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'People may have to die' – ‘Catholic hero’ Jacob Rees-Mogg preparing UK for war with Russia But is Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg the ‘Catholic hero’ for which many take him? 🔗 https://www.wmreview.org/p/people-may-have-to-die-catholic-hero

Can I ‘politely ignore’ what the Pope says? A question from a reader about the texts from Fr Domenico Palmieri SJ, and whether Catholics can simply ignore the Pope: 🔗 https://www.wmreview.org/p/can-i-politely-ignore-what-the-pope

Should Catholics call the Eastern Orthodox sects “Our Holy Eastern Aunts”? 🔗 https://substack.com/@sdwright/note/c-342131166

What do you think of Christ? – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Our Lord states which is the greatest commandment, and silences his opponenets with a question: https://www.fathercoleridge.org/p/17th-sunday-pentecost

'Life is full of disappointments' – Responses to some objections Objections addressed in full below: 1. ‘I am disappointed’ 2. 'They would not tell us clearly their opinion' 3. 'Where, then, is the Church?' 4. 'Don't you see a problem with your answer?' 5. 'Where, then, to be received as a Catholic?' 6. 'Who, then, can lift the censures?' 7. 'Are you dodging questions of formal succession? 8. 'Why didn't you respond…

The triumph of Luciferianism at Vatican II ‘The cult of man’ – its roots in Enlightenment philosophy, Freemasonry, Luciferianism. This formerly was a WM+ article, now available for all. If you think the crisis is all about the liturgy – or worse, that it's…

The triumph of Luciferianism at Vatican II ‘The cult of man’ – its roots in Enlightenment philosophy, Freemasonry, Luciferianism. This formerly was a WM+ article, now available for all. If you think the crisis is all about the liturgy – or worse, that it's over – this is for you: https://www.wmreview.org/p/vatican-ii-luciferianism

Kennedy Hall has publishd a detailed response to Timothy Flanders' "confessional" retraction of previous support for the SSPX. For years, The WM Review has been writing about the phenomenon of milquetoast “traditionalists” positioning themselves as adjacent to the SSPX. It is very gratifying, at last, to see men like Timothy Flanders of The Meaning of Catholic admitting that we were right all along, and that they…

“It would be a greater evil for the Church that everyone should resist the pontiff, demanding his reasons for what he does and setting themselves up as judges of his judgement, than that a few men, even innocent ones, should be deprived of temporal honour or advantage, and of the spiritual use of a g ratia gratis data – that is, of jurisdiction. “Without these they can perhaps be saved the better; and they are in a…

Do we need an infallible list of infallible propositions? The ‘need for epistemic certainty’ is the basis of a common objection today. Here is Fr Palmieri’s answer: https://www.wmreview.org/p/do-we-need-an-infallible-list-of