+LEO APPOINTS BLASPHEMOUS BISHOP TO BRISBANE

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Hindu goddess removed by laymen from Bendigo cathedral - the Latin reads "Vade retro Satana" ("Back off, Satan")

 

A sacrilegious image of a Hindu goddess displayed in the historic Catholic cathedral of Bendigo, Victoria, has been summarily removed by three laymen, in broad daylight. Good, you say: it's high time the laity stepped up to defend the Faith. It seems that with +Leo XIV as pope, we'll have plenty of opportunity to do that: he just promoted the bishop responsible for this blasphemy (who also favours women deacons (dogwhistle for female priests) and Francis' infamous Fiducia Supplicans) to the Archbishopric of Brisbane. 

Not to mention +Leo's appointment of Fr Beat Grogli, another promoter of women’s ordination, to the Diocese of St Gallen, Switzerland. As head of the Dicastery for Bishops since January 2023, Pope Leo knows what these men are made of, and it's not the stuff of  Catholicism.

Such actions speak louder than words, even Latin ones, or gorgeous vestments, or holy thoughts which could just as easily be spoken by the Archbishop of Canterbury. And the Latin, the lace and the pious sentiments arouse suspicion that +Leo was elected not to make Rome Catholic again, but by appealing to wealthy Americans and their pocketbooks to make Rome solvent again.  

Francis and Leo XIV, St. Augustine Parish Buenos Aires, when they were just +Jorge Bergoglio and +Robert Prevost.

 The story below comes from Hiraeth in Exile. Australian correspondent for The Remnant Magazine, Kathy Clubb, offers similar sentiments: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/7822-rewarding-infidelity

On June 18, Bishop Joseph Strickland released a public statement sharply criticizing Leo’s appointment of Bishop Shane Mackinlay as Archbishop of Brisbane. Once the bishop of Tyler, Texas, and among the most vocal defenders of orthodoxy in the U.S. episcopate, Strickland was removed by Rome last year under Francis without formal charges, trial, or due process. And yet here he is, still speaking plainly.

 

Strickland’s tone is respectful, but firm. He calls the appointment a source of “scandal and division.” He reiterates the Church’s definitive teaching that Holy Orders, diaconate included, cannot be conferred on women. And he warns that Bishop Mackinlay has publicly entertained this forbidden idea, which would fundamentally alter the Church’s sacramental structure.

 

The bishop now promoted to Archbishop of Brisbane has not only expressed openness to female deacons, but previously placed a statue of a Hindu goddess in his cathedral. Strickland’s concern is the kind that arises when men who openly question doctrine are given jurisdiction over millions of souls.

 

The Pattern Is Clear

 

Strickland is not alone in raising concerns. But he is nearly alone in saying them out loud.

 

Bishop Mackinlay is not an outlier. He is the latest in a growing list of bishops elevated under Leo XIV who openly defy Catholic tradition. Earlier this year, Leo appointed Fr. Beat Grogli, a priest who had expressed support for women’s ordination, to lead the Diocese of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Grogli had recently promoted “open discussion” on ordaining women.

 

This pattern is unmistakable:

• First Grogli in St. Gallen.

• Now Mackinlay in Brisbane.

• And several others rumored to be under consideration for major sees who have flirted with the same heterodox views.

 

And yet, Leo’s apologists continue to assure us that the new pontificate is a return to orthodoxy. They insist he is different from Francis. They call him an Augustinian. A liturgical moderate. A bridge-builder. They say he is just trying to govern with “balance.”

 

+Leo has already 'canonised' +Francis

 

But what kind of balance includes one appointment after another of bishops who undermine Catholic teaching on Holy Orders?

 

A Crisis of Credibility

 

Let’s be clear: this is not a matter of private theological speculation. Pope John Paul II stated in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women, and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the faithful. The document, though brief, makes clear that the male character of the priesthood belongs not to disciplinary preference but to the deposit of faith.

 

What Leo’s bishops are now suggesting, under the guise of “study” or “dialogue,” is that the Church may have misunderstood this, or that it doesn’t apply to the diaconate, despite the fact that the diaconate is part of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. This is doctrinal sleight of hand. A wedge issue meant to move the Overton window.

 

And yet it is happening in full view, with papal endorsement and episcopal power.

 

At the same time, bishops loyal to tradition are exiled. Men like Strickland are stripped of their dioceses. Their only crime is clarity. Their only offense is refusing to play the game of ambiguity and contradiction. In a Church that punishes the orthodox and promotes the heterodox, what is left of moral credibility?

 

A selfie taken by +Prevost in 2015

 

When the Sacred Is Profaned

 

If Bishop Shane Mackinlay’s theological views weren’t troubling enough, his track record on guarding the sanctity of Catholic worship should end the debate.

 

As bishop of Sandhurst, Bishop Mackinlay allowed a Hindu art installation to be set up inside Sacred Heart Cathedral during a Diwali festival. According to LifeSiteNews, the display included “obscene statues of the Hindu god Shiva.”

 

 

The Hindu goddess in Bendigo cathedral before its removal by Catholic laymen 

 

These were not mere cultural curiosities. They were icons of a false religion, containing obscene depictions of Hindu deities, installed in a space consecrated for the worship of the true God.

 

This was not done in ignorance. It was promoted by the diocese as part of an “interfaith celebration.” Catholic clergy attended. There was no protest. No public apology. The event went forward with full institutional support.

If that is not desecration, the word has no meaning.

It is one thing to meet with Hindus in a neutral venue or to dialogue in good faith. It is another to place idols in a Catholic cathedral, along with displays describing heretical doctrines while the Blessed Sacrament remains reserved nearby.

 

That Bishop Mackinlay allowed this to happen under his watch should disqualify him from any pastoral office. Instead, he has been rewarded with the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

 

This is what the Church looks like under Leo XIV: the Latin Mass is suppressed, and obscene images of pagan gods are welcomed into the house of God.

 

Meanwhile, the Latin Mass Is Being Erased

 

If Leo XIV is so balanced, then why are his bishops acting like the war on tradition is still in full swing?

 

This past week, the Diocese of Tulsa announced that it is suppressing the diocesan Traditional Latin Mass. Effective July, it will be shut down, despite the reverence and devotion of the community, and despite claims from Leo’s defenders that the TLM will be “protected” under his reign.

 

This comes on the heels of similar moves in Charlotte and Detroit. Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte has declared that the Latin Mass will be allowed only in a non-parish chapel, stripping it from all diocesan churches. In Detroit, Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has already cracked down, removing permissions from several communities that had been thriving under Summorum Pontificum.

 

All of these bishops are acting with confidence. Not hesitation. Not fear of papal correction. Confidence.

 

That tells you all you need to know about the true direction of this papacy. If Leo XIV were planning to reverse Traditionis Custodes, his bishops would not be behaving this way. There would be a spirit of relief, of reprieve. Instead, there is a purge: quiet, polite, and relentless.

 

Orthodoxy Is Punished, Heterodoxy Promoted

 

This is the new order in Rome:

• Questioning female ordination? Rewarded.

• Suppressing the ancient rite of the Mass? Encouraged.

• Upholding Catholic doctrine on Holy Orders? Marginalized.

• Publicly defending orthodoxy? Removed.

 

This is +Leo's pick as the new Archbishop of Brisbane: +Shane McKinley

The revolution that began under John XXIII, accelerated under Paul VI, and metastasized under Francis is not being rolled back. It is maturing.

 

Leo XIV is not Francis. He is the refinement of Francis. Smoother. Smarter. Slower. But unmistakably in continuity with the modernist trajectory, now dressed in Augustinian robes.

 

The real counter-revolution does not come from within. It comes from those willing to call it what it is: a counterfeit hierarchy promoting error and suppressing truth.

 

Pray and Persevere

 

Bishop Strickland’s closing words are charitable: he calls for prayer for Archbishop Mackinlay and for Leo XIV, that they may uphold the fullness of Catholic truth. But beneath that piety is a sobering reality: Rome is no longer the bulwark of orthodoxy. It is the engine of confusion. The destruction is being appointed.

 

Catholics of good will must resist this regime of ambiguity, regardless of how many smiles or vestments it hides behind. Fidelity is not found in obeying error. It is found in holding fast to what the Church has always taught, always believed, and always celebrated.

The gates of Hell will not prevail. But that does not mean the hirelings cannot scatter the sheep.

The question is no longer whether Leo XIV is friend or foe to tradition.

The question is whether you are willing to admit what the evidence already shows.https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-appoints-a-second-bishop-in-favor?r=5mfttc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

 

 

Christ as the Good Shepherd by Cornelis Engebrechtsz

 “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.”

-2 Corinthians 11:13