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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Are You the Fourth Monkey? Are You Deaf, Dumb, Blind, and Lost Your Mind?

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I get some silly comments on my blog but one of the silliest and most patently absurd is this: "[T]he Pope, no matter how sinful he mig...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

A Lovely Memory of a Past Retreat with a Holy Priest Now Gone to His Reward. Fr. Buckley, Please pray for us.

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I wrote this post in 2019 as I prepared to head off for my annual Ignatian retreat. If you've never made a silent, Ignatian retreat I he...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Decline of Gravitas in a Culture of Whiny Child Adults

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This morning at Mass, our pastor read a letter from Fr. Davide Pagliarani to the lay faithful about the current situation between the SSPX a...
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Sunday Meditation: What would Pope Leo IV think of the Crisis in the Church?

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  As I posted yesterday I'm going on a silent Ignatian retreat this week from Sunday evening (tonight) until Saturday morning, July 25th...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Let's Get One Thing Straight. The SSPX Did Not Claim to Have the Papal Mandate!

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I've read a number of posts by those claiming the SSPX lied during the consecration of the bishops by claiming the papal mandate. But, i...
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Friday, July 17, 2026

Open Letter to Bishop Michael Burbidge with Cover Letter to Apostolic Nuncio: We are are not excommunicated schismatics!

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OPEN LETTER TO MOST REVEREND MICHAEL BURBIDGE,  BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA July 13, 2026 Your Excellency, How grateful I a...
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Thursday, July 16, 2026

The Rome of Cognitive Dissonance and Doublethink

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There's a psychological term that applies in spades to our age of confusion and chaos. It's called "cognitive dissonance" ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Fatherly Concern or Papal Politics?

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A reader on Substack sent me a link to an interesting article from Integrity Magazine.  Analysis suggests Leo’s last-minute ‘heartfelt lette...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

SSPX Files Appeal of July 2nd Decree

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Below is the Society's press release of yesterday announcing their appeal of the July 2nd decree of excommunication and schism. This act...
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Guest Post: Tactics to oppose so-called Reproductive Freedom Amendments

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By Robert G. Marshall   (   bio   -   articles   -   email   ) | Jul 07, 2026 It is true that “you never get a second chance to make a first...
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