Why is Pope Leo XIV teaching Gaudium et Spes? And what does this Vatican II document have to do with “the care of water,” synodality, the Communist Bishop Helder Câmara, Klaus Schwab and the continuing war against Tradition?
In this episode of The Remnant Underground, Michael Matt examines Pope Leo’s September prayer intention for “the care of water” and his catechetical series on the documents of Vatican II, particularly Gaudium et Spes.
Michael explores the criticisms of Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Msgr. Brunero Gherardini and others who have warned that the document placed excessive emphasis on temporal human concerns at the expense of the Church’s supernatural mission.
He also examines the controversial role of the co-author of Gaudium et spes — Marxist Bishop Helder Câmara — the Catacombs Pact, and how they connect Vatican II, Synodality and the postconciliar transformation of the Catholic Church.
And then there is the SSPX.
Why does the Vatican continue to fight the movement founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre while so many other movements and ideologies find welcome within the Catholic Church?
Michael’s answer is blunt: The issue is never the issue. The issue is ALWAYS the Revolution.
