Why hasn't this character been excommunicated?
Comment: I'll leave it up to you to discern if this miscreant truly represents a shepherd of the real Catholic Church, or if he is an imposter posing as such...
Or is he a die-hard member of the synodal "church" formed by Bergoglio and continuing under Prevost?
As you will see, there is no call for conversion, or the admonishment to go and sin no more. Instead, it is a "call" for the synodal "church" to accept these confused and mutilated folks as they are!
From lifesitenews.com, and written by Antonino Cambria Wed Jun 3, 2026 - 3:53 pm EDT: US archbishop calls for ‘respect’ of children’s ‘gender identities,’ suggests they are biological - LifeSite
(Santa Fe: meaning, Holy Faith!)
Please read the following article very carefully...
"(LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, wrote an article in the Jesuit-run America magazine published on Tuesday urging respect for “transgender” identities and calling for the Church to “draw closer” to so-called “LGBTQ Catholics.”
In the article, Wester recalled his experience attending a recent meeting in Racine, Wisconsin, organized by the pro-LGBT group New Ways Ministry, where he spoke with those who identify as “LGBT,” and the heterodox final report from Synod Study Group 9, which falsely suggested that homosexuality may not be sinful.
The archbishop called on the Church to be more “pastoral” to these individuals and further asserted that modern “gender identities” such as “transgender” and “nonbinary” should be treated as physical realities by clerics.
“Throughout our dialogue in Racine, I was struck by the urgent need for the church to develop a pastoral approach that more compassionately listens to the needs of the people of God today,” Wester wrote. “As a church, I fear we are not drawing near enough to our L.G.B.T.Q. brothers and sisters; we are not moving forward together on the same journey.”
While it’s true that the Church has a duty to be pastoral and compassionate toward people with a homosexual inclination or gender confusion, Wester makes no distinction between those who do or do not engage in sodomy or other sinful behavior and does not emphasize the need to call individuals to repentance.
The Catholic Church teaches that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” and that the homosexual inclination is “objectively disordered.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that homosexual activity can never be approved and repeats that “(h)omosexual persons are called to chastity.” Homosexual acts are mortal sins; therefore, anyone who commits these sins and does not repent through the sacrament of Confession is in danger of hell.
Wester highlighted his experience speaking to those who identify as “transgender” and suggested that these individuals’ false identity should not be seen as a “phase” but as a reality.
“My time in Racine was also an opportunity to gain a deeper, more empathetic view about transgender people. I learned a basic and significant fact: How we understand our gender is determined by specialized areas within the brain,” the archbishop wrote.
“We heard moving testimonies from a [so-called] transgender man and the mother of a [so-called] transgender girl, both describing a profound, innate sense of identity that was manifested as early as 3 years of age,” he added. “Such accounts suggest that gender identity is not a mere ‘choice’ or a passing ‘phase’ but a deeply felt experience of personhood, seemingly rooted in the intricate interplay of biology and neurology. Respect for this innate concept of self that originates in the brain, as part of the body, is essential to recognizing the dignity of each human being.”
“I thought about our society from the early 20th century until the 1960s, when we often forced left-handed children to write with their right hand. I wondered if we were in a similar situation today by equating gender identity with some aberration,” he said.
Here, Wester disturbingly suggests that a child’s “gender identity,” which is contrary to his or her sex, as some of these individuals told him, allegedly manifested as early as three years old, is a physical reality.
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The Church teaches that God creates every individual male or female at the moment of his or her conception and that sex is an immutable trait that “characterizes man and woman not only on the physical level but also on the psychological and spiritual, making its mark on each of their expressions.”
The 1975 Vatican document Persona Humana warned against the tenets of the modern transgender movement, stating “there can be no true promotion of man’s dignity unless the essential order of his nature is respected.”
Catholic teaching also condemns bodily mutilation and sterilization as “against the moral law” and denounces gender ideology.
Wester further underscored the importance of “listening” to the faithful who identify as “LGBT” as Samuel and Eli listened to one another in Sacred Scripture.
“The people of God – especially those who have often felt rejected or outcast, like L.G.B.T.Q. people – bring unique gifts and insights to our communities. Despite painful experiences of abandonment and isolation, they still follow the Spirit in their own lives with a faithfulness that inspires,” the archbishop wrote.
READ: New Mexico archbishop promotes priest despite previous homosexual ‘partnership’
It’s worth noting here that those living sinful lives are not “following the (Holy) Spirit” or living life “in faithfulness.”
“I left this time of encounter and dialogue in Racine with a renewed sense of hope, and also a sense of urgency. We cannot remain asleep while so many L.G.B.T.Q. people feel that the church is not connecting with them or, worse, failing to listen to them and welcome them,” the archbishop said. “We must move beyond facile condemnations or easy accommodations and wake up to the ‘messiness’ of real life.”
Archbishop Wester has a history of contradicting the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and same-sex “marriage.” Indeed, earlier this year, Wester even appointed a priest, Father Steve Rosera, who was engaged in a decades-long homosexual relationship and openly advocated for homosexual “marriage,” as a member of the archdiocesan College of Consultors."
End of very disturbing article...
Pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion to the real Catholic Church!
Pray too for strength and honor!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun, and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
St. Joseph, pray for us!!
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