By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith - We gather today at a time when the earth trembles beneath the weight of sin, and the heavens seem to cry with the groaning of creation. The very Bride of Christ – the Holy Catholic Church – is being torn and battered, not only by the world, but by those within her walls who should be her guardians... We must speak plainly. The wolves are not at the door – they are in the sanctuary. And we cannot whisper while they devour the flock. We must say with sorrow, but with truth, that even the voice of Peter has been muted. We honor the office of the pope, but we cannot deny the facts: under Pope Francis grave errors were unleashed – the blessing of same-sex unions, the scandalous claim that every religion is a path to God, the assault on the Mass of the Ages. And under Pope Leo XIV, these errors remain uncorrected. ...