Despite the obvious differences in the outfits above, the two men hold the same ecclesiology.  In Leo XIV's very short opening speech on 8 May 2025, he favorably mentioned "Francis" twice, indicating he would continue all his reforms.  In that short speech, he also honored Peru, where he had been bishop.  (It should be noted that in Peru, Bishop Prevost had once promoted the sacramental-heresy of phone confessions being valid.  He also publicly stated that the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccine had to be “available for all.") But the most important thing he said from the loggia in his acceptance speech last week was: "To all you brothers and sisters of Rome, [...]

p/c Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN Vatican. Are there traditionalists willing to make a deal with the devil? Are there American traditional Catholics willing to ignore yet another prelate’s destruction of the faith in order to keep their own local Traditional Latin Mass (TLM)? Are there allegedly-traditional Cardinals, teachers, priests, influencers or bishops willing to ignore yet another non-Catholic-in-white destroying the Faith just to save their local devotional life? Such is the approach I see in the Catholic media over the last week.  But it is neither Catholic, nor is it charitable to make a pact with enemies of the Faith for temporary peace on the liturgical field when the souls of billions [...]

Above: Cardinal Kurt Koch, p/c Zenit. Jesus Christ said to St. Peter in the Gospel of St. Matthew: And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.—Mt 16:18-19. The above passage is one reason why Pope Pius VI in the 18th century condemned a proto-collegiality that "every Bishop, as much as the Pope, was called by God to govern the [...]

p/c Canon212. Italian Marco Tosatti recently translated an interview granted by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó to Francesco Borgonovo here regarding the upcoming 2025 Papal Conclave.  Once again, I find that the only bishop in the world with a supernatural outlook on the crisis in the Church is Archbishop Viganó. I also repeatedly find that none of his enemies are ever able to counter his water-tight logic, except by calling him names like “schismatic.”  I will only highlight a few aspects of the above-linked spectacular interview.  Below, my commentary will be in orange font. Francesco Borgonovo: Your Excellency, the first question is perhaps the most difficult. Do you still consider yourself [...]