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Category Archives: The future and our choices
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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“…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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Report from the ground: Charlotte
A long-time reader and supporter here had a road trip to Charlotte, NC. He recounts for us his experience of a Sunday Mass. I’ll anonymize the comments to remove specific references and not post photos because I strongly suspect that … Read More
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
ROME 26/4– Day 33: Here’s a little Latin for you
ROMAE SOL ORTUS EST HORA VI ET XIII. SOL OCCIDET POST PAUCA MINUTA HORA XX ET IV. CAMPANA “AVE MARIA” PRO CURIA ROMANA HORA XX ET XV SONARE DEBET, SED NON SONABIT. POTIUS, APUD ECCLESIAM SANCTISSIMAE TRINITATIS PEREGRINORUM ET CONVALESCENTIUM … Read More
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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Pope Leo asks for generosity from bishops towards people who seek the TLM. I’ve seen this movie before.
Context: Far and wide we are getting reports of bishops celebrating Pontifical Masses, for example the latest in Holland by Card. Eyck. Also, on the horizon the SSPX will consecrate bishops with or without mandate of the Holy See. People … Read More
Article at The Catholic Thing about the two forms of the Roman Rite
At the wonderful The Catholic Thing you will find an opinion piece by a priest writing under a penname (to avoid the Eye of Sauron as is only correct). The piece is entitled “The ‘Polar Unity’ of the Two Forms … Read More
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