Vatican Consistory Sidelines Liturgy for Modernist Agenda
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on an extraordinary consistory held by antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) on January 7-8, 2026, where 170 cardinals relegated discussion of the liturgy to secondary importance in favor of debating Jorge Bergoglio’s documents Evangelii Gaudium and Praedicate Evangelium. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni claimed “a large majority” of cardinals preferred discussing “evangelization” and “synodality” due to alleged time constraints, despite the antipope initially listing liturgy among four proposed topics. Traditional Catholic voices expressed dismay at this deliberate marginalization of sacramental theology in favor of Modernist innovations.