Neo-Church’s Rotating Prelates Expose Ecclesial Bankruptcy
The EWTN News portal (February 11, 2026) reports the resignation of Archbishop Gregory Aymond and the installation of Archbishop James Checchio as head of the New Orleans Archdiocese. The article frames this transition as routine governance, noting Checchio’s prior role as coadjutor bishop and emphasizing administrative challenges like the archdiocese’s $230 million clergy abuse settlement.
Naturalistic Governance Replaces Shepherding Souls
The report reduces ecclesial authority to corporate management, stating Checchio “takes the helm” amid “bankruptcy negotiations.” This terminology betrays the neo-church’s practical atheism, where salvation is replaced by legal settlements. Pius XI condemned such secularization in Quas Primas, declaring:
“[Kings and princes] must recognize that it is altogether necessary both for private and public good to obey the rule of Christ the Lord” (Quas Primas, 18).
Yet the article omits any reference to repentance, grace, or the Four Last Things—silence screaming apostasy.
Abuse Scandal Reveals Doctrinal Collapse
Aymond’s tenure is marred by his handling of Brian Matherne’s serial predation. While the article acknowledges Aymond kept Matherne in ministry after abuse reports, it whitewashes this as a “painful experience” that taught him “the complexity of pedophilia.” This trivializes sacrilegious negligence. Traditional canon law (1917 CIC 2359 §2) mandated laicization for clerics convicted of solicitation in confession—a standard abandoned by the neo-church. The $230 million settlement further exposes the conciliar sect’s materialism: no mention of excommunication, public penance, or the souls endangered by wolves in sheep’s clothing (cf. Acts 20:29).
Illegitimate Succession in a False Hierarchy
Checchio’s “appointment” by antipope Leo XIV lacks validity. The file “Defense of Sedevacantism” clarifies:
“A manifest heretic cannot be Pope or a member of the Church… Bellarmine states: ‘A non-Christian in no way can be Pope… The reason is that he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member'” (St. Robert Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice 2:30).
Since Leo XIV professes heresies like religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), his acts—including episcopal appointments—are null. Checchio’s 2016 “episcopal consecration” under Francis I compounds the invalidity, as post-1968 rites doubtfully confer sacraments (cf. “Lamentabili sane exitu“, propositions 39-51).
Omission as Dogma: The Unmentioned Kingship of Christ
Nowhere does the article acknowledge Christ’s social reign—the very foundation of legitimate governance. Pius XI’s encyclical demands:
“[Rulers] must govern their peoples as the ministers of God… If rulers… neglect their duty, not only will they sin themselves, but they will be the cause of sin in others” (Quas Primas, 17).
Checchio’s inaugural Mass at St. Louis Cathedral will likely use the invalid Novus Ordo, further insulting the True Sacrifice. The silence on these matters proves the conciliar sect’s immanentist heresy, reducing the Church to a NGO.
Conclusion: Rotating Deck Chairs on the Titanic
This personnel shuffle changes nothing. As the “Syllabus of Errors” condemns:
“The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself… with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80).
Until the neo-church abandons its apostate embrace of modernity, no administrative reshuffling can mask its spiritual putrefaction. True Catholics must heed Pius XI’s call: “Return to obedience to Christ the King”—which demands total separation from this counterfeit structure.
Source:
Archbishop Checchio takes helm in New Orleans as pope accepts Archbishop Aymond’s resignation (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 11.02.2026