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'Co-Redemptrix' – The testimony of Popes, Saints and Theologians
Our Lady is ‘Co-Redemptrix,’ and the fact that this term needs explanation and qualification is no more argument against it than against that of ‘Mother…
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S.D. Wright
Open Letter from the Superiors of the SSPX – July 1988
After the Vatican announced the alleged excommunication of Archbishop Lefebvre and the other bishops involved in the 1988 episcopal consecrations, the…
Top 5 Newman articles
Following Leo XIV’s attempted naming of Newman as a Doctor of the Church, check out The WM Review’s top five articles on the famous English Cardinal.
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…
Martyrs and Pseudo-Martyrs: Benedict XIV compares
Benedict XIV shows why the courage of false sects’ 'martyrs' proves nothing – because it is the cause, not the suffering, that makes the martyr.
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'The Wedding Garment' and supernatural charity
The wedding garment is not merely virtue in general, but that charity which unites man to God and his Church.
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'One Year after the Consecrations'
One year after the consecrations, Archbishop Lefebvre gave a strident interview denouncing the 'Conciliar Church' and those calling for him to 'return.'
'The Wedding Garment' and membership of the Church
A popular interpretation of the parable sees 'the wedding garment' as supernatural grace in the soul – but it also has an application to membership of…
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The terrifying warning of the parable of the wedding feast
The 'wedding garment' and the command to come to the wedding feast give this parable, told in the Temple in Holy Week, a different meaning to the…
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Why you MUST understand what Revelation is (Fortes in Fide)
If you have a modernist conception of revelation, how can you make an act of faith – without which it is impossible to please God?
Why did Christ speak of a wedding feast after condemning the priests?
After the priests withdraw in anger, Christ turns to the people with a new parable — revealing that the Synagogue will give place to a universal Kingdom…
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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.'
'Una Cum Masses' – Some explanations for my friends (Maxence Hecquard)
The French philosopher and academic Maxence Hecquard considers one of the most important questions of our time.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: The Last Interview
'It is no longer merely a question of liturgy,' Lefebvre said, 'but a question of faith.'
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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
'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.
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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…
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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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S.D. Wright
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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Open Letter from the Superiors of the SSPX – July 1988
After the Vatican announced the alleged excommunication of Archbishop Lefebvre and the other bishops involved in the 1988 episcopal consecrations, the…
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…
Martyrs and Pseudo-Martyrs: Benedict XIV compares
Benedict XIV shows why the courage of false sects’ 'martyrs' proves nothing – because it is the cause, not the suffering, that makes the martyr.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'A Few Months after the Consecrations'
Soon after the 1988 consecrations, Archbishop Lefebvre gave an important interview to Fideliter – in which he definitively set out the conditions for…
Top 5 Christ the King articles
Check out our top five articles on the Christ the King and the importance of the encyclical Quas Primas, on the 'social kingship' of Our Lord Jesus…
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S.D. Wright
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'One Year after the Consecrations'
One year after the consecrations, Archbishop Lefebvre gave a strident interview denouncing the 'Conciliar Church' and those calling for him to 'return.'
Why you MUST understand what Revelation is (Fortes in Fide)
If you have a modernist conception of revelation, how can you make an act of faith – without which it is impossible to please God?
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: The Last Interview
'It is no longer merely a question of liturgy,' Lefebvre said, 'but a question of faith.'
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