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The situation created by Traditionis Custodes and Bishop Michael Martin’s implementation of it in Charlotte grows increasingly untenable. A few hundred miles away, a newly installed bishop has just demonstrated how differently Catholics attached to the Traditional Latin Mass can…
— Mark Lambert (@sitsio) September 27, 2026

And…

Who hasn’t been there ? pic.twitter.com/6gWGnsPGRT
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) September 27, 2026

And… something I’ll never know but I love and appreciate. It’s for this that we do what we do, right?

This angle gets me, where he’s just kind of standing there soaking it in, then sees his daughter and smiles, then instantly melts into tears … whew. Hell of a run, 35. pic.twitter.com/e52ChdCHXV
— Zack Pierce (@ZPathletic) September 26, 2026

And…

“My late brother Francis, staying with a French family to improve his knowledge of the language, was helping himself to cheese at dinner. The plateau included a wedge of brie, and the inexperienced Englishman, instead of slicing along the side, cut off the point, or nose. His… https://t.co/Bh9F0szeRQ pic.twitter.com/TQpzxoAuZx
— Armand D’Angour (@ArmandDAngour) September 27, 2026

White to move and mate in 2.

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