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Why awe is the right response to Our Lady of Sorrows
Here's why Our Lady of Sorrows is about more than having pity on the Mother of God – and why she is called the ‘co-redemptrix.’
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S.D. Wright
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'Gone is the time for a peaceful life for easy-going Christians' (Fortes in Fide)
'The armour of God' explained: Fr Noël Barbara's Editorial to the first English edition of 'Fortes in Fide.'
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Cardinal Newman critiqued: How Cardinal Lépicier went about it
How exactly did Cardinal Alexis Lépicier go about his criticism of Cardinal John Henry Newman – and what can contemporary purveyors of the 'anti-Newman…
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S.D. Wright
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What Leo XIV's 'complete commitment' to Vatican II REALLY means
Our explanation as to how and why we can be sure that the Holy See has been vacant since at least 1965.
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S.D. Wright
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Being 'lifted up' on the Cross was Christ's glory and desire
Why was the Cross the true throne of Christ the King?
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The power of faith in seemingly impossible situations
The Christian life is as arduous as uprooting a mulberry tree – made possible by supernatural faith.
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Why scandals are inevitable – and are especially evil in the clergy
No-one should be more afraid of causing scandal than those in Holy Orders, Fr Coleridge says.
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Newman, Doctor of the Church? McCusker's interview with Kokx News
What should we make of Cardinal John Henry Newman’s alleged elevation to the status of Doctor of the Church – as well as his canonisation, and other…
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M. J. McCusker
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Stephen Kokx
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'CATHOLICS! Beware! A new religion has been established!' (Fortes in Fide)
The first part of our serialisation of Fr Noël Barbara's 'Fortes in Fide' includes an open letter from four early pioneers of the post-Vatican II…
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Why Jesus is the Good Samaritan of the parable
Why does Christ call Himself a Samaritan, accepting a name of reproach – and how does the parable match up to the Incarnation and Redemption?
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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…
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S.D. Wright
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External rituals and theological debates are nothing without love
The parable of the Good Samaritan reveals both practical and theological truth – and shows that without love, religion can deteriorate into emptiness.
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Have we made the wrong assumptions about the Good Samaritan parable and its context?
Was the lawyer who prompted the parable trying to trick Our Lord, and make himself look good – or something else?
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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.’
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S.D. Wright
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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…
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S.D. Wright
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'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.
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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…
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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.
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S.D. Wright
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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…
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S.D. Wright
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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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S.D. Wright
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Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy
In his classic study defending the new rites of holy orders, Fr Pierre-Marie OP himself rejected the objection that, if they were invalid, then the…
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S.D. Wright

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'Gone is the time for a peaceful life for easy-going Christians' (Fortes in Fide)
'The armour of God' explained: Fr Noël Barbara's Editorial to the first English edition of 'Fortes in Fide.'
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Cardinal Newman critiqued: How Cardinal Lépicier went about it
How exactly did Cardinal Alexis Lépicier go about his criticism of Cardinal John Henry Newman – and what can contemporary purveyors of the 'anti-Newman…
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S.D. Wright
2
'CATHOLICS! Beware! A new religion has been established!' (Fortes in Fide)
The first part of our serialisation of Fr Noël Barbara's 'Fortes in Fide' includes an open letter from four early pioneers of the post-Vatican II…
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'Strong in the Faith': Fr Noël Barbara + a new series on The WM Review
Fr Noël Barbara was one of the early pioneers in the defence of the faith after Vatican II – and yet his writings are not well-known in the Anglosphere.
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S.D. Wright
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Charles de Foucauld's sister lost her baby—this is his letter
How did the saintly hermit comfort his little sister Mimi in that tragic moment?
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Top 5 St Ignatius of Loyola articles
Check out our top five articles on the founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the author of the Spiritual Exercises.
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S.D. Wright
St Fulgentius' witness against 'Eastern Orthodox' and neo-Catholics
Early Church Father St Fulgentius rejected an array of contemporary errors back in the sixth century—and affirmed our duty to anathematise those who…
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Religious Liberty: The failed attempts to defend Vatican II (John S. Daly)
The very attempts to defend Vatican II's new doctrine are in fact so many condemnations of the texts being defended.
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