The Pillar reports on the unease among cardinals in the run-up to the June 2026 consistory, organized by the usurper Leo XIV. The cardinals, confused by the tightly controlled agenda and the lack of open discussion, are forced to discuss topics far removed from the true mission of the Church, such as “just war theory” and “reconciliation,” while the modernist revolution continues unabated. This is another step in the destruction of the Church’s hierarchical structure, already condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium as a betrayal of the Kingship of Christ.
The Consistory as a Modernist Pantomime
The article from The Pillar reveals the deepening confusion within the College of Cardinals, or rather, within the group of high-ranking clerics who serve the conciliar apparatus. The cardinals, like trained actors, are forced to perform in a play directed by the usurper Leo XIV and his closest collaborators. The very concept of a consistory, which in the true Church was a solemn gathering of the Senate of the Roman Pontiff to discuss matters of doctrine and discipline, has been reduced to a bureaucratic workshop, an “HR department” operation, as one of the cardinals candidly put it.
This is not a return to normalcy, but a further step in the systematic dismantling of the Church’s hierarchical constitution. The pre-conciliar Church was not a democracy or a parliament. The cardinals were not there to “share personal experiences” or discuss “societal issues” in small groups, imitating the Protestant “round table” model. Their role was to assist the Pope in the governance of the universal Church, not to engage in group therapy on “tensions and divisions.”
The Hermeneutic of Discontinuity in Action
The article’s description of the consistory’s methodology is a textbook example of the modernist method of “doing things differently.” The cardinals are not allowed to discuss what they want; they are given “very specific questions on very specific issues in very small groups, without space for open discussion.” This is the same method used during the Synod on Synodality, a typical modernist tool for controlling the narrative and preventing any substantive debate on doctrine.
The confusion over the topics is telling. The cardinals were led to believe they would discuss liturgy and curia reform, only to find out at the last minute that the agenda had been changed to focus on the encyclical Magnifica humanitas and the implementation of the Synod on Synodality. This is not a mere organizational error; it is a deliberate tactic to keep the cardinals off-balance and prevent them from addressing the real issues facing the Church: the crisis of faith, the spread of heresies, and the betrayal of the Church’s divine constitution.
The Abandonment of Doctrine
The most damning part of the article is the cardinals’ own admission that they do not know what they are supposed to discuss. “I don’t know what the Holy Father expects of this consistory, if I’m being honest,” one of them confesses. Another asks: “What are we supposed to add to the discussion beyond talking about personal experiences?” This is the language of a Church that has lost its supernatural horizon, a Church that no longer knows its own purpose.
The pre-conciliar Magisterium was clear: the mission of the Church is to lead souls to salvation through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments. The Church is not a NGO dedicated to “reconciliation” and “coexistence” in the natural order. The very fact that cardinals are asked to discuss “just war theory” in the context of “tensions, divisions and conflicts” shows that they have completely lost sight of the Church’s primary spiritual mission. They are being trained to be politicians, not shepherds of souls.
The Fruit of the Conciliar Revolution
The unease described in the article is a direct fruit of the conciliar revolution. The Church has been so thoroughly subverted that even its highest-ranking officials no longer understand their own role. They are functionaries of a bureaucratic apparatus, not princes of the Church. The “lack of clarity” and “last-minute confusion” are not bugs; they are features of a system designed to prevent any return to Tradition.
The pre-conciliar Popes consistently warned against this kind of naturalism. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, taught that the reign of Christ the King must extend to all nations and all aspects of life, and that the Church must be free from secular control. The current consistory is the exact opposite: a gathering of men who are afraid to discuss doctrine, who are confused about their mission, and who are reduced to discussing “societal issues” in small groups, like employees in a corporate retreat.
The cardinals’ complaint that “this is not what a consistory is supposed to be” is a tragic admission that they no longer know what a consistory is. They have been so conditioned by the conciliar revolution that they cannot even conceive of a Church that is not a bureaucratic, democratic, and naturalistic institution. This is the end result of the modernist takeover: a Church that is no longer the Mystical Body of Christ, but a human organization dedicated to its own survival and relevance in the eyes of the world.
Source:
Once again, cardinals uncertain ahead of consistory (pillarcatholic.com)
Date: 26.06.2026