The Synod on Synodality is pushing LGBT, heretical agenda as it always planned to

How long will the General Secretariat of Bishops keep denying they approve of the heresy they are giving a platform to?

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality is continuing its pre-announced agenda of seeking “maximum inclusion and participation,” by including a number of dissident, heretical groups on its Synodal resource page.

The vademecum released in September 2021, explicitly outlined the plan of the multi-year Synod on Synodality, stipulating that it should involve “reaching out to involve the greatest number of people possible, and especially those on the periphery who are often excluded and forgotten.” (Emphasis original.)

Fast forward a number of months, and that is certainly coming true, as amongst the various diocesan entries on the Synod Resource site are found a seemingly growing number of groups who dissent from the Church’s teaching in matters of doctrine, teaching on sexuality, the priesthood.

First there was the inclusion the historically, and current, dissident group New Ways Ministry, who earned the honour of winning an apology from the General Secretariat of Bishops after the group’s entry on the resource site was originally deleted. Despite the history of NWM involving persistent censorship from ecclesiastical authorities, including a silencing order from the Vatican in 1999, Pope Francis praised the group and its co-founder, Sr. Jeannine Gramick, warmly. Cue New Ways Ministry finding its way back onto the Synodal site.

Then there was the announcement that the Women’s Ordination Conference had joined the ranks of those deemed worthy to guide the Synod in its aim of understanding itself. After all, the preparatory document states: “No one – no matter their religious affiliation – should be excluded from sharing their perspective and experiences, insofar as they want to help the Church on her synodal journey of seeking what is good and true.”

Incidentally, the WOC is guided by Sr. Jeannine Gramick (among others) who is part of the board. The group has the gall to state that male-only priesthood, as taught by Christ, is a “heresy,” and consequently finds its way onto the Synodal Resource site. Never mind the fact that the Church has already taught concisely about the impossibility of female-ordination, since in a concept as strange as a Synod on Synodality, why let hard facts get in the way?

Finally, the latest dissident group to swell the ranks of heretical organisations and lack-lustre dioceses across the globe eager to please Pope Francis, is the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP).

The AUSCP were added to the Synodal Resource site on January 16, around the time the mainstream media were getting excited that the site was also home to contributions from the Women’s Ordination Conference.

The Lepanto Institute has provided detailed reports on the “heretical” group, which styles itself as Catholic while undermining the Catholic faith.

Longtime readers of the Lepanto Institute are familiar with the growing threat posed to the Faith and the Faithful by an organization of heretical priests called the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP).  In the past, we’ve reported on this group for its support of women’s ordination to the priesthood, it’s alliance with sexually deviant organizations and agendas, its work with an international network of heretical organizations, and its call for “priestless parishes.”  The AUSCP’s scandalous work even elicited a warning from its own bishop, Bp. Daniel Thomas, who said that any association with the AUSCP “may be a source of grave concern due to the confusion and scandal they have caused.”

But not to be outdone in being part of the new LGBT church, which is being built by Pope Francis in the Synodal process, is the Latin-American Rainbow Catholic community, which was added to the Synod’s Resource site on January 15.

This community has produced a letter which it invites visitors to the site to read, and amongst the many lines contained therein, the group expressed the hope that the Synod will lead to a “more inclusive, welcoming, and fair Roman Catholic Church for Latin America and worldwide.”

The group references what it describes as “harmful actions” – which in reality are texts from the Catholic Church on issues about sexuality which they disagree with.

“Diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity are a reality of human nature and therefore must be considered as part of the wealth for the Church and society. Our orientation or identity is not an “option.” These two points must be part of a continuous reflection on a modern theological and exegetical level, as that promoted by figures such as Pope Francis himself…We are One in Christ Jesus; we believe in God father and mother who loves us as every human person. Those of us who consider ourselves Christians seek to live accordingly, and this applies to all individuals or families.”

The disclaimer message on the Resource website reads loud and clear: “The publication of any contribution should not be understood as an endorsement of its content; nor should anyone interpret such a publication as an act of formal recognition by the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops of the group or community submitting the contribution.”

But despite the adamant protestations from crewmen that their boat is still afloat, there is only so much water it can take on board before it sinks, regardless of such declarations.

Clearly, the vademecum’s warning about not giving in to the “temptation not to look beyond the visible confines of the Church,” has been taken on board by the General Secretariat of Bishops, and those policing the Synod website.