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The Unity of the Church and 'Zero Marks' – WM Review on Kokx News
We discussed the unity of the Church and our response to Fr Thomas Crean OP with Stephen Kokx from Kokx News.
Mar 10
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S.D. Wright
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Who can elect a Pope? (Fr Ricossa)
Fr Francesco Ricossa IMBC discusses who has the right to take part in a papal election and a General Council – and who does not.
Mar 9
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Third Sunday of Lent – What think you of Christ?
We are are commanded to take a position on the Third Sunday of Lent.
Published on Father Coleridge Reader
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Mar 8
Top 5 articles on St Thomas Aquinas
On the feast of St Thomas Aquinas, check out our top five articles on the Angelic Doctor of the Church.
Mar 7
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S.D. Wright
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'Zero Marks' – Why the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church (Reply to Fr Thomas Crean)
The DEFINITIVE account as to why the Conciliar/Synodal Church cannot be the 'perpetually visible Church.'
Mar 3
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S.D. Wright
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'Co-Redemptrix' – The testimony of Popes, Saints and Theologians
Nov 4, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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BIG NEWS: Transalpine Redemptorists ‘repudiate the Synodal Church’ as ‘distinct’ from the Catholic Church
Oct 16, 2025
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RIP Bishop Richard Williamson
Jan 29, 2025
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'Two Years after the Consecrations'
Oct 3, 2025
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'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.
Mar 3
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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…
Mar 3
10
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.
Mar 1
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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.
Feb 28
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The WM Review's Little Lenten Effort for 2026
Better late than never... based on St Thérèse of Lisieux's 'Little Way', here is The WM Review's Little Lenten Effort for 2026.
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Feb 28
The WM Review's Little Lenten Effort for 2026
Better late than never... based on St Thérèse of Lisieux's 'Little Way', here is The WM Review's Little Lenten Effort for 2026.
Feb 28
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S.D. Wright
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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…
Feb 27
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The visibility of the Church – WM Review on Kokx News
We discussed the visibility of the Church and our response to Fr Thomas Crean OP with Stephen Kokx from Kokx News.
Feb 26
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S.D. Wright
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'Zero Marks' – Why the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church (Reply to Fr Thomas Crean)
The DEFINITIVE account as to why the Conciliar/Synodal Church cannot be the 'perpetually visible Church.'
Mar 3
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S.D. Wright
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'No longer the same Church, if...' – Frank Sheed's red lines have all been crossed
Many people draw 'red lines', only to redraw them when they're crossed, or find ways to explain the crossing away.
Feb 23
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S.D. Wright
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Sexagesima and Quinquagesima – The Crisis in the Church, and how to solve it
Noah's Ark is an image of the Church – even during this terrible crisis.
Feb 10
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S.D. Wright
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Leo XIV: 'We are one! We already are!' Correct – but not as intended
The assertion of ecumenical unity from Leo XIV is false as stated, but hits on an unintended truth.
Jan 27
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S.D. Wright
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Why the secular Christmas is so rubbish
It's not because they leave the Baby out of the picture, because often he is included.
Dec 30, 2025
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S.D. Wright
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'No longer the same Church, if...' – Frank Sheed's red lines have all been crossed
Many people draw 'red lines', only to redraw them when they're crossed, or find ways to explain the crossing away.
Feb 23
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S.D. Wright
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First Sunday of Lent – Jesus in the Desert
Lent opens with Christ fasting in the desert for forty days, being tempted by the Devil, and being comforted by the Angels.
Published on Father Coleridge Reader
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Feb 22
Top Five Lent Articles
Here are our favourite five sets of articles for the Lenten period.
Feb 18
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'Co-Redemptrix' – The testimony of Popes, Saints and Theologians
Nov 4, 2025
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S.D. Wright
95
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BIG NEWS: Transalpine Redemptorists ‘repudiate the Synodal Church’ as ‘distinct’ from the Catholic Church
Oct 16, 2025
128
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40
RIP Bishop Richard Williamson
Jan 29, 2025
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'Two Years after the Consecrations'
Oct 3, 2025
119
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Leo XIV invokes ‘tikkun olam’, a concept of Jewish Kabbalah
Sep 22, 2025
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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…
Feb 2
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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…
Aug 14, 2025
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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…
Jun 16, 2025
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'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.
Feb 20, 2025
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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…
Jan 21, 2025
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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.
Jan 16, 2025
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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…
Dec 17, 2024
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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…
Dec 16, 2024
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S.D. Wright
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'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.
Mar 3
34
3
7
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…
Mar 3
10
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.
Mar 1
11
1
2
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.
Feb 28
3
1
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…
Feb 27
26
9
4
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…
Feb 12
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'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…
Feb 3
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A valid papal election without cardinals? John Daly
What are the conditions for a valid papal election in the absence of designated electors?
Jan 23
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John Daly
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