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[Catholic Caucus] Irony Alert: Postconciliar Iconoclasts Arrive at the Feast of St John Damascene and Smash ItSo much to observe about today's confluence in the Roman Rite, on this Thursday of the third week of Lent, with a commemoration of St. John Damascene.First, the ancient Roman liturgy keeps a station today at a church in honor of the physician brothers and martyrs Cosmas and Damian. Obviously the Gospel about the healing of Peter's mother-in-law fits right in; the propers also mention "salus," whose basic meaning is "health" although it takes on the supernatural meaning of "salvation."The TLM, by remembering Cosmas...

[Catholic Caucus] For Over Fifty Years, the Traditionalist Faithful Have Been Persecuted: No Repentance from the Hierarchy?... Christian MarquantPaix LiturgiqueMarch 2025(main excerpt)The website of the Bishops' Conference of France reminds us that, since 2021, at the request of the Holy Father, every year, and from now on, on the third Friday of Lent, a kind of day of repentance is organized. This is a day of prayer for people who are the victims of violence, sexual violence, or abuse of power.This year, the day will take place next Friday, March 28. “Dioceses and parishes are invited to organize, with the...

EXPOSED: Inside the anti-Catholic agenda of the parish hymn industryWho controls the 'hymnal industrial complex'? The people reaping the profits are not just business executives. They are ideologues with a mission to reshape Catholic worship. Since the 1960s, the ancient chants and beautiful hymns that once elevated the Mass have been discarded in favor of a more “modern” sound. Organs and choirs have given way to guitars, pianos, and tambourines, a shift many faithful Catholics find deeply inappropriate. Yet few realize that this transformation is not just a matter of musical preference – it is rooted in a deliberate, anti-Catholic...

Archbishop Aguer: Vatican too full of ‘self-praise’ to recognize the serious decline of the ChurchA 'Church on the move,' in search of those who do not know Christ or have distanced themselves from Him, must not be a 'Church on the run' from her own essence and mission.The twelfth anniversary of Francis’ pontificate was recently celebrated. Vatican press releases are usually full of self-praise. It is very difficult to adjudicate ecclesial reality, which is incredibly vast and characterized by differences between countries, but from a certain vantage point it is possible to contemplate the surroundings. I can do it then...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican II and the Hermeneutic of God Allowing Us to Learn Painful LessonsIf we simply look at these three realities from the first days of the Council — abandoning the practice of condemning errors; appointing heterodox theologians as experts; and allowing the progressives to hijack the Council — it should be obvious that Vatican II began by betraying God and His truth.“The Holy Spirit does not always prevent the necessary consequences of our negligence.” (Fr. Alvaro Calderon, Prometheus: The Religion of Man)Among faithful Catholics who truly seek to understand the ongoing crisis in the Church, serious disagreements frequently...

Remember the Springtime in the Church: Reality is Demographic Winter!It's bad news for Catholics from a PEW Survey on Religion in America, the first since 2014. For every 100 new Catholics entering the Church, 800 leave. This from Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine:No other religion has nearly as bad of a join/leave ratio. For every 100 people that become Protestant, 180 leave. That’s bad, but it’s not Catholic bad. Conversely, for every 100 people who leave the religious “nones” (i.e., they join a religion), a full 590 become part of that irreligious cohort. Where are the former Catholics going? Of...

[Catholic Caucus] Permanent Synod: Francis Initiates Three Years of "Implementation Phase"Francis initiates a "new phase" of the Ex-Synod approving a three years "process of accompaniment" to implement the ex-synod's final document.It will culminate in an "ecclesial assembly" to be held at the Vatican in October 2028 [if by then the Vatican still has money to pay for such useless events].Cardinal Mario Grech, head of the synod secretariat, claimed in a March 15 letter that the "process of accompaniment" [= more meaningless meetings] will not be a new synod. He uses one buzzword after another to talk about "exchange and dialogue...

[Catholic Caucus] HISTORY'S VERDICT: After 60 Years, Vatican II Was a DisasterIs the Catholic Church better off today than it was in 1965? Back in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI admitted that the Second Vatican Council had been co-opted and made into what he called the "Council of the Media," which led to "so many calamities, seminaries closed, convents closed, and the liturgy was banalized." So, what really happened and why must every Catholic on earth remain forever loyal and true to Vatican II? And, for that matter, WHICH Vatican II -- the real one, or Benedict's "Council of the Media"...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Hip-Hop Mass’ Celebrated by Cardinal Wilton GregoryA new musical blending contemporary hip-hop music and Catholic liturgy debuted Feb. 14-16 at the Lyke House, a Catholic Newman Center serving historically Black colleges in Atlanta.The “Hip-Hop Mass” from composer Kevin Johnson consists of 24 songs in the order of a Mass. The production includes choreography, liturgical dance and even a depiction of the Eucharistic Prayer.“The beauty of the ‘Hip-Hop Mass’ is bringing young people back to the church,” Johnson said.The ensemble cast in the performances this month in Georgia consisted of choreographers, actors and students affiliated with the Lyke House....

Vatican: Ramadan is for Catholics ‘a school of inner transformation’In a seemingly ecumenical appeal, the Vatican praised Islamic Ramadan as a means of ‘inner conversion’ and emphasized a parallel with Christian Lent. The message follows Pope Francis’ push for interfaith dialogue, which critics say downplays theological issues.The Vatican has issued a Ramadan message to Muslims, saying that its coinciding with the Christian season of Lent is “a unique opportunity to walk, side-by-side.”“Ramadan appears to us Catholics as a school of inner transformation,” wrote the Vatican today. “By abstaining from food and drink, Muslims learn to control their desires and turn...

Vatican calls Islamic Ramadan a ‘time of prayer and reconciliation for the good of Creation’The Vatican's in-house news outlet described the Muslim period of Ramadan as 'a time of prayer and reconciliation for the good of Creation' and for 'interreligious collaboration.' But the Islamic understanding of God is irreconcilable with Catholicism.The Vatican’s in-house news outlet has described the Muslim period of Ramadan as “a time of prayer and reconciliation for the good of Creation” and for “interreligious collaboration.”In an article published on Saturday, Vatican News presented the Muslim period of Ramadan as yet another instance to be used for interreligious...

COLLAPSE: 12 Years of the Bergoglio Age in Numbers The Bergoglian Age in numbers: in ancient Christian countries, but not only, the number of Catholics is declining. Of course, there are many reasons for this, such as secularization, urbanization, competition from competing ideologies and religions, and the unravelling of family units and traditional values in many places. But the statistics point to a worrying acceleration since the start of Pope Francis' pontificate, particularly in places where bishops and indeed the Church as a whole pride themselves on their progressivism and their entry into the marvellous synodality.Germany, spearhead of Catholic progressivism,...

[Catholic Caucus] Why the Walls of Notre-Dame de Paris Are GroaningThe new Notre-Dame de Paris would shock the saints and holy doctors who prayed within its hallowed columns and vaulted ceiling. But today its walls moan as they are compelled to embrace the hellscape of liturgical innovation.Some things are worse than a devastating fire. Notre-Dame de Paris proves the point. While its façade, walls, and roof have been restored to a pristine perfection, its interior liturgical appointments tell another story. The altar has become a bathtub; the pulpit, a highway barrier; the sedilia a Star Wars prop; and the reliquary...

Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar serversSri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that the role of altar server is potentially part of the pathway to the male-only priesthood and having girls as altar servers could impact vocations. In a 22 October 2024 letter addressed to the priests of his diocese, which has since come to light, Ranjith said: “It has been brought to my knowledge that several parishes in the Archdiocese of Colombo have appointed girls as altar servers.“In this context,...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Aguer: The Arian heresy has not entirely disappeared from the ChurchIn today’s Church the centrality of man and human rights has a semi-Arian or neo-Arian character. It is necessary to preach Jesus Christ, true God made man without ceasing to be God. An authentic Christology is Trinitarian.The year 2025 marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, held in 325 and later completed by the Council of Chalcedon and the First Council of Constantinople. In that first and great council of the Church the mystery of the Holy Trinity was proclaimed, declaring that the Son, Jesus...

The Charismatic Cardinal Suenens Architect of the Vatican II RevolutionEditors Note: We are happy to republish this previously ‘lost’ (unpublished since 1997) article in conjunction with a history of the CCR with Kennedy Hall on our YouTube Channel. The late John Vennari was a crusader for Catholic orthodoxy and our former Editor-in-Chief.Part I Recap:Part I of this article (October 1997) explained that Charismatics gained “legitimacy” within the Catholic Church primarily due to the efforts of the late Cardinal Leon Joseph Suenens of Belgium. It was demonstrated that since Suenens was one of the most liberal Cardinals of this century, it...

The Destruction of the Traditional Latin Mass and its Ultimate CauseThe exclusion of the Church’s Traditional Latin Mass and the tyrannical imposition of Pope Paul VI’s Liturgy are events whose deep causes must be sought among the very premises that gave rise to the modern world. The “mutation” from a world woven with symbols and theophanies to a universe governed by the uniform laws of mechanics and devoid of the transcendent horizon of the unseen realm, reflects the profound crisis of Christian faith that gave birth to that synthesis of heresies which Saint Pope Pius X called “modernism.”In the context...

President Trump’s Task Force for Anti-Christian Bias Should Start with FrancisPresident Trump signed an executive order for Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias, which cites various ways in which the Biden Administration weaponized the government against Christians. Those involved in establishing the new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias may already recognize the need to address the great source of anti-Christian bias based in the Vatican. On February 6, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order for Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias, which states the following purpose:“My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians. The law protects the freedom...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Eleganti: Jesus and the Church are ‘necessary for salvation,’ but this truth has been ‘strongly relativized’In Jesus Christ and with Him and through Him, we are children of God. There can be no paradigm shift in the Church, no new teaching, no enlightenment that surpasses or eclipses all previous knowledge. No revolutionary insights in this regard are still pending or recent.The relativization of the salvific mediation of JESUS CHRIST is a widespread and worrying phenomenon, including within the Catholic Church. The “extra ecclesia nulla salus” (no salvation outside the Church) has been strongly relativized in our time.It...

<p>One of the most devastating casualties in the period after Vatican II has been the practical elimination of the distinction between objective redemption and subjective redemption. This has contributed to various evils, ranging from mass apostasy to the Vatican’s persecution of those Catholics who believe what the Church has always taught. Indeed, in one way or another, almost every aspect of the ongoing crisis in the Church relates to the effective elimination of the concept of subjective redemption.</p>