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[Catholic Caucus] “A Dereliction of Paternal Duty…”: Open Letter to Bishop of Arlington The purpose of this letter is to explain the reasons why our monthly contribution to the parish has been cancelled.We believe that the new restriction on the Latin Mass in the diocese of Arlington is not the act of a true spiritual father and will ultimately be to the detriment of souls.Unfortunately, as parishioners of no prominence, the only method we have of communicating our disgust with these developments is the withdrawal of our financial support of the diocese. If there were another meaningful way to...

Vatican Failures in Cardinal Ouellet’s CasePope Francis issued a letter on August 20, 2018 in the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and cover-ups by bishops. He wrote: “’If one member suffers, all suffer together with it’ (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons.”He didn’t stop there: “Looking ahead to the future, no...

State-backed Chinese Catholic gathering beginsChina10th National Congress of Catholicism in China plugs importance of sinicization, patriotism The 10th National Congress of Catholicism in China began in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in central China on Aug. 18. (Photo: Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church in China)Published: August 19, 2022 06:44 AM GMTUpdated: August 19, 2022 06:59 AM GMTCatholic bishops, priests and religious from across China have started a state-sponsored once-in-five years national conference in the presence of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, stressing the importance of adhering to government policies on religious affairs and strengthening patriotism. The 10th National...

[Catholic Caucus] DC Rosary Rally in front of the Nunciature: Every Saturday It starts tomorrow, 10 AM, in front of the Apostolic Nunciature (the “Vatican Embassy”) in Washington DC. Please, join them, and let us make our voices heard.

[Catholic Caucus] DICTATOR POPE: A Traditional Catholic UprisingNew from Remnant TV...In this Remnant Underground, Michael takes Francis to the mat for the "Great Apostacy" that was his be-feathered photo op blitz in Canada, apologizing to the indigenous for the fact that the Catholic missionaries who evangelized and civilized that nation were simply obeying the Divine Commission from Jesus Christ Himself.But "Wild Pope Francis's" repentance pilgrimage was something of a flop; the fallout from indigenous Canadians and Catholics alike has not been favorable to Justin Trudeau and the Vatican‘s plan. It was such a flop, in fact, that Pope Francis is...

[Catholic Caucus] Unforgivable Sin: Francis Fires Priest After a Few DaysOn May 7, Francis appointed Fr Tait Cameron Schroeder as a head of office in the Disciplinary Section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Schroeder had earned a doctorate in Canon Law at the Opus Dei University in Rome and went on to serve as a pastor and judicial vicar in Madison Diocese, Wisconsin.Then, however, it turned out that he had committed THE unpardonable sin. MessaInLatino.it learned that the Washington Nuncio alerted the Holy See a few days after Schroeder’s appointment, that he had occasionally celebrated the Roman...

[Catholic Caucus] Finishing Off Traditionalists As time passes, we understand more and more clearly how the civil war unleashed by the Church leadership against the “traditionalists” has developed and toward what goals it tends.We properly speak of a civil war because it is really an internal struggle, albeit one that began in terms opposite to the prevailing dynamic of such a phenomenon: it is not a portion of the people that rises up against those in power and seeks to undermine them, but rather those in power who seek to crush a portion of the people. All this is...

[Catholic Caucus] The Ministry of Truth in the Diocese of Arlington The Arlington Catholic Herald, our diocesan newspaper, came yesterday. I generally check the priest's moves and the bishop's schedule and do a quick page-through to see if I want to read anything. It used to be a joke among some of my confreres, when Bishop Paul Loverde was our ordinary to count how many photos of him graced the pages of the paper. Bishop Burbidge can't compete. His only photo in this issues was the stamp-sized mini attached to his column.At any rate, one headline caught my eye...

[Catholic Caucus] The Pastoral Care of the Dicastery for Divine Worship towards the Traditional Faithful Cross-posted from LMSChairman.orgIt has become clear that the Dicastery of Divine Worship, which alone has the authority to permit priests ordained after Traditionis custodes to celebrate the Traditional Mass, is systematically refusing to do so, even though requests are coming not from individual priests, but their bishops.What reasons are being given? I have been given sight of a letter of refusal, and I suspect the others are substantially identical.…this Dicastery is of the opinion that this [permission] would not be an opportune decision. Therefore,...

[Catholic Caucus] Armour-Plated Rigidity: Vatican Denies ANY Request To Celebrate The Roman MassJoseph Shaw (LmsChairman.org, August 12) has obtained the copy of a letter Neo-Cardinal Arthur Roche is sending to EVERY BISHOP requesting permission for priests to celebrate the Roman Mass.Roche writes that "this Dicastery [for the liturgy] is of the opinion that [this permission] would not be an opportune decision. Therefore, we deny the request."He explains that Francis' [rigid] intentions in Traditionis custodes are "quite clear" and that he underlined them in his "Letter to Bishops of the Whole World" and in his "Responsa ad dubia."Roche quotes Sacrosanctum Concilium...

[Catholic Caucus] "On the Empty Altars Dwell the Demons." By SpecolaSt Peter's Square. It is now 7 a.m. and there are only a few people hurrying to their workplaces.We enter the abandoned basilica. In a few months we have lost the intense activity that used to fill the many altars in the huge space with life. This was a sacred spectacle, unique in the world. It is no more.Priests from all corners of the world, alone or accompanied by groups of the faithful, celebrated in all languages and rites. Now that is forbidden.Altar boys, now banned from the Vatican, and...

[Catholic Caucus] Get With the TimesMiniver cursed the commonplace And eyed a khaki suit with loathing;He missed the mediæval grace Of iron clothing. (from “Miniver Cheevy,” by Edwin Arlington Robinson)Pope Francis has called traditionalism the dead faith of the living. It’s an easy thing to criticize. You can do it by assuming that everyone who dearly loves tradition is a boor, stolid and mulish, who says that we must continue to do things this way because that’s the way we’ve always done them. Or you can assume that the traditionalist looks on the past as Robinson’s Miniver Cheevy does, turning...

‘Don't we have a place in the Church?’: Read pope’s response to Argentine priest on seminary's closureWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2022 / 16:48 pmEarlier this year an Argentine priest struggling to understand the Vatican’s controversial closure of one of the country’s top seminaries wrote to Pope Francis seeking answers.The priest, maintaining his fidelity and that of his brother priests to the Second Vatican Council, as well as their devotion to the sacraments, the spiritual life, and the sick, inquired whether a literal reading of Vatican II meant the presbyterate was overly rigid.“Is this rigidity bad? Is it ideology? Don't...

“Christ and Christ alone is the Savior of all men”: The significance of Francis’s participation in the Indian pagan ritual The following letter was written by a traditional priest.Dear Bishop X,Pope Francis during his visit last week to Canada participated in a pagan ritual in which some Indian leader asked “the western grandmother” to grant “access to the sacred circle of spirits.” This participation is a fitting expression of Pope Francis’ss interpretation of Vatican II, which according to him teaches that God wills the diversity of religions and that non-Catholic religions are not evil, but good.This same Pope, as...

Editor's Note: We received the Bishop Burbidge's press release and the following letter in our inbox simultaneously. We are reproducing both here in order to put a face to the Catholics who are being persecuted by the Woke Church of Francis and Co. MJMYour Excellency, Though I am certain you will never read or see this email I must express my sadness and anger regarding your cowardly decision to suppress the traditional Mass in your diocese. I have been a long term member of Holy Trinity parish in Gainesville, VA. Our 12:30 Mass attendance ranges from 500-700 people every Sunday....

[Catholic Caucus] Segregation is restored in the Diocese of Arlington The commonwealth of Virginia used to be a state where segregation was law, and harsh penalties were inflicted upon persecuted human beings who dared mix with the majority. That cruel policy was restored today, not based on race this time, but based on which Mass you attend. And far from a Southern Democrat inflicting such horrible policy, the segregation was announced today by the bishop of the Diocese of Arlington, Michael Burbidge.Effective September 8, 2022, the current 21 locations where the traditional Latin Mass is currently offered (in a...

[Catholic Caucus] American Traditional Catholics: It's Time for Sustained Weekly Protests in Front of the Vatican Embassy in Washington Soon after the promulgation of "Traditionis custodes", the illegitimate motu proprio promoting the cultural genocide of Traditional Catholics, in July 2021, Traditional Catholics in France, almost always in small numbers, but always faithfully and constantly, started to stage protests every Saturday in defense of the Traditional Mass and our rights as Catholic faithful, in front of the Apostolic Nunciature (the "Vatican Embassy") in Paris. They are still going on, in hot summer as well as in frigid winter.We thought this...

It’s Not for the Pope to ChangeIn the classic The Spiritual Combat, the first weapon needed for sanctity is self-distrust. Or, as Chesterton said, “Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness.” Some in Rome should think about this before they cause even more Catholics to question the Faith (or at least the Church). They—and we—should also consider and be grateful for the diffidence of Pope St. Paul VI. Let me explain. Here’s the problem. Pope Francis has changed the continuous moral teaching of the Church at least twice. The first was in Amoris Laetitia, allowing...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Gregory’s TLM Restrictions Illustrate Why Traditionis Custodes Must Be ReversedAs infant baptisms and Mass attendance continue their precipitous decline across the Church, St. Francis de Sales in Washington, D.C., offers a striking contrast. Every Sunday you will find large families with gaggles of young children at Mass. One would think this would be a point of great optimism for the scandal-plagued Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Imagine all of these children growing up in the Church and starting their own large, Catholic families who attend weekly Mass. It is enough to give one hope for the future of...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: ‘Crisis of ecclesiastical Authority…is undeniable’Indeed, every baptized person has the right to attend Holy Mass and to be administered the Sacraments in the form that Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum acknowledged may never be abrogated.(LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Blase Cupich, with the bureaucratic authoritarianism that distinguishes the officials of the Bergoglian church, has ordered the Canons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest who carry out their ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago to suspend all public functions in the ancient rite beginning at the end of the month of July, revoking the faculties...