Prayerful Posse: Pope Leo Honors Iran & SSPX Excommunication Threat
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The episode discusses Pope Leo's controversial decision to honor Iran's ambassador and the tensions between the Vatican and the SSPX movement.
On this week’s episode of the Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down the Vatican firestorm surrounding Pope Leo’s decision to honor Iran’s ambassador during an active war — and why critics see the timing as a diplomatic disaster. The Posse also examines growing tensions between Rome and the traditionalist SSPX movement as new warnings of schism and excommunication raise deeper questions about unity, authority, and consistency inside the Church. The conversation then turns to the Vatican’s ongoing synodal debates and the widening divide over LGBT ideology, the German bishops, and doctrinal confusion left over from the Francis era. Father Murray and Robert Royal discuss whether the Church is facing a genuine crisis of authority — and why some fear a future rupture similar to what fractured the Anglican Communion. Plus: the Trump administration’s legal fight with a New Mexico diocese over a proposed border wall, Pope Leo’s comments on science and extraterrestrial life, fascinating new archaeological discoveries tied to the apostles at Bethsaida, and a powerful reflection on Pope Leo kneeling…
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