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Catholics who did not live through Vatican II view the council more dispassionately and even critically than by those who lived through the conciliar era and were caught up in the thrill of change and the optimism it promised. (LifeSiteNews) — Much is made today of the idea that a growing cohort of young people somehow are not “accepting” Vatican II. This is often leveled at those attached to the Traditional Latin Mass but also is a critique aimed at those who attend the Novus Ordo but have preferences for pre-Conciliar hymns, Holy Communion on the tongue, and strident, clear...

The Last Italian Bishop Present at Vatican II DiesArticles by Borgo Pio from La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, (18 July 2023 and 19 July 2023, originals in Italian)The funeral of Bishop Emeritus Msgr. Luigi Bettazzi, who died last Sunday at age 99, will be held today in Ivrea Cathedral, celebrated by his current successor Msgr. Edoardo Cerrato. Born in 1923, Msgr. Bettazzi was the only Italian bishop still alive to have participated in the Second Vatican Council (he was consecrated bishop in 1963, as auxiliary of Bologna, later becoming ordinary of Ivrea in 1966).He was the last Italian exponent of Vatican...

ZEIT ONLINE: Michael Seewald, what are you thinking about right now? Michael Seewald: About dogmas and their problems: How has official Christian teaching changed over time? For what reasons did she do this? What mechanisms were at work? Michael Seewald is a professor of dogmatics and the history of dogmas at the University of Münster. In 2018 he published the book "Dogma in Transition" (Herder). Most recently he published "Theories of doctrinal development in the Catholic Church" (Cambridge University Press, 2023). ZEIT ONLINE: In an essay in the latest issue of the journal for the history of ideas, you took...

FBI Internal Memo Warns against ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology’The FBI’s Richmond field office released an internal memo last month warning against “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology,” and claiming it “almost certainly presents new mitigation opportunities,” according to a document shared by an FBI whistleblower on Wednesday. Kyle Seraphin, who was a special agent at the bureau for six years before he was indefinitely suspended without pay in June 2022, published the document, “Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities,” on UncoverDC.com. “In making this assessment, FBI Richmond relied on...

The fallout from the EWTN interview with Cardinal Gerhard Mueller continues. That interview sent shockwaves through the hierarchy with the hierarchy scrambling to accuse the American cable news network of fomenting schism. ...

It strikes me that relative newcomer around the Holy See Press sector, listed as CNA‘s “senior Rome correspondent” – which as I get older strikes me as amusing – Hannah Brockhaus should rethink her priorities. Francis had an audience with a bunch of editors of European Jesuit journals – imagine what that was like. In the Vatican News piece relating what was exchanged in their Q&A there are some 2400 words. The section Hannah chose to report on is 188 words of the whole. La Civilità Cattolica HERE. What was her game? Click-bait? The topic: Francis criticized, belittled, “restauratori”, “restorers...

NEWSFLASH: Cardinal Cupich BOOED AND HECKLED at March for Life in Chicago!

CHICAGO (ChurchMilitant.com) - A top cardinal, one who presides over liturgical abuses and incorporates pagan elements from Taoism and Hinduism into the Holy Eucharist, is doubling down on attacking the Traditional Latin Mass in his Chicago archdiocese. Cardinal Blase Cupich, who permits high-profile LGBT+ Masses, published a five-page policy two days after Christmas, prohibiting the celebration of the TLM on the first Sunday of every month, Christmas, the Triduum of Holy Week, Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday. The prelate, who publicly opposed bishops seeking to withhold Holy Communion from pro-abortion President Joe Biden, has promulgated his own rules implementing Pope...

Cardinal Cupich takes the lead after Vatican's dubia by issuing major restrictions on TLM and sacraments. ...

Big news about sacred tradition and Traditionis Custodes emerged over the weekend. ...

In this blistering segment of a TV panel discussion, the great Spanish traditionalist Miguel Ayuso expresses, more succinctly than one will find it anywhere else, the basic difficulties thoughtful Catholics have with the last Council in its origins, execution, and results. ...

We must give up our firmly held beliefs. What does that even mean?

The Next Conclave: A Nightmare ScenarioJuly 17, 2021 (Steven O’Reilly) – Yesterday, Pope Francis issued Traditionis Custodes, his motu proprio which places significant restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) going forward. I will not comment in great detail on its harsh measures as others have already done so. However, for the ‘pope of mercy’ who speaks often of those on the ‘peripheries’ of the Church, it is clear neither his mercy nor the peripheries extend as far as those attached to the TLM. “Irreversible Change“ One of the oddities of Traditionis Custodes is not so much that Francis did...

2 people were debating this back-and-forth and I will provide their back-and-forth discussion here: Person 1: "PRAISE BE JESUS THARE ARE 5 000 Members in our Parish There is no Latin Rite and no interest Our Parish is multi National origins Everyone Speaks and understands MASS With Latin Prayers in Liturgy On Sunday and Holy Days. Pope Francis has the keys to loose and bind. Pope Francis did not rush this decision He had 11 days in Hospital to pray and reflect. This is a challenge of Obedience sign of HOLY SPIRIT PRESENCE. Pray the MISSA with REVERENCE. PRAY FOR...

In a recent video by the Jesuit magazine America, it is admitted that Vatican 2 and the New Mass of 1969 (Novus Ordo Missae) is a RUPTURE and that the Tridentine Catholic theology of the 16th century is no longer welcome by Modernist heresiarchs in the NewChurch. James Martin, Pope Francis, and the Jesuit complex infiltrating Rome don't want the Traditional Latin Mass for THEOLOGICAL REASONS. ...

On January 30, 2021, Pope Francis told the Italian Bishops' National Catechetical Office "Vatican II [not The Council of Trent which was declared to be infallible] is "the magisterium of the Church". Francis: “Either you are with the Church and therefore follow the Council, or you do not follow the Council or interpret it in your own way, according to your desire, you do not stand with the Church.” But if Trent, A.) in concert with four papacies, was declared to be infallible, B.) all the previous Councils that Trent agreed with, and C.) all popes after Trent who agreed...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis: Who Doesn't Follow Vatican II Is Outside The Church - Except the ModernistsVatican II is "the magisterium of the Church,” Francis proclaimed in a January 30 address to Italian Bishops' National Catechetical Office.While Francis is usually indifferent regarding dogmatic matters, he was suddenly all black-and-white, “Either you are with the Church and therefore follow the Council, or you do not follow the Council or interpret it in your own way, according to your desire, you do not stand with the Church.” Francis admitted that in this point, he is “demanding” and “severe,” adding that “the Council must...

In a world that changes constantly, people wonder if the Church can change its doctrine.

Concerning the Eucharist and how what was supposed to be the exception to the rule after Vatican II goes against previous councils, and against popes in agreement with those councils both during, before and after each, etc: 1.) St. Sixtus 1 (circa 115): "The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord." 2.) St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church (330-379): "The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in times of persecution." St. Basil the Great considered Communion in the hand so irregular that he did not...

[Barf Alert] Vatican Council II: A seed that continues to grow A great grace, a true prophecy for the life of the Church, a new Pentecost: these are some of the expressions used by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI to describe the most recent Council – a small seed that has become a tree and continues to bear fruit through the working of the Holy Spirit. By Sergio CentofantiThis year 8 December will mark the 55th anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council. It is an important moment in this period since a new debate...