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Coal miners used to form study groups to read Gibbon & Thucydides. Lincoln and Douglas delivered speeches that lasted three hours with no pauses. C. S. Lewis, like many kids of his era, read Paradise Lost at age nine and … Read More

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VIDEO: A Jesuit commentator hits it outta da park! Stark clear REALITY.

This is one of the best brief “tell it like it is” videos I’ve seen in a long time. Watch it. Watch it again. And send it to at least five people. Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ

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Why reverent, traditionally-oriented Novus Ordo Masses may soon come under attack.

There is a piece at the blog Unam Sanctam Catholicam which merits attention. I’ll preface this with personal experience. Over the years I’ve seen time and again that people who are exposed to a more traditional style of worship in … Read More

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Wherein Fr. Z recommends a couple of YouTube videos

I warmly recommend a pair of videos from Catholic Unscripted. Catholic Unscripted, if you don’t know about it, is an initiative from three English Catholics, Katherine Bennett, Gavin Ashenden, and Mark Lambert. They talk about stuff in a way that … Read More

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D. Charlotte, NC: Another bishop about to crush people who desire traditional worship in the name of “concord and unity”. – UPDATE

UPDATE 30 May 2025: At The Pillar we read that then-Cardinal Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, told the new Bishop of Charlotte to put the brakes on a controversial relocation of a diocesan cathedral. Bull in a china … Read More

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Priests, Sacrament of Penance again under attack by the State

You have probably heard about law in Washington that priests will be required to divulge to law enforcement anything about child abuse which they learned when hearing confessions (in the internal forum). Fox now reports HERE that priests who obey … Read More

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The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?

What’s the massive hurry? This rush feels to me like an attempt to organize a voting block before the far flung cardinals arrive. We can ask: To whose advantage/disadvantage is it to hurry the process and thereby deny some of … Read More

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Truth from T.S. Eliot

“An individual European may not even believe that the Christian Faith is true, but what he says and makes and does will all spring out of this history of European culture and depend upon that culture for its meaning…” T.S. … Read More

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EXACTLY! “Don’t repeat our mistakes!”

Dutch Cardinal: Don't repeat our mistakes! Those among our churches where truth is proclaimed and liturgy is well celebrated are full. Put Christ at the Center! (from Oct. 2024)https://t.co/xiFOvGtUqd pic.twitter.com/83LJjUkp99 — Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) April 8, 2025 It’s so obvious. … Read More

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“All these teachings, then, are bound up in one body.” Check out this article by Anthony Esolen

There is a very good piece at The Catholic Thing by Anthony Esolen. Here is how it starts. This is my geopolitical fiction,” Jesus did not say, when He broke the bread at the Last Supper. “The group, though it … Read More

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