The National Catholic Register reports that Cardinal Robert McElroy, occupying the Archepiscopal See of Washington, removed Monsignor Stephen Rossetti from his role as archdiocesan exorcist following the priest’s public assertion that many UFO sightings constitute demonic manifestations. McElroy declared these remarks “gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism,” while simultaneously severing all ties with the Saint Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal. This act of censorship exposes the conciliar sect’s systematic suppression of supernatural truth in service of modernist naturalism and its refusal to acknowledge the reality of demonic activity in the contemporary world.
The Conciliar Inquisition: Silencing the Reality of Demonic Manifestation
The removal of Monsignor Stephen Rossetti from his exorcist ministry represents yet another manifestation of the conciliar sect’s war against supernatural truth. Cardinal Robert McElroy’s decision to silence a priest who dared acknowledge the demonic nature of aerial phenomena reveals the neo-church’s fundamental hostility toward the Church’s immutable teaching on the reality of demons and their active opposition to God’s order.
McElroy’s statement that Rossetti’s remarks “gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism” constitutes a breathtaking inversion of reality. It is precisely the conciliar sect that has systematically undermined authentic Catholic teaching on demonic activity through decades of rationalistic reductionism, the effective abolition of exorcism ministries, and the promotion of a naturalistic worldview incompatible with the Church’s perennial doctrine.
The Church’s Immutable Teaching on Demonic Reality
The Catholic Church has always taught, with the full weight of her Magisterium, that demons are real personal beings who actively work to deceive and destroy humanity. This teaching is not peripheral but central to the Faith, rooted in Sacred Scripture, defined by ecumenical councils, and confirmed by the constant Tradition of the Church.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself confronted demons repeatedly during His public ministry, casting them out of the possessed and warning His followers of their malice. The Gospels record numerous instances of demonic possession and exorcism, establishing the reality of the invisible warfare between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. Christ gave His Apostles and their successors the power to cast out demons in His name, a power that the Church has exercised throughout her history.
The Catechism of the Council of Trent teaches with clarity: “The devil is a creature of God, and although by nature good, he became evil by his own fault. He is the enemy of God and man, and his power, though limited, is real and terrible.” This teaching was reaffirmed by Pope Leo XIII in his Exorcism Prayers and by countless pontiffs who recognized the reality of demonic activity in the world.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, proclaimed that Christ’s kingdom “is opposed only to the kingdom of Satan and the powers of darkness.” The reign of Christ the King encompasses the spiritual battle against demonic forces, and any attempt to minimize or deny this reality constitutes a direct assault on the Kingship of Christ.
The Conciliar Sect’s War Against Supernatural Truth
The neo-church’s systematic suppression of teaching on demonic activity represents one of the most devastating fruits of the modernist revolution. Since the Second Vatican Council, the conciliar sect has effectively gutted the Church’s exorcism ministry, promoted rationalistic explanations for phenomena that previous generations of Catholics would have recognized as demonic, and fostered a naturalistic worldview that denies the reality of the supernatural order.
This process began with the modernist errors condemned by Saint Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu and Pascendi Dominici gregis. The Modernists’ denial of the supernatural, their reduction of religious phenomena to naturalistic explanations, and their rejection of the Church’s authority to define matters of faith and morals have borne their bitter fruit in the conciliar sect’s effective apostasy from the Church’s perennial teaching.
The 1983 Code of Canon Law, promulgated by the usurper John Paul II, effectively restricted the practice of exorcism, requiring explicit permission from the local “bishop” and imposing bureaucratic obstacles that have rendered the ministry nearly extinct in many dioceses. This represents a direct contradiction of the Church’s perennial practice and a capitulation to modernist rationalism.
The Reality of Demonic Manifestation in Aerial Phenomena
Monsignor Rossetti’s assertion that many UFO sightings constitute demonic manifestations is not a novel or eccentric claim but a logical application of Catholic teaching on demonic activity to contemporary phenomena. The Church has always taught that demons, as pure spirits, possess capabilities far surpassing human limitations. They can manipulate matter, create illusions, and manifest in forms designed to deceive and lead souls astray.
The characteristics commonly reported in UFO sightings—extraordinary speed, instantaneous acceleration, ability to defy known physical laws, and the capacity to appear and vanish without trace—are entirely consistent with the Church’s teaching on demonic capabilities. Saint Thomas Aquinas, in the Summa Theologica, teaches that angels and demons, as pure spirits, can move with extraordinary speed and manipulate material creatures within the limits permitted by God’s providence.
The phenomenon of “alien abduction” experiences, with their reports of paralysis, terror, and violation, bears striking similarities to historical accounts of demonic assault and oppression. The messages allegedly communicated by these entities—promoting evolution, denying the existence of God, advocating for a one-world government, and preparing humanity for a “new age”—are entirely consistent with the demonic agenda of leading humanity away from Christ and His Church.
The Conciliar Sect’s Complicity in Demonic Deception
The conciliar sect’s refusal to acknowledge the demonic nature of these phenomena, and its active suppression of those who do, reveals its complicity in the demonic deception. By promoting a naturalistic worldview that denies the reality of demonic activity, the neo-church has left the faithful defenseless against the wiles of the enemy.
The Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae, opened the door to religious indifferentism and the denial of Christ’s exclusive claim to truth. This document, condemned by the Syllabus of Errors of Pius IX as the error that “every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Proposition 15), has fostered an atmosphere in which demonic deception can flourish unchecked.
The conciliar sect’s promotion of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue has further obscured the reality of demonic activity by suggesting that all religions contain elements of truth and that the Church has no exclusive claim to supernatural knowledge. This represents a direct contradiction of the Church’s teaching that “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
The Suppression of Exorcism: A Sign of Apostasy
The effective abolition of exorcism in the conciar sect represents one of the most telling signs of its apostasy. The Church has always maintained the ministry of exorcism as a necessary weapon in the spiritual battle against demonic forces. The suppression of this ministry leaves the faithful without the spiritual protection they desperately need in these times of unprecedented demonic activity.
The Rituale Romanum, promulgated by the Church over centuries, contains powerful prayers and rites for the exorcism of demons. These rites, rooted in the Church’s apostolic authority, have been used effectively throughout history to combat demonic possession and oppression. The conciliar sect’s effective abandonment of these rites represents a betrayal of the faithful and a capitulation to the forces of darkness.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, proclaimed that Christ’s kingdom “requires its followers not only to renounce earthly riches and possessions, to be distinguished by modesty of conduct, and to hunger and thirst for justice, but also to deny themselves and carry their cross.” The spiritual battle against demonic forces is an essential aspect of this carrying of the cross, and the conciar sect’s suppression of exorcism represents a denial of the Cross itself.
The Neo-Church’s Naturalistic Heresy
Cardinal McElroy’s condemnation of Rossetti’s remarks as undermining “the Church’s very precise teaching” reveals the neo-church’s fundamental heresy: the reduction of Catholic teaching to naturalistic categories that deny the reality of the supernatural order. This represents the culmination of the modernist errors condemned by Saint Pius X, who warned that the Modernists “proceed to act as if God did not exist” and reduce all religious phenomena to naturalistic explanations.
The Syllabus of Errors of Pius IX condemned the proposition that “all action of God upon man and the world is to be denied” (Proposition 2). The conciar sect’s effective denial of demonic activity, and its suppression of those who acknowledge it, represents a practical application of this condemned proposition.
The neo-church’s naturalistic worldview is entirely incompatible with the Catholic Faith, which teaches that the supernatural order is not merely a theoretical construct but a living reality that impinges upon the natural order at every moment. The denial of this reality constitutes a fundamental apostasy from the Faith once delivered to the saints.
The Call to Fidelity
In these times of unprecedented apostasy, the faithful must hold fast to the Church’s immutable teaching on the reality of demonic activity and the necessity of spiritual combat. The suppression of exorcism, the promotion of naturalistic worldviews, and the silencing of those who acknowledge demonic reality are signs of the times that demand courage and fidelity from all who profess the Catholic Faith.
The Church’s teaching on demons and exorcism is not a relic of a bygone era but a living reality that demands our attention and action. The faithful must pray for the restoration of the Church’s exorcism ministry, for the conversion of those who have fallen into modernist errors, and for protection against the wiles of the enemy.
As Pius XI proclaimed in Quas Primas, “Christ must reign in the mind of man, whose duty it is to accept revealed truths with complete submission to the divine will and to believe firmly and constantly in the teaching of Christ; let Christ reign in the will, which should obey God’s laws and commandments; let Him reign in the heart, which, having despised desires, must love God above all and belong only to Him; let Him reign in the body and its members, which, as instruments, or—to use the words of St. Paul the Apostle—as weapons of justice for God, should contribute to the inner sanctification of souls.”
The conciliar sect’s suppression of truth about demonic activity is a sign of its apostasy and a call to fidelity for all who would follow Christ the King. Let us pray for the restoration of the Church’s authority, the return of authentic exorcism ministry, and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary over all the forces of darkness.
Source:
Archdiocese of Washington Removes Prominent Exorcist Over Remarks Linking UFOs to Demonic Activity (ncregister.com)
Date: 03.06.2026