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How Jesus rose from the grave
What happened at the moment of the Resurrection? Fr Peter Gallwey SJ presents us with a number of points to consider.
What Jesus did when he descended into Hell
What happened when Our Lord's soul descended to the Limbo of the Fathers? Fr Peter Gallwey presents us with a number of points to consider.
The Last Supper and the Crucifixion were on the same day – by Jewish reckoning
One and the same Sacrifice, in a bloody and unbloody manner – not separated by a night, but united in it.
How the early Easter disputes are misunderstood by historians
Did you know that the Quartodecimans did not celebrate what we call Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover? But what they did do is very revealing.
How the Quartodecimans celebrated 'Pascha' – and why it's important
Contrary to popular belief, the problem with the Quartodecimans was not their Easter tradition – which was accepted as a true Apostolic custom, even…
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Passion Sunday – Christ Rejected
On Passion Sunday, Christ hides his face from those who reject him.
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'Comprehensive Rejection': Is the Conciliar/Synodal Church visibly holy? ('Zero Marks', Ch. II)
How is the Church 'holy', and how does the visibility of the Church depend on the visibility of this holiness?
 • S.D. Wright
WATCH: The Holiness of the Church and 'Zero Marks' – WM Review on Kokx News
We discussed the visibility and holiness of the Church with Stephen Kokx from Kokx News.
 • S.D. Wright
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?
Leo XIV and a 1995 'Pachamama Rite'?
What was the nature of the ‘Pachamama Rite’ in which Father Robert Prevost allegedly took part – and what might be the implications?
 • S.D. Wright
Ted Cruz, Cardinal Billot and the Conciliar/Synodal Church
The anti-Catholic article promoted by Ted Cruz indicates where the true Church of Christ is – and where she is not.
 • S.D. Wright
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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
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 Texts

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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.
In Memoriam: Mgr Guérard des Lauriers' obituary
On the anniversary of Mgr Guérard des Lauriers' passing into eternity, let us read and appreciate M. Adrien Loubier's obituary of this giant figure of…
Archbishop Lefebvre: Reflections on the 'suspension a divinis' (1976)
Following his 1976 ordination of seminarians against Vatican prohibitions, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre was declared ‘suspended a divinis.’ Here is his…
'Occupied by Antichrists' – Abp. Lefebvre's letter to the four bishops, 1987
What instructions did Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre give to the four men he had chosen to consecrate to the episcopate in 1988? Some might find them…
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