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When Prevost stepped out on the balcony I immediately got sick to my stomach but seeing the neo trads swoon over this guy made me even sticker. Michael Matt said he was dressed nice so that’s a good sign. If cloths make the man then does vestments make the pope.…
This weeks News Stories
May 15, 2025
Pope Leo XIV’s Incredible Message About Mass And Prayer Warriors
The Holy Father met with representatives of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches, as well as providing a message on the subject of women religious.
May 14, 2025
Better destruction than devotion: Indiana Novus Ordo parish kicks out Latin Mass community, gets closed by bishop several years later
St. Joseph’s Church in Hammond, just across the Illinois border from where the new pope grew up in Dolton, originally was set to host an Institute of Christ the King community. Under then-Bishop Donald Hying, the ICKSP offered Sunday and weekday Masses, while the parish continued Novus Ordo masses. Photos show a goodly number of faithful attending.
May 14, 2025
CANON212 UPDATE: AS THE DAWN BREAKS, THE LEO WILL OUT
Canon 212 May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
It almost June time to order your Sacred Heart from Tradflags
Don’t let the sodomites hijack our month show them where you stand as a Catholic.
May 13, 2025
The Pope of the Synodal Church
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.”)
May 13, 2025
FRIENDS OF CAMPOS: Help the only Diocesan Structure in the World Exclusively Dedicated to the Traditional Mass
This Easter, we invite you to join us in supporting the priests, seminarians and nuns of Campos, Brazil. With your help, we can continue to make a significant impact in the lives of those who live in this unique part of the ecclesiastical world.
May 13, 2025
Pope Leo XIV Promises To Continue Francis’ Reforms Of The Church: What That Means
The Roman Curia was the subject of a Francis “reform” effort. That effort will continue, or so it appears. Will that bleed over to other parts of the Church?
May 12, 2025
Steve Bannon Predicted Election of Cardinal Prevost: Ideologically Like Francis, But Better Organized
And: “Traditionalist Catholics have been able to create such an uproar in recent years” that donations from the United States have dropped by nearly 50 percent.
In this situation, “Prevost is perfect”, Bannon said, because “he is American, but not too much; he was born in America, but he is more Peruvian; he is close to liberation theology”.
May 12, 2025
CANON212 UPDATE: TIME TO WEEP AT LEO
Canon 212 update May 12, 2025
May 12, 2025
Leo XIV: CFN’s Reactions
Murray (on location in Rome) and Brian discuss their impressions of the election of Leo XIV.
May 12, 2025
The American Pope Who Opposes Border Control But Favors Gun Control
In his last post before the Conclave, Leo attacked the Trump administration for deporting a gang-affiliated illegal immigrant:
May 11, 2025
Leo XIV: International man of mystery?
Those interested in a conventional biography can access one via the Vatican News website. If, however, one is searching for hard evidence that might reveal his theological and doctrinal makeup – most especially as it concerns today’s “hot button” ecclesiastical issues – much more effort will be necessary.
May 11, 2025
Presumptive Pope pledges “complete commitment” to Vatican II, and praises the antimagisterium of Bergoglio
“…I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Pope Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, from which I would like to highlight several fundamental points
May 11, 2025
The Rise of Francis 2.0
With the election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, a newer and more devious version of Francis agenda has been inaugurated. Traditionalists must not fall for the traps.
May 11, 2025
Leo XIV: CFN’s Reactions
Murray (on location in Rome) and Brian discuss their impressions of the election of Leo XIV.