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WM Review – BREAKING: SSPX episcopal consecrations announced

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The SSPX has announced that they will be consecrating bishops 1 July 2026, apparently without pontifical mandate, following Archbishop Lefebvre’s ‘Operation Survival’ in 1988 and another in 1991.>

Following the death of Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais in 2024 (and also Bishop Richard Williamson in 2025), the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) has announced that they will be following in his footsteps and consecrating bishops, apparently without the permission of Leo XIV, on 1 July 2026.>This will mark the second time – and not the first, as many think – that the Society of St Pius X’s bishops have conferred episcopal consecration since 1988 (more on this below).

Originally published in The WM Review. Read original article

Radical Fidelity – Injuring Yourself While Battling a Death’s-Head Hawkmoth is Still Better than Falling for the Synodal Deception — Radical Roundup January 2026

2026 started off on a bit of a false note, as I tore my calf muscle two Saturdays ago while hunting a Death’s-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia Atropos) in the early hours of the morning.>While this might sound like something out of an Edgar Allan Poe tale, I can assure you it is not. These moths—unsure whether they are found anywhere other than Africa—are about the size of my hand, sound like a small bat fluttering its wings, and, when distressed, actually screech. After keeping me awake for two nights in a row, I took action at about 2 a.m. on January 17. In the middle of my angry acrobatics, I landed wrong and tore the muscle.>The result? Six weeks in a moon boot, on crutches, and mostly homebound, followed by rehab. Slightly discouraging for a person who loves running, cycling, and being outside. But there is also a bright side: this has afforded me more time to read and write. I am currently reading Liberalism Is a Sin (embarrassingly, for the first time), re-reading Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, and recently finished Return to Order by John Horvat II.

Originally published in Radical Fidelity. Read original article

Radical Fidelity – Your Good Intentions to Save Your Parish Might be Paving the Way to Hell

A recent article by Patrick Neve (“The Parish You Hate Might Need You”) set the Catholic internet alight, provoking defenses and counterdefenses of his argument that Catholics should not go parish hopping but instead dig in their heels at their “bad” parish and try to change it from the inside.>I am not going to address Neve’s article directly. He is clearly a Novus Ordo Catholic, as he cites Paul VI and seems blind to the massive underlying problems. I say this because his arguments do not appear to be framed around Novus Ordo versus Traditional Catholicism, but rather around irreverent Novus Ordo versus more reverent Novus Ordo. (By saying this I am not judging his heart; to be honest, until this little forest fire erupted, I had never heard of him before.)>I was not even planning to get involved in the debate. There are several reasons for this. People close to me are struggling with exactly this (false) dilemma, and I do not want to drag their personal struggles into the public sphere.

Originally published in Radical Fidelity. Read original article

Kokx News – Radical Fidelity: Catholics Must Be Counter-Revolutionary

Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772-1794), a key figure in the French Counter-Revolution.

Editor’s note: This week I had the distinct privilege of interviewing Riaan van Zyl, the purveyor of the massively impressive Radical Fidelity Substack. Riaan appeared on Church & State a few weeks ago to talk about Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières’ proposal for a worldwide jurisdiction for priests who are “attached’ to the Latin Mass. >In this interview, which was conducted via email, Riaan and I talk about why he does what he does, the state of Trad Inc., and the need for Catholics to be Counter-Revolutionary.>

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Originally published in Kokx News. Read original article

Kokx News – Pro-LGBT Clergy Stand With Anti-ICE Rioters In Minnesota

The heirs of Theodore McCarrick are up to their old tricks.>Cardinals Blase Cupich, Joseph Tobin, and the rest of the lavender mafia in the US have come out swinging against the Trump administration.>The same men who shut down churches during COVID-19 — and who barely lifted a finger when the Biden administration was caught spying on Catholics — are now positioning themselves as defenders of democracy.

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WM Review – Bishop Richard Williamson: Anniversary Post

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Today marks the anniversary of Bishop Richard Williamson’s death.>

(WM Round-Up) – On Wednesday 29th January 2025, His Lordship Bishop Richard Williamson, formerly of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) died.>He suffered a brain haemorrhage on the 24th January, and was hospitalised. He received extreme unction, and Catholics of varying views and positions on the current crisis united in prayer for the Bishop. Having spent several days unconscious, he suffered a short final agony which his people tell us “was only a matter of minutes.”

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Kokx News – Leo Misrepresents Newman On Doctrinal Development

Another Wednesday, another lame exhortation for Catholics to re-read the Second Vatican Council.>Earlier today in Rome, Pope Prevost continued his weekly reflection series on Vatican II. This time, his focus was Dei Verbum.>

While repeating all the usual platitudes about how the Christian faith “is not static but dynamic,” Leo made a rather telling remark about John Henry Newman.

Originally published in Kokx News. Read original article