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Today, we will look at Modernism through the lens of the recent encyclical by Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, and how this encyclical promotes the French revolutionary ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity. We’ll see how these three ideas, though they sound very nice, are not based in Catholic doctrine, and in fact, were condemned by Pope St. Pius X just over 100 years ago, when French Catholics formed the Sillon, a very popular Catholic social movement. This movement was flawed, and condemned, because it tried to marry the principles of the revolution to the Kingship of Christ. Fr. McFarland is the Prior of Our Lady of Sorrows in Phoenix http://ourladyofsorrows.org If you’d like to learn more about this series we’re doing on the crisis in the church, or go back and revisit our previous 13 episodes, or if you want to support this project, please visit sspxpodcast.com/crisis View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-gt6zqxmg

Today, we’ll compare side by side the viewpoints of the modern popes, and examine them in the light of Pope St. Pius X’s encyclical, Pascendi. Within the span of thirty minutes, we’ll see how the modern Church has perfectly followed the modernist playbook that Pope St. Pius X predicted just a hundred years before. Nearly every modern pronouncement from the Vatican has been perfectly predictable…. Fr. Robinson is the Prior of Saint Isidore’s in Denver, Colorado https://stisidores-priory.com/en If you’d like to learn more about this series we’re doing on the crisis in the church, or go back and revisit our previous 12 episodes, or if you want to support this project, please visit sspxpodcast.com/crisis View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSb-DWWeS0

Last episode, Father gave us insight into modernist philosophies by looking at the encyclical Pascendi. Today, we’ll look at today’s Catholicism, which is completely immersed in Modernism. We’ll start by asking if modernist Catholics can even be considered Catholics. Then we’ll look at each of the major parts of our faith through the lens of Modernism, then through the lens of tradition and see how completely different they are. Modernists have changed our interpretation of scripture, the sacraments, the catechism, and most notably, the liturgy and the Catholic priesthood. Fr. Robinson is the Prior of Saint Isidore’s in Denver, Colorado https://stisidores-priory.com/en If you’d like to learn more about this series we’re doing on the crisis in the church, or go back and revisit our previous 11 episodes, or if you want to support this project, please visit sspxpodcast.com/crisis Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIdQSogXew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIdQSogXew

This week on the Crisis in the Church series, we’re taking a break from our normal interviews for Christmas, but we wanted to do an episode recapping what we’ve talked about over the last three months. That way if you’ve missed an episode – or a few – you can get up to speed as we continue with our series next week. We’ve condensed the past 9 hours of episodes into about an hour, highlighting a few of the important points from each interview. http://sspxpodcast.com/crisis View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj9EtntaqmM

On December 10, Fr. Trevor Burfitt, represented by Christopher Ferrara of the St. Thomas More Society, won a preliminary injunction prohibiting California Governor Newsom and others named in Father Trevor Burfitt’s lawsuit from enforcing COVID-19 related restrictions against his chapels in Kern, San Bernardino, San Diego and Los Angeles counties. If you would like to support the ongoing efforts of Fr. Burfitt, and Fr. Robinson as well, please continue to pray, write letters to local representatives, and support them if possible with your donations. Support Our Lady of the Angels: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3959138 St. Anthony of Padua Chapel: https://sspx.org/en/st-anthony-padua-chapel-nj Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olHbVayXDpw

Today we’re joined by Fr. Paul Robinson, the Prior of Saint Isidore’s in Denver, Colorado. Last episode, we learned from Fr. Franks about the background of Modernism, and today, in our explanation of modernist thought, we’ll see how this modernist ideology twists the very nature of religion. We’ll take a look back at more recent history, and see how the Pachamama and Assisi scandals have their root in the exact same errors that Pope St. Pius X warned the Catholic Church about in his groundbreaking encyclical Pascendi. Please support this project so we can continue to bring you detailed, in-depth analysis of Catholicism today: https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast Fr. Robinson is the Prior of Saint Isidore’s in Denver, Colorado https://stisidores-priory.com/en Subscribe to the SSPX Podcast in order to not miss an episode: http://sspxpodcast.com/faq/#subscribe Watch on YouTube:

This episode, we’re joined by Fr. Paul-Isaac Franks, Professor at St. Mary’s College, as we begin our study of Modernism, by looking at the background of this error. First, we’ll see how it sprang up in Protestant theology, then, how Modernism tried to give an entirely new interpretation of scripture and the Divinity of Our Lord, and finally, how these errors spread into the minds of some Catholic theologians in the late nineteenth century. By the end, we’ll see how these theologians would be extremely influential in the minds of churchmen throughout the twentieth century, and beyond. Please support this project so we can continue to bring you detailed, in-depth analysis of Catholicism today: https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast Fr. Franks is a professor at St. Mary’s College: https://college.smac.edu Subscribe to the SSPX Podcast in order to not miss an episode: http://sspxpodcast.com/faq/#subscribe Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6PlSGPH2jhE

We’ve finished our study of Liberalism – Before we start covering Modernism in detail, we wanted to take an episode to answer a listener’s question about the Crisis in the Church: “What’s wrong with the world? Is there a connection between the chaos in the post-Conciliar Church and the chaos that we are seeing in secular society?” We reached out to Fr. David Sherry, who is the District Superior of Canada for the SSPX. We’ll spend 40 minutes on the topic, and by the end, you’ll have an answer to solve nearly all the problems the world is facing! Please support this project so we can continue to bring you detailed, in-depth analysis of Catholicism today: https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast Father Sherry is the District Superior of the SSPX in Canada: https://sspx.ca/ Subscribe to the SSPX Podcast in order to not miss an episode: http://sspxpodcast.com/faq/#subscribe View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YNUVWgSmQZs https://youtu.be/YNUVWgSmQZs

We’re joined again this week by Father Jonathan Loop, the Principal of Immaculate Conception Academy, to dive a little deeper into the topic of Americanism. Last week, we talked about America’s founding, and the demographics of the Church. This week, we’ll discuss the rapid growth of Catholic schools, parishes, hospitals, and orphanages, and what that had to do with American Exceptionalism. We’ll also see how Pope Leo XIII both was in awe of the American Catholic Church, and gave some grave warnings. And … are these warnings being heard by American Catholics today? Please support this project so we can continue to bring you detailed, in-depth analysis of Catholicism today: https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast Father Loop is the principal of Immaculate Conception Academy in Post Falls, Idaho: https://icc.id.sspx.org/ Subscribe to the SSPX Podcast in order to not miss an episode: http://sspxpodcast.com/faq/#subscribe View This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1n6igBNdhss

We’re speaking with Fr. Jonathan Loop about Americanism, which is closely tied to our last set of episodes on Liberalism. We’ll start by looking at the history and challenges that faced the Catholic Church in the early years of our country. Also, we’ll ask why Americanism is actually an error, and whether or not an American can be both a patriot and a good Catholic. Father Loop is the principal of Immaculate Conception Academy in Post Falls, Idaho, and has a unique perspective, having studied American history and having been a convert from Anglicanism. One note about the audio –as we said, Father is the principal of a school. So you will be hearing children in the background – which is a good thing! Please support this project so we can continue to bring you detailed, in-depth analysis of Catholicism today: https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast Father Loop is the principal of Immaculate Conception Academy in Post Falls, Idaho: https://icc.id.sspx.org/ Subscribe to the SSPX Podcast in order to not miss an episode: http://sspxpodcast.com/faq/#subscribe View on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/OsQzEK7yuxk

Today we’re speaking with Mr. Mike Banschbach, who runs a prison ministry out of Midland, Texas. Mike’s work, and the efforts of Fr. Katzaroff, as well as the faithful at St. Michael the Archangel chapel have provided some really awe-inspiring stories, as you’ll hear in the next thirty minutes or so. And far from being forgotten, these inmates are receiving the Faith and the Sacraments, not to mention love, and support – many for the first time in their lives.

We're speaking with Fr. Steven Reuter for the culmination on our study of Liberalism, by seeing how it's completely impossible for a Catholic to be a Liberal, and a Liberal to be a Catholic. Yes, there are "Liberal Catholics" but can they truly say they are Catholics, in the full sense of the word?

This week, we'll learn more about liberalism, through the eyes of one of the great pontiffs of the last two centuries, Pope Leo XIII, and his condemnation of Liberalism in his encyclical "Libertas".

For this bonus episode, we’re speaking with Mr. John Steele, who is the Program Director of KSMK-LP, 98.3 FM in Saint Marys, Kansas. Located on the St. Mary’s Academy campus, and registered to them, it broadcasts traditional Catholic programming 24/7, every day of the year.

This week, we’re welcoming Fr. Steven Reuter, who is the Prior of St. Dennis in Calgary. He’ll be our guide for the next few episodes as we dive into the errors of Liberalism, which is something that has infected everyone living today, and even those living in the early twentieth century, including Archbishop Lefebvre.

This week, we’ll continue with Father Alexander Wiseman, looking at the remote background of the Crisis in more detail, exploring the philosophies of Immanuel Kant, and René Descartes, as well as their errors. Father will discuss how these ideas from some centuries ago have not only influenced the church, but have laid the groundwork for nearly all of our thinking today.

We'll start in the 1300's with Nominalism, and then move on to the errors of Martin Luther, how those two topics are connected, and what the response of the Church was at that time.

In Episode 1, we'll look at specific ways, and distinct symptoms of this crisis that is the greatest challenge the Catholic Church has ever faced.

In this podcast episode, Fr. Patrick Rutledge, Prior of Assumption in St. Marys, Kansas addresses questions submitted by supporters of the Immaculata Church Project.

The SSPX Podcast is starting a new multi-part series on the Crisis in the Church, with 6 of our priests as guests.