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Did the Holy Ghost Abandon the Church at Vatican II?In a 1976 interview published under the title of Vatican Encounter, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre made several striking statements about the role of the Holy Ghost during Vatican II:“I should have battled more vigorously, perhaps, for an improvement of the texts, or refused to sign them, as I subsequently did with others. In reality, I was hoping against hope that the Holy Spirit would prevent certain projects from coming to pass or that the Pope would intervene at the last moment.”“Only God knows what really went on during Vatican II, and what...

From the Desk of Fr. Mike: This is a good place to bring you up to date briefly on a recent change inp> the Catholic Church that you might not learn about from the secular media. A new instruction from the Vatican has banned the practice of individual Masses inside St. Peter’s Basilica, placing strict limits on the use of the Latin rite. One of the groundbreaking reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was to adapt the liturgy “...more suitably to the needs of our own times.” Now, the place where those words were penned and approved can become...

Archbishop Viganò: Church of Council Realises Masonic Plan, Prepares Advent of AntichristArchbishop Carlo Maria Viganò doesn't believe that the Vatican published the third secret of Fatima completely in 2000.Viganò told DiesIrae that those who saw the secret before its publication, said that it is about the Church’s apostasy which doesn't appear in the official version.He blames the Cardinals Sodano and Bertone for this, and strangely passes over the fact that Cardinal Ratzinger participated in the publication and even wrote the secret’s official interpretation.Viganò warns of attacks on the priesthood like the introduction of deaconesses, abolishing celibacy, and blurring the difference...

SSPX superior general: Bastions of the Church ‘have now been demolished forever’The Pope ‘knows perfectly well where he is going,’ said Fr. Davide Pagliarani.March 15, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Is Pope Francis an ideologist who can be tidily categorized as the proponent of a known school of thought? Is he, on the contrary, a pragmatist who lets usefulness, things, and events direct his words and actions? In Fr. Davide Pagliarani’s view, the present Pope is a much too complex “man of government” to fit in that sort of classification. As the Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X...

Ireland’s bishops plan synod to hear from people who have left the churchDUBLIN (CNS) — Ireland’s Catholic bishops plan to hold a synod within the next five years to — among other things — hear from people who were raised Catholic but have walked away from the church.A March 10 statement released after the bishops’ conference virtual general assembly explained that the prelates believe “a synodal pathway leading to a national synod is inviting us to journey together in discernment of what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church in Ireland at this time.”The bishops said they are “acutely...

Don Pietro Leone: The Council and the Eclipse of God – PART V THE CHURCH I THE CHURCH CONSIDERED IN HERSELFEcclesiae tuae, quaesumus, Domine, preces placatus admitte: ut destructis adversitatibus et erroribus universis, secura tibi serviat libertate 1The Church, Militant, Suffering and Triumphant by Andrea Buonaiuto (1365)After a brief introduction to expound Catholic teaching concerning the Church in Herself, we shall see how the Council opposes this teaching.IntroductionIn this introduction we shall briefly expound the Church’s:a) Nature; b) End, and Means for Attaining the End; c) Constitution; d) Properties; e) Necessity. a) The Nature of the Church The Church is...

Pope admits charges of ‘heresy’ are ‘risk’ he’s willing to take to ‘move forward with other religions’Francis believes 'human fraternity' with people of other faiths is important while acknowledging the criticisms made against him.ABOARD PAPAL PLANE, March 10, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis said charges that he acts against “Catholic doctrine” and is even on the verge of committing “heresy” are a “risk” he’s willing to take to move forward on the path toward “human fraternity” with believers of other religions.“This is important, human fraternity, that as men we are all brothers, and we must move forward with other religions,”...

Don Pietro Leone: THE COUNCIL AND THE ECLIPSE OF GOD - PART IV In Part IV of ‘The Council and the Eclipse of God’, Don Pietro explains how the Council attacks the very notion of Truth, how this is the basis of all its false teachings and how Decartes’s Philosophy of Doubt permeates the Council’s documents. F.R. The Council and the Eclipse of God Beatissimae Vergini Mariae humillime dedicatum,Quae cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundoPART IV TRUTH – part 2Rene Descartes (1596-1650): Father of Modernist Thought - his philosophy begins with Doubta) The Fullness of Truth The Council...

The Beiging of Bishop BarronBishop Robert Barron first came to fame in the Catholic world for his fight against what he called “beige Catholicism.” The founder of Word on Fire rightly saw that a milquetoast, flaccid expression of Catholicism—so common in parishes across the country and embraced by the liberal elements of the Church—is a death knell for the Church. Barron wrote eloquent articles and produced polished videos reminding Catholics that the Faith is more than the insipid liturgies and watered-down teachings they were being fed each week. Justifiably, his influence grew and eventually he was named the Auxiliary Bishop...

Priest weeps at irreverence for Eucharist, tells people to receive on the tongue. Wherein Fr. Z rants.From ChurchPop comes a video and article about a priest who, clearly reacting to some act(s) of irreverence in regard to the Blessed Sacrament, had enough of the sacrilege. There is a video of him literally weeping and then explaining in Spanish that from now on Communion would be distributed on the tongue, while kneeling.I have little doubt that this priest was immediately attacked by some parishioners who then probably complained to the chancery. I have little doubt that great pressure and even threats...

Don Pietro Leone: The Council and the Eclipse of God Part IIIChange of titleThe author, Don Pietro Leone, who is still in the process of finishing this book, has decided to change the title ‘ The Enemy within. A critique of Vatican II ‘, to what he has come to believe expresses the true significance of the Council: ‘The Council and the Eclipse of God’ . F.R. PART IIIThe Council and the Eclipse of GodBeatissimae Vergini Mariae humillime dedicatumQuae cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundo Christ before Pilate by Duccio di Buonasegna, 1311 [What is Truth?]Introduction Truth In...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Attacks Latin Mass In Letter To all BishopsArchbishop Arthur Roche, the anti-Catholic Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, who has been sidelining now retired Cardinal Sarah, has launched an attack on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM).UnaVoceScotland.org (February 21) published the English translation of a February 19, 2020 essay written by Roche which was forwarded to all bishops.The essay makes the unlikely claim that the New Mass is an "authentic development" of the Roman Rite, and calls its implementation an "ecclesiastical duty" - although nobody follows the Novus Ordo which is only used as an excuse for...

Don Pietro Leone: THE ENEMY WITHIN: PART II : A Historical Perspective PART II THE ENEMY WITHIN a Critique of Vatican II Beatissimae Vergini Mariae humillime dedicatum,Quae cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundoA. Historical Introduction The 20 Councils prior to the Second Vatican Council had all been convened in order to extinguish the chief heresy or evil of the time: through an ever deeper and clearer enunciation of Church doctrine. This Council was different on two counts: first, in that it was not occasioned by any contemporary heresy or evil, and second (as we have already noted above),...

[Catholic Caucus] Bergoglio’s Broken Chain of WitnessIn Pope Francis’s church, truth can contradict truth so long as you have false witnesses who are bold or foolish enough to make that claim. ________In his epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul presented an idea on which the credibility of our Faith depends entirely:But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. As we said before, so now I say again: if anyone preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be...

De Mattei: Pope Francis, Biden and “post-institutional” CatholicsFebruary 11, 2021What will be the effects of Joe Biden’s election on the life of the Church? Biden is the second Catholic President in the history of the United States after John Fitzgerald Kennedy, but as Massimo Faggioli notes in his recent book Joe Biden e il cattolicesimo negli Stati Uniti (Scholé, Brescia 2021), he finds himself in a reversed situation. Kennedy had the problem of reconciling his religious faith with a country in which the upper-class had always been Protestant and Catholics were considered an external body, tending to be poorly educated...

How modernists use ‘weaponized orthodoxy’ to silence conservative CatholicsSome recent words from Pope Francis cast this mode of gaslighting in stark relief.February 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — “Weaponized ambiguity” has become a common term in recent discussions about the crisis in the Church. It refers to ambiguous terms that were supposedly inserted into Vatican II as preparation for the chaos we now see around us. Leaving aside the question of whether ambiguity is the main problem of Vatican II (as opposed to contradiction of Church teaching), let us look at another concept, “weaponized orthodoxy,” which been used against sincere Catholics for...

Pope’s pick says ‘clericalist mindset is changing’Sr Nathalie Becquart (CNS/Paul Haring)A French sister who could be the first woman to cast a vote in the Synod of Bishops says her appointment as an undersecretary is evidence the “clericalist mindset is changing”. Source: Crux.Sr Nathalie Becquart told journalists on Wednesday that Pope Francis has been underlining the importance of including women in the decision-making processes, helping move the Church from a clericalist attitude towards a more synodal one.“How can we somehow end with a clerical Church, where there have been abuses, of power and other kind of abuses,” she asked, during...

Archbishop Viganò: Hypocrisy of Francis’ Claim Only Traditionalists Must be Treated StrictlyArchbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has released another text on Vatican II. This one was prompted by the recently reported comments of Pope Francis that with those who find in Vatican II a rupture, he must be “demanding and strict.”The Archbishop points out the blatant hypocrisy of a pope who calls for mercy and acceptance to all those who reject the doctrine of the Church and even the natural law. They are to be welcomed and accompanied and treated as brothers, even if they reject Christ. Yet, anyone who calls...

Don Pietro Leone: THE ENEMY WITHIN: a Critique of Vatican IIRorate Caeli is delighted to publish in installments, Don Pietro Leone’s latest work of anti-modernism: ‘The Enemy Within: a Critique of Vatican II.’Not content to rehash the three or four best-known sticking points of the Council, such as Collegiality, Ecumenism and Subsisit, the author with remorseless logic, offers a penetrating analysis, both metaphysical and theological of its entire distorted vision of the Faith, Truth and Reality, so exposing it as a diabolical attack on Holy Mother Church Herself and one of the greatest evils of the 20th century. In...

QUICUMQUE VULT SALVUS ESSE or Concerning the Idolatry of Vatican IISimiles illis fiant qui faciunt ea,et omnes qui confidunt in eis.Their makers will come to be like them,and so will all who trust in them.- Ps 113:16________While nations that were once Catholic introduce laws that promote abortion and euthanasia, gender theory and sodomitical “marriages;” while in the United States a legitimately elected President is seen to be usurped in the White House by a corrupt, depraved, and pro-abortion “President” placed in power by a gigantic fraud to the sycophantic applause of Bergoglio and progressive bishops; while the world population is...