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Offline Bonaventure

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« on: July 08, 2025, 04:48:02 PM »
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  • Looks like they've been making some cuts today.

    John-Henry Westen is no longer CEO and Editor-in-Chief

    https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesitenews-announcement/

    Stephen Kokx let go:

    https://x.com/stephenkokx/status/1942413806300217467

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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #1 on: July 08, 2025, 04:56:34 PM »
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  • Wasn't Westen the founder?


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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #2 on: July 08, 2025, 06:28:10 PM »
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  • I guess I was ahead of the game -- they let me go in December 2020, after working for them for 2 years.

    In my case I think it was just downsizing. Interestingly, the 1 other guy in the IT department (my boss) I haven't seen in LifeSite group photos for years.
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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #3 on: July 08, 2025, 06:57:16 PM »
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  • Stephen Kokx let go:

    https://x.com/stephenkokx/status/1942413806300217467
    He didn't say there that he was let go. He might have left due to the leadership change.

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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #4 on: July 08, 2025, 10:40:02 PM »
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  • He didn't say there that he was let go. He might have left due to the leadership change.
    Good that he left that well meant Novus Ordo establishment. 



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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #5 on: July 08, 2025, 10:43:15 PM »
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  • I'm just sitting here saying to myself "what is this stercorum tauri?".

    I wouldn't have seen eye to eye with LSN or JHW on each and every little thing, but this is disturbing.

    The truth needs to come out.

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    « Reply #6 on: July 09, 2025, 06:45:57 AM »
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  • (3) The Purge at LifeSite News: Why John-Henry Westen Had to Go

    John-Henry Westen, co-founder and longtime Editor-in-Chief of LifeSiteNews, is out. Not retired. Not taking a break. Not transitioning to another role. He’s been removed. Voted out by a board of directors at the very institution he helped build. Fired, then repackaged as a “sabbatical.”

    The official statement from LifeSite tries to soften the blow with religious language, “extensive prayer,” “a commitment to best serve our donors,” but don’t be fooled. This was a political execution dressed up in piety. And it reeks.

    Let’s be clear: Westen didn’t suddenly become ineffective, immoral, or irrelevant. He committed the one unforgivable sin in today’s Trad Inc. ecosystem: he publicly questioned the Synodal Pope.

    “God have mercy on Thy Church,” The Final Straw
    In the days leading up to his removal, Westen posted a string of pointed critiques of Leo XIV on X. He questioned the motives behind the new “care for creation” Mass. He raised alarms about Leo’s appointments, particularly the pallium being placed on Cardinal McElroy. He shared Archbishop Viganò’s plea for Leo to abandon “Bergoglian synodality.” He even speculated that Leo’s election was engineered to bring disillusioned U.S. donors back into the Vatican fold.
    He knew what he was doing. He saw the red flags, and in good conscience, he couldn’t stay silent.
    And for that, he’s gone.


    Who Controls the Movement Now?
    Let that sink in. A man who co-founded LifeSiteNews, one of the most prominent outlets defending Catholic tradition and life, can now be removed by a board. Not for scandal. Not for doctrinal error. But for questioning the very direction of a papacy that is aggressively advancing the same program as Francis under a more traditional exterior.

    This is not just an internal personnel shake-up. It’s a signpost. The purge is real.
    And Westen wasn’t the only casualty.
    Stephen Kokx, a faithful Catholic journalist and longtime contributor to LifeSite, announced a day earlier that he too was “forced to seek new employment.” The implication was obvious: dissent is no longer tolerated, even when that dissent is loyal to the Deposit of Faith.

    Trad Inc. Has Been Compromised

    We are witnessing the consolidation of a new orthodoxy; not the orthodoxy of the saints, martyrs, and councils, but the orthodoxy of strategic silence, selective outrage, and the unquestionable legitimacy of Synodal Rome.

    Trad Inc. has learned well from the Vatican II Church it once claimed to oppose: centralize power, marginalize dissenters, and replace principles with narrative control. Today’s conservative Catholic media class is no longer a resistance. It’s an HR department for Vatican-approved optics.

    First came the pivot: the hushed deletion of old critiques, the sudden embrace of Leo’s “reverence.” Then came the justifications: “We mustn’t appear hostile to the papacy,” they said. “Let’s give him time,” they pleaded. And now, the punishment: fire those who refuse to comply.

    We’ve gone from Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi to Lex Placendi: the law of appeasement.

    The Conspiracy of Silence Becomes a Campaign of Suppression
    What has happened to the Traditional Catholic movement?

    This is not just a course correction, but a capitulation. Two months ago, figures across the trad landscape, especially Westen, were rightly warning that Leo XIV, then Cardinal Prevost, was a key player in the ouster of Bishop Strickland, a man targeted specifically for resisting Traditionis Custodes.

    That same Leo now occupies the Chair of Peter, and within 24 hours, the resistance collapsed. Influencers, bloggers, and even bishops began parroting lines about “hope,” “unity,” and “dignity of office.” Some went further, demanding silence from the very people who had been right all along.
    We see what happens to those who play along.

    A Lesson in Power—and How to Lose It

    Let this be a cautionary tale to anyone founding an apostolate, organization, or publication.

    Never give away controlling ownership. Never let “a board” or “outside advisors” have the final say on the mission you built.

    Because if you do, it can, and will, be taken from you. The very structure you built to fight the revolution will be infiltrated and turned against you. Look no further than the Church itself after Vatican II: the same pattern, the same smiling coups, the same weaponization of authority in the name of “prudence” and “unity.”
    Westen built LifeSite as a bastion of truth in a collapsing Church. But in the end, it became just another institution that chose survival over fidelity.

    This Isn’t Just About Westen. It’s About You.
    If they can do this to John-Henry Westen, they can do it to anyone.

    The message is loud and clear: fall in line, or be removed. Bend the knee to the Synodal Church, not to Christ the King, and you’ll be allowed to speak. Critique only what the narrative permits. Praise Leo’s Latin vestments, but never question the continuation of Francis’s agenda. Accept the illusion. Promote the program.

    But if you dare to see, and say, that nothing has changed except the packaging, you’ll be labeled divisive. Dangerous. Disloyal.
    And then they’ll come for your job.

    Consider John-Henry Westen’s final X posts before he was fired. This is the truth the LifeSiteNews “board” does not want you to hear:


    Let the Faithful Take Heed
    The crisis is not just in the Vatican anymore. It’s in our movement. And the greatest danger is no longer the heretics we oppose, it is the betrayal of those we thought were allies.

    LifeSiteNews may have removed John-Henry Westen from its masthead, but he has already joined a far more important list: the growing number of voices who told the truth and paid the price.

    They fired him for asking the questions you’re not allowed to ask. Which means it’s up to the rest of us to keep asking them.








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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #7 on: July 09, 2025, 07:57:30 AM »
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  • A friend of mine told me some time ago that they had seen John-Henry Westen attending the local SSPX chapel here in VA.  If I had to guess...  The board probably wasn't very happy when they found out about it and his generally leaning more away from the concilliar church.

    Prayers for these two men and that they find good replacement jobs.  :pray:
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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #8 on: July 09, 2025, 08:12:08 AM »
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  • I remember years ago we were discussing on Cathinfo
    (after a particularly obnoxious pro-zionist article about "anti-semitism" on Lifesite),
    that Lifesite must be taking zionist money to print an article like that.

    I suspect, as was done to James O'Keefe, that there are zio-sympathizers on the board who don't like the way Westen was leaning about the JQ and against the Jew supported Consiliar Church

    Matthew Tyrmand , virulent zionist jew and Veritas board member, was instrumental in getting rid of O'Keefe.

    Now the CEO of project Veritas is a Goldman Sachs jew named Berg.

    You barely hear of Project Veritas anymore because there is nothing ((they)) like better than silencing and destroying their opposition.

    I'd certainly like to know who is on the "board" of Lifesite is and if there is a jew in the woodpile.

    The worst thing a Traditional Catholic organization can do to itself is open it's control to a "board".

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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #9 on: July 09, 2025, 08:22:06 AM »
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  • I remember years ago we were discussing on Cathinfo
    (after a particularly obnoxious pro-zionist article about "anti-semitism" on Lifesite),
    that Lifesite must be taking zionist money to print an article like that.

    I suspect, as was done to James O'Keefe, that there are zio-sympathizers on the board who don't like the way Westen was leaning about the JQ and against the Jew supported Consiliar Church

    Matthew Tyrmand , virulent zionist jew and Veritas board member, was instrumental in getting rid of O'Keefe.

    Now the CEO of project Veritas is a Goldman Sachs jew named Berg.

    You barely hear of Project Veritas anymore because there is nothing ((they)) like better than silencing and destroying their opposition.

    I'd certainly like to know who is on the "board" of Lifesite is and if there is a jew in the woodpile.

    The worst thing a Traditional Catholic organization can do to itself is open it's control to a "board".
    It seems that Lifesite News was actually started by a group (Campaign Life Coalition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeSiteNews and not just John Henry Western.

    Steve Jalsevac, is the
    President, and Co-Founder along with John-Henry Westen,
    Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder.

    https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/meet-the-incredible-lifesite-team/

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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #10 on: July 09, 2025, 08:32:35 AM »
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  • That was 2016- has it changed?
    Apparently there is a board that voted him out 5-4.
    Would like to know who is currently on it.


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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #11 on: July 09, 2025, 09:48:23 AM »
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  • (3) The Purge at LifeSite News: Why John-Henry Westen Had to Go

    John-Henry Westen, co-founder and longtime Editor-in-Chief of LifeSiteNews, is out. Not retired. Not taking a break. Not transitioning to another role. He’s been removed. Voted out by a board of directors at the very institution he helped build. Fired, then repackaged as a “sabbatical.”

    This is a great article. Thank you, Mr. G., for this important contribution.
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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #12 on: July 09, 2025, 09:51:33 AM »
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  • They haven't updated their group photo in 3 years. What the heck?
    See the date on the image name? 2022.

    They skipped the annual company retreat in 2020, due to Cooties-19 travel restrictions. But we certainly haven't had anything like that since 2022. They should be updating their photo every 1-2 years at least.

    What are they hiding?
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    Re: LIfeSite News
    « Reply #13 on: July 09, 2025, 10:00:58 AM »
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  • I can put myself in a Trad Catholic (Resistance) like Stephen Kokx's shoes pretty easily.

    He had been there a long time, and he knew what was happening. He might have spoken to other employees, outraged at what was going on. He was trying to do the right thing, defend truth and goodness, and the cause of God in general.

    I'm sure he was controlled, Catholic at all times, and has nothing to apologize for. Just as I was, when I was speaking out at my SSPX chapel about the unjust ouster of Bp. Williamson and the various changes in the SSPX back in 2012. I didn't care what happened to me. I had to speak out. And I note that not a single person opposed me, or had anything to shoot me down with. Not to my face, at least. A half-dozen anonymous cowards wrote a passive-aggressive letter to Fr. Rostand the District Superior, bitching about how I support the Resistance yet I'm allowed to sing in the schola.

    If they were right, why didn't they attack me who they believed was "in error"? If truth was on their side, they should have been confident and pushing for a confrontation -- not fleeing into the shadows.

    In Stephen's case, it got him fired. In my case, my wife and I got fired from our volunteer positions. In both cases, it was complete BOVINE STERCORA.
    These firings are reminiscent of Bp. Williamson's unjust expulsion, as well as the persecution against +ABL. Both of these never got a fair "trial" because that would be impossible. They were 100% in the right.

    At the very least, they just randomly "laid him off" as a big (((cohencidence))) when they took this hard-Left turn away from Tradition.

    Remember what I said years ago, that LifeSite was on the right trajectory (on the way up, more and more Traditional), whereas SSPX was on the wrong (downward) trajectory?

    Not any more. Think about it: Anyone who stays behind at LifeSite is now COMPROMISED. Willing to look the other way as Tradition is purged from LifeSite. As the article said: Westen had no scandal. There was no reason AT ALL to drum him out OF HIS OWN ORGANIZATION. Something's going to change now at LifeSite, and it isn't for the good. We're talking practical, noticeable, real change. You don't change one of the MAIN LEADERS without practical changes happening on the ground.

    And anyone "good" or "mostly good"? They will be USELESS now, as they compromised with this. Compromise neutralizes you, as people hate to contradict themselves going forward. Just like if +ABL had said "just one New Mass" he would have been neutralized in his fight against Conciliar errors.
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  • No compromise with homo-satanism.
    "Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it underfoot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Our Lord Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor but a destroyer."  St. Francis of Assisi