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'By What Title...?' Fr Coradello's essay on ecclesiastical 'titles', and how they shed light on the crisis
Is it possible that advocates of different positions on the crisis in the Church have been talking past each other?
Does a long vacancy interrupt perpetual succession? Fr Raphel Cercia SJ
Professor of Dogmatic Theology Fr Raphael Cercia SJ answers objections about the continuity of papal succession.
Trinity Sunday – 'I am with you all days'
The Octave of Pentecost is Trinity Sunday – the commemoration of the heart of the Catholic religion.
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Les quatre évêques sacrés le 1er juillet
Les Abbés Schreiber, Goldade, Poinsinet de Sivry et Hannapier seront consacrés évêques ce mois de juillet 2026 par la FSSPX.
 • S.D. Wright
BREAKING: Four new SSPX bishops named
Frs Schreiber, Goldade, Poinsinet de Sivry and Hanappier are to be concsecrated to the episcopate on 1 July 2026 by the SSPX.
 • S.D. Wright
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Have the Avrillé Dominicans move beyond their new rite of episcopal consecration study?
Although Fr Pierre-Marie Kergorlay's study of the new rite of episcopal consecration remains foundational for many, his own community appears to have…
 • S.D. Wright
St Antoninus OP: 'A pope caught in heresy is not pope, because he is deposed ipso facto'
The sainted bishop of Florence expressed the same conclusion as St Robert Bellarmine: that a Pope who falls into heresy cuts himself off from the Church…
Fifth Sunday after Easter – Preparation for the Church
In Eastertide, we hear Christ preparing his Apostles for his Ascension and for Pentecost – and on the last Sunday before the Ascension, he prepares them…
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
Ruptures with apostolic doctrine and origin shows the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church ('Zero Marks', Ch. V)
Having considered apostolicity of succession, let us consider the devastating implications of breaking with apostolic doctrine and continuity.
 • S.D. Wright
Apostolicity of Doctrine and Origin in 'Zero Marks' – WM Review on Kokx News
In this interview, we conclude our discussion of the apostolicity of the Church with Stephen Kokx from Kokx News.
 • S.D. Wright
How long can the Holy See be vacant? Fr Louis Coache (and context)
What can the concept of a 'moral person' do to shed light on the question of an extended vacancy?
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Have the Avrillé Dominicans move beyond their new rite of episcopal consecration study?
Although Fr Pierre-Marie Kergorlay's study of the new rite of episcopal consecration remains foundational for many, his own community appears to have…
 • S.D. Wright
BREAKING: SSPX episcopal consecrations announced
The SSPX has announced that they will be consecrating bishops 1 July 2026, apparently without pontifical mandate, following Archbishop Lefebvre’s…
 • S.D. Wright
Classic study radically overstates Lefebvre's position on holy orders
It’s been claimed that Lefebvre 'never called in question the validity of the new rite of episcopal ordinations.' This is an untenable claim, even if…
 • S.D. Wright
'I do not hesitate to administer conditional confirmation when asked'—Archbishop Lefebvre
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre wrote to Abbé François Pivert in 1988, explaining his rationale and willingness to confirm conditional confirmation freely…
'Painful uncertainty'—new rite of holy orders critiqued in 1978 by Athanasius Kröger OSB
This Una Voce group was publishing some very daring material in the early days.
Can liturgical changes affect validity? Cardinal Vaughan says yes
Cardinal Vaughan stated that systematic liturgical changes demonstrate the intentions of those responsible for them, and can render the rite of doubtful…
Fr Zuhlsdorf, Michael Davies, and doubtful sacraments
'Father Z', aka Fr John Zuhlsdorf, responded to our article on whether the new rites of holy orders are valid. Here's our reply.
 • S.D. Wright
Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'
In his defence of the new rites of episcopal consecration, Fr Pierre-Marie OP nonetheless refers to conditional ordination as 'the usage that seems to…
 • S.D. Wright

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St Antoninus OP: 'A pope caught in heresy is not pope, because he is deposed ipso facto'
The sainted bishop of Florence expressed the same conclusion as St Robert Bellarmine: that a Pope who falls into heresy cuts himself off from the Church…
St Joseph: Saint of Silence – Mgr Guérard des Lauriers OP
What are we taught by St Joseph's silence – and his decision with regards to Our Lady being with child?
St Joseph, his sanctity and his Spouse – Mgr Guérard des Lauriers OP
What was the nature of St Joseph's holiness – and what role did his relation to Our Lady play in it?
St Joseph and the Church – Mgr Guérard des Lauriers
What are the parallels between the Holy Family and the Church, and between St Joseph and the Pope?
'The Suppressed Interview' of Archbishop Lefebvre, 1976
A long-standing rumour alleges that the USCCB intervened to prevent this interview from being published in 1976.
Polish theologian predicted Conciliar/Synodal Church and 'puppet' hierarchy in 1916
Fr Maciej Sieniatycki, recently cited by Mgr Pierre Roy, described a 'church' built on modernist principles. These principles are those of 'synodality…
Mgr Guérard des Lauriers – The Eulogy from his Funeral
On 1 March 1988, Bishop Franco Munari delivered this eulogy at the Requiem of Mgr Guérard des Lauriers.
Mgr Guérard des Lauriers – his brother's recollections
To continue marking the anniversary of Mgr Guérard des Lauiers' death – here is what his brother had to say.
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