The Fury of the Death Throes of the “Spirit” of Vatican II by Father Richard Cipolla It was always about the Liturgy. Bugnini and those who preceded him in thetwentieth century redefinition of the Liturgical Movement, away from arediscovery of the Traditional Liturgy to a drive to change and adapt the Liturgy tothe “needs of […]

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Report: the Church of St, Benedict the Moor has been sold. See my full description of this former parish, with photos, HERE. A historic Hell’s Kitchen church which was the first Black Catholic parish north of the Mason-Dixon has been sold for $16 million, putting the future use of the 1869 building into question. First established […]

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As the KIng of Siam said. (February 15, 2023 – Manhattan, NY) – The Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York today announced 12 Catholic schools will cease operations at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. Four schools will merge into two. (The Announcement is HERE) Academy of St. Paul […]

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St Joseph’s in the Village makes it to Vatican News! The parish is run by the Dominicans – obviously having the right connections helps getting noticed! St. Joseph Church set to open first Perpetual Adoration Chapel in New York How can we otherwise explain how planning a minor chapel merits the attention of the Vatican? […]

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From the Our Old House Facebook Page (2/18/2023): “We recently closed on this 1890 Catholic Church that we plan to renovate into our dream home! We plan to go all out with the gothic style and want to incorporate a medieval theme as well. It’s about 4000sqft and we are going to keep it an […]

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We read in the Forum Catholique that Alessandro Gnocchi has joined the Russian Orthodox Church. Actually, he seems to have taken this step in 2019, but more recently, breaking what appears to have been a long silence, he has published a book on the subject (which I hope to read soon). Readers may recall that […]

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Sandro Magister reports on the ever-growing problem of using Catholic churches – once the clergy and faithful are gone: Closed Churches. Two Criteria for Their Best Reuse Here are excepts with my commentary. More than attacks, thousands of churches in Europe suffer from abandonment. With ever fewer Catholics at Mass, they find themselves empty. And […]

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(Above) The Interior of the Church of Notre Dame (2008) We have now received more detailed information about what is going on near Columbia University. Columbia University, one of the premiere institutions among the Ivies, now has a proper Catholic center.  The Thomas Merton Institute for Catholic Life had a “soft opening” at the upper […]

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