The increasingly valuable Infovaticana has a piece by Martin Grichting (Swiss canonist of the Diocese of Chur) argues that Vatican synodality is anachronistic because it draws laypeople into ecclesiastical structures rather than sending them into civil society.
Vatican II envisioned the laity transforming politics, culture, and social life from within. Synodality (“walking together”) instead risks clericalizing the laity, confusing ecclesial roles, and weakening their proper secular apostolate.
Excerpt (READ the whole thing!):
Synodality suggests to the laity that, when it comes to ecclesiastical and apostolic action in secular reality, only—or primarily—the institutional Church matters. Thus, they wait for the synodal assembly to tell them what they should do. In this way, they fail to realize what their task already is today: to make Jesus Christ—prophet, priest, and king—present in the midst of the fragmented and confusing reality of civil society. And because the current Church leadership is unable to transmit to the laity an appropriate spirituality for this, one that corresponds to their nature, they are drawn into the activity of the hierarchy. From there, they are supposed to collaborate—supposedly—in the Church’s mission. The laity are indiscriminately mixed with the successors of the apostles in the so-called synodal bodies, just as once happened in the Synod of Bishops. This once again ignores the Second Vatican Council. For in LG 10 it had still taught that there is an essential difference between the hierarchical priesthood and the common priesthood. Vatican synodal activists have for years been trying to push for the equalization of clergy and laity also in the particular Churches. The most recent example is the “Notes for the use of Bishops and synodal teams” published at the end of July 2026 by the Apostolic See. This is done with ever more verbiage and greater desperation. And it does not take root, because it does not help the faithful to live their Christianity in today’s world.
As per my brilliant texting group:
1 – Now laity are important only insofar as they are incorporated into decision making
2 – AKA Soviets. “All power to the soviets!”. Places where “the proletariat” votes and decides, meaning endless, pointless talks on pre-ordained outcomes by the puppet masters who have “class consciousness” the oppressed masses still lack because of their ignorance forced on them by reactionary forces
All sorts of clear thinking people are pondering the strategy and tactics driving “walking together”. It is clear that process process process is a key to whatever the final goal is.
Some thoughts about what could be in the air.
Long term goals: Transformation of the Church into an NGO.
Proximate Goals: Gay marriage and women priests.
Strategy: Rewrite Lumen gentium.
Tactics: 1) Incessant process confusing the roles of clergy. 2) Appointment of a certain kind of bishop both to major sees and smaller for testing for promotion. 3) Ghettoization of Tradition.
Far fetched?
Personal is policy.
LifeSite recounts that Pope Leo “on Tuesday appointed a dozen consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including several individuals who have advocated for the “ordination” of women to the priesthood, synodality, changes to the Catholic teaching on sexual morality, and even one with ties to the World Economic Forum (WEF).”
Ghettoization…
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
Tyler
Knoxville
Washington DC
Monterey
Etc.
Moreover.
FRANCE ??
Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes Jean-Marc Micas has BANNED the SSPX from celebrating the sacraments at Lourdes Shrine, following the illicit consecrations at Écône
The SSPX regularly hosted large Masses at Lourdes, including in the huge underground Basilica pic.twitter.com/PSNeiVVF4X
— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) August 21, 2026
BUT WAIT…. the Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes has invited homosexual couples to Lourdes to celebrate Valentine’s Day. HERE
“The invitation is open to all types of couples—married, unmarried, same-sex…,” explained sanctuary administrator Thierry Castillo. He clarified, however, that the couples will not receive any blessing from the Church.
By the by, how long did the Lourdes Shrine directors insist on keeping the creepy Rupnik “art”? So, they are covering it up now, I hear, before Leo comes. Why now? Why cover and not remove? What’s covered can be uncovered.
And did you know that the current, official, 2002 3rd editio typica of the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum contains throughout artwork by Rupnik?
So, think about it. A bishop forbids his priests from using the Missale for the TLM and says, instead, they have to say Mass in Latin with the Missale for the Novus Ordo. Now Father has to see that “art” from the chapel in the Apostolic Palace in the Missale… on the altar. Have yourself a nice dollop of moral injury, Father, with your serving of oppression.
(Fathers… keep your previous edition if you have one.)
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