Today, June 29 2026, is the nineteenth anniversary of this blog, which I launched on June 29, 2007 when I was only 27 years old and working ...

For those prone to noticing patterns, there is a predictable sequence of events that unfolds whenever a bishop suppresses the Traditional La...

Earlier this month I participated in a round table discussion on the Veritatis Vox YouTube channel , run by Matt Gaspers. The topic of discu...

Last week I attended a nuptial Mass in the Extraordinary Form in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was a gorgeous liturgy in a beautiful historic ...

Not yet three months into his administration of the Archdiocese of Detroit and the new Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has already called for...

Back in October, I caught up with an old buddy of mine from high school that I haven't seen since before the pandemic. We grabbed a movi...

UPDATE: THE BOOK IS COMPLETE AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THIS LINK. Blessed Sunday to you friends! I am working on compiling a series of e...

Last month on the Unam Sanctam Catholicam website, I published a lengthy article chronicling the segregation of the Catholic schools and pa...

[Aug. 13, 2023] I just reviewed an old article by Fr. Chad Ripperger entitled  " The Merit of a Mass ."   The article originally a...

[Apr. 23, 2023] One of the changes made by the post-Vatican II reformers to the Mass was the elimination of many of the signs of the cross, ...

[Jan. 30, 2023] When he issued Traditiones Custodes , Pope Francis argued that the Traditional Latin Mass was no longer needed because its c...

The past month I have been posting stories that teenagers have shared with me about the impact of the Traditional Latin Mass in their lives....

Last week I published a testimonial from a teenage girl who discussed how her faith and spirituality were profoundly changed when she encoun...

I recently asked some young people to tell me about their experiences with the Traditional Latin Mass and what it means in their lives. I wa...

[Nov 1 2022] Today I am happy to present a guest post from Kevin Tierney, who has often graced this blog with his insights over the years. T...

This week our eyes were graced with the scandalous spectacle of Father Mattia Bernasconi, vicar of the pastoral care for young people of the...

[July 7, 2022] A certain diocesan priest I once knew operated a homeless shelter in one of the larger cities in the Midwest. It is a humble,...

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Fellowship of the Ring , the first installment in the legendary Lord of the Rings f...

There's no real theme to today's post, just some random smattering of thoughts I put together after returning from Detroit: Today th...

The weeks since the promulgation of Traditionis Custodes have seen various efforts to formulate a canonical response to the document to all...