At the Catholic Culture site, Phil Lawler has penned an excellent piece called, “Understanding the Vatican crusade against traditionalism.” It is an artfully written bullet-point synopsis of the contradictions implicit in collegiality, ecumenism, “reaching out to the margins,” “synodality,” the … Continue reading
The following news analysis comes courtesy of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts… On February 7th, at the State of the Union Address in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, (D-MA), wore a pin on his suit jacket, … Continue reading
Below is Mike Church’s interview with Kyle Seraphin, FBI agent turned wistleblower, on “Radical Traditonal Catholics.” Click here for a breakdown of the topics discussed. To become a member of the Crusade Channel where you can hear many shows, including … Continue reading
Some hours after we posted our statement, based upon a leaked FBI field office memo, on the proposed surveillance of our community by the FBI, the Bureau retracted its memo. Responding to multiple media inquiries, the FBI promised to scrub … Continue reading
I was shocked and saddened to learn that the Virginia office our country’s premier law enforcement agency — the Federal Bureau of Investigation — now regards our humble religious community, along with other traditional Catholics, as an extremist menace to American … Continue reading
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The newspaper of Boston’s African American community, The Bay State Banner, is reporting that students in the Boston Public Schools experienced 744 incidents of sexual assault in the 2021-2022 school year. According to … Continue reading
Annual announcement: Today begins the traditional Chair of Unity octave, originally planned to last from the feast of Saint Peter’s Chair at Rome until the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on January 25. Readers may use this PDF … Continue reading
“I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.” (Rom. 12:1) In this passage, Saint Paul employs specifically liturgical language. For “sacrifice,” the Latin … Continue reading
Some recent research on the subject of aeviternity led me to Life Everlasting, by the celebrated Dominican, Père Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. Tangential to his main purpose in distinguishing time, aeviternity, and eternity, the learned friar tells of the conversion of a … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Absólve, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuórum delícta populórum: ut a peccatórum néxibus, quæ pro nostra fraglitáte contráximus, tua benignitáte liberémur. Here is my … Continue reading
The Friends of Saint Benedict Center today are mourning the loss of one of the longtime Members of the Third Order of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Brian D. Kelly of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Brian died at … Continue reading
Longtime editor of the Mancipia and this website, Brian D. Kelly, died early in the morning of November 9, 2022. Brian had been bed-bound for the last couple of years of his life, but still managed to work for this … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Largíre, quǽsumus, Dómine, fidélibus tuis indulgéntiam placátus et pacem: ut páriter ab ómnibus mundéntur offénsis, et secúra tibi mente desérviant. Here … Continue reading
Today is the feast of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, cobblers who were martyred in the Diocletian persecution. Known in England as “Saint Crispin’s Day,” it is also the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, which marks a famous English victory … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Dírigat corda nostra, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuæ miseratiónis operátio: quia tibi sine te placére non póssumus. Here is my translation: May the … Continue reading
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