Synodal Subversion: How Leo’s Church Wages War on the Faithful

In Quebec, one of Pope Leo’s first moves was to promote Monsignor Martin Laliberté as coadjutor of Saint-Jean–Longueuil, effectively naming him the next bishop. The Vatican’s own news noted that Leo XIV made the appointment on February 11, 2026. Laliberté is the very model of the postmodern cleric. In a December 2023 pastoral letter “En marche, ensemble” he mocked the very idea of a Church “returning” to its former glory. He declared that “Rêver à un âge d’or fictif… est illusoire” – that dreaming of some fictitious Golden Age of the Faith is pure illusion. In other words, any hope of going “backwards” is condemned as naïve. He went on to praise perpetual change: “la dimension institutionnelle et structurelle de notre Église est et sera appelée à se modifier. Elle l’a fait tout au long de l’histoire…c’est certain que…c’est pas grave.” The structures of the Church must keep evolving, he insisted, and even if that is “difficult…it is not a tragedy”.

In short, Bishop Laliberté explicitly teaches his flock to abandon any longing for pre-Vatican II stability. Every era has its challenges, he says, and Catholics must focus on the future, especially his favored future. He has made it clear that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (the only clergy still offering the Traditional Latin Mass in the area) is to be spurned: he warns people that SSPX priests have “no status” and that their Masses don’t even fulfill your Sunday obligation. In his mind they are second-class at best, echoing Francis’s recent hostility. ---More...

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