A Lying Messiah?
“At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes,...
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The SSPX is the easy part
One of the stranger developments surrounding the illicit Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) episcopal consecrations on July 1 was the sudden outbreak of agreement among Catholics across the spectrum that the Society had gone too far — they had...
Raised to Fear the World Outside the SSPX
As we begin a new, unfortunate chapter in the relations between the Catholic Church and the Society of St. Pius X, it is striking to see the casual indifference most SSPX adherents display toward the grave penalties imposed on...
Traddyland: A Memoir the Church Needs Now
A review of Louis Massett’s Traddyland: Memoir of a Radical Traditional Catholic. Compared with other high-demand and fundamentalist religious movements, radical Catholic traditionalism has produced remarkably few memoirs by those who have experienced it from within. The most notable include...
Canon Law or Church History? The SSPX Schism
Concerning the July 1 Society of St Pius X (SSPX) episcopal consecrations and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s (DDF) decree declaring excommunication, many have reached out to me as a retired canonist and Catholic apologist — one...
The Context to Cardinal Koch’s SSPX “Schism” comments
In a recent podcast, Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s Prefect for Promoting Christian Unity, said of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), “I’m not entirely sure one can already speak of schism.” The interview was conducted on July 2,...
Blame the Rooster: The SSPX’s Post Hoc Fallacy
The core traditionalist indictment of the Second Vatican Council is easier to state than the people making it usually realize. The argument, in its everyday form, is this: the crisis in the Catholic Church happened after Vatican II, therefore it...
On the question of SSPX and Schism
[Editor’s note: Republished with permission from the author’s Substack.] I made the call to redact a recent article written about the SSPX and the decrees from the DDF. WPI graciously offered to republish it, for which I am very grateful....
SSPX Consecrations: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty
In some sense this is an “after the fact” rewrite of my recent return to canon law and Catholic commentary. I am attempting to reflect and write as I grapple with an event overshadowing my celebration of Canada Day with...
Decree of Excommunication for the SSPX
The official decree from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declaring the excommunication of the clergy of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) was published in the early morning hours today. Below is an unofficial working translation...
Seven Years in the SSPX
On a sunny Santa Clara mountainside, I stood in shocked silence. It was lunchtime at the retreat center, and the buffet was ready. Prayers were said, and everyone stood. An unassuming woman in a loose-fitting dress leaned over to me...
July 1: Pope Leo XIV faces the SSPX schism
Note: This article was originally published June 27, 2026 in Spanish by the Spanish digital media outlet EL ESPAÑOL as “León XIV, ante el cisma de los ‘tradicionalistas’ de la Sociedad de San Pío X: dan misa en latín y...
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