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Pope Francis and the Woke Church of Collapse

April 25, 2025/7 Comments/in General/by Kevin MacDonald

By Constantin von Hoffmeister on Arktos

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Pope Francis and the Woke Church of Collapse
He was supposed to be the Rock. Peter’s successor. What we got was a slippage, a sigh, a soft decomposition dressed in white. The Vatican ceased to be fortress and became refugee camp, gates swinging wide for every stranger, every non-believer, every voice demanding entry with protest and self-righteous noise. Pope Francis spoke in hashtags and soundbites, apologizing for the sins of the West to those who burned her cathedrals. Sin dissolved into suffering. Order collapsed into empathy. The gospel of Christ transformed into an HR manual for the global South, distributed like pamphlets at a Davos lunch. Pope Francis kneeled before the camera. He cried for the “undocumented” while the unborn were forgotten.

The shepherd of tradition turned away from the sacred archive. Latin masses were restricted. The baroque shadows of incense and guilt dispersed. In their place fluttered rainbow flags in St. Peter’s Square. He made speeches about “inclusion,” preached “tolerance,” insisted the Church “welcome” those who would unmake her. His words on climate resembled those of bureaucrats from Brussels. His views on capitalism echoed union leaders in Buenos Aires. On borders, he spoke as if locks and thresholds had never existed. His encyclicals mirrored UN white papers. In his encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“All Brothers”), every brother was rendered the same, every soul squeezed into sameness. The divine became equity. The Body of Christ was dissected into NGOs and migrant quotas.

Fratelli Tutti was his love letter to the world, not the bruised world of saints and martyrs but the borderless blur of smirking and corrupt bureaucrats. No blood, only brotherhood as envisioned by the French Revolution. The text bled empathy, disarmed every defense, baptized the stranger in syrup and theory. There were no nations anymore, just “neighbors” stretched across deserts and oceans like a prayer gone feral. Sovereignty? A heresy. Identity? An inconvenience. War was sin, hierarchy was sin, capitalism was sin — but the dilution of the sacred? That was mercy. Pope Francis mumbled unity and erased the name of every people who had once knelt before crosses carved by their ancestors. He called it fraternity but it smelled like surrender.

Illegal immigration became his crusade. He described walls as un-Christian. Yet the Vatican is encircled by them. The gates of Heaven remain shut to the impure. Were those teachings meant to be metaphors now? Were boundaries no longer sacred? He washed the feet of migrants, yet never of the forgotten faithful. His chastisements fell on Western nations — those who built the cathedrals he inherited. He aligned with the forces unraveling Europe. Where others saw invasion, he imagined pilgrimage. Where others warned of lawlessness, he praised yearning. This was the creed of universalism, stripped of judgment. Discernment abandoned, chaos embraced.

He smiled at the men who wore lipstick and lace, welcomed them not as sinners seeking redemption but as misunderstood prophets of a new “inclusivity.” Pope Francis — who once asked, “Who am I to judge?” — became the confessor of the degenerate modern world — instead of hearing sins, deleting them. Under his reign, civil unions of same-sex couples were praised, not just tolerated, and the sacred institution of marriage blurred into bureaucratic recognition of emotional convenience. He met with transgender activists, blessed their journeys, and with each gesture, chipped away at the old stone altar. The catechism still spoke of disorder, yet his tone drowned it out, soft and merciful, the tone of a shepherd who led his sheep straight into the fog of decadence and decline.

Online, his defenders multiplied like mold in a cathedral crypt. Memes hailed papal kindness, papal humility, papal tweets. He became a brand, a “progressive” pontiff fluent in slogans. He honored Greta Thunberg like a saint. Mystery gave way to spectacle. The digital liturgy replaced the ancient one. Hashtags drifted where incense once rose. He trended for bending the creed. The algorithm sanctified him. Cameras loved him. Atheists received his interviews with delight. He questioned dogma and never ideology. When he spoke of the Devil, he named racism, sexism, capitalism — never the rot that crept under the robes of the Church.

When a pope embraces the world, the Church becomes its puppet. This was his legacy. He proclaimed inclusion while discarding the gospel. His papacy unfolded as surrender. Armor gone. Sword rusted. Fire extinguished. He offered apologies and compromises. While he wept for the wind, the cathedral crumbled. Now that he is gone, smoke rises still — uncertain, heavy. The throne remains occupied yet desecrated. The Church must awaken from delirium. She must recall that love detached from truth is betrayal. And those who still believe must lift the standard again — facing the world not as it demands to be seen but as it hungers to be saved.

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7 replies
  1. James Clayton
    James Clayton says:
    April 26, 2025 at 3:29 am

    Amen.

  2. Arnold Bannerman
    Arnold Bannerman says:
    April 26, 2025 at 4:12 am

    The TV/secular media celebration of Pope Woke said it all. The muck shall inherit the earth.

  3. Pierre de Craon
    Pierre de Craon says:
    April 26, 2025 at 7:33 am

    What an insightful and eloquent article! Thank you, Kevin, for linking to it.

  4. Michel Martin
    Michel Martin says:
    April 26, 2025 at 2:07 pm

    The new Pope’s election should be signalled by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel.
    Pope Paul VI spoke of the Smoke of Satan in the Church.
    Watch that space!

  5. Harald
    Harald says:
    April 26, 2025 at 11:56 pm

    A new study claims that the Neatherthals had blue eyes and blond hair. However, whether they looked as appealing as in this AI video is rather doubtful.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-I6DGZZE9A
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAIWpVSAM8

    The mega-lie of “man-made global warming” (first promoted by the Jew Michael E. Mann) is, as we know, bearing the most absurd blossoms, and serves as a source of ever more concordant fantasies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Mann

    Now a Dutchman intends to enclose the North Sea and Baltic Sea in order to “save” Europe (which will no longer be white due to mass immigration) from rising sea levels.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1Af96gYVI

    Hispano-Mischling Fartinez’s main mission is to exonerate general Jew-guilt (to “destroy JQtards”). To this end, the spergoid engages in passionate selective cherry-picking, which he projects onto all his “wignat” enemies. For example, he untruthfully writes “Max Hodann (unknown)” instead of “Max Hodann (Jewish)”, see Wiki categories.

    https://martinezperspective.net/2025/02/lgbt-jewslgbt-trans-agendas-whos-responsiblelgbt-jews/

    https://odysee.com/@martinezperspective:2/JEWS-AND-LGBT:5

    Mr. Jordan even knows that although the jet engine was not invented in Rostock, the turbo jet was and that the first jet-powered flight took place there. Which, however, was comparably worthwhile for the price of temporarily drinking fake coffee.

    https://odysee.com/@WarStrike:a/Episode91:1

    AI says:

    During the Third Reich, the city of Rostock was home to two major aircraft manufacturing plants: the Heinkel works in Marienehe and the Arado works in Warnemünde. The Heinkel factory, built from 1934, became one of Europe’s most modern aircraft production sites, employing thousands of workers, including many forced laborers and prisoners of war. The choice of Rostock as a location was influenced by the availability of large development areas, good transport connections (such as proximity to the harbor and railway), and political support from the Nazi authorities. The Arado plant in Warnemünde was a separate entity and not owned by Heinkel; both companies operated independently.

    After World War II, the Soviet occupying forces dismantled and removed much of the remaining industrial infrastructure. The former Heinkel facilities were either destroyed or repurposed for other uses, especially during the communist era in East Germany (GDR), when the site was used for various industrial and state functions, often without much reference to its Nazi-era past. The so-called “red wall” that stood in Marienehe until recently was likely a remnant of this later period and was eventually demolished.

    In the GDR, the legacy of these sites was generally downplayed or ignored, with little public commemoration. Since reunification, the approach has been more nuanced but remains cautious. There is only a discreet commemorative plaque at the former Heinkel site, and the city does not actively promote this part of its history. This restraint is partly due to the moral complexities surrounding the Nazi past, including the use of forced labor and the association with the regime’s war efforts.

    The technical achievements made in Rostock, such as the world’s first jet-powered flight (the He 178), are recognized by experts but are not widely celebrated in public. There is an ongoing tension between acknowledging technological innovation and avoiding any glorification of the Nazi era. As a result, Rostock’s aviation history is treated with a sense of responsibility and caution, rather than pride or open commemoration.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ersatz_good

    There is no reliable evidence that “Erich von Manstein had Jewish ancestors” (Jordan). The claim that he descended from a “great-great-ancestor Lewi” is based on a statement by his former ordnance officer Alexander Stahlberg, which historians such as Oliver von Wrochem consider to be speculation or “not a serious statement” by the general himself. There is also no evidence for a “Jewish origin of the name”. The Lewinski and von Manstein family line is demonstrably an old Prussian family of soldiers

    The name “Lewinski” may be of Jewish origin in Eastern Europe, where it is often derived from the Hebrew ‘Levi’ or “Levin”. In the case of Erich von Manstein, however, the name comes from an old Pomeranian-Kashubian noble family, which was originally called “Royk” and only changed the name of its estate to “Lewinski” in the 16th century. It was not until the 16th century that they adopted the name of their estate “Lewyn” (now Lewino). This family was demonstrably Christian and belonged to the landed gentry.

    It is also repeatedly claimed that Hitler had “Jewish ancestors” (the so-called “Frankenberger thesis”, which goes back to its dubious “General Gouverneur” Hans Frank, who, btw, himself bore a surname often used by Jews). But both Frankenberger and Frankenreiter are genuine German and not Jewish names (although names who end with “-berger” may “sound” kinda Jewish).

    https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Frankenberger
    https://forebears.io/surnames/frankenberger
    https://forebears.io/surnames/frankenreiter

    An older variant is Franckenberger.
    https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Franckenberger

    AI says about Balogh’s saying: “You hang the small thieves, but let the big ones go”, “You hang the small thieves, but tip your hat to the big ones”, “Not everyone is equal before the law”, “The law is blind in one eye, but not both”, these German proverbs all criticize the unequal application of justice, highlighting how the powerful or wealthy often escape punishment while the less privileged are harshly treated.

    Turning to the legal tradition, continental Europe historically developed under the influence of Germanic law, which was characterized by assemblies of free men known as “Things.” These assemblies functioned as courts and legislative bodies, emphasizing consensus and community participation rather than top-down authority. Disputes were settled and laws were made collectively, and the process was open to all free men, at least in its early forms. This system reflected a communal, customary approach to justice, with decisions reached through discussion and agreement, rather than imposed by a central authority.

    In contrast, the Anglo-American legal tradition evolved under strong influence from Roman law, which was more hierarchical and codified. Roman law emphasized written statutes, professional judges, and a more centralized administration of justice. Over time, the English common law system developed its own characteristics, but the contrast remains: Germanic law (as seen in the Thing assemblies) was participatory and consensus-driven, while Roman law (and its Anglo-American descendants) was more formalized and top-down in structure.

    This historical difference helps explain why proverbs about unequal justice resonate so strongly in German-speaking and continental European contexts. The communal ideals of the Thing assemblies stand in contrast to the perceived arbitrariness or partiality of more hierarchical legal systems, making sayings like “You hang the small thieves, but let the big ones go” a pointed critique of social and legal inequality.

    And further:

    While the Third Reich invoked Germanic legal myths for ideological purposes (“Thing Places”), its legal and administrative reality was one of centralized, authoritarian control-much closer to the tradition of Roman law than to the decentralized, participatory ethos of Germanic Thing assemblies. https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Thingplatz_(Thingbewegung)

    While the U.S. legal system is not Roman in its structure, elements of legal inequality and the influence of wealth on access to justice can create outcomes that echo the authoritarian and hierarchical features of Roman law. The “Land of the Free” ideal coexists with a legal reality where freedom and certainty are sometimes contingent on resources, despite robust anti-corruption measures intended to safeguard legal integrity.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_law
    https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Germanische_Stammesrechte

  6. Tim
    Tim says:
    April 27, 2025 at 6:55 am

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXIUqI48c7sxxDZ2DtwG4TZaGvcqBZ2W
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balduin_M%C3%B6llhausen

    You can offer AI foreign-language vids
    for translation/content analysis. I did it
    with this one from the same channel.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRYW16IAMU

    https://www.perplexity.ai/search/translate-the-content-of-this-PduErAZBTJS9HXNp6e68iQ
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_the_Tomcat_Murr

    PS: The “Welt article” was by Jew Posener.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Posener

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErKVusc56X4
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Lipchenko

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5r6hSKKp8
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Kutschera

    Half-German “General Custer”, whose
    paternal ancestors were named Küster,
    was not a recipient of the Honor Medal.
    However, his real German colleague was.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8OxJUWkVM
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German-born_Medal_of_Honor_recipients

  7. ps
    ps says:
    April 27, 2025 at 7:29 am

    https://archive.is/mCQrR

    https://www.perplexity.ai/search/translate-the-content-of-this-S01SH7VUQ3C1SJLT0VhTaA

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