Pope John Paul II

There Really ARE People Around Who Still Think the SSPX is in Schism… Seriously? Gimme a Break!

From Catholic World Report... Bishop Athanasius Schneider has recently thrown down the glove in an interview with LifeSiteNews, claiming that those of us who believe the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is still in schism have “a very narrow, legalistic view of the reality of the Church” and we are “putting the letter of the...

Bishops of Scotland on Conscience & Politics

From Editor's inbox today... The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has today issued a statement on conscience and religion in the political sphere. In the statement, the conference state: “holding or expressing religious beliefs and values does not and should not debar any individual from leadership in public office”. It adds: “we are particularly troubled...

Bishops of England & Wales to Re-Introduce Communion From Chalice – Sacrilege Anyone?

From the Catholic Herald... Holy Communion under both species is to be reintroduced into Catholic parishes from the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The bishops of England and Wales have collectively agreed to permit the faithful to receive Communion from chalices during Masses three years after they suspended the practice because of fears about...

Pope Francis Tightens the Screw on the Latin Mass: Canon Law on “Good of Souls” No Longer Applies

From the Latin Mass Society & Una Voce International (the FIUV)  On Tuesday 21st February the Holy See Press Office published a Rescript confirming, for the Dicastery for Divine Worship, certain legal points in relation to the interpretation of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter Traditionis Custodes. The key point is that from now on permission for the use of...

Are We Witnessing a Chastisement of the Church & the World Due to the Second Vatican Council?

From Rorate Caeli...  The Council and the Eclipse of God by Don Pietro Leone – CHAPTER 11 (part 4) : The Effects of Council Teaching in terms of Chastisement B.     The Effects of Council Teaching in terms of Chastisement In this section we consider the effect of antirealist subjectivism in its theological form of self-deifying atheism. Clearly...

Is Nicola Sturgeon Disconnected From Reality?

From The Telegraph - Nicola Sturgeon plans to win over critics of trans reforms by selling it as ‘constitutional battle’ Nicola Sturgeon plans to win over critics of her controversial gender law reforms by presenting a legal fight with Downing Street as a “constitutional battle”, the Telegraph understands. The First Minister is waiting for the furore over...

Traditional Catholics = White Supremacists? – FBI

American Blogger Marinaio writes...  I think this info that Frank Walker featured on Canon 212 this morning is BIG news. At least my “intel analyst nose” tells me that this smells very bad for our Republic and the 1st Amendment regarding freedom of religion.  The author of the original article is Catholic and a former...

We’ve had Clown, Beach, Balloon and Zoo Masses: Yet, Francis Wants to Kill Off the TLM – Why?

Editor writes... https://youtu.be/9hrmPuVFRkw The headline says it all, really.  I'll add only this.  After hearing about this shocking "Steve Irwin Zoo Mass" from a friend after Mass today, I arrived home to an email from our very own Westminsterfly, alerting me to this latest attack on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) which contains this telling observation:...

Feast of the Purification of Our Lady … The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple – Candlemas

Editor writes... In order to pay due tribute to Our Lady on this beautiful Feast, I tried to find the hymn O Purest of Creatures, sung to the tune with which, I believe, most of us in Scotland grew up. YouTube is awash with a very different tune, however, so I've had to settle for...

Beware Lifesitenews &”Itching Ears” – St Paul

From the YouTube Platform hosting the above Lifesitenews video - which promotes the condemned Garabandal "apparitions".  The death of Pope Benedict XVI is shedding new light on the mysterious Garabandal Apparitions, which  speak of the end times: an urgent need for repentance, the coming wrath of God, and the overflowing cup of poison filled by...