Between WWI and WWII, Germans proudly sang their patriotic anthem Die Wacht am Rhein translated as "The Watch on the Rhine." It contains the famous line, Lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig sein (seen in picture above) meaning "Dear Fatherland, be at peace."  That is, Germans believed that despite the loss of WWI, they could find the right captain to lead them to peace and victory. Everything was going to be fine... at all costs. Alhough there is much debate to this day on how many Germans actually believed Hitler's initial threats to the Jews, the fact is that it didn't matter to most German gentiles.  They were ready for a win, [...]

The traditional Magisterium of the Catholic Church listed nine ways to being an accessory to another’s sin: 1. By counsel 2. By command 3. By consent 4. By provocation 5. By praise or flattery 6. By concealment 7. By partaking 8. By silence 9. By defense of the ill done. In traditional Catholic morality, we usually apply the above to matters of sexuality, gossip or finances.  And we should. But have we ever thought of what it means to cover for another’s heresy under pretext of “giving the benefit of the doubt” to a "Catholic" teaching error?  St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that heresy is “any deviation from the rectitude of [...]

They refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.—2 Thess 2:10-11. Before the 2025 Conclave, Archbishop Viganó stated: "The Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis that regulates the Conclave, confirmed by the Motu Proprio of Benedict XVI Normas Nonnullas, peremptorily establishes that the number of Cardinal electors must not exceed 120 individuals. But the Cardinal electors who make up the imminent 'conclave' are 136: we are therefore faced with a very serious violation that alone would be enough to undermine the legitimacy of any supposedly valid Conclave. Furthermore, a College of Cardinals composed of 108 [...]

Despite the obvious differences in the outfits above, the two men hold the same ecclesiology.  In Leo XIV's very short opening speech on 8 May 2025, he favorably mentioned "Francis" twice, indicating he would continue all his reforms.  In that short speech, he also honored Peru, where he had been bishop.  (It should be noted that in Peru, Bishop Prevost had once promoted the sacramental-heresy of phone confessions being valid.  He also publicly stated that the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccine had to be “available for all.") But the most important thing he said from the loggia in his acceptance speech last week was: "To all you brothers and sisters of Rome, [...]

p/c Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN Vatican. Are there traditionalists willing to make a deal with the devil? Are there American traditional Catholics willing to ignore yet another prelate’s destruction of the faith in order to keep their own local Traditional Latin Mass (TLM)? Are there allegedly-traditional Cardinals, teachers, priests, influencers or bishops willing to ignore yet another non-Catholic-in-white destroying the Faith just to save their local devotional life? Such is the approach I see in the Catholic media over the last week.  But it is neither Catholic, nor is it charitable to make a pact with enemies of the Faith for temporary peace on the liturgical field when the souls of billions [...]

Above: Cardinal Kurt Koch, p/c Zenit. Jesus Christ said to St. Peter in the Gospel of St. Matthew: And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.—Mt 16:18-19. The above passage is one reason why Pope Pius VI in the 18th century condemned a proto-collegiality that "every Bishop, as much as the Pope, was called by God to govern the [...]