Form Before Permission—and the Crisis It Reveals: Reply to Flanders on the SSPX
The SSPX position is metaphysically absolute but pastorally differentiated.
In Illo Tempore: Quinquagesima Sunday
Context is important. We are in “Gesima” time, Pre-Lent, a time of preparation for the time of preparation for Easter. Holy Church, with the sober maternal realism of one who knows human nature, reminds us that obligations are coming due. After this “Sunday in the Fiftieth”, Quinquagesima, in three days comes Ash Wednesday and the…
The SSPX Meets with the Vatican
The SSPX should give this dialogue a chance, since we’ve got a new Pope.
A Beginner’s Guide to Mental Prayer
Resolve to spend 15 minutes each morning in mental prayer.
Clandestine Ordinations Against Church Law: Lessons from Cardinal Wojtyła and Cardinal Slipyj
Editor’s note: in light of the news regarding a probably SSPX consecration of bishops this year and its own probable irregularity, we re-propose this historical question given by our contributing editor, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, several years ago. According to the evidence presented herein, the Sacrament of Holy Orders has been conferred against Church law by…
Liturgy and the Mexican Standoff
"We can affirm with certainty and with magisterial authority that the liturgical reform is irreversible.”
Who are the Clans of Traditionalism? (Trad Godfathers, pt. III)
Trad Godfathers: a New Conversation CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSPart I: Traditionalism at SixtyPart II: What are the Non-Negotiables of the Trad Movement?Side note: Does this Mean that Non-Trads are Heretics? Part III: What are the Clans of Tradition? So, having said all this, let’s hazard a general summary of the various “clans of Tradition.” At the…
In Illo Tempore: Sexagesima Sunday
What unifies the Mass of Sexagesima is neither its obvious placement between Septuagesima and Quinquagesima, nor the recurrence of penitential purple and the suppression of the Alleluia, but rather a demanding question posed by Holy Mother Church to her children as she stands at the threshold of Lent. Are you prepared to be drawn into…
The Armenian Tradition in Italy
The Armenian Catholic tradition flourished and prospered due to the hospitality of the Venetians.
Forgotten Customs of Septuagesima
Brethren: Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain. And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things. And they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible one. I therefore…
Is Aquinas the Universal Authority in the Church?
If St. Thomas divides instead of unites, this is contrary to Thomism.
