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News Roundup: April 30, 2026

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JMJ


I just realised that I haven't posted the latest Roundup ... and there is a lot in the roundup as the media storm around the SSPX continues!

I also just noticed this article: European Conservative: Why the SSPX Bishop Decision Matters Far Beyond Church Politics (link)

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Popes Past Present and Future

Papal News and Views

Cardinal Fernandez maintains that Francis is not dead- metaphorically
Pope Leo XIV Reopens Amoris Laetitia File | FSSPX News
Pope Leo: “We Do Not Agree with the Formalized Blessing of …Homosexual Couples” - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: How Pope Leo is Reshuffling the Curia: Musical Chairs and Power Games
RORATE CÆLI: A Giant Leap: The meaning of Cardinal Eijk’s Pontifical High Mass and the Rebirth of Dutch Catholicism
RORATE CÆLI: A Sign of Continuity with the Pre-Francis Papacy: Pope to Wash Feet of Twelve Priests
RORATE CÆLI: Vatican Blocks Continuity of Procedure of Beatification and Canonization of Argentine Bishop -- no new Satanellis
Pope Leo XIV to wash feet of Roman priests at Lateran on Holy Thursday
Pope Leo speaks on same-sex blessings, migration and more on plane back to Rome - America Magazine
Pope at Audience: Church’s hierarchy born from Christ to proclaim Gospel - Vatican News

Papal Doctrine and Crisis

Leo XIV and the Anglican Communion | FSSPX News
Is Mary No Longer Coredemptrix? – Conference by Fr. Foucauld le Roux | FSSPX News
RORATE CÆLI: For the Record: Pope's Letter to Cardinal on June Consistory

SSPX

Rome / SSPX

Tradicat: There definitely are plenty of opinions on the Rome / SSPX relationship. How Rome treats the SSPX this time will be, IMNSHO, a litmus test.  Was Pope Francis a low point in this crisis or is there more yet to come?

A Juridical Analysis on the FSSPX Consecrations - Crisis Magazine
fsspx.news | 520: Web server is returning an unknown error
Bishop Schneider: Why Publicly Attack the SSPX | FSSPX News
Episcopal Consecrations: Updated Dossier | FSSPX News
The Real Issue at Stake in the Consecrations, According to Cardinal Müller | FSSPX News
Where Is the Schism? | FSSPX News
Quo vadis, SSPX? — Or of the six Lefebvres – Infovaticana Blogs
Qui déchire la tunique du Christ ? Entretien avec le Supérieur de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X • Don Davide Pagliarani • LPL
Can We Realistically Hope for SSPX Reconciliation? - OnePeterFive
Msgr. Gherardini on the SSPX - OnePeterFive
Rome & the SSPX: why “Reconciliation” is Impossible - OnePeterFive
SSPX Responsa ad Dubia - OnePeterFive
The 60-Year Battle for Tradition: In Defence of the SSPX - OnePeterFive
The SSPX: an Eastern Catholic View (part II) - OnePeterFive
The SSPX: Hope or Tragedy? - OnePeterFive
The SSPX Oath of Fidelity - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: A Very Up-to-Date Consecration: SSPX Opens Telegram Group for Consecrations
RORATE CÆLI: SSPX, the Lepers
RORATE CÆLI: A Busy Late June and Early July: Consistory and Consecrations
RORATE CÆLI: BREAKING: SSPX Announcement of Names of New Bishops Confirmed for June
RORATE CÆLI: Leo XIV and the SSPX: A Catch-22 Situation -- What Are the Options?
RORATE CÆLI: The Society of Saint Pius X and the Ordination of New Bishops: the end of the post-conciliar era - by John Lamont
RORATE CÆLI: They Should Have Done it Under Francis - Plus, full interview with SSPX Superior-General
Cardinal Aveline urges dialogue with SSPX as consecrations proceed
Pope Leo signals a shift on the Traditional Mass
Christian spirituality: The Holy See and the SSPX
Cardinal Roche’s Unity Means Submission
Cardinal Müller on the Conflict with the Society of Saint Pius X: A Graded Assent to the Council is not an Option
Bishop Schneider urges traditional-minded cardinals, bishops, groups to support SSPX - LifeSite
SSPX seminary rector says pope will one day 'thank them' for preserving Catholic Tradition - LifeSite

SSPX Persecution

Doors Closed to the SSPX | FSSPX News
SSPX pilgrims refused entry to Marian shrine in Italy as tensions with Rome grow

SSPX News and Views

Leo XIV and the Anglican Communion: SSPX not pleased with Leo's embrace of Mullally - Anglican Ink © 2026
The Synod Denounces Systemic ‘Machismo’ in the Church | FSSPX News
Tradition: A Formidable Experience | FSSPX News
Where Tradition Is Lived Truly, the Church Grows | FSSPX News
Matters arising : May we pray with non-Catholics? | District of Great Britain
Pourquoi nous sommes catholiques romain (vie de Mgr Lefebvre) [Audio] • Abbé François-Marie Chautard • LPL
Is This a Leaked List of the SSPX Bishops to be Consecrated, or a Hoax?  Tradicat: Definitely an April fools joke / hoax :-)
Mary Mediatrix on the Eve of the Council: The Teaching of the Theologians | District of the USA
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II
The Errors of Vatican II

The Church, The Crisis and the Persecution

Church Crisis

CARA: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate 
Tradicat: It has been a while since I looked at this site, I want to see if they have any new information on the life of Tradition within the Catholic Church.
"We believe in God, the Mother of Life". The new Creed of Augustinians in South America and more on Pachamama veneration among the Augustinians.
“Almost everything in the diaconal ministry can be assumed by a ‘simple’ baptized person”. Modernist subversion of holy orders.
Finland: The Expense of Quoting the Bible | FSSPX News
Liberationist Bishop Reinaldo Nann’s Defense of Pachamama and Pope Leo XIV - OnePeterFive
Respected Maestro Excluded from Vatican II - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: Andrea Grillo and Another Benedictine Monk Reply to the Abbot of Solesmes: Juxtaposition and Forced Assimilation Are Not Unity
RORATE CÆLI: Irony Alert: Trads Follow Vatican II on the Liturgy Better Than the Novus Ordo World Follows It
RORATE CÆLI: Response to the Abbot of Solesmes concerning insertion of a changed traditional liturgy into the new Missal: we already have an “altered Mass”; it’s called the novus Ordo
RORATE CÆLI: The Abbot of Solesmes Sends a Letter to the Pope on the Integration of the Old Rite -- Followed by Interview with the Abbot
RORATE CÆLI: Marx Orders Blessings for Same-Sex "Unions" in Munich -- Pope Says No
Cardinal Müller on the conflict with the Society of Saint Pius X - The Catholic Thing
Is the New Mass a New Religion? | Ask Father with Fr. Albert Kallio - YouTube
Is the New Mass a New Religion? | Ask Father with Fr. Albert Kallio - YouTube
Concerns Regarding the Divine Mercy Devotion | Ask Father with Fr. Michael Rodríguez - YouTube

Church Persecution

Donald Trump’s Tirade at the Vicar of Christ - Crisis Magazine
A Papal Intervention to Save the Church from Schism.
RORATE CÆLI: A Letter to Young Priests - From a Fellow Priest
RORATE CÆLI: La Croix: Will France be the Papal Setting for the End of Restrictions to the Latin Mass?
RORATE CÆLI: Pope Sends Message to French Bishops Regarding the Traditional Mass
RORATE CÆLI: Anglican Ordinariate priests ordered to concelebrate Mass instead of taking other ministerial roles [UPDATED]
RORATE CÆLI: Time for Reparations - Crucifix destroyed in Lebanon
1300: Pope Leo Urges Generosity with Latin Mass – Dr. Taylor Marshall - Taylor Marshall
Fr. Z's Blog | Formerly entitled: "What Does The Prayer Really Say?" – Clear, straight commentary on Catholic issues, liturgy and life by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf    o{]:¬)
Pope Leo asks for generosity from bishops towards people who seek the TLM. I’ve seen this movie before. | Fr. Z's Blog
Pope Leo’s admonition to French bishops about the TLM and Vatican II | Fr. Z's Blog

Church News and Views

Thank you and Farewell - Catholic Family News
A Letter to Our Holy Father from an SSPX Catholic - Crisis Magazine
Trump Is Not of Our Tribe - Crisis Magazine
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Can we stop with the circular firing squad already!
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: The Shroud of Turin and the Face of Jesus
De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
Mary on Mount Calvary at the Time of the Death of Jesus - OnePeterFive
The Miraculous, Russian Icons of Our Lady of Sorrows, Part 1: the Seven Arrows Icon - OnePeterFive
The Miraculous, Russian Icons of Our Lady of Sorrows, Part 2: ‘Softener of Evil Hearts’ - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI
RORATE CÆLI: The Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation: Model of a Generous Response to God’s Call
RORATE CÆLI: Vatican Publishes Document Reaffirming Place of Anglican Patrimony in Catholic Life - Ordinariates
RORATE CÆLI: “Behold His wounds when hanging, His Blood when dying, His value when dying, His scars when rising, His head bent down to kiss, His heart opened to love, His arms extended to embrace, His whole body exposed to redeem.”
RORATE CÆLI: Is there a Catholic revival around the world? - 60 Minutes video
RORATE CÆLI: Only the Laity Are Able to Present the Traditional World to Pope Leo
RORATE CÆLI: The Society of Saint Pius X and the Ordination of New Bishops: the end of the post-conciliar era - by John Lamont
A Well-Constructed Note | District of the USA
Of Tolkien and a very young Fr. Z | Fr. Z's Blog
Cardinal Müller strongly criticizes SSPX, defends Vatican II | News Headlines | Catholic Culture
May Catholics Pray With Non-Catholics? – Padre Peregrino
Abandoning dialogue - by Kevin Tierney - The Pillar
Public funds don't make Catholic hospitals 'government actors': lawyer in MAID case | Health News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 on X: "Cardinal Burke warns that the “world finds itself in a most perilous situation as various nations, including our own, are presently at war with one another.” He also pens a daily prayer for a time of war, in video below. “As citizens of both heaven and of our homeland, we must https://t.co/sOMWq1wn4L" / X

World, Wars and Conflict

Business and Economics

NTR (Nothing To Report)

Military and Wars

Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working
Missile-wielding Airbus interceptor engages one-way attack drone in test
Canadian military aims to show it can go it alone in the Arctic
Trump’s madman diplomacy isn’t working on Iran
How the MV-75 Cheyenne II is pushing the service to re-think its aviation lineup - Defense One
The US Navy brought a ‘one-of-a-kind’ laser weapon back from the dead
Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says
Boeing lands Chinook without a pilot at the controls
Air Force extends 3 A-10 squadrons, each expected to keep 18 Warthogs
US Navy wants helicopter sonar that can detect subs – and mines
Meet the Cheyenne II - YouTube

Science+Technology

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