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

New 2025 edition now available…

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

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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

LEO WATCH with Bishop Donald Sanborn – Episode 4

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

Sodom and Gomorrah in St. Peter’s Basilica: Leo’s Alphabet Pilgrims March Through Jubilee Holy Door

Rainbow cross carried in procession…

Sodom and Gomorrah in St. Peter’s Basilica:
Leo’s Alphabet Pilgrims March Through Jubilee Holy Door

Thanks to ‘Pope Leo XIV’ (Robert Prevost), a contingent of sexual perverts proudly displaying their affinity to unnatural vice was allowed to enter St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, Sep. 6.

Although a relatively strict dress code is usually enforced for Rome’s most iconic papal basilica, that was clearly not the case this past Saturday when hordes of aberrosexuals were allowed in to what was once one of the holiest sites on earth for Roman Catholics.

People dressed in (ripped) shorts, men holding hands, folks wearing all kinds of rainbow attire, many wearing T-shirts or other clothing advertising various ‘queer’-affirming ministries and associations — it was all on display.… READ MORE

Austrian ‘Bishop’ Says Showing Trump on a Cross Is ‘Perverse’ – But Admires Crucified Frog!

‘Bp.’ Glettler suddenly discovers evil of blasphemy…

Austrian ‘Bishop’ Says Showing Trump on a Cross Is ‘Perverse’ – But Admires Crucified Frog!

‘Bishop’ Hermann Glettler in 2024 (image: IMAGO/Bildagentur Muehlanger via Alamy)

Few Novus Ordo bishops have a more blatant record of appreciating, promoting, and defending blasphemy than ‘Bishop’ Hermann Glettler of Innsbruck, Austria. Indeed, until this week, one might have said that there has apparently never been a depiction of blasphemy he didn’t like.

But one would have been wrong.

It turns out that the Austrian blasphemer has now found a piece of blasphemy he does consider offensive and unacceptable: It is the ‘artwork’ Saint or Sinner?… READ MORE

Madness in Paderborn Cathedral: Absurd Performance with Diaper-Wearing Chickens, Scythes, and Half-Naked Dancers

‘Archbishop’ sits in front row and watches calmly…

Madness in Paderborn Cathedral: Absurd Performance with Diaper-Wearing Chickens, Scythes, and Half-Naked Dancers

What just took place at the ‘Roman Catholic’ cathedral of Paderborn, Germany, is so absurd and deranged that it is difficult to believe it took place even after seeing it with one’s own eyes.

For a cultural exhibit associated with the anniversary celebrations for 1250 years of Westphalia, an inaugural ceremony was held on May 15, 2025, in what once was (and ‘officially’ still is) the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Paderborn. The sacred edifice is a historic church building whose origins reach back to at least the 13th century; it is dedicated to Saints Mary, Kilian, and Liborius.… READ MORE

Welcome to ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’: Liverpool Cathedral in All its Glory

The New Religion expressed architecturally…

Welcome to ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’:
Liverpool Cathedral in All its Glory

image: Shutterstock (trabantos)

As we take a break from building our new topical page on ‘Pope Leo XIV’, it’s time for another post showcasing a horrendously ugly Novus Ordo church.

Today’s specimen is the metropolitan cathedral of Liverpool, England. Its official name is Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, although among locals it is also known, more accurately, as “Paddy’s Wigwam”.

On the official cathedral web site we read: “The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is a dramatic icon of faith, architecture, and human endeavour.… READ MORE

Blasphemy in Austria: ‘Catholic’ Parish Displays Jesus Christ Sawn to Pieces

“…see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary” (Ps 73:3)

Blasphemy in Austria: ‘Catholic’ Parish Displays Jesus Christ Sawn to Pieces

One of the things the Vatican II Church is really good at is blaspheming Our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and profaning all that is holy.

We are currently in the penitential season of Lent, and for some Novus Ordo prelates in Austria, that means installing some kind of crazy, lewd, or downright blasphemous ‘artwork’ in church. After all, one wouldn’t want to be considered square, reactionary, or old-fashioned, and so showing oneself wedded to the secular world and the cultural spirit of the age is a top priority in Novus Ordo Land, especially in German-speaking countries.… READ MORE

Ecumenical Carnival Liturgy with Mock Communion Service in Swiss Catholic Church

Absurdity on stilts…

Ecumenical Carnival Liturgy with Mock Communion Service in Swiss Catholic Church

Willisau is a tiny town in Switzerland, and we wouldn’t be talking about it were it not for the annual so-called “Fools’ Mass” that takes place at the ‘Catholic’ Church of Saints Peter and Paul there during the carnival season. (To see our report on last year’s shenanigans, click here.)

Although called a Mass, it was actually an ecumenical ‘Liturgy of the Word’ plus a grotesque ‘communion’ service that makes the average Novus Ordo Liturgy look like a Solemn Pontifical High Mass offered by Pope St.… READ MORE

Sick ‘Art’ Exhibit Defiles Catholic Church Buildings in Germany

Nude, lewd, and crude…

Sick ‘Art’ Exhibit Defiles Catholic Church Buildings in Germany

(We have intentionally blurred certain parts of the sculptures for the sake of modesty)

Huge wooden sculptures of naked men and women in a ‘Catholic’ church? The Vatican II Sect in Germany makes it possible. The following scandal took place during Advent of last year but we have only now become aware of it, thanks to a recent post on GloriaTV.

Cityadvent is the name given to an annual art installation in a ‘Catholic’ church in the city of Münster, Germany. Every year during Advent, a special art display, open to the public, is installed in the Überwasserkirche of the diocese of Münster.… READ MORE

Rainbow Dance in Jesuit NYC Church Celebrates World AIDS Day

Part of “Mass for the LGBTQ+ Community”…

Rainbow Dance in Jesuit NYC Church
Celebrates World AIDS Day

A video clip is making the rounds on social media. It shows two women dancing through a church, waving a total of four rainbow flags as they swirl down the nave and through the sanctuary. It is a spectacle to behold (click here if video won’t show):

We did a little bit of research on this and can now provide the following details:

The absurd performance took place on Dec. 2, 2024, at St. Ignatius of Loyola ‘Catholic’ Church in Manhattan/New York City.… READ MORE

Feminist-Blasphemous Art in Linz Cathedral: Adoration of ‘The New Family’

The post-Christian ‘new man’ worships himself…

Blasphemous Art in Linz Cathedral:
Adoration of ‘The New Family’

Austrian ‘artist’ Bernadette Huber kneels before a digital image of herself
(image: Facebook/censored and cropped by Novus Ordo Watch)

For at least the third time this year, Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the diocese of Linz, Austria, has been the site of revolting blasphemy, legitimized and promoted under cover of its status as ‘art’.

Frequent visitors of this blog will recall the disgusting ‘Virgin Mary Giving Birth’ statue that was displayed in a side chapel of the cathedral in late June, followed by an absurd installation of pink hoses hanging from the ceiling that were draped over a balcony and the staircase leading up to the pulpit, under the title ‘They Call Me Mama’.… READ MORE

Pink Hoses Hanging from Ceiling Latest ‘Art’ Madness in Austrian Cathedral

Tubing carries pre-recorded voices and sounds…

Pink Hoses Hanging from Ceiling Latest ‘Art’ Madness in Austrian Cathedral

We all remember the repulsive and blasphemous sculpture installed in a side chapel of Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the diocese of Linz, Austria, at the end of June. Entitled ‘Crowning’, it depicted what was meant to be the Blessed Virgin Mary in an agonizing act of natural childbirth.

That installation was removed after enough public outrage had been raised, but another work of ‘art’ was installed a few weeks later. It is entitled ‘They Call Me Mama’ and consists of numerous pink hoses that hang from the ceiling and are draped over a balcony and around a column and the staircase leading up to the pulpit.… READ MORE

Demonic Art Exhibit at Catholic Church Causes Outrage, Diocese Blindsided

Shut down after three days…

Demonic Art Exhibit at Catholic Church Causes Outrage, Diocese Blindsided

On June 30, 2024, the French traditionalist web site Riposte Catholique reported on a scandalous exhibition taking place inside Notre-Dame d’Epinay Church in Saint-Aubin-Épinay, France. The church is part of the parish family of Sainte Marie Madeleine de Darnétal Val d’Aubette and part of the archdiocese of Rouen.

Some research into the matter discloses that the exhibit was organized not by the parish or the diocese but by the city. The parish administrator was apparently not aware of what was going to be on display until after the thing had already opened.… READ MORE

Novus Ordo ‘Bicycle Mass’ Entertains Young and Old

Diocese of Augsburg, Germany…

Novus Ordo ‘Bicycle Mass’ Entertains Young and Old

Ridin’ high at the Novus Ordo ‘Bike Mass’ on July 13, 2024

Aichach is a small town in Germany about 30 miles northwest of Munich. Its main Novus Ordo church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) and is also known as the Stadtpfarrkirche (city parish church). It is a gorgeous building in the style of a late-Gothic basilica.

Chances are you would have never heard of the town or the church in your life — were it not for the creativity of the ‘Catholic priest’ there and our efforts at continually ‘watching’ the Novus Ordo circus.… READ MORE

Public Screening of Live Soccer Match in German Church

‘Church Meets Soccer’ in diocese of Münster…

Public Screening of Live Soccer Match in German Church

The European Soccer Championship, which is held once every four years, is a big deal for Germans. It is an even bigger deal in 2024, for this time around — from June 14 through July 14 — the Land of Luther is itself the host nation for the popular European tournament.

Since watching sports in the company of others is a lot more fun than doing so all by oneself, one ‘Catholic’ church in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia had a brilliant idea, perhaps in the spirit of promoting a ‘culture of encounter’: getting people together to watch the quarter final on July 5, in which Germany takes on Spain.… READ MORE