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2026

  1. Viganò says Leo XIV's Élysée speech promotes the 'exact opposite of the Magisterium'

    Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, declared excommunicated for schism in 2024, posted a critique on X of Leo XIV's 25 September address at the Élysée Palace, which LifeSiteNews republished. He objected to the speech's favourable references to Enlightenment-era thinkers in connection with human rights and to its treatment of France's motto liberté, égalité, fraternité.

    SourcesArchbishop Viganò: Leo XIV promotes 'exact opposite of the Magisterium' (LifeSiteNews (republishing a statement first posted on X by Archbishop Viganò))Apostolic Journey to France: Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and… (The Holy See (vatican.va))

2023

  1. Strickland addresses the LifeSiteNews-sponsored Rome Life Forum

    At the Rome Life Forum, Strickland read from a letter by an unnamed friend that, according to OSV News, called Pope Francis a usurper of Peter's chair, and himself accused the pope of backing an attack on the sacred.

    SourceBishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing 'attack… (OSV News (via The Monitor, Diocese of Trenton))