Yeah, sure, Holy Father... if such you are! Investigation under way!

Seriously? Is it possible even that the Wokest Pope Ever can be that naïve? 

Or is it possible (as some "radtrad" Catholics argue) that Leo XIV is not really the Pope? In a post published a couple of days ago on his Return to Tradition vlog but since taken down, Anthony Stine repeated a story that originated with Italian journalist Andrea Cionci. John-Henry Westen's exclusive on LifeSite News is headlined thus:

Vatican court confirms ongoing investigation into validity of 

Pope Benedict’s resignation 

This is the first time the Vatican’s criminal investigative office has put in writing that multi-year claims have triggered an active investigation file on the validity of Benedict’s renunciation.

In a letter dated 30 March 2026 (reproduced in the article), the authenticity of which has been proven, ), Professor Alessandro Diddi, the Vatican's Promoter of Justice, rejected a request for access to the investigative file. The rejection was made solely on procedural grounds during an ongoing inquiry, not because the petition was deemed without merit.

Cazart! If the court finds that Pope Benedict's resignation was made under durerss, and was therefore invalid, everything done by Francis the Talking Pope and his minions, is invalid! That would include the elevation of Father Robert Francis Prevost, who was named a bishop and then a cardinal by Francis, who his Leonine successor is now rushing to canonize.

The Vatican is doing all it can to deep six the fact of the investigation. Walt guesses that pressure was brought on Dr Stine, perhaps by the bishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, in which he resides. And, other than Mr Westen, no Catholic commentator that I follow has picked up the report. I'm waiting to hear from Dr Taylor Marshall and Michael Matt, but they have been silent so far.  

Of course it could turn out to be nothing. Do we really think a Vatican court will rule that nothing said or done by anyone since 13 March 2013 [A numerologist might have some fun with this date. Ed.] is of any effect? Still... stay tuned!

Cardinal Müller calls for American bishops to excommunicate Biden

Most Rev. Gerhard Cardinal Müller, the former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Vatican’s highest doctrinal office), condemned American President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, saying it is "infanticide" and that those promoting "infanticide" should be "excommunicated".

"The word ‘abortion’ is too much a soft word," said the prelate. "The reality is killing, murder of a living person,” said Gerhard Cardinal Müller. "There’s no right to kill another person. It’s absolutely against the Fifth Commandment."

The cardinal made his comments condemning President Joe Biden during an extensive interview with LifeSiteNews in Rome. Click here to read the original article, which contains links to the video of the interview.

His forthright critique of Mr Biden's very public and consistent pro-abortion stance came shortly after the President [pro tem. Ed.] used his 2024 State of the Union Address to promise to "restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again."

Cardinal Müller likened the killing of the unborn and the elderly to the Nazi times, saying that "it’s absolutely unacceptable that you can say you are a Catholic and promote and justify killing of human persons, human beings [from] the beginning in the mother’s womb, until the last respiration [with] euthanasia… Killing of ill people, like in the Nazi times, is euthanasia."

Mr Biden is very public about his self-professed Catholic faith, but Cardinal Müller suggested that while Biden is "nominally a Catholic, in reality he is a Nihilist. It’s cynicism and absolute cynicism."

The prelate contrasted Mr Biden with Catholics and other Christians throughout America who "know and accept as everybody also, the nonbelievers, with their own mere reason, they can understand that it’s not possible that one human being has a right to kill another one."

Salvini commends Italy to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Pope displeased

On Tuesday, Walt told you about Italian Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini's speech on May 19th at a rally of populist leaders in Milan, in which he decried unchecked migration, pledging to close Europe's borders to migrants. He also attacked Islam, saying it mistreats women. He said Turkey would never be a part of Europe and rejected the label of extremists for the leaders with him.

"In this piazza, there are no extremists," said Sig. Salvini. "There are no racists. There are no fascists. If anything in Italy and in Europe, the difference is between who looks ahead, between who speaks of the future...instead of making trials of the past." The "piazza" to which he referred was the huge square in front of Milan's Duomo cathedral, in which 10s of 1000s had gathered to support the right-wing populist parties contesting the European Parliament elections, which are under way at this very moment.

In my earlier report, I concentrated on politics, but the fact is that the struggle to keep Europe European -- so to speak -- is not just political but religious, for European values, the values of civilization, are Christian values, and are under attack by both Islamists and secular humanists. Make no mistake! Europe is, at this very moment, a key battleground in the war against Christianity!

Sig. Salvini did not neglect to mention the religious struggle, and we are indebted to LifeSite News for reporting on this aspect of last Saturday's rally. In "Vatican leaders outraged as anti-immigration politician commends Italy to Mary", LS reveals that Sig. Salvini kissed a rosary as he commended his country, Italy, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to the cheers of the crowd.

He also appealed to the patron saints of Europe: Sts. Benedict of Norcia, Brigid of Sweden, Catherine of Siena, Cyril and Methodius. And he said, "I entrust Italy, my life, and your lives to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who I'm sure will bring us to victory."

You would have thought that the leader of the world's billion-plus Catholics, the man who calls himself "pope" and professes his devotion to the Blessed Virgin, would applaud the Deputy Premier's action. You would be wrong. Francis (whose name was greeted with boos and catcalls) immediately sent out his henchmen to denounce Sig. Salvini's action.

Among them was the Jesuit editor Antonio Spadaro, a close confidant of Pope Bergoglio. Fr Spadaro is notorious among true Catholics for opposing an Italian law mandating that crucifixes be placed in all Italian public buildings. Further rebukes were added by the President of the European Bishops' Conference, and the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin (aka The Man Who Would Be Pope - see "'Peter the Roman' ready to take over from Pope Francis", WWW 14/1/18).

Dear Catholic readers, the teaching of the true Catholic Church is: De Maria nunquam satis (Of Mary, never enough). Those like Pope Bergoglio and his Modernist acolytes and sycophants place themselves outside the True Faith on this as on so many other teachings. It is the Pope (if such he be) himself who should be publicly calling upon the Blessed Virgin Mary to turn him and his Modernist minions away from their heresies and back to the Catholic Faith. For that, let us pray.

Ontario schools forced to promote masturbation, homosexuality

LifeSiteNews.com seems to be attracting a lot of readers. I've already referred twice to its article on the folly of sending condoms to Haiti at the expense of more appropriate and needed aid.

Predictably that article aroused the ire of the "planned parenthood" and "women's reproductive right" crowd -- the folks with the unenviable task of finding euphemisms for baby-killing. Well yes, dear readers, LifeSiteNews.com speaks for the pro-life, anti-abortion campaign. It draws support from Christians -- Catholic and Protestant -- and members of other faiths who believe in family values and decry the degradation of society espoused by the liberal humanitarians.

Earlier this week LifeSiteNews published a shocking report: "Mandatory Curriculum for Ontario Schools Promotes Homosexuality, Masturbation". The Ontario government, it seems, has caved in to the demands of the LGBT community* and will be introducing a new and morally disordered sex education curriculum next September.

Grade 6 students in Ontario's publicly-funded schools -- that could include "public Catholic" schools -- will be taught that masturbation “is common and is not harmful and is one way of learning about your body,” according to a newly-revised curriculum released by the Ministry of Education.

Dear "Luna", here's the source -- the Ministry's new Health and Physical Education curriculum for grades 1 to 8, published in January. This will be mandatory for all schools that get government money -- taxpayer money -- beginning in September 2010. The high school curriculum will be released this spring, and will become mandatory in September 2011.

LifeSiteNews says it is unclear, at this point, whether Catholic schools are to be forced into teaching elements that violate Catholic teaching.

The new curriculum aligns with the Ministry's campaign to promote “equity and inclusive education” in Ontario's schools, which includes the advancement of homosexualism and transgenderism. A notable aspect of the curriculum's revision is the attempt to instil a sense that homosexuality and transgenderism are perfectly normal.

Thanks to Agent 71 for passing this along, with this note: What will it take for us to be involved and take some form of action.Please go to this site and see what is coming into Ontario. This news affects all of us.

A good question. When are normal people going to stand up and resist having this evil agenda crammed down our throats?!

* LGBT = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered

The solution to the problem of poverty: condoms for all!

No post has drawn more comments recently than "Covering Haiti with rubber".

Readers are taking issue with the math. (How many condoms does it take to fill 83,300 cu. ft. of warehouse space? Answer: A lot!) "Luna" wants to know the source of the quote from Canadian general Romeo Dallaire. (Answer: Ask LifeSite News.)

Seems to me those who quibble about the fine points of the story -- which has not been denied by the Red Cross, the Haitian government or anyone else -- are failing to see the forest for the trees. [What trees? Haiti was largely deforested even before the earthquake! ed.]

The point is that a lot of the "aid" which goes to Haiti and other impoverished or disaster-stricken third-world countries is in appropriate and arguably wasted. Sending condoms -- whether a thousand or a million -- to Haiti or Rwanda is not addressing the real needs of those poor countries' people.

Rather, sending aid is something rich white liberals do because they feel guilty...or because they have a hidden agenda, such as promoting birth control even if such goes against the culture and religion of the people.

Hey, if we can't whip evangelical Christianity on `em, at least we can stop `em from reproducing! Or we could kidnap those "unwanted children" whose birth could have been prevented if only the people had had enough condoms!