I don’t think any of our readers can have missed the Bishop of Rome’s interview of last week – the making and publication of which was elaborately coordinated with his Jesuit friends. That in and of itself was important news. Obviously the statements of Pope Francis regarding “life issues” and sexual morality made the biggest […]

Continue reading...

The eighteenth ”Pilgrimage for the Restoration” concluded Sunday at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville. It was a chilly early autumn day in upstate New York – the overcast sky gray and somber.  Only now and then did patches of sunlight provide relief from the prevailing bleakness. This weather must have been […]

Continue reading...

Fr. Louis Van Thanh, priest of the Church of the Holy Innocents, celebrates the Last Extraordinary Form Mass at the Church of Our Saviour in NYC. (Low Mass for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost.). The end of a tradition that began in September 2007 after the promulgation of Summorum Pontificum.  In a perhaps unprecedented act, the current […]

Continue reading...

Agnus Dei Council Knights of Columbus annual Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday, October 13 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in East Harlem. There will be a 10am sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form, followed by the Breakfast in the lower church hall. Tickets in advance are $7 (children 12 and under […]

Continue reading...

Andrea Tornielli conducts an interview to provide a forum for a raging defense by Fr. Alfonso Bruno, new Secretary general of the FFI:   http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/inchieste-ed-interviste/dettaglio-articolo/articolo/francescani-dellimmacolata-27941/   We adduce one extract, illustrating the character of the new management of the FFI and of their Vatican managers: (Tornielli) “What is the situation of the Tridentine Mass in […]

Continue reading...

The 18th annual “Pilgrimage for Restoration” to the shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, New York will take place this weekend on Friday to Sunday, September 20-22. This event is organized by the National Coalition of Clergy and Laity. Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated at the Shrine on Sunday, […]

Continue reading...

The following appears in the Bulletin of the Church of Our Saviour for Sept 22. It is posted on the church’s website: MASS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM (LATIN) In his 7 July 2007 Apostolic Letter, Summorum Pontificum, Benedict XVI sought to address a pastoral situation that existed in some areas of the Catholic world—the desire […]

Continue reading...

Now that’s a concept I haven’t heard in many years! “PUTTING AN END TO RUMORS. Please help us. Cardinal Dolan has received letters alerting him to the fact that, because a small piece of scaffolding is in the church, Fr. Robbins “is dismantling our beautiful church.” Further added was that, since workmen were seen at […]

Continue reading...

Courtesy of Sandor Magister (of course): http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350603?eng=y

Continue reading...

Today’s episode of “Liturgical Liquors” takes us to the pulchritudinous plains of Poland, the birthplace of vodka. The story of today’s blessed booze begins in Poland’s rich Mazowse fields where the golden Dankowski Rye is harvested. This grain has been recognized for centuries for its distinctive character. Crystalline water from Oligocene springs contributes to the […]

Continue reading...