Are we obligated to pray for a full recovery of Pope Francis? Rather, let’s pray for him to repent, have a happy death and face eternity in God’s grace.
Many people, especially non-Catholics, may protest that the evils of Vatican II are merely a matter of concern for the Catholic Church. However, because God entrusted the Catholic Church with the truths and graces necessary to spread true peace in the world, there can be no real progress in overcoming wickedness if lies prevail in Rome.
Pope Francis, as usual, tries to cloak Globalism in the mantle of the Magesterium, most recently taking aim at the Trump Administration’s border policies.
Since Election Day we have heard a lot about wokeism (Elon Musk made reference to “the Woke Mind-Virus”), but what is it? Wokeism is a materialist mindset that seeks to perfect society by revolutionizing it. Wokeness makes men soft, women hard, and robs children of their innocence.
The Pope’s poor health is causing more and more to look toward the next conclave. Enter the “papabili”; cardinals most likely to succeed Francis. I n the event of the death of Pope Francis, will some cardinals who have so far appeared reserved and discreet openly express their opposing positions? These twelve years have been difficult to manage even for those closest to the St. Gallen Mafia…
Gen. Mark Milley made himself a part of the chain of command for January 6th and issued an order to the commander of the D.C. National Guard that he was in charge. Milley also assessed the Afghan army, believing it capable to stand on their own and that Ukraine would fall in 72 hours. Milley was not shy in defending the teaching at West Point of Marxist-based Critical Race Theory, saying, “I want to understand white rage and I’m white,” at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Milley’s treason, disloyalty and incompetence were inexcusable.
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My journey to Catholicism began in earnest in Dr. David Allen White’s classroom in 1993, a few months after he published his biography of Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, The Mouth of the Lion. As an agnostic plebe in Dr. White’s Naval Academy English class, I naturally had no idea that he would eventually lead me to the religion that Bishop de Castro Mayer fought so valiantly to preserve. But Dr. White was a truth-teller, and he gradually taught me (and many other midshipmen over the years) that the Catholic Church is the only church established by God to preserve and teach the immutable truths we need to accept if we hope to please God and save our souls.
“ There are only two alternatives for society; Christ or chaos. If it is not to be chaos, if Christ is not to abandon us, then Christ must reign, and if He is to reign He can only do so if we, who claim to be His disciples, restore Him to His rightful throne. ”- Hilaire Belloc
The Queen of the Universe, the Holy Virgin Mary, is “higher than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the seraphim”—as an ancient Byzantine hymn says—because of the virtue in which she had no equal: humility. Without humility, repentance is not possible. And when we humbly acknowledge our sinfulness, we can approach the sacrament that reopens for us the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem: Confession.
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Pope Francis has appointed the first woman prefect of a Vatican dicastery. We stopped being surprised long ago when the millennia-old Tradition of the Church and its sacred teachings are ignored and even denied by the modern world. Since there are no truly Christian states anymore, anything goes. However, when you see the exact same things being promoted within the Church, it is shocking. We cannot help but be scandalized by the intensity with which the most secular trends are promoted by the hierarchy. For example, I believe that no teaching is more ignored than the one concerning family and social hierarchy, where leadership roles belong to men. In such a context, the only question we still ask is not whether we will have female priests (or even Cardinals), but when.
Michael Matt rants over Pope Francis’ scathing letter to US Bishops, ordering them to resist President Trump on illegal immigration and the open border.
Dr. David Allen White passed away today. The Traditional Catholic movement has lost a champion. Born in 1948, he became Catholic in 1979.
After the Super Bowl, the losing team’s players and coaches will receive a check for $96,000, while the winners rake in $171,000 each. Next season, players on the losing team will also make six figures. There are no losers in the Super Bowl… except, perhaps, the rest of us?
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President Trump signed an executive order for Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias, which cites various ways in which the Biden Administration weaponized the government against Christians. Those involved in establishing the new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias may already recognize the need to address the great source of anti-Christian bias based in the Vatican.
NATO can admit Ukraine into their coalition if they so desire, but they can do it without us. Our involvement in NATO is dangerous and it has nothing to do with defending the US, our people, or our interests. Clever Europeans are using us to settle old scores. Ukrainian officials and people within our military industrial complex are taking advantage of our apathy and indifference in order to increase their wealth. It’s being done at the expense of the lives of those who are doing the fighting, and at the expense of the US taxpayer.
The prophesy of Caiaphas, the high priest who orchestrated Christ’s execution, leads to a stunning question: Can the one who pronounced the death sentence on the Son of God, Jesus Christ, prophesy through the power of the Holy Spirit? As unsettling as this may seem, God Himself answers us through the Holy Gospel of John: yes, he can. Specifically, the revealed text tells us that “he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God, that were dispersed.” And yet, we cannot help but ask: how was it possible for Caiaphas to prophesy? This is a mystery that contains—at least—three crucial lessons.
The Cipriani Case is a troubling allegation of abuse of a minor by Juan Luis Cipriani when the latter was the spiritual director of the Seminary of Lima, Peru. Made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001, Cipriani and the Vatican now seem at odds, and here’s the breakdown:
The question was direct: If there was one federal agency that I could dispose of what would it be? Without ado: The Department of Education (DOE), as evidence for its abolishment is overwhelming.
Remarks by the Pope in his latest book about the mental capacity of Traditional Catholics really came as no surprise to anyone. He has been spouting similar opinions for years, and backing them up by his disrespectful behaviour including acts like prying apart the hands of a pious altar boy or swatting away the faithful who want to kiss his papal ring.
The exclusion of the Church’s Traditional Latin Mass and the tyrannical imposition of Pope Paul VI’s Liturgy are events whose deep causes must be sought among the very premises that gave rise to the modern world. The “mutation” from a world woven with symbols and theophanies to a universe governed by the uniform laws of mechanics and devoid of the transcendent horizon of the unseen realm, reflects the profound crisis of Christian faith that gave birth to that synthesis of heresies which Saint Pope Pius X called “modernism.”
The Olympic “Last Supper”, shocking as it was to Catholics, had actually drawn strength from irreverence that increasingly accompanies celebrations of the Eucharist in the developed world.
