The National Catholic Register portal (organ of the conciliar sect) reports on July 22, 2026, the latest controversy within the Vatican II sect concerning its “celebrity exorcists”—specifically Messrs. Chad Ripperger, Carlos Martins, Dan Reehil, and Stephen Rossetti—who exploit digital media to garner millions of views, prompting the Washington prelate Robert McElroy to dismiss Rossetti for “high-profile persona” and UFO-demonology speculations. The article frames a debate between “public ministry” advocates like Mr. Francesco Bamonte of the Amorth-founded International Association of Exorcists and critics warning of sensationalism, pride, and episcopal mismanagement under the 1983 Code’s Canon 1172. This spectacle exposes the vacuum of legitimate authority in the conciliar sect and the diabolical farce of its simulated exorcisms rooted in the Masonic Fatima apparatus.
The Invalidity of the Conciliar “Exorcist”: Null Orders, Null Jurisdiction, Null Sacramentals
The entire spectacle reported by the Register portal is a theatrical simulation devoid of supernatural efficacy. The 1983 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1172), cited by the article as the governing norm, is the legislation of an anti-church erected in rupture with the perennial Magisterium; it possesses no binding force (nulla est lex) because it emanates from the usurpers occupying the Vatican since the usurpation of John XXIII (1958). As Pope Pius XII taught in Mystici Corporis Christi (1943), jurisdiction and the power of orders are required for the valid exercise of the power of the keys and sacramental ministry. The “priests” cited—Ripperger (FSSP), Martins (Companions of the Cross), Reehil (Nashville), Rossetti (Washington), Amorth (Rome)—were all “ordained” in the invalid Pauline Rite of 1968 (promulgated by Antipope Paul VI), which defectively altered the form and matter of the Sacrament of Order, rendering them laymen devoid of the sacerdotal character (character indelebilis). Ex opere operato requires a valid minister; a layman cannot validly absolve, consecrate, or exorcize. As St. Thomas Aquinas teaches (Summa Theologiae III, q. 64, a. 5), the minister acts in persona Christi by virtue of the character; no character, no ministry. The “exorcisms” performed by these men are sacrilegious simulations, psychological theater, or worse, diabolical mockeries permitted by God as a chastisement for the apostasy of the conciliar sect.
The Masonic Fatima Nexus: Ripperger, Amorth, and the Diabolical Disorientation
The article prominently features Mr. Chad Ripperger (FSSP) and the late Mr. Gabriele Amorth, co-founder of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE). Both are notorious propagandists for the false Fatima apparitions. As documented in the theological objections provided, Fatima is a Masonic psychological operation (1717–1917–2017 cycles) designed to divert attention from the apostasia within the Church (Modernism) toward an external enemy (Communism), promoting a false “conversion of Russia” amenable to ecumenism with schismatic Orthodoxy, and centered on a “Miracle of the Sun” explained by natural optical phenomena and mass autosuggestion. The seers’ Jansenist mortifications and the isolation of Lúcia (the “Two Lucias” theory notwithstanding, the phenomenon itself is condemned) bear the marks of diabolical disorientation, not Catholic mysticism. Ripperger’s “celebrity” is built entirely on this Fatima/Traditionalist subculture economy (Sensus Fidelium platform). Amorth, the “Pope’s Exorcist” for antipopes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, institutionalized this Fatima-centric demonology in the AIE. The Register article cites Mr. Bamonte (AIE Vice President) defending public exorcism ministry; he defends the modus operandi of a Masonic construct. There is no valid exorcism in the Fatima apparatus. As St. Pius X condemned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907), Modernism uses “pious” phenomena to mask the destruction of the Faith. Fatima is the flagship of this operation.
The Theatrics of the Antichurch: Sensationalism as Substitute for the Supernatural
The Register details the “content” of these hirelings: Mr. Rossetti’s “running journal of alleged demonic experiences” linking UFOs to demons; Mr. Ripperger’s “speculation about the role of demons in American politics” and claims that J.K. Rowling was demonically inspired for Harry Potter; Mr. Martins’ “dramatized reenactments of exorcisms.” Mr. Jimmy Akin (Catholic Answers apologist) rightly notes these men “present their own theological opinions as if they were settled facts” and “give credence to things reportedly said by demons”—daemones mendaces sunt, patris mendacii filii (demons are liars, sons of the father of lies). Mr. Adam Blai (Pittsburgh psychologist) warns of “anxiety and a spiritual life centered on the demonic.” This is the theater of the absurd replacing the Tremendum et Fascinans of the Holy. The true exorcist, invested with the potestas ordinis and potestas iurisdictionis by a valid Bishop, acts in persona Christi, hidden, humble, occultus, invoking the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary (the True Mass) and the authority of the Keys. The conciliar “exorcists” act in persona sui, seeking gloria mundi on YouTube and Instagram (391k, 260k followers). This is the abominatio desolationis standing in the holy place (Matt 24:15): the simulation of the sacred for digital engagement metrics.
Canon 1172 vs. Canon 188 §4: The Anti-Law of the Vacant See
The article cites Canon 1172 of the 1983 Code: “No one can perform exorcisms legitimately… unless he has obtained special and express permission from the local ordinary.” It notes the “patchwork of approaches” and that “the question is often left to the local bishop.” This legal chaos is the canonical signature of the Sedes Vacans. Since the death of Pope Pius XII (1958), there has been no true Pope, no true Bishops (consecrated in the Pauline Rite of 1968 or consecrated by such), and no true diocesan structures. The 1917 Code (Canon 188 §4) remains the binding law: “Every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation… if the cleric publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The “bishops” of the conciliar sect (McElroy, et al.) are manifest heretics (religious liberty, ecumenism, collegiality, new mass), having ipso facto lost all jurisdiction and office (ipso facto et sine ulla declaratione), as taught by St. Robert Bellarmine (De Romano Pontifice II, 30) and confirmed by Pope Paul IV in Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559): a heretic “cannot be Pope… his promotion… shall be null, void, and of no effect.” Therefore, McElroy has zero authority to “dismiss” Rossetti; Rossetti has zero authority to exorcize; the “Archdiocese of Washington” is a civil corporation, not a diocese. The “patchwork” is the chaos of a headless body—corpus sine capite.
Pride and Diabolical Mockery: The Fruit of Invalid Sacraments
Mr. Blai identifies the “primary danger to the exorcist is pride.” Mr. Bamonte quotes the Baptist: “Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui” (John 3:30). The “former exorcist from the Midwest” recounts his trainer’s warning: “If you ever think, ‘wow, look at what I’m doing,’ you just walked on unholy ground.” These are natural truths acknowledged even by the agents of the antichurch. But the root cause is the absence of grace. A valid priest acts ex opere operato; his humility is safeguarded by the ontology of the Sacrament. A layman pretending to be a priest must rely on his own personality, charisma, and spectacle to produce results. He is the show. The “celebrity exorcist” is the inevitable phenotype of the invalid Novus Ordo presbyterate. They are mercenarii (John 10:12), not pastores. The demons they “dialogue” with on YouTube are not expelled; they are entertained. As St. Cyprian teaches (De Unitate Ecclesiae), “He who is not in the Church… cannot have the Holy Ghost.” The conciliar sect is not the Church; its ministers have no mandate; their “exorcisms” are the devil’s theater.
Quas Primas and the Syllabus: The Kingship of Christ vs. Media Management
Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas (1925) teaches that “Pax Christi in Regno Christi” (The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ) requires the public recognition of Christ’s Kingship over all nations and laws: “His reign extends not only to 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” (Encyclical Annum Sacrum, cited in Quas Primas). The Register article treats exorcism as a “public ministry” subject to “media landscape” management, “PR strategies,” “viral content,” and episcopal “media policies.” This is Naturalism condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus Errorum (1864): Prop. 39 (“The State… is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits”), Prop. 55 (“The Church ought to be separated from the State”), Prop. 77 (“It is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State”). The conciliar sect manages the demonic like a PR crisis because it has dethroned Christ the King. It has no exorcismus publicus (the rite of exorcism in the Roman Ritual, reserved to the Church’s public liturgy) because it has no public liturgy (the Novus Ordo is a cena protestantica, a “table of assembly” invalid as sacrifice). The “exorcists” are freelancers in a spiritual gig economy because the Corpus Christi has been eclipsed by the synagoga Satanae (Apoc 2:9) occupying the Vatican.
Conclusion: The Vacant See and the Remnant
The “debate” chronicled by the National Catholic Register is a farce played by impostors on a stage built by Freemasonry (Fatima) and Modernism (Vatican II). There are no “exorcists” in the conciliar sect, only laymen in vestments simulating the sacred. The true Church, the Ecclesia Militans, persists in the catacombs of the Sedes Vacans, served by valid bishops and priests (consecrated/ordained in the pre-1968 rites) who hold the true potestas ordinis and potestas iurisdictionis supplied by the Church in necessity (Ecclesia supplet). They perform the true exorcisms—hidden, terrible, efficacious—by the power of the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary and the Vexilla Regis of Christ the King. The faithful must flee the “celebrity exorcists” and the sect that produces them as they would flee the plague, adhering to the Traditio Catholica integra of the pre-1958 Magisterium. Non praevalebunt (Matt 16:18).
Source:
Should Exorcists Step Into the Spotlight? (ncregister.com)
Date: 22.07.2026