For the record: Pope Francis confirms Amoris Laetitia allows communion for adulterers

Note: As Rorate has argued since day one of the first Synod -- Francis is leading the destruction of the family and the defiance of the words of Jesus Christ Himself. We've been told, also since day one, that we would be proved wrong, by laymen, priests and prelates. This is one time we wish they were right and we were wrong, but alas ...






September 9, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — In a letter

Extensive Article on the problems of Amoris Laetitia -- English translation of the French original

In No. 136 of the Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer’s quarterly review Sedes Sapientiæ, there is a commentary on Chapter 8 of Amoris Lætitia, written by Father Louis-Marie de Blignières (one of the 45 signatories of the Critique on Amoris Laetitia). This article, before its publication was sent to several bishops and cardinals who expressed their gratitude and agreement to the author. In

Take part in our poll! - Should SSPX accept Prelature offer made by Francis?

A few days ago, we posted the videos of Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, explaining to faithful in New Zealand what the offer of a Personal Prelature to the SSPX by the Vatican looks like.

So our Twitter poll this month (open for 7 days) asks you your opinion on the offer. Please, have a say!


Poll open for 7 days:
- If Francis offers a Prelature to Society

New Mass Novena: Help the Benedictines of Mary build a new church!

UPDATE: The sisters need $1.5 million to break ground his Autumn. We're reposting this as we know many are away in the summer. Please open your hearts, and your wallets. May God reward you for helping: 

Whenever they ask, Rorate helps raise money for some of the greatest nuns God's blessed us with, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. And, every time, our dear readers have responded in

Guest Op-Ed - Maturity in the Faith: Avoiding the anonymous Christian theory in evangelization

                                                                                                                                By Veronica A. Arntz



In his Letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul writes that we must
grow into the maturity of our faith. We read that members of the Church are
given different gifts for building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12).



These gifts are meant to be

Saints of the Old Testament: St. Zacharias, prophet

In the traditional Roman Martyrology, the month of September has more commemorations of Old Testament saints than any other month. Today, only two days after the commemoration of Moses, through whom God inaugurated the Old Covenant with the Israelite people, we remember St. Zacharias the Prophet, through whom God announced that He would "make void my covenant, which I had made with all the

Sermon for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost: What is True Humility?

by Father Richard G. Cipolla

Parish of St. Mary

Norwalk, Connecticut



Humilitas




From the Gospel:  “For he who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.”





Is it not a non sequitur? The first part of the gospel is about Jesus’ eating with the Pharisees, the pious Jews who knew the Law.  Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath, and the Pharisees react:  is

What Muslims are doing in our churches: Thousands of raids every year

Libero Quotidiano

August 31, 2016





There have also been recent cases (mainly reported in local newspapers but occasionally even in national newspapers) of Muslims going into churches, shouting, cursing and smashing sacred objects. 



However this alarm is not limited only to Italy. 




As an article in ‘Venerdi’ of Repubblica reports, also Spain, France, Belgium and Germany are targets.  

Saints of the Old Testament: St. Moses, lawgiver and prophet

It has been only three days since the traditional Roman Martyrology marked the deaths of the Old Testament saints Josue and Gedeon, as well as the death of St. Anna the Prophetess who lived to see the birth of the promised Messiah of Israel.  Yet another Old Testament saint -- in fact, the greatest and most significant of ancient Israel's saints -- is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology

Roman Forum 2017: Setting Right a World Turned Upside Down

We are pleased to announce the program of the 2017 Roman Forum Summer Symposium. This annual  symposium on the shores of Lake Garda is an important gathering of traditionalist intellectuals that has recently produced notable statements On the Ecclesial and Civilizational Crisis and Regarding the “Catholic” Apotheosis of Luther. We urge our readers to attend the symposium, or, if they are

For the Record: Bishop Fellay explains what has been offered to SSPX by Rome and what Prelature will look like

The videos were recorded in a conference on August 24, 2016. The main points are in the two videos below, especially the last one. We do not add comments, but let the declarations stand as they are.

[Note: The conference was held by the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X ( FSSPX/ SSPX), Bishop Bernard Fellay, in St. Anthony's, Wanganui, New Zealand.]





Thanks to Reader PD

Pope Benedict XVI on the Life and Accomplishments of Saint Pius X

Dear Brothers and Sisters,



Today I would like to reflect on my Predecessor, St Pius X whose liturgical Memorial we shall be celebrating next Saturday and to underline certain features that may be useful to both Pastors and faithful also in our time.



Giuseppe Sarto, that was his name, was born into a peasant family in Riese, Treviso, in 1835. After studying at the Seminary in Padua he

Reminder: Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society

This is our monthly reminder to please enroll Souls of the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society. We now stand at 76 priests saying weekly or monthly traditional Latin Masses for the Souls. 




NEW! Click here to download a "fillable" PDF Mass Card to give to the loved ones of the Souls you enroll. It's free. 




Priests: The Souls still need more of you saying Mass for them! Please email me

Help the Norcia Monks - an appeal

We have all read about and seen pictures of the devastation
caused by the recent earthquake in central Italy.  Although the damage was not as severe as in
Amatrice and other hamlets, the town of Norcia suffered in a real way from the
earthquake.  What most saddened me was
the damage suffered by the Basilica of S. Benedetto and the adjoining
monastery.  Readers of this blog know of
my great

"Mercy" for conservatives: Bishop Oliveri resignation "accepted", Bishop Lafitte out of the Curia, Cardinal Rylko and Bishop Clemens in "limbo" with the disappearance of their Pontifical Council.

1. Today (September 1, 2016) the statutes of the new "Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life" come into force. The new Dicastery is led by Bishop Kevin Farrell (formerly of Dallas) as Prefect; it has as yet no Secretary (a position that can be filled by a layman). The same statutes decree that as of today, the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family are deemed

De Mattei: Earthquakes of a spiritual nature are graver

Roberto de
Mattei

Il Tempo

August
31, 2016







During the Angelus of August 28th Pope Francis announced that he would go
to visit the earthquake victims in Lazio, Umbria and delle Marche "as soon as
possible", to bring them in person "the comfort of the faith, a fatherly and
brotherly embrace and the support of Christian hope."



That "as soon as possible" is not connected to the Pope’s

Saints of the Old Testament: Sts. Josue, Gedeon, and Anna

In the great Legenda Aurea ("The Golden Legend," though correctly translated "The Golden Readings") which Blessed Jacobus de Voragine, OP, Archbishop of Genoa, compiled about the year 1260, we find the following commentary regarding the liturgical celebration of the feasts of the saints of the Old Testament period:



"It is worthy of note that the Eastern Church celebrates the feasts of

For the record: "Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development" established.

Since 2014 (see this report) the merging of four Pontifical Councils --  Justice and Peace, “Cor Unum”, Health Care Workers, and Migrants and Itinerant Peoples -- into a "super-Congregation" had been widely expected. The super-Congregation was initially expected to be named the "Congregation for Charity and Justice". 



Today (August 31) the new body was formally established through the

Sermon for the Feast of St. Augustine

Sermon for the Feast of Saint Augustine


by Father Richard Cipolla

Parish of St. Mary

Norwalk, Connecticut



Today we keep the feast of St. Augustine in the Traditional
calendar, because St. Augustine is the patron saint of this diocese and
therefore takes precedence over the Sunday. 
At the end of the Mass we will venerate the relic of St. Augustine that brings grace to this parish church

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi: The Foundations of Existence

Chiesa e Post Concilio 

August 30, 2016




“We have no need of announcers of the word who want to change the Gospel with the excuse of adapting it to our times, but of announcers who endeavour each day, even with little results, to change themselves everyday ever more conformed to the Gospel which does not change”.






“In the plan predisposed by
God for the salvation of men, there are three

Pope Leo XIII on the Most Holy Eucharist: The chief means whereby men are engrafted on the divine nature

Excerpts from



MIRAE CARITATIS

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII 

ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST



Given at Rome, at St. Peter's on the 28th day of May, being the Vigil of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, in the year 1902, of Our Pontificate the five and twentieth. 







To Our Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, 

Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries, 

having Peace and Communion

Event: Solemn High Mass in New Orleans

Solemn High Mass: Requiem on the 100th Anniversary of the Death of John Lancaster Spalding

On Thursday evening, 24 Aug. 2016, a Solemn High Requiem Mass in the traditional Roman Rite was offered at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, for the repose of the soul of Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, first bishop of Peoria. Those who attended report that the Mass, the first traditional Latin Mass at the cathedral since the liturgical revolutions

Dr. John Rao lecture: “Even Now the Devastation Is Begun"

Dr. John Rao (shown in the video above reading the Lake Garda Statement) will be delivering the customary Roman Forum Lecture Series in New York this year. The Program will be as follows:





The Roman Forum

New York City Church History Program

2016-2017



“Even Now the Devastation Is Begun---

And Half the Business of Destruction Done”

(1748-1799)



Lecturer: John C. Rao, D. Phil. (

Norcia Quake! - Updated

Praying for our many friends and acquaintances in Norcia (Nursia), Umbria, Italy, following the devastating earthquake there a few hours ago. More news as soon as possible.







Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo:

ne in aeternum irascaris nobis.

+

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.




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Italian broadcasters speak of at least 38 dead at the moment, including