The recent quip by Leo at Castel Gandolfo finally puts to bed a line used to bludgeon the Society in the last few decades, and introduces the actual core argument. The kids call it the quiet part out loud. Which if considered and taken in context not only leaves the Society in the dust of his flippy floppies, but an enormous number of Novus Ordo Catholics who have reservations about the great and not wrong Second Vatican Council. What he said, in answer to a question about the SSPX situation:...

The episcopal consecrations of June 30, 1988 carried out by Bishop Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer. c/o Wiki Media Commons The upcoming consecrations are an action that will reverberate for centuries in the Church. It’s a continuation of Archbishop Lefebvre's necessary project in response to the tragic drift of Rome, on behalf of every faithful Catholic who ever was or ever will be. Like the arms of Christ on the cross, reaching east and west, past and future, for all eternity, the...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to...