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Religious Liberty

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
‘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
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.
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.
 • S.D. Wright
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…
Does charity require us to assume orthodoxy and good will?
The idea of a dogmatic 'benefit of the doubt' is contradicted by the Catholic authority.
 • S.D. Wright
The triumph of Luciferianism at Vatican II
‘The cult of man’—its roots in Enlightenment philosophy, Freemasonry, Luciferianism, and its triumph at Vatican II.
 • S.D. Wright
Linking Satanism with religious liberty triggered some outrage—here's why
We either accept that liberalism pervades the very air we breathe, or we live in denial.
How far does Vatican II's 'right to religious liberty' extend?
Those who defend Vatican II, and condemn those who object to it, need to own the implications.
Did Vatican II betray 'Christ the King'? (Podcast)
The WM Review's S.D. Wright appeared on The Two Cities Podcast to discuss the Kingship of Christ—and whether this doctrine has been betrayed at and…
 • S.D. Wright
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