Publication: Catholics Unscripted
Another Troubling Appointment By Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV’s decision to appoint Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola as Archpriest of St Peter’s Basilica will understandably unsettle Catholics attached to the traditional Roman liturgy. A prelate closely associated ...
Walking Together, But Towards What?
The Synod Secretariat says there can be no synodality without ecumenism. There is no doubt that there is something profoundly attractive about the language of ecumenism, it certainly speaks to ...
If Synodality Is Not a Programme, Why Is the Church Implementing It?
Something rather revealing happened this week in the continuing story of the waste of time and resources we know as the Synod on Synodality. Two interventions appeared which, when placed ...
How Can We Solve The Vocations Crisis Without Facing This Uncomfortable Truth?
Two pieces of news really struck me this week. The first was on the 19th July, the Bishop of Plymouth, in his Pastoral Letter called on parishioners to ask young ...
WATCH: Professor EXPOSES the Sham of Synodality in the Catholic Church
Has "synodality" become one of the most misused words in the Catholic Church? In this in-depth conversation, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert are joined by renowned canon lawyer, theologian and ...
WATCH: Is the Vatican Backtracking on Study Group 9?
Has the Vatican begun to backtrack on the Synod’s controversial Study Group No. 9 report? Following explosive reporting by Diane Montagna and new developments emerging from Rome. Mark examines the ...
WATCH: The Question No One Wanted Asked About Vatican II
Harry Houdini hung suspended above Niagara Falls in a locked barrel while crowds gazed upward in anxious fascination. Chains bound his arms. The lid was nailed shut. Gravity and water ...
WATCH: Why Was Pope Francis’ Pontificate So Disastrous?
In this episode of Catholic Unscripted, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert are joined by Dr Peter Kwasniewski for a serious conversation examining the theological and pastoral questions raised by the ...
WATCH: Why the Liturgy Was Changed, and What We Lost
In this episode of Catholic Unscripted, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert are joined once again by Brian Williams to explore the Catholic liturgy, the changes of the modern era, and ...
SSPX: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Cure
I am still working my way through the repercussions of the recent announcement by the SSPX that they will consecrate new bishops this year with or without the Pope’s agreement ...
Why Traditiones Custodes Has Caused A Crisis Of Liturgical Authority
There are moments in the life of the Church when a local dispute suddenly reveals a much deeper and more troubling fault line. What is unfolding in the Diocese of ...
Vatican II at the Crossroads of Leo XIV’s Pontificate
What has unfolded during Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory has already revealed more than any formal communiqué could hope to convey. As I have already mentioned in my last ...
Why Fewer Catholics Are Listening to Their Bishops
One uncomfortable truth about recent episcopal appointments on both side of the pond is that they reveal less about holiness or vision, and more about institutional fear. After a series ...
The Gospel According to Hollywood: Robert De Niro Meets the Pope
It was, as Vatican News put it with papal understatement, “a pleasure to meet you.” A handshake, a few words, a rosary. A Hollywood legend stands before the successor of ...
WATCH: Why Did Pope Leo XIV Pray With King Charles?
Calvin Robinson joins Mark and Katherine to discuss the Ecumenical prayer event between Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III, the danger of Lukewarm faith, what both Catholics and Anglicans ...
WATCH: Fr. Perricone BLASTS Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Did you see this amazing homily from a priest in New York directly dressing down Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster? It seems like the mask is finally ...
The Silence of Leo: Justice, the Latin Mass, and the Deepening Fracture within the Church
In a development that has left many faithful Catholics reeling, the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, has reportedly confirmed that the Vatican has ordered the termination of all diocesan celebrations of ...
WATCH: Fr. Kalchik – 7 Years After Being Silenced By Cupich
Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert of Catholics Unscripted visit with Fr. Paul Kalchik, a priest in the archdiocese of Chicago who was removed by Cardinal Cupich for destroying the demonic ...
WATCH: Fr Robert McTeigue Says FEAR and LACK OF FAITH at the Heart of Attempts to Destroy the Church
Fr Robert McTeigue joins Catholics Unscripted to discuss the true nature of reality, the threats men face in our culture, why we need good men and what happened to them ...
When Continuity Becomes Contradiction
Cardinal Francis George, the late Archbishop of Chicago, understood that reform in the Church means re-rooting, not uprooting. He was a scholar-bishop with a clear sense of Catholic identity, a ...
Hijacking John Henry Newman
Rescuing John Henry Newman from Misuse in the Church’s Moral Crisis In February 2023, the Anglican Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, addressed the Church of England Synod with a bold ...
