Vatican II

THE GREAT APOSTASY
Allow me to explain, with all the clarity and rigor that the gravity of the situation demands, what we traditionalist Catholics understand as the greatest catastrophe that has ever befallen the Holy Church in its two thousand years of existence: the Second Vatican Council and the modernist revolution it enshrined.
Prepared Infiltration
I cannot begin without placing this apostasy in historical context. The modernist poison did not appear out of nowhere in 1962. It had already been injected into the veins of the Church for decades, despite the solemn condemnations of Saint Pius X.
From the beginning of the 20th century, we have seen seminaries infiltrated by professors contaminated with modernist error. German historical-critical exegesis, the theological evolutionisms of Teilhard de Chardin, the “nouvelle théologie” of De Lubac, Congar, and Rahner – all this fermented behind the scenes, waiting for the opportune moment to emerge.
Previous popes, especially Pius IX, Leo XIII, Saint Pius X, Pius XI, and Pius XII, heroically combated these heresies. But a fifth column operated silently, waiting for the guard to lower its guard.
The 1962 Coup
When the kind but naive John XXIII convened the Council with his dangerous idea of “aggiornamento,” the wolves in sheep’s clothing saw their opportunity. Cardinals and bishops who had been marginalized or silenced by Pius XII suddenly emerged as the “periti” (experts) of the Council.
The preparatory plans, drawn up by the Roman Curia under Orthodox guidance, were summarily rejected in the first days of the Council. It was a veritable ecclesiastical coup d’état. The European Alliance – progressive German, French, Dutch, and Belgian bishops – seized control of the commissions and imposed its revolutionary agenda.
PART I: THE PREPARED CONSPIRACY
Masonic and Modernist Infiltration
I cannot begin without exposing the truth about the systematic infiltration that paved the way for the 1962 coup. This is not conspiracy theory – it is documented history that the post-conciliar hierarchy is desperately trying to hide.
The Alta Vendita Plan (1820-1846)
The documents of the Alta Vendita – the highest Italian Masonic lodge – were captured and published by Pius IX. In them, the Freemasons explicitly outline their plan:
“What we must seek and hope for, as the Jews await the Messiah, is a Pope according to our needs… With this we will march more surely toward the assault on the Church than with the pamphlets of our brothers in France… The work to which we will dedicate ourselves is not the work of a day, nor of a month, nor of a year. It may last many years, perhaps a century… We do not pretend to win over the Popes to our cause, to make them neophytes of our principles… What we must seek is a Pope according to our needs, and this Pope, like Alexander VI, we will have.”
They succeeded in 1958 with John XXIII.
The Modernists’ Oath and Its Violation
Saint Pius X, in his prophetic wisdom, imposed the Anti-Modernist Oath (1910) which every cleric should take before ordination:
“I sincerely accept the doctrine of the faith transmitted to us from the Apostles by the Orthodox Fathers, always in the same sense and with the same interpretation… I totally reject the heretical doctrine of the evolution of dogmas… I condemn and reject the opinion of those who say that the faith proposed by the Church can contradict history… I promise that I will faithfully keep, until the end of my life, all these things established here, in their integrity and purity.”
ALL POST-CONCILIAR FATHERS VIOLATED THIS SACRED OATH.
Paul VI abolished this oath in 1967. Why? Because it became impossible to uphold the oath and accept Vatican II simultaneously. The contradiction was too blatant.
The Fifth Column in Seminaries
Since the 1920s and 1930s, Orthodox seminarians have reported professors who taught:
- Questions about the historicity of the Gospels
- Denial of Christ’s miracles
- Evolutionism applied to doctrine
- German Protestant biblical criticism
- Moral relativism disguised as “pastoral”
Priests like Father Garrigou-Lagrange OP repeatedly warned against this. He called the “nouvelle théologie” an “old heresy”—modernism renamed.
“When they denounced these heresies, they were labeled ‘reactionaries’ and marginalized. The heretics continued teaching with impunity, forming the generation that would take over the Council.”
PART II: THE 1962 COUP OF STATE
Rejected Preparatory Schemes
A scandalous fact that is rarely mentioned:
The Preparatory Commission, under the direction of Cardinal Ottaviani and the Roman Curia, prepared 70 completely orthodox doctrinal outlines for the Council. These outlines:
- They explicitly condemned communism.
- They reaffirmed all the traditional dogmas.
- They maintained the doctrine of a Catholic State.
- They preserved the Tridentine Mass untouched.
- They condemned false ecumenism.
- They reaffirmed “Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus”
In the first general session of the Council, a clique of progressive cardinals (Suenens, Frings, König, Liénart) REJECTED ALL THESE SCHEMES wholesale!
It was a parliamentary coup d’état. Ottaviani protested vehemently, but was silenced. Literally: his microphone was cut off when he exceeded the permitted “10 minutes” of speaking time.
The Rhineland Mafia
The so-called “European Alliance” or “Rhenish Mafia” controlled the Council:
GERMANY:
- Cardinal Frings (Cologne) – advised by the young Joseph Ratzinger
- Cardinal Döpfner (Munich)
FRANCE:
- Cardinal Liénart (Lille) – suspected Freemason
- Cardinal Suenens (Belgium-France)
NETHERLANDS:
- Cardinal Alfrink – would completely destroy the Dutch Church.
AUSTRIA:
- Cardinal König
These men met secretly, coordinated strategies, controlled the committees, and imposed their progressive theologians as experts (Rahner, Küng, Schillebeeckx, Congar).
The Heretical Periti
KARL RAHNER, SJ – most influential:
- “Anonymous Christian” – pure heresy (everyone is saved without knowing Christ)
- Reductionism of the supernatural
- Denial of eternal damnation
- Epistemological relativism
- Posthumously condemned (his works) by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
HANS KÜNG:
- He denied papal infallibility.
- He denied the divinity of Christ.
- It promoted the ordination of women.
- Pure Protestantism
- He had his teaching license revoked , but he fully influenced the Council.
EDWARD SCHILLEBEECKX, OP:
- He denied the Real Presence.
- Christ “did not know that he was God”
- Sacraments are “symbols,” not realities.
- Resurrection is a “subjective experience of the apostles”
Yves Congar, OP:
- Radical ecumenism
- The church is not a perfect society.
- Collegiality versus papal primacy
MARIE-DOMINIQUE CHENU, OP:
- Christianized Marxism
- Liberation Theology avant la lettre
- Secular humanism
PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, SJ:
- Pantheistic cosmic evolutionism
- Denial of literal original sin
- Christ as the “Omega Point” of evolution.
- OFFICIALLY CONDEMNED by the Holy Office (1962)
- His works were “rehabilitated” after the Council.
THESE CONDEMNED HERETICS WROTE VATICAN II.
PART III: THE CONSECRATED HERESIES – A DETAILED ANALYSIS
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: DENIAL OF THE KINGSHIP OF CHRIST
Dignitatis Humanae – The Ultimate Betrayal
This document is the most blatant formal contradiction to the perpetual Magisterium.
What the Church has always taught (Infallible Magisterium):
GREGORY XVI – Mirari Vos (1832): “From this corrupted source of indifference flows that absurd and erroneous sentence, or rather delirium (deliramentum), that freedom of conscience must be admitted and guaranteed for everyone. This most pestilent error is paved by that full and unlimited freedom of opinion which, to the ruin of Church and State, is spreading everywhere.”
Pius IX – Quanta Cura (1864) and SYLLABUS:
Formally condemn these propositions:
- Proposition 15: “It is free for each man to embrace and profess that religion which he, guided by the light of reason, judges to be true.” – CONDEMNED
- Proposition 77: “In our time it is no longer fitting that the Catholic religion should be considered the sole religion of the State, to the exclusion of all other faiths.” – CONDEMNED
- Proposition 78: “Therefore, it has been laudably provided by law in some Catholic countries that those who immigrate there may be permitted to publicly practice their own religion, whatever it may be.” – CONDEMNED
- Proposition 79: “Indeed, it is false that the civil liberty of all faiths and the full power given to all to openly and publicly express any opinions and thoughts more easily lead peoples to the corruption of morals and minds and propagate the plague of indifference.” – CONDEMNED
LEO XIII – Libertas Praestantissimum (1888): “It is, therefore, a great perversity [to want] that man should not be in any way bound to God, or that it should not be possible for him in any way to know what the true religion is… Freedom of worship is contrary to the virtue of religion… To give equal right to truth and falsehood, to virtue and vice, to justice and injustice, is a most pernicious superstition.”
LEO XIII – Immortale Dei (1885): “The Church judges that it is not lawful to place the various forms of divine worship on the same footing as the true religion.”
SAINT PIUS X – Vehementer Nos (1906): “The thesis that upholds the separation of Church and State is contrary to the divine constitution of the Church and to the history of the Christian name.”
PIUS XI – Quas Primas (1925): “States cannot, without committing the crime of lese-majesty, proceed as if God did not exist, or disregard religion as something foreign or useless… From this we see how wrong those are who separate matters of state from religious matters and believe that divine laws have no influence on public life.”
PIO XII – Ci Riesce (1953): “That which does not respond to truth and moral norms has objectively no right to existence, nor to propaganda, nor to action.”
WHAT VATICAN II TEACHES (Dignitatis Humanae):
“This Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom consists in the following: all men should be free from coercion… in such a way that in religious matters no one should be forced to act against their conscience or prevented from acting according to their conscience… This right of the human person to religious freedom should be so recognized in the legal order of society that it becomes a civil right.”
This is a formal contradiction and manifest heresy.
Catholic States Destroyed:
Before Vatican II, countries such as:
- Spain (Constitution of 1945): “The Catholic, Apostolic, Roman religion is the only religion of the Spanish nation.”
- Italy: Concordat favoring Catholicism
- Ireland: Constitution enshrining the nation in Christ the King.
- Latin America: Constitutions recognizing Christ the King
After Vatican II , under pressure from the conciliar hierarchy, ALL were forced to abolish these Catholic provisions and adopt secularism/religious neutrality.
Spain: 1978 Constitution – Secular state. Ireland: 1972 Referendum – removal of Catholic character. Italy: Concordat Revision (1984) – end of Catholicism as the state religion.
ABANDONED MISSIONS:
Before: Missionaries went to convert pagans, Buddhists, Muslims. After: “Interreligious dialogue”, “respect for local traditions”, ZERO conversions.
India: Conciliar Jesuits practicing yoga and “Hindu Mass” with Sanskrit and Hindu elements. Japan: Abandonment of evangelization, Buddhist “inculturation.” Africa: Syncretism with tribal religions, pagan dances in the “Mass.”
Ecumenism: The Dissolution of Catholic Identity
Unitatis Redintegratio and Nostra Aetate – Betrayals of the Missionary Mandate
WHAT THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS TAUGHT:
COUNCIL OF FLORENCE (1442) – Dogmatic Definition Ex Cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes, and preaches that none who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews, heretics, and schismatics, can participate in eternal life, but will go to the eternal fire ‘which was prepared for the devil and his angels’ (Mt 25:41), unless before the end of their lives they are gathered to Her.”
BONIFACE VIII – Unam Sanctam (1302) – Ex Cathedra: “We declare, say, define and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.”
EUGENE IV – Cantate Domino (1441): “[The Holy Church] firmly believes, professes, and preaches that no one who is not within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews, heretics, and schismatics, will ever have a share in eternal life, but will go to the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they unite with Her before they die.”
PIUS IX – Quanto Conficiamur Moerore (1863): “It must be held by faith that no one can be saved outside the Roman Apostolic Church; this is the only ark of salvation… however, it must also be held as certain that those who live in ignorance of the true religion, if such ignorance is invincible, are not thereby guilty in the sight of God.”
LEO XIII – Satis Cognitum (1896): “The Church of Christ is one and perpetual. Those who separate themselves from the Church will not have life… Those who do not have the Church as their mother cannot have God as their father.”
PIUS XI – Mortalium Animos (1928) – EXPLICIT CONDEMNATION OF ECUMENISM: “These pan-Christians who strive to federate the churches seem to pursue the most noble purpose of fostering charity among all Christians. But how can we admit that charity should be detrimental to faith? No one is unaware that John himself, the Apostle of Charity… absolutely forbade having relations with those who did not profess the doctrine of Christ in its entirety and purity… Therefore, since there is only one faith, if this is true, any other can only be false.”
“Such attempts cannot, in any way, be approved by Catholics, for they are based on the false opinion of those who think that all religions are more or less good and praiseworthy… The proponents of such theories not only err and deceive themselves, but also reject the true religion, adulterating its essential concept.”
What Vatican II Teaches:
Unitatis Redintegratio: “The Spirit of Christ does not refuse to use [the separated communities] as means of salvation, whose strength derives from the very fullness of grace and truth entrusted to the Catholic Church.”
Translation: Protestant sects are “means of salvation.” A direct contradiction to Florence!
“Separated brethren practice not a few acts of the Christian religion… Such actions should be considered worthy of granting access to the communion of salvation.”
Translation: Heretical cults “grant access to salvation.” Pure heresy!
Lumen Gentium 16: “Those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the gospel of Christ and of his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart… may attain eternal salvation.”
“The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, among whom are first and foremost the MUSLIMS, who, professing to follow the faith of Abraham, worship with us the one and merciful God.”
Do they worship with us? Muslims deny the Trinity, deny Christ as God, deny Redemption! This statement is outright BLASPHEMY!
Nostra Aetate (on the Jews): “Although the Jewish authorities, with their followers, urged the condemnation of Christ to death, nevertheless, what was perpetrated in his passion cannot be imputed indiscriminately to all the Jews who then lived, nor to the Jews of our time.”
This contradicts:
- Matthew 27:25: “His blood be on us and on our children!” (The Jews themselves assume responsibility!)
- Acts 2:36: “Therefore let all Israel know that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15: “The Jews who killed the Lord Jesus”
“The Church… deplores hatred, persecution, and all manifestations of anti-Semitism, regardless of when they occurred or who committed them.”
“Whatever the time may be” – this implicitly condemns:
- Saint John Chrysostom and his preaching against the Jews.
- Fourth Council of Toledo (633)
- Expulsions of Jews from Catholic countries
- Ghetto restrictions instituted by popes
- All traditional teaching about the deicidal people
The Post-Conciliar Ecumenical Scandals:
- ASSIS I (1986) – THE SUPREME SACRILEGE:
John Paul II summoned representatives of all religions (Buddhists, Hindus, animists, Muslims, Protestants, etc.) to “pray for peace” in Assisi.
WHAT HAPPENED:
- Buddha placed on a tabernacle in St. Peter’s Church.
- Dalai Lama “blessed” Catholics
- African shamans performed animistic rituals.
- Witches and wizards practicing magic.
- Muslims unrolled prayer rugs inside Catholic churches.
- Explicit acts of idolatry committed in consecrated churches.
Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Benedict XVI) later admitted: “This event caused great confusion among the faithful.”
Confusion? It was public apostasy!
Saint Pius V, at the Council of Trent, stated: “If anyone says that the ceremonies, vestments, and external signs used by the Catholic Church in the ministry of the Mass are rather incentives to impiety than acts of piety, let him be anathema.”
John Paul II allowed OPEN IMPIETY in Catholic churches. Anathema!
- Damascus Mosque (2001):
John Paul II entered the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus barefoot (a sign of submission) and KISSED THE QURAN – a book that denies the divinity of Christ, the Trinity, and calls Christians infidels.
- ROME SYNAGOGUE (1986):
For the first time in history, a pope entered a synagogue. John Paul II called Jews “elder brothers” (a phrase later removed from official speeches due to theological pressure).
BUT: In Romans 11, Paul calls unbelieving Jews “branches cut off” from the olive tree! They are not our “brothers” as long as they reject Christ – they are enemies of God who need conversion!
- Abu Dhabi Declaration (2019):
Pope Francis signed a document with a Muslim imam stating:
“Pluralism and diversity of religion, color, sex, race, and language are a wise divine will with which God created human beings.”
Did God will Islam? Did God will Buddhism? Did God will idolatry?
That is:
- Denial of Acts 4:12: “There is no other name given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
- Denial of John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- Absolute religious relativism
- MANIFEST HERESY
Several bishops called on Francis to retract his statements. He refused.
- PACHAMAMA IN THE VATICAN (2019):
During the Synod of the Amazon:
- Pagan idol (Pachamama – Andean mother goddess) placed in the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.
- Idolatrous procession in the Vatican Gardens with Francis present.
- Indigenous people prostrating themselves before the idol.
- Direct violation of the First Commandment
Heroic Catholics threw the idols into the Tiber. Francis apologized to the pagans and ordered the idols to be recovered !
- THE NEW MASS – DESTRUCTION OF THE HOLY SACRIFICE
Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Novus Ordo Missae
This is the deepest wound, for Lex orandi, lex credendi – the law of prayer is the law of faith. Change the liturgy, and you will change the faith of the people.
THE BROKEN PROMISE:
Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963) promised:
- Latin would be retained.
- Gregorian chant would have a “primary place”
- Changes would be minimal.
- The people would “actively participate”
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED (1969):
Total annihilation of the traditional Mass and imposition of a new, artificially fabricated rite.
The Bugnini Commission – Protestant Consultants
Monsignor Annibale Bugnini , secretary of the Commission for Liturgical Reform, was a proven Freemason (he was removed by Paul VI in 1975 and exiled as nuncio to Iran when evidence of Masonic affiliation emerged).
SUPREME SCANDAL: The committee included SIX PROTESTANT OBSERVERS :
- Dr. George Cullmann (Swiss Lutheran)
- Dr. Raymond George (English Methodist)
- Dr. Ronald Jasper (English Anglican)
- Dr. Massey Shepherd (American Episcopalian)
- Dr. Friedrich Kunneth (German Lutheran)
- Frère Max Thurian (Taizé Community – Protestant)
QUESTION: Why did Protestants help to “reform” the Catholic Mass?
Thurian’s response (later converted, but participated as a Protestant): “It is necessary for the Catholic celebration to become closer to the Protestant celebration of the Lord’s Supper in order to facilitate the unity of Christians.”
Bugnini himself admitted: “We must remove from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything that might be the shadow of a stumbling block to our separated brethren, that is, to the Protestants.”
They intentionally Protestantized the Mass!
The Brief Critical Examination (Ottaviani-Bacci)
Cardinals Alfredo Ottaviani (Prefect of the Holy Office) and Antonio Bacci presented Paul VI (1969) with a devastating theological analysis:
“The Novus Ordo Missae, if we consider the new elements, susceptible to very diverse interpretations, that appear implicitly or explicitly within it, DEPARTS IN A STRIKING WAY, both in its entirety and in its details, from the Catholic theology of the Holy Mass, as formulated in the 22nd Session of the Council of Trent.”
Key findings:
- “Both as a whole and in its particulars, it represents a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Holy Mass.”
- “The definition of Mass is reduced to a ‘supper’… The formula ‘Memorial of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord’ implies neither the Real Presence, nor the reality of the Sacrifice, nor the sacramental function of the consecrating priest.”
- “The formulas of the new Ordo, taken together, lead to the danger that Catholics may unknowingly lose sight of the unity between liturgical action and the Sacrifice.”
- “It favors ideas very close to those of the Protestants.”
Paul VI ignored this warning from the cardinals and imposed the Novus Ordo by force.
Detailed Comparison: Tridentina vs. Novus Ordo
OFFERTORY:
Tridentine Mass: “Receive, O Holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this immaculate sacrifice which I, your unworthy servant, offer to You, my living and true God, for my countless sins, offenses, and negligences, for all those present and for all the faithful, living and deceased, so that it may benefit me and them for salvation in eternal life. Amen.”
Explicit theology:
- Propitiatory sacrifice
- For sins
- Priest as mediator
- Salvation of souls
NOVUS ORDO: “Blessed are you, Lord, God of the universe, for the bread we have received from your goodness, the fruit of the earth and the work of human hands, which we now present to you, and which will become for us the bread of life.”
Theology:
- Jewish blessing
- We present (not we offer as a sacrifice)
- “Fruit of human labor” (humanist emphasis)
- Zero reference to sin, propitiation, or sacrifice.
ROMAN CANON (Eucharistic Prayer):
TRIDENTINE:
- A single Canon, unchanged for centuries.
- Explicit sacrificial theology in every word.
- 25 signs of the cross
- Constant references to the propitiatory sacrifice.
NOVUS ORDO:
- 4 interchangeable “Eucharistic Prayers” (more were added later)
- Prayer II: abridged, desacralized version
- Options, creativity, and improvisation are encouraged.
- Protestantization : the language of “memorial” instead of sacrifice.
CONSECRATION:
Tridentine Mass: Words of Christ in Latin, whispered by the priest, three genuflections, solemn elevation, absolute silence from the people.
NOVUS ORDO:
- Vernacular (desacralization)
- “Mystery of faith” removed from within the formula (breaks sacramental integrity)
- People respond with “memorial acclamation” (transforming consecration into dialogue)
- Total loss of the sense of mysterium tremendum
COMMUNION:
TRIDENTINE:
- On your knees
- In the language
- Only from the priest
- Patena under the chin (to prevent particles from falling)
- Meticulous purification of the sacred vessels.
NOVUS ORDO:
- Standing (arrogance)
- In hand (like a biscuit)
- “Extraordinary ministers” (lay people, women touching the Blessed Sacrament)
- Particles falling to the ground (Jesus trampled)
- Countless sacrileges
STATISTICAL RESULT:
Research (1992):
- 70% of American Catholics no longer believe in the Real Presence.
- 30% think it’s a “symbol”
- Most people don’t know the difference between a consecrated and an unconsecrated host.
BEFORE 1969: Virtually 100% of Catholics believed in the Real Presence.
Testimonials from Those Who Lived Through the Change
Father Anthony Cekada (converted to traditionalism after experiencing the “reformation”):
“I celebrated the Novus Ordo for years. When I finally learned the Tridentine Mass, I wept. I realized I had been robbed. They stole our heritage, our faith, our connection to the martyrs and saints. The Novus Ordo is a liturgical fraud.”
Dietrich von Hildebrand (Catholic philosopher, who fled Nazism):
“Truly, if anyone had a diabolical plan to destroy the liturgy—and with it the heart of the Church—they could not have done better than the post-conciliar liturgical reform.”
Father Klaus Gamber (German liturgist, praised by Ratzinger):
“What happened after the Council was something entirely different: in place of a liturgy that was the fruit of continuous development, a manufactured liturgy was put in place. The organic process of growth and becoming over the centuries was abandoned to be replaced by a fabrication, a banal product of the moment.”
The Monstrous Liturgical Abuses
With “creativity” encouraged, aberrations exploded:
CLOWN MASSES:
- Priests dressed as clowns
- Red noses, colorful wigs
- “Entertaining” children during Mass
- Documented photographs: Germany, USA, Brazil
ROCK/POP MASSES:
- Rock bands playing during the consecration.
- “Elvis Masses”, “Beatles Masses”
- Electric guitars, drums, amplifiers
- Transforming sacrifice into a show.
ECOLOGICAL MASSES:
- Worship of “Mother Earth”
- Pagan elements (trees, stones, “sacred” water that is not blessed)
- Pantheistic invocations
LITURGICAL DANCES:
- African dances at the sanctuary
- Dancers in front of the altar
- “Dancing incense”
- Absolute irreverence
FEMINIST MASSES:
- Replacing “Father” with “Mother”
- Forced inclusive language
- Female ministers usurping priestly functions.
- Preparation for the “ordination” of women
Sacrilegious Hosts:
- Tortilla chips in Mexico
- Rice bread in Asia
- Chocolate wafers (documented!)
- Anything but pure wheat
Communion for all:
- Protestants, Orthodox, even the unbaptized
- Dogs receiving communion (photographed in Germany!)
- “Inclusion” above doctrine
- Systematic desecration
And the hierarchy? Silence. Tolerance. Implicit approval.
- COLLEGIALITY: DEMOCRACY AGAINST THE PAPAL MONARCHY
Lumen Gentium and the Subversion of Primacy
VATICAN I (1870) DEFINED INFALLIBLY:
Pastor Aeternus:
- “The Roman Pontiff possesses primacy of ordinary and immediate jurisdiction over every church and over each and every pastor and faithful, regardless of rite or dignity.”
- “This is the doctrine of Catholic truth from which no one can deviate without loss of faith and salvation.”
- “The pronouncements of the Roman Pontiff are in themselves irreformable (ex sese), and not by the consensus of the Church (non autem ex consensu Ecclesiae).”
Translation: The Pope alone has absolute supreme authority. He does not need bishops to confirm his decisions.
LUMEN GENTIUM (Vatican II):
“The college or episcopal body has no authority except that which is united to the Roman Pontiff… This college, being composed of many, expresses the variety and universality of the People of God.”
It introduces the concept of “collegial authority” – Pope and bishops govern together.
A preliminary explanatory note was added to mitigate contradiction, but IN PRACTICE:
RESULT:
Episcopal conferences began to function as mini-national papacies:
- Germany: German Episcopal Conference openly challenges Rome over communion for Protestants married to Catholics.
- Belgium: Hierarchy tolerated euthanasia and homosexuality.
- Netherlands: Heretical Dutch Catechism (1966) approved by the bishops, contested by Rome, but implemented nonetheless.
- USA: USCCB Episcopal Conference systematically promotes progressive agenda.
Heretical bishops go unpunished.
Cardinal Kasper (Germany):
- He proposed communion for divorced and remarried people.
- He denied absolute truth.
- Explicit moral relativism
- NO PUNISHMENT
Bishop Gaillot (France):
- He supported homosexuality.
- He denied Mary’s virginity.
- Promoted women’s ordination
- It took YEARS to be removed (1995), he became a progressive martyr.
Cardinal Danneels (Belgium):
- He systematically covered up sexual abuse.
- Promoted LGBT agenda
- He participated in the “Saint Rooster Mafia” to elect Francis.
- He died unpunished, praised by Francis.
Dom Erwin Kräutler (Brazil):
- He defends the ordination of women.
- Proposes abolishing celibacy.
- Admired by Francis, invited to the Synod of the Amazon.
- SUBSISTIT IN – ECLESIOLOGICAL RELATIVISM
The Fatal Change in Lumen Gentium 8
PREPARATORY OUTLINE (rejected): “The Church of Christ IS (EST) the Roman Catholic Church”
PROMULGATED TEXT: “The Church of Christ SUBSISTS IN (SUBSISTIT IN) the Catholic Church”
It looks like a technical change. It’s a THEOLOGICAL REVOLUTION.
TRADITIONAL MEANING (EST): Church of Christ = Catholic Church (perfect identity) Outside the Catholic Church there is no Church of Christ.
NEW MEANING (SUBSISTIT IN): The Church of Christ subsists (has a concrete existence) in the Catholic Church BUT can also subsist in other communities.
CONSEQUENCES:
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2007) explained: “’Subsistit in’ allows us to affirm that there are ‘ecclesial elements’ also in other Christian communities.”
Translation: Protestants have “pieces” of the true Church. They don’t need to convert fully, just “complete” what they already have.
THIS DESTROYS:
- Exclusive to the Catholic Church
- Need for full conversion
- Missionary urgency
- Clear Catholic identity
- GAUDIUM ET SPES – SECULAR HUMANISM
The Most Disastrous “Pastoral” Constitution
This document represents CAPITULATION TO THE MODERN WORLD.
Naive optimism:
“The Church deeply feels as its own the joy and hope, the sorrow and anguish of the people of today, especially the poor and all those who suffer.”
It looks nice. But:
JOHN THE EVANGELIST: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the Father.” (1 John 2:15-16)
JAMES: “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” (James 4:4)
CHRIST: “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first… If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.” (John 15:18-19)
Gaudium et Spes reverses this: the Church EMBRACES the secular world, praises modern progress, and downplays sin.
CONCRETE EXAMPLES:
“Advances in biological, psychological, and social sciences allow humankind not only to know itself better, but even to directly influence the lives of societies through technical methods.”
Practical result?
- Implicit approval of contraception
- Modern psychology supplanting confession
- Social engineering viewed as progress
- Scientism replacing faith
“It is necessary to make it possible for all people to participate in culture. That is why it is necessary to ensure that everyone is aware of their right to culture and their duty to cultivate themselves and to help others to cultivate themselves.”
Modern secular “culture” :
- Atheism
- Moral relativism
- Pornography
- Hedonism
- Materialism
And should the Church “participate” in this?
SILENCE ABOUT COMMUNISM:
Preparatory drafts explicitly condemned communism. They were rejected under pressure from progressive bishops.
RESULT:
- Vatican II = the only ecumenical council that did NOT condemn heresy of its time.
- Vatican Ostpolitik: appeasement with the USSR
- Anti-communist martyred bishops (Mindszenty, Wyszynski) betrayed by Rome
- Marxist infiltration in the Church (Liberation Theology)
PART IV: THE DESTRUCTION – STATISTICS OF THE APOCALYPSE
The Numbers of Apostasy
I present objective, verifiable, devastating data:
Priestly Vocations (World)
1965: 58,000 seminarians (USA) 1975: 17,000 (70% decrease) 2019: 3,500 (94% decrease)
France: 1965: 1,000+ ordinations/year; 2019: 100 ordinations/year (a 90% decrease)
Netherlands: 1965: Seminaries full; 2019: ZERO seminarians in several years.
PRIESTLY DEFECTIONS
1963-1993: 100,000 priests left the ministry. 1970-1980: 10,000 priests in the USA alone. In 1969 alone: 3,000 priests requested laicization.
Never in the history of the Church has there been anything comparable.
RELIGIOUS MEN AND WOMEN
USA – Religious: 1965: 180,000 2020: 42,000 (77% decrease) Average age: 74 years (imminent extinction)
Convents closed: Thousands. Communities extinct: Hundreds.
SACRAMENTAL PRACTICE
Sunday Mass (USA): 1965: 75% of Catholics; 1975: 50%; 2000: 35% ; 2019: 20%
Europe is worse: France: 5% of Catholics at Mass; Netherlands: 2% ; Belgium: 3%; Germany: 8%.
CONFESSION: 1965: Most Catholics confessed monthly. 2019: 2% confess annually. Confessionals: Locked, transformed into storage rooms.
WEDDINGS
Annulments (USA): 1968: 338 annulments; 1998: 50,000 annulments (increase of 14,700%)
“Catholic divorce” institutionalized. Ecclesiastical courts are factories of annulments.
Real-life cases:
- Marriage of 40 years, 6 children: ANNULLED
- Reason: “Psychological immaturity” at the time of marriage.
- Sacramentality destroyed
CLOSURE OF INSTITUTIONS
CLOSED/SOLD CHURCHES (Europe): Netherlands: 700+ churches closed since 1970
- Transformed into: mosques, museums, bars, nightclubs, residences
Belgium: 500+ churches closed; France: 2,800+ churches in a state of disrepair; Germany: Systematic closures.
Catholic Schools: USA: 1965: 13,000 Catholic schools; 2019: 6,000 (a 54% decrease)
And what about the remaining ones? They teach heresies, gender ideology, relativism.
CONVERSIONS
BEFORE: Thousands of conversions/year
- Intellectuals (Chesterton, Knox, Maritain)
- Entire families
- Missionary zeal
AFTER:
- Conversions: almost zero
- More leave than enter.
- Post-Christian Europe
A Comparison with Traditional Movements
While modernist dioceses were DYING:
Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX): 1970: Founded by Archbishop Lefebvre; 1980: 200 priests; 2023: 700+ priests, 200+ seminarians
Ecône Seminary (Switzerland):
- Permanently full
- Seminarians from 40+ countries
- Average age: 25 years
- Large families
Christ the King Institute: Founded 1990; 2023: 150+ priests; Exponential growth.
FSSP (Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter): Founded 1988; 2023: 350+ priests; Seminaries at maximum capacity.
Traditional Women’s Institutes:
- Traditional Carmelite convents: crowded, waiting list
- Dominican women of Avrillé: steady growth
- Traditional Benedictine nuns: abundant vocations
Compare with:
- Modernist Carmelites: Extinction
- Progressive Dominican women: average age 75
- Renewed Benedictine nuns: empty convents
WHY?
Because tradition generates life. Novelty generates death.
PART V: MORAL SCANDALS – SODOMY AND CORRUPTION
The Abuse Crisis – Connection with Vatican II
Undeniable fact:
Over 90% of clergy abuse cases involve:
- Post-pubescent male victims (not pedophilia, but homosexual ephebophilia )
- Priests ordained after 1965
- “Reformed” seminaries according to Vatican II
JOHN JAY STUDY (2004):
- 81% of the victims: boys
- Peak of abuses: 1970-1984 (generation formed after Vatican II)
Homosexual Infiltration in Seminaries
Father Donald Cozzens (former seminary rector) admitted: “American seminaries have become predominantly homosexual in culture, with some estimating that 50% or more of the seminarians are homosexual.”
Michael Rose ( Goodbye, Good Men , 2002) documented:
- Homosexual networks controlling seminars
- Orthodox seminarians persecuted, expelled
- “Gay culture” tolerated, encouraged
- Orthodox priests prevented from entering
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES:
São Paulo, Pittsburgh Seminar:
- Seminary librarian caught with gay pornography
- Seminarians reported sexual propositions.
- Rector: no action taken
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary, Maryland:
- Priest in formation: homosexual relationship with seminarian.
- Discovered, transferred (not expelled)
St. Patrick’s Seminary, California:
- Multiple allegations of “gay culture”
- Seminarians expelled for being “rigid” (orthodox)
Predatory Cardinals and Bishops
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick:
- He abused seminarians for decades.
- Promoted systematically: bishop, archbishop, cardinal
- John Paul II promoted him, knowing the rumors.
- Secularized only in 2019 (80+ years of age)
Cardinal Keith O’Brien (Scotland):
- He abused junior priests.
- It was a publicly “conservative” voice.
- Absolute hypocrisy
Archbishop Rembert Weakland (Milwaukee):
- Homosexual relationship
- He paid $450,000 in blackmail.
- It covered up hundreds of abuse cases.
- He retired comfortably, without any real punishment.
Bishop Robert Lynch (St. Petersburg):
- Out-of-court settlement with former advisor (sexual harassment)
- He continued as bishop for years.
PATTERN: Promotion of homosexual prelates, systematic cover-up, transfers instead of punishment.
The Networks of Power – “Lavender Mafia”
Lavender Mafia (nickname for homosexual network in the Vatican) documented by:
Frederic Martel ( In the Closet of the Vatican , 2019):
- 80% of Vatican prelates are homosexual (estimate).
- Systemic double life
- Mutual protection
- Mutual blackmail
Monsignor Dariusz Oko (professor of theology, Poland): “Homoheresy is the greatest threat to the Church… A powerful network of mutual protection operates in the Vatican and in the dioceses.”
Testimony of former Nuncio Viganò:
- He publicly denounced McCarrick (2018)
- He accused Francisco of knowing and covering it up.
- He asked for Francis’s resignation.
- He was silenced, persecuted.
The 300-Page Dossier and Resignation of Benedict XVI
CREDIBLE THEORIES:
Pope Benedict XVI commissioned an investigation into corruption in the Vatican (2012). The resulting dossier (never published) contained:
- Homosexual networks in the Vatican
- Bribery
- Financial corruption
- Conspiracy against the papacy
Benedict XVI resigned (2013) – the first papal resignation in 600 years.
Speculations:
- Pressure from the “lavender mafia”
- Bribery?
- Inability to clean up corruption?
- Forced resignation?
We’ll never know. But the coincidence is suspicious.
Pope Francis and Tolerance Towards Sodomy
Cardinal Maradiaga (Honduras):
- Francisco’s right-hand man
- His auxiliary bishop: multiple cases of abuse and seminarians.
- Francisco: NO ACTION for years
Bishop Zanchetta (Argentina):
- A personal friend of Francisco
- Multiple accusations of abuse and harassment (pornographic photos on cell phone)
- Francis brought him to the Vatican (promoted him!)
- He only investigated when the scandal broke publicly.
Father James Martin, SJ:
- LGBT activist, explicitly promotes gay ideology.
- Invited to Vatican events
- Praised by Francis
- The book “Building a Bridge” = a bridge between the Church and LGBT people (in practice, capitulation).
“Who am I to judge?” (Pope Francis on gay priests, 2013)
Answer: You are the POPE! You MUST judge sin and defend doctrine!
PART VI: THE HERESIES OF FRANCIS – THE CULMINATION
Francis is the full bloom of the virus planted at Vatican II. He is the pope that Vatican II prepared.
Amoris Laetitia (2016) – Communion for Adulterers
PERENNIAL DOCTRINE:
COUNCIL OF TRENT: “If anyone says that the Church errs when she has taught and teaches, according to the Gospel and Apostolic doctrine, that the bond of matrimony cannot be dissolved by adultery… let him be anathema.”
Divorced and remarried individuals = adulterers living in mortal sin. Mortal sin = they cannot receive communion (1 Corinthians 11:27-29).
Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI: They clearly maintained this doctrine.
FRANCIS (Amoris Laetitia, footnote 351):
It allows, under certain circumstances, through “pastoral discernment,” communion for divorced and remarried individuals.
THAT IS:
- Contradiction with Trent
- Abolition of objective moral law
- Introduction of “situational ethics” (condemned by Pius XII)
- Protestantization of morality
Four cardinals (Burke, Brandmüller, Caffarra, Meisner) submitted a Dubia (formal doubts) to Francis asking for clarification.
FRANCIS REFUSED TO ANSWER.
Two of them died. Coincidence?
Pachamama – Idolatry in the Vatican (2019)
During the Synod of the Amazon:
October 20, 2019:
- Pagan ceremony in the Vatican Gardens
- Wooden statuette (Pachamama – Andean mother goddess) placed on the ground.
- Indigenous people bowing and prostrating themselves.
- FRANCISCO PRESENTE , passively watching
Santa Maria Church in Traspontina:
- Even the idol placed INSIDE the church
- Processions with the idol
- Flowers and candles in front of the idol.
- Pagan worship in a Catholic church.
Heroic Catholics (Alexander Tschugguel and friends) took the idols and threw them into the Tiber River.
FRANCISCO:
- He apologized to the pagans.
- He called it “theft”.
- He ordered the idols to be recovered (they were fished from the Tiber!).
- A replica was placed in the church where the Synod was closing.
FIRST COMMANDMENT: “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol… you shall not bow down to them.” (Exodus 20:3-5)
Francis publicly violated the First Commandment.
Abu Dhabi (2019) – “God Willed the Plurality of Religions”
February 4, 2019 – Francis signs document with Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb:
“Pluralism and diversity of religion, color, sex, race, and language are a wise divine will with which God created human beings.”
ANALYSIS:
“God willed it” = positive divine will. “Plurality of religions” = Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, idolatry.
Therefore: Did God intend for Islam (which denies the Trinity and the divinity of Christ) to exist?
This is objective formal heresy.
CONTRADICTS:
- Acts 4:12: “There is no other name given among men by which we must be saved.”
- John 14:6: “No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- Mark 16:16: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
- The entire missionary history of the Church
Bishops corrected Francis:
- Bishop Schneider (Kazakhstan): document contains heresy
- Cardinal Burke: problematic theologically
- Bishop Strickland (USA): contrary to the faith
FRANCIS: He refused to correct or retract.
Fiducia Supplicans (2023) – Blessings for Same-Sex Unions
December 18, 2023 – Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (with the approval of Francis):
It allows pastoral blessings for homosexual couples and divorced and remarried individuals.
They try to distinguish:
- Liturgical blessing (not permitted) vs. pastoral blessing (permitted)
Pure sophistry.
PERENNIAL DOCTRINE:
Leviticus 18:22: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”
Romans 1:26-27: “God gave them over to shameful lusts… men committing shameless acts with other men… receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-10: “Neither effeminate nor homosexuals will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Traditional catechism: Sodomy is a sin that cries out to Heaven for vengeance.
To bless homosexual union = to approve mortal sin = blasphemy
REACTION:
African episcopal conferences: REJECTED the document
- Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia: “We will not implement”
- African bishops showed more faith than the Vatican.
Cardinal Müller (former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith): document is heretical.
Other Heresies and Scandals
Suppression of the Tridentine Mass:
Traditionis Custodes (2021):
- Revoked Summorum Pontificum of Benedict XVI
- It drastically restricted the Traditional Mass.
- Bishops can completely prohibit it.
- Persecution of faithful Catholics
Synod of Synodality:
- “Synodal Church” = ecclesial democracy
- “Listening to the people” = relativization of doctrine
- Preparation for women’s ordination, acceptance of homosexuality.
- Structural Protestantization
“ALL ROADS LEAD TO GOD”:
- Video (2016): all religions are “different paths to reach God”
- Formal heresy of religious relativism
NO PROSELYTISM:
- “Proselytizing is a grave sin.”
- BUT: proselytism = evangelization!
- Denial of Christ’s Great Commission
PAPOLATRY WITH LEFTIST FIGURES:
- Praise for Fidel Castro
- Admiration for Emma Bonino (abortion activist: “a great Italian woman”)
- Meetings with Marxist dictators
- Silence on Christian persecution
MARXIST ANTI-CAPITALISM:
- Evangelii Gaudium : economy that kills
- Laudato Si : pantheistic environmentalism
- Accusations against capitalism (but silence about socialism)
PART VII: THE PROPHECIES – OUR LADY WARNED
Our Lady of La Salette (1846)
Melanie Calvat (psychic) reported:
“Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist… The Church will be eclipsed. The world will be in dismay.”
“The priests and those consecrated to God will go astray… Among them there will be true monsters.”
“Several religious orders will completely lose their faith and cause the loss of many souls.”
EXACT FULFILLMENT IN VATICAN II.
Our Lady of Fatima (1917)
July 13, 1917 – Third Secret.
Official version (2000): Vision of a bishop in white being killed.
BUT: Sister Lucia said that the secret had an explanatory text (words of Our Lady).
THIS TEXT HAS NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED.
Father Malachi Martin (theologian, saw the secret in the Vatican): “The secret speaks of apostasy in the Church beginning at the top. It speaks of Satan entering the highest hierarchy of the Church.”
Cardinal Ciappi (papal theologian): “In the Third Secret it is predicted, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin from the top.”
Cardinal Ratzinger (before becoming Pope): “Events to which the secret alludes seem to be in the past [publication in 2000]… but the call to penance and conversion remains.”
Translation: There’s more to the secret than has been revealed.
Father Gabriele Amorth (Vatican chief exorcist): “Nineteen sixty was when the devil entered the Catholic Church. The Third Secret of Fatima speaks about this.”
Our Lady of Good Success (Quito, Ecuador – 1634)
Apparition to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres. Prophecies for the 20th century:
“During this time, the Church will find itself attacked by terrible waves of the infernal serpent… The vices of impurity, blasphemy, and sacrilege will dominate in this time of desolate iniquity.”
“The atmosphere will be saturated with a spirit of impurity that, like a filthy sea, will flood the streets, squares, and public places with appalling licentiousness.”
“The Sacraments will be profaned… The sacrament of Matrimony… will be attacked and profaned.”
“Freemasonry… will take control of all social classes, and with demonic cunning will penetrate the heart of the family to corrupt the children.”
AND ABOUT THE LITURGY:
“In the later years of the 20th century… the Precious Light of Faith will be extinguished in souls by the almost total corruption of morals… During this dark age, there will be enormous corruption of morals… The few who preserve the Faith and virtues will perform their acts of faith, purity, love, and charity in secret.”
All of this accurately describes the post-Vatican II era.
Saint Francis of Assisi (Prophecy of 1220)
“There will be a Pope who was not canonically elected, which will cause a great schism. Various doctrines will be preached, and many faithful will lose their faith.”
“There will be so much discord that if the days were not shortened, even the elect would be led astray, if that were possible.”
Saint Anthony Mary Claret (19th century)
“Then a great calamity will come. People will think all is lost, but then, all will be saved. This crisis in the Church has already begun. The apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.”
Leo XIII – Vision of 1884
On October 13, 1884 , after celebrating Mass, Pope Leo XIII had a terrifying vision:
He overheard a conversation between Christ and Satan:
SATAN: “I can destroy Your Church if You give me more time and power over those who dedicate themselves to my service.”
CHRIST: “You have the time… a hundred years.”
Leo XIII immediately composed the Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel:
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil… 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.”
He ordered it to be recited after each Mass.
100 years after 1884 = 1984.
BUT: When did the century of Satan begin? 1962 – VATICAN II.
Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Paul VI abolished this prayer in 1964.
The Vision of Pius XII (1954)
Pius XII had a vision which he shared with confidants:
He saw two future popes:
- A “good pope” who would suffer greatly.
- A “bad shepherd” who would destroy much.
Interpretation: Benedict XVI (good, suffered) and Francis (destroyer)?
PART VIII: WHAT WE MUST DO – CATHOLIC RESISTANCE
Our Theological and Practical Position
We, traditionalist Catholics, find ourselves in an unprecedented situation. How should we respond?
- RECOGNITION OF REALITY
We cannot be naive or cowardly. We must call things by their name:
- Vatican II contains objective errors.
- The New Mass represents a departure from the Catholic faith.
- The current hierarchy is tainted with modernism.
- Francis promotes objective heresies.
- We are experiencing an eclipse of the Church (not destruction – Christ promised indestructibility).
- LEGITIMATE RESISTANCE
Biblical precedent:
Galatians 2:11 – Paul to Peter: “When Cephas [Peter] came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face (in faciem ei restiti), because he stood condemned.”
If Saint Paul resisted Saint Peter , we can and must resist errant popes!
Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church: “Just as it is lawful to resist a Pontiff who attacks the body, so too is it lawful to resist one who attacks souls or disturbs civil order, and above all one who would attempt to destroy the Church. I say that it is lawful to resist him by not doing what he commands and by preventing the execution of his will.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas: “If the faith were in danger, subjects should rebuke their prelates, even publicly.”
- CRUCIAL DISTINCTIONS
Pope ≠ Papacy
- The Papacy is a divine, infallible, and indestructible institution.
- An individual pope can err gravely when he does not speak ex cathedra.
- Our duty is to the eternal Papacy , not to the wandering temporary occupant.
CHURCH ≠ CURRENT HIERARCHY
- The Holy Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, immaculate.
- Human hierarchy can be corrupted (it has already happened: Aryan Crisis, 4th century).
- We have not abandoned the Church; we defend the true Church.
OBEDIENCE ≠ BLIND SUBMISSION
- True obedience is to God first.
- When human authority contradicts Divine Law, disobedience is an obligation.
- Acts 5:29: “We must obey God rather than men.”
- STATE OF NECESSITY
When shepherds fail, the flock must act to survive.
ANALOGIES:
Emergency baptism: Layperson can baptize when a priest is unavailable. Tradition in emergency: We can preserve faith when hierarchy abandons it.
Legal principle: Salus animarum suprema lex (The salvation of souls is the supreme law)
Concrete Practical Actions
LITURGY
ATTEND ONLY THE TRIDENTINE MASS
Search for:
- FSSPX (Society of Saint Pius X) – chapels in various cities
- FSSP (Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter) – in communion with Rome
- Christ the King Institute
- Serious independent chapels
Avoid Novus Ordo except under grave necessity (baptism, family member’s wedding, etc.)
IF THERE IS NO ACCESSIBLE TRADITIONAL MASS:
- Watch Mass online (Novus Ordo doesn’t fulfill the precept, but the Tridentine Mass online is spiritually valid)
- Pray the Rosary during Mass.
- Make spiritual communion.
- Read the Missal and follow the Tridentine Mass at home.
NEVER RECEIVE COMMUNION IN THE HAND
If forced to watch Novus Ordo:
- Communion in the language, on one’s knees (insist on it, it’s a right!)
- Refuse extraordinary ministers (wait for the priest).
- Do not participate in abuses (dancing, clapping, exaggerated “peace sign”).
DOCTRINAL FORMATION
STUDY THE CLASSICS:
Catechisms:
- Catechism of Saint Pius X (essential!)
- Catechism of the Council of Trent
- Larger Catechism of Saint Pius X (advanced)
Pre-Conciliar Encyclicals:
- Pascendi Dominici Gregis (St. Pius X) – against modernism
- Mortalium Animos (Pius XI) – against false ecumenism
- Quas Primas (Pius XI) – Christ the King
- Humani Generis (Pius XII) – against new errors
- Quanta Cura + Syllabus (Pius IX) – condemnation of modern errors
Doctors and Saints:
- Summa Theologica (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
- Saint Robert Bellarmine – on the papacy and resistance
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori – moral theology
- Saint John Bosco – accessible catechesis
- Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort – Marian devotion
Traditionalist Authors:
- Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre: They Dethroned Him , Open Letter to Perplexed Catholics
- Michael Davies: Liturgical Revolution , Pope John’s Council
- Roberto de Mattei: Vatican II: A History Never Written
- Father Anthony Cekada: Work of Human Hands (on Novus Ordo)
- Mons. Klaus Gamber: The Reform of the Roman Liturgy
Avoid modernist authors:
- Rahner, Küng, Schillebeeckx, Boff, Kasper, etc.
- Liberation Theology
- Modernist “Bible studies”
- 1992 Catechism (tainted with conciliar ambiguities)
SPIRITUAL LIFE
TRADITIONAL DEVOTIONS:
Daily Rosary – non-negotiable!
- Ministry of Our Lady against heresies
- 15 mysteries (not 20 – “luminous mysteries” are an invention of John Paul II)
Scapular of Carmel
- Our Lady’s promise: salvation for whoever dies wearing it.
- Always use
Miraculous Medal
- Powerful devotion
Consecration to Mary
- St. Louis de Montfort’s Method (33 days)
- Totus Tuus – everything for the Immaculate
FIRST FRIDAYS
- Reparative Communion (the first nine Fridays)
- Promises of the Sacred Heart
FIRST SATURDAYS
- Devotion to Fatima (first five Saturdays)
- Reparation to the Immaculate Heart
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
- Every Friday (not just during Lent!)
- Temples (four times a year)
- Vigils for major feasts
Frequent confession
- Minimum monthly
- With a traditional priest who knows moral theology.
Eucharistic Adoration
- Weekly Holy Hour if possible.
- Reparation for sacrileges
Stations of the Cross
- Especially Fridays
FAMILY AND EDUCATION
PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN:
DO NOT SEND THEM TO MODERNIST “CATHOLIC” SCHOOLS
- They teach heresies, gender ideology, relativism.
- Best: honest secular school + catechism at home
- Ideal: traditional Catholic homeschooling
CATECHESIS AT HOME
- Use the Catechism of Saint Pius X
- History of the Saints
- Lives of martyrs
- Clear doctrine, without ambiguities.
MODESTY IN DRESS
- Girls: skirts/dresses, nothing provocative.
- Boys: a worthy presentation
- Avoid worldly fashion
MEDIA CONTROL
- Limited/eliminated TV
- rigorously filtered internet
- Social media: extreme caution
- Music: avoid liturgical modernism (guitars, pop), prefer Gregorian chant, polyphony.
Reject degenerate culture.
- Don’t watch immoral movies/series.
- Do not listen to satanic/immoral music.
- Do not consume pornography (a very serious mortal sin).
- Avoid worldly friendships.
Cultivate large families.
- Contraception = mortal sin (Casti Connubii, Pius XI)
- Billings method (natural) only for serious reasons.
- Children are a blessing, not a burden.
PUBLIC RESISTANCE
WHEN POSSIBLE AND PRUDENT:
CORRECT PUBLIC ERRORS
- Letters to bishops (respectful but firm)
- Reporting heresies on social media
- Distribution of traditional literature
APOLOGETICS
- Defend the faith in conversations.
- Traditional evangelization
- Conversion of Protestants (yes, it’s still necessary!)
ORGANIZATIONS
- Join traditionalist groups
- Participate in traditional Catholic conferences.
- Support the SSPX and traditional institutes financially.
PERSONAL TESTIMONY
- Live the faith radically.
- Be an example of virtue.
- Confess Christ publicly.
BUT WITH CAUTION:
- Don’t be an aggressive fanatic.
- Use charity in correction.
- Know when to speak and when to be silent.
The Question of Assistance in Modernist Sacraments
Strict Position (Sedevacantists):
- Zero participation in Novus Ordo
- Questionable sacraments if performed by modernist priests.
- Total isolation of the “conciliar church”
MODERATE POSITION (FSSPX):
- Novus Ordo valid but illicit (generally)
- Sacraments are valid if their form is maintained.
- Avoid except in cases of serious necessity.
- In cases of necessity: baptism of a child, marriage, extreme unction.
MY POSITION:
Principle: In dubio pro Ecclesia (When in doubt, in favor of the Church)
Sacraments in the Novus Ordo:
- BAPTISM: Valid if correct form maintained.
- CONFESSION: Valid, but seek a traditional priest.
- Eucharist (Mass): Valid if the priest is valid and the form is maintained, BUT avoid it due to a serious defect in the rite.
- Confirmation: Valid if the old form is used.
- MARRIAGE: Valid (spouses are ministers)
- ORDER: Questionable – new ordination rite problematic
- Anointing of the Sick: Valid if the form is maintained.
GENERAL RULE: Avoid Novus Ordo whenever possible, use only when absolutely necessary.
PART IX: HOPE – RESTORATION WILL COME
Divine Promises Are Infallible
Matthew 16:18: “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.”
THE CHURCH WILL NOT BE DESTROYED.
We are in eclipse , not extinction.
Historical Precedents
The Church has already gone through similar crises:
ARIAN CRISIS (4th Century)
SITUATION:
- 80% of the bishops became Arians (denied the divinity of Christ).
- Pope Liberius hesitated, signing a semi-Aryan formula.
- Councils promulgated heresy.
- Only Saint Athanasius and a few bishops maintained the faith.
Saint Jerome: “The world groaned and marveled to find itself Arian.”
RESTORATION:
- Saint Athanasius resisted.
- Lay people maintained their faith.
- The Council of Constantinople (381) restored orthodoxy.
- It took 60 years, but the Church won.
Our situation is similar!
Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
SITUATION:
- Two popes, then three simultaneous popes.
- Saints divided over who was the real one.
- Total chaos for 40 years.
RESTORATION:
- Council of Constance resolved crisis
- The Church emerged purified.
Renaissance Popes (15th-16th Centuries)
Scandalous Popes:
- Alexander VI (Borgia): Illegitimate children, orgies in the Vatican
- Julius II: Warrior, worldly
- Leo X: “Since God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it.”
Total corruption in the Curia.
BUT: Dogmas remained intact (unlike today where dogmas are denied)
RESTORATION:
- Council of Trent
- Reformist Saints (Ignatius, Teresa, John of the Cross)
- Counter-Reformation
The Promise of Our Lady
Fatima: “In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
This triumph will come. But not without suffering first.
Signs of Current Hope
GROWTH OF TRADITIONALISM
Young people are discovering Tradition:
- Traditional seminars are packed.
- Conversions of young people to the Tridentine Mass
- Large traditionalist families
- Resistance grows
Evident collapse of modernism
The conciliar system is dying.
- Empty churches
- Without vocations
- Scandals exposed
- Loss of credibility
Lies cannot be sustained indefinitely.
Courageous Bishops Emerge
- Bishop Athanasius Schneider (Kazakhstan)
- Bishop Joseph Strickland (USA) – removed by Francis for lack of loyalty!
- Cardinal Burke – constant resistance
- Several African bishops rejecting heresies.
LAYPEOPLE WAKING UP
More and more Catholics are realizing something is wrong:
- They question the New Order.
- They seek Tradition
- They resist publicly.
What will come next?
LIKELY SCENARIOS:
THE GREAT PUNISHMENT
Our Lady warned:
- War
- Hunger
- Persecution
- Massive apostasy
It has already begun. It will get worse…
Pope Restorer
Precedent: Saint Pius V after the Council of Trent
- A holy Pope who will restore Tradition.
- Will condemn errors of Vatican II
- Will restore Tridentine Mass as unique
- It will purge the corrupt hierarchy.
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Public miracle:
- Conversion of Russia (Fatima)
- A visible sign of Catholic truth.
- Confusion among enemies
Papacy in exile?
Prophecies speak of:
- Pope fleeing Rome
- Rome occupied by enemies
- Papacy restored after tribulation
Our Task: Keep the Flame Alive
Saint Athanasius during the Arian crisis: “Even if Catholics faithful to the Creed are reduced to a handful, they are the true Church of Jesus Christ.”
It doesn’t matter if we are a minority. What matters is that we maintain the TRUE FAITH.
It is not we who have abandoned the Church. It is the modernist hierarchy that has betrayed the Church. We remain faithful.
CONCLUSION: UNWAVERING LOYALTY
The Choice Before Us
We are at a crossroads:
OPTION 1: Passively accept modernism, attend Novus Ordo, follow a corrupt hierarchy, and gradually lose faith.
OPTION 2: Resist, maintain Tradition, suffer persecution, be labeled “schismatic” or “disobedient,” but REMAIN CATHOLIC.
The choice is obvious.
The Example of the Martyrs
Early Christians preferred death to offering grains of incense to idols.
Thomas More preferred decapitation to accepting the Anglican schism.
Cristero martyrs (Mexico, 1920s) shouted “Long live Christ the King!” before firing squads rather than accept the modernist state “church.”
Can we do less?
They are not (yet) asking us for blood martyrdom. Only:
- Attending the true Mass
- Reject heresies
- Keep the faith intact.
Is this asking too much?
I know this account has been long, detailed, and often painful. The truth about the catastrophe of Vatican II is painful. It’s easier to ignore it, rationalize it, pretend everything is alright.
But all is not well.
Our Holy Mother Church has been invaded, profaned, and disfigured . Our bishops and popes, for the most part, have betrayed Christ and His Bride.
But the true Church remains – once again in the catacombs, as in the first centuries. In the small groups of faithful who maintain the Faith of all time. In the chapels of the SSPX. In the families who pray the Rosary and raise their children in the true doctrine.
Tradition cannot die because it is Faith itself.
Christ promised: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
Our Lady promised: “In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
These promises will be fulfilled.
Our task is to resist, persevere, and keep the faith.
Paul to the Thessalonians: “Stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by our letter.” (2 Thessalonians 2:15)
Saint Vincent of Lérins: “In the Catholic Church we must take great care to maintain what has been believed everywhere, always and by all (quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est).”
Vatican II violated this principle. We uphold it.
We are not rebels. We are true Catholics.
We did not abandon the Church. We refused to abandon Her by following Her traitors.
Let’s resist until the end.
Long live Christ the King! Long live Mary the Queen! Long live the Holy Catholic Church of all time!
In Te, Domine, speravi; not confuse in aeternum. (In You, Lord, I have hoped; I will not be ashamed forever.)
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM (For the Greater Glory of God)
May Saint Pius X, terror of the modernists, pray for us! May Saint Pius V, defender of the Liturgy, intercede for us! May Saint Athanasius, resistant to the Arians, inspire us! May Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor, enlighten us!
And may Our Lady, Victress of All Heresies, protect us in this great tribulation!
CHRISTUS VINCIT! CHRISTUS REGNAT! CHRISTUS IMPERAT! (Christ wins! Christ reigns! Christ rules!)