Vatican Council II: The ‘supermarket of religion’
There are those to this day who throw stones at Jorge Bergoglio as if he is the problem....
Vatican II Archive
Trinitarian Heresy: The interpretive key to the crisis
On Pentecost, Jorge Bergoglio (stage name, Francis) performed a great service to all who find themselves genuinely confused by the present ecclesial crisis, and who sincerely desire to be and to remain Catholic. What was this great service, you may ask? He dropped …
How would Garrigou-Lagrange view the conciliar carnage?
I recently had an interesting, and cordial, exchange on Facebook with a theologian who is presently one of the English-speaking world’s most popular Catholic commentators. Though our conversation was public, naming him isn’t necessary; it is his opinion to which I’d like to …
You say the Church is Holy Mother: Do you believe it?
And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them …
In God We Trust? Not so much.
At Holy Mass this past Sunday, the sermon focused on the necessity of being docile, passive, and receptive to God’s grace. Father emphasized how crucial it is for us to trust in Him more so than ourselves. He warned that over-reliance upon our …
Religious Liberty: Is the Council’s teaching infallible?
If one was forced to identify just one conciliar teaching that every self-described “traditionalist” (aka Catholic) agrees is a grievous error, the Vatican II doctrine on religious liberty would be an excellent choice, and for good reason; it explicitly contradicts the pre-conciliar magisterium. …
Traditionis Cojones and the key to unlocking the Council
Traditionis Cojones (gotta admit, the author of that thing has some big ones!) has ignited a firestorm of passionate responses from so-called “traditionalists” (aka Catholics). Among the more irksome are those from persons who insist on denying Jorge’s accusation that devotion to the 1962 …
The Sacred Liturgy and the Rule of Belief
In his 1947 Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy, Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII attempted to set the record straight – and prophetically so, as we shall see – concerning the true relationship between the sacred liturgy and sound doctrine. He described the issue …
The Catholic attitude toward the Sacred Councils
I recently received a copy of Opera Omnia of St. Robert Bellarmine vol. 2: On the Church, from Mediatrix Press, translated from the Latin by Ryan Grant. It includes On Councils, On the Church Militant, and On the Marks of the Church. (See …
Bishop Barron’s “Vatican II FAQs”
Word on Fire, Bishop Robert Barron’s production company, recently posted “Vatican II FAQs” on its website. Here, I will reproduce the twelve questions that are posed therein, along with portions of the answers given (in boldface), along with valuable information that Bishop Barron …