Is It 1988 All Over Again? Watching a New SSPX Drama Unfold

Get your popcorn ready…

Is It 1988 All Over Again?
Watching a New SSPX Drama Unfold

Left to right: Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Tucho Fernández, Bob Prevost, cool giraffe eating popcorn

After the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, publicly made known on Feb. 2, 2026, that new bishops would be consecrated on July 1, although the Vatican had refused the requisite permission (mandate), the anticipated drama began to unfold.

The news spread like wildfire, and the SSPX’s official web sites crashed, apparently overwhelmed by the volume of people trying to access them to see the news for themselves.… READ MORE

Video Discussion: On the Upcoming SSPX Episcopal Consecrations

Sedevacantist reality check for Lefebvrism…

Video Discussion:
On the Upcoming SSPX Episcopal Consecrations

The big story this week has been the episcopal consecrations announced by the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) for July 1, 2026, which will take place with or without the required approval of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV:

Yesterday, on Feb. 3, 2026, Kevin Davis of the Catholic Family Podcast hosted a live-streamed discussion about the SSPX’s decision to ordain more bishops. Among the invited guests were the former SSPX priest and now sedevacantist bishop, the Most Rev.… READ MORE

Society of St. Pius X Announces New EPISCOPAL CONSECRATIONS for July 1, 2026

Not authorized by their ‘Pope’, of course…

Society of St. Pius X Announces
NEW EPISCOPAL CONSECRATIONS
for July 1, 2026

Breaking news out of tiny Menzingen, Switzerland, on this beautiful feast of Our Lady’s Purification: The Superior General of the Fraternal Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX/SSPX) has announced that new bishops will be consecrated (ordained) for the Society on July 1, 2026:

A number of the main official web sites the SSPX maintains were inaccessible this morning, probably due to being overwhelmed by the traffic.… READ MORE

Podcast: Athanasius Schneider, Taylor Marshall, and the Traditional Latin Mass (TRADCAST EXPRESS 221)

Bad arguments refuted…

Podcast: Athanasius Schneider, Taylor Marshall, and the Traditional Latin Mass
(TRADCAST EXPRESS 221)

Our latest podcast episode, TRADCAST EXPRESS 221, has been published. Its main topic is the Traditional Latin Mass of the Roman Catholic rite, which has been in the news again recently on account of the Vatican consistory that took place Jan. 7-8, 2026, which was supposed to include discussion on the sacred liturgy.

In this new 26-minute episode, we consider an argument made by Bp. Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary Novus Ordo bishop in Astana, Kazakhstan, and we completely torpedo Dr. Taylor Marshall‘s recent (amusingly insistent) contention that the perpetuity clause of Pope St.… READ MORE

NEWS DIGEST January 29, 2026

Chronicling the unending infernal chaos of the Vatican II Church…

January 29, 2026

If you can endure it: “Fr. Mike Being Unhinged for 5 Minutes Straight”…

Put on your surprise face: Theologian who denies Christ’s resurrection to lecture at Spanish Novus Ordo seminary. No, it’s not ‘Cardinal’ Gerhard Müller….

There aren’t enough millstones: The newspaper of the Italian Novus Ordo bishops defends Transgenderism in children.

Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia: ‘Mary, Mother of Mercy’ church “includes anti-Christian features, including Masonic symbols and indigenous mythology. Pagan and occult features were built into the church’s design and the opening ceremony exemplified the parish’s focus on paganism with a smoking ceremony and allusions to the four principal elements of alchemy.”… READ MORE

Vatican II Revisited: Louie Verrecchio Dismantles the Conciliar Documents

Former Novus Ordo apologist takes council to task…

Vatican II Revisited:
Louie Verrecchio Dismantles the Conciliar Documents

This past December 8 marked the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), that ominous assembly that is the magisterial ground zero for ‘modern Catholicism’ — an attempt to do the impossible and reconcile Catholicism to the secular modern world by means of an aggiornamento (“updating”) of the Catholic religion.

The result was a diabolical counterfeit Catholicism that embraces, in one way or another, many of the errors the Catholic Church sternly condemned until the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958: ecumenism, religious liberty, Sillonism, collegiality, subjectivism, liberalism, Modernism — the list is long and the errors are deadly.… READ MORE

Joseph Ratzinger in 1990: Church’s Anti-Modernist Teachings Have Been ‘Superseded’

Talk about Modernism…

Joseph Ratzinger in 1990:
Church’s Anti-Modernist Teachings Have Been ‘Superseded’

‘Cardinal’ Joseph Ratzinger presenting the new instruction on the role of theologians at the Vatican on June 26, 1990
(image: Associated Press/Massimo Sambucetti)

On June 26, 1990, the Vatican released a 27-page “Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian” bearing the official title Donum Veritatis (“The Gift of Truth”). It is available on the Vatican web site in English and sundry other languages:

The text was presented at a press conference by then-‘Cardinal’ Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2022), who at the time was head of the so-called Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under ‘Pope’ John Paul II (r.… READ MORE

Leo XIV Warns Against ‘Rigidity’ and ‘Moralism’ in Preaching the Gospel: A New Testament Reality Check

In address to leaders of Neocatechumenal Way…

Leo XIV Warns Against ‘Rigidity’ and ‘Moralism’ in Preaching the Gospel: A New Testament Reality Check

Bob Prevost of Chicago (right) greets Kiko Argüello of the Neocatechumenal Way
(image: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News)

Today, Robert Prevost (‘Pope Leo XIV’) received representatives of the so-called Neocatechumenal Way, one of the many Vatican II-spawned lay movements. It was founded in 1964 by Francisco ‘Kiko’ Argüello (b. 1939), Carmen Hernández (1930-2016), and Rev. Mario Pezzi (b. 1941).

In his address to those gathered, Leo, similar to his predecessor Jorge Bergoglio (‘Pope Francis’), made a point to warn against using “rigidity” and “moralism” in their preaching of the Gospel, catechetical efforts, or pastoral work, lest people experience “guilt and fear”:

The Church accompanies you, supports you, and is grateful for what you do.

… READ MORE

A Very Different Church: Leo XIV and the ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’

Blatant heresy in Vatican’s material for ecumenical prayer week…

A Very Different Church:
Leo XIV and the ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’

It’s that time of the year again: The annual so-called “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” is right around the corner (Jan. 18-25), which is an ecumenicized version of the traditional Catholic “Chair of Unity Octave”, which was approved by Pope St. Pius X in 1909 and extended to the Universal Church by Pope Benedict XV in 1916. An octave is an observance of eight days, and it is called “Chair of Unity” in reference to the Chair of St.… READ MORE

LEO WATCH with Bishop Donald Sanborn – Episode 7

Bp. Sanborn dismantles Prevost’s facade…

LEO WATCH, Episode 7

“We Must Leave Behind Theological Controversies”

Since May 8 of last 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 seventh episode was broadcast live on Dec. 20 on YouTube.… READ MORE

Leo XIV’s New Pastoral Staff: Bent Cross with Ascending Christ ‘No Longer Bound By the Nails of the Passion’!

When hideous art meets bad theology…

Leo XIV’s Strange New Pastoral Staff: Bent Cross with Ascending Christ ‘No Longer Bound By the Nails of the Passion’!

(image: YouTube screenshot/Vatican News)

For the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2026, Robert Prevost — the false pope from Chicago who is now known as Leo XIV — showed up with a new pastoral staff, also called a crozier or ferula.

In a blog post reporting on the new ‘papal’ staff, Vatican News quotes an explanation given by the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff:

The pastoral staff of Pope Leo XIV “presents Christ no longer bound by the nails of the Passion, but with His glorified body in the act of ascending to the Father.

… READ MORE

German Jesuit Berates Church for Imposing Natural Family as Normative

It ‘discriminates’ against people in pseudo-families!

German Jesuit Berates Church for Imposing Natural Family as Normative

No Catholicism behind his forehead: The Rev. Klaus Mertes, S.J., in 2025
(image credit: IMAGO/Frederic Kern via Alamy)

The brazen unbelief of the post-Catholic Jesuits in our day has become so common that it is par for the course. The latest example is Fr. Klaus Mertes, S.J. (b. 1954), an author, editor, and school teacher who is presently superior of a Jesuit community in Berlin, Germany.

Mertes is known for his advocacy of the LGBTQXYZ ideology and rose to prominence as a whistleblower on sexual abuse at a Jesuit college in 2010.… READ MORE

Leo XIV Holds Extraordinary Consistory: Semi-Trads Between Hope and Disappointment

All cardinals called to Rome for 2-day meeting…

Leo XIV Holds Extraordinary Consistory:
Semi-Trads Between Hope and Disappointment

‘Pope’ Leo XIV on May 12, 2025 (Shutterstock)

In November of last year, it became known that ‘Pope’ Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) was convening an extraordinary consistory of cardinals for Jan. 7 and 8, 2026. The well-founded rumor was confirmed by the Vatican with an official announcement in December.

A consistory is essentially a meeting of the Pope with his cardinals. It is a very traditional convention in the Catholic Church, and one that has been retained by the Novus Ordo Sect (Vatican II Church):

A Consistory, which comes from the Latin “consistere” meaning “stand together,” is a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals.

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Nationally-Televised Novus Ordo Mass in Germany Features Slime Monster as Infant Jesus

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart…

Nationally-Televised Novus Ordo Mass in Germany
Features Slime Monster as Infant Jesus

Merry Christmas, Germany? More like April Fool’s….

Under its new ‘bishop’ Klaus Krämer (b. 1964), the uber-woke diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, found a way to make Christmas not merely unappealing but downright repulsive: A nationally-televised ‘Christmas Mass’ on Dec. 24, 2025, included what was called a ‘living’ Christmas crib that was so repulsive that even non-religious people were outraged.

The abominable service was led by ‘Fr.’ Thomas Steiger (see photo here) and his female liturgical sidekick, pastoral associate Katharina Leser. The motto for this Christmas ‘Mass’ was: So viel Mensch war nie!… READ MORE

NEWS DIGEST December 31, 2025

Chronicling the unending infernal chaos of the Vatican II Church…

December 31, 2025

Here’s a quick video clip for your ‘Sedevacantists are Protestants!’ files…

Chicago-born ‘Bishop’ Ronald Hicks, currently ordinary of Joliet, appointed new ‘Archbishop’ of New York, replacing ‘Cardinal’ Timothy Dolan. Interestingly enough, Hicks’ former diocesan chancellor in Joliet just ‘married’ his boyfriend.

Put on your surprise face: American Novus Ordo bishops green-light ‘gay-washed’ new Bible translation. (There’s a follow-up here.)

If there’s one ‘spirit’ that doesn’t need ‘reviving’, this one would be it.

They’re all ears now: Vatican opens ‘listening space’ in St. Peter’s Basilica for ‘encounter’ with visitors.… READ MORE