The Pillar Catholic portal reports on the constraints facing the usurper antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) in appointing bishops in Germany, detailing how historical concordats with the Bavarian, Prussian, and Baden states severely limit papal freedom, granting secular governments veto power over episcopal nominations. The article notes the upcoming retirement of several German “bishops” and the role of the new nuncio van Megen, while citing precedents of John Paul II and Benedict XVI failing to impose conservative candidates against local resistance. This exposé inadvertently confirms that the conciliar hierarchy is not a divine institution but a state-subservient bureaucracy.
Concordat Subjugation: The Neo-Church’s Voluntary Servitude to the State
The cited article lays bare, with unintentional clarity, the structural apostasy of the conciliar sect. It describes a “patchwork of nomination procedures” governed by the Bavarian Concordat (1924), the Prussian Concordat (1929), and the Baden Concordat (1932), under which the “pope” “does not have the same freedom of appointment in Bavaria that he has in most dioceses worldwide” and “faces a significantly restricted choice in the remaining 19 dioceses.” Here the neo-church stands condemned by its own legalism: it has surrendered the libertas Ecclesiae — the very freedom Christ purchased with His Blood — to Caesar.
Pope Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors (1864), anathematized precisely this arrangement. Error 19 condemns the proposition that “it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church, and the limits within which she may exercise those rights.” Error 20: “The ecclesiastical power ought not to exercise its authority without the permission and assent of the civil government.” Error 41: “The civil government… has a right to an indirect negative power over religious affairs.” Error 42: “In the case of conflicting laws enacted by the two powers, the civil law prevails.” Error 43: “The secular Power has authority to rescind, declare and render null, solemn conventions, commonly called concordats… without the consent of the Apostolic See.” The German concordats are the positive enactment of these condemned errors. The “pope” who respects them is not the Vicar of Christ but a functionary of the secular order.
The 1983 Code: A Modernist Legal Fiction
The article cites “Canon 377 §1 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law” as the normative framework: “the Supreme Pontiff freely appoints bishops or confirms those legitimately elected.” This reference exposes the juridical fantasy sustaining the neo-church. The 1983 Code is a product of the conciliar revolution, promulgated by the usurper John Paul II (Wojtyła), whose manifest heresies — religious liberty, false ecumenism, the cult of man — automatically severed him from the Church (ipso facto) per the teaching of St. Robert Bellarmine: “A manifest heretic… by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head… he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member” (De Romano Pontifice). A heretic cannot promulgate binding canon law. The true Code remains that of 1917, which in Canon 188 §4 declares that an office becomes vacant “by the mere fact and without any declaration… if the cleric publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The German “bishops” appointed under the 1983 Code derive their “authority” from a non-existent legislator.
Synodal Way: The Democratization of the Episcopate
The article reveals a “concerted push to increase the laity’s role in German episcopal appointments, linked to the country’s controversial synodal way.” It cites a “2022 synodal way resolution” demanding cathedral chapters cooperate with “an elected body representing ‘the entire people of God in the diocese’.” This is the heresy of democratic ecclesiology, condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu (1907): Proposition 54 — “The organic structure of the Church is subject to change, and the Christian community, like the human community, is subject to continuous evolution.” Proposition 56 — “Dogmas, sacraments, and hierarchy… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness.” The “Synodal Way” is not a pastoral innovation but the fulfillment of Modernism: the reduction of the Church from a divine monarchy (Ecclesia perfecta) to a human parliament. The “laity outstanding in wisdom” (Canon 377 §3) become a synod of laity usurping the divine mandate of the hierarchy (potestas ordinis and potestas iurisdictionis).
Christ the King vs. Caesar’s Veto
Pius XI, in Quas Primas (1925), proclaimed the Social Kingship of Christ over all nations: “His reign encompasses not only Catholic nations… but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” He warned: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The German concordats are the institutionalization of this removal. The state’s “right to object to an appointment on political grounds” (Bavarian Concordat) or “right to raise political objections” (Prussian Concordat) makes the “bishop” a state-licensed functionary, not a successor of the Apostles. “He who gives the Kingdom of Heaven does not take away earthly things!” — but the neo-church has surrendered heavenly authority for earthly legal recognition.
The “Precedents” of Wojtyła and Ratzinger: Impotence of False Popes
The article cites two “precedents”: Wojtyła’s appointment of Wolfgang Haas in Chur (1988) and Ratzinger’s appointment of Gerhard Maria Wagner in Linz (2009), both withdrawn due to local opposition. The portal presents this as evidence of “the difficulties of going against the grain of local ecclesial culture.” In reality, it demonstrates the ontological impotence of antipopes. A true Pope, possessing the plenitudo potestatis from Christ, does not negotiate with cathedral chapters or fear “protests by priests and lay people.” “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me” (Mt 28:18). The fact that Wojtyła and Ratzinger capitulated proves they lacked the munus petrinum — they were not Popes but usurpers maintaining a facade. Their “conservative” appointments were theatrical gestures to placate the remnant, not exercises of supreme authority.
Invalid Orders, Invalid Jurisdiction, Invalid Concordats
The article speaks of “diocesan bishops,” “cardinal,” “archbishop,” “auxiliary bishops” — all titles belonging to the conciliar sect’s hierarchy. Since the new ordinal of 1968 (promulgated by the usurper Paul VI) altered the form and intention of episcopal consecration, removing the essential “ut detur Spiritus Sanctus” for the episcopate, the German “bishops” are not validly ordained. They possess neither potestas ordinis nor potestas iurisdictionis. The concordats they “govern” are agreements between a secular state and a paramasonic structure occupying church buildings. As Pope Celestine I declared of Nestorius: “he could not remove anyone by sentence who himself had already shown that he must be removed” — so the German “bishops,” having defected from the faith (by accepting Vatican II, the New Mass, religious liberty), lost all jurisdiction ipso facto (Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice 2:30; Canon 188 §4, 1917 Code). The nuncio van Megen, the “pope” Leo XIV, the entire curial apparatus — all are intruders in the vineyard.
Silence on the Supernatural: The Gravest Accusation
The article’s total silence on the supernatural end of the episcopate — the salvation of souls, the cura animarum, the propitiatory Sacrifice, the state of grace, the Final Judgment — is the signature of the cult of man. It treats episcopal appointments as human resource management constrained by treaties. Not a word on munus docendi, sanctificandi, regendi as divine mandates. This is the laicism Pius XI condemned: “the secularism of our times… its errors and wicked endeavors… the Church’s authority to teach men, to issue laws, to govern nations… was denied.” The German “Church” is a branch of the state, administering a vague “ecclesial culture” devoid of dogma, sacrifice, and salvation.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation in German Lands
The Pillar Catholic’s report is an involuntary indictment. It reveals a “Church” that has signed away its divine liberty to Caesar, that operates under a heretical code, that democratizes the apostolate, that produces “bishops” through state-vetted lists, and whose “popes” retreat before popular protest. This is not the Church of Christ, “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim 3:15), but the synagogue of Satan (Apoc 2:9) foretold by Pius IX: “the frauds and machinations of these sects… winding through sinuous caverns… deceiving many with astute frauds, finally has arrived at the point where it comes forth impetuously from its hiding places and triumphs as a powerful master.” The only remedy is the restoration of the true hierarchy — bishops validly ordained, priests validly ordained, the Mass of all ages, the integral faith — sine qua non for the regnum Christi. “You are Christ the King of glory!” — not the servant of German concordats.
Source:
How free is the pope to choose German bishops? (pillarcatholic.com)
Date: 24.07.2026