Archbishop Viganò calls Cardinals Burke, Müller, and Sarah ‘controlled opposition’
In a scathing criticism, Viganò urges the three conservative cardinals to support the SSPX bishop consecrations rather than try to stop them.
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Articles tagged Cardinal Sarah
Archbishop Viganò calls Cardinals Burke, Müller and Sarah ‘controlled opposition’
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò issued a blistering assessment of three of the most prominent conservative cardinals in Rome: Gerhard Müller, Robert Sarah, and Raymond Burke. His charge? They are not resistance — they are “controlled opposition,” permitted to criticize around the edges while ultimately legitimizing the very system they claim to oppose. Viganò lays out the evidence: All three recognize Víctor Manuel Fernández as legitimate prefect of the Dicastery for the Faith despite his pornographic writings and heretical statements. None demanded revocation of Fiducia Supplicans. None moved to block implementation of Traditionis Custodes. None offered a word of support when Viganò […]
SSPX outlines route to STOP bishop consecrations without papal mandate
The SSPX has answered Cardinal Robert Sarah’s warning against episcopal consecrations with a direct challenge: convince Rome to end the doctrinal crisis, and the consecrations become unnecessary. Father Étienne Ginoux writes that calls for obedience ring hollow when the same pope commanding it has opened communion to the divorced, blessed same-sex unions, and suppressed the traditional Mass. Cardinal Sarah himself opposes these innovations. The SSPX asks how obedience to those causing the crisis can be the path to unity. Padre Pio accepted unjust personal sanctions. The SSPX protests an injustice wounding the whole Church — faith, morals, and liturgy under […]
SSPX tells Cardinal Sarah: ‘How can we remain silent’ when salvation of souls is threatened?
The SSPX has pointed out that unconditional obedience cannot be given to a hierarchy which has promoted teachings that contradict the Catholic faith.
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Pope Leo DIVIDES CHURCH on SSPX, Freemasonry, and homosexuality
The SSPX has announced it will proceed with episcopal consecrations on July 1, defying Vatican objections and declaring the Church in a state of emergency. Cardinal Robert Sarah and Cardinal Walter Brandmüller have issued public rebukes, demanding obedience to Pope Leo. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has offered support. The battle lines are drawn, not over rebellion, but over whether the crisis within the Church justifies extraordinary measures to preserve the priesthood and the faith. Pope Leo’s recent episcopal appointments have placed men supportive of same-sex blessings into positions of authority, elevated figures entangled in Freemasonry controversies, and advanced leaders shaped by […]
John-Henry Westen: An open letter to Cardinal Sarah on the SSPX
My dear Cardinal Sarah, I read your recent essay on the SSPX with interest and, I must confess, great heartache.
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Unearthed video shows Pope Leo XIV discussing past tension with Francis
In 2023, then-Bishop Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, shared that he and Pope Francis previously had tension between them while the late pope was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina.
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This recent Pew survey shows why the Catholic Church cannot be ‘synodal’
A recent Pew survey showing that most self-identified US Catholics reject fundamental Church teaching shows plainly the danger of the Synod's redefinition of 'sensus fidei.'
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Cardinal Sarah has more of a chance at becoming pope than you might think
Cardinal Sarah is able to bridge divides as an African who esteems integral European contributions to Christendom, and as an administrator of the contemplative tradition who is also learned.
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Trump and the Vatican: Here’s what to expect in 2025
On this episode of Faith and Reason, John Henry-Westen and Father Charles Murr discuss their predictions and hopes for 2025 in the Church and the world with Trump returning to the White House and the lingering possibility of a papal conclave.
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