International Traditional Catholic Blognoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:39:22 GMTBlogger http://www.blogger.com10221125https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/en-usnoInternational Traditional Catholic Blognoreply@blogger.comhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/schism-incoming-bishop-of-antwerp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:42:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-2760377166981400771Pope Leo XIV has a Church agitated by strong centrifugal forces throughout the world.In Flanders, Bishop Johann Bonny included these words on the implementation of the synodal process (published exactly one month ago) in the diocese of Antwerp wherein he explicitly states that he intends to ordain married men:"When I visit parishes or pastoral unities, I regularly meet people whom the community https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/it-looks-ridiculous-popes-have-to-stop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:17:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-591610637600555345 One of the hallmarks of the post-Vatican II “Conciliar Period” has been the obsession of popes in welcoming the leaders of Anglican churches as equals. The situation has always been untenable — since they are not bishops at all — but it has recently reached the level of ridiculous, following the election of Mrs. Sarah Mullally, a (by all appearances) lovely lady from Surrey, as “archbishop”https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/exclusive-society-of-saint-pius-x-sspx.htmlOperation Survival 2026SSPX under Pope Leo XIVnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:47:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8656349131940614402From Rorate's Roman sources:Pope Leo XIV is reported by our Roman sources to have decided to follow the "1988 jurisprudence" with regard to the episcopal consecrations that are to be conferred within the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) on July 1, 2026. He is said to have already had a decree prepared similar, in tone and content, to the one that Pope John Paul II had promulgated through https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/traditional-mass-back-to-saint-mary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:50:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6984480188777738263 During many years, one of the main regular celebrations of the Traditional Mass in Rome took place at the Papal Major Basilica of Saint Mary Major. This was mostly discontinued during the Franciscan years.Now, under new administration, the Mass returned (at least for today) as the opening Mass of a traditional pilgrimage from Rome to Subiaco -- and it was celebrated at the Sforza Chapel of https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/they-should-have-done-it-under-francis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:18:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8909208781637529706 So... we are often asked what we think of the Consecrations of New Bishops planned by the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) for July 1st, in Écône, Switzerland.Well, we do not know what to make of it, and our opinion matters very little. But we do have one opinion about timing. And it is this: that it is quite astonishing that they did not do this under Francis, and gave a completely new pope,https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/marx-orders-blessings-for-same-sex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:52:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-5907046598380873391 Point - Marx of Munich:Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has served as archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany since 2008, has instructed the priests and full-time pastoral staff in the archdiocese to introduce the controversial handout "Blessing Gives Strength to Love" as the basis of pastoral care.Priests who do not want to carry out such blessing celebrations for homosexual marriages or https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/breaking-anglican-ordinariates-ordered.htmlAnglican Catholic Personal OrdinariateRochesubdiaconatenoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:43:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-2002089765520164550An Anglican Ordinariate Mass involving deacon and subdeaconThis article has been updated in light of further information. -PAKI learned from an inside source that Bishop Steven Lopes has told his clergy that Cardinal Roche ordered that priests must cease to function as deacons or subdeacons (and deacons as subdeacons) during solemn Mass but rather, if there is more than one priest, they must all https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/breaking-announcement-of-new-bishops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Father Kevin M Cusick )Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:28:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-5889963191743408770Don Davide Pagliarani, (Source: The Fatima Center)Via the most reliable of sources, confirming agreement by both Don Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), and Father Fullerton, District Superior for the US, the names of the new bishops to be consecrated for the Society on July 1st at Econe will be announced in June.https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/time-for-reparations-crucifix-destroyed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:33:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-722565687163915271The devastating image of a desecrated Crucifix was first published on Twitter/X earlier today by a journalist who received it from Southern Lebanon: Lebanon |An Israeli soldier smashing the head of a Jesus Christ statue during operations in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/Sj1m16tj9q— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) April 19, 2026 In an age of many fake images created with the help of https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/is-it-working-update-on-spiritual.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:41:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-5794586323741964732The following is a mid-campaign update from the organizers of Missae pro Missa. May we dare to ask if it's working? On February 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, we at Missae pro Missa announced our latest worldwide campaign: a spiritual bouquet of Masses and rosaries offered specifically for Pope Leo XIV to recognize the full freedom of the Traditional Latin Mass. As we https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/leo-xiv-and-sspx-catch-22-situation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:11:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-52018264457946933by Serre VerweijThe possibility of a new rupture with the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) hangs over Rome in the early days of the Leonine pontificate. The SSPX has argued it’s necessary for them to ordain new bishops. A request for permission for the consecrations was predictably denied. Attempts were made at establishing a dialogue with the SSPX, specifically over contentious interpretations of https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/three-new-publications-best-liturgical.htmlcatechesisModestyOs Justi PressPeter KwasniewskiVocationsnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:02:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-1148895312064037117Worshiping; dressing; discerning religious life. What do these three topics have in common?All of them concern our vocation to give glory to God and bring benefit to our neighbors with the powers of our minds and our bodies—whether in the radical form of a total gift of self in the religious life of evangelical poverty, chastity, and obedience, or in the social form of dressing modestly and https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/only-laity-are-able-to-present.htmlCardinal SarahLaityLeo XIVSolesmesnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:39:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6242429135090541133Only the Laity Are Able to Present the Traditional World to Pope Leo; and What We Ask Is the Traditional Liturgy in Every ParishThe following two letters (no. 1307 and no. 1354) from Paix Liturgique were published on November 20, 2025 and April 9, 2026. It is well worth giving them wider diffusion, especially in light of the outrageous proposal of the abbot of Solesmes. —PAKLetter no. https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/book-review-painting-salvation-by-fr.htmlArmand de MalleraySacred Artnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:07:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-5217573738859857697Review by Angeline TanFor years, I thought that art critique and appreciation necessitated a certain level of erudition, historical knowledge, as well as the so-called “keen eye for art”, which I did not possess. Thus, whenever I strolled past stunning paintings, such as those from French painter Nicolas Poussin, or his Spanish counterpart Diego Velázquez, I was pretty certain that my amateurish https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-kingship-of-christ-and-aporias-of.htmlChrist the KingpriesthoodSSPXThe New SSPX ConsecrationsultramontanismVatican IVatican IIVigiliusnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-689052672908176542[Editor: The following texts reflects the personal opinion of the authors.]Prefatory note: Ever since the SSPX announced the forthcoming illicit consecrations of bishops, many aspects have been discussed. One aspect, however, which lies at the core of the SSPX’s argumentation—namely, their concept of the origin of episcopal power of governance and its theological consequences—has not yet receivedhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/update-popes-letter-to-cardinal-on-june.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:09:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-6233878514473703660[Regarding the June consistory, read this. No mention is made of liturgical questions.]Your Eminence,During this holy season of Easter, I wish to convey to you my heartfelt and fraternal greetings, in the hope that the peace of the risen Lord may sustain and renew our suffering world.I likewise renew my gratitude for your participation in the Consistory last January. I greatly appreciate the workhttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/tocqueville-and-pope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:45:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-1655974914429079774I think that the Catholic religion has erroneously been looked upon as the natural enemy of democracy. Amongst the various sects of Christians, Catholicism seems to me, on the contrary, to be one of those which are most favorable to the equality of conditions. In the Catholic Church, the religious community is composed of only two elements, the priest and the people. The priest alone rises above https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-society-of-saint-pius-x-and-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:42:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-1543047843318251725[The following text reflects the personal opinion of the author.]The SSPX, the ordination of bishops, and the end of the post-conciliar eraby John Lamont Fr. Davide Pagliarani, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, has announced that the SSPX plans to proceed with the ordination of bishops this coming July. This plan has been harshly criticized by many Catholics who do not share https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-busy-late-june-and-early-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:09:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4853739443259512962 The Pope had announced, following the January consistory (in which the liturgical question was skirted), that a new consistory would take place by the summer: and the Dean of the College of Cardinals sent out a letter today with the exact dates: on June 26/27, followed by masses on Sunday (June 28) and on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul -- letter revealed by journalist Diane Montagna, https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/is-there-catholic-revival-around-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:54:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4974955360381456362 The 60 Minutes (CBS News) report below is focused on America, but the same sentiment seems to be visible even in Western Europe and Quebec. What is going on?The statistics do not seem to indicate that, but we do have an explanation: as the older generation passes away, those who still merely went to Church out of habit or culture are leaving (or dying) in droves -- while, among the young, ahttps://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/sacrosanctum-concilium-lawyer-examines.htmlBugniniFerraraloopholesSacrosanctum Conciliumnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Kwasniewski)Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4417844100617671439The following essay, a forensic look at SC written by an attorney, appeared in The Latin Mass magazine in 2005 and is republished here with permission of its author, Christopher Ferrara, Esq., of the American Catholic Lawyers Association. His conclusions were subsequently confirmed in Yves Chiron’s biography of Bugnini, where we learn that the latter, who was the chief compiler of SC, openly https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/pope-blocks-continuity-of-process-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 8 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-5004697507553764363 One of the most shocking forced beatifications of the Francis pontificate was that of Bishop Angelelli, a terrorist-supporting Bishop from Argentina, who died in an automobile accident, but was deemed a martyr. He was so liberal, so cruel against orthodox Catholics, and so against any orthodox causes in his lifetime, that serious Catholics in Argentina mocked him by calling him "Satanelli" https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-giant-leap-meaning-of-cardinal-eijks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Wed, 8 Apr 2026 09:19:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-8509910395621878956by Serre VerweijCardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, the Archbishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, celebrated on March 15th, 2026, a Pontifical High Mass for the first time. It somehow ended up being a huge event that was talked about internationally and still receives attention weeks later. As a Catholic from the Archdiocese of Utrecht, I was surprised a little (though very pleasantly) that the https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/pope-president-of-usccb-appeal-for-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 7 Apr 2026 19:36:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-4976535191969353564 Pope Leo XIV spoke today on the urgent need for peace when leaving Castel Gandolfo; declarations made available on Vatican News:The Pope said he wished simply to say, once again, what he had said in his Urbi et Orbi message on Sunday, "asking all people of goodwill to always search for peace and not violence, to reject war—especially a war which many people have said is unjust, which is https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-grave-moment-in-history-words-of-pius.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (New Catholic)Tue, 7 Apr 2026 14:11:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-2294190544152964359 The Lord gave His Church a gentle yet firm pastor during the grave days of the last world war: Pius XII.In the current grave and sad moment of history, let us recall his words of peace and admonishment.Our high office We deem it necessary to reiterate this grave statement today, when to Our profound grief We see at times the deformed, the insane, and those suffering from hereditary disease