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The Wandering Bishops
Immediately after the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops in an Alpine meadow next to its seminary at Écône, Switzerland, it received a personal message...
Slamming the Door on Female Clergy
The year 2025 witnessed not only the death of the most liberal pope in the history of the Church but also, seven months later, the final defeat of a...
Canterbury Fails
When it was announced in October that the next archbishop of Canterbury would be a woman with progressive views on homosexuality and abortion, social media erupted...
Bishop Martin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Until a few weeks ago, students attending Mass in the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High School in North Carolina received the Eucharist at an altar rail installed in 2017...
