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Steve Kellmeyer ruffles some feathers  here and here. I am not sure how far he is to be taken literally in terms of the faithful’s right to lodge their concerns to their pastors.  On…

Father, I read your blog and know that you comment on the SSPX and related matters. What do you make of this: http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/08/sspx-priest-celebrates-mass-in-saint.html  This does seem to change things. They were given permission to…

The atrocities perpetrated by ISIS (or IS, ISIL) on Christians and other religious minorities of Iraq is both an unspeakable tragedy and an opportunity to do some soul searching. Outrage and apprehension are…

More unsubstantiated gossip from an anonymous source, released by a pseudonymous blogger who skirts all accountability. There is no way to verify the accuracy of the account of what is going on within…

From the usual suspect: If, as Tosatti clearly implies it is, this information is true (which would not be shocking considering the evolution of current events), the situation of the former Franciscan Friars…

This comment epitomizes the reasons why I have not wished to be identified with the traditionalists (qualifiy that as you like, “radical traditionalists,” “Catholic reactionaries, etc.; my definition is here.)  Unfortunately, the whole effort…

The third installment of my series “Mysticism and Magisterium” is up over at SpiritutualDirection.com. Links to all three posts in the series can be found here. Filed under: Catholicism, Church, Holy Father, Religion…

Rorate Caeli recently “broke” the story of the suspensions of six clerics of our Institute who left their religious houses without permission in order to take “refuge” with “understanding bishops.”  There are several things to…

A blessed Feast of Our Lady of Victory. On the Solemnity of St. Francis the seminarians and I went to the prayer vigil of the Holy Father in preparation for the synod, which…

I wrote about ninety percent of the following essay more than half a year ago and then left it unfinished for some reason, which I don’t remember.  I thought it worthwhile to finish and…

Ave Maria! Sorry, I had to re-post this from yesterday since the video that it was linked to did not show up in the original. I am not sure what is about, but…

That Pope Francis would have executed the synod in the manner in which he did was predictable from many things he has said over the course of his papacy, including Evangelii Gaudium, esp.…

My friend Kevin O’Brien over at Waiting for Godot to Leave, has kindly given me permission to cross-post his excellent essay “Approaching what is Real: Don Quixote, God, and the Rest of Us.”  I…

This is just to let those who might be interested that I am still here.  I am studying for my licentiate in theology at the Angelicum and have taken a pretty heavy load.…

I want to take a moment to ask for prayers for the repose of the soul of one of our earliest and most faithful tertiaries in the United States, Brother Martin, a.k.a.,  Alex…