The SSPX: What We Need to Clarify About Confession and the Appeal
A follow-up explaining the DDF statements, Fr. Gerald Murray’s legal objections, and the Society’s reported recourse, while remaining committed to reconciliation within the Church.
Points to Ponder
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Using AI Without Handing It Our Conscience
A useful tool can help us study, but responsibility for truth and care remains with us.
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When Disagreement Tests Our Charity
A strong conviction need not become contempt for the person who disagrees.
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When Three Men Claimed the Papal Office
The Western Schism was healed through a new election—not by declaring that any disliked pope could be replaced.
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The SSPX, Tradition, and the Wound of Division
An SSPX-sympathetic reflection on preserving tradition while remaining aboard the Church, with documented positions and a fuller Western Schism comparison.
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Did Vatican II Depart from Catholic Tradition?
Did Vatican II Depart from Catholic Tradition? Examining Religious Liberty, Ecumenism, Non-Christian Religions, and the Liturgy through Scripture and the Magisterium For many Catholics, the decades following the Second Vatican Council have raised a difficult question: Did Vatican II faithfully develop Catholic Tradition, or did some of its teachings and the changes that followed represent…