Stalinism has infiltrated the Modernist Church

Vox Cantoris carries a report that the long-time appratchnik of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Neil MacCarthy has stated that the objective of the recent changes in access to the Missale Romanum (1962) is about forcing Catholics to attend the Novus Ordo Mass. (In truth, not so much a "Mass" but a huge series of options, ranging from an all Latin ad orientum using the Roman Canon, to vernacular options akin to Anglican/Lutheran services). 

Given the gravity of MacCarthy's remark, we must presume that this comes directly from Rome. Yet there is no explanation for this forced coercion. The issue of sedevacantism and other oddball ideas do not exist. If MacCarthy's handlers have evidence of sedevacantism let them hold a parish townhall to root it out. 

To the contrary, we are speaking about faithful Catholics who simply attend Mass in the manner of their ancestors; who love the reverence that this Liturgy renders unto Christ. Many, in fact - as I do - also attend the Novus Ordo. What evil have we committed; what sin have we undertaken to be cast aside, as if we are engaging in something perverse? If we are sedevacantist or adhering to heresy please accompany us out of error. Maybe to listen to one another?

"A synodal process has just been launched. Let us pray that it will be a great opportunity to listen to one another. Communion, in fact, is not the result of strategies and programmes, but is built in mutual listening between brothers and sisters". Pope Francis Jan 24, 2022. 

Forced coercion is not Catholic. It is evil and totalitarian. The sinister words of Stalin comes to mind, and importing a Stalinist mentality into the Church is truly wicked and perverse.

“Can the Party, must the Party, enjoying the confidence of the majority, compel the minority to submit to the will of the majority? Yes, it can and it must.This, however, does not preclude, but presupposes, the use of coercion.” Stalin 

Subsititute "Modernists" for "Party", and you get the picture. 

Dear Catholic friends, the Catholic Register states that an "Update" was sent to priests, staff etc. about these changes. What is glaringly MISSING is that NO note - NOTHING - was communicated to "accompany" faithful Catholics. In fact, we only have access to the note thanks to Vox Cantoris. It is interesting that the "Update" made no mention of this forced coercion. We at this blog can at least thank MacCarthy for his blunt honesty as to the purpose of the new changes imposed by Rome.    

Spiritual Schizophrenia: The Madness of Synodality and the Lie of Traditionis Custodes!

We had this from "Sensus Fidei" (2014) pubished by the International Theological Commission: 

 63. Alerted by their sensus fidei, individual believers may deny assent even to the teaching of legitimate pastors if they do not recognise in that teaching the voice of Christ, the Good Shepherd. ‘The sheep follow [the Good Shepherd] because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers’ (Jn 10:4-5). For St Thomas, a believer, even without theological competence, can and even must resist, by virtue of the sensus fidei, his or her bishop if the latter preaches heterodoxy. In such a case, the believer does not treat himself or herself as the ultimate criterion of the truth of faith, but rather, faced with materially ‘authorised’ preaching which he or she finds troubling, without being able to explain exactly why, defers assent and appeals interiorly to the superior authority of the universal Church.

Very Catholic.

Then, we have this: 

Madness. Sheer lunacy! 

NOT Catholic at all; very, VERY protestant. 

So we have Rome at once engaging in "two and two is four; two and two is not four..."

Within this context of spiritual schizophrenia, we then have the abomination of Traditionis Custodes, that seems to be the preoccupation of various and sundry clerics. As of this writing, Rome's seeming concern in 2026 is implementing the monstrous lie that is Traditionis Custodes - viciously and cruely - treating faithful Catholics as spiritual lepers. There is no seeming concern about rooting out the protestant virus that has infected so many churchmen. No, their concern is to stop Catholics from access to the Missale Romanum (1962) and the Rituale Romanum (1957). The ripping apart of Catholic communities - I presume this must be part of Pope Francis' vision to "repair" Christ's Church? Heresy may abound, but the anicent rites must be supressed. So far, his successor, Pope Leo has seen fit to continue this "repair". Roche and other Francis appointed henchmen remain in their posts. 

I ask: can we hear the Voice of "Christ the Good Shepherd" in Traditionis Custodes? Or, is there another "voice" that we hear? One that is NOT in accord with the inseperability of Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scriptures and the Magisterium of the Church (c.f. Dei Verbum 2, 10)? 

Why do I bring up Dei Verbum? Because Francis and his henchman, Arthur Roche both claim that Traditionis Custodes is in keeping with the Magisterium and Tradition. And because Francis and his henchmen claimed they were and are following the second Vatican Council. However, as noted in Dei Verbum, the Magisterium is at one with Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scriptures - where they cannot be separated from each other. If one reads Roche's January 6-7 "Report", he twists the words of Pius V when quoting the sainty Pope on "...one rite for celebrating Mass...". Roche conveniently forgot the Pope permitting all Latin rite liturgies of 200 years and older continued life within the Latin churches. Not to mention the innumerable eastern rites that the holy Pope knew were untouchable.

Roche also twists the text from Sacrosanctum Concilium. Referencing SC 23, Roche conveniently forgot the following:"there must be no innovations unless the good of the Church genuinely and certainly requires them". 

Is it for the GOOD of the Church that Traditionis Custodes was introduced? Does the Church "genuinely" and "certainly" require it? And to add to this perversion of Sacrosanctum Concilium, Traditionis Custodes was also founded upon a huge, MONSTROUS LIE - that the bishops of the world demanded it. But even if they did - what of it? Holy and venerable rites are part of the Church's sppritual patrimony, a gift of the Holy Spirit to be be cared for with loving devotion.Not suppressed like some contagious disease!

Rebuilding Christ's Church "Traditionis Custodes" style

DECIMATION. St Vincent's after Traditionis Custodes. (© Toronto Catholic Witness 2026)

The numbers at St. Vincent de Paul's were horrendous for the first Sunday following the enforcement of Traditionis Custodes. I counted perhaps 45 people. About fifteen I recognized who usually attend the Latin Mass. This, I presume is what Francis had in mind when he chose "Francis" as his papal name, so as to "rebuild" Christ's Church. As I had reflected on the crisis a number of years ago: I will not leave the Church. They can throw me out on the "verandah" but I will not wonder off to some synagogue of Satan. No, if anyone leaves, it will be them. So I shall attend. With a heavy heart, but I shall. If the Blessed Mother and the holy women could stand at the foot of the Cross, so should we join them. Just as I would attend St. John Cantius if I lived in Chicago, I will attend St. Vincent's and Holy Family. Remember, dear Catholic friends, our priests need our support. They would like us to leave so as to shut the parishes down. Sorry - this dog won't hunt.  

For further updates on the communal aspects devastating the faithful in Toronto visit the outstanding Vox Cantoris. 

Francis, go and repair my Church, which, 

as you can see, is falling into ruin." 

DEVASTATION. St. Vincent de Paul, Sunday Sept 20, 2026. (© Toronto Catholic Witness 2026)

"Traditionis custodes" is founded upon deception and lies

 

As Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto still reel from the horror of being deprived the Sacraments offered in the Roman Rite according to Missale Romanum, we should turn our minds back to two key points addressed by Pope Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum. Dear Catholic friends, as you read the late Pope's words, reflect on your experiences. You know that the words of Pope Benedict ring true; as you reflect on the contrary words in Traditionis Custodes, you know the monstrous lie that Pope Franics hoisted on the Church. 

Pope Benedict:

"This document was most directly opposed on account of two fears, which I would like to address somewhat more closely in this letter.

In the first place, there is the fear that the document detracts from the authority of the Second Vatican Council, one of whose essential decisions – the liturgical reform – is being called into question".

"This fear is unfounded".

"In the second place, the fear was expressed in discussions about the awaited Motu Proprio, that the possibility of a wider use of the 1962 Missal would lead to disarray or even divisions within parish communities". 

"This fear also strikes me as quite unfounded". 

Now, let us consider the decisions made for Toronto in light of the words of Pope Benedict:

"I now come to the positive reason which motivated my decision to issue this Motu Proprio updating that of 1988. It is a matter of coming to an interior reconciliation in the heart of the Church....Let us generously open our hearts and make room for everything that the faith itself allows".

Compare the above to the text within Traditionis Custodes:

The late Pope with the arch-modernist Roche 

Pope Francis 

"...responses reveal a situation that preoccupies and saddens me, and persuades me of the need to intervene. Regrettably, the pastoral objective of my Predecessors...has often been seriously disregarded".

"I am nonetheless saddened that the instrumental use of Missale Romanum of 1962 is often characterized by a rejection not only of the liturgical reform, but of the Vatican Council II itself, claiming, with unfounded and unsustainable assertions, that it betrayed the Tradition and the “true Church".

"A final reason for my decision is this: ever more plain in the words and attitudes of many is the close connection between the choice of celebrations according to the liturgical books prior to Vatican Council II and the rejection of the Church and her institutions in the name of what is called the “true Church.”

"Responding to your requests, I take the firm decision to abrogate all the norms, instructions, permissions and customs that precede the present Motu proprio".

Dear Catholic friends the above distinguishes clearly two visions: one, that the allowance of the Missale Romanum did NOT create division and a schismatic mentality; and, the contary that it does. They both cannot be true. Further, Francis moved even beyond the "strawman" attacks and ended on what we all now know is a confirmed falsehood ("responding to your request"). As has emerged from multiple sources, the Pope either lied himself, or committed grave negligence, and allowed a lie to be passed off as truth. Either way, as Pope, the "buck" stops on his desk.  

The bishops of the Catholic Church did NOT express the negative views claimed by Francis and they did NOT "request" that a "firm decision" be taken against Missale Romanum. 

One final note: so obvious was the secretive, condescending, and clericalist manner in which this Traditionis Custodes is imposed and enforced. Have any of you not yet seen Frank Leo and Arthur Roche strolling into a Roman trattoria in late June? Vox Cantoris has it here. 

If you are still giving money to the Archdiocese: STOP! As the late, saintly Fr.John O'Connor said: "there is only one thing these men love more than heresy, and that is money". 

Rome is suppressing the Latin Mass and Traditional Sacraments in the Archdiocese of Toronto

The Holy (?) See in consultation with the Archdiocese of Toronto has determined that the weekly Sunday Latin Masses celebrated at St. Vincent de Paul and Holy Family will no longer continue - in accordance with "Traditionis Custodes".The agreement determined (we have NO written document as of this writing issued by either Rome or Toronto) that both parishes are now required to celebrate one Novus Ordo per month.

Accordingly, commencing next Sunday, September 20th, at St. Vincent's there will be an English Novus Ordo. Holy Family will have a Latin Novus Ordo for following week. Presumably the intent is to stagger the liturgies. I was also informed that this follows on earlier activity this year in which the Romans de facto suppressed the Mass in Schomberg and Scarborough, reducing it to once a month. 

I myself, will be attending the Church of the Transfiguration on Sunday's when the Latin Mass is not available at my own parish. 

I can tell you, dear readers, this was the first time I experienced what was akin to a kick in the stomach at Mass. And, I told one of the priests after Mass of this experience. Priests need to be made aware of the deep hurt that Catholics feel when they are so bitterly and viciously persecuted by heartless modernist clericalists who occupy the now "Unholy" See. 

Here we are with rife apostasy and heresy, with abortion and euthanasia rampant - and what concerns the Romans ? - the suppression of the Latin Mass. And not only the Mass, but the sacraments as well. Commencing immediately - there will be NO traditionally administered sacraments. Funerals, Weddings, and Baptisms - all suppressed.

Concern for the liturgy? No. If it were concern for the liturgy, where is the concern for stopping the innumerable abuses, even abominations in the Novus Ordo? No. What concerns the Romans is denying faithful Catholics a funneral, a wedding, a baptism in rites that were not "revised" for "modern man". Denying faithful Catholics the rites handed down to us by our ancestors over the centuries is their concern, not stopping apostasy and heresy.  

Please pray for the priests in Toronto who are under the Roman hammer - they did not look happy. Please pray for Cardinal Leo who at least kept the Romans at bay for over a year with "consultations". And hardest of all - please pray for the conversion of the Romans. The "Unholy" See is infested with evil. Pray they repent. 

St.Michael, Patron of the Archdiocese of Toronto pray for us. 

 

This post will be modest in scope. It is my opinion, that the July 1st crisis was avoidable. Both sides have blundered, and in their blundering have - seemingly - boxed themselves in. 

The Pope and the Romans: Last year we are told the SSPX approached Rome for an audience, only to be ignored. I would say it is uncharitable and negligent to refuse to see the head of a Society of nearly a 1000 priests who requests to see his father. 

On the other hand the SSPX can perhaps be faulted for not approaching Pope Francis over his 13 years; especially after he granted full canonical authority to hear confessions and formalize marriages. Why no approach? 

A possible solution could have been that the SSPX had initially submitted 4 names to the Pope for the selection of 2 bishops. The Pope, as the "bridge builder", could have accepted this, and proposed back that the SSPX submit to him another 4 names within 12 months of the consecration of the first 2 bishops.

On the other hand, Rome in being intransigent regarding the authority of the Council - such as Tucho Fernandez claiming that every iota of a pastoral Council must be accepted - obviously is shutting down any discussion a priori. The limitations of the authority of the Council has already been dealt with from John XXIII onwards. Further, Rome's refusal to retract the uncharitable and unjust restrictions of Traditiones Custodes (which we now know were promulgated on lies and distortions told to the Pope) is an intolerable abuse of Catholics. While the Roman Mass is being crushed, the abuses in the liturgy continue unabated. 

The Abbe de Nantes:

 “One cannot save the Church by building on other foundations. But some people wanted to persuade me to do just that. As someone unjustly (although legally) deprived of all power of jurisdiction over souls by a Pope and bishops suspected of schism and heresy, I was supposed to consider myself a victim of persecution and to attribute to myself some kind of extraordinary jurisdiction directly derived from God ! The determining factor was meant to be the pressing necessity of souls who were in danger of perishing in a Church that had completely lost her direction. Well, my answer to this was : never, not at any price. Such jurisdiction has never been recognised by the holy canons except in the case of bishops in countries where persecution has totally destroyed or paralysed the local hierarchy. Presuming on the assent of the Holy See, these bishops would exercise this kind of extraordinary jurisdiction to save these Churches from total ruin and to provide for the urgent necessities of souls (Dom Gréa, L'Église, p. 235-238).

 

The proposals of Bishop Schneider, it seems to me, are Catholic and charitable. Let us pray that they are heard. 

Catholic Unscripted also has a very interesting interview with Fr. Perricone.  

Please pray for unity in the Church. Please pray ALWAYS with charity and without anger or hatred. It is easy to become angry on seeing the abuse, the heresy. But this can be a pathway to sin and perdition. The saints did not switch between piety and venom, nor should we. Our Lord did not spew venum on his persecutors: we are commanded by Our Lord to imitate Him. And imitate Him we must, even in the the most difficult of things and times. That is what makes us truly Catholic.  

BREAKING: Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Lay Cardinal by Pope Leo

 

His Eminence Arnold Cardinal Schwarzenegger

 

For immediate release:

October 4, 2025. Vatican City, Secretariat of State:

The Supreme Pontiff, Pope Leo, by his apostolic authority - all laws and customs notwithstanding - hereby conferred upon His Excellency, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former United States Governor of California, the title and full dignities of cardinalis laicum, Saturday, October 4th, 2025.

His Excellency, Mr. Schwarzenegger has been appointed Special Advisor on the environment and climate to the Supreme Pontiff as an ex officio Member of the dicastery, Dicasterium ad Integram Humanam Progressionem Fovendam.

Sec. Arb. Frederico Fabbricare

 

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Note for readers: His Excellency, Mr. Schwarzenegger, in his capacity as Cardinal is now formally: Reverendissimo et eminentissimum, Dominus, Arnoldus, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Schwarzenegger (The most Reverend and most Eminent Lord, Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Holy Roman Church). 

September 1, 1939 ~ World War II began: Poland will not forget

 

"Come on out, come on out, there's going to be a war". Reflections on the Anniversary of World War 2

This day, 86 years ago, the forces of Satan crossed the Polish border and unleashed on the world a torrent of bloodshed. In the early hours of that fateful day, Nazi aircraft began to bomb Warsaw leading to the eventual occupation of that nation with co-conspirator, Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks attacked Poland on the 17th, following the secret protocols in the vile Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. In fact, Nazis had even been training in the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. The right and left hand of Satan met at the river San - the dividing line between the two totalitarian States. Eventually, due to far greater organization and international connections and assorted fellow travellers,  the communist empire would devour more than half of Europe and lead to its monstrous extension over the globe leading to such a death count, that even the fiendish Hitler would end up looking like a choir boy. 

 "Come on out, come on out, there's going to be  a war", were the words my mother recalled to me of her mother hurrying down to the ocean side as she played with my uncle at Southend-on-Sea. That fateful day was September 3rd, and Britain and France had just declared war on Germany. A few hundred miles away, in my father's country the forces of Satanic evil were busily at work, already bombing hospitals and murdering civilians. 

Stalin directing Hitler into a losing war 

The result for Poland was the virtual extermination of Poland's Jews - protected by King Kazimir the Great centuries earlier, when Jews were being hounded out of other European states. Nazi hatred for the Catholic Church too was on display with arrests and executions of priests. Mass was proscribed, with the sole Mass at the Wawel Cathedral under the eye of the Gestapo. It was in this environment that the great Archbishop Sapiecha would take on a seminarian named Karol Wojtyla. 

My father was a witness to Nazi brutality. Early during the war, he and my grandmother on a number of occasions would sneak food to the Jews of Przemysl and pass food through the wired off area where the Jews were kept, prior to deportation to the death camps. My father always remembered this, and he remembered to his horror seeing behind the wire a young teenage boy from his class in school. Eventually my father would be arrested in a "Lapanka" (or street catch) and sent to Germany for slave labour. He then ended up in Norway on an island doing tree cutting; transferred to a camp near the Swedish border, he and another teenager escaped up into the mountains and to freedom in Sweden. He always remembered seeing the German Army motorbikes travelling along the road far below looking for them. In fact, this escape was even more daring for two young men had tried it earlier and had been shot. From Stockholm he eventually he would end up in Scotland in the armed forces... from then, onto London where he met my very English mother (who left London and spent her war years in Llandudno, Wales) - and the rest is history. 

So, please pray for Poland that she may remain true to her ancient Faith.