More Results Of The Diabolical Deal Between The Red Chinese Communists And The Vatican!

 I really don't know where to begin...

The demonic deal struck with apostate Rome and the Red Communist Chinese atheists, continues to show more persecution, disappearance, torture and death of the underground (faithful -- REAL!) Catholic Church, as opposed to the so-called Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).

Please note that it was the deviant, heretic "cardinal" McCarrick that was sent to the Reds by Bergoglio back in 2018 to pen a deal that would allow the Commies to pick the "bishops," but then the pope would give the final okay, or denial of the appointment.

In reality, however, the Commies stick their pick in the diocese regardless of what Rome says! 

The sellout of the faithful Chinese Catholics keeps getting worse with each passing day... And now, another real Catholic bishop has been fined, removed from his diocese and disappeared!

We just may have a martyr in the making...

Here is the latest on this gut-wrenching situation from lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican

Correspondent

Chinese Communists arrest underground Catholic bishop again for 'illegal' Mass - LifeSite

Tue Mar 11, 2025 - 12:48 pm EDT

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was arrested after refusing to pay a $27,000 fine for celebrating a Mass attended by 200 faithful. His whereabouts and condition remain unknown as Chinese communist authorities escalate the persecution of underground Catholics.

Bishop Shao Zhumin

"WENZHOU, China (LifeSiteNews) — Once again, a bishop of the Underground Church in China has been arrested by the communist authorities for offering an “illegal” Mass in public.

As reported by AsiaNews, on March 7 Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was arrested by Chinese security police and taken into custody, with his current whereabouts unknown.

Shao had been served a fine of 200,00 Chinese yuan ($27,500) for holding a public Mass on December 27, which was to celebrate the opening of the Jubilee Year of 2025 inaugurated in Rome by Pope Francis on December 24.

However Shao, the underground Church’s bishop of the Diocese of Wenzhou, refused to pay the fine – according to AsiaNews. He argued that the Mass, attended by 200 people, did not violate the law and was not subject to penalties.

The Chinese government authorities described his arrest as being for his “safety,” thus continuing the trend of a number of his previous arrests, including occasions when the police have described his arrests as being for “tourism” or “vacation.”

According to AsiaNews, Shao’s condition and location are unknown, and in the meantime Chinese authorities have increased their preventative measures against members of the underground Church in the region.

The 61-year-old Shao was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Yongjia (Wenzhou) in 2011, with a papal mandate. He was then made bishop of the diocese in 2016 following the death of Bishop Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang.

One of the chief demarcations between state church – the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) – and the “underground” Church remaining loyal to Rome has been the state-approved church’s implementation of “sinicization,” the process of Chinese government state-assimilation and control.

Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong has repeatedly warned that the Chinese government looks to exert total control over the Church in the nation, separating it from the authority of Rome and implementing communism.

Zen and China-experts warn that Sinicization involves having “all religious communities be led by the Party, controlled by the Party, and support the Party.”

Since his acceding to the see, Shao has been taken away by the CCP authorities multiple times, due to his opposition to the state-approved church which does not recognize him.

The first abduction took place in 2016, meaning that Bishop Shao was unable to attend the funeral of his predecessor. In 2017, Shao was once more taken by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities, and only released after seven months, after a campaign of prayer and fasting among Chinese Catholics, and the intervention of the German ambassador to China.

Prior to this month, he has been arrested around seven times by CCP authorities.

The timing of his arrests has previously been described as “almost scientific,” as they “always occur on the eve of important periods in the life of the Catholic communities: Christmas, Easter, the Assumption, and now November, the month of prayer for the dead (in Chinese tradition, Qingming, the remembrance of the ancestors, is instead celebrated in spring),” commented AsiaNews in 2021.

Since the CCP does not recognize Shao as a legitimate bishop, they have appointed Father Ma Xianshi of the CCPA in charge of the Wenzhou diocese.

However Shao appears to be a figure who is respected even outside of the “underground” Church, being reportedly “appreciated” by Catholics in the state-approved church.

Members of the underground Church in Wenzhou have issued a call for prayers for their bishop following his arrest.

Wenzhou has seen a particular crackdown on the underground Church at the hands of the Chinese government.

READ: Pope Francis said Chinese Catholics will ‘suffer’ under his deal. They are

But according to experts, such persecution has only increased following, and as a direct result of, the Vatican’s controversial deal with China.

First signed in 2018, the officially secret deal has been renewed in 2020, 2022, and most recently in October for a longer period of four years. The text has always remained secret, with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin attesting in 2023 that such secrecy was “because it has not yet been finally approved.”

The arrangement is believed to recognize the state-approved church in China and allows the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to appoint bishops. The Pope apparently maintains veto power, although in practice it is the CCP that has control. It also allegedly allows for the removal of legitimate bishops to be replaced by CCP-approved bishops.

But the deal has led to a heightened increase in religious persecution since it was signed. The ink had barely dried on the deal in 2018 before AsiaNews, a website that regularly documents the abduction and torture of underground Catholics, reported that “(u)nderground Catholics bitterly suspect that the Vatican has abandoned them.”

A number of reports from the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China have also referenced an increase in Christian persecution as a direct consequence of the deal.

Despite this, Parolin said in January that it is “moving in the right direction” and bearing “fruit.”'

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Please pray for Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin -- and 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!!

Gene DeLalla 

Pope Francis No Longer In Imminent Danger, But Hospital Care Continues

 From lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican 

Correspondent, comes this update!

Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger, but hospital care continues - LifeSite

Mon Mar 10, 2025 - 3:25 pm EDT

"VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Doctors treating Pope Francis have given a notable sign of an improvement in his condition today as he is no longer in imminent danger, but will still require hospital treatment “for a few more days.”

In a medical briefing issued via the Holy See Press Office Monday evening, Pope Francis was described as having continued the improvements of recent days. Regarding the bronchitis and the double pneumonia, doctors seem to be cautiously happy with the treatment and consequently out of imminent danger from those infections. However, sources note that Francis’ condition remains “complex” due to his 88 years of age and general condition of health.

Doctors therefore are expressing a certain positive attitude, while mixed with what is described as a “prudential caution” about his condition.

Their medical notes suggest that, barring further complication, Francis’ time in the hospital might be much shorter than anticipated: “[I]n consideration of the complexity of the clinical picture and the significant infectious condition presented at the time of hospitalization, it will be necessary to continue the medical and pharmacological therapy in a hospital environment for a few more days.”

Though doctors are more optimistic about his condition, and the fact that he is now no longer in imminent danger from his infections, their prognosis has not yet been released publicly.

The full medical briefing states:

The Holy Father’s clinical condition continues to be stable.

The improvements recorded in the previous days have been further consolidated, as confirmed both by blood tests and clinical observations, and by the good response to drug therapy.

For these reasons, the doctors have decided to lift the prognosis today. [Meaning that he is out of danger. – MH]

However, in consideration of the complexity of the clinical picture and the significant infectious condition presented at the time of hospitalization, it will be necessary to continue the medical and pharmacological therapy in a hospital environment for a few more days.

This morning the Holy Father was able to follow the Spiritual Exercises in connection with the Paul VI Audience Hall, he then received the Eucharist and went to the Chapel of his private apartment for a moment of prayer.

In the afternoon he again joined the Spiritual Exercises of the Curia, following via video link. During the day he alternated prayer with rest.

Earlier today Francis continued his therapy work, including “respiratory and motor therapies,” the Vatican stated. He continues to use the oxygen mask overnight – something he began last Monday – and the high-flow nasa cannulas during the day.

Today he joined the Roman Curia’s spiritual exercises via video link, like Sunday afternoon, watching them though not appearing himself on video.

He was also briefed on floods in Argentina, just as yesterday he was briefed on certain situations in the Church and the wider world.

The Pope has now been in hospital for over three weeks after being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 for bronchitis. He was then diagnosed with double pneumonia in what was described as a “complex” medical scenario and subsequently a “critical” state. He is now no longer described as being “critical,” though his longer-term diagnosis has not been released.

On Sunday, February 23, he showed signs of “mild” kidney failure, though in subsequent days doctors said they were not concerned by the symptoms.

It has become the longest hospital stay of his pontificate, with the previous longest being a stay of 10 days during the summer of 2021, and is currently the third-longest papal hospitalization at 24 days.

His condition now has been stable since the evening update of March 4, though doctors have previously warned that it can change drastically in a short space of time. His prognosis has remained confidential, or reserved, by the doctors since the weekend of February 22.

On Thursday night, an audio recording of the Pope was played just before the nightly Rosary in St. Peter’s Square, in which Francis thanked all present for their prayers for his health. His voice was notably strained in the very brief recording – a recording that Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office, said was the Pope’s own decision to make and release.

It was the first such recording since his admission to the hospital.

The nightly Rosary, which has been held in St. Peter’s Square for the Pope since February 24, will, during the Roman Curia’s spiritual exercises, be held at 5:00pm local time rather than the 9:00pm slot this week.

For full background, see LifeSiteNews’ coverage here."

End of article...

Pray for the continued recuperation of the Bishop of Rome, Bergoglio, and for his conversion!

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!!

Gene DeLalla 

Women's O R D I N A T I O N Conference: We Will Go On S T R I K E!

 An oxymoron if there ever was one!

Females can't be deacons; they can't be priests; they never were and never will be!

Having said that, the extreme modernists in the new, novus ordo, synodal "church" are pushing for just that!  Will it be just a matter of time before we see such invalid "ordinations," and ex-communicated creatures performing "mass"?

(Note: this has already happened! See here: Excommunicated, she still celebrates Mass.)

Keep in mind, that such lunacy is being pushed by some radical, non-Catholic "cardinals," especially those of northern Europe and some right here in the U.S.!  And who is the one prominent, Trump-hating "cardinal" here in the U.S.?  Why none other than the newly appointed Cardinal Archbishop of D.C., "cardinal" McElroy!

Now, it seems, that some females are organizing a "strike" -- to cut off their services to the parishes they attend...

I'll post an article from Religion News Service here: Catholic women go on Lenten strike to highlight their work in the church and written by Claire Giangravé

March 5, 2025

"(RNS) — As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their Catholic parishes, schools and universities.

Organized by the Women’s Ordination Conference, a 50-year-old group based in Rome that advocates for women to be made priests, bishops and deacons, the Catholic Women Strike is planned to go through Easter, April 20. It also includes a day of action on March 9, where women are invited to protest and advocate for greater inclusion and influence in the church.

“We’re calling the women of the Catholic Church to join together in striking from sexism by withholding labor, time and financial resources from the church during Lent,” said Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference.

The conference has prepared a toolkit to answer questions about how to participate in the strike, suggesting that women refrain from attending Mass, send letters to their local priest or bishop highlighting the need for recognition of women’s roles or withhold donations and work.

According to church data, women perform the vast majority of the work in churches and dioceses and make up 80% of lay ecclesial ministers.

The recently ended Synod on Synodality, a three-year-long global consultation of Catholic faithful called by Pope Francis in 2021, raised hopes that the church might open the door for women to be ordained as deacons, who may perform some of the church’s seven sacraments and preach at Mass. Women’s roles in the church was among the top concerns of Catholics in the consultation that went on in parishes and dioceses, with most saying they’d like to see women have a greater say in decisions.

But before the synod’s final meeting in Rome, where women were given a vote in the proceedings alongside bishops and other clergy, the pope put the brakes on the push for women deacons, saying the question “was not yet mature.” He instead created a study group to further discern the church’s options. 

Advocates for women’s ordination hold banners during a protest in Rome just in front of the Vatican, where Pope Francis is holding the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

“Following the Synod on Synodality and the lack of concrete actions for women and women’s greater participation in the life of the church, there was a lot of disappointment, anger and heartbreak,” said McElwee.

McElwee said that it’s hard to gather data on how many women will take part in the strike but said she was hearing from women working in embassies, universities, schools and dioceses, from the United States to Poland and Italy. Many women who volunteer in their parishes are also taking part in the initiative. 

Suzanne Holt-Savage, 62, a lay Dominican associate who worships at Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church in Lakewood, Colorado, said she learned about the strike in an email from the Women’s Ordination Conference and decided to lead a group of 10 women to participate and lead a witness outside the Denver Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on March 9.

“I had misgivings about the Synod on Synodality, but I still hoped it would bring women’s ordination forward, and it really didn’t,” Holt-Savage said in a phone interview.

She said she already sent an email to her priest explaining why she won’t be attending Mass on Sundays and that she will also withhold her donations. Holt-Savage explained that she has longed for women to have a greater voice in the Catholic Church, adding that she was struck on the few occasions she heard women in other denominations preach.

“Having more girls grow up seeing the likes of Bishop (Mariann) Budde, what she said from the pulpit, that’s what I want,” Holtsavage said, referring to the Episcopal bishop of Washington who made an appeal for mercy during a prayer service attended by President Donald Trump the day after his inauguration. “That was so fantastic to me, seeing a woman speaking like that, having that platform,” she added.

Kelly Hamilton, 66, one of the women who will protest outside the Denver cathedral, said she can’t do much more for the strike. She performs countless ministries for the Christ on a Mountain parish, including leading the choir as a soloist and working on a committee to provide underprivileged families with everything from Christmas gifts to grocery cards. Hamilton also visits nursing homes with the parish’s deacon to make sure that the elderly have the Eucharist once a month. During her interview with RNS, she was cooking a casserole for a funeral service.

“I will not withhold my ministry because, to me, it would hurt other people. It would hurt mostly the women that I work alongside, because their workload would double,” she said, “but I do see the necessity of having more power, or at least have a place at the table in the church, and we really don’t have that.”

Hamilton said she was among those who were disappointed by the synod’s failure to recognize the role of women and the female diaconate, especially after she had taken part in several synodal meetings in the parish, where the question was front and center.

“You kind of wonder, why am I going to all these meetings and giving all this time when my voice isn’t going to be heard? So I just keep on working, because I will never leave the Catholic religion, because I don’t feel like I can change it if I leave it,” she said.

If women’s roles are a concern in U.S. churches, said Elisa Belotti, 28, a Catholic in Brescia, in northern Italy, simply not showing up at church gatherings or Mass would be counterproductive in Italy.

“If you are a woman who is very active in promoting women’s roles, they might be happy if you are not there,” she said. “Being present is also a form of resistance that needs to be maintained.”

Instead, she will join a strike organized by Italian Women for the Church, another Catholic feminist organization, by focusing on raising awareness about the work women already do in the church and informing as many people as possible about the strike and the reasons behind it.

“We want the church to be evangelizing and open to everyone who wants to be a part of this faith,” Belotti said, adding that she hopes “this strike will be the necessary jolt to have a more concrete understanding of the problems that exist.”'

End of article...

Pretty sick stuff, to say the least...

(What I will say, is that some of those females in the photo do not look very feminine, lacking modesty in dress, for one thing, but I'll let you can decide that for yourself.) 

Pray for the conversion of these heretics and apostates, and 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!!

Gene DeLalla 

Devastating Implications Of Heretical "Cardinals" Voting In The Next Conclave! (The Sedevacantists Will Have A Field Day, Proving They Are "Right"!)

 Think about the horrific implications of heretics voting for the next pope!

What are some of those implications?

How about the fact that a heretic "cardinal" is no longer in the Catholic Church (no longer holds the Catholic faith), votes in a conclave that would not be valid, and the "election" would not be valid, therefore, that person "elected" -- the pope -- would not be valid!

Please correct me if I'm wrong on this...

(Note: If ex-communicated "cardinals" do vote in the next conclave, The Sedevacantists Will Have A Field Day, Proving They Are "Right"! -- There would be no valid pope!)                                         

No, I'm not a sedevacantist, but reality must be faced, regardless of the consequences!   Truth cannot be compromised or ignored for the sake of "unity," or to put on a proper face for the world to see...

And that's part of the problem with those heterodox, heretical "cardinals," they have embraced the zeitgeist -- the spirit of the world -- to form a new, novus ordo, synodal "church".  (A new synodal church are the words they have used!)

The following articles and videos shed some much-needed light on this horrendous situation now facing what the world sees as the Catholic Church.

Frist, we have an article from lifesitenews.com and written by Emily

Mangiaracina, Ralph Martin emphasizes danger of heretical cardinals taking part in the next papal conclave - LifeSite.

(Dr. Ralph Martin is by no means a "rad trad," not at all, but he acknowledges a very dire and present danger of heretic cardinals voting in the next conclave.  Please read and listen with an open mind!) 

Mon Mar 3, 2025 - 7:45 pm EST

"(LifeSiteNews) — Author and seminary professor Dr. Ralph Martin highlighted in a recent video the danger of the participation of heretical cardinals — like Robert McElroy — in the next papal conclave. 

Last week, Dr. Martin pointed to an article by Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, in which the orthodox bishop called out the heresy of certain prelates and warned that such heresy incurs automatic excommunication. 

As an example, Paprocki quoted from an article by McElroy in which the cardinal argued that the Catholic Church must permit unrepentant adulterers and active homosexuals to Holy Communion. Paprocki referred to McElroy’s condemnation of “a theology of eucharistic coherence that multiplies barriers to the grace and gift of the eucharist.”

McElroy wrote “as if no such barriers existed,” Paprocki noted. He continued:

They do exist, and they are a matter of divine revelation. The truth about eucharistic coherence that must be believed by divine and Catholic faith was articulated by St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians: “Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord … For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself” (1 Cor. 11:27-29). This has been the constant teaching of the Church for the past 2,000 years. 

“To invite people to receive without repentance without faith, it’s really a sacrilege, it’s really blasphemous in many different ways,” Dr. Martin remarked.

He pointed out that Paprocki also took aim at Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich’s claim that “homosexual acts are not sinful” and that same-sex unions should be blessed by the Church. 

“Unfortunately, it is not uncommon today to hear Catholic leaders affirm unorthodox views that, not too long ago, would have been espoused only by heretics,” Paprocki remarked. “‘Heretic’ and ‘heresy’ are strong words, which contemporary ecclesiastical politeness has softened to gentler expressions such as ‘our separated brethren … ‘”

Paprocki stressed that such terms, however, are used for those who “reject essential truths of the faith … Thus, it is deeply troubling to consider the possibility that prelates holding the office of diocesan bishop in the Catholic Church may be separated or not in full communion because of heresy.”

The bishop maintained that both the statements cited above from Cardinals McElroy and Hollerich “would in fact involve heresy” because they constitute “the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt … of some truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith,” the canonical definition of heresy.

He further pointed out that canon 1364 states that “an apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication,” meaning such persons are automatically excommunicated “without any canonical process.”

Dr. Martin alluded to Paprocki’s warning that if the pope does not remove heretical cardinals from office or laicize them, “the unseemly prospect arises of a cardinal, excommunicated latae sententiae due to heresy, voting in a papal conclave.”

Not only has Pope Francis not dismissed these prelates from their office or from the clerical state, Dr. Martin noted, he has actively promoted them. McElroy was recently appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C., and both were personally chosen by Francis as voting members of the Synod on Synodality. 

Speculation about the likely theological leanings of the next pope has been growing as Francis’ health worsens. LifeSiteNews’ Raymond Wolfe has pointed to Francis’ radical, heterodox American appointments to the College of Cardinals as indicative of his aspirations to usher in “a different Church” that “would all but destroy the Catholic Church as we know it.” According to Wolfe:

Their vision, much of it rooted in Francis’ controversial apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, includes dismantling the Church’s understanding of sin and conscience, overhauling Catholic teaching on homosexuality and the family, entrenching LGBT activism within the Church, and shielding homosexual abusers while crushing the faithful Catholic priests and laity who stand in their way.

McElroy alone has suggested that the Synod on Synodality will be a key part of reshaping even the “deposit of faith,” writing that the synodal process seeks “nothing less than a recasting of the culture of the church that will endure for generations,” and that “The deposit of faith is not an inert and abstract body of teaching.”

Considering that someone as practically heterodox as Francis has already been elected, and that since then he has only further stacked the College of Cardinals with like-minded men, many commentators anticipate that the next pope will be just as heterodox or worse.

Dr. Martin on Wednesday expressed his desire that, contrary to the prelates promoted by Francis, bishops would speak more clearly about the core of the Catholic faith and “what life is all about: It’s about dying in friendship with the Lord; it’s about having our sins forgiven; it’s about being freed from the power of the evil one; it’s about Resurrection from the dead.”'

End of article...

Next, I have a video (about 10 minutes in length) from http://www.virginmostpowerfulradio.org/​

 Excommunicated Cardinals Voting in the Next Conclave

Pray for the conversion of these heterodox, heretical "cardinals" -- and 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!!

Gene DeLalla 

Where Do We Get Such Creatures? From The Pit Of Hell?? "Cardinal" Roche: ‘Nothing Wrong’ With Latin Mass But Church Needed To ‘Move Away’ From It

 From lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, comes this gem: Cardinal Roche: ‘Nothing wrong’ with Latin Mass but Church needed to ‘move away’ from it - LifeSite

With characters such as "cardinal" Roche, the Church doesn't need any outside enemies, and, yes, he knows exactly what he's doing, and that's the scary part!

But he's simply following orders, right?  

Where have I heard that before?  

How about World War II and the demons responsible for the slaughter of nearly 6,000,000 Jews, Catholics and others -- yes, many Catholics were wiped out, not just the Jews!

Roche's hate for the Traditional Latin Mass has been made manifest for years under the heavy-handed Bishop of Rome, Bergoglio... 

It seems he has a tremendous disdain for those young, growing families who attend and love the TLM, along with those faithful priests who celebrate the most beautiful thing this side of Heaven!

Please read this article from lifesitenews.com, and I apologize in advance if the info turns your stomach upside down!

Thu Mar 6, 2025 - 7:14 am EST

"VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — After vigorously implementing Pope Francis restrictions on the traditional Mass, Cardinal Arthur Roche has said there is “nothing wrong” with the Latin Mass but that the Church wished to “move away from what had become an overly elaborate form of celebrating the Mass.”

Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (DDW) since May 2021, Cardinal Arthur Roche has overseen the radical restrictions imposed on the traditional Latin Mass by Pope Francis since July of that year.

Roche was already known as an opponent of the traditional Mass upon his promotion from secretary to prefect of the DDW.

Speaking to the Catholic Herald recently, the 75-year-old Roche fielded a question about the numbers of young Catholics flocking to the Latin Mass while having to deal with his restrictions on it.

“Of course, it is good that people want to be part of the Church, and there is no reason why they cannot,” he said.

“There is nothing wrong with attending the Mass celebrated with the 1962 missal,” added Roche. “That has been accepted since the time of Pope St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict, and now Pope Francis.”

He continued, arguing that Francis’ restrictions in Traditionis Custodes showed that the Latin Mass “is not the norm.”

“For very good reasons, the Church, through conciliar legislation, decided to move away from what had become an overly elaborate form of celebrating the Mass,” stated Roche.

The English cardinal commented on the numbers of devotees of the traditional Mass as being “in reality, quite small, but some of the groups are quite clamorous. They are more noticeable because they make their voices heard.”

READ: Cardinal Burke: Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions have had ‘exactly the opposite effect’

Roche repeated a much cited – and equally often rebuffed – argument made by critics against the Latin Mass, stating that the new Mass, or Novus Ordo Missae, exposes Catholics to more readings from Scripture over the course of its three-year lectionary cycle. “There is a much lower percentage of scriptural readings in the 1962 missal than there are in the newer missal,” he argued.

Notably, Roche appeared confused about why individuals are annoyed by others offering the Latin Mass, commenting that “what interests me is why people get hot under the collar about others celebrating the Tridentine Mass. I think this has been a mistake. Bishop Wheeler, of the Diocese of Leeds, insisted that a Holy Mass be celebrated in Latin according to the Novus Ordo at least once every Sunday in every deanery. That showed considerable wisdom.”

In his own view, Roche said that “the celebration of the Eucharist, in whichever missal you are using, should be very noble and marked by noble simplicity.”

He also appeared to jokingly rebuff the concerns of devotees of the traditional Mass by quipping that he says Mass in Latin most days in the Vatican:

I often hear people say, “Cardinal Roche is against the Latin Mass.” Well, if they only knew that most days I celebrate Mass in Latin because it is the common language for all of us here. It is the Novus Ordo Mass in Latin. I was trained as an altar boy until the age of 20, serving the Tridentine Form.

‘Hot under the collar’

Roche’s apparent confusion at people’s frustration with priests offering the Latin Mass comes in direct opposition to his own record on the matter. Along with the Pope’s restrictions on the ancient liturgy, Roche has issued his own restrictions with papal backing, and has been widely documented as rigorously enforcing restrictions on the Latin Mass in dioceses across the world to the detriment of often thriving congregations.

The latest figures show that in 2022, Roche’s office permitted just 60 parishes worldwide to host the traditional Mass, as he has emerged as the most ardent enforcer of a crackdown against the ancient liturgy.

READ: Vatican allowed fewer than 60 parish churches worldwide to offer Latin Mass in 2022

Indeed, former Vatican doctrine prefect Cardinal Gerhard Müller revealed last summer that “a senior representative of Roche’s Dicastery for Divine Worship” was dismayed when he heard of the huge numbers of young pilgrims on the traditional Mass pilgrimage to Chartres. Müller said the official “objected that this was by no means a cause for joy, because Holy Mass was celebrated according to the old Extraordinary Latin rite.”

Roche was also believed to be one of the leading architects of a document containing fresh restrictions on the Latin Mass last year, though following an outpouring of public demonstration from Catholics and non-Catholics – along with direct lobbying of the Pope by a Russian Orthodox man – the document never emerged.

While Roche and his Vatican office have persistently rolled back permission for the Latin Mass, the cardinal previously described devotees of the old rite as more Protestant than Catholic for their adherence to the Latin Mass.

“The theology of the Church has changed,” necessitating a change in liturgy, argued Roche in a public radio broadcast in 2023.

READ: Cardinal Sarah: Plans to ‘abolish’ Latin Mass would be ‘diabolical’

In early 2022, Roche repeated his prior sentiments, calling the remaining provisions of the Latin Mass “a pastoral concession,” and that the growth of the Latin Mass “couldn’t be tolerated because the [Second Vatican] Council had changed the way in which we’re going forward. That’s just a simple matter.”

His comments on the liturgy have been robustly criticized by scholars and journalists, with Roche accused of being ignorant of ecclesial history and liturgy or “shamelessly twisting the truth about the Latin Mass.”

Meanwhile, canon lawyers have argued that some of Roche’s actions violate the Church’s Canon Law and his restrictions have been criticized by his brothers among the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Raymond Burke has described Roche’s Responsa ad dubia as “confused” and “contradictory,” stating that “what the congregation [DDW] pretends is not only contrary to the good order of the Church, but contrary to reason.”'

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Pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion!

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!!

Gene DeLalla