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, published there on November 1st, that was guilty of egregious errors and insulting characterizations. The…
Unwanted Priest: The Autobiography of a Latin Mass Exile By Bryan Houghton Angelico Press Paperback: $16.95 / Hardcover: $26 206 pp This is a book which anyone interested in the controversies surrounding Vatican II, the Latin Mass, and modernism will find interesting and thought-provoking. Yet it must be recognized as a dated, incomplete, and partial…
Editor’s note: this and related articles have now been published in a book entitled: Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility (Os Justi Press, 2022). Part 1 (Question 1) Part 2 (Question 1) Part 3 (Question 2) Part 4 (Question 2) Article 8: Whether the Oath Against Modernism is an Infallible Profession of Faith? Objection 1. It seems…
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 evening, and I am trying to endure another “Sunday” Mass in my hometown. A snowstorm,…
“How freely did I weep in thy hymns and canticles; how deeply was I moved by the voices of thy sweetly sounding Church! The voices streamed into my ears; and the truth was poured forth clearly into my heart, where the tide of my devotion overflowed, and my tears ran down, and I was happy…
Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church 2510 E. Hanna Avenue Tampa, Florida 30 October 2022 Col 1, 12-20 Jn 18, 33-37 Sermon In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. It is a source of great joy for me to offer in your church the Pontifical Mass,…
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 found out he’d be visiting the Epiphany of Our Lord parish. Before making the long,…
Above: Patronal Festivity in Saint Louis, Missouri, 2022 On August 25th, my alarm clock rang at 3:45 a.m. The previous evening, we chant enthusiasts had parted with the words, “Tenebrae et Matutinum” (dark and early). With solemn vespers, we had ushered in the third annual Festival of Saint Louis, a liturgical whirlwind in honor of…
Above: US government officials with Catholic president John F. Kennedy. Before he died, Robert Blair Kaiser, Time magazine reporter at the Vatican II Council, told me that the reporters were “participant-observers to influence the schemas.” This was part of a worldwide assault on Catholic doctrine, noticed years before, and Vatican II provided an opportunity for…
Above: Chancery of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, in Washington, D.C. Ten prelates have been nominated for president and vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), positions that will be filled during the upcoming Bishops Fall General Assembly, which takes place next week starting November 14. Among the leading contenders, many of…
This past Tuesday, American Catholics – and all of those fighting for the rights for the lives of the unborn – were dealt another setback with the loss of 5 constitutional Amendments to safeguard the unborn in Montana, Kentucky, Vermont, Michigan, and California. This is similar to what happened in 2020 when the US Supreme…
