Home » Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis has reigned over a profound collapse in Catholic piety and doctrine

Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis has reigned over a profound collapse in Catholic piety and doctrine

When we speak of the ‘Catholic Church’ today, we are undoubtedly talking about a church that has undergone such a profound transformation that we can only speak of a lasting break with everything that has been Catholic over the centuries.

(LifeSiteNews) — Does the Catholic Church actually still exist?

I asked myself this question when I was studying the catechism – and not only the so-called “World Catechism,” or Catechism of The Catholic Church, of John Paul II but also the earlier catechisms, from the Roman Catechism (1566) to the Catechism of Pope Pius X (1912).