(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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Leo XIV’s sermon on Christian Unity

Leo XIV told representatives of schismatic and heretical sects that Christians are “already one,” during a homily closing the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Sunday at the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls in Rome.>“We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible!” he declared to an audience that included Metropolitan Polykarpos representing the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian from the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Bishop Anthony Ball on behalf of the Anglican Communion.

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(WM Round-Up) – On Friday 23 January 2026, I appeared on Catholic Family Podcast with and Louie Verrecchio.>The conversation was about a recent republication of a 2025 article on One Peter Five:

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Editor’s Notes

The following article by Mr John Daly, published around 2006 in The Four Marks, examines the conditions and requirements for a papal election outside of the usual means envisioned by law.>In particular, he is examining attempts to hold extraordinary conclaves, as opposed to “imperfect general councils” (in which bishops might attempt to elect a Pope). Nonetheless, Mr Daly’s article raises issues that are relevant to both “means” of electing a Pope. His article is also relevant to our own present situation, given the increasing discussion of a meeting of bishops, which could involve such an election.

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Editor’s Notes

In 1932, Pope Pius XI promulgated an encyclical titled Caritate Christi Compulsi, on the Sacred Heart. >But this was not a merely devotional encyclical. In it, the Pope denounced the evils of both Capitalism and Communism – and ways in which civil authorities attempt to uncrown and dethrone Christ the King.

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(WM Round-Up) Arouca Press has brought out the third edition of their lovely little work The Liturgical Rosary.>

It is an unusual book, and to my knowledge, nothing of its kind has been produced before. There are many collections of meditations, but none like this.

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(WM Round-Up) – For several months, X has seen a few viral videos of white-habited Sisters singing Gregorian chant in a high gothic church. >

These videos garner much admiration, for the beauty of the singing and the architecture, and appreciation for a young religious order of Sisters.

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It is rare to find a book that makes you want to be good.>It is even rare to a funny book that makes you want to be good.

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The WM Review Annual Report for 2025

Part II: What We Built in 2025

Dear Readers and Friends of The WM Review,>Having seen how things stand at the end of 2025, let’s turn to the work that has been accomplished in the last year.

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The WM Review Annual Report for 2025 – Part I

Dear Readers and Friends of The WM Review,

Let’s not mince words.>The election of Leo XIV was a test. And most of Catholic media failed it spectacularly.

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