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Bishop Burbidge Cancels Latin Masses in Diocese of Arlington, VA

On July 16, 2021, Pope Francis published Traditionis Custodes, an apostolic letter issued motu proprio, by which he created new norms on the use of the Mass celebrated according to the Missal of 1962 (often referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass, the Extraordinary Form, and the usus antiquior ). This was preceded by an international assessment and consultation of bishops regarding the application of motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. Following that consultation, the Holy Father established several directives aimed at providing ecclesial communion and unity with regard to the celebration of the Mass.

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Can We Accurately Diagnose the Bergoglio Disorder Afflicting the Church?

As our omniscient and loving God knows, though, we would not face the same divisions about the Bergoglio crisis if the Church had unambiguously taught what Catholics should do in these precise circumstances. Just as surgeons may fight over the right course of treatment when there is no precedent, we cannot agree upon the right way to respond to the current crisis because the Church has never seen anything like it. Moreover, we do not (yet) have a St. Robert Bellarmine in our midst who can help us work together towards a cure.

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“The Gay Science”

THE GAY SCIENCE is the book by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche containing Nietzsche’s infamous declaration that “God is dead.” This is bad enough, but it is actually much worse than it seems. For Nietzsche, the death of God was merely an afterthought. What Nietzsche portends in The Gay Science, and in much of his work overall, is the obliteration of all distinction between right and wrong. God’s death follows from this—for Nietzsche—much bigger and more important transgression. Nietzsche didn’t believe in God, so His “death” was anticlimactic. It was the ruination of morals that Nietzsche was really after.

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FOX NEWS Gets it Right: Holds Up Catholic Saints as Answer to World Chaos

In Against the Grain: Heroic Catholics Through the Centuries I tell the story of 21 saints from 21 centuries focused on 21 virtues – and why virtue matters – especially for our time. Better understanding individuals who lived as shining examples, as signs of contradiction, who did what was right and not what was necessarily always popular. Against the Grain is a summons to heroic virtue, to sainthood, for all. To be a saint is to change the world one soul at a time.

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The REAL Reasons We Homeschool

When we first started homeschooling about 13 years ago (my oldest is 13; I like to make myself look perspicacious by claiming I began homeschooling her from the moment I realized she was in my womb), I thought we were doing it because we were “holy.” Now I realize we do it because we are desperate – you know, intellectually desperate, theologically and spiritually desperate, socially desperate… Did I mention… we happen to be die-hard desperate? Just go ahead, slap a “D” on my forehead. Maybe it will cover up some of the wrinkles homeschooling has so kindly ingrained up there. To top it off, each year we stick to homeschooling, the blazing reality of our desperation becomes more and more apparent. And this, my friends, is what I have come to realize is actually a mighty good thing – it keeps us in the game when the going gets tough.

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Cardinal Cupich Cracks Down on the ICK in Chicago, VIGANÒ RESPONDS

Cardinal Blase Cupich, with the bureaucratic authoritarianism that distinguishes the officials of the Bergoglian church, has ordered the Canons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest who carry out their ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago to suspend all public functions in the ancient rite beginning at the end of the month of July, revoking the faculties granted to them in accordance with the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum.

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Sooner Or Later, Every Revolution Gets Around To The Schools

“The reactionaries say and the clerics say that the child belongs to the home and the youth to the family; this is a selfish doctrine, since the child and the youth belong to the community, to the collectivity… the child and the youth belong to the Revolution.” (Mexican Marxist Dictator, General Plutarco Calles speech in Guadalajara, 1935)

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CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST MONICA SMIT

“The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided to discontinue the incitement charges on the basis that there is no longer a public interest in pursuing these matters, given the time Ms Smit has already spent in custody. For the same reason, the s 465AA order (password warrant) will not be enforced. “

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The Democrat’s Alamo

Flores’ campaign ran on “God, family, country” – ideals that run counter to Democrat grievance politics in their one-size-fits-all outreach to Blacks, Hispanics, and women.

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How Much Longer Until the Catholic Shepherds Oppose the Wolves?

As with all such incidents, the May 24, 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas reflects the tragic breakdown of morality throughout society. In an especially sickening way, though, the Uvalde shooting also highlights the grave failures of those in positions of responsibility to fight for those under their care. In releasing recently obtained footage of the law enforcement officers standing by idly during the shooting, The Austin American-Statesman provided the following details:

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