A sub-category of News.
There have been rumors with respect to the future (or lack thereof) for the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the average parish. In the post-Traditionis Custodes world, there have been a range of restrictions placed upon the celebration of the TLM that vary depending on the bishop of a particular local church. A complete prohibition…
As the whole world knows, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. As Catholic America must know, this may be the defining political moment of our lives, when we as a members of the Mystical Body of Christ must rise and stand unflinchingly for life, liberty, and love. And…
We’ve been warning this would happen: former President Donald Trump has been shot at a rally in Pennsylvania. Thankfully he survived the assassination attempt. As I’m writing this, it’s being reported that the shooter and at least one rally attendee have died. We don’t know anything about the shooter yet, but it’s not hard to…
This week allow me to attempt a connection between the Collect for Sunday’s Mass, the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, and the Epistle pericope from Romans 8:12-17. Pray for me. An initial observation about this Sunday’s text is that, like last week, we have a sharp contrast between the two kingdoms or spirits, that is, the…
The small group of French pilgrims passed through the Estonian border town of Narva around Midsummer day, en route to Moscow, and carrying with them a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Their journey had begun over a month earlier in the port city of Oskarshamn, Sweden, wound its way north to Stockholm, crossed the…
Last week we reported on the new petition organised by Scottish Composer Sir James MacMillan. Dr. Shaw argued that this was again in the tradition of the old “Agatha Christie” appeal to the Pope, signed by prominent non-Catholics. Non-Catholics (and even non-Christians!) appealed to the Pope then, which resulted in a small but significant indult…
We live in an age when fake news is rampant. Yet fake news is nothing new. It’s been around for centuries. False narratives about what is happening now and what has happened in the past are always with us. They are a curse which prevents us from understanding where we’ve come from, where we are,…
In the lexicon of worst things to be called in the second half of the 20th century, surely “antisemite” is at the top of the list (perhaps tied with “racist”). After the evils of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust were revealed to the world, no rational person wanted to be associated with that word. That’s…
Above: Christ Carrying the Cross by Titian in the Museo del Prado, c. 1560. I never will forget that mid-July morning of 2021. On the feast day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the anniversary of my baptism, I received a text from a friend containing a link to Traditionis Custodes. I was horrified, outraged,…
It is no secret that Traditional Catholics face an uphill battle—and have for decades. Whether it be the negative stigma that “trads” often face within mainstream Catholicism or the undulating suppressions and revivals of the Traditional Latin Mass, being trad ain’t easy. As a trad, you often get it from both sides; the liberals think…
