Author Archives: Ron Conte

Why Traditionis Custodes? Pope Francis, in Traditionis Custodes, has stated his plan to make the Novus Ordo Mass the sole form of the Mass for the Latin Rite of the Church. But his reasons for doing so are also clear, … Continue reading →

The teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior, have been authoritatively interpreted by the Magisterium of the Church founded by our Lord on Peter as on a Rock, to mean that Peter and his successors, that … Continue reading →

Here we go again. The Remnant Newspaper, applauded by various traditionalist online websites, has published a non-investigative piece by Diana Montagna on the survey prior to Traditionis Custodes. Montagna quotes Francis well on this point: “I instructed the Congregation for … Continue reading →

Here is the claim made at the notorious website OnePeterFive, also found on the article author’s own blog: “So, I do not know where to go from here because as I said this crisis is a crisis for me because … Continue reading →

At the heretical and schismatic website, OnePeterFive, this article described the current CIC (Catholic Identity Conference). It is clearly a conference where prominent heretics and schismatics speak, teach, and preach their errors. At 1P5, they say: “Unite the Clans.” This … Continue reading →

In 2018, in an open letter, Cardinal Ouellet (Prefect of the Congregation of the Bishops), with permission of the Roman Pontiff, replied publicly to accusations made by archbishop emeritus Carlo M. Vigano. One important point of the letter is this … Continue reading →

Love is the foundation of the eternal moral law God alone is good. The goodness of God is the basis for all morality. Everything created by God has goodness, but God alone is Goodness. Only God is perfect and infinite … Continue reading →

First, the claim was: “Vatican II was merely pastoral; it was only non-infallible.” On that pretext, the Council is rejected. But this rejection of one Council led to the rejection of Vatican I also. And now I read from at … Continue reading →

The heresy of universalism, that all are saved, and the heresy of mitigated universalism (that we may reasonably hope that perhaps all are saved) are contrary to the teaching of 8 Ecumenical Councils: Constantinople II, Lateran II, IV, and V, … Continue reading →

Quapropter securus judicat orbis terrarum bonos non esse, qui se dividunt ab orbe terrarum, in quacumque parte orbis terrarum. Augustine, Contra Epistulam Parmeniani, Book III, chap. 3 Literal translation: Because of which the surety of the whole world judges to … Continue reading →

There are two possible faithful positions on the question as to whether Vatican II could have erred on faith or morals: 1. No errors are possible in any teaching on faith or morals of an Ecumenical Council, so Vatican II … Continue reading →

Rorate Caeli has a new article, which is just a rehash of the same tripe over and over again: “We’re traditionalists, following (what we fallibly judge to be) tradition, so we are always right, and anyone who disagrees (Popes, Saints, … Continue reading →