Conciliar Sect Expands Simulated Latin Mass in West Virginia Under Antipope’s Control
The National Catholic Register portal (EWTN News) reports that the conciliar sect’s installed “bishop” of Wheeling-Charleston, Evelio Menjivar-Ayala — appointed by the usurper antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) in July 2026 — is expanding the availability of the simulated “Traditional Latin Mass” in West Virginia under the strict control of the modernist motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. The announcement frames this as fostering “greater unity among Catholic faithful” and attending to “diverse spiritual needs,” while explicitly requiring adherence to the restrictions imposed by the false “pope” Francis. This maneuver is not a restoration of Catholic worship but a calculated deployment of the ancient rite as bait to ensnare the faithful within the paramasonic structures of the neo-church, legitimizing the usurpers’ authority and the invalid Novus Ordo sect.
The Usurper’s Puppet Advances the Neo-Church’s Strategy of Containment
The article states that “Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala — who became the bishop of the diocese that covers the entirety of West Virginia in July — announced the changes in a message to the faithful issued Aug. 28.” This “bishop” was “appointed by Pope Leo XIV”, the latest in the line of manifest heretics usurping the Chair of Peter since John XXIII. According to the unchanging doctrine of the Church, a manifest heretic ipso facto loses all jurisdiction and cannot hold any office in the Church. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope… he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member; now, he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian” (De Romano Pontifice, 2:30). The “appointment” by an antipope confers no mission, no jurisdiction, and no authority. Menjivar-Ayala is a layman masquerading as a bishop, a wolf in shepherd’s clothing, placed by the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican to manage the controlled opposition of the “traditionalist” fringe.
The Simulated “TLM” Under the Yoke of Traditionis Custodes
The article reveals the true nature of this “expansion”: “Father Grassi will oversee celebrations of the TLM to ensure that every Mass is celebrated lawfully in accordance with restrictions imposed in Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, which remains in effect.” Here is the smoking gun. The ancient Roman Rite, the Missale Romanum of St. Pius V, codified by the Council of Trent and protected by the bull Quo Primum “in perpetuity,” is here subjected to the disciplinary whims of a manifest heretic. The motu proprio of the antipope Francis is a revolutionary act aimed at the suppression of the true Mass. To celebrate “lawfully” under Traditionis Custodes is to acknowledge the legislative authority of a non-pope over the liturgy of the Church — a blasphemous submission. As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas: “The Church, established by Christ as a perfect society, demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority” — and a fortiori from the authority of a usurping antipope.
Invalid Orders: The Ontological Impossibility of a True Sacrifice
The priests appointed as “delegates” — Grassi, Golna, Crenwelge, Szabo — are products of the conciliar sect’s new rite of ordination (promulgated by Paul VI in 1968), which is defective in form and intention and therefore produces invalid priests. Without valid orders, there is no priesthood, no consecration, no Sacrifice. The “Mass” they offer, even using the 1962 Missal, is a simulation, a theatrical performance devoid of the res et sacramentum. The Council of Trent anathematized those who deny the sacrificial nature of the Mass and the priesthood: “If anyone says that in the New Testament there is no visible and external priesthood… let him be anathema” (Session XXIII, Canon 1). The conciliar sect’s “priests” lack the character of the priesthood; they are functionaries of a false religion. The article’s mention that Fr. Grassi will “ensure that these celebrations are legally authorized in accordance with the universal law of the Church and the dispositions of the Apostolic See” confirms that this is an exercise in legalistic compliance with the antichurch, not divine worship.
Language of Deception: “Unity,” “Communion,” “Pastoral Care”
The linguistic level exposes the modernist mentality. The “bishop” speaks of “greater unity among Catholic faithful” and “communion with the Holy Father”. This is the language of false ecumenism and democratization, condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (Prop. 15, 16, 17, 18) and by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane Exitu (Props. 52, 53, 54). True unity is unitas fidei — unity in the one true Faith, not organizational cohesion under a heretical hierarchy. The “bishop’s” assurance that “in everything we do, we remain deeply united in Christ and in communion with the Holy Father” is a diabolical inversion: communion with a manifest heretic is schism from Christ. As St. Cyprian teaches: “He who is not in the Church cannot have power in the Church” (cited in the Defense of Sedevacantism file, referencing Cardinal Billot). The “pastoral care” offered is the care of a hireling for the slaughter.
The “Priory of the Annunciation”: A Redoubt of the Neo-Church
The article notes the “bishop” attended a “Latin Mass at the Priory of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Charles Town on Aug. 30,” which “offers the TLM daily.” This priory, operating fully within the conciliar structures, is a Potemkin village of tradition. Its “daily TLM” functions as a pressure valve, diverting souls from the true resistance — the catacombs where valid bishops and priests preserve the Faith without compromise. The “bishop’s” remarks there — “Your fidelity to the sacred liturgy, your devotion, and your reverence for the mysteries of our faith enrich the life of the entire Church” — are the honeyed words of the serpent. The “entire Church” he refers to is the Church of the New Advent, the synodal, Protestantized, Masonic counter-church. True fidelity to the liturgy demands fidelity to the whole Faith, including the papal primacy, the indefectibility of the Church, and the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation (extra Ecclesiam nulla salus) — all denied by the conciliar sect’s “magisterium.”
Canon 188.4 and the Automatic Vacancy of the See
The 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 188.4, states: “Every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation… if the cleric: … 4. Publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The “bishop” Menjivar-Ayala, by accepting appointment from the antipope Leo XIV, by enforcing Traditionis Custodes, by professing communion with the Vatican II sect, has publicly defected from the Catholic Faith. His “office” is vacant ipso facto. No declaration is needed. The faithful in West Virginia have no bishop. They are sine pastore — and the conciliar sect offers them a hireling.
The Social Kingship of Christ vs. the “Rights” of the Neo-Church
Pius XI in Quas Primas instituted the Feast of Christ the King to combat the “plague… of secularism of our times, so-called laicism”. The conciliar sect’s “TLM expansion” is a symptom of this plague: it reduces the Kingship of Christ to a “spiritual need” among others, a consumer preference to be accommodated alongside “Spanish Mass” for Hispanics, as Fr. Grassi explicitly analogizes: “just as he has concern for the Hispanics of the diocese to have a Spanish Mass.” The Most Holy Sacrifice is not a pastoral option; it is the actio Christi, the center of the universe, before which every knee must bend. The Syllabus condemns the error that “The civil government… has a right to an indirect negative power over religious affairs” (Prop. 41). The antipope’s Traditionis Custodes exercises a tyrannical “negative power” over the immemorial rite. Submission to it is treason against Christ the King.
Conclusion: Flee the Whore of Babylon
This “expansion” in West Virginia is a trap. It offers the forma of the Mass without the validitas, the verba without the sacerdos, the unitas without the fides. The faithful attached to these structures are not “enriched”; they are anesthetized. They are being integrated into the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel and St. Paul. The true Church of Christ subsists in those who hold the integral Faith of Trent, Vatican I, and the perennial Magisterium, who reject the false popes, the false council, the false masses, and the false “traditionalism” that legitimizes them. “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Apoc. 18:4). The catacombs are the only sanctuary; the true Mass is there, offered by valid priests, una cum the true Pope (whoever he may be, hidden in the mystery of God’s providence), for the glory of the Most Holy Trinity and the salvation of souls. The West Virginia “TLM” is a golden calf — worship it not.
Source:
Bishop Menjivar Appoints Priests to Assist Latin Mass Expansion in West Virginia (ncregister.com)
Date: 01.09.2026