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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Every BISHOP! Every VOCATION DIRECTOR!
GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST!!! This is GOLD. Let this be your examination of conscience, pals. Fr. McTeigue rips the mask off the vocations crisis. What (most of you) are doing… gotta change. I want lots of comments here. I want you … Read More
Coincidence…. I think… yeah! Msgr. Bux new BOOK on the leaked bishops survey about Summorum Pontificum.
Diane put out the “leaked” report about the bishop’s survey that didn’t go Francis way, so Francis went his own way and issued the stunning failure Taurina cacata… Traditionis custodes. Last night being somewhat restless, I cruised about on the interwebs … Read More
This is the way.
Faithful in Charlotte continue to kneel despite efforts of Bishop Michael Martin to discourage the traditional practice by removing kneelers. [Video from July 1, 2025 Mass during Atlanta Province annual meeting, with nine other bishops in attendance].#bishopmartin #charlotte pic.twitter.com/9NFdblyyWU — … Read More
HUGE: “Official Vatican Report Exposes Major Cracks in Foundation of Traditionis Custodes”
Diane Montagna has it. HERE You might remember that part of the justification Francis used for stomping on the TLM (aka the people who wanted it) was a consultation of bishops around the world. It turns out that what we … Read More
Card. Zen – HERO
There are so many good reasons to look with respect and gratitude to His Eminence Joseph Card. Ze-Kiun, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong. His steadfast stance for human rights, for example, is courageous and exemplary. He is also a staunch … Read More
This is important
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
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
Viewing oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit through the lens of a video
I subscribe to the YouTube channel of Midlife Stockman. He works a lot in Detroit. This guy, who might be one of the nicest guys who walks the earth, spots properties that are neglected or abandoned eyesores, dangers overgrown sideways, … Read More
Diocese of Charlotte and the “Salt March to the Sea”
In 1930, Gandhi led a 240 mile protest march to the Arabian sea to protest the British salt tax in India. People went to the sea to make salt, which was not legal. This gesture of non-violent disobedience gained … Read More
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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
