The EWTN News portal reports that “Pope” Leo XIV will impose the pallium—a white woolen vestment—on 32 metropolitan “archbishops,” including four from the United States, during a June 29 “Mass” in St. Peter’s Basilica. The article profiles the four American prelates, highlighting their commitment to financial settlements for sexual abuse survivors, “pro-life” activism in a “pro-abortion state,” and their emotional pilgrimage to receive a vestment symbolizing “communion with the Holy Father.” This entire spectacle, however, is not a continuation of the apostolic succession but a meticulously staged liturgical drama designed to lend a veneer of apostolic legitimacy to the conciliar sect, which has been spiritually bankrupt since 1958. The article’s focus on financial ruin and psychological trauma within the American dioceses is a tacit admission of the fruits of the post-conciliar revolution, while the pomp surrounding the pallium serves to distract from the complete absence of supernatural faith.
The Pallium as a Counterfeit Sign of Authority
The article describes the pallium in purely horizontal and sentimental terms: a symbol of “pastoral authority,” “unity with the pope,” and the “yoke of Christ’s shepherding love.” Archbishop James Golka of Denver states, “The main bishop of Denver is not me, it’s Jesus,” while Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York speaks of “rebuilding” and “repairing” the Church. This rhetoric is a classic modernist inversion. In authentic Catholic ecclesiology, the pallium is a liturgical vestment strictly tied to the *cathedra* of a metropolitan archbishop who possesses genuine jurisdiction within the Mystical Body of Christ. As Pope St. Pius X taught and the 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 271) established, such authority is void when the recipient has publicly defected from the Faith. Since these prelates are members of the post-conciliar structure that has systematically dismantled Catholic dogma—denying the propitiatory sacrifice of the true Mass, promoting naturalistic humanitarianism, and engaging in ecumenism—the pallium they receive is not a sign of divine authority but a prop in a Masonic-style theatrical production. It is a wolf’s clothing draped over the very sheep it has slaughtered.
Silence on the Supernatural and the State of Grace
The gravest omission in the article and the statements of the “archbishops” is any mention of the supernatural life: the state of grace, the reality of mortal sin, the necessity of baptism for salvation, or the propitiatory nature of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. When Archbishop James Checchio of New Orleans discusses the $230 million settlement for abuse survivors, he treats the Church as a corporation managing a public relations crisis, not as the Mystical Body of Christ whose primary duty is the sanctification of souls and the salvation of the lost. He states, “It’s primarily the survivors, but a lot of other people are affected by it, families and the loss of trust.” This is pure naturalism. The “loss of trust” is a consequence of a hierarchy that has lost the Faith; the remedy is not financial compensation or therapeutic “resilience” but a return to the integral Catholic Faith and the sacraments administered by true priests.
Furthermore, the article’s focus on “pro-life” efforts in Colorado is a tragic reduction of the Kingship of Christ to a political platform. Archbishop Golka says, “We’re going to keep holding up the great dignity of life.” Yet, he remains silent on the intrinsic evil of the Novus Ordo Missae and the sacrilegious “communions” distributed in his diocese. A bishop who defends the unborn but participates in the desecration of the Eucharist is an architect of spiritual abortion, killing the life of grace in souls while claiming to protect biological life.
“American Pope” and the Cult of Personality
The article repeatedly emphasizes the “extra special” nature of receiving the pallium from an “American pope.” Archbishop Checchio notes it is “extra special, I think, with an American pope too,” and Archbishop Golka speaks of a “closeness with the Holy Father” and a “tender” moment with an “American pope.” This is a cult of personality and nationalism antithetical to the Catholic Faith. The Church is universal (*catholica*), and her authority derives from Christ, not from the geographic origin of the usurper in the Vatican. By highlighting Leo XIV’s American background, the conciliar sect reveals its true nature: a geopolitical organization that mirrors the secular world order rather than the City of God. As Pope Pius XI warned in *Quas Primas*, lasting peace is impossible when nations and individuals refuse to recognize the reign of Christ the King; the current structures have replaced the social reign of Christ with a globalist, naturalistic humanism.
Financial Bankruptcy as a Fruit of Apostasy
The article inadvertently exposes the material and spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar church. The Archdiocese of New York is mired in an $800 million settlement, and New Orleans is described as “broke” after a $230 million payout. These financial catastrophes are the direct result of the modernist abandonment of discipline and the introduction of a corrupted liturgy and catechesis that failed to form saints. When a “church” abandons the true Mass and sound doctrine, it loses the grace of God, and its temporal affairs inevitably collapse into chaos and litigation. The “archbishops” speak of “cautiously optimistic” paths and “vibrant” communities, but this is the language of secular corporate management, not the prophetic voice of the successors of the Apostles.
The Invalidity of Conciliar Orders
From the perspective of integral Catholic theology, the entire ceremony is a sacrilegious farce. The post-conciliar “pope” and his “archbishops” operate under the rites and canons of the conciliar sect, which have either abolished or distorted the traditional requirements for valid orders. The imposition of the pallium presupposes a validly ordained metropolitan in communion with the true Chair of Peter. Since the Chair of Peter is vacant (the last valid pope being Pius XII, depending on the specific sedevacantist analysis, or at minimum, the current occupants being manifest heretics), Leo XIV has no authority to bestow the pallium, and the recipients have no jurisdiction to receive it. The ceremony is a ritual of a paramasonic structure, devoid of supernatural efficacy.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Abomination of Desolation
The EWTN article presents a facade of continuity and pastoral care, but beneath the surface lies the rotting corpse of the post-conciliar rebellion. The “pallium” ceremony is an exercise in futility, a liturgical simulation performed by men who have exchanged the truth of God for a lie. The American archbishops, with their focus on financial settlements, political activism, and sentimental journeys to Rome, are not shepherds of Christ’s flock but hirelings who have fled when the wolf appeared. The integral Catholic faithful must recognize these signs of the times, reject the counterfeit authority of the conciliar sect, and cling to the immutable Tradition of the Church, which endures in the true sacraments and the unchanging Faith of the saints.
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Leo XIV to bestow pallium on these 4 U.S. archbishops in 'extra special' moment with American pope (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 28.06.2026