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News Roundup January 2025

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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.

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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 II – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
A Council Hijacked by the Media? – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
What is Archaeologism? – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Cardinal Burke: Mother Angelica fought against the 'work of Satan' in the Church - LifeSite

Persecution Of and By The Catholic Church
Liturgy and Doctrine
Cebu Archbishop Palma suspends Traditional Latin Mass
1156: Cardinal Cupich: Don't Kneel for Communion - Taylor Marshall
Quimper: The Priestly Society of Saint Pius X Appears on the Horizon – Gloria.tv
RORATE CÆLI: Just How Different Are the Pre-1955, 1962, and 1969 Calendars Around Christmas and Epiphany? (2024 Edition)
Holy Mass: There Was No Room for Them in the Inn – Gloria.tv
Ratzinger & Tolkien on the Novus Ordo and Organic Development - OnePeterFive
Religious Orders etc
Vatican says Arlington Carmelite nuns are ‘extinct’ in the eyes of Catholic Church | Fort Worth Report
Is SSPX in Schism? Explaining the Faith w/Fr. Chris Alar - YouTube
Anti-Catholicism in the Salem Witch Trials – Unam Sanctam Catholicam

SSPX
Worldwide Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome: August, 2025 | District of the USA
Eastern Orthodoxy’s Misplaced Rejection of the Immaculate Conception | District of the USA
Apostle n°62: news from the Asian district | FSSPX News
Bishop Strickland Lauds Archbishop Lefebvre | FSSPX News
Loving Christian Civilization | FSSPX News
St. Augustine - Sermon on Christmas Day | District of the USA
Religion in China: A Taboo That Is Slowly Being Revealed | FSSPX News
The Pope's Travels: Words and Deeds | FSSPX News
RORATE CÆLI: “We do not want to separate ourselves from Rome, we belong to the Church” - Interview with Fr Pfluger SSPX on new episcopal consecrations
RORATE CÆLI: “SSPX Episcopal Consecrations – Ignoring the Past” – Guest article by Joseph Bevan
RORATE CÆLI: “SSPX Episcopal Consecrations – Ignoring the Past” – Guest article by Joseph Bevan
The SSPX Confirmed A Critical Rumor Is Actually True - YouTube
Will Pope Francis Approve SSPX Bishops? I think so... - YouTube
Bp Athanasius Schneider: Can Catholics attend SSPX Masses? - YouTube
Chapter 15: The October Condemnation - Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre - Volume One - YouTube
Rare 1920's Footage of St. Mary's - Immaculata Church Project - YouTube
Priest laments church closure to faithful; CBCP says flock not abandoned | ABS-CBN Lifestyle
Was Bishop Tissier the Most Like Lefebvre? Testimonies from Asia - OnePeterFive
A Young Woman’s Gratitude for Bishop Tissier - OnePeterFive
When Does Disobedience Constitute Schism? - Canon Law Made EasyCanon Law Made Easy
Lefebvre and the art of identifying ducks: Why Novus Ordo Catholics should take note of his 1974 Declaration
The SSPX's bishop problem - Catholic Herald
Italian Superior: "The FSSPX Will Soon Consecrate New Bishops" – Gloria.tv

Echoes Of The Pandemic

Wars and Conflict
The shallow Baltic Sea holds deep secrets about a hybrid war on NATO
US strikes 75 ISIS targets in Syria after Assad regime collapses
Protests in Syria after Christmas tree set alight
France’s ‘Christian Terrorist’ Turns Out to Have Been a Muslim All Along – PJ Media
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Violence
Violence - Wikipedia
Use of force - Wikipedia
The Catholic Guide to Self Defense - The Catholic Gentleman
Catholics & the Use of Force: Introduction
The Use of Force – Catholic Worker Movement
Understanding self-defense and the truth about using deadly force – Catholic World Report
Aquinas on Self-Defenze

Other
Miracles as Proof that Catholicism is From God - OnePeterFive
King David’s Name Found on the Mesha Stele – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
A History of Multiple Voices in the Passion Readings – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Is the Eucharist Cannibalism? – Unam Sanctam Catholicam

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