"De mortuis nisi bonum" - Francis as a Child of His Age

Speak only well of the dead, teaches the Latin motto we have chosen as our title. And, to stay with Latin: parce sepulto, or respect the buried. Jorge Maria Bergoglio, a.k.a. Pope Francis, was a fierce opponent of Traditionalism and anything that vaguely resembled it, going so far as to revoke the motu proprio liberalizing the rites, on which Pope Ratzinger had placed so much hope to restore some sanity to the Church. Nevertheless, although we are devotees of the poet Horace, from whom this long-standing website takes its motto ('multa renascentur quae iam cecidere': many things that have already fallen will be reborn), we will refrain from echoing the words of his poem on the death of the hated Queen Cleopatra: nunc est bibendum, nunc altero pede pulsanda tellus.

The Will and Testament of Francis - Interment at the Liberian Basilica (Saint Mary Major)

TESTAMENT OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

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Miserando atque Eligendo

In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen.

As I sense that the twilight of my earthly life is approaching, and with firm hope in Eternal Life, I wish to express my final wishes regarding my burial place.

Francis: A Pope who was One of a Kind

Pope Francis was truly inimitable. A Pope to remember, and one of a kind. 

How to describe such a unique pontiff? Coming from "the end of the world," as he said, he truly represented a peculiar voice. 

SEDE VACANTE 2025 - POPE FRANCIS IS DECEASED

Francis, Bishop of Rome, Supreme Pontiff, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in Buenos Aires, on December 17, 1936, died in Rome minutes ago, on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025 -- the  2778th anniversary of the Foundation of the City of Rome. May he rest in peace.

At 9:45 AM on Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, spoke these words at the Casa Santa Marta:

Easter Sunday Sermon - 2025

 by Father Richard Cipolla

Saints Cyril and Methodius

Bridgeport, Connecticut 

From the Acts of the Apostles:  They killed him finally, nailing him on a tree, only to have God raise him up on the third day.

What we celebrate here today is indeed that Mystery that lies at the very heart of our faith.  Without Christ’s resurrection, our faith, St. Paul tells us, is in vain.  Christmas would be meaningless, the sacraments could not exist except as mere reminders of something that happened in the past, the whole Faith falls apart if Christ did not rise from the dead.  But that is precisely what we come here to do: to affirm and celebrate our Faith.  And that faith can never be a mere product of intellectual investigation, can never be a product of gathering information or data. In the account of the Resurrection in the gospel according to St. John, Peter and John run to the tomb, look inside, saw what they saw—and they believed.  Surely what they saw—no body, the linen cloths folded—could have another explanation: someone stole Jesus’ body; someone moved the body. But they saw and they believed.

A Resurgence of Catholicism Among Young People: RESURREXI

In Britain, a revival of Catholicism, especially among young men -- making it the most popular Christian affiliation for the first time since the Anglican revolt.

In France, a record number of adults and young adults baptized this Easter.

Traditional-minded young people are seeing that the survival of European civilization, and the salvation of their souls, depend upon the return to the Source: Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church.

For this, we say: Deo Gratias -- and Happy Easter!

Latin Mass ending in all regular parishes in Detroit

The Archdiocese of Detroit is blessed to have settings exclusively dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass -- the most famous being the Saint Joseph Shrine. Thankfully, this one is safe.

However, the several other Traditional Masses celebrated in regular parishes, pursuant to the generous implementation of Summorum Pontificum, and kept by the generosity of Abp. Vigneron, are about to be abolished by the newly appointed Archbishop, Edward Weisenburger.

The news comes from the Facebook page of one of those parishes, Our Lady of the Scapular, in Wyandotte:

The End of the Vatican II Era and the Future Conclave

 

Aging Bergoglians and the End of an Era

By Serre Verweij

for Rorate Caeli

Pope Francis has been suffering from chronic health problems for over three years now and was in the hospital for over a month. Bishops and cardinals have been increasingly acting as if he were incapacitated, some trying to quickly promote new projects with his alleged approval. Cardinals have been maneuvering for the next conclave, which could be both a referendum on the legacy of Pope Francis and synodality, as well as the so-called ‘spirit of the Second Vatican Council’. 

Palm Sunday 2025 (Sermon): "The Cross is a Triumph"

Fr. Richard G. Cipolla

“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

How did this all begin?  It began with a unique ceremony that is like a Mass without a consecration:  There is an introit, an opening prayer, an epistle, a tract, a gospel, which is the Gospel of the Palms, a preface, a Sanctus, and then the blessing of the palms with five prayers, each of which refer to the procession that follows and which are among the most glorious prayers in the Missal, and finally the procession itself. The purpose of the procession is not to re-enact Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, the end of which would be his Passion and Death. The antiphons that were just sung in the procession today are hymns of praise to Jesus the Redeemer King. It is a triumphal procession that leads back to the entrance to the church. But then, on the way back to the church, climbing up the steps, there is a pause, for the front door of the church is closed shut.  And then comes that strange but wonderful back and forth singing of the choir inside and the priest and people outside. Then the deacon takes the processional cross and bangs on the base of the door three times for the doors to open and allow the procession to go into the church. 

An Exemplary Traditional Catholic Apostolate, Under Persecution and in Dire Need of Help

The following post, by Dan Sevigny, first appeared at OnePeterFive and is reprinted here with permission. I will add that I know Dan personally, have visited the ranch, and have seen the incredible work they are doing. This apostolate fully deserves whatever support people can send their way! - PAK

In a world where traditional Catholic values are increasingly challenged, Sanctus Ranch stands as a beacon of faith and reverence—a sanctuary where souls can retreat from worldly pressures and experience the authentic love of Jesus Christ. Today, this sacred refuge faces an unprecedented crisis, one that threatens its very existence and the vital mission it serves.

"The Pope's Health" - by Archbishop Héctor Agüer

 The Pope's Health

Archbishop Héctor Agüer

Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

Buenos Aires, April 8, 2025

Francis was hospitalized for 38 days at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for treatment of a double pneumonia. Thanks be to God, he got better and returned to the Vatican, to his usual place in Casa Santa Marta.

The Atlantic on TLM Catacombs

Francis X. Rocca, who wrote many good pieces about or mentioning the TLM for the Wall Street Journal as its Vatican correspondent, has a new article today in the Atlantic.

Below is an excerpt. To read Frank’s full article click here.

Perhaps counterintuitively, this return to tradition seems to be led by young Catholics, who make up a disproportionate share of Latin Mass devotees. According to a recent survey that Cranney and Bullivant conducted of parishes that offered the traditional Mass, 44 percent of Catholics who attended the old rite at least once a month were under the age of 45, compared with only 20 percent of other members of those parishes. Patrick Merkel, a senior at Notre Dame who attends Latin Mass on campus, believes that the traditional rite appeals to young people because, unlike most things in their lives, it doesn’t change. “A Latin Mass in small-town Wisconsin is the same as in London or New York,” Merkel told me. “It is always the same consoling home to return to.”

Announcing a Complete Guide to the Theology and Use of the Chapel Veil

Os Justi Press's latest release is a revised and expanded new edition of Anna Elissa's Mantilla: The Veil of the Bride of Christ, this time in full color. (It first came out 9 years ago in Indonesia and quickly become a favorite of many readers until it sold out; it was time for a superior presentation, with better distribution channels.)

Mantilla: The Veil of the Bride of Christ is the most thorough, insightful, and serene guide to veiling ever written—one that will equip you with answers to your own questions as well as the never-lacking questions of friends, relatives, and strangers.

Resting her account on Scripture and Tradition as interpreted by the Church Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, and papal, liturgical, and canon law texts, Anna Elissa—a wife, mother, psychiatrist, and lay Dominican—offers arguments of fittingness on behalf of veiling, responds to common objections against it, offers practical advice for choosing, wearing, and even designing mantillas, and shows how the veil contributes to a Eucharistic way of life that treats femininity as a gift, a treasure, and a mystery.

To illustrate and verify her points, Elissa presents a substantial collection of testimonials from women of all ages about their experience adopting and wearing the veil—and from men, too, including clergy, about why they value the practice and its return.

Appropriately for a work about the language of signs and beauty, Mantilla is graced with exquisite artworks in color.

In his foreword, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi describes the book as a "beautiful surprise." Whether you are a long-time veiler, a skeptic of veiling, or simply curious to learn more, this is the book for you!

Paperback, 5" x 8", 152 pp. $16.95

(Hardcover and ebook also available.)

From Os Justi Press or any Amazon outlet.

Event: Sacred Music Symposium in Ontario in July 2025

 A great opportunity for those interested in matters of Sacred Music in the Traditional Roman Rite, in New Hamburg, Ontario -- halfway between Buffalo, NY, and Detroit, MI, so a great summer outing during what is a vacation week for many for the national holidays of both Canada (July 1st) and the US (July 4th).

From the organizers:

RENDER UNTO CAESAR: US bishops halt partnerships with federal government

 

"Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?" But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites Shew me the tribute money." And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" They say unto him, "Caesar's." "Then," saith he unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's."

The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew, ch. xxii

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For many years, the United States Government was a major funder of the "charitable" actions of the charitable institutions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Catholic dioceses. The recent actions of the current U.S. administration to reduce immigration and refugee programs has meant a considerable reduction of the transfers of this government money.

Ted is Dead

Former Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington Ted McCarrick, serial abuser, and a man who was the very embodiment of the Vatican II hierarchy, died today. He was a major influence in the election of Francis (for which he worked from the outside), until he was unmasked. The entire liberal hierarchy of the United States today is directly related to him. 

His influence is present in the Vatican even today -- for instance, his former secretary was one of the main promoters of a recent beatification, as revealed this week by The Economist.

McCarrick as a priest with one of his victims, James

James, one of his many victims, was baptized by McCarrick himself, and the then-priest was a very close friend of the  family -- Ted abused him later, repeatedly, as a 13-year-old boy: more details in the 2018 New York Times article.

We'll let these incredible quotes from this week's Economist article be McCarrick's obituary:

The Crisis of the Church: What to do about the Decrease in the Number of Priests, and the Free Fall in the Number of Seminarians? - Article by Abp. Héctor Agüer

In face of the decrease in the number of priests and the free fall in the number of seminarians.

Archbishop Héctor Agüer

Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

Buenos Aires, April 2, 2025 

Courtyard of the Metropolitan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Villa Devoto)

        On numerous occasions I have referred to a crucial issue for the Church: the formation of candidates for the priesthood. Today, I do it once again, without pretending, of course, to exhaust the subject, with this article. And I do so on the twentieth anniversary of the departure of St. John Paul II, who lived his seminary life “clandestinely” because of Nazism and Communism that ravaged his native Poland. And who, as Pope, together with the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger -later his successor, Benedict XVI- did so much to repair, in part, the mess of the post-conciliar period.

Laetare Sunday Sermon: Jerusalem is at hand

by Father Richard Cipolla

Saint Josaphat's, Flushing, Queens (New York)

Today we mark Laetare Sunday, so called because of the first words of the Introit of the Mass, “Laetare, Jerusalem”, rejoice O Jerusalem.  This day marks mid-Lent and so Mother Church allows the use of rose vestments, flowers on the altar, use of the organ, as a time of anticipating the joy of Easter even amidst the penitential practices of Lent. The joy of this day is a subdued joy, but this subdued joy is really what Christian joy is all about. Christian joy is not ever immediate or sharp or of the moment.  We all know that life is full of moments of great joy, and we know that life has moments of sadness and disappointment.  What Christian joy is based on is not the good things that happen to us in this life that cause our eyes to brim with the tears of joy.  Christian joy is based on the person of Jesus Christ.  When John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb when Mary greeted his mother Elizabeth, he did so because he recognized Jesus in Elizabeth’s womb.  His own life would at least by the standards of the world not be one of joy.  And he would suffer a violent death at the hands of drunken king involved in a sacrilegious marriage.  The joy in that embrace of Mary and Elizabeth:  of course, the joy of two pregnant women is present and the wonder of those pregnancies is part of this.  But the heart of the joy is in Elizabeth’s words:  But who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  The mother of my Lord.  Elizabeth’s joy is grounded in the person of Jesus in Mary’s womb.  And when Mary sings the Magnificat her joy comes from the child she carries in her womb, whose name will be called Jesus, the one who saves.

Book Review: The Glorious Sacrifice of the Lamb. The Mass and Christian Life - by Fr. Serafino Lanzetta

Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta

The Glorious Sacrifice of the Lamb. The Mass and Christian Life 

(Portsmouth: Mary House Press, 2024).

Review by Myriam Tothill

Glory is not a word often associated with sacrifice. In the very title of his work, Fr. Serafino presents us with what is, to modern ears particularly, an unusual concept, something to make us think, to use a much overused phrase, outside of the box. Glorious is often used to describe beauty and achievement. On the other hand, we live in a society which abhors pain of any kind, preferring to die rather than endure it and even to kill rather than watch others endure it and the word sacrifice is associated almost exclusively with pain and suffering. The juxtaposition of these terms brings to mind Simeon’s prophecy concerning Christ: He will be a sign of contradiction...So we know right from the beginning, before we have even opened the book, that this will be a work challenging us to think about the Mass in unaccustomed ways.

Epiphany Parish in Tampa converted to Shrine dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass

 A decision of the Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida; the Institute of Christ the King will staff the shrine:

(Click for larger view)

Source: Parish Bulletin

Traditional Catholic Retreats in Indiana - 2025

People frequently ask me, "Where can I go on a traditional Catholic retreat with a sound retreatmaster and the TLM?" There are not a huge number of options but one of the very best options out there is Edelweiss. Highly recommended. Below are the 2025 retreats. More info here: https://edelweisshouse.org/ 

Also bear in mind the retreats offered in Ohio by the Benedictine monks of Tasmania (see here).

Irony Alert: Postconciliar Iconoclasts Arrive at the Feast of St John Damascene and Smash It

So much to observe about today's confluence in the Roman Rite, on this Thursday of the third week of Lent, with a commemoration of St. John Damascene.

New Edition of the "Breviarium Monasticum": Complete Benedictine Divine Office in Latin

Magnificent news from our friends at the Monastère Saint-Benoît in Brignoles: a wholly new edition of the great Monastic Office of St. Benedict. Full details below.

Sermon for the Annunciation 2025

by Fr. Richard Cipolla

Annunciation (1894) - James Tissot - The Brooklyn Museum

I am the maidservant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say.

The shutter banged against the house in the wind, or so it seemed to the young woman n the small house.  But she looked out the window and the trees were not moving. And then she felt his presence.  Then she saw him with his wings, and she became frightened.  His words came slowly and silently like a song, as if silent words could be a song.  But she hears the words and their meaning confused her. How can this be?  Why should he be saying these words to her?  She almost wished that she were not here. She wished he was not saying these things. And then she heard the question addressed to her out of the silent song. A question that came beyond space and time, a question that was posed to her very being, but yet not a question, for she was being asked to choose to do this, this which was beyond her comprehension, and she was aware of her entire body as never before, she was intensely aware of physical reality, of the room, of everything in it, she was aware that the whole universe had stopped breathing, every nebula, every atom, all creation had stilled for this place and time, this instant, creation in suspension.  And then, out of the stillness of the room and out of something deep in her, she felt a stirring that flooded her whole self, which pierced her fear and her awe. And with great and quiet strength she said, Yes. Let it be done to me according to thy word.

Fiat: A Home for Female Contemplative Religious Vocation Discernment

When the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary, he found her alone in her chamber. She was intent on her prayers. Her sole focus was on God. The angel delivered his message. The Blessed Virgin listened. She accepted. Fiat.

The Decadence of the Church and the Francis Pontificate - by Archbishop Héctor Agüer

 Archbishop Héctor Agüer

Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

Buenos Aires, March 25, 2025

Twelve years of Francis' pontificate have just been celebrated. The Vatican reports are always self-congratulatory. 

It is very difficult to cover, in a single appraisal, the reality of the Church, which is vast and with differences between countries -- but from a certain point it is possible to contemplate the surroundings; I can do it, then, from this corner of the far south that is Argentina, a nation that is (or was?) mostly Catholic. As the saying goes, “one button is example enough."

For Over Fifty Years, the Traditionalist Faithful Have Been Persecuted: No Repentance from the Hierarchy?...

Christian Marquant

Paix Liturgique

March 2025

(main excerpt)

The website of the Bishops' Conference of France reminds us that, since 2021, at the request of the Holy Father, every year, and from now on, on the third Friday of Lent, a kind of day of repentance is organized. This is a day of prayer for people who are the victims of violence, sexual violence, or abuse of power.

A Follow-Up on Cardinal Pell -- Are They Trying to Get Him Even After Death?

Get Pell even when he’s dead?

A guilty verdict without a court

By Serre Verweij

for Rorate Caeli

[Rorate: Read Verweij's series on Pell here]

One of Australia’s favourite left elite mouthpieces, the ABC, has published an article by Louis Milligan and Charlotte King that reveals new abuse accusations against the late Cardinal Pell. Specifically, they revealed two new accusations against Pell.

ITALIAN NEWS: The most Pathetic Protest Ever

 by Diego Fusaro

Philosopher

 

(Translator’s Comment: I do not agree with all of Professor Fusaro’s ideas but as an informed academic his analyses on the present state of global and Italian scenarios and international issues are frequently right in my view. With this article he is spot on. The way I see it, he is describing the ever-increasing decline of Italian Catholic Culture and the frightening mushiness of the modern mind formed in modernist schools and universities).      F.R.

Rome, March 15th, 2025 - the most absurd public protest ever

The most insane and ridiculous public protest in recent history took place on March 15^th in support of the European Union.

THE FUTURE OF TRADITIONIS CUSTODES -- AND OF THE TRADITIONAL MASS

Kevin Tierney

for Rorate Caeli

(Photo: Nick Hagen, for The New York Times)

Traditionis custodes is back in the news. Following DDW Prefect Arthur Cardinal Roche’s interview with The Catholic Herald, even non-traditionalist commentators are wondering: does Traditionis custodes have a future? (One of the individuals interviewed was RC contributor Joseph Shaw; and RC contributor Peter Kwasniewski's article on Andrea Grillo was linked.) In considering this question, I would like to take a slightly different approach, and also directly answer one of the stated justifications for it in the article.

The Zone is Flooded

One of the biggest threats to the survival of Traditionis has been the ability of traditionalists to dominate the discourse surrounding the Latin Mass. As Cardinal Roche himself admitted in the interview:

Hospitalized Francis announces Vatican III

"Vatican III" as in a new "Ecclesial Assembly" called upon as part of the "synodal process":

Pope approves convocation of post-synodal Ecclesial Assembly in 2028

Pope Francis officially initiates a new phase in the Church’s synodal journey by approving an accompaniment process that will culminate in an Ecclesial Assembly in 2028. [Vatican News]

Wait, Francis? Or "Francis"? 

The Spirit of Lent - by Roberto de Mattei

 Roberto de Mattei

Voice of the Family

March 12, 2025

Most people are unaware of or have forgotten what Lent is. Yet the Catechism of Pope Saint Pius X was very clear, calling it “a season of fasting and penance instituted by the Church according to apostolic tradition”. In the following paragraph, Saint Pius X explained its ends:

“To make known to us the obligation we have to do penance all through our lives; to imitate in some way the rigorous fast of forty days that Jesus Christ did in the desert; to prepare ourselves by means of penance for a holy celebration of Easter.” (No 36)

The Pope and Tradition - Op-Ed by Abp. Héctor Agüer

 Archbishop Héctor Agüer

Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

Buenos Aires, March 11, 2025

[Author's note:] This article was written before illness led the Supreme Pontiff to hospitalization. Like all the faithful, I too offer my prayers for the physical and spiritual health of Francis. What I write below is valid for the orientation of his pontificate, which is still true today, as can be seen in the recent suppression of the Miles Christi Religious Institute, announced on Thursday, the 6th of this month.

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 The current Pontificate is distinguished by a true contradiction: the Pope is an enemy of Tradition, persecutor of those who follow it and identify with it. This persecution is accomplished in many ways: he displaces good bishops, appointing coadjutors for them; he elevates to the episcopate progressive characters; he takes care to elevate to the cardinalate those who second his projects of reforming the Church; he promotes progressive religious institutes and undermines or eliminates those attached to Tradition. It is significant that he has chosen the unusual name of Francis - alien to papal history - probably thinking of the saint of Assisi, considering him an ecclesial reformer.

Welcome to Washington, Cardinal McElroy!

 Cardinal McElroy will be installed as the new Archbishop of Washington tomorrow, in the Basilica of the National Shrine.

He is receiving some warm welcome:

For the story on the unbelievable events leading to this, read this from Crux in 2018:

Ordo Hebdomadae Maioris & Memoriale Rituum: Useful Books for the Pre-55 Holy Week

Saint Anthony Press, established with the mission of publishing rare or otherwise “lost” Catholic liturgical and devotional books, has reprinted the Ordo Hebdomadae Maioris (Order of Holy Week) containing the Holy Week liturgies and Order of Mass with seasonal Prefaces according to the 1920 typical edition of the Roman Missal (in use until 1955), restoring the ancient and venerable liturgies replaced by the 1956 Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae Instauratus (and later incorporated into the 1962 Roman Missal).

The Miracles of the Pre-Conclave: Cardinal Roche says he has no problem with the Latin Mass

Well, that is a "vibe shift" if ever there was one.

The great persecutor of the Traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Roche, apparently has no problem with Latin or the Latin Mass! What miracles do the airs of a possible upcoming conclave bring forth...

Here is his answer on the matter in his interview to the Catholic Herald:

CH [Herald]: One of the phenomena that has become apparent in the modern Church is the devotion that young people have to the Traditional Latin Mass, the 1962 Roman Missal promulgated by Pope John XXIII. What advice would you give to those who want to remain faithful members of the Church and love the Latin Mass but find themselves restricted in attending?

Book review: Enchanted by Eternity: Recapturing the Wonder of the Catholic Worldview

Enchanted by Eternity: Recapturing the Wonder of the Catholic Worldview by Fr. William Slattery is a stunningly insightful read.

The author, whose name you might recognize from his earlier and also very fine book Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build—and Can Help Rebuild—Western Civilization, is an unusual combination: a fiery Irishman, a cold-blooded PhD in epistemology who specialized in alethic logic, a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville, a historian – and a priest who is passionately in love with the Traditional Latin Mass. Listen to these words in the Acknowledgments section of his book:

What Is the Path Forward for the Church? The Church Lives by Her Tradition -- by Archbishop Héctor Agüer

 

The Future Course of the Church

by Archbishop Héctor Agüer

Emeritus of La Plata

Buenos Aires, March 3, 2025

     When a Pontificate lasts for many years, it is natural to think about what will happen when it ends. Catholics look to the future of the Church. What, then, is appropriate for the time to come?

Francis Health Update: More episodes of respiratory insufficiency - ventilation

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/comunicazioni/2025/03/03/250303b.html

Today the Holy Father presented two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency, caused by a major accumulation of endobronchial mucus, and consequent broncospasm.

Two bronchoscopies were therefore performed, with the need for aspiration of copious secretions.

In the afternoon, non-invasive mechanical ventilation was resumed.

The Holy Father remained alert, oriented and cooperative at all times.

The prognosis remains reserved.

Who Could Be the Next Pope? -- Parolin: Fake Moderate, Sincere Progressive

Paix Liturgique

February 26, 2025

Cardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State, is considered very hostile to the Traditional Mass (playing on the nickname, “the Mass of All Time,” he is quoted as saying, “We must put an end to this Mass for all time!” At this time, when Rome is more or less preparing for a conclave, his friends are doing everything to sell, as the communicators say, an image of Parolin as a “moderate”, “man of consensus.” Pietro Parolin, who is said to be considering the name of John XXIV, would be in perfect continuity with the latter, but in a less disorderly, more administrative style. 

Parolin would be a more efficient Francis

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Rorate: Paix Liturgique, the French traditionalist newsletter, then makes reference to an article we also published in December 2023. We repost it here now to recall to our readers the main characters of the future conclave, whenever it may take place.

Cardinal Parolin Lying in Ambush

Father Claude Barthe

Res Novae

December 2023

Is Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, the real candidate of the Bergoglian left[1]? It's worth remembering that in 2013, the self-appointed cardinals of the "St. Gallen Group", who brought Jorge Bergoglio to power, used the maneuver of putting forward the name of Cardinal Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, to more effectively advance their real papabile, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Similarly today, behind the 66-year-old Filipino Cardinal Tagle, prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, but depressive and rather insignificant, or behind the 65-year-old Jesuit Cardinal Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, rapporteur of the Synod of Bishops for a synodal Church, but too noisily heterodox, would actually be Cardinal Parolin.