1 November 2021Solemnity of All Saints Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In these troubled times of recovery from two severe hurricanes, a three-day ice storm in January, and a natural disaster of flooding in May, all in the space of nine months, I am writing to address the implementation of Traditionis custodes. Thousands in our […]

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UPDATE: It is reported that the Masses for this pilgrimage have been confirmed. However, the Mass in St Peter’s will not be celebrated by Archbishop Cordileone as had been scheduled. A priest will be celebrating this liturgy: in prior years it had been a Cardinal or bishop. These are the celebrants for the liturgies of […]

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Address from Archbishop Blair dated October 21, 2021 https://archdioceseofhartford.org/announcement-from-archbishop-blair-regarding-new-haven-churches/ To the Catholic Faithful of New Haven, “To those who love God all things work together unto good” (Romans 8:28). These words of St. Paul have given strength and encouragement to the Church through the centuries. Today we are confronted with a number of challenges, as are […]

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Lately we’ve read a series of appreciations of the past great men of the “Conservative Movement” in Chronicles magazine and elsewhere. These remembrances come at a time when the establishment of the United States is deploying its power in unprecedented ways in the courts, in academia, in the media, in the government, in the economy, in […]

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On Saturday, October 16th the 16th successive demonstration “for the defense of the Traditional Mass” will be held before the Vatican’s embassy in Paris. Other demonstrations are multiplying in France – both in Paris and elsewhere. But we would of course expect, given their long history, that French traditionalists would be in the forefront of […]

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In the diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Bishop Mark L. Bartchak 1) has reportedly limited the celebration of the Traditional Mass to Sundays and limited or prohibited the celebration of other sacraments in the traditional form. (NB: I cannot find on the diocesan website the letter, referred to in the press, that sets forth these rules.) In […]

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…in “traditional classical albums“: FSSP Seminarians from Wigratzbad, Germany! Title of the album is Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria. You can get it HERE among other sources. Is a clarification appended, for the benefit of listeners, that Pope Francis and his bishops are taking restrictive actions against the FSSP and the other Ecclesia Dei […]

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Nantes, where last year the Gothic cathedral was burned out by a “refugee” employee of the church (who went on to kill a priest this year), has issued restrictive guidelines on TC – with hints of more to come. But it’s one of the few cases – al least in France – where a bishop […]

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