# Diane Montagna's Substack

American journalist in Rome accredited to the Holy See. Co-founder of http://collegeofcardinalsreport.com. Co-author of ‘Christus Vincit’ (Angelico Press, 2019) and ‘Calming the Storm’ (Emmaus Press, 2022).

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## [Bishop Schneider: Serious Vatican Engagement with SSPX Would Mark “Beginning of the End” of the Modernist Project](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/bishop-schneider-serious-vatican)

_2026-08-17 · Diane Montagna_

The Bishop breaks his silence in first public statement following the episcopal consecrations of July 1.

## [Cardinal Sarah Makes the Case for Letting ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Wither and Die](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/cardinal-sarah-makes-the-case-for)

_2026-08-06 · Diane Montagna_

The Cardinal urges dioceses worldwide to follow Pope Leo’s call for greater generosity towards the TLM

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209831616/bd7e7f35752aea8debe01a3b96c890ae.mp3)

## [Spanish Report Fuels Anxiety Over Pope Leo’s Intention Regarding the Traditional Latin Mass](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/spanish-report-fuels-anxiety-over)

_2026-08-03 · Diane Montagna_

Report’s ignorance of basic Vatican procedures presumes too much about the Pope.

## [More Extraordinary Gaslighting: Cardinal Roche on the Traditional Latin Mass Yet Again](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/more-extraordinary-gaslighting-cardinal)

_2026-07-31 · Diane Montagna_

An analysis of the Cardinal’s spurious claims made in the new London Tablet interview

## [Cardinal Sarah: Pope Leo’s Generosity towards the Traditional Latin Mass ‘Must Apply to All Bishops’](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/cardinal-sarah-pope-leos-generosity)

_2026-07-16 · Diane Montagna_

In a new video-interview five years after Traditionis Custodes, the Cardinal weighs in on the future of the vetus ordo — and warns that “Synodality” and paganism are eroding the Church from within.

## [Cardinal Burke: ‘Synodality Has to Be Stopped’](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/cardinal-burke-synodality-has-to)

_2026-07-15 · Diane Montagna_

The US Cardinal also discusses restrictions to the Traditional Latin Mass one year after it was revealed that a Vatican survey of Bishops contradicted the stated rationale for Traditionis Custodes.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207198013/bccd623b8842d6dbe88a032fdb77717d.mp3)

## [SSPX Files Preliminary Recourse Against Decree of Excommunication](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/sspx-files-preliminary-recourse-against)

_2026-07-13 · Diane Montagna_

The Society says the preliminary recourse suspends the execution of the decree in accord with Canon Law.

## [Holy See Declares SSPX Bishops Excommunicated After July 1 Consecrations](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/holy-see-declares-sspx-bishops-excommunicated)

_2026-07-02 · Diane Montagna_

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Issues Excommunication Decree and Explanatory Note

## [“Please Turn Back!”: Pope Leo XIV Issues Final Appeal to SSPX](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/please-turn-back-pope-leo-xiv-issues)

_2026-06-30 · Diane Montagna_

Pope warns proceeding with the consecrations will deprive the faithful of “the licit and, in some cases, even valid reception of the Sacraments.”

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## [Cardinal Müller’s Intervention at the Consistory of Cardinals: Full Text](https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/cardinal-mullers-intervention-at)

_2026-06-28 · Diane Montagna_

“The boundary into schism is definitively crossed when the ministry of the Bishop of Rome … is violated.”