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Author: Mike Lewis

Pomp and papacy

Vatican news reports that the new edition of the funeral rite for the Roman pontiff has been officially published and released, following the pope’s approval on April 29 of this year: A number of new elements for papal funerals have...

From SSPX priest to full communion with the Church

In the most recent episode of his “Third Space” podcast, Paul Fahey interviewed Laura Vander Vos, founder of the Trad Recovery movement, an apostolate that assists people who are coming from the traditionalist movement and are looking for community, hope,...

For the dead and those who mourn

November is the month of All Souls — when we commemorate the souls of those who have died. This is why the faithful may receive a plenary indulgence on any day from November 1 through 8, if we devoutly visit...

Ripperger Strikes Back

In the past week, it seems that celebrity exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger and his supporters suddenly decided to mount an offensive in response to the article I wrote about his heterodox and dangerous views way back on September 18. I...

Ripperger 911

It has been a little over a month since we published my article on the problematic and heterodox teachings of the Denver-based exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger, “The bizarre and dangerous views of a celebrity exorcist,” and it appears that it...

Escape from the Bermúdez Triangle

The expulsion last month of Alejandro Bermúdez, founder of the Catholic News Agency (CNA), from the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) alongside nine others, has drawn significant attention, particularly due to the unusual accusation of “abuse of the apostolate of journalism.”...

Follow-up conversation on Fr. Chad Ripperger

Earlier today, I had a conversation with Dr. Rafael Gonzalez, a Catholic theology teacher with a PhD from Pontifex University who discusses faith-related has a YouTube channel called “My Catholic Two Cents” about my recent article on Fr. Chad Ripperger....