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Category Archives: The Last Acceptable Prejudice
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
Washington state will not enforce law requiring priests to violate Seal of Confession. Really?
From LifeSite we learn that, even though Washington state passed a law requiring priests to violate Seal of Confession, Washington state will not enforce the law. Uh huh. They passed it. It is on the books… until it isn’t. This … Read More
Another TLM suppressed: Brooklyn? There may be more to this.
News is out that the TLM at St. Cecilia’s in Brooklyn will be suppressed on 12 October. Rorate has the bare bones HERE. However, as I understand things the Institute may/will get an additional location. This could be an instance … Read More
Meanwhile… TLM in St. Peter’s Basilica…
The bishops of Charlotte, Detroit and Monterey/Austin are snuffing people out, but… BREAKING: a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form was offered today for the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel at the altar of St. Michael in St. … Read More
Diocese of Charlotte: Salve Regina at the LAST TLM and the Bishop’s “consoling” letter.
This is one of the Latin Mass communities banished in Charlotte, NC. In their final Sunday TLM, the faithful of St. Ann’s sing the Salve Regina following Mass, as they have done for years. This is the beauty and transcendence … Read More
More pain in Austin
Bishop Garcia, former bishop of Monterey, issued the letter to the Latin Mass community located at Sacred Heart Church in Hollister, CA, on 14 September (coincidently the anniversary of Summorum Pontificum going into effect) snuffing out their TLM and community … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, You must be joking!
Tagged D. Austin
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OUTGOING Bp. Garcia of Monterey suppresses the 17 year long TLM community
The pogrom goes on. It goes on despite not knowing what Leo XIV has in mind. The OUTGOING/GONE Bishop Garcia of Monterey (California) is terminating the TLM that has been going on for 17 years. Yes, “out”. Bp. Daniel Garcia was … Read More
What kind of man do you have to be to loathe St Carol Acutis?
I am not much into the veneration of now St. Carlo Acutis. Not my age group, I guess. However, when I see the videos and photos of the crowds of people who do venerate him, I cannot deny that there … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, You must be joking!
Tagged Andrea Grillo
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