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Cardinal Müller comes out fighting on all frontsThe blessing of rainbow couples is heresy. The Belgian bishops cannot legitimise it by referring to alleged statements by the Pope. Even if he had said so, it is not within his competence to change Revelation". "The aim of the German Synodal Path is to become the locomotive of the universal Church". "To attack the ancient rite is absurd". "The Roman Curia is not the Vatican State, its secularisation is a theological error". Cardinal Müller speaks, on the occasion of the release of his book The Pope. Ministry and Mission.It is hard to...

[Catholic Caucus] “What if all these brilliant innovators were nothing more than a bunch of atrocious imbeciles?”: Msgr. Celada on the 1960sLast October 24, I published here a translation of a remarkable open letter written by Msgr. Domenico Celada in 1969. What follows is an article he published late in February 1969 in the periodical Il Tempo. Enjoy the clarity of this distinguished musicologist and — we must surely say looking back — prophet of the Lord. —PAKA “beat” Mass in Italy, from a book by Msgr. CeladaI remember having written, in the April-June 1966 issue of a music magazine,...

Montini’s Credo: Rubbish or treasure?A Canadian priest by the name of Fr. Paul Joseph Martin McDonald, who some readers may recognize for his “Ask Father” videos on the new Fatima Center’s website, recently took to Facebook to praise the so-called “Credo of the People of God” calling it:An extremely important document of Saint Pope Paul VI. A profession of Faith by the Successor of Peter of “the immortal Tradition of the holy Church of God” and in particular, of truths that were and are disputed, doubted or even rejected since the time of the Council.As I replied in comments that...

[Catholic Caucus] Does Francis’s Disastrously Flawed Vision Flow Naturally from Vatican II?After ten years of destructive attacks on the Faith, it has now become clear to all with eyes to see that Francis’s vision for the Church is an unholy nightmare. Traditional Catholics knew this from the beginning, but today many people who respected John Paul II and Paul VI also wonder how we can see Francis as Catholic, let alone pope. Significantly, though, Francis follows his predecessors in claiming to adhere to Vatican II — is he mistaken in this regard or does his failed vision actually flow naturally...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Roche on the Vatican II RuptureAbove: Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers the Holy Mass at St. Peter’s church in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Photo by Allison Girone.As I recently wrote on Catholic Answers, the confusion surrounding the meaning of Traditionis custodes, and its flotilla of supplementary documents, is beginning to resemble that around Amoris Laetitia. I was talking specifically about the purpose of the document: what vision of the ecclesial landscape inspires it. Here I want to focus on the equally opaque reasoning behind it.Last Sunday BBC Radio 4 aired a short report on the Traditional Mass. They...

[Catholic Caucus] From Freemasonic Dreams to Francis: Why Are Catholics Talking About Married Priests? “Something has changed within the Church, and replies given by the Pope to the most urgent questions, such as priestly celibacy and birth control, are hotly debated within the Church itself; the word of the Supreme Pontiff is questioned by bishops, by priests, by the faithful. For a Freemason, a man who questions dogma is already a Freemason without an apron.” (French Freemason Jaques Mitterand, as quoted in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s Open Letter to Confused Catholics)As much as we may dislike Paul VI and his disastrous...

[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Roche says Latin Mass needs to be restricted because the ‘theology of the Church has changed’Cardinal Arthur Roche's latest claim to defend the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass runs in opposition to the teaching of popes throughout history.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Defending the increasing restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Arthur Roche – who leads the Vatican’s Congregation (now Dicastery) for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments – stated that “the theology of the Church has changed.”Speaking on BBC Radio 4 for a program aired March 19, Roche defended the restrictions on the Traditional...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis praises modernistic sacred architecture at awards presentationThe pope described the award-winning chapel and church as 'an intervention of liturgical renovation and adaptation.'New St. Thomas Church in Pontedera, ItalyIn a March 14 message to the Pontifical Academies on the occasion of their 26th public session, Pope Francis congratulated the recipients of two awards given by the Academies for work in sacred architecture.The public session, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon, was dedicated to sacred architecture. The gold medal was awarded to the OPPS Architecture studio in Florence...

[Catholic Caucus] A Heartrending Trad NovelThis is an excellent book. It was so successful at portraying its heartrending themes that it made me feel physically sick. That makes it one of two novels to ever have affected me that way (the other was Rumer Godden’s In this house of Brede). Judith’s Marriage deserves a high ranking among novels dealing with the theology of marriage and family, while as a work of fiction treating explicitly traditionalist themes, it is almost unique in modern Catholic literature. An Englishman and convert to Catholicism, Bryan Houghton was ordained a priest in 1940. In 1969...

[Catholic Caucus] Ten Years of Francis: Destruction without Reconstruction in a Vatican that feels like North Korea -- by Aldo Maria Valli On the Ten Years of Francis (2013 - 2023)You have been redeemed at great cost; do not become slaves of men.1 Corinthians 7:23By Aldo Maria ValliTo comment on the ten years of Francis' pontificate, the words written by Demos (also known as the late Cardinal Pell) in the memorandum he wanted to distribute to all the cardinals a year ago would suffice: "A disaster in more ways than one, a catastrophe."Bergoglio has succeeded in the fine feat,...

[Catholic Caucus] The Fruits of “Francis” Yes I realize that the title sounds a bit odd. By fruits I am certainly not referring to the myriad sodomite priests, dykenuns, and assorted hangers-on that openly prance about the proverbial halls of the Church writ-large over the past decade. No, these fruits are legitimate and, if I may, quite beautiful – lush, fragrant, and ripe. Like many of you, my inbox has been filled up lately with articles sent to me by other trads marking the tenth anniversary of the throne squatting of Jorge Bergoglio. One in particular was sent to me...

[Catholic Caucus] Rome’s Persecution of the Traditional Latin Mass is the Most Important Sign in the World TodayAs Michael Matt highlighted in his recent Remnant Underground, tyrannical governments have occasionally banned the Traditional Latin Mass because they have hated the immutable Catholic Faith it embodies. The Church has always presented for our imitation the saintly examples of those Catholics who have risked their liberty, and even lives, to preserve the Mass in the face of such persecution. Today, however, those purporting to be the Catholic hierarchy in Rome have given us an unmistakable sign of the diabolically disoriented times: they...

“Continuous ‘Aggiornamento’” and Revolution World without End?After months of “listening to the People of God” and reviewing reports prepared by dioceses and episcopal conferences around the globe, the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops in Rome has produced a “Working Document for the Continental Stage” (DCS), the next phase of the three-year Synod on Synodality (Oct. 2021—Oct. 2024).[1]The 49-page text, released last fall on Oct. 27, 2022 via a Vatican press conference, consists of four chapters and centers around a theme drawn from Scripture: “Enlarge the space of your tent” (Isa. 54:2). “This image and narrative,” the document states,...

Here’s why Pope Francis is wrong to say Muslims and Catholics worship the same GodPope Francis' ecumenical relations with Muslims has become one of the key aspects of his pontificate, yet in doing so he ignores the fundamental fact that ‘Islam in itself is not faith.’ Pope Francis and the Grand Imam Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi after signing the Document on Human Fraternity, 4 February 2019.Much has been made by the Vatican and Pope Francis of the three “Abrahamic religions” coming together in a spirit of harmony and peace in the Abrahamic Family House, recently opened in Abu...

Meet “Il Cretino Gloriosamente Regnante”Meet “Il Cretino gloriosamente regnante”, the gloriously reigning cretin. It appears that everybody, literally left, right and centre, hates Francis. Why? Because he is a hateful guy, of course. Petty, vindictive, childish, astonishingly ignorant, lying without shame (“soon, soon!”), and arrogant to the point of comedy, Francis manages to alienate even the Regressives within the Vatican. He has, obviously, brought all this to himself, because I do not know any other public figure enjoying it so much when he angers other people. It’s not only the boorishness, which is very marked in the man. It’s the...

From Vatican II to the Abrahamic Family House: How the United Nations Shaped “His Holiness Francis Church” Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. (Matthew 28:19-20) As Michael Matt discussed in his recent Remnant Underground, the opening of the Abrahamic Family House provides yet another concrete indication that Francis’s “church of accompaniment is obviously abandoning the Divine...

Five Risks and Three Urgent Countermeasures. The Alarm of a Great Canonist on the Plan for a Synodal ChurchRight at the conclusion of the continental synods that are leading into the world synod on synodality scheduled in Rome for October of this year and then again next year, on February 24 bookstores in Italy will be offering an essay by a distinguished canonist who reveals, with a rare level of skill, both the ambitions and the limitations and risks of this capital project of Francis’s pontificate.The essay, published by Marcianum Press, is entitled: “Metamorphosis of synodality. From Vatican II to...

Do Latin Mass Catholics Reject Vatican II?New from RTV...In this RTV Spotlight, Michael Matt discusses the accusation leveled against Traditional Catholics by everyone from Pope Francis to the FBI to the radically Leftist Southern Poverty Law Center, i.e., that we “reject Vatican II”. Well, is that true? If so, what does it mean? And if it’s not true, why are they all accusing us of it? What is it about Vatican II that makes it absolutely essential for all Catholics to “accept” under pain of being suspect of “domestic terrorism”?Link to video

"Vatican II: Still Waiting to be Implemented?... -- A Comparison with the Reception of the Council of Trent" - by Côme de Prévigny Vatican II: Fruits that will germinate, or spoiled fruits?Côme de PrévignyRennaisance CatholiqueFeb. 7, 2023John XXIII wanted to "bring a little fresh air into the Church" and, sixty years ago, the most heated minds promised the Catholic world a real "springtime", an unhoped-for renewal that would undoubtedly give hope and youth back to the venerable institution. The crowds were to fill the sanctuaries while the workers were to find their way back to the baptisteries. Obviously, the...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic priest wears NFL vestments to celebrate Mass on Super Bowl SundayDespite Father Pham’s support for the Philadelphia Eagles, they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs as faithful Catholic kicker Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal to give the Chiefs their second Super Bowl win in four years.MULLICA HILL, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) — On Super Bowl Sunday, February 12, Father Joseph Pham, the parochial vicar of the Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, wore vestments with the NFL and Philadelphia Eagles logos while he celebrated Mass. While processing toward the altar, Pham...