The EWTN News portal reports on wall-to-wall coverage of the upcoming beatification of Fulton Sheen by antipope Leo XIV, scheduled for September 24 in St. Louis. The propaganda blitz includes novenas, Masses, and special programming hosted by modernist operatives like Lila Rose and “Father” Aquinas Guilbeau. This spectacle manifests the conciliar sect’s manufacturing of false saints to legitimize its apostate hierarchy.
The Nullity of Conciliar “Beatifications” Under Perennial Canon Law
The cited article relates the feverish preparations for the “beatification” of Fulton Sheen by the usurper Leo XIV. From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, this entire enterprise is null, void, and of no effect (nulla, irrita, et inane). Pope Paul IV’s Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559) declares infallibly that any promotion or elevation of a heretic to the papacy — or by extension, any act of governance by such a usurper — is “null, void, and of no effect” (nulla, irrita, et inane), “even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals”. Since the line of usurpers began with John XXIII, who convoked the robber council Vatican II, and continued through Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), all of whom have publicly professed the heresies of religious liberty, false ecumenism, and collegiality, they are manifest heretics who ipso facto lost all jurisdiction before any declaratory sentence.
St. Robert Bellarmine, the Church’s preeminent theologian on the papacy, 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”. Wernz and Vidal confirm in Ius Canonicum that “by notorious and publicly manifested heresy, the Roman Pontiff… is deprived ipso facto of his personal jurisdiction even before any declaratory sentence by the Church”. The 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 188.4, codifies this divine law: “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”. Fr. McDevitt clarifies that “joining, or enrolling in, a non-Catholic sect is not required to establish the publicity which the canon demands” — formal heresy suffices.
Therefore, the “beatification” ceremony in the “Dome at America’s Center” is a theatrical nullity, a sacrilegious simulation of the Church’s judicial act. As Pope Celestine I declared regarding Nestorius: “he could not remove anyone by sentence who himself had already shown that he must be removed” (non potest dimittere quem ipse deposuit). The antipope Leo XIV, having publicly defected from the Catholic faith by adhering to the conciliar errors, possesses zero authority to beatify, canonize, govern, or teach. His “beatification” of Sheen is not merely invalid but a diabolical mockery of the Church’s sanctifying power.
Fulton Sheen: Architect of the Neo-Modernist Media Apostolate
The article hails Sheen as “one of the great evangelists of the 20th century and a pioneer in using the media to proclaim the Gospel”. This encomium conceals the grim reality: Sheen was a principal architect of the conciliar revolution, a propagandist for the new theology that paved the way for Vatican II. His television program “Life Is Worth Living” (1951–1957) presented a watered-down, psychologized Catholicism tailored to Protestant America, emphasizing “peace of mind” and “positive thinking” over the Crux et corona, the Cross and Crown. He never publicly resisted the liturgical revolution, the novel “mass” of Paul VI, or the heretical documents of Vatican II. On the contrary, he acquiesced to the destruction of the Missale Romanum and the imposition of the Novus Ordo Missae, that fabricated “table of assembly” which denies the propitiatory sacrifice of Calvary.
The article’s claim that “Mother Angelica admired Sheen and was inspired by his ability to use television” reveals the genealogy of the conciliar media complex: Sheen begat Mother Angelica, who begat EWTN, all operating within the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican. Sheen’s “evangelization” was naturalistic humanism baptized with Catholic terminology — precisely the “cult of man” condemned by Pius XI in Quas Primas: “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”. Sheen’s media apostolate prepared the faithful to accept the conciliar church by accustoming them to a Catholicism divorced from the Social Kingship of Christ, from the integral faith, from the necessity of the Church for salvation (extra Ecclesiam nulla salus).
EWTN: The Propaganda Arm of the Paramasonic Structure
The article functions as a press release for the conciliar sect’s media conglomerate. EWTN, founded by the “Poor Clare” Mother Angelica (who accepted the new mass and the usurpers), has never denounced the apostasy of the conciliar “popes”, never declared the See vacant, never defended the immutable Mass of Trent. Instead, it celebrates the “beatification” of a conciliar “bishop” by an antipope, broadcasting the ceremony live from a secular sports arena — the “Dome at America’s Center” — profaning the very concept of sacred space. The hosting trio — Lila Rose (a laywoman with no theological credentials), “Fr.” Aquinas Guilbeau (a “Dominican” of the conciliar church, ordained in the invalid new rite), and Matthew Bunson (a “Catholic” apologist for the neo-church) — epitomizes the democratization of the sacred, the clericalization of the laity, and the laicization of the clergy condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu (propositions 49, 50: “The elders fulfilling supervisory functions… were appointed by the Apostles as priests or bishops to ensure order… but they did not, in the proper sense, continue the apostolical mission and authority”; “The Christian community introduced the necessity of baptism… adopting it as a necessary rite”).
EWTN’s “comprehensive coverage” is not evangelization but brand reinforcement. The “official commemorative book” America’s Apostle: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen and the free eBook In His Presence: Fulton Sheen on Our Time with the Lord are commodities sold to a consumerist “faithful”. This is the simulacrum of piety foretold by the Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864), error 79: “It is false that the civil liberty of every form of worship… conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people, and to propagate the pest of indifferentism” — condemned as error, meaning the Syllabus affirms that such liberty does corrupt. EWTN’s “coverage” propagates indifferentism by presenting the conciliar sect’s fake sanctity as genuine.
The Liturgical Farce: Simulated Worship in the “Dome at America’s Center”
The article states: “The beatification Mass at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis will begin at 2 p.m. ET”. This secular stadium, home to football games and concerts, is the chosen venue for the antipope’s “Mass”. This is the logical terminus of the liturgical revolution: the Most Holy Sacrifice reduced to a stadium spectacle, the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary performed in a profane amphitheater by a manifest heretic using a fabricated rite that omits the Canon Romanus, suppresses the Offertory, replaces the sacrificial language with a “memorial” narrative. The Council of Trent, Session XXII, Canon 1, anathematizes anyone who says “in the Mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God”. The Novus Ordo is not a Mass but a Protestantized communion service, invalid in form and intention when celebrated by those who reject the sacerdotium and the victima.
The article’s schedule — “novena of Holy Hours,” “anniversary Mass of Sheen’s priestly ordination,” “solemn vespers,” “Mass of thanksgiving,” “Divine Liturgy of thanksgiving” — is a litany of simulated sacraments. The “Holy Hours” before the “Blessed Sacrament” in the conciliar church are idolatry if the “host” was confected by an invalidly ordained “priest” using an invalid form. The “Divine Liturgy” (Byzantine rite) celebrated by conciliar “clergy” is equally null, for schismatics have no valid orders (Leo XIII, Apostolicae Curae, 1896: Anglican orders “absolutely null and utterly void”; the same principle applies to the new rite of 1968). St. Pius X in Lamentabili condemned the Modernist proposition: “The sacraments arose as a result of the interpretation by the Apostles or their successors of Christ’s thoughts and intentions, under the influence and encouragement of circumstances and events” (prop. 40). The conciliar “sacraments” are purely human inventions, devoid of grace, instruments of deception.
Silence on the Supernatural: Naturalistic Reduction of Holiness
The most damning aspect of the article is its total silence on the supernatural order. Not a word on sanctifying grace, the state of grace, the necessity of the Sacraments, the horror of sin, the Four Last Things, the Social Kingship of Christ. The article speaks only of “legacy,” “impact,” “media,” “programming,” “broadcast,” “coverage,” “celebration,” “commemorative book,” “eBook,” “resources”. This is pure naturalism, the religion of humanity condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus (error 3: “Human reason, without any reference whatsoever to God, is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood, and of good and evil” — condemned). The conciliar sect’s “beatification” is a purely bureaucratic, media-driven event, a canonization by public relations. The “miracle” attributed to Sheen (the healing of a boy) is irrelevant; even if genuine, a miracle worked by God outside the Church’s jurisdiction does not validate a fake beatification by a fake pope. As St. Thomas Aquinas teaches, miracles confirm doctrine, not persons in schism (Contra Gentiles, I, 6).
The article’s language — “historic moment,” “universal call to holiness,” “privilege to bring this celebration,” “extraordinary legacy,” “new generation” — is the rhetoric of the world, devoid of the sensus catholicus. The phrase “universal call to holiness” is a conciliar slogan (Lumen Gentium, 39-42) weaponized to democratize sanctity, to blur the distinction between the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant, to make “holiness” accessible to all without the Cross. True holiness is sequela Christi, conformity to the Crucified, persecution for justice’ sake (Matt. 5:10). Sheen died in the odor of the world’s esteem, honored by the very powers that crucify Christ.
Symptomatic of the Great Apostasy Foretold by St. Pius X
This entire spectacle — the antipope’s “beatification,” the media conglomerate’s “coverage,” the stadium “Mass,” the lay “host,” the simulated liturgy, the naturalistic rhetoric — is the ripe fruit of the Modernist synthesis condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) and Lamentabili sane exitu (1907). The Modernist “evolution of dogma” (prop. 58: “Truth changes with man, because it develops with him, in him, and through him”) has produced a “church” that manufactures “saints” to ratify its own apostasy. The “democratization of the Church” (prop. 55: “Simon Peter never even suspected that he had received primacy in the Church from Christ”) has produced a laity that “hosts” beatifications and a clergy that serves as “commentators”. The “false ecumenism” (Syllabus, error 16: “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” — condemned) has produced a sect that canonizes its own propagandists to legitimize its false unity.
The article mentions “Bishop Barron reflects on…” in related links. “Bishop” Barron (Robert Barron) is a quintessential modernist, a promoter of the “seamless garment” heresy, a defender of the “hope” for universal salvation (von Balthasar), a user of new media to spread the conciliar poison. His “reflection” on Sheen is mutual admiration among the architects of the ruin.
The faithful who consume this EWTN “coverage” are being fed stones for bread (Matt. 7:9). They are witnessing the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15) — the conciliar sect’s fake liturgy in a profane stadium, presided over by a manifest heretic, celebrating a fake saint, broadcast by a fake Catholic network. The only Catholic response is non possumus: reject the antipope, reject the conciliar sect, reject its “saints,” reject its “sacraments,” reject its media. Return to the immutable Tradition, to the Mass of all time, to the bishops with valid orders and true jurisdiction (however few), to the Social Kingship of Christ over all nations. “You are Christ the King of glory!” — the acclamation of the faithful at the Council of Nicaea’s centenary (Pius XI, Quas Primas) — must drown out the applause for the conciliar sect’s manufactured “blessed.”
Source:
EWTN to offer extensive coverage of Fulton Sheen beatification (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 14.09.2026