US Bishops’ Election Exposes Conciliar Sect’s Apostate Trajectory
VaticanNews.va reports on November 11, 2025, the election of Archbishop Paul Coakley as president-elect and Bishop Daniel Flores as vice president-elect of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The article frames this leadership transition as routine ecclesiastical governance, noting Coakley’s previous role as USCCB secretary and Flores’ participation in the “Synod on Synodality.” The piece avoids any substantive doctrinal analysis, presenting these appointments as mere administrative succession within the conciliar sect’s bureaucratic machinery. This whitewashed report exemplifies the conciliar establishment’s relentless normalization of apostasy.
Canonical Illegitimacy of Conciliar “Hierarchy”
The very concept of “bishop” within the USCCB structure constitutes theological fraud. Papa Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemned the notion that “the Church has not the power of using force, nor has she any temporal power, direct or indirect” (Error 24), yet these conciliar operatives exercise precisely such naturalized pseudo-authority. The election process described constitutes a democratic parody of hierarchical governance, directly violating Papa Pius X’s condemnation in Lamentabili Sane (1907): “The elders fulfilling supervisory functions at Christian gatherings were appointed by the Apostles as priests or bishops to ensure order in the developing communities, but they did not, in the proper sense, continue the apostolical mission and authority” (Proposition 50).
Coakley’s theological formation occurred entirely within the post-conciliar wasteland, rendering his “ordination” suspect under Papa Leo XIII’s Apostolicae Curae (1896) regarding invalid Anglican orders. His 1983 “priestly ordination” for Wichita occurred after Paul VI’s destructive Pontificalis Romani (1968), which corrupted the sacrament’s form. The conciliar sect’s episcopal consecrations lack validity, as demonstrated by the Defense of Sedevacantism document: “Canon 188.4 of the Code of Canon Law (1917) states: ‘Every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation, recognized by the law itself, if the cleric: … 4. Publicly defects from the Catholic faith.'” By adhering to the conciliar revolution’s heresies, these men automatically vacate any claim to ecclesiastical office.
Synodal Apostasy as Governing Principle
The article’s reference to Flores’ role in the “Synod on Synodality” exposes the USCCB’s militant modernism. Papa Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) defined such synodal processes as the “evolution of dogma” heresy: “They affirm that the formulas of religious doctrine… require to be revised and amended from time to time” (§13). Flores’ theological background exemplifies this corruption – his “sacred theology” doctorate stems from institutions that reject Papa Pius XII’s Humani Generis (1950) safeguards against existential theology.
The report’s silence on doctrine proves symptomatic. No mention is made of Coakley or Flores defending Quas Primas‘ (1925) teaching that “nations… must not refuse to give public respect and obedience to the reigning Christ,” nor their opposition to the conciliar sect’s LGBTQ+ advocacy. Instead, their qualifications include bureaucratic compliance with the apostate agenda: Flores served on the “Committee on Doctrine” that legitimizes heresies like religious liberty and ecumenism – both condemned by Papa Pius IX in Syllabus of Errors (Errors 15-18, 77-79).
Theological Bankruptcy of Conciliar “Leadership”
These elections complete the USCCB’s transformation into a NGO. Quas Primas established that “the empire of our Redeemer embraces all men,” requiring Catholic leaders to “restore the reign of our Lord” (§1). Instead, the USCCB focuses on immigration lobbying and climate activism while abandoning Papa Pius XI’s condemnation of communism in Divini Redemptoris (1937). The article’s celebration of Flores’ Hispanic heritage exemplifies the conciliar sect’s ethnic pandering, replacing the unam sanctam with multicultural dissolution.
The report’s closing appeal for donations to “support us in bringing the Pope’s words into every home” constitutes blasphemy. Bergoglio’s utterances contradict Papa Pius IX’s definition of papal authority: “The Roman Pontiff cannot and ought not to reconcile himself and come to terms with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Syllabus of Errors, Error 80). This election confirms the conciliar sect’s total capture by modernism’s “synthesis of all heresies” (Pascendi §39), rendering its structures incapable of administering valid sacraments or transmitting the Faith.
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Archbishop Coakley elected new President of U.S. Bishops‘ Conference (vaticannews.va)
Date: 11.11.2025