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Following interventions by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the question—Would we have been better off without Vatican II?—has now become mainstream. The explosive growth of Tridentine communities and the revival of traditional devotions must leave one saying, "There has never been a better time to be a traditionalist."
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The recently-canonized Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati have been promoted as "ordinary" Catholics. But are Saints ordinary, and should ordinary Catholics be canonized?
The fragmentation of Catholicism continues apace. Every new issue – Covid, Traditionis Custodes, Ukraine – brings more division and infighting and "cancelling" among Catholics....
Under Pope Benedict, relations between traditional Catholics and the Vatican were friendly; under Pope Francis, they were openly hostile. What is the state of...