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- ex seaxe on WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “In England we had an Education Act in 1944 offering every pupil a secondary education up to age 16 based…”
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- on WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Canon 249. Institutionis sacerdotalis Ratione provideatur ut alumni non tantum accurate linguam patriam edoceantur, sed etiam linguam latinam bene calleant…”
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Category Archives: SSPX
Prayer for the SSPX and Leo
On this last day of the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, day before the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, I offer this petition to the Most Holy Trinity. Mindful that the SSPX church in Paris, … Read More
I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.
I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them. I pray to God and the angels and any human agents out there that they be made known to Pope Leo … Read More
Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations
Distressing. BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV on the upcoming SSPX Consecrations: “I am considering making another appeal saying don’t do this, let’s try to live the communion of the Church. But it’s their choice. One must realize what it means for … Read More
Posted in Leo XIV, Pray For A Miracle, SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged SSPX
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58 Comments
Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra
While texting with a priest friend recently an idea came up. Picture if you will… SSPX Superior Fr. Davide Pagliarani going to the Sant’Anna gate of the Vatican every day asking that Pope Leo grant him an audience. Rain or … Read More
Thoughts about the collision of the Holy See and the SSPX. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I have had emails asking about my thoughts and predictions for the SSPX and Holy See debacle. Firstly, I am deeply saddened. I worked in the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” from its early years. I saw the birth and growth … Read More
“Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to Pope Leo XIV by the Superior General of the SSPX
On the website of the SSPX we find a “Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV by Fr. Davide Pagliarani Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X” It was posted today, 14 May … Read More
13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.
In today’s Bollettino there is “Declaration” from the one named as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Statement by His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, 13.05.2026 … Read More
If “full communion” with Rome requires full acceptance of ALL of Vatican II, then, by that standard, many Catholics are lacking “full communion”
Fr. McTeigue hits another one out of the park. Here’s the line of thought. Before I get to that, you should know that the present Prefect of the DDF (olim CDF, a respectable office) told the SSPX that the documents … Read More
Posted in Si vis pacem para bellum!, SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged full communion
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ASK FATHER: Is religious liberty in “Dignitatis humanae” the same as before the Vatican II? Of SSPX relevance. Wherein Fr. Z also makes an impassioned plea to Leo.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Could you explain how the definition of religious liberty in Dignatis Humanae is the same as how Popes defined it previously before the Second Vatican Council, I don’t quite understand how it can be said to … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Dignitatis humanae, religious freedom, SSPX, unity
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23 Comments
Tradition … “safeguard the faith and combat error”
Msgr. Gherardini was one of our profs at the Pontifical Lateran University. Check out this piece at One Peter Five, in which Gherardini’s thought about Tradition and the 1988 consecrations by Archbp. Lefevbre is briefly exposed. […] I will not … Read More
Posted in SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Brunero Gherardini, SSPX, tradition
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2 Comments
ex seaxe on WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “In England we had an Education Act in 1944 offering every pupil a secondary education up to age 16 based…”
