“His fruit was sweet to my taste”: On the Proper Mass of St Margaret Mary Alacoque
Dutch Cardinal: Don't repeat our mistakes! Those among our churches where truth is proclaimed and liturgy is well celebrated are full. Put Christ at the Center!
Cardinal Eijk, of Utrecht (primate of the Netherlands), in an interview with Catholic periodical COMMUNIO.
Cardinal Eijk on mission, secularization and the World Synod
The Church in the Netherlands was once regarded as very progressive. Disillusionment and collapse followed. Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk warns in an interview: Don't repeat our mistakes! In an extremely secularized society, the Archbishop of Utrecht is counting on a new missionary awakening.
By Willem Jacobus Eijk, Benjamin Leven, Lambert Hendriks
COMMUNIO: The Netherlands is considered one of the most secular societies in Western Europe. How Christian are the Netherlands still?
PALESTRINA 500: A year-long festival of sung Masses to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of Palestrina's Birth (1525-2025)
Fontgombault Sermons: Feast of the Dedication of the Church; Feast of the Holy Rosary
The sermons of the Father Abbot of Fontgombault are now fully available as PDF files here.
DEDICATION OF THE ABBATIAL CHURCH (October 5th, 2024)
FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY (October 7th, 2024)
A Sermon on Christopher Columbus: How Much of the Hatred towards Columbus is Plain Old Anti-Catholicism?
by Father Richard G. Cipolla
From St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Some years ago, but not that long ago, when I was a priest at St. Mary’s church in Norwalk, Connecticut, the statue of Christopher Columbus was moved from what is known as Heritage Square, a place for acknowledging the contribution of various ethnic groups important in the history of the city of Norwalk.
De Mattei: “Columbus is ours!”
The Modernists will continue to divide the Church over the Mass
“Hello. We’re from the Vatican and we’re here to help you.” Those are words I always believed I would be very happy to hear. The unyielding persecution of Catholic Tradition from the very top in the Eternal City has changed that. And the Mass is at the center of the battle for our faith and salvation. Anything else is a distraction from the Evil One.
The novus ordo is a service with Catholic components. It is "valid". But as a “Mass” it’s not pleasing worship to God. We have such a Mass already and it’s called the traditional Latin Mass.
The Mass was divinely revealed by Christ Himself and entrusted to the Apostles to be handed down by means of the Holy Spirit in the Church through time and space.
Bishop Tissier de Mallerais, a Spiritual Note: One of the "Guardian Angels" of Archbishop Lefebvre
Rest in Peace, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
Rorate has learned H. E. Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais has died in Sion, Switzerland. He had been under hospital care since suffering an unfortunate fall, a few days ago.
Good and Faithful Servant: may he rest in peace!
His funeral Mass and rite of interment will take place in the Seminary of Saint Pius X, in Écône, Switzerland, next Friday, October 18, 2024, at 9:30 am, local time.
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Bernard Tissier de Mallerais was born on September 14, 1945, in Sallanches (Haute-Savoie), France, not far from the Swiss-French-Italian border, in a strongly Catholic family. Following his university studies, dedicated to biology, he joined the Seminary of Saint Pius X (still in Fribourg, in its early years), studying for the priesthood under the guidance of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on June 29, 1975, in Écône.
Stunning Photos from the Fourth National Latin Mass Pilgrimage
The Fourth National Latin Mass pilgrimage is now in the books. Inaugurated in 2022 in response to the draconian restrictions imposed by Vatican fiat on the thriving Latin Masses in the Diocese of Arlington and the Archdiocese of Washington, the pilgrimage has now become a yearly tradition showcasing the power and beauty of Catholic Tradition in the streets of our nation's capital.
Bishop Tissier de Mallerais - prayers for a fighter
Rorate is able to independently confirm the news that the consequences of the unfortunate fall suffered by H.E. Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, of the Society of Saint Pius X, seem to be irreversible regarding his state of health.
Militia est vita hominis super terram: Bishop Tissier de Mallerais has fought the good fight, and will persevere until the end. Prayers to the Immaculate Virgin for this indefatigable man of God.
New Cardinals - just one Sub-Saharan African
The Pope of the “peripheries” has once again reduced the cardinalatial representation of the churches of greatest faithfulness and most explosive growth (those of Sub-Saharan Africa) — to the lowest level since the Council…
And nothing could be more shocking than the elevation of Dominican Tim Radcliffe, a man whose heterodoxy is...beyond recognition. (And not only honorary, he might still be able to vote if the future conclave takes place before his 80th birthday in 2025.)
Here is the list of the Cardinals to be created in the upcoming consistory (on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, 2024):