Fr. Isaac Relyea: “Pope Leo XIV Is a Heretic” – Silence of the Shepherds Invites Damnation

Sep 25, 2026

Fr. Mary-Isaac Relyea, a traditional Franciscan priest and preacher, discusses what he sees as a crisis of clerical silence. He tackles modernism, unworthy Communion, Pachamama, LGBTQ events, Vatican II, and the SSPX. He also explores persecution, the Rosary, sacraments, fasting, mental prayer, and the duty to defend Catholic doctrine.

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Why Clerical Silence Endangers Souls

Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea presents clerical silence as a spiritual danger, arguing that neglected souls can be lost through uncorrected error.
He links St. John Eudes’s warning about ravenous shepherds with St. Gregory the Great’s condemnation of pastors who remain silent.

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How Modernism Undermines Doctrine Indirectly

Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea describes modernism as a heresy that avoids direct denials while undermining doctrine through contradictory practices.
He points to disputed approaches to marriage, syncretism, and ecclesial permissions as examples of this alleged strategy.

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Police Blocked A Fatima Procession In Rome

Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea recounts leading a Fatima procession in St. Peter’s Square while police blocked the group from entering with the statue.
He contrasts restrictions on praying the Rosary with what he viewed as tolerated desecration inside Vatican churches.

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Traditional Franciscan priest Fr. Mary-Isaac Relyea joins John-Henry Westen to address what he describes as a crisis of silence within the Catholic hierarchy. Drawing on St. John Eudes and St. Gregory the Great, Relyea argues that priests and bishops have a grave obligation to defend Catholic doctrine and warn souls against sin. He sharply criticizes Pope Leo XIV and other prelates whom he believes have failed in that responsibility, a failure that, he warns, invites damnation.

The discussion addresses reception of Holy Communion, homosexuality, modernism, Vatican II, and the SSPX. Relyea argues that Catholics must remain faithful to what they understand as perennial Catholic teaching even amid opposition from Church authorities or their own families. The silence of the shepherds is not neutral; it is complicity.

Relyea turns to the spiritual practices Catholics need to persevere: the Rosary, the sacraments, spiritual Communion, mental prayer, penance, fasting, and studying the lives of the saints. Mental prayer is an intimate conversation with God. Intellectual knowledge of the faith is not enough—Catholics must live it through prayer and heroic virtue.

On the SSPX controversy, Relyea rejects warnings that Catholics associated with the Society are endangering their salvation. He defends resistance to commands he considers contrary to the faith and urges Catholics not to succumb to fear of persecution or condemnation. The silence must be broken. The faith must be defended. And the time to act is now.

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