The Catholic News Agency portal reports that ten “bishops” of the conciliar sect in the United States will compete for leadership roles in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) during their November 2025 plenary assembly. The candidates include figures such as Robert Barron, Kevin Rhoades, and Alexander Sample, each promoting various modernist agendas ranging from synodality promotion to compromised positions on immigration and liturgy.
Conciliar Sect Replicates Secular Power Structures
The very concept of episcopal conferences holding democratic elections constitutes ipso facto evidence of apostasy from Catholic ecclesiology. As Pius XI’s encyclical Quas primas unequivocally teaches: “The Church, constituted and organized as a society, demands by its own right full freedom and independence from secular authority” (Quas primas, §30). The spectacle of “bishops” campaigning for office through policy platforms mirrors Protestant congregationalism and violates the hierarchical constitution established by Christ. When the USCCB describes candidates’ positions on immigration enforcement or “climate change” as qualifications for ecclesiastical office, it reduces the episcopate to a non-governmental organization.
Bishop Daniel Flores… is a strong promoter of synodality in the Church.
This endorsement of the heretical “synodal path” directly contradicts the condemnation of Modernism in Pius X’s Lamentabili sane exitu, which prohibits doctrinal evolution through democratic processes: “Dogmas… are a certain interpretation of religious facts which the human mind has worked out with great effort” (Proposition 22). Flores’ advocacy for “civil conversation” about intrinsic evils like mass deportations constitutes implicit relativism, abandoning the Church’s duty to condemn error absolutely (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 39).
Modernist Heresies Permeate Candidates’ Platforms
The theological bankruptcy of all ten candidates manifests in their public stances:
1. Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith: Archbishop Nelson PĂ©rez’s “10-year plan to bring lapsed Catholics back to Mass” through “missionary hubs” embodies the Pelagian obsession with technique over grace. The program makes no mention of doctrinal instruction, sacramental discipline, or the necessity of ex opere operato grace – reducing evangelization to sociological outreach (Lamentabili, Proposition 25).
2. Religious Liberty Heresy: Kevin Rhoades’ service on the “Religious Liberty Commission” promotes the condemned error that “the Church ought to be separated from the State” (Syllabus, Proposition 55). His complaints about government mandates ignore the Church’s doctrine that error has no rights – a truth explicitly reaffirmed by Leo XIII in Immortale Dei.
3. Sacramental Desecration: While Alexander Sample receives praise for celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass, his obedience to modernist restrictions on the ancient liturgy reveals complicity with apostasy. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4) demonstrates that those enforcing anti-traditional legislation automatically lose office through public defection from Catholic discipline.
Systemic Apostasy in the Conciliar Hierarchy
The biographical details of the candidates confirm the complete dissolution of Catholic episcopal identity:
– Robert Barron’s media-centric approach to catechesis constitutes the “evolution of doctrine” condemned in Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “Truth changes with man, because it develops with him” (Lamentabili, Proposition 58). His “Word on Fire” ministry emphasizes dialogue with secularism rather than condemnation of error.
– Richard Henning’s participation in the National Eucharistic Congress scandalizes the faithful by pretending to honor the Blessed Sacrament while permitting Communion for public sinners and heretics. The Council of Trent (Session XIII, Chapter 7) anathematizes those who receive unworthily – a truth these neo-modernists systematically ignore.
– Edward Weisenburger’s restriction of traditional liturgy while promoting climate activism inverts Catholic priorities. His op-ed demanding immigration policy changes based on “the humanity of the immigrant” replaces the salvation of souls with naturalistic humanitarianism (Syllabus, Proposition 58).
Omission of Catholic Eschatology as Supreme Failure
Nowhere in the candidates’ platforms or the USCCB’s electoral process appears recognition of the Church’s primary mission: the salvation of souls through the Blood of Christ. The complete silence about Hell, the Four Last Things, and the Social Kingship of Christ constitutes material heresy through omission. As the Syllabus of Errors condemns: “The Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (Proposition 57) – meaning true progress toward eternal life, not temporal technocracy.
The “bishops'” preoccupation with border policies and environmentalism mocks Pius XI’s warning that “the entire human society had to be shaken, because it lacked a stable and strong foundation” in Christ’s reign (Quas primas). Their election spectacle demonstrates the conciliar sect’s final metamorphosis into a bureaucratic NGO – the very “abomination of desolation” foretold in Scripture (Daniel 9:27).
Source:
10 bishops stand for election for president of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 10.11.2025