Who is Archbishop Caccia, the new Nuncio to the United States?

by Serre Verweij

Pope Leo has appointed Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (68 years old) as the new apostolic nuncio for the USA. He will be replacing Cardinal Christophe Pierre who recently turned 80 and had served in the post since 2016. This change of guard comes at a time that the USA has become embroiled in controversial international conflicts, while the American episcopacy will see a significant turnover that will reshape the church for years, if not decades. After nearly ten years of Pierre, what change in era can we expect under Caccia?

St Thomas Aquinas on Salvation and the Epistle to the Hebrews

In honor of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (his dies natalis, March 7, as observed in the traditional calendar), Os Justi Press has released two major Thomistic publications.

Cardinal Zen on the SSPX Affair: Trust Leo

 Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent

Cardinal Joseph Zen

The SSPX Affair

Faced with the SSPX situation, it seems that even traditionalists are divided. This is very understandable — there are two things to consider. A) A schism must be avoided at all costs, because it will cause serious and lasting damage to the Church; but on the other hand, B) one must also respect a serious matter of conscience: "How can anyone be compelled to follow teachings that clearly deny the Holy Tradition of the Church?"

But all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.

 

After this the Lord brought to my mind the longing that I had to Him afore. And I saw that nothing letted me but sin. And so I looked, generally, upon us all, and methought: "If sin had not been, we should all have been clean and like to our Lord, as He made us."