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News Roundup: May 18, 2026

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JMJ


From a Catholic Traditionalist perspective the noise surrounding the pending SSPX Episcopal Consecrations 2.0 continues to simmer and bubble.

In the background we have the continued signs that something isn't quite right in the Catholic Church. 

  • Blessing of Same-Sex couple
  • Communion for the Married and Civilly Divorces
  • Bishops preparing to ordain married men in the Roman rite where this is forbidden.
and to top it off the TransAlpine Redemptorists take the fatal step into the quagmire of Sedevacantism.

The first three are signs of the doctrinal and disciplinary crisis and the final one a consequence of people with poor foundations in how to adapt to and survive the crisis as a Catholic.

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1 Popes Past Present and Future

Papal News and Views


RORATE CÆLI: Leo XIV - The First Anniversary: Pope's Brother Says Leo XIV and the President Have Much in Common - Full Interview
RORATE CÆLI: HOW CAN WE VIEW THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PONTIFICATE OF LEO XIV?
Leo XIV and the Challenge of Tradition| National Catholic Register
[Tradicat Comments: Looking forward to see if the Pope et al make the same mistake as Pope SJP2 et al]

Papal Doctrine and Crisis

The Catholic Church is Necessary for Salvation - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: Preparing for the Pontificate’s First Encyclical: Catholic Social Teachings before Vatican II
[Tradicat Comments:  I don't have high hopes for this Encyclical.  I think the phrase ' Physician heal thyself comes to mind.]

2 The Church, The Crisis and the Persecution

Church Crisis

Central Committee of German Catholics defends blessing ceremonies. They say Pope Leo's concerns unfounded. Springtime for heresy in Germany.
Cardinal Eijk: Cardinals and Bishops Will Voice Their Objections | FSSPX News
Zurich: Worshippers Give a Communion Wafer to their Dog During Mass | FSSPX News
Toward a Religion with No Doctrinal or Moral Principles - OnePeterFive
The Dogma to Steer By | Transalpine Redemptorists at home
RORATE CÆLI: It Looks Ridiculous: Popes Have to Stop Receiving Protestant “Bishops” and “Bishopesses” as Equals
RORATE CÆLI: Schism Incoming - Bishop of Antwerp, Belgium, Officially Declares Intention to Ordained Married Priests
RORATE CÆLI: Important - Vatican told German Bishops to Stop Blessings of Same-Sex “Couples” and Irregular Couples - Full Translation of Letter from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
RORATE CÆLI: New Winds: Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Confers Traditional Rite Confirmation
RORATE CÆLI: The Scandal of "Safe Environment Training": Diocesan Bureaucracy as a Violation of Childhood Innocence
RORATE CÆLI: Why, oh why, is 77-year-old Arch-Modernist Cupich still in charge in Chicago?
Bishop wants to ordained married men because “pastoral emergency”. Could you repeat that? | Fr. Z's Blog
The SSPX, the German bishops, and the parable of the two sons | Catholic Culture
Pope Leo is Fake Pope CLAIMS Catholic Order - Dr. Taylor Marshall - YouTube
[Tradicat Comments: For me a critical success factor is how the hierarchy treats Traditional Catholics.  The stronger the attacks, especially when compared with their treatment of people outside the Catholic Church, the more obvious their compromised situation. ]

Church Persecution

Bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte refuses communion to family at altar rail | Advaticanum
RORATE CÆLI
RORATE CÆLI: A RORATE CÆLI EDITORIAL -- Traditionis Custodes IS the State of Emergency: While it Exists, the Ecclesial Situation of Traditional Catholics Remains Precarious
RORATE CÆLI: Get Ready: Traditional October Pilgrimage to Rome again this year, with Mass in Saint Peter’s
1309: Why did Bishop Deny Communion to Kneeling Catholics? Dr. Taylor Marshall - Taylor Marshall
Ordinariate bishop denies report of Vatican liturgical directive

[Tradicat Comments: It is now obvious to me that the result of the Experiment of Tradition requested by Archbishop Lefebvre and started by Pope Benedict XVI shattered the beliefs of the malcontents in the hierarchy.  Persecuted Traditional Catholicism is the fertile ground, Modernist Catholicism is the rocky ground upon which the Church withers. (Matthew 13:5-6, Mark 4:16-17 link)]

Church News and Views

Long and revealing article with Cardinal Schönborn. Dark Night of Cardinal Schönborn's soul after Vatican II. Traditionalists have "a museum-like approach to tradition"
Church Music Association of America | Sacred Music in Every Parish
The Church Hierarchical, the Church Critical, and the Church Mystical - Crisis Magazine
I Left Eastern Orthodoxy for the Church Led by Pope Francis, and I Don’t Regret It - OnePeterFive
The Miraculous Cure of a Sarcoma of the Pelvis: Cure of Vittorio Micheli at Lourdes - PMC
RORATE CÆLI: For the Record - Dom Jeremias Schröder, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation: "The Traditional Latin Mass Can No Longer Be Pushed Out Entirely."
RORATE CÆLI: Prayers for Bishop Robert Mutsaerts
Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer reject Pope Leo XIV and post-conciliar popes
You COULD NOT handle pre-1960's Catholicism - YouTube 
[Tradicat Comments: Just gotta say that millions are handling it just fine. It's the majority of the calcified hierarchy that are terrified of it.]

3 SSPX

Rome / SSPX

Interview: Archbishop Arrieta on retirement, Pope Leo and Order of Malta reforms | Advaticanum
Monsignor Bux: ‘The crisis of the liturgy is the crisis of the Church’ | Advaticanum
Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group SSPX | AP News
Leo Prepares Spiritual Death Penalty for SSPX While Honoring Schismatic Heretical Laywoman Impersonating a Bishop
A Catholic’s Dubia for the SSPX - Crisis Magazine
SSPX Response to Dubia - Crisis Magazine
The SSPX, the Truth, and Charity - Crisis Magazine
Waiting for a State of Emergency - Crisis Magazine
Report: Vatican Preparing for Aftermath of SSPX Consecrations
Vatican Issues Formal Warning Over Planned SSPX Consecrations
Bishop Schneider Appeals to Pope Leo XIV to Build a Bridge between Rome and the SSPX | FSSPX News
Can We Ignore the State of Necessity in the Church? | FSSPX News
Can the SSPX Be Forbidden To Do What Is Permitted to the Chinese Communist Party? | FSSPX News
Communiqué from the General House: the Society’s response to Rome | FSSPX News
Consecrations 2026: A Telegram Channel and Website | FSSPX News
Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to Pope Leo XIV | FSSPX News
How Does the SSPX Justify the July 1, 2026, Consecrations? | FSSPX News
Prayer for the Future Bishops to Be Recited from May 8 to July 1 | FSSPX News
Regarding the Recent Statement by Cardinal Fernandez (May 13, 2026) | FSSPX News
Canal officiel d'information - Sacres 2026 à Ecône • LPL
How the SSPX stays loyal to Rome - OnePeterFive
Rome & the SSPX: Both at Fault - OnePeterFive
Rome & the SSPX: why “Reconciliation” is Impossible - OnePeterFive
The Futility of the SSPX’s Schism Defense: a Diocesan Priest’s View - OnePeterFive
The SSPX Oath of Fidelity - OnePeterFive
The SSPX Should Seek Full Communion “For the Good of Souls” - OnePeterFive
The SSPX’s Confession of Faith: Obfuscation or Open Hearts? Dialogue is the Answer - OnePeterFive
Vatican Prepares to Excommunicate the SSPX - OnePeterFive
A 'state of necessity' in the Church?
Does the SSPX want a schism? - Phil Lawler's Substack
Weekly Summary: 5/9/26 - Phil Lawler's Substack
Statement of His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
RORATE CÆLI: EXCLUSIVE - Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) 2026 Consecrations: Rome Said to Be Opting for a Break (Excommunications)
RORATE CÆLI: Traditional Mass back to Saint Mary Major
RORATE CÆLI: Fr. Albert Jacquemin, formerly of the SSPX: "The SSPX Is Explicitly Developing an Ecclesiology of Substitution Foreign to Catholic Tradition" 
[Tradicat Comments: The author (a former SSPX priest) claims that the SSPX is in a 'permanent' parallel structure.  That is a limited view as the external forces that prompted the SSPX 'response' have not altered significantly to make the assessment.  Further, when those forces were mitigated under the Pontificate of B16, there was a notable change.  So basically: The thesis is failed based on historical evidence.]
RORATE CÆLI: New Vatican Declaration on SSPX Consecrations
[Tradicat Comments: I am waiting to see the text of the canonical warning. A press release does not a canonical warning make.]
RORATE CÆLI: On Excommunication and the SSPX: A Canonical, Theological, and Pastoral Defense Against the Proposed Excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X
Episcopal Consecrations: Updated Dossier | District of the USA
Bishop Eleganti speaks out on SSPX excommunications
Bishop Fellay warns SSPX faithful over possible excommunication
Cardinal Aveline urges dialogue with SSPX as consecrations proceed
Is Cardinal Fernández the real source of tensions in the SSPX and Vatican standoff?
The SSPX: Could It Have Gone Any Other Way? - Where Peter Is
The SSPX’s Split Personality - Where Peter Is
Vatican warns SSPX leaders of excommunication over ‘schismatic act’ of ordaining bishops - America Magazine
Divide et Impera: Tucho Prepares for Priests Who Leave FSSPX – Gloria.tv
SSPX excommunications, ‘Archbishop’ Mullally, sex and the death penalty
The Cosplaying Traditionalism of the SSPX| National Catholic Register
The SSPX Rupture With Tradition| National Catholic Register
Bishops, schism, and the SSPX - The Pillar
The History and Controversies of the SSPX - Word on Fire
Does Rome Still Believe in Schism? - The Episcopal Consecrations - Episode 7 - YouTube
Is This Schism—or Something Else? - The Episcopal Consecrations - Episode 6 - YouTube
Is This Schism—or Something Else? - The Episcopal Consecrations - Episode 6 - YouTube
Is the Church in an Emergency State? SSPX, Rome & the Future | Moynihan & Fr. Murr - YouTube
Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò on X: "Mentre la chiesa conciliare e sinodale continua a tradire il mandato di Nostro Signore accompagnandosi con eretici e scismatici di ogni specie e addirittura ospitando in Vaticano un’eretica che si spaccia per arcivescovessa, a Treviso il vescovo Tomasi nega un luogo di culto https://t.co/XZdI3XWMWd" / X
John-Henry Westen on X: "🚨 Bishop Bernard Fellay of the SSPX delivered a stark warning in his April 19 homily in Kansas: “There is an enormous probability that all of you — we included of course — may be excommunicated… There is a very high probability because they already said it in public so they https://t.co/T3LEeiWfbg" / X
Matt Gaspers on X: "FR. MURR ON UPCOMING SSPX CONSECRATIONS Two months ago, Fr. Charles Murr made a crucial point regarding the upcoming SSPX episcopal consecrations: “This is not simply about the Latin Mass…. It’s about the whole state of the Catholic Church today,” he said. “You either see the https://t.co/AltFTrrtXT" / X

SSPX Persecution

[Tradicat Comments: Nothing new this month ... so far.]

SSPX News and Views

Consecrations 2026: A Telegram Channel and Website | FSSPX News
The Dignity That Covers All Sins | FSSPX News
Leo XIV and Madame Mullaly | FSSPX News
Moral of the Story: Can the Pill Be Taken for Medical Reasons? | FSSPX News
SSPX Statistics 2025 | FSSPX News
“Who is Tearing the Tunic of Christ?” – Interview with the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X | FSSPX News
What Is Eternity? - SSPX Sermons - YouTube

4 World, Wars and Conflict

Trump, Xi agree Strait of Hormuz must stay open and Iran can’t have nukes: White House
Former Qatari aircraft on track for summer Air Force One delivery
Australia awards contracts for counter-drone tech based on lasers, interceptors
Massive frigate buy from Japan jolts Australian warship program
NATO eyes Swedish-Canadian jet for AWACS role in shift away from Boeing
Austrian jets intercept US military planes two days in a row
In first, Ukrainian unmanned vessel launches interceptor to knock out Shahed drone
Autonomy to rule the seas? Retired admiral provides analysis
mountebanks - Google Search
The US military wants a fleet of missile-killing laser drones
US Air Force aims to double F-15EX Eagle fleet
US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say
Three’s company: Trio of US carriers operating in Middle East for first time in decades
[Tradicat Comments: My guess is that the turmoil in the world is some how tied to the doctrinal and disciplinary chaos in the Catholic Church.]

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