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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Brief summation of Bp. Schneider’s appeal to Pope Leo about the SSPX
Bishop Athanasius Schneider sent a letter to Pope Leo making an appeal to him about the announcement of the SSPX that they will consecrate bishops. It is at Diane Montagna’s Substack. In my opinion, the letter is a bit too … Read More
Bishop Athanasius Schneider remarks on burning issues, Vatican II, SSPX.
There is an informative piece at Infovaticana, wherein Bishop Athanasius Schneider remarks on some burning issues. Highlights… The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith says the texts of the Second Vatican Council “cannot be modified”. Schneider … Read More
SSPX meeting with Doctrine of the Faith. Wherein Fr. Z doesn’t exactly rant.
Just to supply a context, two news items. First, From EWTN: China’s Catholic bishops back worship limits, prompting call for Vatican action The state-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCC) backed the government’s ban on unregistered clergy … Read More
Fr. McTeigue: Lots of listening. Who is teaching?
Fr. McTeigue is concerned that listening is replacing preaching. Listening has its place in the life of the Church, but when listening becomes the ultimate principle, one must ask: who, then, is teaching? A friend recently his attention to a … Read More
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Reid on the liturgical challenges facing Leo XIV
Dom Alcuin Reid has a thoughtful piece at the UK’s Catholic Herald which ever so cordially employs paywalls. Here’s the last part of Reid’s offering with some emphases and comments. He starts out stating that Leo XIV seems liturgically level-headed and dignified. … Read More
TLM extended by Rome in the Diocese of Cleveland for 2 years. Question: If for Cleveland, why not elsewhere?
UPDATE 23 October 2025 What they are not telling you is that the bishop asked for a 5-year extension and only got 2, was asked to say a New Mass in Latin, and told to lead acceptance of Vatican II. … Read More
DANG! ACTION ITEM! Fr. McTeigue swings the axe! Make this go viral.
Make this go viral. Use my social links. Do it. Let’s use our collective power. We still have it, don’t doubt. Transcript: Maybe this has happened to you. I know people that this has actually happened to. You may know … Read More
Cupich on “Dilexi te” and and what it means for LITURGY!
Card. Cupich’s essay on Dilexi te! In the NEWS section of Vatican.va. Cupich’s op-ed reflection on Dilexi te offers yet another example of what happens when ideology substitutes for theology and historical revisionism obscures fidelity to the Second Vatican Council. … Read More
Look at this carefully.
Look at this carefully. Preference for the Traditional Latin Mass is massively correlated with orthodoxy. This is precisely why certain people want it suppressed. They call the TLM “divisive” but the reality is that it is its opponents who want … Read More
“The Unspoken Trial of the Orphaning of Our Priests”
There is a good/bad article at Crisis about the situation priests are in the USA. It is almost 6000 words… hard words. Here is a summary. In short, the piece opens with Crisis Magazine editor Eric Sammons’ call for calm … Read More
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