John-Henry Westen: The papacy of Pope Francis, what’s your approach to such questions?
Bishop Schneider: First, of course, it’s a very sad phenomenon, even a tragedy. All these actions of Pope Francis that you mentioned, recently, he is basically using the papacy, such a sacred mission in the Church of Peter, in this case, abusing it to support the worldwide LGBT agenda and gender ideology. Even though he affirms that the doctrine of the Church will not change, and even though he has said several times that we must not accept the ideology of gender, de facto, he is supporting it through his actions, through his praxis.
This is a typical method of modernism in the last century, already present in the Church for over 100 years, especially after the Council, when some suggested separating doctrine from praxis. This is contrary to Revelation, logic, and common sense. It reflects the dialectic of modern unbelieving philosophy, such as Hegel and Marx, which stresses praxis over doctrine, claiming doctrine is not important.
In this way, Pope Francis continues to give very confusing signs. Through his actions, he undermines and contradicts his own words and the teaching of the Church. This is very sad, but God permits it. It is not in our power; we cannot change this. We must see this phenomenon of this pontificate also from a supernatural perspective. We are not a human institution, not an NGO, not a political party. We could not depose the leader. The pope receives his power directly from God, not from the cardinals, not from the Church, but directly from God. This is Catholic doctrine. Therefore, no body of the Church, no cardinals, no council, can declare the pope deposed because of moral or doctrinal crimes, in this case, supporting heresy.