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Bishop Athanasius Schneider was born Anton Schneider on April 7, 1961, in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union. Born to German parents deported by Stalin, he was raised in the underground Church, baptized and catechized in secret. His family sheltered clergy, and he received his First Holy Communion clandestinely in 1973.
Bishop Schneider and the Confraternity urge Catholics to join a 2024 crusade: daily Rosary and Five First Saturdays, seeking Divine intervention for the Church’s crisis through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Vatican’s Fiducia Supplicans allows spontaneous blessings for same-sex and irregular couples. The move caused global division, some praising pastoral outreach, others warning it undermines doctrine and creates confusion.