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!

Walt's forecast on Leo XIV's papacy: no change expected

Since May, Walt has said nothing much about Pope Leo XIV, whom many traditional Catholics had hoped (and prayed) would slow down, if not stop the descent of the Roman Catholic Church into wokeness, heresy and irrelevancy. "Give him time," said our old friend Michael Matt. Well, we did, and are saddened to report that the passage of nearly three months has revealed the new pope to be very little different from his predecessor, Francis the Talking Pope.

Pope Prevost's appointments to the Roman Curia, announced very quietly on Friday, have been mostly modernists, and protégés of Francis. 

Nor has he stopped the crackdown on the Traditional Latin Mass, ordered by some bishops "in accordance with the wishes of Pope Francis", even though Francis had gone to his reward.

And today, we have news of a meeting between Pope Leo and Father James Martin, to whom we devoted an entire post just last week. 

Father Martin is as gay as 18 balloons, and found favour in the eyes of Francis as one of the most prominent advocates for "gay marriage" and "greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church". Father Martin told the meeja that Leo "encouraged his ministry", just days before a planned Holy Year pilgrimage of LGBTQ+ Catholics to the Vatican, in a sign of "continued welcome in this new pontificate."

He said also that Leo told him he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the Church. "I heard the same message from Pope Leo that I heard from Pope Francis, which is the desire to welcome all people, including LGBTQ people," the objectively heretical priest told AP after the audience. "It was wonderful. It was very consoling and very encouraging and frankly a lot of fun."

The meeting, which lasted about half an hour, was officially announced by the Vatican in a sign that the new pope wanted it made public, to signal continuity with Francis, who more than any of Leo’s predecessors worked to make the Catholic Church more queer-friendly. 

From his 2013 quip, "Who am I to judge?" about a purportedly gay priest, to his decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, Francis distinguished himself with his message of welcome. During his 12-year papacy, Francis met on several occasions with Fr Martin and named him an advisor in the Vatican's communications department and a member of his "Synod on synodality", a big multi-year meeting on the future of the Church.

Still, Francis never changed church teaching saying homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered". Whether Leo will attempt to change dogma is something of a question. Soon after he was elected in May, remarks surfaced from 2012 in which Father Robert Prevost, as he then was, criticized the "homosexual lifestyle" and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic doctrine. 

When he became a cardinal in 2023, Catholic News Service asked Prevost if his views had changed. He acknowledged Francis' call for a more inclusive church, saying Francis "made it very clear that he doesn’t want people to be excluded simply on the basis of choices that they make, whether it be lifestyle, work, way to dress, or whatever." The doctrine of the Church had not changed, Cardinal Prevost said, "but we are looking to be more welcoming and more open and to say all people are welcome in the church." 

So where does the new Pope Prevost stand today? Fr Martin, who knew him from their time working together in the aforementioned synod, told AP he wasn't worried about Leo's views, and had always found him to be "a very open, welcoming, inclusive person.... But it's wonderful to hear this continuation."

Walt's reading of the signs and portents? See headline.

Worth viewing! "Bishop Renounces The Idea Of Sin And Says EVERYONE Deserves The Eucharist", by Anthony Stine, Return to Tradition, 1/9/25.

What about that "Father James Martin"? - BONUS VIDEO ADDED

Some readers have expressed puzzlement over Walt's reference in "What made her/him do it?!", WWW 27/8/25, to "evil priests of the Father Hames Martin type". "Who he?", we hear them ask. That's him  on the right in the picture, giving his priestly blessing to a gay couple.

Father Martin is an American Jesuit priest and pro-queer activist. He was a great friend of the late Jorge Bergoglio (a Jesuit known by some as Pope Francis), and is now in the very good graces of Pope Leo XIV and members of the Mauve Mafia in the Vatican.

Father Martin is objectively a heretic in that he not only denies but openly advocates one of the mortal sins that deprive the soul of grace. They are serious transgressions of God's law, done freely and deliberately with a clear understanding of what they are. Their result is to deny a soul entrance to heaven. 

There are particular mortal sins that are so evil that they cry to heaven for vengeance. They are (with Biblical references for our readers who insist that only what's in the Bible counts): murder (Genesis 4:10), sodomy (Genesis 18:20-21), oppression of the poor (Exodus 2:23), and defrauding workers of their just wages (St. James 5:4).

Sodomy and other "choices" of the liberal/libertine lifestyle are still regarded by Holy Mother Church as grave sins, even though modernists priests and bishops don't say the silent part out loud since the days of Pope Benedict XVI. Just one day before his election, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger delivered a homily in which he denounced modern trends he said were undermining Catholicism and Western civilization. "We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism," he said, "which does not recognize anything for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires."

As enforcer of Catholic dogma, Cardinal Ratzinger chastised dissident theologians, said no to female priests, no to married priests and no to gay marriage. He described homosexuality as an "objective disorder and an intrinsic moral evil."

One of the pontiff's most successful and most emotional trips was to the United States in 2008, where he tackled the most painful issue for the Catholic Church in America — clerical sex abuse — saying he was deeply ashamed. "It is in the context of this hope born of God's love and fidelity that I acknowledge the pain which the church in America has experienced as a result of the sexual abuse of minors," he said. "No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse ... nor can I adequately describe the damage that has occurred within the community of the Church." 

Readers should now understand my wondering, yesterday, if Robin (formerly Robert) Westman might have been "influenced" by "evil priests of the Father James Martin type." If, indeed, the Minneapolis shooter was "influenced" by an evil priest, that does not excuse her/him. But it condemns the one who led the little one astray.

He that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. (St. Matthew 18:6)  

Worth watching! "Nightmare in Minneapolis" Where did the Catholic Church go wrong?", with Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper.

Dare we hope that Leo XIV will reverse the "woke revolution"?

Today we're pleased to present a mash-up [How about "Editor's cut"? Ed.] of a recent "Underground" vlog from Remnant TV, featuring our traditional Catholic friend, Michael J. Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper. If, after you've watched the clips, you want to see the whole thing (run time 41:12), just click on the link.

The video is Mr Matt's response to the election of Pope Leo XIV. Is he a "traditionalist"? (asks Mr Matt) No, he’s not. Will he denounce the revolution of Vatican II? Likely not. So, what hope is there for a reversal -- or at least a halt -- to Francis' attempt to remake Holy Mother Church to conform to the Age of Woke?

Mr Matt lets us hear from a conservative (and non-Catholic) voice, that of Thomas Sowell, an American economist, economic historian, social philosopher, and political commentator. Listen carefully to his concise and precise analysis of what's wrong with the "Church of Francis".

Ed. regrets to advise that Michael Matt has learned that the clip supposedly featuring the voice of Thomas Sowell was a fake -- generated by AI. Mr Matt has deleted it from his video (the one linked above), and Walt has also deleted it from his Rumble account. AI is turning out to be a very dangerous thing. We'll be more careful about reposting videos, and trust that you, dear readers, will keep a healthy sense of skepticism... yes, even about what you see on WWW.

 

In his video, Mr Matt concludes that, yes, there is a glimmer of hope. No counter-revolution in sight yet, but some of the first signs of change portend a change "back to the future". Let us continue to resist.

 As the New York Times article cited by Mr Matt shows, we are starting to win!

One more thing... Mr Matt got a good chuckle out of this item from Saturday Night Live.

Indeed. Catholicism is not like a cafeteria. You can't pick and choose which things you want to be believe and which items of faith or its practice you want to pass over. You have to accept all of the Faith... or none of it. As Saint Ignatius of Loyola said, "What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines."

Leo XIV: surprise for traditional Catholics... and not a pleasant one

On May 6th, LifeSite News published an op-ed piece headlined "Could Cardinal Prevost be the first American pope?" The subhead is: "Seemingly out of nowhere, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is being discussed as a serious candidate in the upcoming conclave."

The author concludes a long list of problems evident from the prelate's past actions and pronouncements as follows: The question is whether he professes the faith whole and entire, in public and without compromise. If the answer is not a clear “Yes,” then the conclusion is clear: he cannot be validly elected or accepted as pope.  

The highlighted words link to a previous article entitled "Catholics must refuse to accept a public heretic as pope: here’s why". Apparently the cardinals in conclave either didn't read the article or chose to ignore Cardinal Prevost's record, for about 90 minutes ago, he stepped out onto the balcony as Pope Leo XIV.

For traditional Catholics, the choice could hardly have been worse. We were hoping and praying for a good Catholic pope, not a conservative like Cardinals Erdo or Sara, but at least a moderate. Instead, we got a "reformer", complicit in advancing Francis' agenda, someone who has facilitated the appointment of heterodox bishops throughout the world, and tacitly denied the traditional teaching on the episcopate.

It's interesting that Cardinal Prevost chose to call himself Leo XIV. According to Wikipedia, the last pope of that name "brought the Roman Catholic Church into the modern era, encouraging a more progressive approach to faith and social reform. He wanted the Roman Catholic Church to be more active in communicating with the world and more accessible." Sound familiar? If you liked what Francis was doing, you'll be pleased when Leo XIV leads us further down that road.

The most distressing thing about the election of Cardinal Prevost is that the man's record suggests strongly that he does not embrace and uphold the Faith of our fathers. We continue with the last part of the LifeSite News article. The emphasis is Walt's.

In this piece, we have seen that Prevost has: 

* Conspicuously failed to profess the faith in relation to the grave threats to faith and morals in our day — to the point in which this silence is taken as “discretion” and counted in his favor as a candidate

* Indicated the state of his mind through his cooperation with the appointment of notorious liberals and the deposition of conservatives 

* Cooperated in the consolidation of Francis’ longest-lasting legacy, namely the appointment of bishops embodying his ideals 

* Implicitly denied the dogma of the Church’s visible unity, by casting it in the terms rejected and refuted by Pope Pius XI in Mortalium Animos 

* Minimized the importance of doctrine in the role of the bishop, contrary to Sacred Scripture, Apostolic Tradition and the general sense of theology 

* Dismissed those who "prefer the security of answers already experienced in the past" [read: traditional Catholics]

* Promoted the modernist idea of "synodality" in such a way as to destroy the traditional concept of the bishop's threefold power of teaching, ruling and sanctifying his flock 

* Explicitly denied that a bishop is a "prince" in his diocese, contrary to the teaching of the magisterium and the liturgy 

* Replaced the traditional understanding of the bishop’s role with that of "service" presented in naturalistic terms, and which he has already separated from doctrine and governance through his other words (even while he retains references to teaching and shepherding). 

[T]he wider points discussed in this article... — doctrinal deviations which become clear after a careful consideration of his role as Prefect for the Dicastery of Bishops — are both cause for alarm in themselves, and as shedding light on his silence. They indicate that Prevost is not a coward or a tactician, but a loyal son of Francis, and that he will continue the work of his master and benefactor, if he is elected — even if he does so in a more discreet and moderate way. 

This raises grave questions about whether or not Prevost can be said to profess the Catholic faith at all, and thus whether he is a member of the Church. If he is not a member of the Church, then it is not possible for him to be validly elected as pope. 

At the very least, there is serious doubt on the matter: and a man whose visible membership in the Church is itself in serious doubt can only be doubtfully elected to the papacy, even if the conclave is unanimous. Should such a man be elected, the resulting doubt would not be about his popularity or policies, but about his very authority. This is why great theologians and canonists held that a doubtful pope is no pope at all....

The question is whether he professes the faith whole and entire, in public and without compromise. If the answer is not a clear “Yes,” then the conclusion is clear: he cannot be validly elected or accepted as pope.

While we wait to see what Leo XIV does -- please God, he may have some sort of Damascene conversion -- we must continue to pray that God will find a way to end and heal the de facto schism in Holy Mother Church. 

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

VIDEO: Anthony Stine on the death of Francis... and what happens next

Regular readers will know that there are three traditional Catholic commentators we follow regularly, whoses videos we occasionally repost here. They are (in no particular order): Michael Matt, Dr Taylor Marshall, and Anthony Stine. Mr Stine's "Return to Tradition" vlog was first off the mark today with these thoughts about the death of Pope Bergoglio and how his successor may be chosen.

Like Mr Stine, we shudder at the thought of Cardinal Pietro Parolin -- Peter the Roman -- becoming pope. The cardinals who meet in conclave to choose Francis' successor are supposed to pray that the Holy Ghost will guide them in their deliberations. There is nothing to stop the faithful from praying too, nor to stop us from mentioning by name those we would welcome and those we would not!

Jorge Bergoglio, RIP

Yesterday, Easter Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Today, Easter Monday, at 0945 local time, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced the death of Jorge Borgoglio, the man whom most Catholics called "Pope Francis", in these words:

"Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God."

Pope Bergoglio had been ill for some time. His "miraculous recovery" (see "Is Pope Francis compos or non compos?", WWW 25/3/25), appears to have been the result of the intervention of the Vatican's doctors, to the end that there should be no disruption of Easter Sunday, the holiest day of the on the Church calendar. And now the poor old man is at rest. May God have mercy on his soul.

Much will be written in the coming days about the decline of the Church -- not just my opinion but a visible and established fact -- which occurred on Francis' watch. God only knows how much of the crisis in which the Church now finds Herself is attributable directly or indirectly to the actions or neglect of Pope Bergoglio. What we must now watch for and pray for is the healing and recovery of Holy Mother Church from the ills of the decades since Vatican II.

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

Is Pope Francis compos or non compos?

Did you see the videos of Jorge Bergoglio, the man who calls himself "Pope Francis", appearing on the balcony of Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Sunday? Painful to look at, wasn't it? The photo below makes him look better than he does in the videos. Faithful Catholics are left wondering: just how ill is he, really?

Pope Bergoglio looked frail, to put it mildly. His breathing was laboured, making it difficult for him to speak to the hundreds of people gathered in the square in front of the hospital. "Thank you everyone," he said in a wisp of a voice. Then he said, "I see a woman with yellow flowers. She's good." Then, with a trembling hand, he made the sign of the cross in a blessing, before being wheeled back into the hospital. 

What did you make of that? How did Francis look to you? To me, the feeble wave (note the position of the fingers on his hand, like something out of Star Trek) and the child-like comment about the lady with the flowers, looked like someone who has lapsed into senile dementia.

You don't think so? Have you never seen a retarded mentally challenged person wave at someone? Have you never heard such a person respond to a caregiver's "Look, Timmy! What's that?" I'm not making fun of anyone, just pointing out that, to me, Pope Bergoglio appears to have lost not just his faculties but his mental faculties too. Non compos mentis -- the phrase in the language of the Church for someone who has lost  his mind.

And why should Francis's mental function have not been diminished over the nearly a month that he was receiving "supplemental oxygen" while he was fighting his battle with double pneumonia. Just yesterday, Professor Sergio Alfieri, the lead doctor of the medical staff looking after the pope, told Corriere della Sera that considered stopping his treatment so he could die.

Thehe most critical moment, the good doctor said, came on 28 February, when the pope had a breathing crisis and inhaled his own vomit. "We had to choose whether to stop and let him go or force it and try with all the drugs and therapies possible," the good doctor said, "running the very high risk of damaging other organs. And in the end, we took this path." One of the "other organs" would certainly be the brain.

Was that Francis's choice. Prof. Alfieri said, "The Holy Father always decides. He delegated all kinds of health care choices to Massimiliano Strappetti, his personal health care assistant, who knows perfectly well the Pontiff’s wishes." He reportedly told Prof. Alfieri, "Try everything, we won’t give up. That’s what we all thought too. And no one gave up."

Francis has returned to his residence at Casa Santa Marta, where the Vatican says will receive treatment including mobility and respiratory-related physiotherapy, especially for voice recovery, and engage in personal prayer. Doctors also advised him to have 24-hour medical assistance, including oxygen therapy, and in case of any emergencies.

Let me ask, then, an annocent question. If Francis was (and still is) that sick, and has apparently only limited understand of what's going on around him (as the video suggests), who's writing all these notes, memos and decrees that Francis is allegedly signing? Are they being signed with an autopen? Who's pushing the buttons?

For an answer to that last question, look no further than "'Peter the Roman' ready to take over from Francis", WWW 14/1/18. God save His Holy Church!

VIDEO: The New World Order takes a massive hit in US election

It's almost two weeks since the Day of Reckoning and the shock waves are still rippling through the woke Western world. There is much tearing of hair, weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Particularly amongst the feminist community of wimmin who (according to Bill Burr) started all t his woke nonsense.

In the latest episode of Remnant TV's "Underground", Michael Matt analyses the results of the 2024 election and concludes that, in the words of the leading leftist rag,  “Pro-Abort Politicians Biggest Losers of November Election”.

Well, those weren't really the words of the New York Times. Their headling read "Wishful Thinking on Abortion Politics". Abortion was the biggest loser of all in the November election. And the politicians who support the killing of innocent babies -- Mr Matt mentions "Commie Kamala" Harris, Hillary Clinton and Tampon Timmy Walz -- were the biggest losers.

The unlerlying message -- the key to this video -- is those three familiar words, now trending again: "Christ is King!" The war is on, and the New Woke Order has lost this round. Will it lose the war? That, Mr Matt says, is where we come in. We mustn't stop now. As President-Elect Trump says, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Note from Ed.: Try not to be so stricken with mirth by what Mr Matt calls Francis near the end that you stop listening to the message.

VIDEO: The Remnant's Michael Matt on what happens next

We haven't posted much recently about religion, the culture wars, and the New World Order, because these worthy topics were subsumed by the big issues of the Presidential election. Now that it's over and the right candidate [Geddit? Ed.] won, what happens next? Here are some thoughts from our old friend, Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper, and animator of Remnant TV's "Underground".

So there's not going to be a Te Deum. That's it for this week then. Absent any major news event, Walt will be taking the weekend off.

VIDEO: "Credo" - this is what Catholics believe

A man who claims to be the Pope has been quoted as saying that all religions lead to God. He believes in Drawing All Faiths Together (DAFT) into his Church of the New World Order. This is the heresy of syncretism. It is not what Catholics believe. 

Here is the Credo (Creed) as sung (in English) by the faithful at the Ukrainian-Greco Catholic Church of Saint Elias the Prophet in Brampton ON in November of 2022.

In response to the heretical statement of the man mentioned above, Most Rev. Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, has written this Profession of Faith, read at the Catholic Identity Conference 2024, at Pittsburgh PA, today.

Profession of Faith in Jesus Christ and His Church
as the only path to God and to eternal salvation 

We unshakably believe and profess what the ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Church has continuously and infallibly taught since the time of the Apostles, namely, 

That faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God and only Savior of mankind, is the only religion willed by God.

After the institution of the new and everlasting Covenant in Jesus Christ, no one may be saved by adherence to the teachings and practices of non-Christian religions. Because “the prayer, which is directed to God, must be linked with Christ, the Lord of all people, the one Mediator (1 Tm 2:5; Heb 8:6; 9:15; 12:24) through whom alone we have access to God (Rom 5:2; Eph 2:18; 3:12).” (General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours, n. 6)

We firmly believe that “there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12), except the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead (cf. Acts 4:10).

We believe that it is “contrary to the Catholic faith to consider the Church as one way of salvation alongside those constituted by the other religions, seen as complementary to the Church or substantially equivalent to her, even if these are said to be converging with the Church toward the eschatological kingdom of God” (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Dominus Iesus, 21).

We furthermore hold that Divine Revelation, faithfully transmitted by the Church’s perennial Magisterium, forbids affirming:

That all religions are paths to God,

That the diversity of religious identities is a gift of God, and

That the diversity of religions is an expression of the wise will of God the Creator. 

We hold, therefore, that Christians are not simply “travelling companions” along with adherents of false religions — which God forbids.

We fervently implore the help of Divine grace for all those churchmen today who, by their words and deeds, contradict the Divinely revealed truth about Jesus Christ and His Church as the only path by which men can reach God and eternal salvation. With the help of divine grace, may these churchmen be enabled to offer a public retraction, required for the good of their own soul and the souls of others. For “not accepting Christ is the greatest danger for the world!” (St. Hilary of Poitiers, In Matth. 18).

By the prayers, tears and sacrifices of all the true sons and daughters of the Church, and especially of the “little ones” in the Church, may the Shepherds of the Church, and first and foremost Pope Francis, receive the grace to emulate the Apostles, countless Martyrs, numerous Holy Roman Pontiffs and a multitude of Saints, especially St. Francis of Assisi, who “was a Catholic and an entirely apostolic man, who set about personally and commanded his disciples to occupy themselves before everything else with the conversion of the heathen to the Faith and Law of Christ.” (Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Rite Expiatis, 37)

We believe and, with God’s grace, are ready to give our lives for this Divine truth pronounced by Jesus Christ: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). 

+ Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana,

with the Participants of the Catholic Identity Conference 2024, Pittsburgh, September 29, A.D. 2024

Even-greater Debate upcoming: Pope Francis vs Jesus

"Pope Challenges Jesus To Debate On Whether All Religions Lead To God"

C'mon, you know it's gotta be from the Babylon Bee, right? The Bee is "your trusted source for Christian satire". 

Excerpt: "I heard Jesus said something bigoted about 'no one coming to the Father except through me', and ugh - that's just so exclusionary! So, I've challenged God Incarnate to a debate so I can teach Him a thing or two about how people come to God."

Serious note from Ed.: Those who don't get this are invited to read the Gospel of St. John, 14:6 - "Jesus saith to him: I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me." That's what Catholics believe.

UNCENSORED VIDEO: RTV's Michael Matt on the events of a busy week, including the latest on COVID and the Great Reset

Michael Matt's "Underground" is still on YouTube, but to keep it there he's had to edit certain parts/subjects heavily to avoid offending YouTube's woke "community standards". When we repost Michael's vids -- it's hard to resist the temptation to repost all of them -- we get the feed directly from RemnantTV. Walt suggests you bookmark the link and check `em out for yourself; they're always worthwhile!

Here's this week's "Underground": "A Papal Meltdown: Vigano Accused, Rupnik Excused". If you want to see the contents before you watch, look below the window.

In this episode, Mr Matt looks at the COVID aftermath and how the wheels are coming off the Great Reset. 

With influential cultural figures such as future hall-of-fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, speaking out against the global surveillance state, it becomes easy to see that "we’re not in Kansas anymore" where conspiracy theories are concerned. The Wizard is fake news, and everyone knows it! 

Speaking of Kansas, Bishop James Johnston of Kansas City has joined Bishop Thomas Paprocki in enthusiastically supporting Harrison Butker’s clarion call for bishops to "man up" and start behaving like Catholic bishops again. 

Mr Butker blasted the bishops for closing the churches during Covid and, what do you know, several bishops just seconded the motion. Go figure! 

So, with the EU elections scoring big wins for Europe’s populist/nationalist parties – a stinging indictment of Pope Francis the Globalist – is this Reign of Terror finally running out of steam? Francis seems desperate. A case in point: With the world teetering on the edge of war, Pope Francis is putting his paranoia on full display by ordering Archbishop Vigano to come to Rome to face charges of schism. 

Yes, you read that right! He’s not trying to excommunicate MISTER Ted McCarrick – one of the worst sexual predators in Church history. Nope! Francis is going after the whistle blower. You just can’t make this stuff up! 

And, finally, with nothing better to do, the obsessed (with traditional Catholics) pontiff finds himself at the center of swirling rumors that claim Team Francis is about to launch a "Final Solution" to permanently ban the Latin Mass. Is there anything to the rumors, and what’s really behind this Vatican witch hunt?

Watch and learn!

What are the chances of the next Pope being Catholic?

Thanks and a tip o' the biretta (the hat still worn by some Roman Catholic priests) to the good folks at Blazing Cat Fur for posting "The Scandals Haunting Pope Francis", about the travails of true believers to find a Catholic pope -- as in "Is the Pope Catholic?" -- to succeed the apostate Francis, whose papacy is coming to an end. 

"Scheming cardinals are sharpening their knives", the BCF squib says. "The cardinals are already meeting to discuss who should be the next pope. Some of the liberal ones, who feel safe because they're in favour with the ailing Pope Francis, can be seen comparing notes in a bar near the gates of the Vatican. The conservative cardinals are more nervous: they gather at suppers in each other’s apartments or — if they can trust the fawning waiters not to betray them — in a favourite restaurant."

The link at the end of the BCF article takes you to an excellent article by Damian Thompson, writing in UnHerd, analysing the pros and cons of the many cardinals -- liberal and traditional, left and right, unworthy and worthy -- who might be elected in the next conclave.

Mentioned near the end of Mr Thompson's article is Cardinal Pietro Parolin, presently the Vatican's Secretary of State. A lot of damage has been to Holy Mother Church by recent Secretaries of State, including Cardinals Casaroli, Sodano, and Bertone, who held the position under Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Jorge Bergoglio, who calls himself "Pope Francis".

In "'Peter the Roman' ready to take over from Pope Francis" (WWW 14/1/18), I wrote about Cardinal Parolin, already notorious for orchestrating the Vatican sell-out to Communist China, condemned by Joseph Cardinal Zen Zi-Kiun. The agreement to sell out Chinese Catholics was supposed to be a trial, but has now become permanent, because Cardinal Parolin wants it so. 

Cardinal Parolin seems poised to finalize the sell-out of the Church to the New World Order and its New World Religion now "progressing" (word chosen carefully) under Pope Bergoglio. Let us pray earnestly the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel: Defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Thanks to BCF commentator Canucklehead for the very apt illustration. But, Walt hears you ask, where is Cardinal Parolin in the picture? Answer: He made and served the tea! 

VIDEO: Why the weaponized FBI is targeting traditional Catholics

Last November, Most Rev. Joseph Strickland was "fired" by "Pope" Francis from his position as Bishop of Tyler (Texas). His crime? Opposing globalism, wokeism, and the leader of the New Church of the World Order. 

Following an apostolic visitation (a word with some interesting meanins) in September, several of Francis' cronies in the Vatican advised him Francis to pressure "Bishop Joe" to resign. But the good bishop refused to bend the knee! In October he penned an open letter to the faithful saying "[resigning] would be me abandoning the flock that I was given charge of by Pope Benedict XVI." 

On 31 October 2023, at the Rome Life Forum of LifeSiteNews, Bishop Strickland read out a letter (attributed to a "friend") which included the question: "Would you now allow this one [Francis] who has pushed aside the true Pope [Benedict XVI] and has attempted to sit on a chair that is not his define what the church is to be?" The letter also described Francis as an "usurper of Peter's chair" and "an expert at producing cowards". 

Bishop Strickland did not dispute these accusations, and described the letter as "challenging". He then made his own comment that Pope Francis backed the Vatican's "attack on the sacred". He was asked to resign on 9 November, and, after refusing again, was deposed on 11 November 2023.

But the prelate has not been silenced. He continues to stand up and speak up for the True Faith, whenever and wherever he can. Last week he spoke at CPAC at National Harbor Maryland. His subject was the FBI's investigation of traditional Catholics, revealed in hearings before the House Judiciary Committee last fall. See "New Report Details the Extent of the FBI's Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Traditional Catholics".

Bishop Strickland was interviewed on this and related topics by Breitbart News' Matthew Perdie. Listen carefully as he gives a clear and concise explanation of why the liberals, wokesters, and Deep State have a hate-on for traditional Catholics and other Christians.

Key takeaway (at about the 5th minute):  “The Catholic Church is, and should be, totally opposed to this woke agenda … The Catholic Church should reject [the woke agenda] because it’s a rejection of God. It’s a rejection of who we are: created in the image and likeness of God... [Tyrannical leaders] are threatened by those who stand for the truth and won’t budge."

VIDEO: Is 2024 going to be even worse than 2023?

Michael Matt, editor of the Remnant newspaper, says 2024 is going to be "hell on earth!" Why? Because the one-worlders, Communists, and lunatic left realize that people are waking up to their plans for the New World Order, and are starting to resist. 

That's what we've seen in recent elections in Europe where the right is resurgent. We see it also in the Church, in the open opposition to the New World Religion of "Pope" Francis. The godless revolution of the one-worlders is failing. 

They know it and they're afraid, desperately afraid. So much do they fear that, come November, Americans will vote to join the reistance, that Tucker Carlson, for one wouldn't be surprised if they try to assassinate President Trump, which is starting to look like the only way they can keep him off the ballot. Would you be surprised? Look what almost happened to Ronald Reagan.

In this editiion of the Remnant Underground, Michael Matt takes a look at the extraordinary turn of events whereby globalism is suddenly taking so much blowback that the entire house of cards may fall in the near future. The triumph of the New World Order is not inevitable after all!
 

In the Catholic Church, for example, with its globalist pope (so he claims) at the helm, it is now manifestly obvious that not since the Avignon Captivity of the Fourteenth Century, has there been greater hierarchical resistance to a reigning pontiff. 

Mr Matt calls upon the clans to supporting the African Bishops’ conferences, the Hungarians, the Poles, the Kazakhstanis, Cardinals Muller, Burke, Sarah and so many others as they publicly resist this disastrous pontificate. The hierarchical firepower being amassed against Francis right now could lead to an imperfect council or some other form of authoritative judgment against his derelict pontificate.

Obviously, this is precisely what Cardinal “Tucho” is worried about, which is why he attempted to double down on Fiducia Supplicans this week, which only made matters worse for Francis. Michael reminds us that, due to the history-changing nature of this moment, lay Catholics need to make sure the good bishops find in us the loyal defenders we've always promised them we’d be if they would raise their voices in resistance. 

Also... President Putin’s New Year’s message to the people of Russia is probably the most nationalistic address any superpower leader has delivered since the inaugural speech of Donald Trump. Now what are builders of the New World Order going to do? 

No matter how you slice it, or whose side you're on, 2024 promises to be a year of cataclysmic change... for better... or for worse. Whose side are you on? The side of evil, personified in so many of our world "leaders" or on the side of the angels, like those Mr Matt talks about in this video. 

Let me close with one of President Kennery's favourite quotes, from Canto 3 of Dante Alighieri's Inferno: "The darkest places of hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."

The day of reckoning has arrived

Yes, campers, it's time to see how good a prognosticator Walt really is. [If you didn't prognosticate in public, you wouldn't get caught near so easily. Do it in the bathroom with the door closed, likely everybody else! Ed.]

On 10 January 2023, Walt wrote: I see a bad year ahead. 

The woke AABC countries and western Europe are one gigantic insane asylum, and the craziest inmates are in charge. Things will get worse unless one of the following predictions comes true. 

I predict that at least one of the three following heads of government will be out of office by Christmas, as a result of resignation, revolution or death. 

"Pope" Francis 

Demented Joe Biden Justin 

"F*ck" Trudeau 

The ousting of any one of them would not necessarily make things better in their domains. In fact it would be followed by a period of instability verging on civil war, from which a better church or country might emerge.

Let's see how we did. 

Francis's Church of the One World Religion, the Paranoid States of America and the Great No-longer-white North are still in business, although arguably going downhill (or down the toilet) fast.

The only thing that will save any of those institutions is a dramatic change of leadership, followed by cataclysmic changes of policy. Or, in the case of what was once the Catholic Church, a reversion to the 2000-year-old Faith of our fathers.

As for their "leaders"...

As of this morniong, Francis the Talking Pope is still in the Vatican, dreaming up new novelties [That's a redundancy. Ed.] to distract his followers from any thoughts of guilt, repentance and salvation.

Corrupt Joe Biden is hiding -- Biden is hidin' LOL -- in his basement in Delaware, trying to keep the walls constructed by The Boy from closing in and crushing him. As of this morning he is not in the Oval Office.

Justin "Fuck" Trudeau is on holiday in Jamaica, having burned tons of avgas to get there, and so contributed more to "global warming" than yer average frostback. Before he left, he emitted a substantial amount of CO2 telling the lickspittle media that everything's OK in Canada and he will never, ever quit. Never. Ever. Today, at any rate he is not in his office on Parliament Hill.

So Walt's score is 2 out of office out of 3 predicted. 2 for 3 = .667 on this one. Lifetime pct .977.

Pray this is a joke!

Pope Francis Excommunicates Apostle Paul Over Outdated Views On Women, Marriage 

If you think that's unlikely, consider this latest video from Remnant TV. Michael Matt says that the Church may finally have reached the point of self-destruction by declaring that there is no more sin. If the Church no longer believes in hell, that renders the Incarnation and Resurrection pointless, and the existence of the Church irrelevant. 

Let us pray. Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits, who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.

VIDEO: Hold the line! We ARE winning!

Many years ago, when I was eking out my tuition by playing piano in a [Shame on you if you thought  "brothel". In fact it was a Baptist church! Ed.] I learned a gospel song which began like this:

Ho, my comrades, see the signal, flashing through the sky,

Reinforcements now appearing, victory is nigh!

Hold the fort, for I am coming... etc

These lyrics flashed through my mind as I watched the latest episode of The Remnant Underground featuring Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper. Mr Matt talks about:

* the sacking of Raymond Cardinal Burke by Francis, the "Pope of Mercy", which has parked outrage from news networks all over the world. 

* Jewish economist, Jeffrey Sachs' about-face on Dr Fauci's Covid lies, denunciation of the Democrat Party, and allegations that Israel is committing war crimes. 

* The travails of Team Francis. Apparently the minions who arranged the Pope’s Abu Dhabi dialogue with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar didn't know the latter is an enthusiastic supporter of... wait for it... Hamas!

But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more!

Late night comedians are openly mocking Greta Thunberg

Elon Musk says George Soros fundamentally hates humanity, and 

Klaus Schwab says he’s going to turn the freeways of the world into parks!

Mr Matt says all this is part of Globalism's mad dash to LaLa Land. Listen and marvel.

To return to my opening paragraph, Mr Matt says (and yr obdt servant agrees!) that all this is good news, for thes latest acts in the comedy of errors and nonsense portends the demise of the New World Order and New World Religion (the "Church of Francis") being promoted by Messrs Soros, Schwab and Bergoglio. 

These are the last acts of desperate (and desperately misguided) men, facing the decline and fall of their Brave New World. They've overstayed their welcome and overplayed their hand. All that is needed to consign them to the ash-heap of history is for us -- lovers of tradition, freedom, and Christian civilzation -- keep resisting the secular humanist overlords to their faces. 

As Tamara Lich, one of the organizers of the Freedom Convoy, says: Hold the line! As Michael Matt says: Don't lose hope; we are winning! Victory is nigh!  

VIDEO: Latest news and views from Michael Matt at Remnant TV

It's been a while since we reposted a video featuring Michael Matt, the editor of The Remnant newspaper. The recently concluded Synod on Synodality (which we thought would be the Synod of Sin) turned out to be something of a damp squib, just a continuation of the "church of accompaniment" nonsense dreamed up by Jorge Bergoglio, the man who calls himself "Pope Francis". 

There wasn't a whole lot there to talk about, so in this week's video Mr Matt talks about a potpourri of other things, notably Francis' dismissal from office of Most Rev. Joseph Strickland, now the former Bishop of Tyler TX.

But there's much more. Listen as Dr Jordan Peterson (!) talks about the power of the Rosary. As Mr Matt says, "Looks like God’s coming back, and he’s bringing hell with him." Here's the video.

Even if you're not Catholic, you need to be concerned about the crisis in the Church. Ever since the "progressives" started their campaign to weaken and ultimately destroy Holy Mother of Church, the entire Western world has fallen into a state of decay. 

The war on the Church is a war on our entire society! We must resist Francis and all the enemies of Holy Mother Church, both without and within! Join us in this prayer: Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.