Publication: Rorate Caeli
Saint Hildegard of Bingen and the Ecclesiology of the FSSPX
The idea that the Church will undergo a profound eschatological crisis born from within does not stem from some traditionalist blog, a conspiracy theory, or a contemporary apocalyptic fantasy. It ...
The Scandal of “Safe Environment Training”: Diocesan Bureaucracy as a Violation of Childhood Innocence
The following letter was sent by a father to his local diocese. He has offered it for publication and I am only too happy to publish it, because I agree ...
Why Is This 77-Year-Old Arch-Modernist Cardinal Still In-Charge In Chicago?
Cardinal DiNardo, of Galveston-Houston, was born in 1949. He retired and was replaced by his coadjutor, named by Francis, in 2025. Cardinal Dolan, of New York, was born in 1950 ...
Irony Alert: Trads Follow Vatican II on the Liturgy Better Than the Novus Ordo World Follows It
In the recent much-discussed letter from Cardinal Parolin to the French bishops, conveying the sentiments of Leo XIV, a certain phrase sticks out: “May the Holy Spirit suggest to you ...
The Crisis of Modern Ecumenism
Christ established one Church, not a confederation of equally legitimate expressions of Christianity. The modern ecumenical movement, particularly in its post-conciliar manifestation, has adopted a dangerous illusion: that the various ...
Cardinal Roche is Sad and Worried
Those who visit the Dicastery for Divine Worship say that Cardinal Roche has been looking downcast lately; they find him sad and worried. And no wonder. His career as a ...
New Book Chronicles the Disastrous Pontificate of Pope Francis and Offers Invaluable Guideline for Assessing Future Pontificates
Available at Amazon and Os Justi Press During his last general audience before his abdication Pope Benedict XVI declared his confidence in the barque of the Church weathering the storms ...
If I Were the Bishop
The following op-ed, by guest writer Mark Rose, is in the style of Paul Harvey’s “If I were the Devil.” If I were the Bishop—if I were the successor to ...
What’s the Top Priority in the Diocese of Charlotte? Eradicate Altar Rails
Thankfully, the Church in western North Carolina has a liturgical heavyweight to guide it, a true giant of the faith. From his episcopal letter, "on the reception of holy communion": ...
An Open Letter To Bishop Martin From A Catholic Convert
It is men like you who strongly imply that the Protestants had it right, and I was wrong to leave, and instead we should be more like them. Bishop Martin, ...
A Rebuttal to Mater Populi Fidelis
The document Mater Populi Fidelis of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, specifically in numbers 17 and 18 gives a undeservedly over-simplified overview of this important doctrine of ...
TLM Banned, But Queer NO Broadcast On Live TV
German public broadcaster ZDF has for decades presented Sunday "divine services": Evangelical and Catholic. This past Sunday, for the first time, the Catholic "mass" was a "Queer Divine Service." We ...
Standing Room Only at the Return of the Old Rite to Saint Peter’s
Reinstated after a three-year ban, the traditional liturgy fills the Vatican Basilica: over two thousand people attend the pontifical Mass celebrated by Cardinal Burke for the annual Summorum Pontificum gathering ...
Bishop Garcia’s Parting Gift To The Diocese of Monterey
Bishop Daniel Garcia was named by Leo XIV for the huge diocese of the Texan capital, Austin, in July -- transferred from Monterey, California, to which he had been named ...
Having Cancelled the TLM, Bishop Martin Now Targets Reverence in Catholic Schools
We have received a report of the new liturgical directives which Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte wishes to impose on the masses of Paul VI celebrated in the three Catholic ...
New Statistical Study Shows Vatican II Triggered Worldwide Decline In Mass Attendance
From the summary of a major new paper just published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, authored by some of the greatest names in Economic ...
The Detroit Purge
The massive loser annointed by Cupich (and accepted by Francis) to ruin Detroit, Edward Weisenburger, has reached a new phase in his Stalinist conquest of the Archdiocese. First, as Stalin, ...
Detroit Archbishop Decimates 10 TLM Parish Communities
Letter from Archbishop Weisenburger regarding the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of Detroit June 13, 2025 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, You will recall that in ...
Better Destruction Than Devotion: Indiana Novus Ordo Parish Kicks-Out Latin Mass Community, Gets Closed Down Several Years Later
An Indiana parish that ran to the National Catholic Reporter to stir up animosity against the Latin Mass community found out this week it will be closed due to lack of vitality ...
Leo XIV: the Man, the Priest, and the Bishop – Who is He?
Overall he seems clearly orthodox on abortion, euthanasia, contraception, LGBT, the appointment of bishops and the ordination of women, while his stance on communion for the divorced remarried and priestly ...
A RORATE Guide: The Who’s Who of Bad Options in the Conclave
Rorate has chosen to provide a list that is useful for identifying those who may not be the best choices available for the Cardinal Electors in the 2025 Conclave -- ...
