No.
What is the issue?
Pope Leo “provisionally” re-instated all Vatican Curial heads & secretaries “until further notice” on May 9.
As CDF prefect, Cardinal Fernández thus was temporarily reinstated May 8 like all others.
Recent rumors (based on a @ReligionDigit report) argue that Fernández has been… pic.twitter.com/gSPMDql2xW
— Michael Haynes ?? (@MLJHaynes) June 13, 2025
I think we all want to see this fellow out of that office, except for perhaps readers of the Fishwrap and most Jesuits. However, right now I suspect that both he and guys like the leaders of the pogrom against tradition-inclined faithful at the worship office are trying to be as small as possible right now, hiding even their shadows if possible. They won’t do anything “brave”… not that what they did before was brave. By definition bullies are not brave.
So Leo says, “For now, everyone, sit there in your chair and be good. I’ll get to you in due time.”
For me a big tell will be whom he chooses to replace himself in the office for Bishops.
“But… but… but Father!”, some of you will sputter, “He has been Pope for some 36(?) whole days! Why hasn’t he changed everything?!? Is he not really the Pope? What’s he waiting for??!?”
First, he has to come up with people to replace the one’s he wants to change. That isn’t going to be easy. Well… if you are huge iconoclast modernist lib there are lots of people already in high profile places to select from. But if you are looking for men of the faith… after all these years your pool might be smaller than it was, say, 13 years ago.
And another thing…
He is doing some good things that were held over from the last guy.
I note with interest this item from the Bollettino: dates for the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati (together with Carlo Acutis – that will be a full square!) and Bartolo Longo have been set.
Bartolo Longo was the former satanic priest who converted and wrote the material that John Paul II used for the Luminous Mysteries.
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Dear Father,
Bartolo Longo is a great addition to the roster of saints, of course, but the info on the internet seems to be saying that St. George Preca, of Malta, was the originator of the Luminous Mysteries. See the linked article and the comparison at the end.
https://www.catholicplanet.com/articles/article76.htm
I agree and am not making anything of appointments/reappointments that happen in the first period of this Pontificate. Pope Francis himself appointed Cardinal Sarah to CDW early in his pontificate, before appointing Roche.
Bl. Peter To Rot was martyred by the Japanese in WWII and much of the story harks back to martyrdoms of the early Church. i only know about him because a nearby parish has a shrine to him. http://www.saintsresource.com/peter-to-rot
Yes! Blessed Peter To Rot, defender of marriage!
And I think he’s going to be Papua New Guinea’s first canonized saint. What a man for dangerous times, and what a great intercessor for the faithful!
We always live in a time when we can be saints. We just have to look to God for courage and persistence.
The important question remains: If and when will we seen the Papal Fanon again?
Bl. Ignatius Maloyan is set to be the first canonized martyr of the Armenian genocide. He took his name after St. Ignatius of Antioch (Chroukrallah was his baptismal name), and was very devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He was asked to renounce his faith and embrace Islam three times, between torture and watching his own priests, deacons, and lay faithful slaughtered in front of him, and he remained steadfast till the end. A very timely canonization, and a great joy for all Catholic Armenians.
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