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November 2023

November 27, 2023

The Pauline (“New”) Mass

Chapter 14 (pp. 123-127) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised...

November 17, 2021

Traditionis Custodes: Sky is Here After Four Months!

Reports of the Death of the TLM Have Been (Like Mark Twain's Death Before He...

September 2021

September 14, 2021

Traditionis Custodes: Sky Still Intact After Two Months

Eight days ago I wrote Traditionis Custodes Results: No Fallen Sky (I Called It). The...

September 06, 2021

Traditionis Custodes Results: No Fallen Sky (I Called It)

I hate to say "I told you so!" but yes, this article is essentially that,...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

Dialogue w Traditionalist “Hurt” by Traditionis Custodes

This exchange occurred in the combox underneath my post, Traditionalist Fr. Chad Ripperger Critiques Traditionalism...

August 02, 2021

Traditionis Custodes: Sky Hasn’t Fallen (Bishops)

Contrary to the widespread hysteria and panic and hand-wringing in radical Catholic reactionary and legitimate...

July 2021

July 21, 2021

Traditionalist Fr. Chad Ripperger Critiques Traditionalism

I've now written three articles related to Pope Francis' document, Traditionis custodes: Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes is...

July 20, 2021

Catholics (?) Trash, Judge, & Mind-Read the Pope

In 1968, "all" the liberal Catholics rejected Humanae Vitae. Now in 2021, "all" the self-described...

July 19, 2021

Skojec Loathes Traditionis; Illustrates Why it is Necessary

[see book and purchase information] I just wrote about the new papal document: Pope Francis’ Traditionis...

July 16, 2021

Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes is for the Sake of Unity

Pope Francis issued on 16 July 2021 the Apostolic Letter Issued "Motu proprio" entitled Traditionis...

September 2020

September 09, 2020

Ratzinger “Banal” Quote: Traditionalist & Reactionary Misuse

Fr. Angelo Geiger of Mary Victrix fame (I love his stuff) -- who celebrates the Tridentine Mass...

October 2019

October 15, 2019

“New” / Ordinary Form / Pauline Mass: a Traditional Defense

. . . with Massive Historical Documentation, + Summary of Vatican II on Liturgical Reform Sacrosanctum...

April 2019

April 17, 2019

Superstition About the “Preserved” High Altar at Notre Dame

. . . And Continued Cynical, Highly Selective, "Pick and Choose" Acceptance of the Teaching...

October 2017

October 01, 2017

Who’s Defending Pope Benedict’s “Summorum Pontificum” Now?

(2-26-14) ***** Summorum Pontificum is the 2007 apostolic letter from Pope Benedict XVI that allowed...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Vatican II Defended Against Reactionary (& Some Traditionalist) Charges

Original title: "I'm a Catholic Largely Because of Vatican II" Satirical photograph of yours truly:...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

Dialogue with Traditionalist “Boniface” Regarding Modernism in the Church

Venerable Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-16-13) *** The...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Reactionary & Traditionalist Reaction to “Summorum Pontificum”

(Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Decree That Widely Allowed the Tridentine Mass) Pope Benedict XVI on 17 October...

January 11, 2016

Apologia for the New (Pauline) Mass

. . . with Massive Traditional Documentation, Over Against its Detractors / Summary of Vatican II...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Chris Ferrara vs. Pope Benedict XVI (The New Mass)

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later, Pope Benedict XVI), on 12 May 2001. Upside-down version of photograph...

December 17, 2015

Traditionalist Misuse of the Ratzinger “Banal” Quote

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later, Pope Benedict XVI), on 12 May 2001. Photo by Manfredo Ferrari [Wikimedia...

December 16, 2015

Worshiping the TLM vs. Worshiping God Through It

Not all idols are made of stone. Ancient idols in Azerbaijan. Photo by Urek Meniashvili (9-15-13)...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

Critique of Criticisms of the New Mass (Pauline / Ordinary Form)

Official Vatican photograph of Pope Paul VI, 1963 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

November 04, 2015

Two Forms of ONE Roman / Latin Rite (Pope Benedict XVI)

Pope Benedict XVI: 7 June 2006 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license] * *...

October 2015

October 01, 2015

Catholic Worship: Beauty, Imagination, and the Soul

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (photo by www.kevinashphotography.com). [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] (11-25-13) These...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

You Prefer the TLM / EF Mass? Great! Or, Ordinary Form (like me)? Great!

Pontifical Mass, from a Missal of the Fifteenth Century. [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] Don't...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Death of the Reform of the Reform of the Liturgy? Part II

. . . The Reports are Greatly Exaggerated (Peter Kwasniewski and Fr. Thomas Kocik vs. Pope...

February 24, 2014

Death of the Reform of the Reform of the Liturgy? Part I

. . . The Reports are Greatly Exaggerated (Peter Kwasniewski and Fr. Thomas Kocik vs. Pope...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Mass Movements”

[205 pages; completed on 20 December 2012 and published at Lulu on the same day;...

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