The Dispatch
The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition
The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those [...]
Scalia: New American Founder
Books
The founding of America was not a single event. It was a process that began long before the documents that broke us away from Great Britain and the documents that established our government. Long before [...]
Consequential Consistorial Connections
Analysis
Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]
Features
How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted
Beatrice Scudeler’s recent essay on the Public Discourse about Gen Z women and the internet fascination with “men who yearn” exposes a rather inconvenient truth for a culture that has spent sixty years telling women [...]
Essay
Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives
In a video released May 29, now-former exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., Msgr. Stephen Rossetti (a priest of Syracuse, New York) described his opinion on the phenomenon of UFOs and their possible connection [...]
Features
U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. […]
Essay
The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi
At his May summit in Beijing, President Trump made an effort to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to release Jimmy Lai from his imprisonment in Hong Kong. Jimmy, whom I am honored to call a [...]
Essay
Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?
As the Fourth of July approaches, we Americans are collectively claiming to be celebrating 250 years of American independence. This is a myth. More accurately, we are commemorating the 250th anniversary of a declaration of, [...]
Analysis
The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report
In their recent CWR article, titled “The Scandalous Synod Report: a Betrayal of Trust,” Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson did us all a great service in shedding a spotlight on the dangerous thrust of the [...]
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Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...] -
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
Listen to the still, small voice Elijah heard in his heart when he sought God in the cave (Barry). Au…
mrscracker:
I wish this problem was limited to the SSPX but it's not. I've been encountering it in other Catholic circles…
Br. Jaques:
Man is man and there will always be schism. Or as the Amish say “Only good wood splits!”
