Wed Mar 4, 2026 - 4:55 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former papal representative to the United States under Pope Benedict XVI, has issued a scathing criticism of Vatican Cardinals Gerhard Müller, Robert Sarah, and Raymond Burke, urging them to support the SSPX bishop consecrations rather than try to stop them. “Müller, Sarah, and Burke effectively constitute a controlled opposition. Their role is to contain the hemorrhage of Catholics caused by the conciliar revolution, deluding the faithful into thinking that it is possible for two opposing entities to coexist within the same institution and under the same Hierarchy: the Catholic Church and the conciliar-synodal Church,” he said. He adds: “All three, despite criticizing it, adhere to the ‘synodal path’ out of obedience to the Pope, and Müller took an active part in the meetings of the Synod on Synodality in both 2023 and 2024, as a voting member directly appointed by Bergoglio. All three recognize …
I anticipate the Vatican's LGBT push will have the same effect as the Novus Ordo in the 1970s. The church pews will empty. Thus, it is critically important that the SSPX have priests to serve the Catholic diaspora.
Yes, the schism between Catholic Church and Synodal Church looms. IMO, the conflict has more than one front. Archbishop Vigano tells it like it is. He is a necessary voice in the wilderness. The three cardinals remain in the Synodal sphere waiting for the Modernist collapse. They (or their followers) will be positioned to pick up the pieces after the heretic Modernists have left the ruins.
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