De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

This is a clip from our interview with Fr. Rosario Ebanks, don't miss the whole discussion on YouTube here : In an eye-opening interview, debunking myths about the Latin Mass: It's not the priest turning his back—it's facing the sacred tabernacle! Contrast with performer-like pressures in Novus Ordo. Calling for reverence, as Our Lady inspires young seminarians. Watch this inspiring talk!

The Pope is a gift to the Church and, indeed, to all Christians. This is because the Pope is the representative of Christ on earth, Christ, from whom his authority comes, gave the power to loose and to bind to all the Apostles, but to Simon Peter in a special way (CCC 881). But the only authority the Pope has finds its source in Jesus Christ: "The holders of office, who are invested with a sacred power, are, in fact, dedicated to promoting the interests of their brethren, so that all who belong to the People of God . . . may attain to salvation." ( Lumen Gentium n.18)...In other words, the servant of the servants of God . So what are we to make of a Pope who uses his authority to directly subvert the purpose for which it exists? Every single Catholic I have ever known who had an interest in or attended the Traditional Latin Mass did so out of a desire to grow closer to Christ. It may not be palatable for Catholics attached to the new Mass to hear, but they do it because it i...

  Arthur Cardinal Roche, the failed former bishop of Leeds  who was booted upstairs to Rome to get him out of the way (look how well that strategy has worked!), has made it absolutely clear what the priorities of this papacy are. Hammering tradition. Roche has published a rescript which reserves permission for the use of a parish church for celebrations of the 1962 Missal to the Dicastery he heads. The Rescript makes reference to Canon 87.1 which states that bishops may lift the obligations of universal law for the good of souls in their diocese: this no longer applies, as the matter is ‘reserved to the Holy See’. This does seem to somewhat contradict Traditiones custodes art #2 which states:  "It belongs to the diocesan bishop, as moderator, promoter, and guardian of the whole liturgical life of the particular Church entrusted to him, to regulate the liturgical celebrations of his diocese." Vatican watchers knew this was coming, because we had seen the r...

Dr. Joseph Shaw, the LMS Chairman, has  been given sight of a letter of refusal from  the Dicastery of Divine Worship, which alone has the authority to permit priests ordained after  Traditionis custodes  to celebrate the Traditional Mass. It has become clear that the Dicastery is systematically refusing to do so, even though requests are coming not from individual priests, but their bishops.  Dr. Shaw posted a portion of the letter on his blog and at Rorate Caeli . He suspects any others would be substantially identical: …this Dicastery is of the opinion that this [permission] would not be an opportune decision. Therefore, we deny the request. The path established by the Holy Father in  Traditionis custodes  is quite clear and this has been underscored both in the “Letter to Bishops of the Whole World” which accompanied the Motu proprio and in the  Responsa ad dubia  of this Dicastery, which were personally approved by the Holy Father. In t...

The Pope continues, day by day, to dismantle Catholic authority and legitimacy. EWTN's World Over Live provides an expert regular round up of what is going on in the Church. It has become a kind of cataloguing of the weekly errors coming out of Rome. The episode below covers some of the things I have not had a chance to post on over the last couple of weeks. Indeed, I haven't really had the heart! The Pope's long interview with Reuters is covered along with his lack of continuity with regard to abortion and Holy Communion. Robert Royal nails it when he says the Pope does not have a clear position on this issue . The Pope's words mean nothing if he is going to act against those words. Pretty much everyone I have spoken to about this is simply disgusted by the Pope's actions. The silence of the Church standing against this issue: if there is no penalty for contradicting doctrine, what's the point of having it even? On the Pope's involvement of women in choos...