The following churches will offer traditional Masses for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Tuesday, August 15. This is a holy day of obligation. Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 7 pm Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, CT, Low Mass, 7:45 am; Solemn Mass, 6 pm, followed […]

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Gli Imperdonabili By Cristina Campo Adelphi Edizione, Milan, 1987. Cristina Campo (real name:  Vittoria Guerrini, 1923-1977) is among those who first reacted to the revolution in the Church of the 1960s. A noted author in her own country, she wrote of the crisis of the modern world in all its forms. But she did much more […]

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At least one location is operating subject to a restriction which I believe to be unique in the Catholic Church: Only foreigners can attend. (외국인 교우 분들을 위해 허락된 미사로 한국 교우 분들은 참례할 수 없습니다.) Source: Latin Mass Directory (Thanks to Le Forum Catholique)

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This news from the producers of Gracchus: The opera GRACCHUS is now in rehearsals, and the world premiere is later this month.  On Tuesday this week, the cast of the opera sang through the opera in its entirety, and yesterday we began detailed musical and dramatic rehearsals of each scene.  Hearing and seeing these characters come to […]

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Il Pastore e I Lupi: Ricordando Benedetto XVI By Aldo Maria Valli Chorabooks, Hong Kong 2023. With a Foreword by Bishop Athanasius Schneider and a “Testimony” by Cardinal Joseph Zen. Aldo Mario Valli is among the most articulate and inspiring defenders of Catholic traditionalism today both in the spoken and written word. Yet Valli is […]

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His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass in honor of Our Lady of She-Shan for Catholics in China yesterday evening at the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT. The event was organized by the Cardinal Kung Foundation. A reception followed in the piazza after the Mass.

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A lengthy interview published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on July 20, 2023. Martin Mosebach’s discussion partners are Thomas Ribi and Benedict Neff. The entire interview is most worthwhile; I translate only the passages relating to the Church.   Concerning questions of religion or of the Church, you still have very pronounced points of view. Martin […]

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