This past Sunday, February 15, Leo XIV made an unassuming visit to a seaside parish in Ostia, where he offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in what was presented as an ordinary diocesan engagement. The ceremony unfolded quietly, marked by active involvement from members of the congregation and little external fanfare. But as we know, in Synodal La La Land there is always some irregularity brewing not far beneath the surface, and this was no exception. Amid the otherwise routine character of the occasion, one feature stood out unmistakably to those attentive to the integrity of Catholic liturgical tradition: young women serving within the sanctuary at the altar.>Yip, I hope the Trad Inc. we-are-so-back crowd took notice. Their Saviour of Tradition had no qualms to positively re-emphasize and promote the gender confusion wrecking so much in the visible Church: from Parish Susans sacrilegiously handling Christ in the Eucharist as so-called Eucharistic Ministers, to girls in Adidas sneakers driving males out of their God-appointed roles in the sanctuary.>So why is it not just problematic, but downright wrong?

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