VaticanNews portal reports on April 21, 2026, that a Mass of suffrage was celebrated in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta to mark the first anniversary of the death of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known as “Pope Francis.” Archbishop Luigi Travaglino presided over the commemoration, during which Cardinal Angelo Acerbi’s homily praised the late antipope’s “apostolic courage” and global outreach. The article further notes that Bergoglio was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major near the icon of “Salus Populi Romani,” following his expressed wish. This event is not merely a memorial but a liturgical act within a structure that has systematically dismantled Catholic doctrine, rendering it an exercise in collective delusion and spiritual deception.
The Illusion of Apostolic Continuity
The homily read by Archbishop Travaglino claims that Bergoglio maintained “great momentum as Successor of Peter” despite physical limitations. This assertion is fundamentally incompatible with Catholic ecclesiology. The Successor of Peter is not defined by personal vigor or global travel but by his fidelity to the deposit of faith and his role as the visible guardian of divine revelation. As Pope Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, Christ’s kingship demands that all authority, including that of the papacy, be exercised in strict subordination to divine law. Bergoglio’s pontificate was characterized by the promotion of religious indifferentism, false ecumenism, and the systematic erosion of dogmatic clarity—hallmarks of Modernism condemned by Saint Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis and Lamentabili Sane Exitu.
Cardinal Acerbi’s praise for Bergoglio’s “apostolic courage” in carrying out his mission “to the farthest ends of the earth” reveals the conciliar sect’s substitution of supernatural evangelization with naturalistic humanitarianism. True apostolic courage, as exemplified by the martyrs and confessors, consists in proclaiming the Gospel without compromise, even unto death. Bergoglio’s journeys were not acts of evangelization but platforms for interreligious dialogue, climate activism, and the promotion of a borderless, relativistic global order—precisely the errors condemned in the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX, particularly proposition 80, which anathematized the idea that the Roman Pontiff should reconcile himself with “progress, liberalism and modern civilization.”
The Burial Site as Symbol of Syncretism
The article highlights Bergoglio’s burial in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major near the icon of “Salus Populi Romani,” noting that he visited it before and after each apostolic journey. While Marian devotion is integral to Catholic piety, the context here is deeply suspect. The conciliar sect has consistently instrumentalized Marian shrines to advance its ecumenical agenda. The choice of burial site, rather than reflecting authentic Catholic tradition, aligns with the post-conciliar pattern of blending Catholic symbols with modernist ideology. As the False Fatima Apparitions document warns, such practices can serve as vehicles for syncretism, particularly when divorced from the Church’s immutable teaching on the unique mediation of Christ and the necessity of conversion to the Catholic faith.
Moreover, the veneration of Bergoglio’s memory through liturgical acts in the Casa Santa Marta—a residence he chose over the traditional papal apartments—symbolizes the conciliar rejection of sacred hierarchy and tradition. The Casa Santa Marta has become a shrine to the Bergoglian revolution, where the “spirit of Vatican II” is perpetuated through ritualized nostalgia for an antipope who embodied its worst excesses.
The Silence on Doctrinal Apostasy
Notably absent from the article is any mention of Bergoglio’s doctrinal record: his endorsement of the Abu Dhabi Declaration on Human Fraternity, which implied the salvific value of non-Christian religions; his restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass through Traditionis Custodes; and his promotion of figures like Fr. James Martin, who advocate for the normalization of homosexuality. These omissions are not accidental but symptomatic of the conciliar sect’s strategy of “negative credentialing,” where dissent is marginalized through silence rather than refutation.
The Defense of Sedevacantism provides the theological framework for understanding this situation. A manifest heretic, as Saint Robert Bellarmine teaches, ceases to be Pope and head of the Church by that very fact, since he is no longer a member of the Church. Bergoglio’s public endorsement of propositions condemned by the Magisterium—such as the legitimacy of non-Catholic worship (condemned in Syllabus, prop. 77) and the evolution of doctrine (condemned in Lamentabili, prop. 58)—constitutes manifest heresy. Therefore, the Mass celebrated in his memory is not a valid act of Catholic worship but a ritual of a schismatic community.
The Cult of Personality and the Democratization of Sanctity
The article’s tone—”We still feel him close to us”—reveals the conciliar sect’s cult of personality, which replaces the veneration of saints with the sentimental commemoration of its leaders. This is a direct consequence of the Modernist error condemned in Lamentabili (prop. 26), which reduces dogmas to practical principles rather than truths to be believed. The faithful are encouraged to remember Bergoglio not for his fidelity to Christ but for his “work and meetings and prayer,” a naturalistic reduction of the papal office to managerial and pastoral functions.
Furthermore, the involvement of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re in presiding over a Rosary and Mass at Saint Mary Major underscores the institutionalization of this cult. The College of Cardinals, once the guardian of orthodoxy, now functions as a board of directors for a globalist religious corporation. Their commemorative acts are not prayers for the dead but affirmations of the conciliar revolution’s continuity.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation
The anniversary Mass for Bergoglio is a microcosm of the conciliar sect’s spiritual bankruptcy. It substitutes sentiment for doctrine, humanitarianism for sanctity, and syncretism for the true worship of God. As Pope Pius XI warned in Quas Primas, the rejection of Christ’s kingship leads to the dissolution of social order and the triumph of secularism. The structures occupying the Vatican have become, in the words of Our Lord, “a house of prayer” turned “den of robbers” (Matthew 21:13).
The faithful must reject these commemorations as acts of a false church and cling to the immutable Tradition of the Catholic Church, which endures in the sacraments validly administered by priests ordained before 1968 and in the teachings of the pre-conciliar Magisterium. Only through fidelity to this Tradition can one escape the snares of Modernism and attain eternal salvation.
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Mass at Casa Santa Marta on anniversary of Pope Francis' death (vaticannews.va)
Date: 21.04.2026