Leo XIV Debuts New ‘Mass for Care of Creation’ at Castel Gandolfo, Calls for Ecological Conversion

After Vatican publishes new votive Mass formulary…

Leo XIV Debuts New ‘Mass for Care of Creation’ at Castel Gandolfo, Calls for Ecological Conversion

With the approval of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) and under the leadership of ‘Cardinal’ Arthur Roche, the Vatican’s so-called Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has authorized a new votive Mass.

It is the so-called ‘Mass for the Care of Creation’ (Missa pro custodia creationis), for which the prayers and texts were published on July 3, 2025. They are being added to the section of the Novus Ordo Roman Missal (‘Sacramentary’ in the United States) that contains Mass formularies ‘for various needs and occasions’ (pro variis necessitatibus vel ad diversa):

Eager to try it out, Leo XIV announced that he would use it for the first time on July 9.… READ MORE

Why You’re Not Novus Ordo Anymore: Liturgical ‘Resurrection Dance’ at Easter Vigil

Novus Ordo insanity example #512,009

Why You’re Not Novus Ordo Anymore:
Liturgical ‘Resurrection Dance’ at Easter Vigil

As proof that the Second Vatican Council truly ushered in a ‘New Springtime’, a ‘New Pentecost’, and a ‘Great Renewal’, we offer a video clip of an extraordinary ‘Resurrection Dance’ performed at the hell-hole known as ‘Holy Spirit Parish’ at Newman Hall, part of the University of California at Berkeley.

Uh… enjoy!

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For more information on this obviously unholy place, see our post from 2014, in which we take a closer look at the ‘sanctuary’ of this ‘Catholic church’:

One wonders just what these people think they are accomplishing with such dimwitted choreography, aside from making utter buffoons of themselves.… 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

Flashback 1973: A Novus Ordo Pentecost in the Church With the Red Dot

Why you’re not Novus Ordo anymore… 

Flashback 1973:
A Novus Ordo Pentecost in the Church With the Red Dot

We’re currently in the Octave of Pentecost, so why not take a look at how Pentecost was celebrated in 1973 in the Ludwigskirche (Church of St. Louis) in Ibbenbüren, Germany? By that time, the Novus Ordo liturgical revolution was in full swing! The image above gives a preview.

Yes, we are talking about a ‘Roman Catholic’ church, part of the diocese of Münster. The church had been consecrated in 1952 for Catholic worship of the Most Holy Trinity. But then came ‘Saints’ John XXIII and Paul VI and brought us the Second Vatican Council along with its infamous ‘spirit’, which Germany was particularly enamored with, and which was anticipated in various ways there in the years before the council, especially architecturally.… READ MORE

Welcome to ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’: Liverpool Cathedral in All its Glory

The New Religion expressed architecturally…

Welcome to ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’:
Liverpool Cathedral in All its Glory

image: Shutterstock (trabantos)

As we take a break from building our new topical page on ‘Pope Leo XIV’, it’s time for another post showcasing a horrendously ugly Novus Ordo church.

Today’s specimen is the metropolitan cathedral of Liverpool, England. Its official name is Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, although among locals it is also known, more accurately, as “Paddy’s Wigwam”.

On the official cathedral web site we read: “The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is a dramatic icon of faith, architecture, and human endeavour.… 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’
Photo by Cecilia Fabiano (LaPresse/Shutterstock)

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General Information and First Impressions:

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Ecumenical Carnival Liturgy with Mock Communion Service in Swiss Catholic Church

Absurdity on stilts…

Ecumenical Carnival Liturgy with Mock Communion Service in Swiss Catholic Church

Willisau is a tiny town in Switzerland, and we wouldn’t be talking about it were it not for the annual so-called “Fools’ Mass” that takes place at the ‘Catholic’ Church of Saints Peter and Paul there during the carnival season. (To see our report on last year’s shenanigans, click here.)

Although called a Mass, it was actually an ecumenical ‘Liturgy of the Word’ plus a grotesque ‘communion’ service that makes the average Novus Ordo Liturgy look like a Solemn Pontifical High Mass offered by Pope St.… READ MORE

The Stuff of Nightmares: Novus Ordo Church in Canada Among World’s Most Hideous

St. Mary’s in Red Deer, Alberta

The Stuff of Nightmares: Novus Ordo Church in Canada Among World’s Most Hideous

(image source: stmarysparishreddeer.ca; cropped/fair use)

It’s fairly easy to find ugly Novus Ordo churches because they’re practically everywhere. But every so often, one comes across a humdinger of a post-Vatican II ‘Catholic church’ that is so extraordinarily hideous that it deserves a special dishonorable mention.

Of such a kind is the building known as ‘St. Mary’s Catholic Church’ in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. What at first glance looks more like a sewage plant or an indoor water park turns out to be a ‘Roman Catholic church’ of the Archdiocese of Edmonton.… READ MORE

Rainbow Dance in Jesuit NYC Church Celebrates World AIDS Day

Part of “Mass for the LGBTQ+ Community”…

Rainbow Dance in Jesuit NYC Church
Celebrates World AIDS Day

A video clip is making the rounds on social media. It shows two women dancing through a church, waving a total of four rainbow flags as they swirl down the nave and through the sanctuary. It is a spectacle to behold (click here if video won’t show):

We did a little bit of research on this and can now provide the following details:

The absurd performance took place on Dec. 2, 2024, at St. Ignatius of Loyola ‘Catholic’ Church in Manhattan/New York City.… READ MORE

Newly-Renovated Berlin Cathedral Perfectly Mirrors Novus Ordo Religion: Earthly, Sterile, Pointless

About as edifying as a morgue…

Newly-Renovated Berlin Cathedral Perfectly Mirrors Novus Ordo Religion: Earthly, Sterile, Pointless

No, this isn’t construction debris that was left behind, it’s the new ‘sanctuary’ of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral
(image: Erzbistum Berlin, YouTube screenshot)

Saint Hedwig (c. 1174-1243) is a popular saint in Poland and Germany. Canonized by Pope Clement IV less than 24 years after her death, she is one of the earliest saints from Silesia. She is the patron saint of Berlin, the German capital, and the diocesan cathedral is dedicated to her.

As the first Catholic church that was allowed to be built in Protestant Berlin after the so-called Reformation, the construction of St.… READ MORE

Crazy Sermon and Orange Butterfly Vestment at Novus Ordo Funeral ‘Mass’ in Minnesota

The state of the Vatican II religion in 2024 A.D.

Crazy Sermon and Orange Butterfly Vestment at Novus Ordo Funeral ‘Mass’ in Minnesota

A gigantic monarch butterfly adorns the front of the chasuble worn by Rev. Mike Sullivan

On May 24, 2024, a funeral service — we can’t call it ‘Mass’ — was held at the so-called Catholic Community of Saint Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis under ‘Abp.’ Bernard Hebda, so consider yourself forewarned.

The name of the departed is irrelevant and will not be mentioned here, and we certainly mean no disrespect to him or his memory in the lines that follow.… READ MORE

Demonic Art Exhibit at Catholic Church Causes Outrage, Diocese Blindsided

Shut down after three days…

Demonic Art Exhibit at Catholic Church Causes Outrage, Diocese Blindsided

On June 30, 2024, the French traditionalist web site Riposte Catholique reported on a scandalous exhibition taking place inside Notre-Dame d’Epinay Church in Saint-Aubin-Épinay, France. The church is part of the parish family of Sainte Marie Madeleine de Darnétal Val d’Aubette and part of the archdiocese of Rouen.

Some research into the matter discloses that the exhibit was organized not by the parish or the diocese but by the city. The parish administrator was apparently not aware of what was going to be on display until after the thing had already opened.… READ MORE

TRADCAST 038 is here: The Conciliar Chaos Continues

Novus Ordo Watch for your ears…

The Conciliar Chaos Continues

TRADCAST 038 now available

TRADCAST — The Traditional Catholic Podcast

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Great news, everyone! We have published another full-length episode of our popular TRADCAST podcast program. As always, it is loaded with real traditional Catholicism, insightful commentary, hard-hitting refutations of various errors, and razor-sharp analysis. Our content is typically challenging but is always delivered in an accessible way — and with an occasional relieving touch of humor, so necessary in our chaotic and bizarre times.

The first segment of TRADCAST 038 begins with a look at the Vatican’s new guidelines for discerning alleged apparitions and mystical phenomena.… READ MORE

TRADCAST 038 (July 26, 2024)

TRADCAST 038 (26 JUL 2024)

Contents

  • Segment 1 — The Vatican’s new guidelines for discerning alleged apparitions and mystical phenomena. Eric Sammons and that pesky question of whether Francis professes the Catholic Faith. The Remnant promotes Pope Pius IX’s encyclical Qui Pluribus but rejects its teaching on the Papacy.
  • Segment 2 — Some news stories you may have missed. ‘From the Jorge’s Mouth’: Francis prays for souls in Heaven, ignores those in purgatory; Francis sends heretical note of condolence on the death of a Bulgarian Orthodox archbishop. Can the Vatican ban the Traditional Latin Mass? A misleading Crisis Magazine article and ‘Bp.’
… READ MORE

Taylor Marshall and Quo Primum: Did Pope Pius V Grant a Perpetual Right to the Traditional Mass?

Refuting a popular but false narrative…

Taylor Marshall and Quo Primum: Did Pope St. Pius V Really Grant a Perpetual Right to the Traditional Mass?

There are a number of urban legends floating around the traditionalist Catholic world that simply will not die.

One of the more popular ones is the claim that in his 1570 bull Quo Primum, Pope St. Pius V granted to all Catholic priests of the Roman rite the perpetual right to offer Holy Mass according to the rite he was then promulgating, which is today known as the Traditional Latin Mass; and that no subsequent Pope has the authority to withdraw that permission or revoke that right.… READ MORE