Papal address of June 24, 1939…

Pope Pius XII Against Modern Errors on the Church

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One of the main services Novus Ordo Watch tries to render to the public is the making available of, or raising awareness concerning, Catholic magisterial texts that are not widely known or have not before been published online in English. There is a wealth of pre-Vatican II papal teaching ‘on the books’ that, unfortunately, is largely unknown even to traditional Catholics; thus we are trying to do our part to help remedy this situation. Thankfully, with recent advances in technology, discovering, translating, and spreading it has become easier and easier.… READ MORE

Bp. Sanborn dismantles Prevost’s facade…

LEO WATCH, Episode 6

“The Death and Resurrection of Jesus are the Foundation of Integral Ecology”

Since May 8 of this year, the Rev. Robert F. Prevost has been running the Vatican II Church as ‘Pope Leo XIV’.

The sedevacantist podcast program LEO WATCH evaluates Leo’s public actions and teachings from the perspective of traditional Roman Catholicism, that is, that which the entire world knew to be Roman Catholicism until the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958.

LEO WATCH is produced by Roman Catholic Media on a monthly basis. A sixth episode was broadcast live on Nov.… READ MORE

Address of Pope Pius XII

Sollemnis Conventus (1939)

Allocution of His Holiness Pope Pius XII to Ecclesiastical Students in Rome

June 24, 1939


The solemn assembly to which you have come together, dear sons, to offer a testimony of reverence and devotion to the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, fills us with singular joy and profound delight. Indeed, before our eyes stands a gathering adorned with every kind of excellence and enriched with the vast abundance of intellectual gifts. We are particularly consoled by the presence of this select group of distinguished professors in sacred disciplines and capable leaders, who labor with great diligence to ensure that the students entrusted to them are formed in holiness and become excellent priests.… READ MORE

Vatican issues doctrinal statement…

Mayhem Unfolds as Leo XIV Decides Against Marian Titles ‘Co-Redemptrix’ and ‘Mediatrix of All Graces’: An Overview

Victor Manuel Fernandez, author of Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing, presents the new doctrinal note

[UPDATE 10-NOV-2025: More links to resources added]

The same ‘Pope’ Leo XIV who in a recent sermon declared that “[n]o one should impose his or her own ideas”, has just done that very thing by approving a new doctrinal document put out by the Dicastery for the Destruction of the Faith (DDF).

The text, entitled Mater Populi Fidelis (‘Mother of the Faithful People’), was written and presented by the Vatican’s ‘Mouth-Healer’, the notorious Argentinian mystical porn author ‘Cardinal’ Victor Manuel Fernandez (see image above), who has been in charge of the Vatican’s doctrinal department since 2023:

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On the true and false meaning of a concept…

‘Eternal Rome’:
Pope Pius XII Against Recognize-and-Resist

In a Novus Ordo Watch tweet of Oct. 23, 2025, reacting to this article headline by The Remnant, we stated: “Just a quick reminder to The Remnant that there is no such thing as ‘Eternal Rome’. That term was invented by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre to accommodate his position of recognizing Modernists as true Catholic Popes while resisting their heretical magisterium.”

It turns out that is not entirely correct. A reader made us aware that in 1949 the phrase “Eternal Rome” was actually used by Pope Pius XII (r.… READ MORE

New 2025 edition now available…

What Has Happened to the Catholic Church?
An Updated Guide for Confused Catholics

Novus Ordo Watch is not receiving any kind of compensation for promoting this book (with the exception of one free copy).

Many people who sincerely desire to be good and loyal Roman Catholics are seriously troubled and confused today. Although the Second Vatican Council occurred more than 60 years ago, it has left a lasting impact. Vatican II, as the council is called for short, took place from 1962-65 and radically changed Catholic liturgy, the sacraments, and essential beliefs that have come down to us from Christ and the Apostles.… READ MORE

Bp. Sanborn tears down Prevost’s facade…

LEO WATCH, Episode 4

“We have to change attitudes before changing what the Church says.”

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For just over five months now, the Vatican II Church has been under new management. Since May 8, Robert Francis Prevost has been running the show as ‘Pope Leo XIV’.

The popular FRANCIS WATCH podcast program has thus become LEO WATCH, and it had its debut on June 3.

LEO WATCH is produced by Roman Catholic Media on a monthly basis. A fourth episode was broadcast live on Sep. 25 on YouTube.

As with its predecessor FRANCIS WATCH, in the new LEO WATCH, host Stephen Heiner is joined by sedevacantist Bishop Donald J.… READ MORE

On homosexuality and women’s ordination…

Leo XIV on Whether He Will Change Church Teaching:
‘Not at the Moment’!

The Rev. Robert F. Prevost, aka ‘Pope Leo XIV’, is a clever fellow. He knows how to demolish Church teaching by giving the impression that he will hold the line on it. In this he faithfully follows his master, ‘Pope’ Francis.

U.S. journalist Elise Ann Allen of the Novus Ordo news site Crux has conducted a lengthy interview with Prevost that will be issued in early 2026 in English under the title Pope Leo XIV: Global Citizen, Missionary of the 21st Century.… READ MORE

What theological position should a Catholic take in our day?

LIVE TONIGHT 8/29 at 9:00 pm ET:
Friendly Discussion on Church Crisis, Resistance, and Sedevacantism

Exciting news! Today, Friday, Aug. 29, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (01:00 UTC on Aug. 30), there will be a livestream on YouTube, hosted by Kevin Davis of the Catholic Family Podcast, for a discussion between Anthony Abbate of Avoiding Babylon and Mario Derksen of Novus Ordo Watch.

This will not be a fiery polemical combat but a friendly, relaxed chat between people who love Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church and seek to act in accordance with His Will and His doctrine in these incredibly confusing and challenging times.… READ MORE

Forever torn between two mutually exclusive ideas…

The Unsolvable Pendulum Problem of the Society of St. Pius X

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX or FSSPX), founded by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre in 1970, is once again in the news, this time on account of its Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome last week (see a few official photos here).

Some SSPXers are celebrating, whereas others are expressing concern. The reason for the inconsistent reactions to the same development is that some see it as Rome accepting the SSPX as Catholic and recognizing the rights of ‘Tradition’ (a Lefebvrist euphemism for what is simply the Catholic Faith); whereas others see it as a dangerous luring of the Lefebvrist leadership into the ecumenical zoo presided over by Modernist Rome.… READ MORE

Using false theology to refute false theology won’t work…

Is Leo XIV Correcting Francis?
Against the Magisterial ‘Vibe Shift’ of Eric Sammons

Mr. Eric Sammons, magisterial vibe shift detector

Eric Sammons, the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine, has once again cranked out some foolish and dangerous claims about the Catholic Faith.

In the June 3, 2025 episode of his Crisis Point Podcast, entitled “Pope Leo Contradicts Pope Francis”, he suggests that when Popes correct a teaching of their predecessors, they do so not openly or directly but by means of a ‘vibe shift’. This does not pose a problem for the Catholic magisterium, he maintains, because papal teaching isn’t truly magisterial of itself; rather, only subsequent repetition by future Popes and acceptance by the Church as a whole, drawn out over a long period of time, renders a papal teaching genuinely magisterial.… READ MORE

Sounds like sedevacantism…

Pope St. Gregory I on the Church just before the Antichrist: ‘Words of Doctrine are Silent, Miracles Removed’

Cutout of Pope Saint Gregory the Great by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)

The American author, historian, former White House speechwriter, and scholar Joshua Charles appeared on an episode of Life Site‘s ‘Faith and Reason’ podcast with John-Henry Westen on Mar. 26, 2025, entitled, “End times prophecies [of] the Church fathers revealed”. Charles is a recent convert (2019) who espouses a recognize-and-resist type of traditionalism.

Yesterday, a 5-minute extract from the episode was published on YouTube with the no less intriguing title, “The Antichrist: Warnings from the Early Church”.… READ MORE

Papal address of January 17, 1940…

Pope Pius XII on the Unchanging Orthodoxy of the Papal Teaching Office

One of the main services Novus Ordo Watch tries to render to the public is the making available of, or raising awareness concerning, Catholic magisterial texts that are not widely known or have not before been published online in English. There is a wealth of pre-Vatican II papal teaching ‘on the books’ that, unfortunately, is largely unknown even to traditional Catholics; thus we are trying to do our part to help remedy this situation. Thankfully, with recent advances in technology, discovering and spreading it has become easier and easier.… READ MORE

Address of Pope Pius XII

Vi è a Roma (1940)

Address of His Holiness Pope Pius XII to Newlyweds on the Perpetual Teaching of the Living Peter, January 17, 1940


There exists in Rome an ancient and pious practice, which even the most illustrious personages have more than once performed, for newly married couples to make a devout visit to the Patriarchal Basilica of the Vatican, to repeat their Catholic beliefs and to implore perseverance in the faith for their new homes. And you, dear sons and daughters, through a particularly happy coincidence, have come here on the very eve of the day on which the Church celebrates the Feast of the Chair of St.… READ MORE

Catholics must assent to what the Pope teaches – period.

The Binding Force of Papal Teaching:
A Pre-Vatican II Theologian Explains

Fr. John F. Cronin (1908-94) was an expert on Catholic social teaching

For about six decades now, many Catholics of good will have been subjected to great deception and falsehood from two angles: On the one hand, the Novus Ordo religion that emerged in the Vatican with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), and on the other hand, the good-faith but nevertheless often theologically-flawed attempts to resist that new religion while nevertheless recognizing the ‘Popes’ who have imposed it as legitimate Popes.… READ MORE