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Pope Francis Heretical Statements and Actions (80+ articles)

The definition of formal heresy makes it a difficult charge to prove, nevertheless, the typical serious Catholic can recognize when something has gone off the rails with Pope Francis.  See articles below.

1. RORATE CÆLI: MAJOR STATEMENT: The Crimes and Heresies of Pope Francis, Their Causes and Effects, and the Action to Be Taken (rorate-caeli.blogspot.com) – 5/2/2024
2. Francis: The First Anti-Pope in Centuries? | FrontpageMag – 8/5/22 – Premise: Benedict’s resignation did not conform to Canon Law and was therefore invalid.
3. Pope Francis’ ecumenical Abrahamic Family House project contradicts the teachings of Jesus – lifesitenews.com
4. Catholic Answers, Word on Fire author Joe Heschmeyer on why he stopped defending Pope Francis – 12/1/2020 – There was a “moment in 2016 in which I stopped knee-jerk defending everything that Pope Francis said… whitewashing of papal misstatements and errors, and I realized that I needed to correct that.”
5. Pope Francis teaches HERESY: Pope Pius XII condemned the heresy of Francis – YouTube – Dr. Taylor Marshall – 2/3/22 (52 min)
   • See also Link to 8-minute version
   • “Let us think about those who have denied the faith, who are apostates, who are the persecutors of the Church, who have denied their baptism: Are these also at home? Yes, these too. The blasphemers, all of them.  We are brothers.  This is the Communion of Saints.”
6. Bishops & Theologians Rebuke Francis for Heresy – YouTube –
7. Viganò: The damages of this ‘pontificate’ are incalculable – lifesitenews.com – 9/14/22
8. Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s intention is to harm souls, discredit the Church, and offend God – Lifesitenews.com – 11/9/23
9. Archbishop Viganò: ‘False prophet’ Bergoglio is guilty of ‘all-out apostasy’ – Lifesitenews.com – 12/12/23
10. Exorcists warn of rise in demonic activity following Indigenous Pagan rituals – lifesitenews.com – 9/1/22
11. Document saying God wills ‘differences in religion’ was quietly changed just hours after Pope signed it – lifesitenews.com – 9/15/22
12. Bishops show Pope Francis’ statement on Holy Communion contains ‘HERESY’ – YouTube – 9/16/22
    • Bishops, priests and scholars correct Pope Francis’ statement on Holy Communion – lifesitenews.com – 9/16/22
13. Bishops Against Pope Francis – OnePeterFive – 9/27/22
14. What if Pope Francis were your parish pastor? (lifesitenews.com) – 10/1/22
15. Pope Francis hits back at critics following his latest statement that God wills ‘differences in religion’ – lifesitenews.com – 9/16/22
    • Pope Francis signs document saying ‘differences in religion’ are part of ‘God’s will in creation’ – lifesitenews.com – 9/16/22
    • Pope Francis says Abu Dhabi document ‘came from God’ and you ‘can’t understand it otherwise’ – lifesitenews.com– 11/7/22
    • Here’s why Pope Francis is wrong to say Muslims and Catholics worship the same God – lifesitenews.com – 3/3/23
16. Pope tells theologians to consult ‘non-Catholics,’ avoid ‘going backward’ in Tradition – lifesitenews.com – 11/25/22
17. Pope Francis reportedly flouts Church teaching, says ‘forgive all’ sins even with ‘no intention to repent’ – lifesitenews.com – 1/11/23
18. Pope Francis reiterates belief that ‘religions’ must unite in ‘service of brotherhood’ – lifesitenews.com – 2/6/23
19. Pope Francis Dismisses ‘Sins Below the Waist’ | rome dispatch (churchmilitant.com) – 8/29/23
20. Cardinals Target Synod, Blitzing Francis with‘Dubia’ (churchmilitant.com)
21. Cardinals Submit Dubia to Francis over Synod: ‘Statements … Contrary to Doctrine’ – CatholicVote org– 10/2/23
22. The Remnant Newspaper – Open Letter to Francis: Why Are You Destroying the Religion of the Saints? – 11/1/23
23. Pope Francis did all the heavy lifting during the Synod by holding his own ‘Uber-Synod’ (lifesitenews.com) – 11/14/23
24. Cardinal Gerhard Müller exposes a crisis in Church teaching – Catholic World Report – 12/16/23
25. Pope Francis using Synod as smokescreen for ‘heretical hypnotism’ | Liz Yore (lifesitenews.com) – 11/28/23
26. Bishop Schneider responds to Archbishop Viganò on papal legitimacy (lifesitenews.com) – 11/14/23
27. Schneider: Bishops who push ‘heresy’ know Pope Francis won’t punish them – lifesitenews.com – 3/7/23
28. What happens if the pope is a heretic? Church history professor Dr. Edmund Mazza explains (lifesitenews.com) – 10/13/22
29. Was the US NSA involved in pressuring Pope Benedict XVI to resign the papacy? – lifesitenews.com – 1/8/23
30. Priest to Pope Francis: I accuse you of heresy and humbly plead that you correct your ways – Lifesitenews.com – 7/20/23 – Father Jesusmary Missigbètò
31. Pope Francis ACCUSED of 10 HERESIES, says priest – YouTube – 7/20/23
32. African Priest Responds to Pope Francis: “You Have Scandalized the Whole World Several Times by Contradicting Christian Tradition” – Complicit Clergy – 7/3/22
    • RORATE CÆLI: Abbé Janvier Gbénou’s Response to Pope Francis: “You have scandalised the whole world several times by contradicting Christian Tradition” (rorate-caeli.blogspot.com)
33. Cardinal Müller: Some statements by Pope Francis could be understood as material heresy – Lifesitenews.com – 11/9/23. Müller argued that through Francis’ implicit promotion and toleration of same-sex “blessings” and Holy Communion for the divorced and civilly “remarried,” the Pope is fostering a “heresy of practice.”
34. Anti-Pope: Catholic Writer Patrick Coffin Says Francis Has Assumed Invalid Authority Over Catholic Church (Stew Peters Show – rumble.com) – 5/2/22
35. Patrick Coffin comes out as BiP: “Seven Pieces of Evidence That Francis Is an Antipope” – non veni pacem
36. Priest tells Pope Francis: ‘Bishop Strickland has the right and duty to correct you publicly’ – Lifesitenews.com – 11/22/23
37. WATCH: Ralph Martin Says It Is Now Unmistakably Clear Where We Are Being Led (complicitclergy.com) – 7/21/23 – changing the Church’s doctrines on Homosexuality
    • “Who am I to judge?” if a homosexual is trying to follow God as best he can
    • Amoris Laetitia – Public sinners, Divorced & Remarried could still receive Holy Communion
    • Pope continues to reward Bishops having been charged with sexual abuse
    • Synod of the Amazon – Bishop proud of never having baptized anyone
    • Less emphasis on evangelization, warnings against proselytizing
    • Catholic social teaching emphasis to exclusion of recognizing Jesus Christ as the only way to be saved
    • Globalist sustainability goals, many of which are contrary to the Faith
    • Personnel is Policy – the Pope’s appointments tell you where he really stands. g. Abp. Paglia who gutted the JP2 Institute; Cardinals Cupich, Tobin in Vatican Dicastery that chooses future bishops.  Bp. McElroy of San Diego appointed Cardinal; Abp. Fernandez as new head of the Dicastery or Office of the Doctrine of Faith, who has been the Pope’s primary theologian and ghost writer; he wrote a shocking, pornographic book “Healing with Your Mouth: the Art of the Kiss”. He believes everyone is saved no matter what.  Pope Francis wrote a letter to him “I don’t want you to be correcting heresy…”
    • Contradictions with magisterial document Veritatis Splendor written to clear up moral confusion.
    • Ralph Martin Book: A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward
    • How to square all this with the Doctrine of Infallibility IF the Pope ends up FORMALLY teaching error. Martin says it won’t happen.
38. The Wheels Are Coming Off | The Wanderer Newspaper (thewandererpress.com) – 8/17/23
    • The purpose of the Church is to save souls by moving them from Earth to Heaven. That objective is accomplished by teaching the Deposit of Faith and giving the sacraments so that souls are saved by grace. That God-given and divinely mandated purpose of the Church is violated by the documents of this pontificate, by the scandalous words and actions of men appointed to prominent positions by Pope Francis, and without correction by him, and by the Synod agenda.
    • Pope Francis has made abundantly obvious even to those who do not specialize in prophecy that he intends to change the truth itself. He is very determined. An impossible task and yet just one more fantasy. But it is not an idle threat. Why? The phenomenon of papolatry, a perversion of the doctrine of papal infallibility, has been growing apace for many years now and has laid the groundwork for many to believe that whatever a Pope says is true, even if it contradicts matters of faith and morals that preceded him.
39. Time for a Papal Intervention | Catholic Culture – 9/8/23
40. Pope Francis is teaching an anti-Gospel by downplaying the gravity of sin – Lifesitenews.com – 9/18/23
41. Pope Francis: ‘I like to think of an empty hell’ – Lifesitenews.com – 1/15/24
    • 332 — The Pope Hopes Hell Is Empty? | PragerU – 3/14/24
42. Archbishop Viganò: Today we celebrate the papacy amid a historic phase of ‘crisis and apostasy’ – Lifesitenews.com – 1/18/24
43. Vatican cardinal calls for ‘permanent’ Catholic-Freemason dialogue at ‘historic’ joint event – Lifesitenews.com – 2/19/24
44. African priest: ‘Pope Francis is a new Judas’ for betraying Christ’s teachings – Lifesitenews.com – 3/27/24
45. Bishop Strickland slams ‘crescendo of apostasy’ by Vatican forces against Catholic liturgy, doctrine – Lifesitenews.com – 4/19/24
46. Priest: Pope Francis is waging a ‘war against the Church’ at every turn – Lifesitenews.com – 6/21/24
47. Bishop Strickland: To deny that Jesus is the only way to God the Father is heresy – 9/13/24
48. Pope Francis: Every religion is a way to arrive at God – 9/13/24
49. Pope Francis doubles down, says ‘diversity of religious identities is a gift of God’ – 9/17/24
50. Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio saying ‘all religions are a path to God’ is apostasy – 9/16/24
51. Archbishop Chaput on Pope Francis’ claims about religious dialogue: ‘not all religions seek the same God’ – 9/16/24
52. Francis Doubles Down – but Has He Apostatized? – 1P5, 9/20/24
53. Gerald Murray – Are All Religions Equal? – 9/19/24
54. Bishop Strickland: Pope Francis’ comments on all religions being paths to God are ‘heresy’ – 9/20/24
55. Murray: Pope’s claim that ‘every religion’ is a way to God contradicts ‘Christ Himself’ – 9/20/24
56. Bishop Strickland Publicly Corrects Pope Francis’ Blatant Heresy – 9/22/24 – Bishop Strickland issues two public letters calling for the bishops and cardinals of the Church to do something about the heretical statements by Pope Francis that point to apostasy.
57. Sky News Australia slams Pope Francis’ remark that ‘every religion is a path to God’ – 9/24/24
58. Cardinal Burke says ‘certainly seems’ like end times as Pope Francis corrects ‘pope-splainers’ – 9/20/24
59. Pope Francis tells interfaith meeting: ‘Divine inspiration’ is ‘present in every faith’ – 9/24/24
60. Prominent Catholic theologian: Francis may no longer be regarded as legitimate due to heresy – 11/6/24
61. Pope Francis vs. Master Catechism – Crisis Magazine, 11/9/24.
62. Doctor Edmund Mazza: Here’s why I believe the Bergoglian pontificate is invalid – 11/11/24
63. Bishop Strickland: God will punish bishops for their silence while Pope Francis destroys the Church – 11/13/24. Bishop Joseph Strickland strongly rebuked ‘silent’ US bishops in a powerful letter outside the USCCB meeting in Baltimore, warning them that God will punish those who do not speak out against ‘false messages constantly flowing from the Vatican’ under Pope Francis.
    • Bishop Strickland explains why he called out Pope Francis and other bishops
    • Bishop Strickland: Every bishop should state ‘Francis no longer teaches the Catholic faith’ – 11/13/24
64. Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s attitude to sin is ‘antichristic’ – 11/13/24
65. Challenging the Francis papacy | Fr. Giorgio Maria Faré and the Church’s crisis – 11/21/24. Giorgio Maria Faré courageously challenges the legitimacy of Pope Francis, raising theological and canonical concerns about the validity of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. Speaking through a translator, Fr. Faré outlines contradictions in Pope Francis’ teachings and their departure from traditional Church doctrine, emphasizing the dangers of modernist influences within the hierarchy. Despite the threat of excommunication, Fr. Faré calls on Catholics to defend truth and tradition, offering a message of hope, prayer, and action for those seeking to preserve the unity and authenticity of the Church.
66. Vigano Issues Bombshell Letter On The Heresies Wracking The Church – 12/1/24
67. Pope tells grandmother not to ‘insist’ on grandchildren’s baptism – 11/28/24
68. If Francis is pope, a cloud of witnesses have been wrong about the papacy – 12/11/24
69. Does Bishop Schneider peacefully adhere to Francis as pope? – 12/10/24. Opinion: No traditionalist or conservative can legitimately appeal to the doctrine of ‘universal and peaceful acceptance’ in defense of Francis being pope, as has been done by Bishop Schneider, without engaging themselves in significant contradiction.
    • Bishop Athanasius Schneider has long voiced his opinions in favor of Francis’s legitimacy, and has recently published another article(26 November 2024) to this effect—to which this essay is a response.
70. Is Francis Pope? My Reply to Fr. Brian Harrison – 12/11/24. Edmond J. Mazza, PhD
    • history shows that Fr. Harrison is wrong when he says the notion that “the entire college of bishops could ever be, and has in fact been, seduced into following an antipope is surely heterodox.” In St. Catherine’s day, that was precisely the case. The Visibility of the Church survived. It also survived the Great Western Schism when for forty years there were two “popes” and then three at a time. And those cardinals and bishops appointed by antipopes were ultimately considered valid. Why not today?
    • As for which of the cardinals are eligible to vote in the next conclave, I would say the ones who have never publicly and pertinaciously denied or cast doubt on any Catholic dogma of faith and morals. That should narrow the number down to about twelve or so, don’t you think Father?
    • To learn the true history of papal conclaves: past, present (and future) might I invite the reader to enroll in my Advent course, Conclave/Antipope
71. Doctrinal Confusion & the Magisterium: A Concise Guide for Catholics – 1Peter5 – 12/9/24.
    • The Extraordinary (or Solemn) Magisterium: This category of magisterial teaching is infallible and is the easiest to identify as being such because of its explicit and definitive nature. It is exercised by either the pope alone (e.g., the papal definitions of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary), or by the whole college of bishops, with the pope as their head — as, for example, when specific doctrines are defined in an ecumenical council (e.g., the Council of Florence on the necessity of the Church for salvation, Vatican I on papal infallibility, etc.).
    • The Ordinary and Universal Magisterium: This category, like the first, is also infallible but lacks the explicit character of the former. It is expressed when the entire episcopacy of the universal Church, under the headship of the pope, agree that a doctrine concerning faith or morals is to be definitively held by all the faithful.
    • 3. The Ordinary Magisterium: Referred to, at times, as the Authentic Magisterium, this level of magisterial authority, exercised by the pope and bishops, consists of all other magisterial acts that fall outside of the first two categories. Unlike the Extraordinary Magisterium or the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium, it is not infallible. Its teachings, nevertheless — according to Canon 752 of the Code of Canon Law — are to be received with a “religious submission of the intellect and will”. Lacking the safeguard of infallibility, teachings emanating from the Ordinary Magisterium, could, in theory, be erroneous. The benefit of the doubt should, however, still be offered to the pope and bishops who exercise it.
72. 10 Ancient Catholic prophecies warn of a pope who will gravely harm the Church – 12/17/24
    • Our Lady of La Salette – 1846: Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.
    • Nicholas – the Church will be punished because the majority of its members (high & low) will become perverted… succession of St. Peter will apparently have failed.
    • Francis of Assisi – there will be an uncanonically elected Pope who cause a great schism.
    • Our Lady of Akita – work of the devil will infiltrate the church… bishops vs. bishops, cardinals vs. cardinals.
    • Our Lady of Fatima – 3^rd secret indicates apostacy at highest levels of the Church. Cardinal Luigi ??, advisor to 5 Popes: 3^rd Secret: The great apostasy will begin at the top.
    • Padre Pio – Dr. Mika Hixon – Interview w/ exorcist Fr. Gabriel Amorth. Worked w/Padre Pio for 26 years. “Satan will come to rule a false church.” The Great Apostasy within the Church.
    • Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerik. 1774 – 1824. 4/12/1820 – Bishop dressed in White not the true Pope. 2 Popes;  False Church. Heretics of every kind.  Local clergy lukewarm.
    • Pope St. Pius X. Died 1914.  1909 vision; Pope will quit Rome… will pass over the dead bodies of the clergy.
    • Faustina. 1905-1938,  persecution and corruption in the Church.  “Poland will prepare the world for my 2^nd coming.”  12/17/1936 diary entry.  (Birthday of Pope Francis).  “I have suffered more today than any other day…”
73. Priest: Pope Francis broke canon law, Catholic teaching by naming woman as dicastery prefect – 1/8/25. If Pope Francis still had a last shred of integrity, he would no longer be able to accuse anyone of disregarding Vatican II or breaking canon law. For he has done both himself on an important issue.
74. The idea ‘all religions lead to God’ violates the First Commandment | Bishop Strickland – 1/13/25
75. Archbishop Lenga Questions Legitimacy of Pope Francis – 1/21/25. Archbishop Jan Lenga has taken a bold stance on the legitimacy of Pope Francis and has even removed Francis’ name from prayers during Mass.
76. Cardinal Sarah: Plans to ‘abolish’ Latin Mass would be ‘diabolical’ – 1/22/25.
77. You Shall Not Covet… – by Bishop Joseph Strickland – 3/23/25
    • Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, in 2016 suggested that divorced and remarried couples (who are in adulterous unions) could, in some cases, receive Holy Communion. This undermines Christ’s teaching that “whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery” (Luke 16:18). The failure to clearly uphold the sanctity of marriage encourages moral laxity.
    • Fiducia Supplicans, a declaration issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in 2023 indicated that the Vatican now approves blessings for same-sex couples, despite Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered (CCC 2357). This creates confusion about purity and chastity, blurring the lines between sin and virtue.
    • Also, the sexual abuse crisis, which exploded into public view in the early 2000’s and again in 2018 with the McCarrick scandal, is a direct violation of the Ninth Commandment. Many clergy, instead of upholding purity, fell into grave sins of lust and preyed upon the innocent. Pope Francis refused to answer the accusations in the Vigano testimony, which alleged that he protected and promoted figures like McCarrick, despite knowing of his immoral behavior.
    • Modernists in the Church often reduce Christianity to a political movement focused only on social justice, economics, and environmentalism. Pope Francis and many bishops talk constantly about poverty, migrants, and climate change, but rarely about sin, salvation, and eternal life. While Catholics must help the poor, the Church’s primary mission is the salvation of souls – not economic activism. The modernist Church encourages envy-based activism instead of personal virtue and detachment from wealth. True Christian poverty is voluntary detachment, not government-enforced redistribution.
    • The Tenth Commandment warns us against desiring what belongs to others, whether through greed, envy, or resentment. Modernism twists Catholic teaching by promoting class warfare, financial corruption, and a materialistic focus instead of spiritual detachment.
78. Josef Seifert calls for investigation of Francis’ ‘heresies’ ahead of conclave – LifeSite – 4/28/25
79. Where is Pope Francis? – The Catholic Thing – 5/26/25. Sebastian Morello.
    • Pope Leo has recently asserted multiple times that Pope Francis is in Heaven. This is deeply problematic.  Such statements cause the faithful to doubt the gravity of Francis’s public sins – idol-worship (Pachamama), the suppression of an ancient apostolic rite of the Church, syncretism and religious relativism, the protection and promotion of predators and deviants, the abuse of the Church’s law, the teaching of heresy, etc.
    • Pope Francis may not be a formal heretic, but it’s clear that he was heretical.
    • Many theologians have begun to question the infallibility of canonizations… The canonization of Paul VI happened for one reason only, and that was to send a message to the faithful that if they think Vatican II was a disaster then, well, tough luck, because “there’s no going back.”
    • It is almost unthinkable – if the tradition of the Church on matters of idolatry, abuse of law, corruption of holy offices, etc., is taken seriously – that Francis is now in Heaven.
80. HOW CAN ANYONE RESPECT POPES LIKE LEO AND FRANCIS? – Gene Thomas Gomulka, 4/26/26
81. A Less-Discussed but No Less Serious Error by Pope Francis in “Amoris Laetitia” – Fr. Thomas Crean, 5/7/26, Where he errs in regard to marriage and virginity.

Pope Francis Support of Transgender Ideology

1. Francis affirms ‘transgender’ group in papal audience (lifesitenews.com) – 6/30/22 – :26 minutes into the 43-minute video
2. Cardinal Müller responds to Pope Francis’ dubia on ‘transsexual’ godparents, baptisms – Lifesitenews.com – 11/9/23
3. Pope Francis Encourages Ugandan LGBTQ+ Advocate, Condemns Criminalization Law – New Ways Ministry – 8/15/24
4. Heterodox Bishop Stowe praises Francis, says he ‘inspired’ him on LGBT issues – LifeSite – 4/30/25