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[Catholic Caucus] "L'Eglise, c'est moi!" - Reflection by Francis Patruno The famous expression "L'État, c'est moi!" is commonly attributed to Louis XIV, the Sun King, ruler of France. It is debated among historians whether the King ever uttered it. Whether uttered or not, it expressed the idea of a fact, namely, that the state was identified with the person of the King. A conviction that dies hard when we recall that a De Gaulle, still in the 20th century, affirmed: "Je suis la France."Now, moving to the ecclesiastical level, paraphrasing the famous phrase we have recalled, Francis may well...

List of bishops already suppressing or tentatively supporting Latin Mass after Pope’s new documentJuly 20, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Less than 24 hours after Pope Francis promulgated his new motu proprio restricting the celebration of the traditional liturgy, bishops across the world began to issue restrictions against the traditional liturgy, although some prelates have granted temporary permissions for the current “status quo” to continue.Pope Francis issued his new motu proprio entitled Traditiones Custodes, on Friday, July 16, promoting a number of restrictions on the celebration of the traditional liturgy (also called the “Latin Mass,” the “Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite,”...