International Traditional Catholic Blognoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sun, 7 Jun 2026 02:32:23 GMTBlogger http://www.blogger.com10263125https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/en-usnoInternational Traditional Catholic Blognoreply@blogger.comhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/retreat-for-priests-with-fr-armand-de.htmlRetreatsnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Fri, 5 Jun 2026 16:20:18 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8013127579002329891Clergy Retreat on 5-9 October 2026, Stonyhurst, EnglandTopic: The priest at the altar as sacrificerIn this retreat, Fr de Malleray will reflect on the liturgical role of the priest and the sacrificial nature of his ministry at the altar. Drawing on the Church’s long-standing liturgical tradition as expressed in the Traditional Rite of the Roman Church, the retreat will offer a deeper awareness ofhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/sspx-july-1st-consecrations-only.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:33:56 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8094975679702244465 You will have noticed that Rorate has covered all sides and most aspects of the July 1st, 2026, Consecrations of four new bishops for the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), in Écône, Switzerland.National stereotypes exist for a reason, and we can say that it is all moving forward with Swiss efficiency. This is to say: it will be a grand, well celebrated, well attended, very organized ceremony,https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/truth-core-question-regarding-sspx-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Thu, 4 Jun 2026 19:56:09 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-1068706170858363173Bishop Schneider is well known to friends of Rorate, and Tradition around the world, and he has a different perspective on the SSPX Consecrations -- one of balance and, shall we say, understanding.Diane Montagna posted this text by him on her page, and we paste it here for the ongoing record of debates on current events.*****THE CORE QUESTION REGARDING THE SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS XBy Bishop https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-performative-contradiction-of.htmlhyperpapalismobediencePastor AeternusSedevacantismSSPXVatican IVigiliusnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Thu, 4 Jun 2026 17:31:30 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-7651409678759223449Recently, this blog published the now widely-discussed essay titled “The Kingship of Christ and the Aporias of the Roman Church.” Now the author applies the analysis of the “total Pope” and the corresponding concept of obedience to the Society of St. Pius X. Needless to say, the following text reflects the personal opinion of its author and is not a Rorate editorial position; rather, it may be https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-sspx-consecrations-separatism-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 3 Jun 2026 19:25:54 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4081008586055369148Dom Louis-Marie de Blignières, a founder and, for a long time, superior of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer (FSVF), in Chéméré-le-Roi, France, needs no introduction. He has been a heavyweight figure in French Traditional Catholic intellectual circles for decades. He also has a personal history with the Society of Saint Pius X -- his Dominican-inspired community was founded with the https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/mother-angelicas-sweet-revenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:31:07 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6892030146371259840 ("I am so tired of you, Liberal Church in America!")Today, Pope Leo XIV named the head of EWTN News, María Montserrat (Montse) Alvarado, as new Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication:The Holy Father has appointed Dr. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. Dr. Montserrat Alvarado will take office on 1 https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-true-wild-inspiring-and-tragic.htmlBook releasesCruachan HillMonastic LifeReviewsnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Tue, 2 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6966396522403322Britain is full of monastic ghosts. Street names carry them: Monks Lane, Priory Road, Abbey Close. The landscape, too, still bears the imprint of communities that shaped it for a thousand years. The ruins of Fountains, Rievaulx, Tintern, and dozens of lesser houses stand in fields and valleys across England, Wales, and Scotland, drawing visitors who admire their picturesque qualities while https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-traditional-mass-recovered-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:19:20 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-3538667948427412824 The Recovery of the Massby Archbishop Héctor AgüerEmeritus of La Plata, Argentina June 1st, 2026The media and, especially, social networks point out that in several European countries, particularly among young people, the "Traditional Mass" is being lived with fervor, accompanied by numerous processions and pilgrimages. The youthful crowds that revived the traditional Paris - Chartres https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/magnifica-humanitas-explaining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 30 May 2026 13:54:08 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6385066831632089538 by Serre Verweij, for Rorate CaeliPope Leo Has Finally Released His First Encyclical, Magnifica HumanitasPope Leo has finally released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, to the world. As expected, it deals with AI and technological innovation. Surprisingly, however, it also deals extensively with a variety of other social topics and tips Pope Leo's hand just a bit on multiple https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/sspx-announces-names-of-four-priests-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 26 May 2026 13:11:27 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6034566771742962316The General House Announces the Names of Future BishopsPublished May 26, 2026Communiqué from the General HouseOn this octave of Pentecost, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), has the joy of announcing the names of the priests of the Society who have been chosen to receive episcopal consecration on July 1st at Écône.In a spirit of respect toward the https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/liturgy-conference-in-leuven-belgium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 26 May 2026 00:50:21 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-2424554370225471664Tradition and Reform in the Roman Rite: The Usus Antiquior in Contemporary CatholicismThursday 22nd – Friday 23rd October 2026 This conference aims to provide a rigorous, interdisciplinary investigation of the tensions between tradition and reform within the Roman Rite, with particular attention to the renewed interest in the pre‑Vatican II liturgy (usus antiquior) in contemporary https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/first-encyclical-of-pope-leo-xiv-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Mon, 25 May 2026 14:50:45 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-3320061711643919057ENCYCLICAL LETTERMAGNIFICA HUMANITASOF HIS HOLINESSPOPE LEO XIVON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSONIN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTRODUCTION1. Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. Each generation inherits the task of shaping its own era, of https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/pope-leo-xiv-assures-coptic-patriarch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 23 May 2026 23:02:55 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6107439947079696282And just like that, in a phone call between Pope Leo XIV and Coptic Tawadros II, the atrocious Francis-Tucho document "Fiducia Supplicans" was filed away in a drawer of non-issues.From the Holy Synod of the Coptics:Fifthly: The members of the Holy Synod decided to resume theological dialogue with the Catholic Church following the assurances regarding the non-blessing of same-sex couples, which https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/discord-in-bergoglian-camp-crux-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 20 May 2026 00:12:33 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-7386620214669609713 Discord in the Bergoglian Camp - The Crux of the Matter: the Lefebvrian OrdinationsBy Americo MascarucciFor Marco Tosatti's Stilum CuriaeMay 19, 2026 The Bergoglian camp is in chaos over the Society of Saint Pius X and the episcopal consecrations it has announced for July 1st, with the consequent threat of excommunication from the Vatican. Enzo Bianchi, former prior of Bose and one of the https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/pope-and-armenian-patriarch-talk-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 19 May 2026 17:54:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4425301264054507692 There was nothing about it in the Vatican text and news -- but in the Armenian language release by the Patriachate we find this gem:On Monday, 18 May, 2026, the two heads of Churches held a private meeting where they addressed the following issues: the establishment of a common date for Easter, a day of commemoration for all martyrs, and the convening of a Third Vatican Council.Full https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/on-125th-anniversary-of-rerum-novarum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Mon, 18 May 2026 10:44:17 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-1451838424288148251 by Serre Verweijfor Rorate CaeliPope Leo XIII is a widely known but not widely grasped Pope. Pope Leo XIV took his name (in part) as a tribute to Leo XIII. This instantly resulted in a renewed focus on Pope Leo XIII as the Pope who started addressing so called social issues with Rerum Novarum in 1891 and who cared about dealing with new developments in the world. This basic picture is true,https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/event-international-fatima-gregorian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Mon, 18 May 2026 10:39:07 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-7028155592792141308The first International Fátima Gregorian Chant Workshop will take place form 17th to 20th  September, 2026, with days filled with practical and theoretical lessons in chant for beginner and advanced participants, vocal coaching, daily sung Mass the participants rehearse for, plus a tour of the Shrine of Fatima’s organ - the largest organ in the Iberian Peninsula, with shrine’s principal https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/fr-albert-jacquemin-formerly-of-sspx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 16 May 2026 10:24:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6951874621098213268 The SSPX Is Explicitly Developing an Ecclesiology of Substitution Foreign to Catholic TraditionInterview granted to French website Le Salon BeigeHaving been a member of the Society of Saint Pius X until the consecrations of June 1988, Father Albert Jacquemin subsequently joined the Diocese of Paris. A doctor of both legal history and canon law, he is a lecturer at the Faculty of Canon Law https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/official-website-for-society-of-saint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 16 May 2026 10:16:48 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6812727164623422149 The SSPX has just launched an official website for their 2026 episcopal consecrations, in Écône, Switzerland. It's here -- and, in order to view it in different languages, you may just switch the language icon on the top.https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/preparing-for-pontificates-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Fri, 15 May 2026 04:12:26 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8625276148324868020 Catholic Social Teachings before Vatican IIby Serre VerweijPope Leo XIV's first encyclical is due to be released and almost certain to become a valuable addition to the collection of papal encyclicals dealing with social issues. This was to be expected, as he took the name Leo XIV as a reference to Pope Leo XIII, who became famous as the Pope who established Catholic Social Teaching (CST) https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/sspx-superior-published-declaration-of.htmlOperation Survival 2026noreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Thu, 14 May 2026 14:15:32 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-7407375439916197874[Cf. Vatican statement, May 13, 2026]Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV by Fr. Davide Pagliarani Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius XMay 14, 2026Most Holy Father,For more than fifty years, the Society of Saint Pius X has endeavoured to set before the Holy See a matter of conscience in the face of the errors that are destroying Catholic faith https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/homily-for-ascension-of-lord-pope-saint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Father Kevin M Cusick )Thu, 14 May 2026 12:44:40 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6742581306676802231“You shall receive  the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.9 And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.” - Acts, 1After the blessed and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-rorate-cli-editorial-traditionis.htmlEditorialsOperation Survival 2026The New SSPX ConsecrationsTraditionis custodes under Leo XIVnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 13 May 2026 13:16:48 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-9049375019738180895There were many reasons for Summorum Pontificum, the motu proprio document by Benedict XVI that gave back full rights of citizenship to the Traditional Liturgies of the Latin Church in our age.Justice, for one. The then-Cardinal Ratzinger had written extensively on the mistakes of the Pauline liturgical reform. But also, and very importantly, the situation of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX).https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-vatican-declaration-on-sspx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 13 May 2026 10:25:58 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-774351510705851914 Statement of His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith May 13, 2026 Regarding the Society of Saint Pius X, what has already been communicated is hereby reaffirmed. The episcopal ordinations announced by the Society of Saint Pius X do not have the corresponding pontifical mandate. This act will constitute "a schismatic acthttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/05/prayers-for-bishop-robert-mutsaerts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 12 May 2026 17:14:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-7307829967576561289The bravely orthodox auxiliary of Den Bosch, Netherlands, Bp. Robert Mutsaerts, was injured in a car accident on Saturday evening.One of the best bishops around: our most sincere prayers for a swift and full recovery!