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New Roundup - March 24, 2024

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 Original reports had CMTV shuttering its operations in April.  Well, I get the 503 and a check on Wikipedia states that it went defunct March 13, 2024 (link).  Their YouTube site is still active, but at this time all the vids are 3 weeks or older. 

Thus ends the story of CMTV, but not of the people involved in the media venture.  I would use 'apostolate' very hesitantly, especially with regards to their editorial bias for the past 10 years.

Other comments below.

Praying that you have had a profitable Lent.

P^3

Wars and Rumours of Wars
Ground News - Michael Moore: Palestinians Aren’t Israel’s Persecutors, It’s Been White European Christians Slaughtering Jews
US to establish temporary port in Gaza to provide humanitarian aid - Defense One
Three ideas for countering China in the gray zone - Defense One
White House sanctions former Israeli intel officer and commercial spyware maker - Defense One
Rearming US Navy ships at sea is no longer an option, but a necessity
Pentagon abandons effort to scale down amphibious ship design
What do Medal of Honor recipients say about the nature of bravery? Their answers may surprise you.
United States: The Debate Over IVF Enters the Presidential Campaign | FSSPX News
St. Nicholas Owen — Builder of Secret Hiding Places for Persecuted Priests| National Catholic Register  

Tradicat: Once again the world creeps towards a more expansive conflict with the usual hotspots - Middle-East, Asia, South America. In all this there will be heroism, virtue, vice and cowardice.  Pray for the strength to practice virtue in a world and Church that have gone mad.

I wonder if we should make priest hiding holes?  Although, with today's technology that may be a hopeless task.

Crisis of the Catholic Church
The Eucharist is the ‘source and summit’ of Christian life. What does that really mean? | America Magazine
MondayVatican – Vatican » Pope Francis and the Pope to come | MondayVatican
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Fiducia supplicans opens a priest to the demonic!
News Headlines | Catholic Culture
Coptic Orthodox Church Synod Rejects Same-Sex Relations, Suspends Dialogue with Catholics - Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE
How (and Why) to Make Your Own Trad Men’s Conference - OnePeterFive
Have You No Decency, Holy Father? - Crisis Magazine
‘It’s a minor miracle’: Parishioners purchase historic church from Allentown, Pennsylvania, diocese | Catholic News Agency
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Bishop Schneider: Fiducia Supplicans "is an insult to reason....an abuse."  
Hong Kong diocese says no risk to confession with security law | Crux  
Vatican reins in German bishops amid dispute over national reforms | Crux
Traditionis Custodes Comes to England and Wales - OnePeterFive
Forbidden in Kinshasa, But Authorized in Rome | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (1) | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (2) | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (3) | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (4) | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (5) | FSSPX News
Press Review: The Endless Repercussions of Fiducia Supplicans (6) | FSSPX News

Tradicat:Fiducia Supplicans and its precurso Traditiones Custodes continue to give and give ... I mean take. So the Crisis continues at a feverish pace and could be concerning when coupled with the secular news. It makes me wonder if it is a negativity bias from my usual sources or reality.  Either way, I'm not directly involved in these crises ... unlike the Pandemic so all I can do is pray for those directly involved.  

With respect to the 'Vatican Reins in the Germans' - yeah don't see this being a problem (sarcasm alert).

Popes Past Present and Future
Ground News - Pope appears unable to climb a few steps as respiratory and mobility problems take their toll
Pope appears unable to climb a few steps as respiratory and mobility problems take their toll
Pope Francis appears unable to climb popemobile steps, video shows | Fox News
Pope Francis unable to climb few steps as health problems take toll - National | Globalnews.ca
Pope health: Steps pose difficulty as health issues take toll | CTV News
Pope appears unable to climb a few steps as respiratory and mobility problems take their toll | National Post
RORATE CÆLI: In Defense of the Moderate Position on Papal Jurisdiction: John Lamont Replies to José Ureta
Tradicat: I think it is safe to say that we are entering the final gasps of this Pontificate. I wonder if God will intervene to adjust the bias in the College of Cardinals.
Persecution Within The Catholic Church
ASK FATHER: FSSP leaders had a meeting with Francis. Wherein Fr. Z rants. | Fr. Z's Blog
The FSSP Suffers for the Long Game - OnePeterFive
Tradicat:I wonder if the FSSP will comply with the Pope's wish / request that they concelebrate the Novus Ordo Missae.  It really comes do to principles, if they refuse to concelebrate the Novus-Ordo - are they really ok with V2?  Is it simply a matter of sentiment for them?  It is a dangerous game that they play for the salvation of souls.
Traditional Catholic Responses
How (and Why) to Make Your Own Trad Men’s Conference - OnePeterFive
Taylor Marshall Groupie Makes A Typical Personal Attack | Dave Armstrong
SSPX Sisters - Founded to Assist and Pray for the Priesthood | District of the USA
United in Our Traditional Catholic Faith | District of the USA
The Priest: Mediator Between God and Man | District of the USA
“The purpose of the Society is the priesthood and all that pertains to it." | District of the USA
The SSPX is essentially apostolic, because such is the Sacrifice of the Mass | District of the USA
Tradicat:In the midst of all this 'bad news' - it is important to keep a perspective on what is important.  Even Dave Armstrong's response to my rant was interesting - I've never been called a groupie before.
General Interest
Will Spencer | Renaissance of Men on X: "I spent 6 months backpacking alone through India in 2018 & 2019, traveling primarily by overnight bus. As a 6-foot tall tattooed white man I was monetarily taken advantage of many times, and viewed alternately as a walking ATM or photo opportunity wherever I went. But by God’s…" / X
Rules Of Engagement | Traditional Catholic Femininity 🌹🙏🌹
SARS CoV-2 Is a Very Weird Virus
The Catholic midwife who delivered 3,000 babies at Auschwitz - The Catholic Thing
Two Catholic Scientists You Might Not Know - Crisis Magazine
Tradicat: These are some interesting posts that I thought I'd add to the list for future reading.



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