Category Archives: Papal Encyclicals and Vatican II Documents

RORATE CÆLI: Important – The Pope explains the Council”The Virtual Council was stronger: its results are calamitous” The Council of the Fathers was replaced by the “Council of the Media”

In an article from Rorate Caeli (link below), they cover an address by Pope Benedict XVI to the Roman clergy.  The Holy Father talks about Vatican II, and of how there were really two councils.  One was the “Council of the … Continue reading

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RORATE CÆLI: Obedience and the Power of the Modernists: understanding the resurgence of Modernism in the past 50 years

Interesting post from Rorate Caeli (link below).  It talks about the two different periods of Modernism that we have faced, starting during or immediately after Vatican II.  First there was the dissent of the Modernists against Church teachings, and the … Continue reading

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John Vennari on Abp. Di Noia’s Goal for the SSPX | Angelqueen.org

Below is an interesting article by John Vennari.  It shows the difficulty in the conversations between the Vatican and the Society of Saint Pius X. John Vennari on Abp. Di Noia’s Goal for the SSPX | Angelqueen.org. The article shows the … Continue reading

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Archbishop DiNoia, Ecclesia Dei and the Society of St. Pius X | Daily News | NCRegister.com

  Archbishop DiNoia, Ecclesia Dei and the Society of St. Pius X | Daily News | NCRegister.com. Above is a link to a National Catholic Register interview with the vice president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia. … Continue reading

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Jesuit slams anti-Modernist oath and affirmations of orthodoxy | Angelqueen.org

Jesuit slams anti-Modernist oath and affirmations of orthodoxy | Angelqueen.org. The first link is the Angel Queen article.  HERE is the original article form America Magazine. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of Modernism and dissent within the Church.  I … Continue reading

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Crossed stole v. crossed-up Catholic

From Father Z’s blog, I thought this post about a demonstration in favor of the LCWR was very insightful.  In it 4 demonstrators for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious filmed their encounter with Father Ted Martin.  If you are … Continue reading

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Three Strategies for Evasion

Rerum Novarum via Three Strategies for Evasion. This was a very good article, showing how people try to dissent from papal teachings.  In this case, the author, Thomas Storck, concentrates on papal teaching, and especially Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum … Continue reading

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Naturalism – What is it?

The Church regards as enemy an idea or movement known as “Naturalism”.  I had a friend recently ask me what it is, and I think I gave a pretty good answer.  But my answer is nowhere near as good as … Continue reading

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Vatican II Documents and the SSPX

SSPX news has quieted down for a week or so.  There was a lot of anticipation that some sort of recognition by the Vatican would take place by the end of May.  This recognition has not happened yet.  There are … Continue reading

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Papal Encyclicals Against Religious Indifferentism, Modernism, Freemasonry, and the Syllabus of Errors

I wanted to note a few encyclicals that it would benefit today’s Catholics to read. Some of the popes in the not-too-distant past saw the disaster coming in faith in morals that make up the 20th and 21st centuries, both … Continue reading

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