When Rome Fought Back: 8 Modernists Censured by Benedict XVI @purely_catholic
When Rome Fought Back: 8 Modernists Censured by Benedict XVI  @purely_catholic
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How come it seems that only traditionalists get punished by the Vatican? Is it because modernists are just super obedient? Spoiler alert: they’re not. There’s been a concerted efforts over the last decade to crack down on radical traditionalists, while radical modernists only get a slap on the wrist. But it used to not be this way. Pope Benedict XVI regularly excommunicated and censured progressive prelates who took things too far. Let’s take a look at 8 of these instances from his pontificate.

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