American SSPX bishop: ‘New religion’ of ‘modernist church’ is dying
Bishop Michael Goldade's speech echoes SSPX founder Archbishop Lefebvre, who decried the modernist infiltration of the Catholic Church.
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Wed Jul 1, 2026 - 3:25 pm EDT
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(LifeSiteNews) — Newly consecrated Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) Bishop Michael Goldade said the “modernist church,” which he called a “new religion,” “kills everything it touches.”
In an address following the SSPX episcopal consecrations on July 1, Goldade, an American, celebrated the creation of the new bishops as a “sign of the vitality” of the Church.
“Holy Mother the Church, the bride of Christ to whom it was given, and only to whom it was given the means to sanctify souls, to prepare souls for the kingdom of heaven,” said Goldade. “It contains all that is necessary for the salvation of souls. And this is a reminder of that life and the life source and our Lord Jesus Christ which is found in the Catholic Church.”
“You see in these beautiful cathedrals artistic renderings of life. You have vinery, greenery, flowing water. But it’s not just something natural. It’s a symbol of the supernatural life that comes through the Catholic Church,” continued Goldade. “She washes souls, she cleanses them of sin, she prepares them, she raises them up even to great, great sanctity. To martyrdom. To be members of heaven.”
“And we have to believe that. We have to have faith in that,” he added.
