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- Fr Jackson on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “People in 1054 did not realize that a definitive rupture had taken place. They assumed the excommunications were simply another…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “It’s interesting how I’m being accused of detraction today (by anonymous moralizing posters) when I simply state what were proudly…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@Lurker59 The details I mentioned were not detraction both because the events were quite public at the time (Fr Pagliarani…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@Fr. Kelly Just to clarify – I was responding to others saying the FSSP refused a bishop which was offered…”
- on A study in contrasts: “In the English version of his Vatican News post of “01 July 2026, 12:20”, “Lefebvrians consecrate four new bishops without…”
- on SSPX Superior Fr. Pagliarani’s homily for the 1 July 2026 consecration of bishops: “I’m somewhat hearing, “Don’t become the late +Williamson.” I don’t doubt that the late Archbishop deeply regrets that particular consecration…”
- on A study in contrasts: “If the feast is meant for everyone, why do they make such a point of naming victim groups, and then…”
- on SSPX Superior Fr. Pagliarani’s homily for the 1 July 2026 consecration of bishops: “Thank you for these words, Father. I was up watching at 3 AM. It was really beautiful. I observed what…”
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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Prayers for putting on cassock, surplice
From a reader… QUAERITUR: While vesting for Mass, a member of the clergy (at least in the EF; the priests I know do it for OF too) will say a set of prayers as he is putting the different vestments … Read More
Citizen Wesolowski, laicized for violating minors
By now you will have heard that Jozef Wesolowski, an Archbishop and the former Nuncio to the Dominican Republic, has been laicized. It is not known exactly where he is at the moment, I believe. When the Holy See heard … Read More
ASK FATHER: Criticizing a priest’s homilies
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, our parish priest is a good man, well versed in Scripture, in the encyclicals. He is also charismatic. However, his preaching is dreadful. He uses the homily as an opportunity to teach and goes on … Read More
INDULGENCE ALERT – Feast of the Sacred Heart
Today, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the faithful can gain a plenary indulgence by the public recitation of Iesu dulcissime (Act of Reparation) (Ench. Indulg., al. conc., 3). All other recitations gain a partial indulgence. Priests and Bishops! Have … Read More
Card. Collins: “receiving communion is not obligatory at Mass”
The Archbishop of Toronto, His Eminence Thomas Card. Collins has said something that I have been hammering at for years. HERE It is NOT obligatory to receive Communion at Mass. Also, people who may not receive Communion are STILL OBLIGED … Read More
Kids Divorce Stories
I received this from Jennifer Morse, from the Ruth Institute, whom I saw again during Acton U. We now have a special blog called Kids Divorce Stories where people can go and write anonymously. about their experiences. I posted a link … Read More
Bp. Paprocki’s Pastoral Letter: Ars celebrandi et adorandi
His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois, who is not afraid to use exorcisms, has issued a pastoral letter called Ars celebrandi et adorandi… The art of celebrating and worshiping. He has taken his title, surely, from … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to support a friend’s vocation to the priesthood
From a reader: Father, I have a close friend who has been as close as a brother to me who is discerning the priesthood. I think he would make a wonderful priest or even religious brother. What steps can I … Read More
“It was going to come down to just him and me.”
May I recommend that you stop over at the blog Shoved To Them (where do these interesting names come from?) and peruse THIS. Here is an excerpt: [My husband] worried about our safety, so he made sure that I had a … Read More
How do you use the precious allotment of time which you have been given?
I saw this at Acton Power Blog. It made me put on my Patristiblogger hat for a while: Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which measures the amount of time people spend doing … Read More
Fr Jackson on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “People in 1054 did not realize that a definitive rupture had taken place. They assumed the excommunications were simply another…”
