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In Fr. Pagliarani’s letter to Cardinal Fernández of February 19th of this year, he makes reference to the “threats” directed against the SSPX from Rome. “There is talk of breaking communion, of schism, and of “serious consequences.” At the word “schism” there is a footnote that affirms: “The Society, however, defends itself against any accusation…
Fr. Joseph Gill’s recent column “The Novus Ordo and the Interior Life” is an excellent reflection on the needs of the priest celebrating the Novus Ordo. I should, though, like to offer a bit of a rebuttal from the other side—that is, the laity. I say this because the reasons given for the NO were…
Last week, the White House published the Counterterrorism (CT) Strategy for 2026. In a significant shift from the Biden-Harris administration, which had “plott[ed] against conservative Catholics attending traditional mass in Virginia, parents standing up for their children at school board meetings, Members of Congress…,” the document designates transgender ideology as a significant threat to… Source…
Above: priest and school children on Rogation procession, c. 1950. The little boy is carrying a symbolic tree of plenty. Source: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Liturgies.net summarizes these forgotten elements of our Catholic heritage as follows: As stated, the Major Rogation Day is on April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Should it happen that the…
Recently I took my family to Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. As with many New Orleanians, we only rarely visit the French Quarter—not from any disgust or disdain so much as from reluctance to undergo the strenuous task of ushering four young children along those lovely, crumbling, crowded little avenues where the…
Death often signifies the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. It often provokes more questions, many of which are left improperly answered. This is true of all deaths. The chasm between the eternal and the temporal is unimaginably immense, metaphysically speaking. The recent death of American paranormal author and researcher David Wilcock…
For this 5th Sunday after Easter we are still moving through John 16, Our Lord’s Last Supper Discourse, as well as the Letter of James. Liturgically, we are close to the Ascension of the Lord, when the High Priest, the Risen Savior, entered the heavenly temple where He continuously renews His once-for-all Sacrifice to the…
The news as of late has simply been dominated by the spectre of the impending SSPX consecrations in July. I have hitherto avoided any discussion of the matter, as I don’t follow SSPX news nor do I have any history with the Society, for good or ill. I came to Tradition apart from them and…
This question, asked by the future Pope Benedict XVI, is purely rhetorical. The answer is that the Church cannot continue to transform and humanize the world if she dispenses with the beauty of the liturgy. “Without this,” Cardinal Ratzinger continued, “the world will become the first circle of hell.” Restoring the beauty of the liturgy…
Above: Florence, Italy. Fifty years ago, on May 8, 1976, Valentino Bucchi—composer, music critic, and distinguished teacher in the Italian twentieth-century music scene—died in Rome. Indeed, Bucchi’s life and work resist easy classification. Born in Florence on November 29, 1916, he studied under two towering figures of Italian music, Vito Frazzi (†1975) and Luigi Dallapiccola…
