Fake Fireball Catholicism: Same Label, Different Religion

Two cardinals admitted, in their own words, that the theology changed. Not the language of the Mass. Not the music. The theology itself. Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, told an interviewer the Second Vatican Council represents what the Society of St. Pius X has always said it represents, a break from 2,000 years of tradition, and called that break a "hermeneutic of reform." Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, told the BBC in 2023 that the theology of who offers the Sacrifice at the altar changed and called it, in his own words, "an enormous statement to make." Two men. Two dicasteries. Three years apart. Same confession. In this episode, join Felix and me as we walk through both interviews, and show what happens when you set them beside two other stories from the same week: a religious sister now governing a Vatican dicastery above a cardinal, and a guest essay published on the German bishops' own news portal, on the actual feast of St. Maria Goretti, arguing the Church should stop calling her sanctity what Pius XII called it in 1950. The label stays the same. What is inside the bottle does not. Read the companion essay on Substack: bishopmeikle.substack.com https://tinyurl.com/39vztnzx H/T to Michael Girdly for the inspiration. Visit his channel at    / @michael-girdley   for excellent business stories- even if you aren’t a businessman, you’ll likely find his stories about why many fail fascinating. If this helped you, share it with someone still deciding whether the label matches what's inside