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- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Yes. Let all the poisons come out! After seeing it on TV many years ago and reading the two volumes,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Perhaps world events are making some nervous international travelers. Personally, I would have loved to go to Poland on a…”
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- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “Looking at the pictures, one can be grateful that the artist at least didn’t use this as an opportunity to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “@MB “When a man feels like he has something no one else can give, something essential, and no one to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “There was a time when if you wanted to know the miracles of the Church, the great teachings, the stories…”
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Category Archives: Traditionis custodes
ASK FATHER: A priest asks, “Is it okay to learn how to say the Traditional Latin Mass?” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Is it okay to learn how to say the Traditional Latin Mass? Where are we at with the whole overblown, skewed notion of obedience and authority today that it would enter into a priest’s mind that … Read More
You thick-headed restorationists, you backwardist, dogma-refrigerating Neopelagians… there is only one unique expression of the Roman Rite! VIDEO
You thick-headed restorationists, you backwardist, dogma-refrigerating Neopelagians… there is only one unique expression of the Roman Rite! This is how you did it – uniquely – at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee on the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Considering the chaos surrounding ‘Traditionis custodes” could we say that, in effect, it is no law at all?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Some years ago I studied for graduate theology with several distinguished theologians, one of whom was chancellor for Card. Burke in Lacrosse. In those Canon Law classes, he made the point over and again that the … Read More
Hilarious statement from the Archdiocese of Chicago about the suppression of the Institute of Christ the King
ABC7 Chicago has a blurb about the Institute of Christ the King’s Shrine on the South side. This is hilarious. “On July 31, the Shrine of Christ the King communicated to the archdiocese that they would stop offering Mass and … Read More
“Beautiful? The FAITHFUL paid for that. Because they WANTED it. And they trusted. They trusted.”
The cruel dictates of bishops and archbishops concerning the Vetus Ordo, now in these USA invoking the cover of “Rome said so”, have a … … human face. This is what our dear pastors don’t want to see. Here is … Read More
D. Arlington: more accompaniment for the faithful who desire the Vetus Ordo
Remember this? 2,800 Catholics Sign Traditional Latin Mass Petition Delivered to Arlington Bishop| National Catholic Register https://t.co/A8o5kmo7p4 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) February 8, 2022 Citing the absurd smoke-screen of “international assessment and consultation of bishops”, and the Dubious Dubia … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Quo vadis, Novus Ordo?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I pose my question about the Novus Ordo Missae in homage to the now famous question, “What is a woman?” It seems to me that the Consilium took a rib from the 1962 Missal and instead … Read More
COVADONGA TLM PILGRIMAGE – I imagine you would like to see some photos. No?
The Vetus Ordo is not going away. I received this from a reader: Spain is a country where traditionalism is virtually unknown. The left is obviously virulent, and under the influence of the Opus Dei, the right is solidly ostrich-like … Read More
But, you know, “unique expression” and all that. That’s why the Traditional Latin Mass faithful must be crushed.
The powers High Atop The Thing fear people who desire the Traditional Roman Rite and hate the Vetus Ordo because they know that the demographic sink hole opening under the Church is gobbling the people they have neglected to catechize … Read More
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But the Traditional Latin Mass has to be suppressed.
But the Traditional Latin Mass has to be suppressed. Translation of original HERE: An air mattress as an altar in the middle of the sea, parish priest and faithful in the water. Thus Don Mattia Bernasconi, vicar of the pastoral … Read More
ACTION ITEM: Prayer to avert a serious act of persecution – UPDATED
UPDATE 15 July: It seems that, again, there are those who cannot keep things to themselves. I had hoped to build a prayerful barrage regarding this really bad news, in the hope that, perhaps, there were still some chances that, … Read More
Another blow against the faithful ordered by Rome: D. Savannah
July is a month of special devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Let us ask Jesus, High Priest and Victim, to wash us in the Blood and Water from His side as a laver of consolation and strength. … Read More
Francis’ NEW “Desiderio desideravi” an Apostolic Letter “on the liturgical formation of the people of God” – an attempt to explain Traditionis custodes, to calm the storm
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE… I urge those of you who are on the “trad” side of things (whether “mad, sad or glad”) not to run around with your hair on fire over this Letter which will – unsurprisingly – contain some … Read More
TC Repression in the Diocese of St. Augustine
The cruel implementation of the cruel legacy document of the Francis’ era continues in these USA, this time in Jacksonville in the Diocese of St. Augustine. This is from the Bulletin of the Immaculate Conception. The PDF has an absurd … Read More
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NYC: Opus Dei priest at St. Agnes canceled the Sunday TLM after decades of tradition
In New York City for over 30 years, long before Pope Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum, the Traditional Latin Mass or Vetus Ordo was celebrated at the Church of St. Agnes near Grand Central Terminal. Opus Dei took over the parish. The … Read More
Remember… the Traditional Latin Mass is the problem.
Truly a “unique” expression of the Roman Rite. “Unique expression of the Roman Rite” pic.twitter.com/dVCjYpzQ68 — ALT_Fr. Casey, OFM (@ALT_caseyofm) March 15, 2022
But remember… the problem is the Traditional Latin Mass!
But remember… the problem is the Traditional Latin Mass! If only we could shut it down, the seminaries would fill up again. Right? The average age of a priest in the United States is 67. The large ordination classes of … Read More
Liturgy and the extent and limits of papal authority
The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that … Read More
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