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PUTIN HAS UPPED THE GAME AND IS NOW FUNNELING MONEY TO THE ALT RIGHT IN EUROPE FOR TERROR. HE MAY ALREADY BE FUNDING DANGEROUS PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. Do not allow anyone to minimize this warning by making it about Clinton or Trump. These people will be here no matter who wins and would have been the GOP even if Cruz or Rubio were the nominee. IT IS NOT about either candidate. This is about national survival. This is the warning I issued back while on Fox. It is now officially happening in Europe. If it is happening...

During World War I, the German government, in order to keep up war morale, informed its citizens and allies that the war would surely be won by the Axis powers. At times, this required some rather fancy footwork: the military censored the newspapers, and German nationalists maintained that every defeat was a strategic retreat, every victory a step closer to total victory. When the Germans lost, Germans were forced to cope with sudden reality. The Germans were beaten on the battlefield. But that possibility had never entered the public mind, and it wouldn’t enter it even after defeat. Instead of...

Not directly liturgical news, but since His Excellency Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke of Saint Louis has been such an outstanding supporter of both the usus antiquior and a exemplary celebration of the ordinary form of the Roman Rite, not to mention his stalwart upholding of doctrinal orthodoxy, it is worth mentioning that today "The Holy Father has named Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura H.E. Mgr. Raymond Leo Burke, until now Archbishop of Saint Louis." (Source: Press Bulletin of the Holy See) While it is understandable that Catholics in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and in the...

The College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) recently petitioned for “full, corporate, sacramental union” with the Roman Catholic Church recently. The appeal for union was debated during a meeting of bishops in Portsmouth, England during the first week of October. It was delivered in a letter, which was signed by all the bishops present. The letter was delivered personally to the Holy See by the Most Rev. John Hepworth, Primate of TAC, and two other bishops selected by the college. Bishop David Moyer, Bishop of the Armed Forces for the U.S. branch of TAC and rector of...

On Wednesday afternoon the Secretary of State, Tarcisio Card. Bertone gave the Motu Proprio to 30 bishops from around the world on Wednesday afternoon in the Apostolic Palace. The bishops were explicitly chosen and invited for this. (I am guessing that they were heads of Bishops Conferences.) Pope Benedict XVI later came to the meeting. The document is three pages long, though what the format is in not revealed. It is clear from the way this was done that the Holy Father wanted to make sure that bishops got this document in this way, rather than having to read about...

I just received a "solid" on the status of Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio to derestrict the older form of Mass. A source in the Secretariate of State says the MP is still in the office of Latin Letters. If we are at this stage, then it is signed and it will be promulgated.Keep in mind that translation issues have plagued this papacy and the last.  The letter to Chinese Catholics is also in the works.  The Post-Synodal Exhortation was long delayed by the translation problem.  Benedict XVI even referred to the problem with producing a translation. The Motu Proprio will...

Madrid, Jan 18, 2007 / 02:11 pm (CNA).- The renowned Italian journalist Vittorio Messori published an article recently in which he blasted one of the most popular myths of the day: that married priests would solve the “crisis of vocations.” Reprinted by the Spanish daily “La Razon,” Messori’s article notes, “The Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish communities are all undergoing similar ‘crisis of vocations’, if not greater, than that of the Catholic Church, despite the fact that their pastors, priests and rabbis can marry.” “Marriage, therefore, would not be the remedy for the shortage of priests,” Messori continued. “Nor would it...

(This post is predominately addressed to Indult Mass attendees, but anyone with constructive suggestions is welcome) The Erie TLM Apostolate is celebrating a special High Mass next Sunday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Apostolate. (N.B.: I can pass along more details to anyone in the area who is interested.) A group of students from the Newman Club here at Grove City College would like to attend, and I've decided to be the one to try to organize everything. This brings me to a few questions that I had in making sure that everyone that will be going is...