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The Best and Most Necessary First Thing
Life Lesson: Prayer Before Technology
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Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, March 28
Non-negotiable trad principles; overcoming denialism; mythbusting Africa; philosophical musings; technology apocalypse; liturgical lessons on…
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An Irenic Response to an Orthodox Convert’s Critique of the Papacy
The Orthodox are fortunately inconsistent, but unfortunately still separated from the common father of Christians
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Why the Traditional Rite of Confession Is Superior to the New Rite
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Bloodbath in Tyler: Why (and How) Traditional Catholics Must Resist the Suppression of the TLM
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Pius X to Francis: From Modernism Expelled to Modernism Enthroned (Part 1)
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Bugnini Wanted to “Update” the Rosary—But Paul VI Wouldn’t Let Him
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Why Are Some Churchmen So Opposed to the Return of the Latin Mass? (Conclusion)
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On the SSPX and the Situation of Catholics “in the Trenches”
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Why Are Some Churchmen So Opposed to the Return of the Latin Mass? (Conclusion)
Psychological, spiritual, and theological reasons for the resistance — as well as reasons for hope in a true springtime of tradition
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Why Are Some Churchmen So Opposed to the Return of the Latin Mass?
An analysis, in two parts, on the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of Francis’s pontificate
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A Little “St. Patrick” of Our Times: Fr. Patrick Fox, True Custodian of Tradition
Remembering a priest who never said the Novus Ordo but remained faithful for decades to the TLM and to the flock who loved it
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An Irenic Response to an Orthodox Convert’s Critique of the Papacy
The Orthodox are fortunately inconsistent, but unfortunately still separated from the common father of Christians
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Determined to Deny Your Freedom
Why determinism is one of the most ludicrous philosophical errors known to man
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In Praise of Spiritual Wedlock: St. Thomas on Christian Marriage (Conclusion)
Beatific spousal union needs an earthly analogue — and partly negates it
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Tradition and Sanity
Tradition and Sanity
Essays and commentary from Dr. Kwasniewski on rite and reason, cultus and culture—eschewing political and ecclesiastical "correctness" in favor of the sanity, sanctity, and splendor of Catholic tradition
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