I've been coming across a lot of posts on Facebook in various Catholic groups I belong to. What I see is horrifying.

Stuff like claims of "demon worship" in the Vatican, to Francis being a false pope, to people bragging about how their pastors mock wearing masks. 1/

These are posts with hundreds of likes and supporting comments. Most appear to be real people, not anonymous trolls like on Twitter.

I also hear from a lot of @Where_Peter_is readers from families and communities where this kind of thinking is dominant. 2/

This is the "postmodern" direction that traditionalism has taken. This anti-intellectual, fear-based conspiracism is beating our Church down. 3/

And this has been fueled by priests, bishops, and people in Catholic media who have fostered an anti-Francis atmosphere. Your "serious concerns" about Francis, to your support for the dubia, to your promotion of Viganò's "credibility." 4/

It's becoming too big to ignore. And those who created this monster should be begging God for forgiveness. They have much to answer for.

We've been trying to sound the alarm about this for over two years.

Our Church is sick. @Pontifex is the medicine.

@Where_Peter_is

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PS - this is something I wrote a few weeks back about why the movement behind this is causing great damage. https://wherepeteris.com/the-extremist-reactionaries-have-all-the-oxygen-they-need/