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 + JMJ Communiqué from the General House January 30, 2025 Source: FSSPX News   The passing  of Bishop Richard Williamson We learn with deep sorrow that Bishop Richard Williamson has been called to God on January 29, 2025, at 11.23pm. Following a cerebral hemorrhage, he was rushed to hospital on the evening of January 24, after having received extreme unction. He was 84 years old, having been born on March 8, 1940. Ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Lefe...

 + JMJ  Recently, I attended a meeting where we were asked to analyse a training scenario that required us to assess which of the characters acted honourably and to rank them. It was an interesting exercise and when discussing the actions of one character assaulting another, a colleague turned to me and said something to the effect that that character was the lowest ranking because "violence is never the answer". I thought that violence sometimes is necessary.  Thus went the argument, until later the same colleague made a statement that contradicted their earlier stance. So, I have been wondering what is violence and is it morally permitted? Research and Discussion First, I went looking through my references and found the following in Moral Theology, by John A. McHugh and Charles J. Callan : 52. Violence, or coercion, is the use of force by an external agent to compel one to do what one does not want to do . Its effects on voluntariness are: (a) it cannot affect the inte...

 + JMJ Welcome to the New Year! I have no doubt that this year will hold more of the same confusion, conflict and wars - both Religious and Secular. So here's a list of links that attracted my attention. P^3 Popes Past Present and Future RORATE CÆLI: THE UPCOMING CONCLAVE: A Close Look at the College of Cardinals (Exclusive for Rorate) A Groundbreaking Interactive Website on the College of Cardinals Is Launched - Edward Pentin The Church and The Crisis US Commentator: Francis Has Completed His Mission – Gloria.tv Cardinal Defends Maya Eucharist: "Christ Did Not Celebrate the Latin Mass" – Gloria.tv Cardinal Burke: Situation Is 'Apocalyptic' – Gloria.tv 2024 State the Diocese - YouTube The SSPX Confirmed A Critical Rumor Is Actually True - YouTube Star launches podcast documentary on SSPX Resistance in West Cork | Southern Star Tradition in Action Bookstore - Catholic Books, Booklets, Cassettes, CDs DVDs Council Fathers on Ambiguity in Vatican...

 + JMJ Fr. Zed (Zee for Americans :-) has published a list of predictions and ... frankly I think he is right on. I have added my own embellishments ... P^3 Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2025 | Fr. Z's Blog     2025 Predictions 1) There will not be a papal conclave. 2) The USCCB will oppose deportations. Tradicat: Even if none are made. 3) At least one SCOTUS justice will retire. 4) At least one Cardinal will be a source of major scandal. 5) Vatican finances will deteriorate even more. 6) The summer will bring another social upheaval like 2020. 7) The US border crisis will be mostly resolved. 8) Israel will attack Iranian nuclear sites. 9) The SSPX will consecrate a bishop. Tradicat: I think it will be 2 to 5 and won't happen until 2026 or 2027. 10) Fr. Z will not be made a “Monsignor”. Tradicat:... and he did pretty good in 2024   2024 Predictions 1) Trump will be elected [+1] 2) Hamas will be destroyed in Gaza [+0.5] 3) The Ukrainian war will continue with n...

 + JMJ   Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons  I move through a number of different Catholic 'circles'. Conservative Modern Catholic, Diocesan Latin Mass, and SSPX Traditional Catholic, The sedevacantist issue has popped up once in a while in my 40+ years as a Traditional Catholic. Pope Francis has, in some ways, become a unifying point. I've had to talk some Modern Catholics off the Sedevacantist ledge because Pope St. John Paul II was the only thread of Catholicism that they knew. So here's my off the top of my head points vs sedevacantism: When one stands on the judgment that a current Pope isn't the Vicar of Christ, then what is to stop someone else from making the same judgment on previous Pontiffs?   I know a person who started down that path with Pope B16, and found that Pope JP2 also didn't pass muster. Next fell Pope P12, B15 and so on down the line.   So where does it stop?  Well with the people I know, la...