When the Pope Communes and Colludes with Heretics…
"If the whole universe begins to commune with the patriarch, I will not commune with him."
Pope Benedict IX was “A Devil from Hell”
Did St. Methodius or his disciples go into a schism? Absolutely not.
An Eastern Message to Western Trads
The terrible truth is that sometimes we the Catholics, all Christians, added our own effort to the work of Satan.
San Felipe de Jesus: Mexico’s First Saint and Martyr
Above: Plaza Mayor de México (today Plaza del Zócalo), 1830 by Theubet de Beauchamp, showing the Mexico City Cathedral where San Felipe was baptised. On May 13, 1524, twelve Franciscan friars from Spain set foot on Mexican soil for the first time. The evangelization of Mexico had begun! According to Robert Ricard in The Spiritual Conquest…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis: “The Veneration Due God’s Word”
In this Sunday’s Mass for Sexagesima, we have in the Epistle from 2 Corinthians the mysterious description by Paul of his elevating vision of Heaven which readied him for his trials, which gave him authority, which transformed his person. He was drawn into mystery and changed. In the Gospel from Luke 8 we have the…
The Art of Dress – A Survey of Principles
Why did our great grandparents dress more beautifully than we do today?
Traditionalism is Not a Home
We know well that the solution to the crisis will not be immediate and therefore quite a few generations will still have to experience this drama.
Join the Trad Fasting Lay Sodality
We are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of Matthew Plese’s work just released: The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence. This book forms the basis for our lay sodality, The Fellowship of St. Nicholas, founded by Pese with OnePeterFive and Sensus Fidelium. Read about and join the sodality here. You can learn more and hear…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis: You can’t be surprised by Lent
Our coming Sunday is already Septuagesima. Let’s do the technical stuff first. Septuagesima slides around from year to year because Easter slides around because the Moon is a bit of a calendrical coquette, or as Juliet calls her, “inconstant”. Easter is early this year, 31 March. We celebrate Easter in the Western Churches on the…