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THE CAUSES OF MODERNISM

Part Ten in a series on Pascendi

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Frank Wright
Feb 16, 2026
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As you are likely now aware the world is in a profound moral crisis which has corrupted Church and State. The restoration of all things in Christ is the only remedy, and this was the motto of the glorious Pope St Pius X.

The work of Pope St Pius X on the false doctrines of the Modernists will arm you with the weapons you need to recognise and to fight the evil which has captured all our institutions.

Pascendi equips you with the knowledge of your enemy, which is vital to the rescue and restoration of our Church and the civilisation it founded.


CONTENTS

  • Overview of Pascendi

  • Previous nine parts of this series - on the Modernist Errors

  • Part Two: The Causes of Modernism


In this series I explain the traditional doctrine of the Catholic Church as defended in the masterpiece of Pope St Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis.

Pascendi (1907) was published as A Catechism of Modernism in 1908.

Comparing this “Catechism of Modernism” with the teachings of the Modern Church, I show how and why the New Religion is not the True Religion.

Abp. Marcel Lefebvre: totally vindicated.

SUBJECT OF THIS POST

This post deals with Part II: The Causes of the Modernist Errors.

The final chapter of Part One, treated in the previous post in this series showed why Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies.

It summarised how the Modernist Reformation seeks the destruction of all religion, delivering a parody of religion leading directly to atheism.


THE NEW RELIGION AND ITS HERETIC POPES

The Modern Church is now establishing a New Religion of Synodality - which is not the Catholic faith. These posts should help to replace confusion in the minds of Catholics with clarity over what is going on in the Vatican, and why we should not despair.

This book explains how the Synodal Project of Jorge Bergoglio was directed by a Pope who denied the divinity of Christ - as Pope St Pius X said the Modernists would do.

“The Disastrous Pontificate” was published by Os Justi Press in January 2026

The case it makes is that the Modern Church under Francis and Leo is promoting a religion of Modernist heresy and error - in the precise form and using exactly the methods explained in Pascendi by Pope St Pius X.

This is the case. Do not despair.

The Catholic faith is eternal, whilst temperamental cults are temporary.


PASCENDI - A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Pascendi Dominici Gregis, published in 1907, is titled “Feeding the Flock” in English. It is an analysis of Modern teaching on religion.

Pascendi is in three parts. These initial posts deal with the eight chapters of Part One - which describes in detail the Modernist Errors.

My first two posts discussed Chapter One - using examples from the Modern Church to illustrate the errors of “The Religious Philosophy of the Modernists”.

You can find part one here, which introduces A Catechism on Modernism:

A CATECHISM ON MODERNISM

A CATECHISM ON MODERNISM

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November 24, 2025
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Part Two is here, which shows how the Modernists will create a “World Church” - composed of Modernist heresies:

HUMAN ERRORS - THE NEW RELIGION

HUMAN ERRORS - THE NEW RELIGION

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December 8, 2025
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Part Three looked at the second chapter: The Modernist as Believer.

MODERNISM: A RELIGION OF MAN

MODERNISM: A RELIGION OF MAN

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December 15, 2025
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In it, we investigated the basis of Modernist religious belief, showing how the Modern Church seeks to establish a human-centred religion of Man.


Part Four looked at Chapter Three: The Modernist as Theologian.

We saw how Pascendi predicted why and how we have seen Following the Science replace following Christ.

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE

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December 29, 2025
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Part Five looked at Chapter Four: The Religious Philosophy of the Modernists (Continued). This chapter shows how modern political beliefs become the basis of the new Modernist Religion.

MODERNISM: POLITICS AS RELIGION

MODERNISM: POLITICS AS RELIGION

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Jan 12
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Part Six deals with Chapter Five: The Modernist as Historian and Critic.

CATHOLICISM MINUS CHRIST

CATHOLICISM MINUS CHRIST

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Jan 19
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It explains how the Modernist revision of Church history and its critical methods result in a religion which denies the reality of the Christ of the Gospels.


Part Seven examined Chapter Six: The Modernist as Apologist.

UNAPOLOGETIC HERESY

UNAPOLOGETIC HERESY

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Jan 26
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This chapter shows that the doctrines of the Modernists have been designed with one purpose: to plunge Catholics into heresy.


Part Eight looked at Chapter Seven: The Modernist as Reformer. It explains that the Modernist “mania” for “reform” will see nothing remain of the Catholic Religion, as its history, dogma, practices and sacraments will all be replaced by the Modernist Reformation.

THE MODERNIST REFORMATION

THE MODERNIST REFORMATION

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Feb 2
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Part Nine in my series explained why Modernism was described as “the synthesis of all heresies” by Pope St Pius X.

MODERNISM: ATHEISM AS RELIGION

MODERNISM: ATHEISM AS RELIGION

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Feb 9
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Modernism seeks to destroy the Church and deny the Divinity of Christ Himself.

It is the promotion of atheism as religion.


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