Bishop Schneider defies Traditionis Custodes: During his current stay in Brazil, Bishop Athanasius Schneider celebrated Mass in the Roman Rite at the Cathedral of Nossa Senhora das Dores in Caruaru, Pernambuco. Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, 58, of Caruaru was present at the Mass. According to Traditionis Custodes (2021) a diocesan bishop cannot authorize the public celebration of the 1962 Missal in his cathedral without the Holy See, which is practically always denied.
Bischof Schneider zelebriert die Alte Messe in der Kathedrale Nossa Senhora das Dores, Caruaru, Pernambuco
I would be happy to applaud Bishop Schneider if I believed his celebration of the TLM in defiance of the Modernists’ TC was a step in the direction of rejecting the Novus Ordo Mass and the false teaching of Vatican II, but doubt very much that it is. He’s like so many who genuinely sense that they should be living very different lives but lack the spiritual fortitude to make the change—most likely out of fear of reaction from his confreres and personal supporters Still, I pray that I’m wrong, because a shift on his part would greatly please God and encourage many others to follow.
This post is for my fellow Filipinos who love our Catholic traditions. Let us talk about one of the most beautiful customs we have during Advent. Simbang Gabi, the Misa de Aguinaldo. These dawn Masses are not just cultural events. They are a real Catholic treasure. For those who might not know, Simbang Gabi is a nine day novena of dawn Masses in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It starts at dawn on December 16 and leads us right up to the dawn of December 24. In the traditional Roman Rite this practice comes from the ancient Rorate Caeli Masses. These were candlelit Marian Masses prayed before sunrise. The church is dark, the candles are glowing, and the priest begins with the words of Isaiah calling for the heavens to drop down the dew of the Savior. That is the real origin of Simbang Gabi. Now as we get ready to begin these nine days, we need to get something straight. Simbang Gabi is not a Catholic version of a wish spell. It is not a superstition. It is not a guarantee that if you …More
"There are three forms of the virtue of charity: the first is that of spouses, the second that of widows, and the third that of virgins. We do not praise any one of them to the exclusion of others...This is what makes for the richness of the discipline of the Church." St. Ambrose, De vidius "What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: "Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness and grace!"." St. Ambrose, Enarrationes in Psalmos "This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul." St. Ambrose, Explanatio symboli "For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom." St. Ambrose, Expositio evangeli secundum Lucam "That man is rightly called a king who makes his own body an obedient subject and, by governing himself with suitable rigor, refuses to let his passions breed rebellion in his soul, for he exercises a …More
Pope Leo: “Artificial intelligence has certainly opened up new horizons for creativity, but it also raises serious concerns about its possible repercussions on humanity’s openness to truth and beauty, and capacity for wonder and contemplation.”
7. December 2025 7. December 2025 12/07/2025 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. British TV personality Piers Morgan has sincerely apologized to Novak Djokovic. Because Djokovic refused to be vaccinated against Covid, Morgan called the tennis star a “liar” and a “cheater.” Three years later, he apologizes. At a time when tennis players and other athletes were buying vaccination certificates, the greatest active tennis player remained openly unvaccinated. Novak Djokovic faced media scrutiny and suspension from competition, but maintained his perfectly logical stance: he didn’t need a Covid vaccination. Quote from Friday’s article on tkp.at: Apology of the Year.Source. Novak Djokovic is not only the best tennis player in the world, he is also a man who did not give in to the pressure and preferred to forgo the championship rather than have an experimental gene-editing agent injected into him. Novak Djokovic is from Serbia. As a twelve-year-old, he experienced the full harshness of Western …
06.12.2025 FISCHELLA AND SPADERO CHOOSE THE FALSE PREMISE AND INFERENCE TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II : NO DENIAL FROM PAULO RUFFINI All the books of Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Fr. Antonio Spadero sj, are written with a false premise and inference, with Cushingism. They agree with me. There is no denial from journalist Paolo Ruffini. It would mean that they interpret the Nicene. Apostles and Athanasius Creed also with the false premise and inference; with irrational and schismatic Cushingism. Changing the interpretation of the Creeds is first class heresy according to Ad Tuendam Fidem, the Moto Proprio, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (1998). For me, the Athanasius Creed has no exceptions but for Fisichella and Spadero there are exceptions. There were exceptions for the liberal theologians Rahner, Ratzinger, Balthazar and also for the traditionalists Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Michael Davies, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, Romano Amerio, Attila Guimares …More
White Fathers: Mission, Dialogue, and Presence in Jerusalem Fr. Giuseppe Gaffurini and Fr. Frans Bouwen tell the story of a congregation that unites faith, mission, and dialogue. From their arrival in Jerusalem to their current presence, the White Fathers continue to demonstrate their commitment, hospitality, and connection with the local community. cmc
St. Nicholas Day Around the World - Traditions & Customs. NKFU on Dec 4 2019 What are the traditions and customs of the feast St. Nicholas Day around the world? St. Nicholas Day in various cultures. #stnicholas#stnicholasday
In the WHO’s own words: “Digital transformation is a unique opportunity to address many longstanding challenges in immunization… now is the time for bold, new approaches.” And: “Stakeholders… should embrace digital transformation as an enabler for achieving the ambitious Immunization agenda 2030 goals.” This is a comprehensive proposal for a global digital-identity system, permanently linked to vaccine status, integrated with demographic and socioeconomic data, enforced through AI-driven surveillance, and designed for international interoperability.
December 6, 2025 Popes Benedict, Francis and Leo have interpreted Vatican Council II with an irrational premise and inference and a nontraditional conclusion : so also Fischella and Spadero They had a choice. They could have interpreted Vatican Council II with a rational premise and inference and then the conclusion would be traditional. RATZINGER WAS SCHISMATIC Cardinal Ratzinger could have done this at Vatican Council II in 1965. Then as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he could have interpreted Vatican Council II rationally to support the SSPX. He did not clarify this issue in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He then issued Summorum Pontificum hoping that the SSPX would accept Vatican Council II, interpreted rationally. The bait was the Latin Mass. Then during the SSPX-Vatican Doctrinal Talks he did not decide to settle the issue by interpreting Vatican Council II with a rational premise and inference. Pope Benedict and Pope Francis, both chose to …More
A Vatican commission set up by Pope Francis in 2020 concluded that the Catholic Church should not move forward with ordaining women as deacons, based on historical and theological findings that rule out admitting women to the sacramental diaconate. However, the commission emphasized that its conclusion is not a final or definitive judgment.
The Vatican on Thursday published the conclusions of its study commission on women deacons. The Commission rules out admitting women to the diaconate understood as a degree of the sacrament of Holy Orders, but without issuing a definitive judgment at this time. The report stresses repeatedly that the negative assessment is “strong” yet “does not permit formulating a definitive judgment,” unlike the case of priestly ordination. Submission of the Report to Pope Leo XIV On 18 September, Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, President of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate, submitted to Pope Leo XIV a detailed synthesis of the Commission’s work. The report reflects several years of historical, theological, and pastoral investigation. Historical Findings: A Non-Sacramental Ancient Practice The Commission revisited the findings of two earlier Vatican commissions. Historical research confirms that, in the early Church, the title deaconess appeared in different regions and periods, but with …More