The SSPX Oath of Fidelity
Archbishop Lefebvre imposed a Declaration of Fidelity on future priests.
Clandestine Ordinations Against Church Law: Lessons from Cardinal Wojtyła and Cardinal Slipyj
Editor’s note: in light of the news regarding a probably SSPX consecration of bishops this year and its own probable irregularity, we re-propose this historical question given by our contributing editor, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, several years ago. According to the evidence presented herein, the Sacrament of Holy Orders has been conferred against Church law by…
Can the “Theology of the Body” Be Reconciled with the Traditional “Ends of Marriage”?
His formulations are not always very clearly articulated, but at the end of the day, he is a Thomist on the disputed questions.
Discovering the Latin Mass Brings Lots of Questions
I'm in search of a doctrinal basis for what I’m experiencing.
The Repeated Gospel of the Little Children and the Givers of Scandal
But the old rite is not yet finished with Matthew 18. Not at all.
Kwasniewski on Beauty
I think the loss of faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist was partly precipitated by the loss of beauty in churches and in the liturgy.
Revisiting the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Above: The Visitation by Flemish painter Willem Vrelant (d. 1481). Today, July 2, is the usus antiquior feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast was instituted in 1389 by, in a way, two popes—Pope Urban VI as the one who intended to institute it, in hopes of obtaining the end of…
A Neglected Gem in the Traditional Roman Missal: The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
If you have ever shown up early to church and found yourself quietly paging through your hand missal—let’s say, a Saint Andrew Daily Missal reprint from 1945—you might have stumbled across a section of Mass formularies that may be unfamiliar owing to the rarity of their use. Some of these will be identified as Votive…
The New Lectionary and the Catholic Wedding
One of the topics most hotly disputed at the synods on marriage and the family, back in those halcyon years of 2014 and 2015, was the possibility of admitting to Holy Communion Catholics who are living in what are euphemistically called “irregular marital situations” — that is, objectively adulterous unions. This dispute took its place…
A Dialogue on Liturgy in Latin: Obscurantism or Opportunity?
People were more than capable of praying the Mass without having to follow along word-for-word.