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[Catholic Caucus] A Novus Ordo Priest on Traditionis Custodes I will preface this post by stating that I do not consider myself to be a "traditionalist," at least not in the ways the term is often used today. I accept, believe, and teach everything that the Catholic Church holds to be revealed by God - nothing more, nothing less. I do not offer the Traditional Mass exclusively, but I have serious problems with the way folks are being treated when they simply want to worship in a rite that is unquestionably Catholic, even if they wish to do so exclusively.For...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Move on’: Pope’s advice to U.S. conservative Catholics ‘mad’ at ideology slursABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis has told infuriated conservative American Catholics to “move on” after he accused them of putting ideology before their faith.His comments came aboard the flight to Mongolia where he is undertaking a four-day official visit.Asked by a member of the press corps if he found diplomacy difficult, the Pope replied, “Yes, you don’t know how difficult it is. Sometimes you need a sense of humour.”He was then asked about comments he made about American Catholics during a conversation with Jesuits in...

[Catholic Caucus] Why Does the Pope Dislike Me?He did it again. During a recent visit to a Jesuit school in Portugal, the Holy Father once more criticized the Catholic Church in the United States. But this time, he did not pull any punches. Pope Francis made it abundantly clear that he does not like the Church in America. He thinks U.S. Catholics are backward-looking and an obstacle to the Holy Spirit. He thinks many of them have rejected Vatican II and want to turn the clock back to some pre-conciliar time. I can’t help thinking he doesn’t like me—or at...

[Catholic Caucus] It Took a Jesuit Pope to Demolish Opus Dei. Here’s How the Legend Became RealityThere has been a lot of yarnspinning over the enmity between the Society of Jesus and Opus Dei. But the leaders of the Work thought and feared that the fairy tale would become reality right from the start, when in 2013 the Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio ascended to the chair of Peter. Their decision was to close themselves off in complete silence, to go into the shadows like a mole in its burrow, in the hope that this pontificate would pass by without harming...

Pope Francis belittles devotion to the Latin Mass as a ‘nostalgic disease’ during Jesuit meetingIn Pope Francis’ latest attack on the traditional liturgy he argued that his Latin Mass restrictions were a response to the ‘danger’ of ‘indiestrism.’BUDAPEST, Hungary (LifeSiteNews) –– Pope Francis has once more issued strong criticisms of Catholics devoted to the traditional liturgy and practice of the Church, stating that the “incredible support for restorationism” is a “nostalgic disease.”The pope’s comments came as part of the private conversation he held with Jesuits in Hungary on April 29, as part of his now-customary meeting with Jesuits of the...

[Catholic Caucus] The End of History and the Last MassCHRISTOPHER GAWLEY But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the [apostles] to be put forth a little while. And he said to them: Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do, as touching these men … And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this council or this work be of men, it will come to naught; But if it be of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Mocks Roman Liturgical Art and Humiliates Sicilian Priests Sicily is almost a nation in itself, and Sacred Art and liturgical beauty have always flourished in that island, in times of Christian freedom. Much of the liturgical beauty of vestments has been preserved in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy since the invention of the 1969 New Mass, and it is still used.So it was astonishing to hear Francis mocking both Sicilians and their vestments, as well as their grandparents in a meeting with Sicilian bishops and priests today:More lace, but where are we? Sixty years after the...