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Vatican II

Papal Infallibility and the Crisis in the Church Today - Fr. Noel Barbara

" This two-part series is the translation of a lecture given originally in French by Fr. Barbara in the 1980’s. The author (who was probably the first European priest to come to the conclusion of the vacancy in the papal chair), after recalling the Catholic doctrine on the Church and its Magisterium, shows why the popes of Vatican II cannot be true popes." …

passion of Christ

The Mystical Passion of the Church: Dreadful Reality vs. Delusive Counterfeit

"Just as the Son of God was persecuted and had to endure the greatest sufferings, so it must be for the Church". But during this time of crisis, it's important to distinguish: Read in full here at Novus Ordo Watch

the liturgical year

Dom Gueranger: Easter Monday

Ghent altarpiece "And first of all, what is the Pasch? The Scriptures tell us that it is the immolation of the lamb. To understand the Pasch, we must first understand the mystery of the lamb. From the earliest ages of the Christian Church, we find the lamb represented, in the mosaics and frescoes of the basilicas, as the symbol of Christ’s sacrifice and triumph.…

resurrection

The Risen Christ Meets His Mother

Art: Daniele Monteleone Excerpt from Father Coleridge Reader : "No human imagination can soar to the joy with which she was inundated at the moment when He came fresh from the grave to make Himself visibly and sensibly present to her in her quiet chamber, where she had watched through the night in contemplation of what had passed and was passing with Him. It req…

timeline

A Timeline of the Passion of Christ

AMDG

Amen

I am a sedevacantist because I wholeheartedly trust in the promises Our Lord Jesus Christ made concerning His Immaculate Bride, the Holy Catholic Church. via Robert Benson https://novusordowatch.org/start-here/ https://www.traditionalmass.org/issues/ https://romeward.com/articles/239750343/the-impossible-crisis

predestination

The Signs of Predestination - Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange

The Signs of Predestination The Council of Trent has declared that we cannot have on earth certitude of our predestination without a special revelation. Aside from this special revelation no man can know if he will persevere in good works to the end. Nevertheless there are signs of predestination which give a kind of moral certitude that one will persevere. The Fathe…

Vigano

97. Blasphemy of Vigano

@JonahofNinevah, March 2021 There is no secular arm of the kathèkon, and Vigano knows it. Why is Vigano so desperate to invent a new heretical kathèkon? Why does Vigano have the temerity to claim the true kathèkon can "betray" God, leaving only his invented secular myth? This is profound blasphemy: "It is you, dear President, who are “the one who oppo…