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The Living Branch of the Traditional Latin Mass
A mother’s love does not always say yes, but a mother’s love is always healing, is always strengthening. May the Church love her children in the very same way....
Pope Francis Needs to Say “No”
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from the Evil One” (Matthew 5:37). These words came to mind when I read Pope...
Who’s Afraid of Ad Orientem?
Cardinal Robert Sarah’s call on July 5th for a wider celebration of the Ordinary Form Mass ad orientem was predictably dead on arrival, given the lack of support from...