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The last sermon of Mgr Guérard des Lauriers (Feast of the Holy Name)
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and the crisis in the Church were the bishop's two themes in a sermon delivered less than two months before he died.
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Why the secular Christmas is so rubbish
It's not because they leave the Baby out of the picture, because often he is included.
Dec 30, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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St Thomas Becket died for the liberty of the Church—not for religious liberty
It is impossible to defend the liberty of the Church and the Kingship of Christ whilst simultaneously holding to the modern conception of religious…
Dec 30, 2024
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Why Christ was given the Holy Name of 'Jesus'
The first imposition of the Holy Name of Jesus on the infant God-Man was no less a fulfilment of the Old Covenant than the Circumcision. Fr Coleridge…
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The first drops of the Precious Blood
The Circumcision reveals Christ already acting as Redeemer, freely shedding his Blood with full knowledge, love, and consent.
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Why did Christ need to be circumcised?
The Eternal God, needing no remedy for sin, validated the ancient rite by submitting to it – and thus abolished it forever.
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What was the purpose of circumcision – and who circumcised Jesus?
Why did the sinless Infant submit to a rite designed to cancel original sin and bind men to the Mosaic Law?
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Dec 31, 2025
Here's why Our Lady’s perpetual virginity is a necessary Christmas truth
She was a virgin before, during and after the birth of her Divine Son.
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Dec 27, 2025
Bonus: The King appears for the first time at Christmas
But no door opens to receive him, except that of a little stable cave.
Dec 25, 2025
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Why the secular Christmas is so rubbish
It's not because they leave the Baby out of the picture, because often he is included.
Dec 30, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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Vatican II and the Immaculate Conception
Why was Paul VI permitted to choose the Eve of the Immaculate Conception as the date for the final promulgation of the documents of Vatican II – and…
Dec 8, 2025
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Did Pope St Pius X condemn Newman in Lamentabili sane?
Every now and then we are told that Newman taught a proposition condemned by Pope St Pius X in Lamentabili Sane. Fr Edmond Benard shows that this is not…
Oct 31, 2025
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‘I will not pray with you, and you shall not pray with me' – Bl. Margaret Clitherow vs. Leo XIV
The memory of our holy English martyr, Bl. Margaret Clitherow – pressed to death by the agents of the Anglican schism – has been betrayed by Leo XIV and…
Oct 23, 2025
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'Zip It' and other Lovely Mugs now available
Time for something a bit lighter than usual.
Sep 29, 2025
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Setting the record straight with Avoiding Babylon
Avoiding Babylon’s latest video mentions The WM Review, and ideas we share with others – and some of its points need to be set straight.
Sep 26, 2025
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Where is 'Trad Inc.' in the face of the most 'hyperpapalist' statement ever made?
Leo XIV's words repeatedly presume that he has the power to change Catholic doctrine. But does anybody care?
Sep 19, 2025
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Fr William Jenkins on the 'Synodal Papacy' and the 'general appeal' of The WM Review
The Superior of the Society of St Pius V and main contributor to the show What Catholics Believe referred to our recent article on the ‘synodal papacy.’
Aug 27, 2025
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BIG NEWS: Transalpine Redemptorists ‘repudiate the Synodal Church’ as ‘distinct’ from the Catholic Church
'The faith of all times and of the saints,' they said, 'is incompatible with the new, modern Church.... They simply cannot coexist.'
Oct 16, 2025
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The Sidemen manager denounces Vatican II on the BBC, identifies as 'traditional Catholic'
The hugely successful Jordan Schwarzenberger, 28, has described himself as a 'traditional Catholic' and denounced Vatican II, along with modernism…
Aug 30, 2025
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Leo XIV's three serious errors in Eastern Orthodox address
Those who flatter, mislead and even deceive the Eastern Orthodox about the peril of their situation will answer for it in eternity.
Jul 24, 2025
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Vatican documents: TLM was tolerated to neutralise resistance to new religion
While many are focusing on the rupture between the Bishops' survey and Traditionis Custodes, they are missing the deeper point revealed in Diane…
Jul 2, 2025
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Why the secular Christmas is so rubbish
It's not because they leave the Baby out of the picture, because often he is included.
Dec 30, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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Bonus: The King appears for the first time at Christmas
But no door opens to receive him, except that of a little stable cave.
Dec 25, 2025
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Bonus: Reasons why we should consecrate ourselves entirely to God
All things come to us from God, as signs of his love for us. There is only one response: giving ourselves back to him.
Dec 24, 2025
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Vatican II and the Immaculate Conception
Why was Paul VI permitted to choose the Eve of the Immaculate Conception as the date for the final promulgation of the documents of Vatican II – and…
Dec 8, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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What non-Catholic ‘martyrs’ have – and what they lack
Outside of our 33 day preparation: Benedict XIV shows why fortitude outside the Church cannot lead to eternal glory.
Dec 2, 2025
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The Day of Total Consecration has arrived
One last reading and meditation to help you make the Consecration with as much fervour as possible.
Dec 24, 2025
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Bonus: Reasons why we should consecrate ourselves entirely to God
All things come to us from God, as signs of his love for us. There is only one response: giving ourselves back to him.
Dec 24, 2025
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Heaven – The Court of the King which awaits us
This is what Christ has won for us, and why he was born at Christmas – and where he and his Mother will receive our consecration.
Dec 23, 2025
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The King tramples down death, gives life to those in the grave
Liberating the souls of the just, Christ returns from the grave as the Conqueror of Death, and goes to console his Mother.
Dec 22, 2025
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The King upon his throne
Listen now | From his throne, the Cross, Jesus gives us his Mother – and wins the triumph for which he was born.
Dec 21, 2025
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Bonus: Christ's Sermon from the Cross
Christ's seven last words were the counterpart to the Sermon on the Mount.
Dec 20, 2025
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The King rejected, scourged, and mocked with a crown of thorns
Those who had acclaimed him their king, less than a week before, now bay for his blood. Do we do the same to him?
Dec 20, 2025
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The King looks his Passion in the eye
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus permits the Agony to descend upon him, and enters his Passion alone.
Dec 19, 2025
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The King comes to claim his City
Jesus enters Jerusalem in a way that declares himself its King, and he allows himself to be acclaimed as such – but what sort of King is he?
Dec 18, 2025
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Fr Zuhlsdorf, Michael Davies, and doubtful sacraments
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Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'
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Former Jesuit and pro-life stalwart conditionally ordained to the priesthood
Fr James Marshall, pro-lifer and former member of the Society of Jesus, has been conditionally ordained by Bishop Germán Fliess of Bishop Donald…
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Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy
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The last sermon of Mgr Guérard des Lauriers (Feast of the Holy Name)
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and the crisis in the Church were the bishop's two themes in a sermon delivered less than two months before he died.
16 hrs ago
7
2
5
Bonus: The King appears for the first time at Christmas
But no door opens to receive him, except that of a little stable cave.
Dec 25, 2025
11
2
31:48
The Day of Total Consecration has arrived
One last reading and meditation to help you make the Consecration with as much fervour as possible.
Dec 24, 2025
13
8
2
Bonus: Reasons why we should consecrate ourselves entirely to God
All things come to us from God, as signs of his love for us. There is only one response: giving ourselves back to him.
Dec 24, 2025
2
20:17
Heaven – The Court of the King which awaits us
This is what Christ has won for us, and why he was born at Christmas – and where he and his Mother will receive our consecration.
Dec 23, 2025
9
1
14:06
The King tramples down death, gives life to those in the grave
Liberating the souls of the just, Christ returns from the grave as the Conqueror of Death, and goes to console his Mother.
Dec 22, 2025
8
1
26:07
The King upon his throne
Listen now | From his throne, the Cross, Jesus gives us his Mother – and wins the triumph for which he was born.
Dec 21, 2025
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Bonus: Christ's Sermon from the Cross
Christ's seven last words were the counterpart to the Sermon on the Mount.
Dec 20, 2025
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