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Did Judas receive Holy Communion? And was he ordained a priest?
The implications of this question are significant, for if Judas departed before Christ said, 'Do this,' was he ever a priest or a bishop?
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
Pepino and Fimister attack Catholics rejecting Vatican II's novel religious liberty
The new edition of Abbé Lucien’s 'solution' to Vatican II includes unfortunate allegations against Catholics by John Pepino and Alan Fimister.
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S.D. Wright
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Pope Innocent VIII's condemnation of Pico della Mirandola's book of 900 propositions
Pico della Mirandola has captured many imaginations. But what did Innocent VIII's bull of condemnation actually say?
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Did St Thomas More call a 'Christian Hermeticist' a 'perfect philosopher and theologian'?
Sebastian Morello tells us that the beloved martyr St Thomas More described Pico Della Mirandola as 'a perfect philosopher and a perfect theologian…
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S.D. Wright
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Lucien réfuté: 'La liberté religieuse—Une distinction illusoire, une conclusion indue'
La défense de la liberté religieuse de Vatican II par l’abbé Lucien vient de paraître en anglais — mais l’abbé Belmont l’avait réfutée depuis longtemps.
Lucien refuted: 'Religious Liberty: Illusory Distinction, Unwarranted Conclusion'
Abbé Bernard Lucien's defence of Vatican II's new doctrine of religious liberty recently appeared in English. But his claims were already refuted years…
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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…
Why does Saint John seem to end his Gospel twice?
St John affirms Christ’s divinity, bears personal witness, and hints at truths too great for the world to contain. His final word is a call to believe…
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What St Luke reveals about the Church’s mission and the Holy Ghost
St Luke closes his Gospel with a beginning: the fulfilment of prophecy, the command to preach repentance, and the promise of power from on high.
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What Trinity Sunday tells us about the Church’s indefectible authority
Christ's final command was to teach, govern and sanctify all men, until the end of time. On Trinity Sunday, the Church recalls this—not as a memory, but…
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
'Totem Pope'—Should we ignore what goes on in Rome?
Is 'ignoring the pope' or hoping that he speaks less a solution—or a further symptom of the 'Totem Pope' illusion?
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S.D. Wright
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'Open borders'—Leo XIV's Pentecost sermon (taking aim at JD Vance?)
What does it mean for Leo XIV to say 'The Spirit opens borders'—and why did he repeat this phrase like a mantra in his Pentecost sermon?
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