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Daily Archives: 2 July 2026
The Bishop of Salt Lake City reduces priests celebrating the TLM, despite conversions of Mormons
The other day, I asked “What’s going on?” Another. Our Bishop, @BpOSoli, has restricted the Diocese of Salt Lake City to only two authorized priests celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass, despite a growing number of conversions from the Mormon community … Read More
The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX
Today the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released – along with the decree and explanatory note about the SSPX – the requirements for clerics (deacons and priests, according to the 1983 Code) seeking reconciliation with the Church. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1653: Pius X’s caption call
Caption call. Welcome registrants: Brendan Doyle cburkhart09 mmromani@******.com Rujo43 SSPX bishops excommunicated. Meanwhile… Novus Ordo bishop of Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee https://t.co/njGrjhxFbj pic.twitter.com/2EdXaZLMc2 — Fr. Martin Navarro, Ob.S.A. (@BVMConsolatrix) July 1, 2026 And… Will we see more of this? Someone start making … Read More
What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.
The Explanatory Note from the DDF today references the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts’s Explanatory Note on the excommunication for schism incurred by adherents of the movement of Bishop Marcel Lefebvre of 24 August 1996. The DDF says they adopted … Read More
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2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation (Traditional observance 2 July)
In the traditional calendar, the Feast of the Visitation, 2 July, came at the end of the long-suppressed Octave of John the Baptist. In the Novus Ordo it now falls on 31 May, between the Annunciation and the Birth of … Read More
The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.
I am very sad today. BREAKING: The Holy See has declared that all six SSPX bishops are excommunicated. The decree states that the consecrator Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta and the four newly consecrated bishops (Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet … Read More
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