Dignitas Infinita: Lowering the Bar
Now we have forgotten that there is more to salvation than being nice.
The Next Pope: Anonymous Cardinal Warns Fellow Cardinals
The “Demos II Letter” has a much gentler tone, but has virtually the same diagnosis of this pontificate
Mass of the Ages Episode III Premier
I believe the next generation will see a growth of Traditional parishes like never before.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Latinmass.com to Double TLM Worldwide
The team behind the popular Mass of the Ages documentary trilogy has announced our plans to create an online platform designed to increase Latin Masses worldwide. The platform will host the popular “Mass of the Ages” documentary trilogy; stunning short films; free training for priests, servers, and choirs; a global TLM finder that works at…
Arlington Bishop Divides Catholics in the Name of Unity
On Friday, July 29th – one year and thirteen days after the promulgation of Traditionis Custodes – Bishop Michael Burbidge of the diocese of Arlington, Virginia announced severe restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. This comes on the heels of our neighboring archdiocese in Washington, DC issuing their own restrictions. Though Wilton…
The Man of God Loves and Converts Violent Heretics
Above: the sacrileges of heretics in the Catholic cathedral of Antwerp, 1566. The example that he has bequeathed to us, not only in his works but especially with his life, is ever timely and of lasting value. He teaches clearly that the apostolic ministry is effective and produces fruits of salvation in hearts only if…
The Man of God Against the Iconoclasts
Illuminated manuscript (above): depiction of the Second Council of Nicaea from the Menologion of Basil II His teaching thus finds its place in the tradition of the universal Church, whose sacramental doctrine foresees that material elements taken from nature can become vehicles of grace by virtue of the invocation (epiclesis) of the Holy Spirit, accompanied by…
Rad Trads and the Jerusalem Doctor of the Church
His life is woven of two dimensions: on the one hand, pastoral care, and on the other, his involvement, in spite of himself, in the heated controversies that were then tormenting the Church of the East” (Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 27 June, 2007). St. Cyril of Jerusalem Born: 315 Died: 386 Proclaimed a Doctor…
A True Papal Shepherd Once Reformed the Liturgy
The whole medieval period bears what may be called the Gregorian imprint; almost everything it had indeed came to it from the Pontiff – the rule of ecclesiastical government, the manifold phases of charity and philanthropy in its social institutions, the principles of the most perfect Christian asceticism and of monastic life, the arrangement of…
The Common Doctor of the Church is Uncommon in Seminaries
We so heartily approve the magnificent tribute of praise bestowed upon this most divine genius that We consider that Thomas should be called not only the Angelic, but also the Common or Universal Doctor of the Church; for the Church has adopted his philosophy for her own (Studiorum Ducem, 29 June, 1923, Pope Pius XI).…
A Different Set of Responsa ad Dubia
Dear Catholics who support the suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass, Following the publication of Traditiones Custodes and the subsequent Responsa ad dubia of said apostolic letter, many of you have inquired as to the reasons for our clinging to the Old Mass, which is the liturgy of the saints and of our ancestors. Many…
