Paix liturgique

An article published on January 21 in La Libre Belgique praised Myriam Tonus, a Dominican laywoman, theologian, project manager at the General Secretariat of Catholic Education, chaplain of a psychiatric hospital, columnist for La Libre Belgique, and commentator for RTBF's radio mass, who had decided to "leave the catho-sphere" (i.e., the Catholic Church) to join the United Protestant Church of Belgium. Her reason: "I'm angry at the Catholic Church for not evolving!" .

That the Catholic Church doesn't evolve? Quite the opposite. “Catholics” no less integrated than this theologian are driving a rampant evolution worldwide in the form of “abuses,” which are multiplying in all areas, sometimes at very high levels, but which are never condemned and, therefore, which are in fact—sometimes even legally—endorsed. Thus, the more the post-conciliar years pass, the more widespread this situation becomes within the Church, which could be described, in general terms, as a situation of anarchy and, above all, lack of faith.

Morals: On September 6, 2025, a small Gay Pride march was held in St. Peter's Basilica, with LGBTQ+ symbols, beginning with the rainbow Jubilee Cross, and extensive publicity for the event. Leo XIV received Father James Martin, promoter of the LGBT agenda, in a private audience, with a Mass that same day at the Church of the Gesù, celebrated by Archbishop Francesco Savino, vice-president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

Church Unity: A provisional agreement signed between the Holy See and Beijing in 2018, and renewed every two years for four years starting in 2024, stipulates a prior agreement between the Chinese authorities and the Holy See for the appointment of bishops by Rome. However, deliberately violating this agreement, the Chinese government has repeatedly proceeded to consecrate bishops without prior papal mandate, through the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), controlled by the Chinese Comunist Party. Rome, under the pontificate of Francis, as under that of Leo XIV, yielded on each occasion and finally accepted these appointments (for example, Bishop Giuseppe Wang Zhengui was ordained bishop of the diocese of Zhangjiakou, created unilaterally by the CPCA).

Ecumenism: In a letter dated February 24, 2025, I mentioned the participation of an Anglican “priestess” in a Catholic concelebration at the cathedral of the Diocese of Chapecó, during a Mass presided over by Bishop Magri.

Hierarchical structure: Rebecca Alsberge, a mother of four, has been appointed Episcopal Delegate for Walloon Brabant in the Diocese of Brussels, and is now mentioned in the Eucharistic Prayer alongside the Archbishop and Auxiliary Bishops. In Zurich, Switzerland, Pastoral Agent Monika Schmid has concelebrated and even presided over Eucharistic concelebrations. In German-speaking countries, homilies delivered by female ministers, sometimes dressed in albs and stoles, are also common.

Liturgy: the most ingenious "inventions" are commonplace. During the Pentecost Mass on May 24, an Argentinian priest, parish priest of Our Lady of Mercy in the Diocese of Río Cuarto, wearing a Boca Juniors apron and a Minions hat, prepared a fruit salad to help children understand the fruits of the Holy Spirit: the apples represented love, the bananas joy, and so on. 

Faith: In the May 14th edition of the weekly magazine Golias, an article by Paul Fleuret, a former Catholic prison chaplain and author of numerous books, harshly criticizes the faithful who receive Communion kneeling and on the tongue, arguing that this demonstrates a "serious theological problem with regard to the Eucharist, and more specifically with regard to what is commonly called the 'Real Presence,'" both among them and among some priests. This is followed by a thorough critique of the doctrine of transubstantiation. Similarly, the recent Letter from Paix Liturgique of May 28th echoed the heterodox conclusions of Group 9 at the last Synod of Bishops: “From this perspective, the specific function of authority is, first and foremost, to listen, to activate processes of discernment and to accompany them in order to arrive at the expression of a consensus, even a differentiated one, when this contributes to building the common good.” The role of magisterial authority is now simply to accompany “the expression of a consensus.”

The most serious aspect of all this is not only the lack of reaction from episcopal or Roman authorities, but also their possible absolution of scandal or heresy. On October 4, 2025, a blessing of animals took place at the Good Shepherd parish in Zurich. During the Mass, three women shared part of the host with their dogs. Following an investigation into this flagrant sacrilege, Bishop Bonnemain of Chur, to whom the parish belongs, while deploring “this regrettable incident,” concluded that the women had no sacrilegious intent and did not deserve excommunication.

In reality, today, the only “abuse” truçy worthy of being condemned is the celebration of the traditional Mass and the traditional sacraments (I had previously mentioned how Archbishop Breis Pereira of Maceió automatically excommunicated any priest who celebrated the Tridentine Mass apart from the one he authorizes: Paix Liturgique France).

It is this prohibited, or at least persecuted, traditional Mass and sacraments that you, dear Parisian sentinels, defend by praying the Rosary at 10 rue du Cloître-Notre-Dame, Monday through Friday, from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m., at Saint-Georges de La Villette, at 114 avenue Simon Bolivar, on Wednesdays and Fridays at 5:00 p.m., and in front of Notre-Dame du Travail, on Sundays at 6:15 p.m.