Rome is where the fight is happening. In the last few months, we ve seen Father James Martin granted a private audience, and the LGBT pilgrimage into two Roman basilicas, one right here in Rome. We ve seen a raft of appalling Episcopal appointments to dioceses around the world, but there s one outrage that s touched more people than any other. Just weeks ago, the Vatican issued a doctrinal note rejecting the Marian titles, co-redemptrix and mediatrix of all graces.
00:00:00.000Hello my dear friends. I'm speaking to you today as you can see from Rome. That's right, right here
00:00:07.820in the Eternal City. And right now this is the most dangerous battleground for the souls of the
00:00:13.020Church. Confusion is spreading everywhere from here. The truth is attacked. The faithful are
00:00:19.740pushed aside while sins that cry to heaven for vengeance are welcomed right here into St. Peter's
00:00:25.540Basilica. And those who seek to dismantle Catholic doctrine are working openly, confidently, and
00:00:33.220without fear of resistance. That's why LifeSite News must be right here in Rome right now. Our presence
00:00:41.680here is under threat. And before I tell you why, let's begin as you always do with the sign of the
00:00:46.680cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen. Rome is where the fight is
00:00:54.840happening. Let me remind you of what we are up against. In the last few months we've seen Father
00:01:01.500James Martin granted a private audience and the LGBT pilgrimage into two Roman basilicas. One
00:01:10.200right here. We've seen Leo XIV directly talk as if the Church's teachings can change. Ecumenical
00:01:19.760prayer meetings, even with King Charles, the head of the Church of England. And we've seen a raft of
00:01:26.680appalling Episcopal appointments to dioceses around the world. But there's one outrage that's touched
00:01:35.000more people than any other. Just weeks ago, the Vatican issued a doctrinal note rejecting the Marian
00:01:42.420titles, co-redemptrix and mediatrix of all graces. These titles are grounded in centuries of Catholic
00:01:50.720devotion, theology, and liturgical life. This note approved personally by Leo XIV didn't really
00:01:59.300discourage these titles. It framed them as theologically unhelpful, confusing, and even
00:02:07.180always inappropriate. The Vatican, it seems, has no room at the inn this Christmas for the co-redemptrix
00:02:15.060and mediatrix of all graces. It sent her away, just as she and St. Joseph were once sent away to the
00:02:23.360stable where the farm animals were kept. Satan must have been laughing when that document was published.
00:02:29.740He knows that he will be crushed under Our Lady's Immaculate heel, and he hates her for it. It is true
00:02:38.180that probably in the face of the massive backlash his document provoked, Cardinal Tucho Fernandez,
00:02:47.580whose document it was, backtracked a little bit, saying that Catholics that understand these titles
00:02:54.080and what they mean, they could sort of carry on using them privately so long, I guess, as no one
00:03:00.900else hears or something like that. But this whole scandal confirms what Father David Nix told LifeSite
00:03:09.340News when it happened. He said, the modernists despise Mary. It also shows us exactly how modernists
00:03:18.940operate. They silence the truths that offend them. They then rewrite the faith through ambiguous language
00:03:27.000or dodgy footnotes, introducing practical or pastoral steps that run counter to the doctrine, like communion
00:03:36.840for the divorced and remarried or blessings and pilgrimages for homosexuals. And then they marginalize anyone
00:03:45.100who refuses to comply. And we've seen this whole playbook unfold before our very eyes.
00:03:52.840So I'll say it plainly. This whole plan is how they're coming for your faith and the faith of your
00:04:01.080children. And it's happening right here in the Eternal City, where LifeSite News is standing between
00:04:08.840them and you and fighting to keep our foothold. I was here on the ground for the conclave that elected
00:04:16.300Robert Cardinal Prevost in May. And in a video walking through the streets of Rome, LifeSite News was one
00:04:23.880of the first outlets to raise the alarm about what is now undeniable to everyone. I'm right here now at
00:04:31.580LifeSite News' Grown Life Forum, a gathering that has since 2014 upheld Catholic truth in the very city where the truth is being attacked on a daily basis.
00:04:45.640The catastrophic loss of faith in the 20th century happened in part because the Catholic in the pew had less access to the truth of what was happening right here in Rome and in the rest of the Church.
00:05:00.920Leaving them at the mercy of the Judas priests who dismantled the religion of their childhood.
00:05:08.980We're not going to let it happen again. And now it is different. In the last few decades, it's all changed.
00:05:17.380Thanks to internet outlets like LifeSite News, Catholics can know what is happening, can arm themselves against the maneuvering
00:05:25.920of the modernists, and fight back against error with the truth. And that's what this conference is all about.
00:05:33.900And we have an amazing set of people here. We've got Fr. David Nix,
00:05:38.180lawyer Liz Yore, as well as Dr. Patrick Castle, the president and founder of LifeRunners.
00:05:43.640Rachel Maria Mastrogiacomo, who is a victim of clergy abuse. Frank Wright is here from Faith and Reason.
00:05:52.240And we've also been joined by no less than Bishop Marian Eleganti from Switzerland.
00:05:59.280LifeSite News has committed to making Rome Life Forum free.
00:06:03.220Because at a time of confusion and despair, faithful Catholics need clarity.
00:06:09.800But the costs are very high. And the stakes are higher than ever.
00:06:15.840That's because Rome Life Forum isn't just another conference.
00:06:19.100It really matters. And has a massive impact.
00:06:23.020And over the years, the impact is incredible.
00:06:25.640Let me tell you about three different times.
00:06:28.880In 2017, the now-deceased Cardinal Kefara revealed Sister Lucy of Fatima's message
00:06:37.540at the Rome Life Forum, the one where he said,
00:06:41.020we are living the final battle for marriage and the family.
00:06:45.560The final battle, he said, between Christ and the Antichrist.
00:06:50.800And he said that he felt that that battle is on right now, as of 2014,
00:06:59.040the launch of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, which led to Amoris Laetitia.
00:07:03.600In 2018, Archbishop Vigano was at Rome Life Forum.
00:07:08.280And he listened as Bishop Athanasius Schneider and I urged bishops to take action.
00:07:13.920And just months later, he published his bombshell testimony at LifeSite News about Cardinal McCarrick.
00:07:23.120In 2023, Bishop Strickland made headlines worldwide right here at LifeSite's Rome Life Forum,
00:07:32.780warning about Pope Francis and against the Synod on Synodality.
00:07:37.540Days later, Pope Francis removed him from his diocese.
00:07:42.040The bad actors in the Vatican know that we are here, and they're not happy about it.