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St. Gallen Diocese Pushes for
First Female Pope
The Diocese of St. Gallen. Switzerland, is publicly pushing for the first female Pope.
In May 2026, it launched
“Ich Bin Dabei” (Count Me In), a campaign across 25 Swiss villages that promotes all kinds of progressivist Church reforms. They include gender equality, “openness” in schools, dialogue with false religions, and ecclesial “walking together” (democracy in the Church). The Diocesan campaign’s website features posters of layfolk with short remarks about ways to implement the progressivist platform.
On one of the posters at the very bottom of the campaign website is a laywoman with short gray hair and modern dark brick block sweater; the pack of her poster reads: “Paving the way together for the election of the first female pope? Count me in.”
What is striking is that this is not some fringe group or bloc of disconcerted feminist – this is a Diocesan campaign pushing for a female Pope, discreetly, but publicly on their official website. A naïve Catholic would object: “Surely their Bishop does not know how bad it is in his Diocese! He should be alerted.”
Unfortunately their Bishop most likely knows, and probably encouraged it, considering his track record. Only 14 days after being elected Pope, Leo XIV appointed Bishop Beat Grögli as head of the St. Gallen Diocese. Grögli – who habitually does not wear any clerical garb – has been a vocal advocate for women’s ordination.
Swiss radio and television company SRF reported: “Like few others, Beat Grögli addressed the sensitive issues before the election: ‘The ordained ministry can no longer be solely a male domain,’ he stated in the Diocese's questionnaire. At the press conference following his instalation as Bishop, he confirmed: ‘Women's ordination will come.'”
He added: ”We must walk this path together. However, the Vatican is not yet ready for the ordination of women.”
What Grögli’s ambiguous “walking together” phrase means is that we will not be able to go forward in the revolutionary destruction of Catholic priesthood at the fast pace he would like to take. Rather, we have to wait until the other anachronistic and backwards Catholics catch up.
It is the principle of gradualism and “dialogue” explained by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: What was radically progressivist yesterday is considered moderate today, and what is radically progressivist today will be moderate tomorrow.
In a 2015 Chiesa Espresso Online article, Martin Grichting reported that Grögli also stated that “the Church’s position on marriage, on sexual morality, and on contraception would have to be ‘adapted’ so that the profound rift between modern-day doctrine and practice should not get even wider.” In other words: the Church’s Morals should change with the times, another modernist doctrine repackaged by Progressivism and condemned by the Church (nn. 5, 9 & 11 of the
Syllabus of Errors)
More bad fruits in Diocese: Ecumenism
When I saw the Diocesan website pushing for a female Pope, I asked: Are there other examples of the mud coming out of St. Gallen? This led me to an investigation into the current state of affairs in the St. Gallen Diocese.
Besides the push for women’s ordination – and even a female Pope – I found ecumenism being promoted among children and sodomy being publicly “blessed” by the Diocese.
Just this past June 13, the Diocese hosted its first joint Catholic-Protestant celebration for children. A news item on the Diocesan website reports on the event, which included an inflatable church in which children were invited to jump, bounce and play:
““On Saturday, June 13, the Catholic and Protestant Reformed churches hosted their first family festival, ‘Kirche Kunterbunt’ (Colorful Church), in the Abbey District of St. Gallen. Not only was the weather perfect, but around 1,000 guests and numerous volunteers contributed to the event's resounding success… In the various workshops, participants engaged in magic, crafts, painting, games, puzzles, gymnastics and blessings.
"A particular crowd-pleaser was the large inflatable church in the monastery courtyard, inviting everyone to climb and jump. Shortly before noon, all participants gathered in the cathedral for a communal celebration. Afterward, everyone enjoyed hot dogs, apples, gingerbread, and drinks. Above all, the day was characterized by a relaxed atmosphere, joyful encounters and beaming faces.”
At a certain point, children were invited to crowd around the altar-table, as can be seen in the picture at left.
This is reported with all naturality, as if it were some normal civic event in the Diocese. It is a particularly insidious way to indoctrinate children into religious relativism – to present error as something “fun,” “colorful” and “family-oriented.” At the same time, the foolish inflatable church reduces the sanctity of the Church to a toy to play and bounce around in on bare feet.
Sodomy blessed by the Diocese
Even more shocking to me was the tacit acceptance of sodomites by the Diocese, which blatantly offers blessings for homo couples. In my investigation, I landed on the Diocese’s marriage website, with a ‘welcoming’ format with orange and red hearts, red and blue bright colors and childish-looking text and design.
Clicking on the different elements, I realized that the Diocese offers both weddings and “blessing ceremonies.” Under its video testimonials (“Warum kirchlich heiraten” – “Why have a church wedding?”), there are videos of lesbian and sodomite ‘blessing’ ceremonies.
The Diocese encourages Catholics to learn about the lesbians with this title: “A Celebration of Love in Toggenburg – Ulli and Michi Share Their Story”. Then, after Catholics are finished learning about Ulli and Michi’s “celebration of love,” they can learn about two sodomites: “Nick and Dani’s rainbow wedding in Thurgau.”
The description of their video – which is run by the Diocese YouTube Channel – reads:
“Nick and Dani fulfilled a long-held dream: a civil marriage ceremony followed by a Church blessing in Thurgau. It was clear to both of them that they wanted their love to be celebrated and blessed within the Church.”
“Even before the Vatican officially authorized the blessing of same-sex couples, Nick reached out to the pastoral leader of their local church community. Her immediate response was: ’We’ll find a way.’ That openness marked the beginning of a journey that led them all the way to the altar. The most emotional moment: their personal vows and the blessing given by the priest.
“If you’d like to see just how moving and celebratory a 'rainbow wedding' in church can be, take a look at their story."
It then invites anyone interested in a Church wedding or blessing to get in touch via the marriage information website for Luzern, Switzerland. Upon visiting the page, we see that the Catholic Church, Protestant Reformed Sect and Old Catholic Sect share the same page – in other words, the Catholic Church advertises its weddings by collaborating with Reformed Protestants and Old Catholics.
The average Swiss Catholic is invited to choose what kind of religious ceremony he would like, the same way he chooses a flavor of ice cream at an ice-cream shop… If you can’t decide which "flavor," no problem: You can just have an interfaith wedding, perfectly approved by the Diocese!
So what would he prefer: Catholic? Protestant? Old Catholic? Natural marriage or sodomite blessing? Interfaith? Everything is acceptable, everything is tolerated, everything is a “preference”… And, where is Truth? Where is the intransigent, uncompromising, unadulterated Catholic Faith?
Statistics of the St. Gallen & Switzerland
With all this proof of tolerance for error and evil in St. Gallen, the inevitable question arises: How many Catholics are still practicing the Faith in St. Gallen, and in Switzerland?
From 1950-2023, the percentage of Catholics in St. Gallen dropped from 54.8% to 39.4%. In Switzerland, the percentage of Catholics is 29%. Of that 29%, only 9.4% attend Mass weekly,
according to a survey published by the federal statistics office. This translates to only a little over 250,000 Catholics attend weekly Mass, out of 2.7 million.
Then, 19% of the “Eucharistic celebrations” (they do not call them Masses anymore) in St. Gallen are “Liturgy of the Word services,” some with Communion, some without led by a layperson. This speaks of the death of religious vocations, to the point that laypeople (often women) are leading the “Eucharistic celebrations.”
Indeed, the recent average is only six new priests per year for all of Switzerland. According to a report by Pillar Catholic: “The number of diocesan priests permanently resident in Switzerland has halved since 1950, and there are around six priestly ordinations a year.” Einsiedeln Abbey has now the first new priest in 11 years.
I also found that in St. Gallen today, there are 13 parishes led by 10 people, and 7 of these “parish administrators” are women.
Considering these rotten fruits in St. Gallen and all Switzerland – the push for a female Pope, women’s ordination, democracy in the Church, ecumenism, blessings for sodomy – is it any wonder that Church is in a terrible decline? Is this the “new springtime” promised by Progressivism? Where are the Catholics who should fight back and end this usurpation?
‘Count Me In!’ on the St. Gallen Diocese website
On one of the posters at the very bottom of the campaign website is a laywoman with short gray hair and modern dark brick block sweater; the pack of her poster reads: “Paving the way together for the election of the first female pope? Count me in.”
What is striking is that this is not some fringe group or bloc of disconcerted feminist – this is a Diocesan campaign pushing for a female Pope, discreetly, but publicly on their official website. A naïve Catholic would object: “Surely their Bishop does not know how bad it is in his Diocese! He should be alerted.”
Bishop Beat Grögli in his normal lay dress, one of the first appointments by Leo XIV
Swiss radio and television company SRF reported: “Like few others, Beat Grögli addressed the sensitive issues before the election: ‘The ordained ministry can no longer be solely a male domain,’ he stated in the Diocese's questionnaire. At the press conference following his instalation as Bishop, he confirmed: ‘Women's ordination will come.'”
He added: ”We must walk this path together. However, the Vatican is not yet ready for the ordination of women.”
What Grögli’s ambiguous “walking together” phrase means is that we will not be able to go forward in the revolutionary destruction of Catholic priesthood at the fast pace he would like to take. Rather, we have to wait until the other anachronistic and backwards Catholics catch up.
It is the principle of gradualism and “dialogue” explained by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: What was radically progressivist yesterday is considered moderate today, and what is radically progressivist today will be moderate tomorrow.
Bishop Grögli: ‘Women's ordination will come’
More bad fruits in Diocese: Ecumenism
When I saw the Diocesan website pushing for a female Pope, I asked: Are there other examples of the mud coming out of St. Gallen? This led me to an investigation into the current state of affairs in the St. Gallen Diocese.
Catholic & Protestant children invited to a lively ‘inflatable church’ party in St. Gallen’s Cathedral
Just this past June 13, the Diocese hosted its first joint Catholic-Protestant celebration for children. A news item on the Diocesan website reports on the event, which included an inflatable church in which children were invited to jump, bounce and play:
““On Saturday, June 13, the Catholic and Protestant Reformed churches hosted their first family festival, ‘Kirche Kunterbunt’ (Colorful Church), in the Abbey District of St. Gallen. Not only was the weather perfect, but around 1,000 guests and numerous volunteers contributed to the event's resounding success… In the various workshops, participants engaged in magic, crafts, painting, games, puzzles, gymnastics and blessings.
"A particular crowd-pleaser was the large inflatable church in the monastery courtyard, inviting everyone to climb and jump. Shortly before noon, all participants gathered in the cathedral for a communal celebration. Afterward, everyone enjoyed hot dogs, apples, gingerbread, and drinks. Above all, the day was characterized by a relaxed atmosphere, joyful encounters and beaming faces.”
At a certain point, children were invited to crowd around the altar-table, as can be seen in the picture at left.
This is reported with all naturality, as if it were some normal civic event in the Diocese. It is a particularly insidious way to indoctrinate children into religious relativism – to present error as something “fun,” “colorful” and “family-oriented.” At the same time, the foolish inflatable church reduces the sanctity of the Church to a toy to play and bounce around in on bare feet.
Sodomy blessed by the Diocese
Even more shocking to me was the tacit acceptance of sodomites by the Diocese, which blatantly offers blessings for homo couples. In my investigation, I landed on the Diocese’s marriage website, with a ‘welcoming’ format with orange and red hearts, red and blue bright colors and childish-looking text and design.
Testimonies of ‘marriages’ blessed by the Diocese of St. Gallen
The Diocese encourages Catholics to learn about the lesbians with this title: “A Celebration of Love in Toggenburg – Ulli and Michi Share Their Story”. Then, after Catholics are finished learning about Ulli and Michi’s “celebration of love,” they can learn about two sodomites: “Nick and Dani’s rainbow wedding in Thurgau.”
The description of their video – which is run by the Diocese YouTube Channel – reads:
“Nick and Dani fulfilled a long-held dream: a civil marriage ceremony followed by a Church blessing in Thurgau. It was clear to both of them that they wanted their love to be celebrated and blessed within the Church.”
“Even before the Vatican officially authorized the blessing of same-sex couples, Nick reached out to the pastoral leader of their local church community. Her immediate response was: ’We’ll find a way.’ That openness marked the beginning of a journey that led them all the way to the altar. The most emotional moment: their personal vows and the blessing given by the priest.
“If you’d like to see just how moving and celebratory a 'rainbow wedding' in church can be, take a look at their story."
Pick & choose your wedding venues:
Catholic, Protestant, sodomite ‘blessing’ etc.
The average Swiss Catholic is invited to choose what kind of religious ceremony he would like, the same way he chooses a flavor of ice cream at an ice-cream shop… If you can’t decide which "flavor," no problem: You can just have an interfaith wedding, perfectly approved by the Diocese!
So what would he prefer: Catholic? Protestant? Old Catholic? Natural marriage or sodomite blessing? Interfaith? Everything is acceptable, everything is tolerated, everything is a “preference”… And, where is Truth? Where is the intransigent, uncompromising, unadulterated Catholic Faith?
Statistics of the St. Gallen & Switzerland
With all this proof of tolerance for error and evil in St. Gallen, the inevitable question arises: How many Catholics are still practicing the Faith in St. Gallen, and in Switzerland?
Moral tolerance for sins against nature leads good Catholics to abandon that church
Then, 19% of the “Eucharistic celebrations” (they do not call them Masses anymore) in St. Gallen are “Liturgy of the Word services,” some with Communion, some without led by a layperson. This speaks of the death of religious vocations, to the point that laypeople (often women) are leading the “Eucharistic celebrations.”
Indeed, the recent average is only six new priests per year for all of Switzerland. According to a report by Pillar Catholic: “The number of diocesan priests permanently resident in Switzerland has halved since 1950, and there are around six priestly ordinations a year.” Einsiedeln Abbey has now the first new priest in 11 years.
I also found that in St. Gallen today, there are 13 parishes led by 10 people, and 7 of these “parish administrators” are women.
Considering these rotten fruits in St. Gallen and all Switzerland – the push for a female Pope, women’s ordination, democracy in the Church, ecumenism, blessings for sodomy – is it any wonder that Church is in a terrible decline? Is this the “new springtime” promised by Progressivism? Where are the Catholics who should fight back and end this usurpation?
Posted July 8 2026
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