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Dr Kwasniewski claims: ‘You have left far behind anything recognizably Catholic’
Doubling down on insults and aggressive rhetoric is rarely the right thing to do.
 • S.D. Wright
Executive Summary of 'Zero Marks' – Why it’s necessary
Dr Peter Kwasniewski’s recent comments about Fr Thomas Crean’s article show that the time for a more accessibe version of ‘Zero Marks’ has arrived.
 • S.D. Wright
'Zero Marks' – Executive Summary of why the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church
A shorter and more accessible vesion of ‘Zero Marks’ – engaging with Fr Thomas rean OP’s article on ‘sedevacantism’.
 • S.D. Wright
The Wojtyłan Dictatorship: Mgr Guérard des Lauriers critiques Card. Danneels and Abp Ryan
Mgr Guérard des Lauriers analyses the addresses given by Cardinal Ratzinger and three other churchmen back in 1983.
Questions from Readers, October 2026
If you’ve emailed a question and haven’t had a reply, it’s probably one I’m going to answer here.
 • S.D. Wright
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‘Total disregard of Our Lord Jesus Christ’ – Declaration against secularism from the French Cardinals and Archbishops, 1925
Over a century ago, the French hierarchy protested the ‘so-called laws of laïcité’ and set out a programme to combat them.
 • S.D. Wright
‘Vacant Sunday’ and the Priesthood – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost is closely linked to the Ember Days – and the ordination to the priesthood that traditionally took place on Ember…
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
Urgent help needed for Sister Mary Savio of the Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas
Sr Mary Savio – one of the white-habited sisters you have seen singing on YouTube – is about to undergo a long and serious operation at great expense…
 • S.D. Wright
Jacob Rees–Mogg the Catholic sellout pushing war with Russia
The ‘Catholic credentials’ of Jacob Rees-Mogg are a veneer for the same liberalism of his fellow politicians.
 • S.D. Wright
Can I ‘politely ignore’ what the Pope says?
A question from a reader about the texts from Fr Domenico Palmieri SJ, and whether Catholics can simply ignore the Pope.
 • S.D. Wright
What do you think of Christ? – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Our Lord states which is the greatest commandment, and silences his opponents with a question.
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How one defective intention nullified all Anglican orders
Previously, we looked at Cardinal Pietro Gasparri's treatment of the ministerial intention and holy orders. See how his principles are relevant today…
‘Positive doubt’ doesn’t mean ‘particular evidence’: More on conditional ordination and Novus Ordo priests
It’s claimed that a bishop must be convinced there is positive doubt before proceeding to conditional repetition of a sacrament. This is true – but it…
 • S.D. Wright
Priests punished for associating with SSPX – PLUS A survey of SSPX views on the validity of Novus Ordo orders
The priests' departures from their dioceses come as the SSPX faces reprisals across the world. But what is the thought within the SSPX about such…
 • S.D. Wright
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.

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How one defective intention nullified all Anglican orders
Previously, we looked at Cardinal Pietro Gasparri's treatment of the ministerial intention and holy orders. See how his principles are relevant today…
Summer of Laïcité: Something Leo XIV (kind of) got right in France
This aspect of French Republicanism is very weird, and definitely worthy of criticism.
 • S.D. Wright
Pope Pius XII’s ‘sana laicità’ speech is not about French ‘laïcité’ – it’s more about ‘blood and soil’
Following Leo XIV’s comments about ‘authentic laïcté’, some pointed to this speech in which Pope Pius XII appears to use the same terms. But it’s a very…
 • S.D. Wright
Do we need an infallible list of infallible propositions? Fr Palmieri responds
The ‘need for epistemic certainty’ is the basis of a common objection today: here is Fr Palmieri’s answer.
Purer and more perfect than God? Fr William Doyle SJ
Sometimes scrupulous people want more security than God wills for us to have – as if they could care more about sin and virtue than God does!
What makes scrupulosity complex – Fr William Doyle SJ
The scrupulous person has to want to be cured – and to take the means necessary.
Scrupulosity, Confession and Holy Communion – Fr William Doyle SJ
The great means established by Christ for our peace are turned against us by scrupulosity. Here's how to reclaim them.
Fixing the distorted vision of scrupulosity – Fr William Doyle SJ
The scrupulous person has a distorted view of God, morality and himself. Here's how Fr William Doyle SJ says to fix this.
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