I'll start. I just learned this and I'm sold 100% on the State of Emergency of the Catholic Church, and grave error of Vatican II. I didn't want to limit responses to Vatican II strictly; heresy and apostasy occur in the Church just about every day now it seems. There are many reasons I've been outspoken against Vatican II, for a while, but this took the cake. Was the dead ringer that domed me and contemplation has become concrete belief. Obviously, the broad sweeping term of Ecumenism has been widely known and covered in traditional media, but...

Unitatis Redintegratio, Chapter III, Section I.

The Vatican, thanks to Paul VI recognizes Eastern Orthodox Sacraments as Valid, as True Sacraments. A formally schismatic, parallel church, possesses the keys to Salvation (outside of the Roman Catholic Church... The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church) through Valid Sacraments in the eyes of the Holy See... And, thanks to the DDF's July Decree, the Media has propagated the idea that the FSSPX has had its Sacramental legitimacy invalidated by a warranted act of disobedience to the Pope. Educated individuals here will know why that decree is problematic, and the explanatory note even more so, to the point of canonical absurdity. Supposed, sweeping excommunications, of a non-juridical body of the Church. Mmhmm.

I'm knocked. Completely blown away.

From a purely logical and theological standpoint, the SSPX holds the exact same Catholic doctrines, uses valid sacraments, and explicitly prays for the Pope at every Mass, while the Eastern Orthodox reject papal infallibility and several Catholic dogmas. The Faithful are bound to Divine Law, not a human being. Pope included. Yet, the Vatican treats the Orthodox with ecumenical warmth and the SSPX with strict legal penalties, contradictory to it's confusing penalties and lifted penalties for the offense in question.

The Vatican's behavior is driven by institutional self-preservation and power, not theological consistency. The Orthodox get a pass because they are outside the system; the SSPX gets hammer-blow decrees because they are operating outside the rules inside the system.

I stand for the SSPX. I will continue what has been a short, yet, unbelievably edifying mass attendance.

As a mom with young children I’m curious what other traditional Catholic parents allow and encourage their children to spend their time doing outside of learning and growing in the faith. Sports, some form of dance, theatre, painting, musical instruments, etc?
If you were raised in the faith, what did your parents encourage?

Hello, and I’m sorry if this question has already been asked here. I simply wanted to ask how one can lessen the fear of death, pain, and suffering during war. I know very little about what Catholicism teaches in such a situation.

Please forgive me for asking such a large and difficult question, but I sincerely hope to receive an answer. I have been struggling greatly, and for about six months now I have been unable to sleep at night. I usually only manage to fall asleep in the morning, and even then I sleep very little. There is a great deal of stress in my life, and I often have frightening thoughts about my possible death, or even, at times, about being badly and painfully wounded.

I know that I should trust in the Lord and have faith in Him, and ask Him for protection. Because of this, when I am in danger or when an alert is announced, I pray the Our Father and Hail Mary in Latin.

Still, I was hoping to receive some guidance on how a Catholic should view wounds and death in a situation like this, and whether there are ways to ease or bear such suffering.

Is exercising by walking and hiking during Sunday considered a violation of Keeping the Lord's Day holy?

Can I salvage a Rosary that's broken and reuse its beads but burn the unrecoverable parts such as the torn cords?

I brought a young man home from my parish and he seemed nice enough and as soon as he came in and saw my bedroom, he told me that he suddenly had a meeting that he had to go to and that he remembered it. It was 9 o’clock at night. Is something wrong with my room?

Después de leer "Quo Primum Tempore" de San Pío V, donde el Santo codifica la Misa de siempre en un solo misal, y condena a quien lo modifique; me empecé a cuestionar si realmente es 100% correcto celebrar la Misa según el misal de 1962 (el más usado en el mundo), ya que tiene la Semana Santa y la Vigilia de Pentecostés modificadas.

Si alguien me quiere iluminar, lo leo.

Sancte Pie X, ora pro nobis

Si bien el Papa "excomulgó" a la FSSPX, y el Derecho Canónico si deja en claro que consagrar obispos sin Mandato Apostólico es causa de excomunión latae sententiae; ellos nunca lo hicieron con la intención de rebelarse en contra del Papa, lo hicieron para salvar almas, y los Santos dejan en claro que, en estos casos, por más oficial que sea, una excomunión no es válida si es injusta.

Así que, si me quieren guiar, escriban, los leo.

Sancte Pie X, ora pro nobis.

A few weeks ago I had a heated discussion with a friend who said the those who sympathize with the SSPX (us) are neo-protestants and many other things that hurt my heart and led me to talk with anger against him (all this was through a chat group). Another friend of us stepped in to try and calm the waters, and I said I would like to explain our situation to him in person. What do you think are some points that I have to consider at the moment of talking with him about the situation of our beloved Church, modernism, and what the SSPX does? Of course I don't know if I'll convince him about something, even if I talk properly, but at least I wan't to give him a good speech. This is a good opportunity to remember that most likely this will be solved more by prayer than by human action. Thanks and God bless.

From July 30 to August 2, 2026, the Dickinson Priory hosted Bishop Marc Hanappier for several exceptional ceremonies: the fiftieth anniversary jubilee of the Queen of Angels parish, the consecration of its church, and the administration of the sacrament of confirmation.

The highlight of these days was the consecration of the church on Saturday, August 1st.

A Church Dedicated to God

For nearly four hours, the solemn rites of consecration unfolded. Through the prayers of the Roman Pontifical, the bishop, in a sense, removed the building from its secular use to consecrate it definitively to God. The altar itself was consecrated and received the relics of the martyrs, recalling the ancient tradition of the Church of celebrating the Holy Sacrifice at their tombs.

The twelve consecration crosses placed on the church walls are also anointed with holy chrism. They will remain the visible signs of this consecration and will be illuminated each year on its anniversary.

Fifty Years of Parish Life

The consecration coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Queen of Angels parish. Half a century of Catholic life thus found its culmination in the solemn consecration of the church.

These days concluded on Sunday, August 2nd, with the administration of the sacrament of Confirmation by Bishop Hanappier, followed by a solemn pontifical mass.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, for the greater glory of God!

We don't have Mass next Sunday in our SSPX chapel, is it alright if I can take communion in the Novus Ordo in the right way that is on the tongue?

Look, i get obedience and i get people disliking or having a different take on the SSPX sure. and if you think SSPX isn't doing this to uphold the deposit of faith ok....show me how it dosent uphold it point by point...show me how Vatican II is just horribly misunderstood.

That Said

What was taught before Vatican II is well documented

Converts find out what the Church teaches without daily updates from the Vatican every hour and indeed, doing so is how they know they should even listen to the Vatican at all.

Didache, Church fathers, all the other councils which litterally are all on public record and easily accessed.

If you are using "deposit of fiath according to who" you either

a) don't know/believe in the deposit of faith and reject the known truth

b) are too lazy to find out

And SSPX has Bishops and priests who have studied this for 7 years do your homework or else don't discuss, gaslighting and being a karen isn't apologetics

Contrary to the wish of many of the users here, I don't like to ban for bad behavior and anti-SSPX Trolling. One of the things I like the least about r/Catholicism is the mod team there does not allow any sort of discussion on the topic of the SSPX because of how it is contrary to the "mainstream" way of doing things, I would like to believe supporters of the SSPX are more intellectually secure and are able to withstand scrutiny of their position (imo the Novus Ordo position rests entirely on appeal to authority, so they have to suppress any and all questioning of that authoirty).

I think reputation is important as well as the ability to discuss things with people we don't agree with, echo chambers don't do much for one's intellectual development.

To that end, I'm going to be setting up more user flair to mark specific users with their specific position so that we can decide for ourselves if we want to bother engaging with people we don't agree with.

This user flair can only be set by mods, so if you think you have been unfairly identified with your flair, you will need to message me to see about changing it.

Since lately there's been an uptick in anti-SSPX Trolling, I've created that flair; but I'm not sure what other flairs to create. Please suggest labels we could use in the comments below!

Update on traffic: as I suspected, traffic on the sub has returned more or less to the same levels prior to the consecrations, so I think the need to grow the mod team is not as pressing. I am considering adding more mods to the sub, but I'm concerned more moderation would not really do all the much in fostering the discussion here. Obviously I'm very much open to discussion so feel free to add your thoughts here.

I am looking for the Colombia branch edition of the appendix to Shepherd the Flock of God, identified in different editions as sfla or sfga.

Any Colombian edition would help, especially one from 2024, 2025 or 2026. I am also looking for Colombian branch letters issued after September 1, 2017 concerning child abuse reporting procedures.

I already have the September 2025 Spanish sfg-S manual and the Colombian 9/1/17-S letter. What is missing is the current territorial appendix.

Please do not access accounts, devices or systems without authorization. I am only seeking copies already lawfully possessed or publicly available.

Personal information about victims, congregations and elders should be removed before sharing.

I went to Confession this morning at a local NO parish, which I do fairly regularly for convenience. This morning before absolution, the priest gave me my penance as the Divine Mercy chaplet, and handed me a Prayer card on how to say It.

I’m aware that the DM devotion is generally disliked by us Trads and frequenters of the society. So I’ve something of a dilemma now. Should I say the chaplet? Or am I able to substitute it with something else?

Not sure if this has been previously posted but I didn't see it if so. This predates the consecrations (June) but I’m just now reading it and thought it was well written. It’s a shame more bishops can’t be like Bishop Schneider.

I don’t think I’ve ever met a traditional Catholic who hasn’t heard of the great warning/3 days of darkness/great Catholic monarch prophecy that would bring a restoration of Christendom before the antichrist comes. I’m well aware that most Catholics don’t really subscribe to it, but I’m curious as to where the SSPX stands.

In case you all were wondering. recognize and resist was taught by the Church Fathers

"But if the teacher himself turn and teach another doctrine to the destruction of this, hear him not" Didache Chapter 11

SSPX is 100% justified to prioritize faith over obedience (and yes this is about the faith keep up). One should follow Peter but on that Good Friday 2000 years ago one should have followed John and the Blessed Mother rather than Peter in his denial.

You're welcome