Monsignor Castellucci and the heretical “prophecy” of liturgical co-presidency: a frontal attack on the Sacrament of Holy Orders and the Catholic Mass
In the Diocesan bulletin "Notizie" dated 24 May 2026, the Archbishop of Modena and Nonantola and Bishop of Carpi, Msgr. Erio Castellucci—who is the Vice-President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), President of the National Committee for the Synodal Path, and even a rumored candidate for the See of Milan—put forward a grave and unacceptable hypothesis at a CIF conference in Carpi: liturgical co-presidency, wherein women would handle the Liturgy of the Word (proclaiming Easter “like Mary Magdalene”) and men would handle the consecration. A gift of Pope Francis to the Church This proposal oversteps every boundary of the Church’s perennial Magisterium and deserves unequivocal and uncompromising condemnation. “Beyond the Stalemate”: the ruse to bypass the female diaconate In the section titled “Beyond the Stalemate,” Castellucci suggests avoiding getting bogged down in the debate over the female diaconate—knowing full well that it faces firm opposition from the Orthodox w...
