NOT YOU! Vatican Bans Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrims From Entering Saint Peter’s Basilica

They only wanted to pray there…

NOT YOU! Vatican Bans Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrims From Entering Saint Peter’s Basilica

The Church of Magnificent Humanity, Infinite Dignity, and Perpetual Inclusion has decided that participants in the annual semi-traditionalist Ad Petri Sedem Pilgrimage will not be allowed to enter the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter this year, which is the world’s most iconic Catholic church.

As the well-informed Vaticanist Diane Montagna reports on her blog today:

The Vatican will bar priests, religious and lay faithful participating in the annual Ad Petri Sedem pilgrimage from entering St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Oct. 24, extending restrictions beyond the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass to the pilgrims’ customary gathering for prayer at the tomb of St.

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Remembering ‘Black Sunday’ 1967: The First Invalid Masses in the United States

It’s been 59 years…

Remembering ‘Black Sunday’ 1967:
The First Invalid Masses in the United States

Sunday, October 22, 1967, was the first time that the Vatican II Sect in the United States mandated the use of a New Canon (‘Eucharistic Prayer’) at Mass — a ‘canon’ which included modified words of consecration and was recited entirely in the vernacular.

‘Catholic’ newspapers announced at the time:

Oct. 22 marks another step in liturgical reform, when the new English translation of the Canon of the Mass goes into general use. This comes after a series of liturgical instructions issued this year.

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Substantial Change in Essential Words: ‘Cardinal’ Müller Botches Priestly Ordination for French Latin Mass Community

A little mistake can make a big difference…

Substantial Change in Essential Words: ‘Cardinal’ Müller Botches Priestly Ordination for French Latin Mass Community

[UPDATE 15-JUL-2026: We have put together a brief video illustrating this case here]

Changing a single letter in one word of a long prayer may not seem like a big deal, but when that letter changes the definition of a word that is needed for the proper meaning of a prayer which is supposed to confer the sacred priesthood on the men over whom it is prayed, then the matter is most serious.

Catholics understand how much of a difference a single letter can make.… READ MORE

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrists Consecrate Four New Bishops Without Permission

Schism, excommunications, and the aftermath…

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrists Consecrate Four New Bishops Without Permission

VIDEO: Novus Ordo Watch/Catholic Family Podcast on the SSPX Excommunications

(DIRECT LINK HERE).

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One Year of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV: An Unpopular Reality Check

Inconvenient facts meet wishful thinking…

One Year of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV:
An Unpopular Reality Check

It was May 8, 2025, when all eyes were on the smoke stack atop the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Only approximately 24 hours had passed since the start of the conclave when white smoke began pouring out of the chimney, signaling to the world that a successor to ‘Pope’ Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) had been elected.

And so it was. Within about an hour, the Augustinian Rev. Robert F. Prevost of Chicago, United States, presented himself on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new ‘Pope’, as the head, that is, of the Vatican II Church.… READ MORE

Podcast: Fr. James Mawdsley and the Good Friday Genuflection Controversy (TRADCAST EXPRESS 224)

Did Pope Pius XII approve a liturgy that mocks Christ?

Podcast: Fr. James Mawdsley and the Good Friday Genuflection Controversy
(TRADCAST EXPRESS 224)

Our latest podcast episode, TRADCAST EXPRESS 224, was published on Good Friday. It is dedicated to a single topic, namely, a response to certain serious errors promoted by Rev. James Mawdsley that have led to a crisis of conscience for some who attend the Good Friday liturgy as found in the Restored Order of Holy Week of 1955.

As noted in the podcast, sedevacantists are not in agreement with one another whether the Restored Order, promulgated by Pope Pius XII, ought to be used in our day or whether we should revert back to the pre-1955 Holy Week.… READ MORE

Podcast: Athanasius Schneider, Taylor Marshall, and the Traditional Latin Mass (TRADCAST EXPRESS 221)

Bad arguments refuted…

Podcast: Athanasius Schneider, Taylor Marshall, and the Traditional Latin Mass
(TRADCAST EXPRESS 221)

Our latest podcast episode, TRADCAST EXPRESS 221, has been published. Its main topic is the Traditional Latin Mass of the Roman Catholic rite, which has been in the news again recently on account of the Vatican consistory that took place Jan. 7-8, 2026, which was supposed to include discussion on the sacred liturgy.

In this new 26-minute episode, we consider an argument made by Bp. Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary Novus Ordo bishop in Astana, Kazakhstan, and we completely torpedo Dr. Taylor Marshall‘s recent (amusingly insistent) contention that the perpetuity clause of Pope St.… READ MORE

Vatican II Revisited: Louie Verrecchio Dismantles the Conciliar Documents

Former Novus Ordo apologist takes council to task…

Vatican II Revisited:
Louie Verrecchio Dismantles the Conciliar Documents

This past December 8 marked the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), that ominous assembly that is the magisterial ground zero for ‘modern Catholicism’ — an attempt to do the impossible and reconcile Catholicism to the secular modern world by means of an aggiornamento (“updating”) of the Catholic religion.

The result was a diabolical counterfeit Catholicism that embraces, in one way or another, many of the errors the Catholic Church sternly condemned until the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958: ecumenism, religious liberty, Sillonism, collegiality, subjectivism, liberalism, Modernism — the list is long and the errors are deadly.… READ MORE

Leo XIV Holds Extraordinary Consistory: Semi-Trads Between Hope and Disappointment

All cardinals called to Rome for 2-day meeting…

Leo XIV Holds Extraordinary Consistory:
Semi-Trads Between Hope and Disappointment

‘Pope’ Leo XIV on May 12, 2025 (Shutterstock)

In November of last year, it became known that ‘Pope’ Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) was convening an extraordinary consistory of cardinals for Jan. 7 and 8, 2026. The well-founded rumor was confirmed by the Vatican with an official announcement in December.

A consistory is essentially a meeting of the Pope with his cardinals. It is a very traditional convention in the Catholic Church, and one that has been retained by the Novus Ordo Sect (Vatican II Church):

A Consistory, which comes from the Latin “consistere” meaning “stand together,” is a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals.

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Michael Matt: ‘Christ is the Head of the Church, Not the Pope!’

Still trying to uphold the Faith by denying it…

Michael Matt: ‘Christ is the Head of the Church, Not the Pope!’

On Nov. 13, 2025, the recognize-and-resist flagship The Remnant published an editorial by its editor, Michael J. Matt, entitled “Latin Mass Returns to Pope’s Basilica”. It had also appeared two weeks earlier in the newspaper’s Oct. 31 print issue.

“This, obviously, is the beginning of the loosening of restrictions on the Latin Mass, a step in the right direction”, Matt opens optimistically, and no doubt he felt even more vindicated when he was able to post this added note to the online version of the article:

Since the following editorial appeared in The Remnant Newspaper’s October 31st issue, news has reached us that further permissions for the traditional Latin Mass being offered in the Basilica of Saint Peter are now in the works.

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What Has Happened to the Catholic Church? An Updated Guide for Confused Catholics

New 2025 edition now available…

What Has Happened to the Catholic Church?
An Updated Guide for Confused Catholics

Novus Ordo Watch is not receiving any kind of compensation for promoting this book (with the exception of one free copy).

Many people who sincerely desire to be good and loyal Roman Catholics are seriously troubled and confused today. Although the Second Vatican Council occurred more than 60 years ago, it has left a lasting impact. Vatican II, as the council is called for short, took place from 1962-65 and radically changed Catholic liturgy, the sacraments, and essential beliefs that have come down to us from Christ and the Apostles.… READ MORE

Leo XIV on Whether He Will Change Church Teaching: ‘Not at the Moment’!

On homosexuality and women’s ordination…

Leo XIV on Whether He Will Change Church Teaching:
‘Not at the Moment’!

The Rev. Robert F. Prevost, aka ‘Pope Leo XIV’, is a clever fellow. He knows how to demolish Church teaching by giving the impression that he will hold the line on it. In this he faithfully follows his master, ‘Pope’ Francis.

U.S. journalist Elise Ann Allen of the Novus Ordo news site Crux has conducted a lengthy interview with Prevost that will be issued in early 2026 in English under the title Pope Leo XIV: Global Citizen, Missionary of the 21st Century.… READ MORE

Leaked Vatican Documents Undermine Francis’ Stated Rationale for Suppressing Traditional Latin Mass

Journalist publishes ‘overall assessment’ of bishops’ survey results…

Leaked Vatican Documents Undermine Francis’ Stated Rationale for Suppressing Traditional Latin Mass

On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, the highly-credible Vatican reporter Diane Montagna published internal Vatican documents 0n her blog that purportedly demonstrate that ‘Pope’ Francis did not quite tell the (whole) truth when he claimed in an accompanying letter that his decision to issue the motu proprio letter Traditionis Custodes on July 16, 2021, was based on alarming feedback he had received from the world’s bishops. Traditionis Custodes is the Apostolic Letter which greatly limits the permitted use of the 1962 Missal (‘Traditional Latin Mass’) and cancels out Benedict XVI’s 2007 motu proprio letter Summorum Pontificum.… READ MORE

The Facts About ‘Pope’ Leo XIV

The Facts About ‘Pope Leo XIV’ — Robert Prevost

What You Need to Know About the Man who Claims to Be the Pope

Robert Francis Prevost – ‘Pope Leo XIV’
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Dr. Kwasniewski Reacts to Novus Ordo Watch Critique: I Don’t Engage Sedevacantists!

Oh yes, we’ve noticed… 

Dr. Kwasniewski Reacts to Novus Ordo Watch Critique: I Don’t Engage Sedevacantists!

Earlier this month, yours truly joined Louie Verrecchio for a video podcast to respond to a recent article by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski regarding papal authority and the Sacred Liturgy. The video was released on Apr. 4 on Verrecchio’s channel and a day later on Novus Ordo Watch’s:

On Apr. 6, Kwasniewski published a comment on Facebook and on Twitter explaining that people had asked him if he was going to respond, which he answered in the negative because “I do not engage sedevacantists.”… READ MORE