4 hours ago
I recently read the following comment, which well captures the current situation:
"Whoever follows Francis will almost certainly prove to be yet another calamity – like a serpent shedding its skin, appearing fresh yet unchanged in its intent, still cunning, still venomous. The Catholic Church, betrayed by her own guardians, has been delivered into the hands of her adversaries."
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
The Catholic Trumpet [slightly adapted and reformatted] | April 29, 2025
The enemy has prepared a new snare.
Not through another radical like Francis, but through the illusion of restoration.
A conservative pope may soon rise—perhaps someone like Cardinal Sarah—who speaks with reverence, offers the Latin Mass, and appears to undo past abuses.
We are praying that God will grant the Church a holy pope.
We pray that He lift the eclipse that now covers the visible Church and bring about a true return to the full Catholic Faith.
But we must also be vigilant.
Because if the next pope reverses certain excesses while leaving the core of Vatican II untouched, this will not be a restoration.
It will be the final deception.
It will be the absorption of Tradition into the structure of apostasy.
As +Archbishop Lefebvre warned, “They are working to lead us, slowly but surely, into their way of thinking, into their apostasy.”
This is not the time for sentiment.
It is the time for clarity.
False Restorations in History
History shows that false restorations often bring deeper ruin.
In 1801, Pope Pius VII signed a Concordat with Napoleon.
It was welcomed as the return of the Church in France.
Seminaries reopened. Churches were restored.
But the Pope formally renounced claims to confiscated Church property and accepted government control over bishops.
Soon after, Napoleon had him imprisoned.
The peace was a trap.
In 1929, Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Mussolini.
This established the Vatican as a sovereign state and resolved the long-standing Roman Question.
But the Church agreed to diplomatic silence regarding certain state policies, giving room for the rise of a secular ideology hostile to the Social Kingship of Christ.
In 1933, another concordat was signed with the German regime.
While it initially protected Church property and rights, it also constrained public Catholic opposition at a time when clarity was most needed.
These examples teach one lesson.
When peace is pursued without doctrinal firmness, it leads not to order, but to capitulation.
Today, the same danger returns.
A pope who appears to restore the old liturgy, but does not renounce the heresies of Vatican II, would be a false peace.
He would offer the form of Catholicism without its substance.
Theological Foundations
Catholics must understand what the Church truly teaches about papal elections.
The Holy Ghost preserves the Church from error in Her official teaching, but He does not guarantee saintly or orthodox popes at every moment in history.
The freedom of men remains.
Popes are not inspired prophets; they are judged by their fidelity to the unchanging Deposit of Faith.
There is also much confusion about the phrase, “the law of prayer is the law of belief”—lex orandi, lex credendi.
Many think that if the traditional Mass returns, the Faith must be returning with it.
But this is backwards.
Pope Pius XII taught in Mediator Dei:
“The Church’s teaching office and law of belief precede and determine the law of prayer.”
He added, “The liturgy does not determine independently and of itself what is of Catholic faith. It must be in entire harmony with the doctrines of the Church.” (Mediator Dei, 1947)
If Vatican II’s false doctrines remain—religious liberty, ecumenism, collegiality—then no amount of incense, Latin, or chant will change the reality.
The Faith remains wounded.
+Archbishop Lefebvre said it plainly:
“This conciliar Church is a schismatic Church because it breaks with the Catholic Church that has always been. It has its new priests, its new faith, its new seminaries, its new universities, its new catechisms, its new liturgy.”
The Mass of all time cannot be used to cover the theology of apostasy.
The Modernist Strategy: A “Conservative” Pope
Why would the modernists allow a conservative pope?
Because the crisis has gone too far.
The scandals of Francis have woken up too many Catholics.
The mask is slipping.
The best way to regain control now is to offer back Tradition—but only partially.
To present a pope who wears the cassock, praises the old Mass, and speaks of reverence—yet still upholds the documents of Vatican II.
This would sedate what’s left of the resistance.
It would draw in the neo-SSPX, Trad Inc., and every well-meaning soul longing for peace.
It would bring them under the same errors they once opposed, only now with a Latin Mass in the background.
Pope Saint Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis:
“In order not to shock the ears of Catholics, they seek to express their errors in a Catholic way.” (Pascendi, 1907)
Today, the revolution wears a chasuble.
Tradition Inc. and the Neo-SSPX: Preparing for Capitulation
For years now, many traditional groups have been conditioned to see any step toward tradition as a victory, even when the doctrine remains compromised.
They applauded gestures from Rome, even as the Council’s errors remained untouched.
They hoped that good will and respectful tone would save them.
But the trap was being set.
Many of these organizations depend on recognition from Rome, donations from followers, or respectability in conservative media.
A pope who seems friendly to tradition would be the perfect excuse to surrender.
And they will call it “unity.”
Archbishop Lefebvre warned in 1988, “They are working hard to bring us back to the Council by way of tradition. They are hypocrites.”
The goal is not restoration.
It is absorption.
The Final Warning and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart
In recent months, whispers have circulated among Traditional Catholics about a supposed “conservative Pope” strategy—the idea that the Conciliar Church might present certain sympathetic prelates as a lure to draw the faithful back into the post–Vatican II fold.
We must not underestimate this tactic.
As Pope St. Pius X warned, the modernist error is “the synthesis of all heresies.” (Pascendi, 1907)
In other words, an apparently orthodox veneer can conceal a wholly corrupt system of doctrine.
A halfway return to the post-conciliar hierarchy on the grounds of “unity” only risks swallowing a poison that will undermine true Catholic faith from within.
Pius X warned that such compromise leads “to the destruction not of the Catholic religion alone, but of all religion” — because modernism doesn’t merely corrupt Catholicism; it dissolves the very notion of revealed truth, reducing all religion to subjective feeling and ultimately preparing the world for total unbelief.
Even a single concession paves the way for the enemy’s plan to flourish.
The strategy of promoting a “conservative” figure is applauded by the rationalists of our age, who recognize that their greatest ally is one who appears to be orthodox while secretly advancing novelty.
Every pastoral concession, no matter how small, makes it easier for the Conciliar Church to absorb the faithful into a system ultimately alien to Tradition.
Saint Paul’s warning is particularly apt:
“If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (1 Corinthians 14:8)
A Church that sends mixed messages—partway restoring traditional forms while retaining conciliar errors—will leave the faithful confused and unable to fight the good fight.
Christ Himself warned, “You shall be hated by all men for My Name’s sake, but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.” (Matthew 10:22)
Better to endure exile than accept a false peace.
We cannot judge solely by appearances or personal piety.
We must judge doctrine by doctrine.
As Vatican I declared: “The Roman Pontiff is judged by no one.”
Claims of a “truly conservative” pope must be tested against the unchanging Deposit of Faith.
The solution is not to seek comfort within the Conciliar structure but to persevere in fidelity to the one true Church of Christ.
Yet we are not left without hope.
Our Lady has promised: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” (Fatima, 1917)
As St. John reveals in the Apocalypse: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” (Revelation 12:11)
The darkest plots of our enemies cannot withstand the power of Christ’s Sacrifice and the intercession of the Mother of God.
Let us remain faithful to the traditional Magisterium and the valid sacraments entrusted to us.
Let us trust that Our Lord will use our sufferings to purify His Church.
The Conciliar hierarchy may plot many schemes, but the true Church belongs to Christ and His Vicar.
At this moment of confusion and trial, we pledge ourselves anew to the immutable truth.
The path of compromise leads only to ruin.
The path of fidelity leads to eternal salvation.
We echo the cry of the saints:
All is accomplished for Christ’s Church. The victory is certain through the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Let us hold fast to that sure promise, so that in the end we may share in the glory which Heaven has prepared.
References
Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907
Pope Pius XII, Mediator Dei, 1947
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, conferences and letters
First Vatican Council, Pastor Aeternus, 1870
1 Corinthians 14:8
Matthew 10:22
Revelation 12:11
Fatima Message, 1917
"Whoever follows Francis will almost certainly prove to be yet another calamity – like a serpent shedding its skin, appearing fresh yet unchanged in its intent, still cunning, still venomous. The Catholic Church, betrayed by her own guardians, has been delivered into the hands of her adversaries."
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
Beware the “Conservative Savior”
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The Catholic Trumpet [slightly adapted and reformatted] | April 29, 2025
The enemy has prepared a new snare.
Not through another radical like Francis, but through the illusion of restoration.
A conservative pope may soon rise—perhaps someone like Cardinal Sarah—who speaks with reverence, offers the Latin Mass, and appears to undo past abuses.
We are praying that God will grant the Church a holy pope.
We pray that He lift the eclipse that now covers the visible Church and bring about a true return to the full Catholic Faith.
But we must also be vigilant.
Because if the next pope reverses certain excesses while leaving the core of Vatican II untouched, this will not be a restoration.
It will be the final deception.
It will be the absorption of Tradition into the structure of apostasy.
As +Archbishop Lefebvre warned, “They are working to lead us, slowly but surely, into their way of thinking, into their apostasy.”
This is not the time for sentiment.
It is the time for clarity.
False Restorations in History
History shows that false restorations often bring deeper ruin.
In 1801, Pope Pius VII signed a Concordat with Napoleon.
It was welcomed as the return of the Church in France.
Seminaries reopened. Churches were restored.
But the Pope formally renounced claims to confiscated Church property and accepted government control over bishops.
Soon after, Napoleon had him imprisoned.
The peace was a trap.
In 1929, Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Mussolini.
This established the Vatican as a sovereign state and resolved the long-standing Roman Question.
But the Church agreed to diplomatic silence regarding certain state policies, giving room for the rise of a secular ideology hostile to the Social Kingship of Christ.
In 1933, another concordat was signed with the German regime.
While it initially protected Church property and rights, it also constrained public Catholic opposition at a time when clarity was most needed.
These examples teach one lesson.
When peace is pursued without doctrinal firmness, it leads not to order, but to capitulation.
Today, the same danger returns.
A pope who appears to restore the old liturgy, but does not renounce the heresies of Vatican II, would be a false peace.
He would offer the form of Catholicism without its substance.
Theological Foundations
Catholics must understand what the Church truly teaches about papal elections.
The Holy Ghost preserves the Church from error in Her official teaching, but He does not guarantee saintly or orthodox popes at every moment in history.
The freedom of men remains.
Popes are not inspired prophets; they are judged by their fidelity to the unchanging Deposit of Faith.
There is also much confusion about the phrase, “the law of prayer is the law of belief”—lex orandi, lex credendi.
Many think that if the traditional Mass returns, the Faith must be returning with it.
But this is backwards.
Pope Pius XII taught in Mediator Dei:
“The Church’s teaching office and law of belief precede and determine the law of prayer.”
He added, “The liturgy does not determine independently and of itself what is of Catholic faith. It must be in entire harmony with the doctrines of the Church.” (Mediator Dei, 1947)
If Vatican II’s false doctrines remain—religious liberty, ecumenism, collegiality—then no amount of incense, Latin, or chant will change the reality.
The Faith remains wounded.
+Archbishop Lefebvre said it plainly:
“This conciliar Church is a schismatic Church because it breaks with the Catholic Church that has always been. It has its new priests, its new faith, its new seminaries, its new universities, its new catechisms, its new liturgy.”
The Mass of all time cannot be used to cover the theology of apostasy.
The Modernist Strategy: A “Conservative” Pope
Why would the modernists allow a conservative pope?
Because the crisis has gone too far.
The scandals of Francis have woken up too many Catholics.
The mask is slipping.
The best way to regain control now is to offer back Tradition—but only partially.
To present a pope who wears the cassock, praises the old Mass, and speaks of reverence—yet still upholds the documents of Vatican II.
This would sedate what’s left of the resistance.
It would draw in the neo-SSPX, Trad Inc., and every well-meaning soul longing for peace.
It would bring them under the same errors they once opposed, only now with a Latin Mass in the background.
Pope Saint Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis:
“In order not to shock the ears of Catholics, they seek to express their errors in a Catholic way.” (Pascendi, 1907)
Today, the revolution wears a chasuble.
Tradition Inc. and the Neo-SSPX: Preparing for Capitulation
For years now, many traditional groups have been conditioned to see any step toward tradition as a victory, even when the doctrine remains compromised.
They applauded gestures from Rome, even as the Council’s errors remained untouched.
They hoped that good will and respectful tone would save them.
But the trap was being set.
Many of these organizations depend on recognition from Rome, donations from followers, or respectability in conservative media.
A pope who seems friendly to tradition would be the perfect excuse to surrender.
And they will call it “unity.”
Archbishop Lefebvre warned in 1988, “They are working hard to bring us back to the Council by way of tradition. They are hypocrites.”
The goal is not restoration.
It is absorption.
The Final Warning and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart
In recent months, whispers have circulated among Traditional Catholics about a supposed “conservative Pope” strategy—the idea that the Conciliar Church might present certain sympathetic prelates as a lure to draw the faithful back into the post–Vatican II fold.
We must not underestimate this tactic.
As Pope St. Pius X warned, the modernist error is “the synthesis of all heresies.” (Pascendi, 1907)
In other words, an apparently orthodox veneer can conceal a wholly corrupt system of doctrine.
A halfway return to the post-conciliar hierarchy on the grounds of “unity” only risks swallowing a poison that will undermine true Catholic faith from within.
Pius X warned that such compromise leads “to the destruction not of the Catholic religion alone, but of all religion” — because modernism doesn’t merely corrupt Catholicism; it dissolves the very notion of revealed truth, reducing all religion to subjective feeling and ultimately preparing the world for total unbelief.
Even a single concession paves the way for the enemy’s plan to flourish.
The strategy of promoting a “conservative” figure is applauded by the rationalists of our age, who recognize that their greatest ally is one who appears to be orthodox while secretly advancing novelty.
Every pastoral concession, no matter how small, makes it easier for the Conciliar Church to absorb the faithful into a system ultimately alien to Tradition.
Saint Paul’s warning is particularly apt:
“If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (1 Corinthians 14:8)
A Church that sends mixed messages—partway restoring traditional forms while retaining conciliar errors—will leave the faithful confused and unable to fight the good fight.
Christ Himself warned, “You shall be hated by all men for My Name’s sake, but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.” (Matthew 10:22)
Better to endure exile than accept a false peace.
We cannot judge solely by appearances or personal piety.
We must judge doctrine by doctrine.
As Vatican I declared: “The Roman Pontiff is judged by no one.”
Claims of a “truly conservative” pope must be tested against the unchanging Deposit of Faith.
The solution is not to seek comfort within the Conciliar structure but to persevere in fidelity to the one true Church of Christ.
Yet we are not left without hope.
Our Lady has promised: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” (Fatima, 1917)
As St. John reveals in the Apocalypse: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” (Revelation 12:11)
The darkest plots of our enemies cannot withstand the power of Christ’s Sacrifice and the intercession of the Mother of God.
Let us remain faithful to the traditional Magisterium and the valid sacraments entrusted to us.
Let us trust that Our Lord will use our sufferings to purify His Church.
The Conciliar hierarchy may plot many schemes, but the true Church belongs to Christ and His Vicar.
At this moment of confusion and trial, we pledge ourselves anew to the immutable truth.
The path of compromise leads only to ruin.
The path of fidelity leads to eternal salvation.
We echo the cry of the saints:
All is accomplished for Christ’s Church. The victory is certain through the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Let us hold fast to that sure promise, so that in the end we may share in the glory which Heaven has prepared.
References
Pope St. Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907
Pope Pius XII, Mediator Dei, 1947
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, conferences and letters
First Vatican Council, Pastor Aeternus, 1870
1 Corinthians 14:8
Matthew 10:22
Revelation 12:11
Fatima Message, 1917
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre