Vatican News portal (September 2, 2026) reports that 147 newly appointed men from five continents have gathered in Rome for a formation course organized by the Dicastery for Bishops and the Dicastery for Evangelisation, culminating in an audience with the antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost). The programme covers episcopal ministry, liturgy, mission, cultural change, safeguarding, Church governance, canon law, interreligious dialogue, new religious movements, priestly formation, and synodal ecclesiology, featuring addresses by cardinals of the conciliar sect including Roche, Gugerotti, Parolin, Tagle, Koch, Czerny, Grech, and Repole. A pilgrimage to Assisi during the so-called Jubilee Year marking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death is scheduled, followed by a joint session on the antipope’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas and a closing Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica with veneration of relics. This assembly of false shepherds under a usurper constitutes not formation but a systematic indoctrination into the apostasy of the conciliar revolution, replacing the Social Kingship of Christ with a Masonic parody of humanistic fraternity.
The Usurped Chair and the Nullity of Modernist “Episcopacy”
The article presents as routine the gathering of 147 men described as “newly appointed bishops” for a “formation course.” From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, this description is a radical falsification of reality. Since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, the See of Peter has been occupied by a series of manifest heretics—John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Leo XIV (Robert Prevost)—who, by their public adhesion to the errors of Modernism, religious liberty, false ecumenism, and the New Mass, have ipso facto severed themselves from the Catholic Church and lost all jurisdiction. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice: “A Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church”. The Defense of Sedevacantism file confirms that a manifest heretic cannot be Pope because “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”. Consequently, the men “appointed” by these antipopes receive no canonical mission, no jurisdiction, and no sacramental authority. They are intruders in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, laymen dressed in episcopal insignia, constituting a paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican. The very concept of a “formation course” for such men is a grotesque theater, for one cannot form what does not exist in the order of grace and jurisdiction.
The “Dicasteries” as Instruments of the Conciliar Revolution
The article cites the “Dicastery for Bishops” and the “Dicastery for Evangelisation” as organizers. These entities are modernist novelties unknown to the Codex Iuris Canonici of 1917 and the immutable constitution of the Church. They replace the Sacred Congregations established by St. Pius V and codified by St. Pius X, transforming the Roman Curia from a ministerium servitutis assisting the Pope in governance of the universal Church into a bureaucratic machine for imposing the conciliar agenda. The “Dicastery for Evangelisation” is particularly odious: its very name signals the abandonment of the missionary mandate to convert all nations to the Catholic Faith (Matt. 28:19-20) in favor of a vague “first evangelisation” that accommodates false religions. The Syllabus of Errors (Pope Pius IX, 1864) condemns the proposition that “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Error 18) and that “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Error 16). Yet the programme includes “interreligious dialogue” led by Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the “Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue”—a direct violation of Mortalium Animos (Pius XI, 1928), which forbids participation in non-Catholic religious assemblies. This “dialogue” is not evangelization; it is apostasy institutionalized.
Magnifica Humanitas: The Antichrist’s Encyclical Replacing Quas Primas
The centerpiece of the joint session is Cardinal Michael Czerny presenting “Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas.” The title alone—Magnificent Humanity—reveals the anthropocentric inversion at the heart of the conciliar sect. Pope Pius XI, in Quas Primas (1925), instituted the Feast of Christ the King to combat the “plague of secularism, so-called laicism” which “began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations”. He declared: “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 conciliar sect, culminating in this antipope, has substituted the Kingship of Christ with the kingship of man. Magnifica humanitas is the theological manifesto of the cult of man condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) as the synthesis of all heresies. The Lamentabili Sane Exitu file condemns the Modernist proposition that “Christ did not proclaim any specific, all-encompassing doctrine suitable for all times and peoples, but rather initiated a certain religious movement, applied or applicable to different times and places” (Error 59). This is precisely the spirit of “synodal ecclesiology” and “cultural change” sessions: the evolution of dogma to suit the world. The encyclical’s focus on “humanity” rather than the Regnum Christi fulfills the prophecy of the Syllabus: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error 80). This is not reconciliation; it is capitulation to the spirit of Antichrist.
Synodal Ecclesiology: The Democratization of the Divine Constitution
The joint session features Cardinal Mario Grech (Secretary General of the “Synod of Bishops”) and Cardinal Roberto Repole reflecting on “synodal ecclesiology.” This term denotes the heretical substitution of the monarchical, hierarchical constitution of the Church—established by Christ with Peter as head and the bishops as his successors in communion with him—for a polycentric, democratic “people of God” model. The Lamentabili Sane Exitu condemns the proposition that “The organic structure of the Church is subject to change, and the Christian community, like the human community, is subject to continuous evolution” (Error 53) and that “Dogmas, sacraments, and hierarchy, both in concept and in reality, are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness” (Error 54). “Synodality” is the operationalization of this Modernist evolutionism. It reduces the Church to a parliament of opinions, denying the magisterium authenticum and the potestas iurisdictionis conferred by Christ alone. The article’s mention of “synodal ecclesiology” as a topic for “formation” confirms that these men are being trained not as successores Apostolorum but as functionaries of a synodal NGO. The Defense of Sedevacantism file demonstrates that jurisdiction comes from Christ through the Pope; a heretical antipope cannot communicate what he does not possess. Thus, this “synodal formation” is a workshop for usurpation.
“Safeguarding” as a Secular Substitute for Canonical Justice
The programme devotes significant attention to “safeguarding minors, prevention and the handling of abuse cases” led by Archbishop Thibault Verny of the “Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors” and Fr. Hans Zollner on “responsibility of Churches for safeguarding.” While the sexual abuse crisis is real, the conciliar sect’s approach is fundamentally naturalistic and juridical, adopting secular standards of “safeguarding” while ignoring the supernatural root of the crisis: the loss of the priestly character, the destruction of the sacramental priesthood by the invalid Novus Ordo ordinal, the infiltration of seminaries by homosexuals and Modernists, and the ipso facto loss of jurisdiction by heretical bishops. The 1917 Code (Canon 188.4) provides that an office becomes vacant ipso facto by “public defection from the Catholic faith”. The “safeguarding” apparatus is a smokescreen to avoid the canonical reality that the “bishops” handling these cases are themselves canonically non-existent due to their adherence to the conciliar apostasy. The Syllabus condemns the idea that “The civil law prevails” in conflicting laws (Error 42); yet the conciliar sect submits to civil courts, mandatory reporting laws, and secular “safeguarding” frameworks, abandoning the forum ecclesiasticum and the seal of confession. This is not protection of the faithful; it is submission to the secular state and a betrayal of the Church’s immunity.
Liturgy: The “Continuity and Renewal” Deception
Archbishop Aurelio García Macías is scheduled to speak on “continuity and renewal in the liturgy in the context of first evangelisation,” while Archbishop Vittorio Viola addresses liturgy for the “Dicastery for Bishops” course. This is the hermeneutic of continuity lie: the claim that the Novus Ordo Missae (1969) is a legitimate “development” of the Roman Rite. In reality, the New Mass is a Protestantized fabrication by the Freemason Annibale Bugnini and his committee, stripping the Mass of its propitiatory, sacrificial theology (Tridentine Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Session XXII) and replacing lex orandi, lex credendi with a lex orandi, lex credendi nova expressing the theology of the “people of God” and the “memorial.” The False Fatima Apparitions file notes that “The efficacy of Holy Mass is diminished in favor of spectacular acts” and “The centralized role of the Church and the sacraments is undermined”. The “formation” in liturgy here is formation in liturgical abuse and invalid sacraments. A true bishop forms his clergy in the Missale Romanum of St. Pius V, the Canon Missae unchanged since Apostolic times, and the theology of the Sacrificium Calvariae. These men are formed in the table of assembly, the versus populum orientation, the multiplication of Eucharistic Prayers, and the idolatry of the community.
The Assisi Pilgrimage: Ritualizing the Sin of False Ecumenism
The article notes a pilgrimage to Assisi “during the Jubilee Year marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis.” This evokes the scandal of 1986, when John Paul II gathered false religions in Assisi to pray for peace, violating the First Commandment and Mortalium Animos. St. Francis sought the conversion of the Sultan, not “dialogue.” The conciliar sect’s “Jubilee” is a counterfeit indulgence granted by a heretic with no power of the keys. The pilgrimage is a liturgical act of apostasy, blessing the syncretism that the Syllabus condemns: “National churches, withdrawn from the authority of the Roman pontiff and altogether separated, can be established” (Error 37) and “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). Assisi 2026 will be another pageant of religious indifferentism, the abomination of desolation in the holy place.
Canon Law and Governance: The Simulation of Jurisdiction
Sessions on “Church governance, canon law,” “diocesan structures, tribunals and the handling of cases involving delicta graviora,” and “management of crises within the clergy” are a macabre simulation. Canon law binds only those in communion with the true Pope. The 1917 Code is the law of the Church; the 1983 Code is a modernist corruption reflecting the ecclesiology of Lumen Gentium. These “bishops” study a law they are not bound by and cannot apply, for they lack the potestas iurisdictionis to judge (Canon 196). The Defense of Sedevacantism file cites Pope Celestine I on Nestorius: “he could not remove anyone by sentence who himself had already shown that he must be removed”. A heretical “bishop” cannot judge delicta graviora; he is a crimen graviora against the Faith. The “tribunals” they establish are null and void, their sentences void ab initio. This “formation” is training in usurpation of ecclesiastical power.
Cultural Change and “Tribalism, Casteism, Racism”: The Gospel According to the UN
Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça addresses “contemporary cultural change,” while the Evangelisation course covers “tribalism, casteism, racism and exclusionary regionalism.” This is the social gospel of the Masonic lodges, not the Catholic Faith. The Church’s mission is “to teach, govern, and lead all to eternal happiness” (Quas Primas), not to manage “cultural change” or combat “regionalism” as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Syllabus condemns: “The best theory of civil society requires that popular schools… should be freed from all ecclesiastical authority… and fully subjected to the civil and political power” (Error 47). The conciliar sect has surrendered the Kingship of Christ to become the chaplaincy of the New World Order. “First evangelisation” in this context means inculturation of error, not plantatio Ecclesiae. The False Fatima file warns: “The message focuses on external threats (communism), omitting the main danger: modernist apostasy within the Church”. Here, the “external threats” are “tribalism” and “racism,” while the internal apostasy is the curriculum.
The Audience with the Antipope: The Seal of Apostasy
The course “culminates in an audience with Pope Leo XIV.” This is the defining moment: the false shepherds receive their missio canonica from the usurper. St. Robert Bellarmine states: “A non-Christian in no way can be Pope… a manifest heretic cannot be Pope”. Robert Prevost, as “Leo XIV,” is a manifest heretic by his acceptance of the Second Vatican Council, the New Mass, religious liberty, ecumenism, and the entire conciliar magisterium. His “audience” is not a paternal blessing but a Masonic investiture. The False Fatima file details the “Masonic Operation ‘Fatima'” with its “ritualistic 200-year cycles” (1717, 1917, 2017). The year 2026 continues this revolutionary timeline. The veneration of relics at St. Peter’s by these men is simulated piety; as St. Pius X warns in Pascendi, Modernists “make use of the sacred rites… but only as a means to an end”. The relics become props in the theater of the abomination of desolation.
Conclusion: The Formation of the Antichrist’s Hierarchy
This “formation course” is the annual assembly of the counter-church. Every topic—synodality, interreligious dialogue, safeguarding, cultural change, liturgical “renewal,” synodal ecclesiology—is a plank in the platform of the Great Apostasy foretold in 2 Thess. 2:3. The 147 men are not successors of the Apostles; they are successors of the Modernists, formed in the schola diaboli to administer the parody of the Church. The true Church, una, sancta, catholica, apostolica, persists in the remnant of bishops and priests who retain valid orders (conferred before 1968), the true Mass, the unchanging Faith, and rejection of the conciliar sect. As Pius XI proclaimed in Quas Primas: “His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ”. This authority is not exercised by the usurpers in the Vatican. The “formation” in Rome is a deformation of souls. Non praevalebunt.
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New Bishops gather in Rome for formation course (vaticannews.va)
Date: 02.09.2026