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A letter sent to the organizers through the Apostolic Nunciature informed them that they would not be allowed to offer the Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica this year.

The merciless will be judged mercilessly.

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But, oh yeah, Trad Inc., Susan from the parish, and a bunch of other confused clowns want you to believe that this is what the Church Christ founded is up to.

How far does Catholic obedience go? What happens when those in authority undermine the Faith they are duty-bound to protect? Michael Matt takes the Vatican’s latest treatment of Bishop Athanasius Schneider and the Latin Mass as the starting point for asking the million-dollar question: Where is your line in the sand? If you think disobedience […]

Many Americans have recently found themselves asking, ‘Is our country just an idea?’

This essay addresses a general "SSPX Narrative" that has influenced my thinking and is misleading.

Jason Jones traveled to southern Lebanon with his 18-year-old son on a humanitarian mission to assist vulnerable Christian communities caught between Israel and Hezbollah. They slept in villages while nearby bombing repeatedly shook their building. They traveled through dangerous territory and passed the aftermath of deadly attacks. Through the Vulnerable People Project, Jones’s team visited isolated Christian villages, organized festivals for hundreds of children, celebrated the Feast of the As...

In other words, a bunch of earth-worshipping, “woke” commie garbage that is right in line with the “doctrines” of the Synodal Church and its “pope.”

The Secretariat of the Synod has been handed new responsibilities.

This is a fictional letter I imagined from niece to uncle somewhere around the Mediterranean in the first century. My dearest beloved Uncle John, I write you in the love of God who is One, and our family who misses you greatly.  At least, most of the family misses you.  As you know, it has [...]

Pope Leo XIV appointed a Bolivian bishop who has said Communion for active homosexuals and women’s ordination to the diaconate remain open questions amid the synodality process.

The diocese confirmed privately that Rome ruled the suspension invalid, but observers believe its excuse for not informing clergy and faithful rings hollow.

p/c Greg Derr, AP and Patriot Ledger. Politics and law are downstream of theology and philosophy.  For better or for worse. It is currently September 2026 and the Lindsay Clancy trial was just declared a “mistrial.” As you probably know, in 2023, Clancy killed her three children, aged 5 years old, three years old and [...]

The commentator mentioned how there was 'moderation' that the Church undertook at the Council.

"We must determine where the rupture actually occurred."

In a new interview, the Cardinal calls Pope Francis’ restrictions on the old rite “neither wise nor respectful” toward Benedict XVI

Rome calls for "unity in diversity" among all religions and condemns religious intolerance. But when it comes to Catholics who defend the pre-Vatican II Faith, suddenly there is an exception. Why is the SSPX the one group Rome cannot tolerate?

The following is the fourth in a multi-part series penned by Fr. Edward Black, SSPX, on Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's apostolic journey to the Americas and the Antipodes between November 4, 1985 and January 14, 1986.

Whether these letters are authentic or not, nearly two centuries later they sound less like the fantasies of impatient revolutionaries and more like a map of how we got where we are as Catholics.

Austria’s largest Catholic women’s organization urged the country’s bishops Tuesday to open the role of bishops’ conference general secretary to lay people.

Our Lady did not flee the Cross, and neither can we, especially in a world that has lost the meaning of suffering. Mary's Fiat, her union with Christ at Calvary, and her sorrowful participation in His sacrifice reveal how suffering can become prayer, self-giving, and hope when united to Jesus Christ on the cross.

The drafters of Pope Leo XIV’s Wednesday catechesis did not serve him well, accomplished liturgical scholar contends

On this weekend of the Holy Name of Mary, we ask:  If I want to reach up towards Mary’s unsurpassed charity, how do I reach down towards her unparalleled humility?  We will see some practical answers, even though we’ll never be exactly like her. Special thanks to Enrique Aguilar for these music bumpers.