Above: a Coptic iconostasis in the diaspora showing the liturgical curtains which veil the altar from the laity. Note: the following open letter was written by a regular reader of Notre Dame’s Church Life Journal, in response to an article, …
Category: Traditionis Custodes
In the Church Basement, Hiding from Mass
Above: an official promotional graphic of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality (posted at their Facebook page here). On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass. -CIC, can. 1247. It is Saturday …
Cardinal Burke Post-Traditionis Custodes
Above: Cardinal Burke celebrates the Latin Mass in Tampa, Florida, for the feast of Christ the King. One fateful day, I heard through whispered breath a claim that Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke would be visiting Tampa. Through some digging, I …
The National Summorum Pontificum Walking Pilgrimage
Latin Mass Restrictions Activate the Laity This past Saturday, a group of 300 Catholics processed five miles between St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington, VA (the main cathedral of the Diocese of Arlington) and St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral in …
How to Save the Latin Mass Domestic Church
Editor’s note: how is your family saving the Latin Mass in your domestic church? Send us a submission: editor [at] OnePeterFive.com. This June brought a great blessing, and a pitiable curse, to my family. The blessing, aptly named, came from …
ACTION ITEM: Join the Arlington-DC Pilgrimage and Rosary Rally
A group of Catholics have taken to praying the Rosary outside of the Papal Nunciature in Washington, D.C. for the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass each Saturday at 10 AM. I began organizing these rallies on July 29, 2022, …
Response to Critics of Mass of the Ages
Editor’s note: as I stated in my initial comments on the film’s release, the Mass of the Ages trilogy was produced by a number of OnePeterFive contributors and friends of our organisation. At that time I predicted that the film …
Chicago: the Saga of a Cancelled Parish
Editor’s note: the month of August has now passed since the cancellation of the Chicago ICKSP shrine by Cardinal Cupich, while the deadline looms for more cancellations in DC and Arlington in the month of Our Lady of Sorrows. On …
How to Save Your Community If the TLM Is Taken Away
What Modernist Bishops Fear While the kids are laughing and playing in the courtyard, the adults have gathered in various groups. A few homeschooling mothers are talking about what curriculum they’ll be using in the upcoming school year. Some men …
The “Latin Novus Ordo” Is Not the Solution
In the wake of Traditionis Custodes, some have made the good-faith suggestion that a “solution” for a future depleted of traditional Latin Masses is “doing the Novus Ordo in Latin.” This is an absolute non-starter for several reasons. First, the …