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News Roundup: July 11, 2025

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JMJ

This has been an interesting month for news ...

First we had the leaking of the 2021 report on what I would call the "Survey of Tradition".  Not surprisingly, the report was generally positive and Pope Francis ... for whatever reason ... still proceeded with Traditionis Custodes.  Andrea Grillo is not pleased with this turn of affairs.

I suspect that the 'leaking' of the report is a symptom of a course correction.  Time will tell as this pontificate unfolds.  I am still curious to hear if the SSPX Superiour General will be invited to Rome this summer while the Pope reclaims the Castel Gandolfo.  

That is my critical success indicator for whether or not Catholics can really consider the pontificate of Pope Francis (RIP) are truly an aberration of the past.

Then we have the firing of John-Henry Westen from Life Site News.  I have no idea what happened to cause the board coup - - - as close a the vote was - he is now out of LFN.  There is a history of this over the past with founders leaving organizations that they launched (Skojec - 1P5, Voris - CMTV).

I don't know the background behind Mr. Westen's 'release' from Life Site News. What I do know is that in both cases the founders became lost in the storm that is spinning the Catholic Church around and around in the seas of the time.

Either way, I hope and pray that they all find the path that leads them to God.

P^3


Popes Past Present and Future

RORATE CÆLI: Back on Track
VIDEO ONLY: Pope Leo XIV through the streets of Rome in the Corpus Christi procession - YouTube

The Church, The Crisis and the Persecution

RORATE CÆLI: The Traditional Latin Mass on Mount Everest
Michigan bishop allows Latin Mass to continue after it was set to end due to Pope Francis - Catholicism.org
Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Obituary of a very failed Pontificate
RORATE CÆLI
RORATE CÆLI
The Toothpaste isn’t Going Back in the Tube: Tradition and the War of Attrition - Crisis Magazine
The "Leo XIV Effect" Being Felt in Nicaragua | FSSPX News
RORATE CÆLI: Abbot of Fontgombault on the Liturgy: "Unity does not mean Uniformity. Actually, Imposing Uniformity is Detrimental to Unity." "We need to get away from the traditionalist-progressive dispute, which is exhausting for everyone, and bring peace back to the altar!"
Bishop Schneider: Remain Joyful, Steadfast and Fearless in the Face of Attacks From the World and Within the Church - Edward Pentin
RORATE CÆLI: Journalist Obtains Exclusive Access to World Report on Summorum Pontificum: Francis' Restrictions Based on Lies
RORATE CÆLI: Traditionis Custodes "failed": The leak could have been "strategic."
RORATE CÆLI: The Shifting Sands of Traditionis custodes
The Incorruptibles (Miracles, pt. 6) - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: An Interview with Monsignor Bux: "The Bishops weren't responsible for launching the War Against Tradition."
LifeSiteNews.com Dismissed Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen – Gloria.tv
Leaked Report Grows: New Book Blows Hole in Traditionis Custodes Narrative - Catholicism.org
RORATE CÆLI: Mad Hatter Francis "Liturgist" Andrea Grillo: The Bishops Were All Wrong, I'm Right -- plus a major assessment by Sandro Magister of the Lies on which Traditionis custodes were based
On John-Henry Westen and the Defense of Truth
LifeSiteNews founder’s tenure comes to an end | The Catholic Register

SSPX

Habemus Papam! Pray or Speculate? | FSSPX News
Academy for Life: Something New From Something Old | FSSPX News
SSPX Sisters' Professions and Taking of the Habit: Browerville 2025 | District of the USA
Cardinal Goh Seeks Post-Francis Doctrinal Clarification | FSSPX News
When the Faith Is No Longer Passed On: A Pew Research Center Survey | FSSPX News
Pope Leo XIV Intends to Preserve Liturgical Traditions | FSSPX News
Nigeria: Organized Kidnappings and the Islamization of the Country | FSSPX News
Documentary Filmed at the Society Mission in Kenya | FSSPX News
SSPX Sisters' Professions and Taking of the Habit: Browerville 2025 | District of the USA
Traditionalists-as-Jansenists: A Misplaced Charge – Part 1 | District of the USA
Traditionalists-as-Jansenists: A Misplaced Charge – Part 2 | District of the USA
Traditionalists-as-Jansenists: A Misplaced Charge – Part 2 | District of the USA
United States: Deeply Rooted Catholicism | FSSPX News
From Chartres to Rome via Paris | FSSPX News
Pope Leo XIV Arrives at Castel Gandolfo | FSSPX News
Fr. Michel Simoulin Recalled to God | District of the USA
On the Recent Statement from the Chartres Pilgrimage | District of the USA
Movement on the Fiducia Supplicans Front | FSSPX News
Dillwyn: Ordinations to the Diaconate and the Priesthood – 2025 | FSSPX News
Syria: Christians Find Themselves in Islamists’ Hands | FSSPX News

World, Wars and Conflict

Business and Economics

The Right And Wrong Way To Negotiate, Including Tariffs And Peace
U.S. trade dries up in May but Canada's exports to other nations rise: StatCan | Business News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Fact-checking three key claims about Trump's mega-bill
Canada's exports to U.S. shrink to smallest share since 1997: Statistics Canada
Trump delays tariffs as the rest of the world plays hardball

Military and Wars

Canada, G7 need to grapple with imminent threats, say experts | Calgary Herald
China criticises UK warship HMS Spey sailing in Taiwan Strait
What to know about Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | AP News
China's burgeoning drone arsenal shows power of civil-military fusion - Defense One
Uncrewed battle groups? DARPA, admirals offer glimpses of the Navy’s robotic future - Defense One
US helps defend Israel from Iranian missile attack
Eurofighter vendor targets ‘combat mass’ over next-gen buzz
Eying a Starlink alternative, France to boost Eutelsat stake
Pringles cans on drones: Ukraine’s weapons ingenuity takes all forms
Pentagon confirms it’s holding up weapons promised to Ukraine - Defense One

Science+Technology

(7) Post | LinkedIn
Powerful X-class solar flare erupts from sun, knocking out radio signals across the Pacific (video) | Space
A spinning universe could crack the mysteries of dark energy and our place in the multiverse | Space
10 Cosmic Paradoxes - Multiverse, dimensions, are we alone? and more!
Top FDA Vaccine Official Rejected Broad Use of Covid-19 Shots, Documents Show
Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions | Canada | The Guardian

Misc

Diagnosing a Toxic Team
12-Ton Monument of Assyrian Deities Found Beneath Ancient Palace in Iraq

CHURCH FATHERS: Epistle to the Romans (St. Ignatius)
Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia
Library : The Seven Epistles Of St. Ignatius Of Antioch | Catholic Culture

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