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[Catholic Caucus] The Modernists Will Continue to Divide the Church over The Mass“Hello. We’re from the Vatican and we’re here to help you.” Those are words I always believed I would be very happy to hear. The unyielding persecution of Catholic Tradition from the very top in the Eternal City has changed that. And the Mass is at the center of the battle for our faith and salvation. Anything else is a distraction from the evil one.The novus ordo is a service with Catholic components. But as a “Mass” it’s not pleasing worship to God. We have such a Mass...

Apostolic Visitation of FSSP Augurs Ill for the Latin MassThe Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) released a statement on Sept. 27 announcing that it had recently been informed by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life of the “opening of an apostolic visitation of the Fraternity.” According to the statement, the Prefect of the Dicastery, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, emphasized to the FSSP Superior General John Berg and his assistants during a meeting in Rome that the visit “does not originate in any problems of the Fraternity,” but is instead intended to enable...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope faces abuse scandals, lays out template for Catholicism in a secular milieuROME – In a country still reeling from a deep clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis on Saturday bitterly acknowledged that such abuse “generates atrocious suffering and wounds,” vowing that the path of reform includes learning from survivors.The realities of abuse, the pontiff said, can even “undermine the path of faith.”“There is a need for a great deal of mercy, to keep us from hardening our hearts before the suffering of victims, so that we can help them feel our closeness and offer all the help...

[Catholic Caucus] The New TLM Suppression: Crisis Averted?Remember when everybody was sure that there was a new Latin Mass suppression coming down the pike from The Dictator Pope and his mercy for the margins?That came from a credible rumour published by our friends at Rorate back on June 17th. While that was brewing, Viganò got the axe from the Vatican, and a different report denied any existence of a new TLM suppression.Meanwhile, the “Agatha Christie Petition 2.0” was released, along with a second petition by the same authors for the faithful to sign. A third petition was also put out...

[Catholic Caucus] Announcing the National Latin Mass Pilgrimage- Arlington, VA to Washington, D.C.- October 5, 2024BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND- As a response to restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass announced in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, local TLM attendees organized a pilgrimage between the main cathedral of the Diocese of Arlington (St. Thomas More) and the main cathedral of the Archdiocese of Washington (St. Matthew). This pilgrimage was wildly successful and has now become a yearly tradition. Our goal: full freedom, once again, for the Traditional Latin Mass, and an end to any and all restrictions.The pilgrimage itself is beautiful....

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Aguer: Young people are showing the world the importance of Catholic traditionIn the old and worn-out corners where the post-conciliar syndrome has reigned, multitudes of young people are joyfully discovering the Tradition of always and are embracing it as the authentic reality of a Church that is flourishing to bear fruit in contemporary society.Vulgar thinking assures us that tradition is constituted by the chain of traditions led by the old, and that the young are attracted by novelties, by the invention of new artifices.But the reality of the life of the Church and of the breach that...

Roche and Viola (Dicastery for Divine Worship) Forbid Latin Mass in Helsinki Cathedral (Finland) - celebrated (for the moment) in another Church Finland. A land lost by the Church to Lutheranism.In that beautiful and peaceful land, those who are Catholic are a tiny minority, but very conscious of their rights and filled with conviction regarding their Faith. Some of them are, like so many of us, attached to the Traditional Latin Mass -- which was, of course, the Mass of Finland before the Reformation.One would think the Vatican would be happy to have such faithful Catholics in a land of...

[Catholic Caucus] A Novus Ordo Priest Comments on a Roman Rite PilgrimageDon Joaquín Manuel Serrano Vila, a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Oviedo who is also involved in the formation of seminarians, commented on the Roman Rite Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Christianity to Covadonga."I am writing these lines after having experienced the pilgrimage from the outside," he wrote on SanFelixDeLugones.blogspot.com (10 August).Don Serrano has no experience of the Roman rite and only took part in the Archbishop's blessing of the pilgrims and the Te Deum in Covadonga.Through his involvement in the formation of seminarians, he has noticed how...

[Catholic Caucus] Latin Mass order takes legal action after bishop orders the community out of dioceseThe Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer are now suing Bishop Michael Gielen of the Diocese of Christchurch over his sudden decision in July to evict them from the diocese.Latin Mass offered by the New Zealand community of the Sons of the Most Holy RedeemerCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (LifeSiteNews) — A traditional Mass community of priests is taking legal action against the local diocesan bishop who ordered their eviction from his diocese upon receipt of a Vatican investigation. Local news media recently reported that the New...

[Catholic Caucus] Transalpine Redemptorists Take Bishop to CourtThe Transalpine Redemptorists, who follow the Roman rite, have filed a canonical complaint against Bishop Michael Gielen of Christchurch, New Zealand, who is kicking them out of his diocese (Zenit.org, 6 August).Last month, an apostolic visitation recommended that the Redemptorists be banned from celebrating Mass in the diocese. The bishop willingly followed the Vatican's instructions.The order's canon lawyer has now formally asked the bishop to rescind his decision. If this request is refused, the order intends to take the case to the Apostolic Signatura, the Church's highest tribunal.The Redemptorists must know that there...

[Catholic Caucus] "The Traditional Mass as a Conclave Issue: An Obstacle for Cardinal Parolin[Paix Liturgique published the following reflections on the article by Nico Spuntoni in Il Giornale on July 14, 2024. Translation for Rorate. -PK]Given the nature of the Second Vatican Council as a kind of new beginning for the Church of all things, opposition to it, especially opposition to the new liturgy, carries a heavy psychological weight in successive conclaves.Cardinal indiscretions have revealed that, during the 2013 conclave, Jorge Begoglio hinted to the conservative cardinals that he would make gestures in favor of the SSPX. The interest shown...

[Catholic Caucus] New Front in the Liturgy Wars: Rome Requires Dominicans of the Holy Spirit to Hybridize Novus Ordo and TLMAlmost exactly one year ago, Rorate reported on the plight of the Dominicans of the Holy Spirit, who from their founding adhered with principled consistency to the old liturgical rites. The Vatican sent Novus Ordo apologist Fr Henry Donneaud, OP to "regularize" them in accord with the Vatican campaign against traditional religious life and traditional divine worship.Now, there is an important update. On July 25, the community issued the following press release, which we translate here:In a press release of...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican says Latin Mass parishes in Virginia diocese must offer Latin Novus Ordo once a month insteadThe Vatican’s two-year extension of permission to offer the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in the Diocese of Arlington has a catch: They must offer the Novus Ordo instead of the TLM one Sunday a month.ARLINGTON, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — There are strings attached to the Vatican’s two-year extension for permission to offer the Traditional Latin Mass in the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia, with TLM parish churches required to offer the Novus Ordo in Latin once a month instead of the...

[Catholic Caucus] "Request from Rome": Nuns of Pontcalec Introduce Novus OrdoThe Dominican Sisters of Pontcalec, still an institute of the Roman Rite, announced on 7 July during Sunday Mass that at their retreat (27 July to 2 August) the community Mass would be celebrated according to the Novus Ordo Missae.This measure was taken at "the request from Rome".The news was published in an open letter on LeForumCatholique.org (21 July) by outraged faithful who have settled near the monastery precisely to attend the Roman Mass with their families. They now feel betrayed.They write that the nuns are about "to abandon the...

[Catholic Caucus] Why the Attempt to Ban the Latin Mass Is FailingThe inability to shut down the traditional Latin Mass reflects the different between power and authority in the papacy.There has been much chatter on the interwebs lately about possible further restrictions being imposed upon the celebration of the classical Roman Rite, or the Traditional Latin Mass, as it is often called. However, it appears that such rumors are not going to materialize for now, even as the Vatican liturgical office devises new ways to express its contempt for those who attend celebrations of the TLM, in addition to the...

[Catholic Caucus] Institute of Christ the King Kicked Out of an English ChurchRev. John Johnson retired from active ministry at the historic St Mary Church in Wigan, Archdiocese of Liverpool, at the end of 2023 for health reasons and died in April.Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool invited the Roman Rite Institute of Christ the King to take over that church.McMahon has a reputation of being rather friendly towards the Mass and has already celebrated it himself.But recently, the Archbishop's invitation came to an abrupt end. At the Mass on 7 July, Canon Cristofoli of the Institute said that he had...

[Catholic Caucus] A pattern on TLM indults being denied and approvedThere is an interesting pattern beginning to develop.Two U.S. dioceses (Baltimore and Richmond) that have the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in them, with personal parishes, will no longer have any diocesan parish traditional Latin Masses offered, despite the noble attempt by the local bishops for renewals of existing two-year parish indults. In the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Diocese of Richmond, no diocesan clergy at diocesan parishes may licitly offer TLMs.On the other hand, two U.S. dioceses (San Antonio and Arlington, Virginia) that do NOT have the Priestly Fraternity of...

[Catholic Caucus] Diocesan Latin Masses suppressed in Richmond as Vatican’s two-year indult expiresTraditional Latin Masses in three diocesan churches have come to a halt as Traditionis Custodes comes into full force in the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia.All diocesan Traditional Latin Masses have been suppressed in the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia due to the Vatican’s restrictions per Traditionis Custodes after the expiration of a two-year indult from Rome.The Latin Mass Directory website announced that as of July 5, the diocese implemented Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, according to which bishops are not to allow Traditional Latin Masses (TLM) in “parochial...

[Catholic Caucus] [Catholic Caucus] Mexico’s Cardinal Sandoval defends Latin Mass in new letter to Pope FrancisMexico's Cardinal Sandoval urged Pope Francis to preserve current access to the traditional Mass. His letter was written in response to current rumors regarding future restrictions on the traditional Mass coming from the Vatican.GUADALAJARA, Mexico (LifeSiteNews) — The former Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico’s Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, has joined his voice to those of many others petitioning Pope Francis not to allow further restrictions on the traditional Mass.In a July 6 letter to the Pontiff, Sandoval urged Pope Francis to preserve current access to the...

[Catholic Caucus] "To God Who Giveth Joy To My Youth": Thoughts on the Growing Revolutionary Threat to the Traditional Latin MassJohn XXIII celebrating Low Mass in his private chapelOne of the marks of revolutionaries is a complete lack of respect or tolerance for anyone who has an opposing point of view. Once they have formulated their opinions then nothing and nobody will come between them and the course of action they intend to follow. To the revolutionaries, anyone who is not singing their tune must be suppressed and removed as quickly as possible. A current example is the contemptuous way...