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Category Archives: The Coming Storm
Bp. Schneider: “Danger!”
At LifeSite Bp. Scheider has commented. Bp..Scheider (and I) were at the Augustinianum in Rome, the Patristic Institute. He knows something about the ancient Church (and so do I). Bishop Schneider: ‘Nothing more dangerous for religion’ than liturgical ‘interference’ The … Read More
A Tale of Two Cardinals: unity in diversity v. unity in uniformity
On 2 August Ad Vaticanum published the remarks of Card. Sarah about the Traditional Latin Liturgy of the Roman, Latin Church. Read it there, but here’s a summary of the piece with my added emphases and comments (aka “zisking”). Essentially, … Read More
“We will evaluate the implementation, then implement the evaluation, then evaluate the implementation of the evaluation.”
At the increasingly valuable Infovaticana there is a severely insightful offering about: The endless synod of synodal synodality assembly A couple excerpts. It begins (my emphases and comments): A synod is (was) by definition an event: it was convened, celebrated, … Read More
IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.
Again at Rorate today, there is a careful examination of the SSPX Decree and Explanatory note by an anonymous canonist who clearly knows what he is talking about. Here is a dense summary. Let’s call this… What Does The Decree … Read More
Bad news and good news. The Bishop of Camden crushes the TLM. The FSSP will start up in the Diocese of Arlington
First… Good News from Arlington: FSSP Entrusted with New Chaplaincy of Our Lady of Victory pic.twitter.com/oHJhaygeiW — Arlington Latin Mass Society (@tlmarlington) June 21, 2026 I’m informed that the bishop of Camden will suppress the faithful who desire to worship … 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
“…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”
I posted this recently, but since today is the Feast of St. Basil of Caesarea (which gives way to the Sunday), here it is again: Originally Published on: Jun 4, 2026 The evils which afflict us are well known, even … 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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10 Comments
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
23 Comments
23 Comments
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