Leo XIV continues the ongoing process of merging dioceses in western Ireland. Today, he appointed Archbishop Francis Duffy of Tuam as Bishop of the neighboring Diocese of Killala. In doing so, he unites the Diocese of Killala and the Archdiocese of Tuam in the person of the bishop. This step had been prepared two years ago. In April 2024, Pope Francis appointed three Irish bishops to head six dioceses. Archbishop Duffy of Tuam became already then the Apostolic Administrator of Killala following the resignation of Bishop John Fleming. The Church in formerly Catholic Ireland has been in a state of total collapse following the disastrous appointment of bishops since the days of John Paul II. #newsDllqlfttkq
Meditating on St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Bishop Erik Varden on the second day of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises for the Holy Father and the Roman Curia says: “On the face of it, the Cistercian project was conservative. Yet its protagonists introduced novelties. This dialectic was fruitful. Bernard’s confidence in his own judgement could make him flexible in the observance of conventional procedures he otherwise claimed to uphold. His view of the Church’s needs drove him sometimes to adopt rigid positions that involved fierce partisanship. But he was no hypocrite. He was a genuinely humble man, fully given to God, capable of tender kindness, a firm friend — indeed, able to befriend former enemies — and a compelling witness to God’s love. He was, and remains, fascinating.”
Life Illumined From the second conference of this week’s Lenten Retreat. Italian text below. What sort of man was St Bernard? Where did he come from? He towers over the twelfth-century Cistercian movement: such were his charisma and industriousness. Many people, including some who should know better, suppose he got the order going. He did not, of course; though he did make a splash when he turned up in 1113, aged 23, with a band of thirty companions. The monastery he joined, Cîteaux, was a project as much of innovation as of reform. The founders, who set it up in 1098, called their house novum monasterium. They were doing something new, not primarily reacting against anything, which is just as well, since projects of reaction sooner or later run into the sand. On the face of it, the Cistercian project was conservative. Yet its protagonists introduced novelties. This dialectic was fruitful. Bernard’s confidence in his own judgement could make him flexible in the observance of conventional …
23.02.2026 IT IS ‘ A SITUATION OF GRAVE NECESSITY’ WHEN THE POPE, CARDINALS AND BISH0PS INTERPRET THE CREEDS, COUNCILS AND CATECHISMS IRRATIONALLY The days for the traditionalists splitting in the name of Vatican Council II are now over. Since the Council is ecclesiocentric and in harmony with Feeneyite extra ecclesiam nulla salus. So it is traditional and no more liberal. It was because the Rational Premise in the interpretation of Vatican Council II was not discovered that the SSPX split into the SSPX Resistance and the FSSP priests broke from the main SSPX body. Also the doctrinal meetings were a failure since they were based upon Vatican Council II irrational which was accepted by Pope Benedict and Cardinal Ladaria but rejected by the SSPX. Now the SSPX and the St. Benedict Centers can unite doctrinally.Only one announcement is needed.They need to announce that they accept LG 8, 14, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 as being hypothetical and invisible cases in 2026. With this announcement the …More
Rev Jaime Mercant Simó, a Spanish diocesan priest and professor at the Center for Theological Studies of Mallorca Diocesan priest from Spain, wrote on X.com on February 22 about the Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X. His thoughts. Several of my readers have asked me about the upcoming episcopal consecrations of the Society of St. Pius X. Here is my position, presented in a pedagogical format of questions and answers: 1. Will the Lefebvrists commit a mortal sin with these episcopal consecrations? — No, not at all. 2. Is it not a schismatic act? — No, formally it is not. 3. Why is it formally not a schism? — Because, for a “perfect schism” to occur, there must be a clear intention to perform a schismatic act and to establish, with the new bishops, a hierarchical jurisdiction parallel to the one existing in the Roman Catholic Church. In this case, neither of these two things will occur. 4. Could it at least be an act of disobedience? — Yes, indeed it is, at least materially, since Rome …More
At least there is one courageous and wise priest who defends the truth. When they change the formula of consecration in Rome, rendering it invalid, the SSPX will remain faithful to it; their Masses will be valid, the others will not.
The Trump administration is now having to contend with criticism from several Middle Eastern countries after the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Tucker Carlson that "it would be fine" if Israel took over pretty much the entire region. Arab and Muslim nations sharply condemned these comments over the weekend. Tucker's Protestant individualism blinds him to the essential truth outlined at this link. DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS NOSTRA AETATE Proclaimed By His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on October 28 1965. Part 4.... "lt is true that the Church is the new people of God, (True) yet the Jews should not be spoken of as rejected or accursed as if this followed from holy Scripture." (False, cf Deut ch 28) Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake... 11:8 As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, until this present day. For …More
Cardinal Sarah sides with the Vatican, gives warning to "rogue" SSPX. "...The best protection against error remains our canonical bond with the Successor of Peter." Sarah is one of the most conservative and traditional cardinals in the Catholic Church. This is concerning
Cardinal Sarah expressed “deep concern and profound sorrow upon learning of the announcement by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X that it intends to proceed with episcopal ordinations without a pontifical mandate.” He wrote on LeJdD.fr that the decision would disobey the law of the Church. “We are told that this decision is motivated by the supreme law of the salvation of souls. But salvation is Christ, and He gives Himself only in the Church.” Cardinal Sarah warned that the ordinations could be “an irreversible rupture”: “How many souls risk being lost because of this new rupture?” “We are told that this act aims to defend Tradition and the faith. I know how much the deposit of faith is today sometimes despised by those who themselves have the mission to defend it.” His objection: “Faith can never lead us to renounce obedience to the Church.” “How can we continue to tear apart His Body under the pretext of saving souls?” Cardinal Sarah acknowledged that within the Church …More
it is sure concerning and the Vatican want to share the fruit of the Synodal with the Eastern Rites. The Tares are just growing taller and taller -- making it easier come harvest time.
Alonzo Mann’s March 4, 1982 Legal Statement from Sullivan County Alonzo McClendon Mann was 83 when he swore this statement on March 4, 1982, in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Born August 8, 1898, near Memphis, he moved to Atlanta as a boy. In 1913, at age 14, he worked as office boy for Leo M. Frank at the National Pencil Company. That year Frank was convicted of murdering 14-year-old Mary Phagan on April 26, Confederate Memorial Day. Mann testified at trial but hid key facts out of fear. He now claims this silence doomed Frank, who was later lynched. Janitor Jim Conley, the prosecution's star witness, lied under oath, Mann asserts. Conley alone killed Phagan and moved her body. That morning Mann found Conley drunk under the stairwell, begging for beer money. Mann refused and went upstairs. Around noon he left to meet his mother for the parade. Phagan had not arrived. On returning shortly after, Mann saw Conley near the basement trapdoor cradling Phagan's limp body. Her hair hung loose …More
St. Ambrose ~~~ He that is wounded requires medicine; we are wounded, because we are under sin; and the medicine is the sacred and heavenly sacrament...