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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His Excellency Bishop Athanasium Schneider, the  auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, celebrated a Pontifical Mass from the Faldstool on Sunday at St. Joseph Church, Lancaster, Pa. The Faithful filled the church and vestibule. The Mass setting was Mass of Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Leopold J. Syre (1887-1968)

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Starting on the Feast of Christ the King on Ocober 31, Annunication Church in Crestwood, NY will be celebrating the Traditional Mass in the lower church at 11:15 am every Sunday. The celebrant will be Father Figueroa. The church address is 470 Westchester Ave., Crestwood, NY We received this letter from Fr. Figueroa: It is […]

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… yesterday evening at the parish/shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in East Harlem. (photos courtesy of Mr. Chris Falciano)

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From the Parish Update of St Mary’s, New Haven: A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR Dear parishioners, As you all know, the Archdiocese of Hartford has been in a comprehensive process of pastoral planning going back for more than five years. As part of the first phase of that pastoral planning process, in June […]

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The closing of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in 2003 set off one of the bitterest controversies (along with those surrounding Our Lady of Vilna and St. Ann’s) of Cardinal Egan’s campaign of parish reductions. For this Harlem parish, in addition to its historical significance, had one of the most magnificent churches of Manhattan, an […]

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