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News Roundup: September 13, 2025

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JMJ

Here is the latest news round-up with the following caveat emptor: I haven't fully read all of these articles.


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Popes Past Present and Future

News and Views

St John Henry Newman set to become newest Doctor of the Church - Vatican News
Pope urges moral theologians to take St Alphonsus as their model - Vatican News
RORATE CÆLI: Pope Requests Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace on August 22nd
Pope says forgiveness means evil doesn’t have to have the last word | Crux
Pope: Social justice cannot depart from Gospel or turn to violence - Vatican News
Pope calls Oblates to follow the example of St Francesca Romana - Vatican News
RORATE CÆLI: Leo and the Germans
RORATE CÆLI: Pope Leo XIV to Altar Servers: "Mass is a serious, solemn moment. May the beauty of the liturgy, the order and majesty of the gestures draw the faithful."
RORATE CÆLI: The first one hundred days of Leo XIV - by Roberto de Mattei
Weekly News Roundup August 28th, 2025 | Did Pope Leo Correct Francis? Flag Burning, and the SSPX - Catholic Family News
Pope to Christian politicians: ‘Values’ without Christ cannot change the world - Vatican News
Pope Leo to open Augustinian General Chapter on September 1 - Vatican News

Tradicat: I read about the latest assignment that Pope Leo XIV made last week. My reaction, as my youngest would say, is 'meh'.  I don't really care about what he does with the rest of the Church. Why?  It's simple, that is the status quo.  I am watching for something that demonstrates a change in the status quo.  Hence, I am waiting to see what happens with the SSPX.  

As mentioned before, the SSPX is the 'canary in the coal mine'.  If the SSPX is allowed 'in' the Church in any official manner, then that is an alteration in the status quo.

Doctrine and Crisis

Authority of Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Innocent III: Ten Reasons Men Should Not Marry – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Modernists want to use modern media to break the authority of the Church in matters of Faith and morals
Cardinal Ratzinger irritated worldwide ecumenism with "Dominus Iesus - on the Uniqueness and Universal Salvation of Jesus Christ and the Church."
Bishop Strickland: Pope Leo is Compounding Francis’ Rupture - YouTube
RORATE CÆLI: LEO AND SYNODALITY (A Silent Implosion?) - Part II in the Series "The First Year of Leo XIV"
Leo XIV Approves Latin Mass in Texas Diocese - OnePeterFive
Leo XIV: A First Discreet Refocusing? | FSSPX News

Tradicat: Nothing major here.  Approving the Latin Mass in a single diocese doesn't change anything significant. The recinding of Traditiones Custodes, directly or indirectly would be major.

Judas Iscariat in Hell?

Pope Leo affirms Church teaching that Judas excluded himself from salvation - Catholicism.org
Pope Leo XIV affirms Judas excluded himself from salvation
Pope Leo affirms Church teaching that Judas excluded himself from salvation - LifeSite
1240: Pope Leo affirms Judas Iscariot excluded himself from salvation - Taylor Marshall
Pope Benedict On Judas Iscariot and Matthias - Featured Today - Catholic Online
Judas Iscariot - Wikipedia

Tradicat: This is an interesting item. I remember a Modern Catholic disputing that Judas Iscariat is in Hell.  Nice to see this little shift.

The Church, The Crisis and the Persecution

Crisis

RORATE CÆLI: “Mass of ALL Ages”? Shiny New Lecture Series Rehashes 1970s
RORATE CÆLI: Against “Liturgical Piety”
1239: Woman "Priestess" Concelebrates at Mass with Bishops in Italy - Dr. Taylor Marshall Podcast - Taylor Marshall
Modernists now cry out for a "theology of provisionality" and Church spaces to become living spaces. And worry about right-wing extremists among Catholic influencers.
Former abbot calls for women to be elevated to Cardinals
Prominent Prelates Promote Latin Mass to Pope Leo - OnePeterFive
Cardinal Koch: It is 'desirable' for Pope Leo to lift restrictions on Latin Mass - LifeSite
Shocking modernist call to reformulate Nicene creed - robust response from Traditionalist priest
The Roots of the Traditional Catholic Movement | The Roman Forum with Dr. John Rao - YouTube
Modernism is a Sin - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: Conclusion of Major New Economic Research Paper: "Vatican II, in 1962-1965, triggered a decline in worldwide Catholic attendance relative to that in other denominations."
RORATE CÆLI: The Detroit Purge
Video and English text- Speaking of "Tradition with a capital T", Cardinal Sarah's utterly magnificent sermon tonight as the Pope's representative at the 400th Anniversary of the Visions at Sainte-Anne d'Auray
Germany: Debate on the Blessing of Irregular Couples | FSSPX News
Cardinal Müller criticises German bishops for caving in to pro-abortion ideology. Magnificent statement.
Close the Workshop: Why the Old Mass Isn’t Broken and the New Mass Can’t be Fixed - OnePeterFive
Before modernists claim Cardinal Newman as one of their own, they need to read his "Biglietto Speech"
RORATE CÆLI: The Broad Ocean of the Latin Rite: What True Liturgical Diversity Looks Like
Plan to sanctify the Second Vatican Council by canonising Jesuit Council father runs into a moral stumbling block
Canadian Christendom - Lessons for America - OnePeterFive
The bishop who is the new link between Catholic radicals and far right | Searchlight

Tradicat: All the above confirmed my belief that nothing has really changed.

Persecution

RORATE CÆLI: Diocesan Traditional Latin Mass stops being celebrated in Sweden
House report: How the Biden FBI created narrative of Catholic Americans as ‘violent extremists’ - CatholicVote org
NEW REPORT ON BIDEN-FBI CATHOLIC SPY RING - Catholic League
Report: FBI watched priest amid probe of suspected neo-Nazi
FBI spied on priest who declined to disclose conversation: report | Politics
RORATE CÆLI: BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV issues exemption to San Angelo Diocese for parish TLM
FBI Spied on Catholic Priest for Refusing to Divulge Details of Conversations with Parishioner
RORATE CÆLI: At least two dead in Israeli destruction of Catholic Church in Gaza: Enough
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Post from Sign Of The Cross - YouTube
Restore-DC-Catholicism: Cardinal McElroy Is Now Canceling A Faithful Priest For Calling Out The Moral Depravity Of Current And Recent Prelates
RORATE CÆLI: Full-Length Documentary on Latin Mass Restrictions in Charlotte, North Carolina
Archbishop bans SSPX Masses — but group claims it is not SSPX
Wrocław archbishop warns Catholics over SSPX chapel and canonical status

Tradicat: More evidence that we are still in the deep forest.  Also, I would expect that when (not if) the SSPX is regularized, persecution will increase both internally and externally.

News and Views

Vox Cantoris: LifeShiteNews - "trust that we are indeed doing the will of God"
Beware of Traditional Catholic Burnout - Crisis Magazine
RORATE CÆLI: Praying for Peace on the Feast of the Assumption - Roberto de Mattei
Shocking revelation. Pope Paul VI considered abolishing Holy Years.
RORATE CÆLI: Bishop Peter Elliott, Friend of Tradition - Rest in Peace
RORATE CÆLI: Newman on Capital Punishment: Consistency is Key in Catholic Doctrine - by Edward Feser
John Henry Newman First Tried to Disprove Catholicism; Now He’s Being Named a Doctor of the Church - Crisis Magazine
The Possibility of Alien Civilizations – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Catholic Cleric Scientists – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Catholics and Tithing – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
History of Eucharistic Adoration to 1254 – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Capital Punishment in the Papal States – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Head Coverings “Because of the Angels” – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Is the Eucharist Cannibalism? – Unam Sanctam Catholicam
McCrery Architects
RORATE CÆLI: Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church - Proclamation by Pope Leo XIV -- "For fifty years, I have resisted Liberalism in religion. Never did Holy Church need champions against it more sorely than now!"
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: You know not the day or the hour... Be Prepared
RORATE CÆLI: Italian Daily Il Foglio: Where Have All the Bergoglians Gone?
What's new on the Latin Mass front?
RORATE CÆLI: Sign Petition to Save the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, in Manhattan
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: The Coup that Failed: Liars Never Prosper...
John-Henry Westen restored as LifeSite president and CEO - LifeSite
RORATE CÆLI: At least two dead in Israeli destruction of Catholic Church in Gaza: Enough - Updated
Turkey: The Islamization of Christian Shrines Quietly Continues | FSSPX News
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Do we listen to Our Lady and take her warnings seriously?
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: What is Trad Inc?
About – Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
CHURCH FATHERS: Treatise 9 (Cyprian of Carthage)
LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Maike Hickson Resigns from LifeSite News: Who's Next?
The Truth Comes Out: John-Henry Westen Fired for Making LifeSite too Traditionally Catholic
This One Trick Will Transform Your Social Media Experience - Crisis Magazine

Tradicat: Well the world keeps spinning. More of the same chaos. :-)

SSPX

Rome / SSPX

Rome Pilgrimage 2025

Members of the Society of Saint Pius X in Rome for Jubilee
Up to 8,000 members of SSPX Jubilee pilgrimage parade in Vatican
SSPX pilgrimage for Jubilee endorsed by Vatican despite canonical dispute
Traditionalist Catholic society approved for Vatican pilgrimage despite canonical irregularity - Washington Examiner
Vatican Sends SSPX Pilgrimage Down the Memory Hole? - OnePeterFive
RORATE CÆLI: Society of Saint Pius X Jubilee Pilgrimage Images
RORATE CÆLI: Pope John Paul II also allowed the FSSPX to participate officially in the Jubilee Year of 2000.
SSPX pilgrimage for Jubilee endorsed by Vatican despite canonical dispute
Photos from the SSPX 2025 Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome | District of the USA
Preparatory Novena for the Jubilee of the Holy Year | FSSPX News
Is the SSPX pilgrimage an 'official' Jubilee event?
Society of St. Pius X pilgrimage added to Vatican’s jubilee year calendar amid tensions
Worldwide Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome: August, 2025 | District of the USA
Canadian Jubilee Pilgrimage | St. Peter & Paul Parishes
Worldwide Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome: August, 2025 | District of the USA
PHOTO GALLERY: This is how the Lefebvrians' pilgrimage to Rome went during the Holy Jubilee Year - ZENIT - English
Vatican drops SSPX pilgrimage from official Jubilee 2025 calendar
Traditionalist Catholic society approved for Vatican pilgrimage despite canonical irregularity
Vatican Jubilee Website Removes Reference to the SSPX Pilgrimage | FSSPX News
The SSPX Goes to Rome - Crisis Magazine

Leo XIV: A First Discreet Refocusing? | FSSPX News
The Society and Rome | Maison Générale
RORATE CÆLI: The SSPX Visits Rome - What Now on Consecrations?
RORATE CÆLI: Rome-SSPX: Declaration of the General Chapter of the Society of Saint Pius X sent to the Holy See
Vatican communique about SSPX's reply to Doctrinal | District of the USA
SSPX offered a Personal Prelature | Fr. Z's Blog
RORATE CÆLI: SSPX Episcopal Consecrations? Learning from the Past
Bishop Strickland on Pope Leo XIV, SSPX, Gaza, and More - OnePeterFive
The FSSPX Talks with UCCR: What Separates It from the Church? - UCCR

Tradicat: Also a bit of encouragement when the SSPX is allowed into the light.  I wonder if there were contacts between Rome and SSPX leadership. P^3

News and Views

Nigeria: A Priest Kidnapped on June 1st Freed by the Army | FSSPX News
Nice: St. Joan of Arc Statue Will Remain in Place | FSSPX News
EXCLUSIVE Bishop Strickland: on Pope Leo XIV, the Latin Mass and Archbishop Lefebvre
John Henry Newman: Doctor of the Church? | FSSPX News
Eight Decades of Catholicism and Nuclear Weapons | District of the USA
L'incomparable mérite de Notre-Dame • LPL
Dominican Republic: Total Ban on Abortion Remains | FSSPX News
Kyiv's Ultimatum to Orthodox Churches Historically Tied to Moscow | FSSPX News
Holy See: APSA Sees Increases in Profits and Contributions | FSSPX News
Remodeling the Curia | FSSPX News
Lourdes: A 72nd Miracle Recognized | FSSPX News
The Pope's Two Crosses | FSSPX News
Google Reinstates the Messa in Latino Blog | FSSPX News
Crisis in the Church Series - YouTube
Le Pardon de la sainte Anne à Lanvallay • LPL
Learn More About the Church: The Mozarabic Rite | FSSPX News
Letter From the Superior General to Friends and Benefactors No. 94 | FSSPX News
Letter from the Superior General to friends and benefactors n. 93 | FSSPX News
Letter From the Superior General to Friends and Benefactors No. 94 | FSSPX News
Ecône: Ordinations to the Priesthood and the Diaconate 2025 | FSSPX News
The Myth of Holy Russia | District of the USA
Pope Leo XIV Working on His First Encyclical | FSSPX News
Cardinal Victor Fernandez Speaks About Fiducia Supplicans | FSSPX News
Immaculate Conception Academy 50th Jubilee | District of the USA
News From the "Traditionis Custodes" Front (1) | FSSPX News
Learn More About the Church: The Ambrosian Rite | FSSPX News
Catholicism and Race Part 1: The Race Idea | District of the USA
Myanmar: A Cathedral Threatened with Demolition for Excavations | FSSPX News
Full text of the Jubilee sermon | FSSPX News

Tradicat: Again, bits of good and bad news.

Accusations and Persecutions

Society of St. Pius X Is Not Sedevacantist | Catholic Answers Q&A
Swedish cardinal calls for unity after SSPX bishop conducts unauthorized ceremonies in diocese - CatholicVote org
Swedish cardinal clarifies Society of St. Pius X status after unauthorized visit | Catholic News Agency
Judiciary Committee: FBI spied on Catholic priest for not divulging info on parishioner | Catholic News Agency
SSPX investigated for theft and damage after removing altar and furnishings from French church
Errors of Omission | Commonweal Magazine
RORATE CÆLI: The SSPX Responds to Cardinal Arborelius

Tradicat: More of the same. The SSPX is not authorised etc.

World, Wars and Conflict

Business and Economics

No Deal For Canada - Now What? - YouTube
Trump's sudden shifts make his policies baffling to countries trying to negotiate lower tariffs | AP News
Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin August 1 | AP News
Mass layoffs are imminent, State Department tells employees - Defense One
Trump's tariff tantrum - YouTube
Canada urged to hold firm in U.S. trade talks as Trump tariff deadline approaches
Watch: Eric Trump not ruling out White House family 'dynasty'
'Unbelievable!': Sen. Amy Klobuchar torches Trump tariffs as he falls short on trade deals yet again
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer: Canada is still in Trump’s crosshairs, and even more danger lies ahead - The Hub
Canada's trade minister confident that countries will come to a deal - POLITICO
Trump defends firing labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
Trump will not let the world move on from tariffs
India to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats, say officials | India | The Guardian
Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life
Canada’s engagement with the United States
G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Statement on Hong Kong Arrest Warrants - Canada.ca
Canada removing retaliatory tariffs on CUSMA-compliant U.S. goods | CBC News
Trump tariffs: What happens next after court rules them illegal?
US court rules many of Trump's global tariffs are illegal
U.S. federal appeals court rules some of Trump's tariffs illegal | Business News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall | Science News | thecanadianpressnews.ca

Tradicat: I am waiting to see if the US Supreme Court decides that Trump is does not have dictatorship powers afterall.  Then what Trump does afterwards.

Military and Wars

Drones are now bullets: How a new Pentagon policy may accelerate robot warfare - Defense One
What is Pete Hegseth so scared of? - Defense One
US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says
Some A-10 Warthogs may dodge retirement under proposed Senate bill
National Defence considering purchase of fighter drones that could fly with F-35 | National News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Jammed and confused: Alaska trial shows pitfalls of fielding US drones
Get a look at Elbit’s enhanced binocular night vision goggles
Will special operators fly armed dune buggies into battles of the future?
Drug cartel operatives snuck into Ukraine for drone training: report
Hydrogen-powered naval warfare gets a boost - Defense One
Trump threatens Canada on trade deal after Carney moves to recognise Palestine | Palestinian territories | The Guardian
Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at sensitive Jerusalem holy site
Ukraine says it uncovered drone corruption scheme
Ukraine officials held in military drone corruption probe
After dillydallying, Thailand proceeds with Chinese-built submarine
F-16s intercept Russian spy planes near Alaska two days in a row
B-1 bombers, NATO fighters fly over Latvia to show unified force
Canada is strengthening defence ties with Finland and Sweden. What can they teach us? | CBC News
Iron Man in the Himalayas? China’s PLA embraces exoskeletons - Defense One
Swastikas on some Finland air force flags to be phased out
Saab develops drone-killing missile in scramble for low-cost counters
Israeli defense ministry withdraws from major UK arms exhibition

Tradicat: Lots of stuff happening in the military domain.

Science+Technology

Northern Arizona resident dies from plague
Could asteroid mining actually work? Maybe if we start with impact sites on the moon | Space
Cellphone pioneer looks out upon a changed world | AP News
Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal | Space
AI kills for the first time. Leak shows why “we are near the end” - Hinton - YouTube
Engineers Weigh Up Returning to Ancient Roman Concrete Recipes : ScienceAlert
Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests | Space

Tradicat: Lots of interesting developments in the S&T area.

Misc

The secret royal 'pyramids' of Scotland
Iceland adopted the four-day workweek starting in 2019, and more than five years later, it’s confirmed, Gen Z was right all along. - Evidence Network
RORATE CÆLI: McCrery, Architects of Catholic Beauty, chosen to renovate the White House
Complex questions echo after a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum - POLITICO
Smithsonian Statement | Smithsonian Institution
U.S. third country deportation

Tradicat: Just curiosities.

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