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Father Paul Nicholson—the Canadian 'missionary priest of the New Evangelization'—has done a lot of unpriestly things, but this tops the list and of course does precisely nothing to minimize the perverse, predatory image of the modern Catholic priest in the eyes of so many scandalized Catholics. One priest savaging another, just moments after his sudden death? Who behaves this way!

Fatima Center Invites Roberto Fiore to Fatima Conference The Fatima Center is hosting a conference in September. Among those advertised to attend are Roberto Fiore, John McManus, Dr. Ron Paul, Dr. Peter Chojnowski, Christopher Ferrara, Michael Matt and John Vennari. Below is a speech given by Fiore in Budapest, October 23, 2008. Fiore is a Right-wing extremist and Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) adherent. Fiore's speech follows the usual Perennialist/Fascist model. He begins by bemoaning the moral and economic decline in Europe. He then provides a nominal disparaging comment against Communism only then to direct the fury of his...

  Squelching Fr. Gruner's "Squawking Squire"Written by I. Shawn McElhinney It is inevitable that in the disputes over how Catholic Tradition is to be understood that you will find those who claim to be "the true believers" in essence. In today's climate, they often masquerade under the deceptive title of "traditionalists" and use this as a cloak to mask attitudes and approaches which are contrary to what the Catholic Church teaches. Like all pseudo movements, false "traditionalism" attacks either (i) the divinely vested magisterial authority itself or (ii) those to whom the authority invests with authority by proxy. Of the...

Actually, Virginia,Father Gruner is Not Suspended The latest article in The Wanderer’s never-ending series on the "suspension" of Father Nicholas Gruner depends upon an Orwellian notion of justice no Catholic can accept: punishment without a crime, guilt without a conviction. by Christopher A. Ferrara      Even a five-year-old knows when an injustice has been committed: "That’s not fair!" is a concept any child can understand. The capacity to recognize and be outraged by injustice is one of the things that distinguish men from the lower animals.      Man’s God-given sense of justice tells him, first of all, that one cannot be punished for...

For over 70 years, Sister Lucy of Fatima has maintained constancy on the exact conditions Heaven demanded for the Conssecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary to bring about the conversion of "that poor nation". But according to a communique issued on Dec.20,2001 by the Vatican Information Svc. (VIS), THAT'S ALL CHANGED. tHE vis reports of an alleged interview with Sr. Lucy by the Vatican's Archbishopp Bertone wherein, contrary to more than 7 decades of unchanging testimony, Lucy now allegedly declares 'the consecration that Our Lady desired was accomplished in 1984 and was accepted by Heaven". Faced with...