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The Principal Errors of Vatican II This document exposes the heresies (and other errors) found in following documents of Vatican II (or at least those statements which can be given a heretical interpretation): Unitatis Reintegratio - the Decree on Ecumenism Orientalium ecclesiarum - the Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches Lumen Gentium - Constitution on the ChurchDignitatis Humanae - Declaration on Religious LibertyAd Gentes - Decree on Missionary Activity Nostra Aetate - Decree on Non-Christian Religions Sacrosanctum Concilum - Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Gaudium et Spes - Constitution on the Church in the Modern World This document exposes the principal...

“Beyond Summorum Pontificum: The Work of Retrieving the Tridentine Heritage”: Full Text of Dr. Kwasniewski’s Roman Forum LectureThe following is the transcript of the lecture I gave at the Roman Forum on July 3. A video of the lecture has been posted at Remnant-TV (link). A synopsis (less than one-third the length) was published at Crisis Magazine on July 7, under the title “Summorum Pontificum at Fourteen: Its Tragic Flaws.” As we near the imminent restriction or suppression of this motu proprio, it is important to step back and look at the bigger picture: What is—or is not—the role of...

McCarrick Victims Suing VaticanComplaint: Policy of cover-up a violation of international lawNEWARK, N.J. (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Holy See is being slapped with a lawsuit over sex abuse cover-up.Homopredator and ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick In a virtual press conference Thursday, attorney Jeff Anderson announced he was filing a complaint in federal district court in New Jersey on behalf of four victims of serial homosexual predator, former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.One of the victims is a priest, but his identity is hidden in this case to shield him from repercussions from his bishop and the Vatican.In his address, Anderson, who specializes in prosecuting clerical...

The Three Lessons of the McCarrick Report There are at least three lessons to be drawn from the 461 pages of the "Report" on the case of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick published on November 10 by the Vatican secretariat of state:> RAPPORTO ...> REPORT ...The first lesson is the inadequacy of the response from Church authorities - including the last three popes - to the buildup of accusations against McCarrick.These are accusations that cover a span of decades. But it was only in June 2017, with the first public charge of having abused a minor, that the canonical process and...