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And now for something different.

Normally the election of a new pope would is big news. But with everything that's happened this year, the sudden death of Pope Francis and the ascension of Leo XIV has flown under most people's radar. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to take stock of just how peculiar the transition from Francis to Leo is.

What am I getting at? Well, it ties into a prophetic tradition dating back nearly 800 years and involving the enigmatic Joachim of Fiore. Is the Vatican LARPing prophecy? Are they reviving a peculiar heresy that has survived them well in the past? Or is there something even stranger afoot?

BTW, if you find this compelling, be sure to catch the upcoming Zoom party on Robin Hood. The themes discussed here will be further explored there.

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Cliff S.

What's the song?

James Aydelotte

Diving into a relisten as this is a dense one. I do seem to think a second schism is being birthed from the Catholic Church. The Opus Dei movement has taken a very old school approach- a very second century version of Christianity in creating a closed community of indoctrination and mind control that has absolutely intertwined itself into DC - particularly the judiciary. I believe the currents of Augustinian prophecy you identify here- (adeptly in a close reading of recent homily- bravo) are the resisting pressure of history against the fascist fueled momentum of OD around the world. Just a thought- relistening to catch the depth…

Jason Matthews

Opus Dei may be a conduit between several branches of what was once the Anti-Communist International, but for my money the nerve centre of this tendency is the Society of Pius X. Benedict’s platonic life partner, Nuncio Georg Ganswein (watch the canon lawyers), was associated with it when most of its leadership was excommunicated, in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It has since been rehabilitated, and serves as a lobby for the most reactionary tendencies in the church, from abstinence only education to the Latin Mass. St Marys, Kansas serves as prototype for traditionalist Catholic colonization: the late antipope David Bawden split from this community, and it seems that esoteric doctrines like sedevacantism are given safe harbour by its network of lay organizations and seminaries. Pius XI’s corporatist social teachings not only justify but enable a formidable ability to capture and surround rival institutions. You could call it synarchy without being very internet brained. Francis I interfered with the internal governance of the Knights of Malta a few times during his papacy (installing a Canadian Grand Master, which is funny), and I suspect it had something to do with heading off a coup.