in Rome about a ‘synodal’ round-table format — a structure they felt
was ‘very controlled’ when used at the first consistory in January, Vatican journalist Edward Pentin reported.
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Pope Leo XIV
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Jun 27, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV opened his second extraordinary consistory of cardinals on Friday in which he insisted that the Lord is leading the Church via “synodality” so that she can “grow in communion,” according to a report by Vatican journalist Edward Pentin.
The Pontiff encouraged the 178 cardinals to “engage wholeheartedly” in a synodal, working group structure, adding that he was “well aware that, for many of us, this is not the usual way of conducting a consistory,” Pentin said in his EWTN News report.
“I count on you to help me discern what the Spirit is saying to the Church today. I need your support: strong, explicit, and public,” Leo said in his opening remarks on Friday. “I need to feel sustained by you as brothers.”
“The pope’s comments came after some cardinals had expressed apprehensions about the consistory using a ‘synodal’ round-table format for a second time — a structure they felt was ‘very controlled’ when used at the first consistory last January, and left them with a sense that key decisions and framing had been set in advance,” Pentin noted.
The gathering in the Pope Paul VI Hall that began Friday and ends Saturday evening, will have focused on four themes, led by Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Kraków; Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Stephen Brislin, archbishop of Johannesburg; and Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops.
Notably, these four cardinals assigned to deliver the introductory addresses and meditations for the consistory sessions had been closely aligned with Pope Francis and have a record of supporting heterodox positions.
Earlier this week, the Italian blog Messainlatino characterized the organization of the consistory as the “synodalist ‘Bergoglio method’” whereby the cardinals are “divided into first‑class and second‑class tables,” with a “secretary‑spokesperson for each group, and extremely limited time for interventions in the assembly.”
“The organizational model of the upcoming consistory produces an appearance of broad participation and deliberative consensus, yet its structure significantly limits the conditions for genuine collective discernment,” LifeSiteNews’ Gaetano Masciullo wrote in advance of the Vatican gathering. “The fragmentation into small groups, each with strict time constraints and mediated through designated coordinators, shifts the center of gravity away from open, continuous debate in the full assembly toward pre-filtered and procedurally standardized exchanges.”
“In such a framework, the real content of discussion may be more easily condensed, selected, and reformulated before it reaches the plenary level, where only brief summaries are presented without being subject to full argumentation,” Musciullo said.
“These elements generate a procedural image of synodality – officially characterized by listening, participation, and shared discernment – while in practice they centralize control over framing, synthesis, and final reporting,” Musciullo said. “The result is a carefully managed consultative mechanism in which consensus is structurally pre-shaped rather than freely formed through open confrontation of positions.”
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| SSPX: Open Letter to Pope Leo XIV and to the Cardinals of the Holy Church |
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Posted by: Stone - 06-26-2026, 08:06 AM - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and to the Cardinals of the Holy Church
by the SSPX Bishops and Superior General [taken from here]
June 24, 2026
From the SSPX website
Most Holy Father,
Most Reverend Eminences,
On the eve of the Consistory at the end of this month, and just days before the episcopal consecrations scheduled for 1 July in Écône, it seems to us that the time has come for the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X to make a full profession of Catholic Faith, which we wish to place in the hands of Your Holiness and each one of the Cardinals. [“Profession of Catholic Faith of the Society of Saint Pius X to Enlighten Souls in the Face of Modern Errors“]
Today the Church suffers under the pressure of new forces, coming both from within and without, which push her in every possible direction, except – it seems to us – the right one. In the face of such suffering, we cannot remain indifferent.
It is not for the Society of Saint Pius X to indicate the path to follow, but rather for the two-thousand-year Tradition of the Church, faithfully guarded and transmitted by the Apostolic See through the centuries, and which many now regard, in practice, as an outdated reality, subject to perpetual development.
It is in the name of this same Tradition, and in its sole light, that we formulate today this profession of Catholic Faith in response to the chief errors and gravest dangers of our time.
We are convinced that Tradition contains all the remedies for the deepest ills afflicting the Church and the world, for which solutions are sought in vain outside of it. The immutable and integral Faith is the principle, the foundation, and the root of the salvation of souls. This Faith, contained in Tradition and taught by the constant Magisterium, constitutes the true foundation of the unity of the Church and, consequently, the necessary means of establishing union and communion among the members of the Mystical Body of Christ.
Above the changes and vicissitudes of time stands the immutable Tradition, the echo in history of eternal Truth.
We can but hope and implore that this Tradition and the purity of Faith be once again placed at the foundation of the life of the Church, so that from them an authentic regeneration may begin. It is with this intention that we pray with urgency.
We are persuaded that, in the unstable and extremely perilous context that now confronts us, the finest contribution one can offer to the universal Church is that of a sincere and integral profession of Catholic Faith.
We hope that one day this doctrinal text may serve as a basis for an honest discussion with the Holy See, in a spirit of peace, brotherhood, and charity.
The text we submit to you is not the sterile repetition of a group of nostalgics, but the necessary expression, peaceful and resolute, of our Faith.
Non enim possumus aliquid adversus veritatem sed pro veritate.
“For we can do nothing against the truth; but only for the truth.”
And according to the Psalmist, taken up by Saint Paul:
Et nos credimus propter quod et loquimur.
“We also believe, for which cause we speak.”
With thanks for the attention you will deign to give this text, we assure you of our constant prayers, for you and for the universal Church.
Menzingen, 24 June 2026, the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Davide Pagliarani
Superior General
+ Alfonso de Galarreta
First Assistant General
Christian Bouchacourt
Second Assistant General
+ Bernard Fellay
First Counsellor General
Former Superior General
Franz Schmidberger
Second Counsellor General
Former Superior General
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