| Welcome, Guest |
You have to register before you can post on our site.
|
| Online Users |
There are currently 341 online users.
» 0 Member(s) | 335 Guest(s)
Applebot, Bing, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yandex
|
|
|
| The Other Unauthorized Episcopal Consecration in California |
|
Posted by: Stone - 4 hours ago - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
- No Replies
|
 |
The hypocrisy continues in the Conciliar Church - Tradition is suppressed while every corruption is allowed ...
The Other Unauthorized Episcopal Consecration in California
by Fr. Romano Tommasi, SLD
![[Image: Screenshot_20260426_223007_YouTube-2048x1132-1.jpg]](https://onepeterfive-wp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot_20260426_223007_YouTube-2048x1132-1.jpg)
Above: the other recent unauthorised consecration. Photo credit: InfoVaticana.
1P5 | July 1, 2026
The SSPX has now consecrated bishops without a papal mandate. OnePeterFive has noted the comparisons to the Chinese Church situation (see two views on China here and here).
Here I want to quickly note another similar situation that took place quite recently. Joseph V. Brennan, Catholic Bishop of Fresno (California), participated in an unauthorized consecration of an American Episcopalian bishop without an apostolic mandate 18 April 2026.
Despite this, he remains in his see with jurisdiction and no announcement of canonical trial or penalties.
The Episcopalian Church in America still uses the 39 articles of religion from the Church of England (subtracting those naming the monarch as head of the Church), even if they are guideposts and things of honor, not doctrinally binding. (In fact, it would take quite a specialist to understand what indeed binds consciences under sin in today’s Episcopalian Church in the USA.)
Be that as it may, we shall expect that a communicatio in sacris with a religious body, including consecration of their bishop, without papal mandate will show that the CIC 1983 is only selectively operative.
The instance vitiates rule by law in the Vatican prior to the 01 July 2026 SSPX equally unauthorized consecrations.
What is the scandalous difference: The Episcopal Church rejects the extraordinary and universal ordinary magisterium (and the ordinary magisterium of Vatican II), but no penalties will be applied to Brennan, whereas the SSPX only provisionally rejects some limited decrees of post-Vatican II magisterium until they can be reconciled with the Extraordinary and Universal Ordinary Magisterium. Cardinal Müller, as former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sees no threat in Brennan for Church unity at the Consistory. Somehow unity is preserved in California but gravely threatened at Ecône.
The mistake the Vatican keeps making is to reduce these absurdities as inconsequential to its publicly perceived teaching authority in the ordinary magisterium. In a first-world Catholic Church where many faithful are better educated and more learned than their clergy, the Church looks unserious, and they are not wrong to join with the traditionalists.
|
|
|
| Pope Leo’s pick to lead German diocese proposes scrapping priestly celibacy |
|
Posted by: Stone - 4 hours ago - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
- No Replies
|
|
Continuing Pope Francis' agenda of elevating extreme liberals ...
Pope Leo’s pick to lead German diocese proposes scrapping priestly celibacy
Bishop Christian Würtz, who supported the Synodal Way's push for homosexual 'blessings,'
says he is open to abolishing mandatory priestly celibacy as part of ‘synodal’ talks.
Jul 14, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A German bishop who backed the Synodal Way’s push for homosexual “blessings” says he’s open to abolishing priestly celibacy, telling German broadcasters the Church must weigh what it “gains and gives up.”
Bishop Christian Würtz, who was recently appointed as bishop of Eichstätt by Pope Leo XIV, gave an interview to Bayerischer Rundfunk in which he talked about his attitude toward the “reforms” demanded by the heretical German Synodal Way.
Würtz said he is in favor of an open debate on priestly celibacy, arguing that the Church should weigh the “costs and benefits.”
The 55-year-old Würtz was among the 38 German bishops in 2023 who voted in favor of a document endorsing “blessings” for homosexual “couples” as well as for the divorced and “remarried.” Six months earlier, Würtz supported the German Synodal Way’s heterodox “Theological Reassessment of Homosexuality” document that called homosexual acts “not sinful” and “not intrinsically evil,” contrary to the timeless teaching of Scripture and the Church.
READ: Pope Leo appoints German bishop who endorsed homosexual ‘blessings,’ claimed sodomy ‘not sinful’
His predecessor as bishop of Eichstätt, Gregor Maria Hanke, was known as a conservative who rejected the radical proposals of the Synodal Way and wanted to remain faithful to the Church’s perennial teaching. However, Würtz said that he did not want to make these differences into a point of contention.
“It’s important not to get lost in factional struggles, but to always look for what unites us and what is central,” he stated. “That’s also an important aspect of synodality – this listening to one another, this working together, moving forward together, learning from one another, and not immediately treating one’s own opinion as absolute.”
According to his own account, Würtz was visiting Eichstätt for the very first time when he was appointed as bishop. “I suspect that when most people heard the name Christian Würtz, they had no idea who he was,” the new bishop of Eichstätt said. “But it was really wonderful for me to see that the cathedral was so full, that people spontaneously applauded, and right after the announcement of my appointment, I went out to the cathedral’s forecourt and met many people there.”
“It is a beautiful coincidence that my appointment takes place on the feast day of St. Willibald, the patron saint of the Diocese of Eichstätt. I hope that, with my experience and abilities, I can also contribute to building the Kingdom of God in Eichstätt and walk alongside the people here,” Würtz said in an official diocesan statement after his appointment.
“I thank Pope Leo for the trust he has placed in me and am now looking forward to getting to know the people in the diocese,” he added.
|
|
|
|
| Murder of Catholic pro-life politician is now being investigated as terrorism: UK police |
|
Posted by: Stone - 4 hours ago - Forum: Global News
- No Replies
|
|
Murder of Catholic pro-life politician is now being investigated as terrorism: UK police
Ann Widdecombe, who was known for opposing abortion and pro-LGBT policies, was found dead at her home on Friday with ‘serious injuries.’
![[Image: GettyImages-1141089097.jpg]](https://www.lifesitenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-1141089097.jpg)
Ann Widdecombe speaks during a Brexit Party campaign rally at Mill Farm, home of A.F.C Flyde on May 4, 2019 in Wesham, United Kingdom.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Jul 13, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — The murder of prominent English Catholic politician Ann Widdecombe, who was known for opposing abortion and pro-LGBT policies, is being investigated as terrorism, UK police announced on Monday.
“We now have new information and evidence that means Counter Terrorism Policing is now leading the investigation,” the head of the UK’s National Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said. “We are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry to establish the motivation for this attack.”
“New information and evidence has come to light during what has been a dynamic and complex investigation,” Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said.
Police rearrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of “commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” the CTPSE added.
Local police in Devon, where Widdecombe was killed, had initially stated that there was “no information to suggest that this is a terrorism related incident.”
Police first arrested the suspect on Saturday evening in South Yorkshire, more than 200 miles from Widdecombe’s village, on suspicion of murder.
They had arrested a previous, 26-year-old suspect on Friday but released him hours later.
Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her rural home on Thursday with “serious injuries,” according to police.
They said that they believe the attack occurred on Wednesday, almost 24 hours before the discovery of her body.
Widdecombe was a Conservative member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010 and a member of the European Parliament for the Brexit Party from 2019 until 2020, when the UK left the EU. In 2023, she joined the Reform Party, serving as the party’s immigration and justice spokesperson.
Widdecombe’s opposition to abortion, assisted suicide, homosexuality
Widdecombe was well-known for defending the right to life and the traditional family.
As Right to Life UK noted, she repeatedly opposed pro-abortion policies and supported pro-life measures, including legislation to require parental notification for underage abortions and to lower the abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12.
She also stressed that she “would never license an abortion clinic” if she became health secretary.
Widdecombe likewise opposed assisted suicide, fighting multiple attempts to legalize it during her time in Parliament. More recently, she denounced assisted suicide legislation that failed in the UK this year as “riddled with horrors.”
“It is impossible to introduce adequate safeguards to protect the mentally ill, disabled and the frail elderly,” she said.
Widdecombe was a member of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the UK’s oldest pro-life organization, from her time in university. SPUC Executive Director Michael Robinson told LifeSiteNews: “In an age when many public figures shifted with the political winds, she stood firm on matters of principle, often at considerable personal cost.”
“Her Catholic faith was not something she kept private; it shaped her public life,” he added. “She was an unashamed defender of the dignity of every human life, speaking up for the unborn, the elderly, the disabled, and the vulnerable. Her belief that every human life matters — from conception until natural death — never wavered.”
Widdecombe strongly pushed back on the LGBT movement as well, consistently voting against pro-LGBT measures, including efforts to lower the age of consent for homosexual activity from 21 to 18 and from 18 to 16.
“One of the sundry horrors for which this Government is likely to be remembered will be that it gave its imprimatur to sodomy at 16,” she said in 1998, slamming Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labour government.
“They will clothe the whole revolting business with the politically correct jargon of equal rights and the need to respect the sexual orientation of the individual,” she said.
Widdecombe additionally opposed homosexual “marriage,” gender self-identification, and the promotion of homosexuality in schools and defended reparative therapy for homosexuals.
“Anybody can get help for anything from psychotherapists in this country except apparently gays who do not want to be gay,” she said in a 2012 column. “A man who wants to be a woman will receive not only the necessary operations but also a huge amount of psychological support and counselling.”
Catholic convert
Widdecombe was raised in an evangelical family and became Anglican after falling into agnosticism in her youth. She later converted to the Catholic Church in 1993 after the Church of England decided to “ordain” women.
She remarked that the “ordination” of women “was the last straw” that led her to leave the Church of England, “but it was only one of many.”
“For years I’ve been disillusioned by the Church of England compromising on everything,” she said.
Widdecombe “became the first person since the Reformation to be received into the Catholic Church in the crypt of the Commons,” according to The Guardian.
Pope Benedict XVI named her a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 2013 for her services to politics and public life.
Catholic historian Henry von Blumenthal told LifeSite: “Ann Widdecombe gave a voice to those of us who left the Church of England in the 1990s because we saw that the ordination of women formally set aside the Catholic understanding of clerical ordination and therefore of the sacraments of confession and Holy Communion.”
He noted that she wrote a pamphlet in 2004, The Mass is a Mess, that “denounced the banality of the English vernacular translation of the new Mass, but went on also to point out its defective theology.”
“This placed her adjacent to those who went further still; for as is now much more widely recognised, liturgy is doctrine in motion and the modern doctrinal collapse goes hand in hand with the introduction of the new Mass,” von Blumenthal continued.
He also said that Widdecombe was “a prominent supporter” of the Anglican Ordinariate created by Pope Benedict XVI, and “it commonly supposed that she may have added impetus to its creation.”
“If so it is hardly surprising that Benedict made her a dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great only weeks before his abdication,” he said.
The murder of Widdecombe is the latest of numerous killings or attempted assassinations of conservative political and cultural figures in recent years, including U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Charlie Kirk, and others.
In 2021, a Muslim terrorist murdered British MP David Amess, another conservative, pro-life Catholic.
|
|
|
|
| Holy Mass in Idaho [Post Falls area] - July 26, 2026 |
|
Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 11:53 AM - Forum: July 2026
- No Replies
|
|
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Feast of St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
w/ Commemoration of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
![[Image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcatholicsaintmedals.com...fadff769b4]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcatholicsaintmedals.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fanne-mary-read.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=293be5aafe542af373d077143129558fd18689f1e81812aabaa6fafadff769b4)
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2025
Time: Confessions - 9:00 AM
Holy Mass - 9:30 AM
Location: 26485 North Silver Meadows Loop
Athol, ID 83801 [Post Falls area]
Contact: 253-509-2564
|
|
|
|
| A Battle Led by St. Ulrich, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg |
|
Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 08:54 AM - Forum: The Saints
- No Replies
|
|
A Battle Led by St. Ulrich, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
Adapted from The Life of Ulrich of Augsburg by Gerhard, Dalcassian Press, 2024
TIA | July 11, 2026
St. Ulrich was the Bishop of Augsburg in the 10th century (923–973), and known for his efforts to reform the Church and spread the Faith in Bavaria. One of his most epic feats was his valiant defense of his city in 955 when Augsburg was besieged by the Magyars (Hungarians).
Ulrich defended the city of Lechfeld, just south of Augsburg, for more than three days against the attacking heathens in August 955. The Prince-Bishop was actively engaged in the fight, organized the defense, and encouraged the fighters in the frontlines. Ulrich’s ability to hold out during the siege until the imperial forces arrived was crucial to the victory of Emperor Otto.
His legend was written by Gerhard, provost of Augsburg, between 982 and 993. Gerhard was an eyewitness and gave a lively account of the Prince-Bishop's part in the battle. However, between 1020 and 1040 the Abbot of Reichenau Berno revised the Life of the holy Bishop, and hid the militant character of St. Ulrichhim presenting him as only a pious and meditating person, dedicated to prayer: No fights, no blood, no aggressive stances, the defense of Augsburg is mentioned just in passing.
In later versions of the legends, even the Magyars and the Battle itself disappear from the text. Fortunately, in the 15th century historians discovered the original “historically authentic” version. The following excerpt is from the original work by Gerhard.
It would not do good to be silent about the miracles of a great vision manifested to Ulrich where he foresaw the Battle of Lechfeld. One night some years before, when he placed his body on the bed to sleep, he saw St. Afra [an early martyr and Patron Saint of Augsburg] in great beauty, dressed in a beautiful tunic and girded, standing before him and saying: “Arise and follow me.”
![[Image: H296_Afr.jpg]](https://traditioninaction.org/religious/images_F-J/H296_Afr.jpg)
Patron of Augsburg St. Afra appeared to Ulrich
Then she led him to a field commonly called Lechfeld. There he found St. Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, who told him many things. He also indicated to him the impending incursion of the Hungarians and the places of battle. And, although it would only be with great effort, he announced that victory would be granted to the Christians.
After this vision was completed, he released him. Having been placed back on the bed, Ulrich returned to himself and contemplated it all, reverently recalling the words of St. Paul who was caught up to the secrets of third heaven “whether in the body or out of the body.” (2 Cor 12). …
Now, I would like to recount how the Almighty Lord deemed it worthy to liberate His people through the merits of His servant Ulrich. In 955, such a multitude of Hungarians (Magyars) was to be seen that no one living at that time claimed to have see such in the region before.
They simultaneously devastated the region of Noricum from the Danube River to the Black Forest; and when they crossed the Licum and occupied Alamannia, they burned the Church of Saint Afra and plundered the entire province, and set fire to the great part up to the Hilara River.
![[Image: H296_troop.jpg]](https://traditioninaction.org/religious/images_F-J/H296_troop.jpg)
A huge Magyar horde attacked Lechfeld
They besieged the city of Lechfeld, where the holy Bishop had a very great multitude of his best soldiers gathered within the walls of the city. Because of his direction, agility and boldness, the city stood firmly.
For when they saw the army of Hungarians surrounding the city to assault, they wished to go out to meet them. But the Bishop did not consent to it, commanding that the gate where the greatest entrance remained be firmly closed.
For it was at the eastern gate that the Hungarians planned to try to enter. But the soldiers of the Bishop, fighting bravely before that gate, resisted them, until finally one of the Magyars who was leading the others fell in battle and was killed. When the others saw him fall dead to the ground, they took him and returned to their camp.
At the hour of battle, the Bishop Ulrich, sitting on his horse, clothed with a stole, unarmed by shield or armor or helmet, stood unscathed and untouched while darts and stones were flying around him. When the battle was finished, he went around the city and commanded that towers of war should be suitably established around it and that throughout the night they be built and that the ramparts be renewed as much as time allowed.
The Bishop, however, spent much of the night in prayer, fervently imploring the mercy of the Holy Mary, Mother of God, for the defense of the people and the liberation of the city. The next morning, after saying the Mass, he went out to encourage the troops, recalling the words of the psalmist David, saying “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” (Ps 22).
![[Image: H296_Bat.jpg]](https://traditioninaction.org/religious/images_F-J/H296_Bat.jpg)
The Prince Bishop in the thick of the battle
After his salutary speech was concluded, when the rays of the shining sun were first illuminating the breadth of the earth, the army of Hungarians encircled the city to assault it with an indescribable multitude from all sides, bringing various instruments for the demolition of the walls.
When they were ready for battle on all sides, and all the defenses of the city were filled with those resisting, the Hungarians, seeing such a multitude in the defenses resisting them, did not dare to draw near the walls, so terrified were they. Meanwhile, when they were prepared for battle forth inside and outside, Berchtolf, son of Arnolf, came to Augsburg to announce the arrival of the glorious Emperor Otto. …
When the Emperor saw such a great army of Hungarians, he thought it could not be overcome by men unless Almighty God deemed to kill them. Trusting in His assistance and strengthened by the consolation of the Prince-Bishop, he began to engage in battle with them. On both sides there was much slaughter, but the glorious victory was given to Emperor Otto by God, for whom nothing is impossible.
Thus did the army of Hungarians finally turn to flight, losing the strength to fight any longer. The Emperor followed them with his men and continued to kill those that he could, and thus returned to Lechfeld in the evening of the day. There, leading the ceremony that night with the Bishop, they honored those who had fallen worthily in battle. …
![[Image: H296_Tom.jpg]](https://traditioninaction.org/religious/images_F-J/H296_Tom.jpg)
Today the bodies of St. Ulrich & St. Afra rest in the Basilica that holds their names in Augsburg, Bavaria
Shortly after this, St. Afra appeared again in a vision one night to St. Ulrich, and showed him the placement of her body. So, the Saint had the walls of the Church rebuilt, and did not delay until the exterior was completely covered with tiles and the insid fully adorned and decorated with paintings. He also ordered the ornaments that had been carried off to the city because of the barbarians to be restored.
Later the Bishop ordered a tomb to be dug for himself on the southern side of the outer wall of the church, and he would often go there on Friday and offer prayers and sacrifices there.
*
St. Ulrich's cult began immediately after his death in 973. Many miracles were wrought at his grave. Gerhard compiled 30 miracle stories by 993 to support the canonization cause, including cures of blindness, paralysis, and fever, and accounts of demoniacs freed at Ulrich's shrine.
Only 20 years after his death, Ulrich was canonized by Pope John XV on July 4, 993. He was the first saint to be canonized by a Pope, rather than by a local authority. His feast is kept on July 4.
![[Image: H296_Otto.jpg]](https://traditioninaction.org/religious/images_F-J/H296_Otto.jpg)
God gave Emperor Otto & St. Ulrich the victory |
|
|
|
| New Jersey diocese suppresses Traditional Latin Mass |
|
Posted by: Stone - 07-12-2026, 06:46 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
- No Replies
|
|
New Jersey diocese suppresses Traditional Latin Mass
Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams of the Diocese of Camden has not renewed the indult
for a Traditional Latin Mass in Northfield, New Jersey.
![[Image: shutterstock_373153930.jpg]](https://www.lifesitenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/shutterstock_373153930.jpg)
Shutterstock
Jul 10, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A Traditional Latin Mass in New Jersey has been suppressed after the retirement of a priest who offered the TLM.
Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams of the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, has decided not to renew the indult (permission) to continue the Traditional Latin Mass that was offered at St. Gianna Beretta Molla parish in Northfield, according to a recent report.
LifeSiteNews confirmed that the last TLM at St. Gianna was held Sunday, June 28, just before the retirement of Father Anthony J. Manuppella. According to several parishioners, the priest who has taken over as an administrator knows how to say the TLM, but lacking permission to offer it, is instead offering Novus Ordo Masses in Latin, ad orientem, at noon on Sundays.
The parish does not disclose its noon Masses on its website, reportedly after Fr. Manuppella was “chastised by the chancery for publicizing the noon Latin Mass on the parish website site and in the bulletin.”
A Responsa issued by Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, to clarify question about Pope Francis’ Latin Mass-crushing Traditionis Custodes stated that TLMs are not to be advertised in parish Mass schedules. [...]
|
|
|
|
|
![[Image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.oceansbridge.com%2...f8dd04f372]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.oceansbridge.com%2F2017%2F09%2F16073529%2FThe-Pharisee-and-the-Publican.-1661-Barent-Fabritius-oil-painting.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=f6f869d165e9862630cb507b28c3284b0b235491dec90696271d1af8dd04f372)
![[Image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcolosseumrometickets.co...04175d4996]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcolosseumrometickets.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2FThe-chains-of-Saint-Peter-in-the-Church-of-San-Pietro-in-Vincoli-in-Rome-Italy-810x490.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=897d065b38cc9e6c99bed46d1def5454cd38f0f1760f3458bde79e04175d4996)
![[Image: ?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.traditionalcatholic....81d7dbe734]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.traditionalcatholic.net%2FTradition%2FCalendar%2Fimage%2F0730.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=e06e8787817ebffe395b96eda5dcbe9f1f3224faa3677b21fb53a981d7dbe734)
![[Image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meisterdrucke.uk%2F...a3b1e9c9f8]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meisterdrucke.uk%2Fkunstwerke%2F1260px%2FUnknown_Artist_-_Saint_Martha_and_the_Monster_Tarasque_15th_century_manuscript_-_(MeisterDrucke-949921).jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=522acb3f35367f059f9459fe197ab04f382c16999ea8f84916e07da3b1e9c9f8)
![[Image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.squarespace-cdn....bd61a9f0a1]](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.squarespace-cdn.com%2Fcontent%2Fv1%2F63a8f930bf116e0e15838ee6%2F324f0f41-845f-4d31-8712-c545f3e069c5%2Fst%2Bjames%2Bpainting.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=62cfddd50a0a10594872c2c1e954cde745f348d6ad78f3c5d83e86bd61a9f0a1)
![[Image: 2b44462f-b737-45e9-4795-b7282ffac53b.jpg]](https://mcusercontent.com/76ce784d87af5db75a3164d6a/images/2b44462f-b737-45e9-4795-b7282ffac53b.jpg)
