Sacrosanctum-concilium (Vatican II)

More US bishops require permission for priests to celebrate ‘ad orientem’

The Pillar, August 23, 2023   Bishops in the United States continue to issue new restrictions on the celebration of the ordinary form of the Mass ad orientem alongside implementation of Pope Francis’ restrictions on the extraordinary form of the liturgy. The policies, now in place in... read more

The Liturgy Debate of Vatican II: A Look Back

COMMENTARY: Sixty years later, ‘Sacrosanctum Concilium’ remains a vital reference point. By Father Joseph Thomas, National Catholic Register, July 11, 2023 After more than three years of preparation, the Second Vatican Council began in October of 1962, with ambitious goals for fostering... read more

Custom and the Force of Law

By Peter Kwasniewski, PhD, One Peter Five, May 17, 2023 Something missed by Catholics enamored of the post-Conciliar mentality—that dangerous blend of modernism and ultramontanism—is that, in the past, custom was as good as law. St. Augustine could not have been clearer on... read more

Pope Francis Says Traditional Latin Mass Was Being Used in an Ideological Way

The Pope spoke about the Latin Mass in a private conversation with Jesuits on the second day of his April 28–30 trip to Budapest, Hungary. By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA, National Catholic Register, May 10, 2023 Pope Francis said he implemented one of the changes of Traditionis custodes, the... read more

The One Thread By Which the Council Hangs: a Response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy

By Dom Alcuin Reid, One Peter Five, January 19, 2023 “Don’t touch that! If you do, everything will collapse!” The warning is clear enough. Any sensible person would rapidly desist, lest their one seemingly minor act bring everything crashing down, undoing the work of many days, weeks,... read more

What Shia LaBeouf Understands and Bishop Barron Does Not

By Darrick Taylor, PhD, One Peter Five, September 7, 2022 The New Mass is Inauthentic If you are attuned to online Catholic discussion, you have probably seen clips at least of Bishop Robert Barron’s interview with Shia LaBeouf, the actor who became Catholic after portraying St. Pio of... read more

“Liturgy is not a toy of popes; it is the heritage of the Church” — Very strong statement on Traditionis Custodes by Bp. Rob Mutsaerts (Den Bosch, Netherlands)

Rob Mutsaerts, Auxiliary Bishop of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, published this strong statement on his blog. The pope has asked frequently for parrhesia, and now he's getting a good dose of it from around the world. Translation prepared for Rorate Caeli.—PAK An Evil Edict from Pope... read more

Traditionis Custodes: an Act of War Against Faithful Catholics

By Steve Skojec, One Peter Five, July 20, 2021 For those who love the traditional Latin Mass, it’s been a rough few days. Pope Francis unleashed a new motu proprio last Friday — “Traditionis Custodes” — that overturned Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum and returned the TLM’s... read more

Bishop Paprocki Dispenses 2 Illinois Parishes From Restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass

In a July 19 decree, Bishop Thomas Paprocki, who is a canon lawyer, is allowing the parishes to continue to celebrate Masses according to the 1962 Missal. This document is unique, in that it is a decree with canonical dispensations and not just a statement. By Jonah McKeown/CNA, July 20,... read more

Is This What the Church Needs Just Now?

Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Catholic Thing, July 20, 2021 [Note: We continue today with additional, much-needed commentary on ‘Traditionis Custodes,’ the pope’s recent motu proprio limiting the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Traditional Latin Mass. (Available on the Vatican... read more

Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Ultimate Trojan Horse

By Peter Kwasniewski, Crisis, June 21, 2021 I used to think that the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, was “just fine” if you took it at face value, and that the problem was people ignoring it or implementing it in a one-sided or... read more

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