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Before getting into the controversy surrounding breaking news about Fathers Jackson (FSSP) and de Maillard (SSPX), Michael Matt looks at the post-Vatican II Church under fire in just about every conceivable way – from 9 priests murdered in Mexico, to cathedrals burned by arsonists in Europe, to iconic churches being repurposed as restaurants, climbing walls, and even Satanic temples all over the world. And what’s Pope Francis doing about cancel culture cancelling the Catholic Church? Why, he’s canceling the Latin Mass, of course.

Plus, the politicization of sex scandals involving Latin Mass priests: Critics accuse traditional Catholics of believing that, since they offer the Latin Mass, traditionalist priests can never fall from grace. Is this true?

The same critics also insist that Traditional Catholics say there was no problem with predator priests before Vatican II. Is this true? How could it be when St. Peter Damian was warning against perverts in the priesthood a thousand years ago?  

Uh-oh! What’s an “investigative journalist” going to do now? Are any of these charges true, or is this just part of their anti-Trad narrative?

Michael takes it head on: What do traditionalists actually believe? What is the truth of the matter? And are Latin Mass priests above the law?

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There is something about the term “mad scientist” which fits.  After all, we don’t speak of “mad accountants” or “mad truckers.”  It is almost as if a type of madness is an occupational hazard of being a scientist.  We see the mad scientist represented as a stock character of fiction in various genres ranging from horror, science fiction, and even the cartoons for children.  Typically, he is a genius, having immense knowledge and understanding of natural phenomena, but little appreciation of what it means to be human.  Sometimes he is a misguided or even comic figure.  At other times he is evil and malicious.

In his Athanasius and the Church of Our Time, Bishop Rudolf Graber quoted a 1968 article from the Paris journal of the Grand Orient de France, “L’Humanisme,” foretelling the future of the Church:

“It is not the scaffold that is awaiting the Pope, it is the rise of local Churches organizing themselves democratically, rejecting the dividing-line between clergy and laymen, creating their own dogma and living in complete autonomy from Rome.” (p. 71)

“In condemning us you condemn all your own ancestors — all the ancient priests, bishops and kings — all that was once the glory of England, the isle of saints, and the most devoted child of the See of Peter.” — St. Edmund Campion

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In this edition of The Remnant Underground, Michael Matt covers the following topics:

• George Soros is finally stepping down.
• Elon Musk says Soros hates Humanity, and now the Left says Musk is an antisemite.
• Ross McKnight: He’s a traditional Catholic homeschool dad who took a stand for the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the woke mob made him pay. (Or did they?)
• Roberto Bolle, Italy’s most famous gay dancer, performs for the ‘Children of the Hug’ at the Vatican’s World Meeting on Human Fraternity. (Spoiler Alert: Bolle is also one of Klaus Schwab’s ‘Young Globalist Leaders.” Well of course he is!
• And finally, are traditional Catholics really a bunch of rad trad nasties as the guys with the huge microphones on YouTube say they are?

All that and more, including a Chartres Pilgrimage follow up.

Since Francis’s introduction of his Pachamama idol and the subsequent beginning of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed some of the most profoundly bizarre and disturbing events in history. The nauseating succession of perversities has left many people despondent, but we know that God permits these evils for a reason. While it might be presumptuous to pretend to know God’s precise reasons, it would be foolhardy to imagine that He wants us to refrain from trying to draw lessons.

“‘If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.'”

Ross McKnight is a Traditional Catholic father of five and a farmer/entrepreneur whose home business sells artisanal poultry to restauranteurs. His business was thriving... until he put a post on IG in which he claimed the month of June for the Sacred Heart and not for "false pride". In swept the woke mob.

Two-thirds of his revenue evaporated overnight... because he stood with the Sacred Heart.

In his next Instagram post, McKnight did not plead for mercy but instead stood strong: “We count it a privilege to have lost much,” he wrote. “It is an honor to participate, through the suffering of our family, in the triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” he wrote. “‘If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.'”

But God will not be outdone in generosity. Here, just a few days after the incident, McKnight tells Michael Matt what it was like to go through "hell", and then to witness God's Providence in action.

June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart is more than an image; it is an existing organ of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Who became man by assuming a body that He will possess for all eternity.

I took a walk in Stillwater, Minnesota. Stillwater is a picturesque town, a gentle descent of roads running parallel to the St. Croix River. A main street of colorful cafes and quaint bookstores sparkles warmly like the set of a Frank Capra comedy. Here there is no industrial grime or greed, no unpleasantness and—most importantly—no Hate. In fact, Hate is so unpopular that many shops inform newcomers containing trace amounts of Hate that they are unwelcome on the premises. Those unwelcome souls with troubled psyches may well peer, enviously, through the window dressings, at the serene, unwrinkled countenances of the blessedly Hate–free. Such is the price for hating Pride Month, and it’s a price I’ll pay.