The Sacred and the Profane: Vienna Cemetery Church Turned Into Venue for ‘Silent Disco’ Event

As far as New Church insanities go, you may think you’ve seen it all, but we suspect the present post will shatter that conviction.

The Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) in Vienna is the main graveyard of the Austrian capital. At over 330,000 individual grave sites and a total of about 3 million people interred since its inception in 1874, it is one of the largest cemeteries in the world. Among those whose remains are located there we find such famous names as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms.… READ MORE

Archdiocese Installs Cemetery Memorial for Those Who Committed Suicide to Aid Grieving Family Members

Chicago Vicar General ‘Bishop’ Larry Sullivan presided over the dedication ceremony on June 26, 2026

Just as the state of Illinois is getting ready to implement so-called ‘medical aid in dying’ — also known as physician-assisted suicide or, euphemistically, euthanasia — the Archdiocese of Chicago is basically assuring its flock that suicide is a ticket to Heaven.

Illinois’ suicide-enabling so-called ‘End of Life Options Act’ was signed by Gov. Jay Robert Pritzker on Dec. 12, 2025. It is scheduled to take legal effect on Sep.… READ MORE

July 25, 2026

Nothing sacred: Unholy water in Mexico

In Austria two Novus Ordo priests attempt to consecrate flatbread on the floor. Hey, for a Traditional Mass, they would have needed special authorization!

‘Despite’ or ‘because of’? Novus Ordo ‘Catholicism’ reportedly in decline in Argentina “despite having a Pope from that country”…. This might have something to do with it: “A new dossier documents how Pope Francis used episcopal appointments in Argentina to punish critics, reward Peronist allies, and elevate men with ‘skeletons in the closet.'”

If the Stations of the Cross are too pre-Vatican II for you, you can always try a ‘Creation Walk’ instead….… READ MORE

Podcast: The Synodal Church of Schism, Full Communion, and Total Insanity

(TRADCAST EXPRESS 228)

Our latest podcast episode, TRADCAST EXPRESS 228, has been published.

This 18-minute installment deals with several different topics, including the insane theology of ‘Fr.’ Bryan Massingale, who is in full communion with Leo XIV; the schism of the Society of St. Pius X, which is not in full communion with Leo; the bizarre view of retired Swiss auxiliary ‘Bp.’ Marian Eleganti that there is an “internal schism” in the Catholic Church; and the never-ending journey of the Synod on Synodality, the conclusion of which has now been pushed out to 2028.… READ MORE

Penance for Your Eyes:
St. Konrad ‘Catholic’ Church in Offenbach, Germany

(image: Rudolf Stricker/Wikimedia Commons)

Wherever you may be in the Western world, if you ever notice an architectural monstrosity that you can’t quite identify, a good rule of thumb is: If it’s too ugly to be a library, a medical office, or a government building, then it’s probably a Novus Ordo church.

Take, for example, the ‘Catholic’ church of St. Konrad in the German town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, in the state of Hesse. It’s an eye magnet, and not in a good way.… READ MORE

Now Fully Transcribed and Searchable: The Explosive Vatican II Diaries of Mgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton

Long-time readers of this blog may recall that we have promoted the Mgr. Fenton diaries before. This time, however, there is a major difference: The diaries have now been transcribed electronically and can be downloaded as typewritten, searchable PDF files. If interested, please read on.

It’s been 57 years since the passing of one of America’s finest Catholic theologians: Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton (1906-1969). Some of his many works have been reprinted and/or are available online:

• The Catholic Church and Salvation (1958)
• The Theology of Prayer (1939)
• Laying the Foundation (original title: We Stand with Christ, 1943)
• The Church of Christ (Collection of Theological Articles, 1944-59)

Mgr.… READ MORE

Substantial Change in Essential Words: ‘Cardinal’ Müller Botches Priestly Ordination for French Latin Mass Community

[UPDATE 15-JUL-2026: We have put together a brief video illustrating this case here]

Changing a single letter in one word of a long prayer may not seem like a big deal, but when that letter changes the definition of a word that is needed for the proper meaning of a prayer which is supposed to confer the sacred priesthood on the men over whom it is prayed, then the matter is most serious.

Catholics understand how much of a difference a single letter can make.… READ MORE

Vatican Chief Ecumenist: ‘No Salvation Outside the Church’ Is Meant For Catholics!

(image: Alessia Giuliani/CPP/KNA ©️2024 KNA GmbH, www.kna.de, All Rights Reserved)

‘Cardinal’ Kurt Koch (b. 1950), pictured above, is prefect of the Vatican’s so-called Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

The German Novus Ordo theologian Jan-Heiner Tück (b. 1967) is editor of the German-language edition of Communio, an international Neo-Modernist rag originally founded in 1972 by representatives of the less progressivist wing of the ‘New Theology’ (specifically, by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, and Joseph Ratzinger).

On July 2, 2026, a day after the Lefebvrist Society of St.… READ MORE

What If the SSPX Used Amoris Laetitia Logic to Defend its Unauthorized Ordination of Bishops?

If it weren’t for double standards, some people would have no standards at all.

Take the post-Catholic Vatican, for example. While preaching, on the one hand, that religious diversity is a gift from Almighty God, they also want people to believe that what is taught and believed by the Lefebvrist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is not among those ‘divine gifts’ conferred on humanity (unlike Hinduism or Islam, for instance).

On this web site we have been demonstrating for many years that both the SSPX and the Novus Ordo Vatican are wrong in their respective theological positions, so what you are reading in this post is not to be construed as a defense of the Lefebvrist position.… READ MORE

Two Videos: A Sedevacantist Take on the Vatican-SSPX Drama

With all the news and developments of recent days, we want to make sure the following two videos won’t ‘go under’: Yours truly appeared twice on the Catholic Family Podcast to comment on the recent consecration of bishops for the Lefebvrist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in Econe, Switzerland, as well as on the (predictable) reaction from the Vatican.

Although the Society accepts Leo XIV as a true Pope and professes submission to him, they nevertheless went ahead and consecrated four new bishops this past Wednesday not only without Leo’s authorization but against his explicit prohibition.… READ MORE

A Critical Look at the SSPX’s Substitute ‘Apostolic Mandate’ Read During their Unauthorized Episcopal Consecrations

During the ordination ceremony, Fr. Foucauld Le Roux read a special declaration in place of the ‘papal mandate’ they didn’t have

The traditional Roman rite of episcopal consecration begins with the reading of the so-called ‘Apostolic mandate’ (Mandatum Apostolicum) that authorizes and orders the bishop’s ordination that is about to be carried out. Such an Apostolic mandate can only come from the Holy See, that is, from the Pope, hence it is also referred to as a papal or pontifical mandate.… READ MORE

Leo Drops the Hammer: SSPX Excommunicated for Schism, Two Sacraments Henceforth Invalid

As expected, the ‘Holy See’ today published a decree declaring the latae sententiae excommunications incurred by the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, both the consecrator Alfonso de Galarreta and the co-consecrator Bernard Fellay, as well as the newly-consecrated bishops Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Marc Hanappier, for the crime (acc. to Novus Ordo Church law) of having consecrated bishops without papal mandate. A separate ‘explanatory note’ was also released.

Although this event had been announced months in advance, the Vatican did not trouble itself to ensure that the two brief documents published against the FSSPX be translated into other languages in time for publication.… READ MORE

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrists Consecrate Four New Bishops Without Permission

VIDEO: Novus Ordo Watch/Catholic Family Podcast on the SSPX Excommunications

(DIRECT LINK HERE).

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Podcast: The SSPX and the ‘Legitimate’ Exercise of the Papacy
(TRADCAST EXPRESS 227)

Our latest podcast episode, TRADCAST EXPRESS 227, was published on June 25. It is 28 minutes long and deals with the big news that broke the day before: that the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX or FSSPX), founded in 1970 by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre, had sent ‘Pope’ Leo XIV an open letter and, along with it, submitted a lengthy profession of faith that specifically opposes modern errors:

• “Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and to the Cardinals of the Holy Church”, FSSPX.news

Spanish Novus Ordo Priest Laicized by Leo XIV for Rejecting Francis as Heretical Pseudo-Pope

Francisco José Vegara Cerezo, pictured above, is a Novus Ordo priest in the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain. Or rather, he was. The Church of Infinite Dignity, Limitless Mercy, and Perpetual Inclusion has decided that he is being expelled from the clerical state. This means that, for all intents and purposes, he is to be considered an unordained layman again.

The diocesan Novus Ordo bishop under whom this is happening is José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (b. 1961). Munilla had referred the case of the Rev.… READ MORE