This article was spotted and shared by M.C. with our gratitude, and it constitutes the center of today's high octane speculation, or rather, I should say, a high octane prediction-as-speculation, or speculation-as-prediction. And I should also say, that the speculation is M.C.'s as well, I just happen to concur with it, and only threw few little "garnishes" on the side of the original dish. But here's the main course:
Vatican claims Mass is ‘ecological school’ in ‘climate change’ document
Yes, you read that correctly: the Vatican of Mr. Robert Prevost, a.k.a. Pope Leo XIV, has released a document in which the Eucharist, the Sacrifice of the Mass, the central rite of Roman Catholicism (and for that matter, the central rite of all sacramental forms of Christianity) has been defined to be a "school of ecology" presumably to teach us all about how to care for Mother Earth:
A lengthy document published by the International Theological Commission entitled “Caring for our Common Home – A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God” refers to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as an “ecological school.”
In the September 2 document(opens in new tab) focusing on the environment, “ecological conversion,” and so-called “climate change,” the Theological Commission devoted an entire paragraph (Chapter 2, section 108) to describing the Mass and the Holy Eucharist as an “ecological school.” While this paragraph acknowledges that the Mass is meant to offer glory to God, it appears to diminish the Mass and the Blessed Sacrament as a means of “caring for creation.”
“From the Eucharist flows a spirituality capable of supporting and encouraging the ecological conversion that we so urgently need to undertake as a human family,” the document said. “In it, we recognize God’s gifts in nature. Our intellect opens itself to the transparency of God in creation.”
(I don't know about you, but this appears to me to have all the permanence and stability of a puff of gray smoke in a hurricane... )
As most readers of this website know, I am a curmudgeon when it comes to things "religious and Christian," and whenever modernist clerics start issuing lengthy documents full of obvious and self-evident platitudes like, "we need to take care of Mother Earth", and justifying their doing so as merely "developing" an "already implicit _______ teaching" (insert your favored adjective in the blank: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Coptic, &c), and doing so as a "pastoral" correction to an "overemphasis on doctrine", you can bet your bottom dollar that big revolutionary changes are in store, and in a church where recent popes are more welcoming to the pagan idol Pachamama, or to Muslim calls to prayer, or to Jewish bible scholars on Scripture commissions, while remaining increasingly hostile to Catholics who like the Tridentine Latin mass and insist on having bishops for it, something is very, very wrong. You only need to claim infallibility and demand obedience if you intend to change the faith in major ways. Otherwise it might be too obvious and people will start calling it what it really is: apostasy. (As for that bit of fluff about "the Triune God", which triune God are we talking about? Father Son and Holy Ghost? One Nous and World Soul? Brahma Vishnu and Shiva? This is the modern Vatican, after all, and one can't be too careful.) In any case, I submit that the revolutionary intention has already been revealed; it is already evident in the fact that "creation masses", according to the article, have already been celebrated, and by Mr. Prevost a.k.a. Pope Leo XIV, himself, no less:
Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has repeatedly emphasized environmental concerns, authorizing the “Mass for the Care of Creation” within months of his election.
During the inaugural “Care of Creation” Mass, Leo claimed that the “world is burning” and highlighted an alleged need for “conversion” among those who do not yet prioritize “the urgency of caring for our common home.” This week, he
opened(opens in new tab) the second “Season of Creation” of his pontificate by celebrating another “Care of Creation” Mass.
So what might the major changes in store here be? Well, M.C. said it in the email that accompanied the article and I had to concur: perhaps this is a way to so fundamentally change the nature of the mass that no opposition to women's ordination can be made: after all, if the service is in aid of ecological care for Mother Earth, then all the better to have to turn over the whole show to women. One might even develop "ecological" counterparts to Marian doctrine, "reasoning" thusly: since all graces in sacraments are accompanied by a physical matter, and that matter comes from Mother Earth, then the Earth herself might be dogmatically defined as a Co-Redemptrix and Medatrix of all graces, making explicit what is now only implicit. We already know of Mr. Globaloney's plans for a new "Gaia religion", and this latest pronouncement seems entirely condign to it. If one did not know better, one might think that the clergy were targets for infiltration by secret societies, or intelligence services, or both... ... oh... wait... I forgot... too late...
And as for all those "bows" to traditional Roman Catholic doctrine reported in the article, rest assured that they are purely pro forma, and nothing more, i.e., they are designed to "help the revolution through", much as the Prayer Book revisions in the Episcopal church in 1976 included rites that appeared very traditional and very "high church". They were designed solely to get the traditionalists on board with the revolution, but once the revolution was in place, the traditional rite was increasingly frowned upon and jettisoned for the newer rites. It is the same here: the traditional language is there only to ensure the continuing loyalty of actual, traditional Roman Catholics (and their Sunday offerings in the collection plate), and nothing more.
How long it will take to connect the "ecological concern" with calls for "women's ordination" and pontifically-appointed commissions to "study" the issue and make "recommendations" remains to be seen... but if I were to wager, I'd say no more than a decade... and watch for it: they'll propose changes to individual words (e.g., Catheco for Catholic, &c, to incorporate and symbolize the new mysteries and their teaching role... &c &c blah blah blah...).
As for me, I'll remain a curmudgeon, thank you very much.
See you on the flip side...
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Et tu Brute? (presented without comment from Orthodox Observer, official mouthpiece of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of USA, note author, the Gnostics may be onto something:
” By Archons staff
September 17, 2026
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on September 1, 2026 celebrated the beginning of the Indiction, the ecclesiastical New Year, as well as the Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Natural Environment, as Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios of blessed memory designated it in 1989. On the same day, he issued a Patriarchal Message for the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and the Solemn Day of Prayers for Natural Environment, reiterating his pioneering commitment to the preservation of the natural environment as a core Christian duty, and articulating “new paths and prospects for addressing” this immense challenge.
In that message, His All-Holiness emphasized that the environmental crisis affects all areas of human endeavor: “The multidimensional contemporary ecological crisis is a crisis of human freedom, of our religion and philosophy, of our ethos and our culture.” He explained that “what comes first is the ‘harmful alteration’ of our freedom — our severance and alienation from the Source of Life; what follows is conduct destructive of the natural environment.”
In response to this crisis, the Ecumenical Patriarch said that there was an “imperative need for a ‘Copernican Turn’ in our understanding of the idea of progress and in humanity’s attitude towards nature, as well as in the actions of those engaged in political, economic, and social life, of the Churches and religions, of science and technology, and of those responsible for the education of the younger generation.”
In pursuit of this transformation in the general understanding of the environment and its relationship to human activity, he pledged to “continue, in word and deed, to promote the ecological vision of the Holy Great Church of Christ and the eco-friendly dynamism of the eucharistic, ascetic, and doxological relationship with creation, always underscoring that careful theological work is needed for the elucidation of the authentic ecological message of our Orthodox faith and tradition, for the benefit of creation, which is ‘very good.’”
While the environmental crisis is usually understood solely in utilitarian terms, His All-Holiness stated that “we are convinced that highlighting the religious and ethical dimensions of the ecological threat will lead to an awareness of the pivotal importance of ‘ecological responsibility.’” He declared that “humanity must at last cease acting as though it does not know and definitively cast aside the illusion that planet Earth can in perpetuity withstand the burdens and destruction caused by human activity, or that nature has the power to renew itself of its own accord.”
Once that illusion has been definitively seen for what it is and rejected, His All-Holiness continued, “the ethos of responsibility for the protection of the natural environment must find expression at the global, national, local, and personal levels.” This multifaceted response is an urgent necessity: “We reiterate once again that the cultivation of ecological responsibility is a ‘categorical imperative’ for humanity as it confronts the greatest threat it has ever been called to face throughout the entire course of its history.”
His All-Holiness enunciated a prophetic condemnation of the heedless culture of abundance, saying: “It is abundantly clear that, so long as the dominant anthropological model is represented by the ‘foolish rich man’ of the Gospel (Luke 12:17–21), with his declaration, ‘I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there I will store all my crops and my goods,’ and his words, ‘Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry,’ humanity will continue to undermine its future and annihilate its own ‘home.’”
Continuing his critique of contemporary attitudes toward the environment, the Ecumenical Patriarch stated: “The ‘sins of modernity’ have created — and continue to create — new divisions and ruptures between humanity and nature. The contemporary ‘man-god’ persists in geocide, disregarding every measure and limit in the name of geopolitical designs and economic interests, of consumerism and of the satisfaction of essentially insatiable needs, but also, on a deeper level, because of an overturning of inner lived experience and values.”
A restoration of rightly ordered inner values will therefore lead to a proper understanding of the need to care for the natural environment. Otherwise, said His All-Holiness, “the consequences of the global dominance of the desire to manipulate, instrumentalize, and exploit nature will prove to be tragic for life on our planet.”
His All-Holiness concluded by stating that “respect for the core pillars of ecological civilization can restrain environmentally destructive tendencies and open the ‘sole ecological path,’ that of sustainable development.” He also once again situated the problem of the environment in a larger context: “More broadly, humanity needs to reach agreement upon a body of common fundamental values which, in a world marked by conflict and polarization, will serve as a compass for the journey towards the future.” He stated: “We regard the principle of solidarity as the central axis of this body of values: solidarity as a source of shared responsibility, dialogue, and sincere reciprocity, together with collective responsibility for the protection of the natural environment. Respect in practice for the sacredness of the human person and care for the integrity of creation are, from a Christian perspective, vital manifestations of the eucharistic realization of the Church and of human being’s call to become the ‘priest’ of creation.”
May we all strive to cultivate that principle of solidarity within ourselves and in our relationships with others.”
Peter Thiel is Catholic. Why? Why wasn’t Thiel called out on saying that the main message of the Bible is “death is bad”. I do think it will go badly for him. And Vance? What are they thinking? What are they up to?
Peter Thiel an unhinged technocrat, with a rental uterus, whose likeness is depicted, in ‘That Hideous Strength’, by C.S. Lewis.
1. Just like the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ is a ‘discarded image’, of the seven spheres, then Jim Henson fable – about a man, and his dog, together with musical Fraggles, that live inside the wall – is a meditation, on the seven celestial objects:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/yvmvn942o2rfu42/cantus.mp4
2. In antiquity, the ‘discarded image’, of C.S. Lewis, was called ELOHIM [the ‘eldila’ in ‘The Space Trilogy’] – which is a plural noun, that defines the pantheon, of the seven celestial objects, whose names are attributed, to the seven days, of the workweek cycle [olam].
3. Once a year, a gathering of twelve clans was held, at winter solstice – which was called YAHWEH [year’s woe], and was celebrated, as the longest night of the year – which transitioned the death throes, of of the old year, into the birth pangs, of the new year.
4. Together, the ‘Yahweh-Elohim’ defines the ‘yearly solstice’, and the ‘weekly stars’ – which is pure calendar science – whereas the deliberate suppression, against the idea of YAHWEH, by Herod the puppet, is a Julio-Claudian imperial decree.
5. Since the Bronze Age, the term YAHWEH had become synonymous, with the assembly of the Jacob’s sons, and thereby the rule of law – which, eventually, spurred the idea of democracy and republic, amongst Greeks and Romans
6. For two millennia, the Roman Christianity has falsely translated the ‘Yahweh-Elohim’, into ‘Lordy thy God’ – which replaces the original intent, with a nefarious purpose, that, imperially, quells the lit candle, that once inspired democracy and republic.
7. Today, science recognises the ‘Yahweh-Elohim’, as the basic quantum pair, that induces an Adamic superposition – an arborary axis – whose perpendicularity is defined, by Abel’s burnt offering [olah] – which, in turn, defines the harmonious centre of Tao, that balances diametrical opposites [i.e. colliding universes]:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wisd2mbola2r7m1/wave-synch-device.jpg
“No paradox, no progress.” – Niels Bohr
What does the Orthodox Church have to say about nature? Cain and Abel were fated to extractive agriculture. Don’t some translations use wheat instead of an apple as the temptation in the garden of Eden? Which ones? Wheat is a hybrid and requires knowledge. And how much of the role of women came from Roman practice and pragmatic pressure vs early Christianity? Didn’t Saint Thecla teach? Why do we have nothing from Saint Macrina? Why is Mary Magdalene’s fragment gospel dismissed? Wasn’t Saint Basil sometimes a pragmatist for example using other words for the Holy Trinity according to Saint Gregory as mentioned in the funeral oration? Real questions. Not saying women should be priests but asking for context. Can you please explain Dr. Farrell?
The papal garage sale!
Today, the Vatican box office is a cornered rat, facing ideological bankruptcy, and, the rat’s attempt, to modernise its gatekeeper position – by boosting ticket sales to heaven – is a grotesque comedy.
The ludicrous claim, of ‘infallibility and transubstantiation’, translates, as ‘chutzpah and make-believe’ – which defines the Talmudic origin, of the Vatican crime factory – the legacy empire, of the necromanced Praetorian Guard.
When recognising ‘Yahweh-Elohim’, as both the Taoist Yin-Yang, and Odin’s two paradoxical brothers, in mythology, then its origin can be traced, back to Chalcolithic Cucuteni-Trypillian quantum mechanics.
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra
https://www.amazon.com/When-Come-Fork-Road-Take/dp/0786887443
BTW, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Expelliarmus!
The coups de grâce!
1. Seen, from the perspective of the sun’s yearly cycle, then man is born from ‘above’ [original Greek term: anothen], and, when he dies, he returns to heaven, whence he came. John 3:3 & John 3:13.
2. In the ancient world, solstices were, symbolically, seen, as points of entrance and exit, for man’s incarnation – which means, that life is conceived, at the sun’s zenith, and death occurs, at the sun’s nadir.
3. In Stone Age philosophy, the ‘trilithon’ is a symbolic portal, between realms, between hither life, and yonder life – and – the trilithon is known, as ‘High, Just-as-high, and Third’, in Scandinavia.
4. In the gospels, the ‘entrance trilithon’ is featured, as the ‘three wise men’, and, the ‘exit trilithon’ is featured, as the ‘three crosses’, when the crucified is prone to fall, wounded, by the spear of gravity.
5. Technically, breaking the 7th seal means ‘ego death’ – which is creating cyclical time, by closing the cycle – which is invoking the Adamic superposition, in Chalcolithic Cucuteni-Trypillian quantum mechanics.
6. In Asia, that is called Tao – which is the feng shui flow, known, as ‘doing without doing’ – which also the pilgrims refer to, as, when the ‘journey becomes the destination’ – which defines ‘re-ligare’, as reconnection.
7. Thus, the word ‘religion’ has significance in quantum mechanics, when moving, from linear time, to cyclical time – which induces an Adamic superposition, as the Tao, of the Yahweh-Elohim [Yin-Yang].
Odin’s Pub Walk:
ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳᚷᚹᚻᚾᛁᛄᛇᛈᛉᛋᛏᛒᛖᛗᛚᛝᛞᛟᚪᚫᚣᛠᛡᛢᛣᚸᛤᛥ
ᚪᚫ Druid King:
In toasting chant of psalm,
I drank heavenly hymn,
and by blood kin
as cyning,
I wisely ruled my realm.
ᚣ Fall in Fall:
I recall, that I gave up ghost,
beerless in empty toast,
and in my last call
before fall,
I hung thirsty uttermost.
ᛠ Winter Death:
Then I fell rock bottom clash,
like rotten apple trash,
and my wild rover
in hangover,
was dead drunk backlash.
ᛡ Spring Sprout:
When I woke into resurrection,
I needed my reparation,
and angel schnaps
lifted caps,
and boosted my levitation.
“Is the Pope Catholic?”
This just in: bears have begun using the porta-potties.
Absolutely Loved it!
Well, is this the last gasp of the Papcy? Will the Roman Catholic church bite the dust? Stay tuned, and let’s see what drops down from this Pandora’s box
Oh Joseph… how apropos that one of today’s news items straight from the Vatican is this:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-09/villanova-university-popes-alma-mater-unveil-first-sustainabilit.html
An unveiling of a papal sustainability metal that will be personally handed out by Leo!
My optimism for Leo is quickly fading. It does seem that the modus operandi with respect to the Tridentine Communities is slow strangulation.
Some of the Cardinals are still on our side though. We’re not alone in our plight.
Dominus vobiscum.
Kiss the expression: “Is the Pope catholic/”; GOODBYE!
Of course; in the course of this 20-WORST Century, many traditions have been wisked away by…
A CABAL – that has CAPTURED GLOBAL LEADERSHIP!
The Vatican is a prime example[although arguebly went south centuries ago].
There are way too many others to list; in fact, it would be hard to find a single counterexample!
“Is the Pope catholic/” has become a REAL QUESTION!
Another expession is also apt here; the Vatican has gone way – BEYOND THE PALE!
Looks like the “Americanized” Pope has been educated/indoctrinated in a “leftist” ideology.
An ideology, that cannot br breached by: Religious TRADiTIONs.
The Vatican was infiltrated centuries ago, and those infiltations has taken ROOT…
AND continue to blossom, a spread WITHIN!
[as have governments, inst1tutions, and others organizations – been corrupted and/or captured from WITHIN]
Instead of spiritualism, the Vatican has become a commercialized tool.
Have you gotten your: Today’s ONLY Special?
[a commercialized version of soap]
POPE ON A ROPE?