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This page lists resources about the Catholic Church and the catholic faith, especially defenses against the Conciliar Church.
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Devotions
- How to Pray the Rosary (3rd party)
- Instructions on how to pray the Rosary: joyful, sorrowful, and glorious sets of mysteries. (The luminous mysteries are an artifact of John Paul II in the 1990s.)
- Meditations for the 15 Mysteries of the Rosary (3rd party)
- Meditation for each Hail Mary.
- Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1st Friday) (3rd party)
- Go to mass on the 1st Friday of the month for 9 months. Make reparation for the sins of the world. Receive graces.
- Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1st Saturday) (3rd party)
- Go to mass on the 1st Saturday of the month for 5 months. Make reparation for the sins of the world. Receive graces.
- Saint Philomena
- How a previously unknown virgin-martyr became a miracle worker and protector of many.
- The Divine Mercy Devotion: Why Did the Holy Office Ban It? (3rd party)
- A certain devotion which is very popular in the Conciliar Church was previously condemned by the Catholic Church, because of its questionable teachings.
- Traditional Fast and Abstinence Rules (3rd party)
- Do penance to save your soul. This document describes the ancient discipline of fasting and abstinence (from meat), and then details how the modernists have almost abolished it.
- Anneliese Michel—An unrecognized and misunderstood victim soul (3rd party)
- In 1976, Anneliese Michel offered herself to our Lady in an extraordinary way: she let demons possess and torment her so she could do penance for souls. She died a victim soul for Christ. The story became the basis of the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Traditional apologia
- Why the Chair of Peter Today is Vacant (3rd party)
- Manifest heretics cannot be popes.
- CMRI Articles on the Traditional Catholic Faith (3rd party)
- A huge directory of information about the True Church.
- Fr. Anthony Cekada papers on the Traditional Catholic Faith (3rd party)
- Another huge directory of information about the True Church.
- Quo Primum (3rd party)
- Or “no new rituals!” This infallible encyclical cemented the Roman rite in perpetuity. Further, any modification of the ritual itself “will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.” Quo Primum was printed at the beginning of every missal until 1969.
- The Ottaviani Intervention (3rd party)
- Diff of the old mass versus the new “mass”. The conciliar bishops responded by cutting Cardinal Ottaviani’s microphone.
- Sedevacantism Visualized (3rd party)
- The argument against the Conciliar Church.
- The Oath Against Modernism (3rd party)
- Before receiving ordination, each priest was required to pledge this oath against the heresy of Modernism. The Oath Against Modernism was removed in 1967 by Paul VI.
- Why the 1958 rubrics are tantamount (3rd party)
- CMRI statement of principle: “Since Pope Pius XII was a true pope, the liturgy promulgated by him is not subject to review by anyone nor is anyone allowed to pass judgment on the Pope’s decisions.”
- Fr. Anthony Cekada: Absolutely Null and Utterly Void (3rd party)
- The “gold standard” argument for why the 1968 Rite of Episcopal Consecration is invalid. The consequence is that most “clergy” in the Conciliar Church are not real clergy at all.
- Fr. Cekada: Mt. St. Michael & CMRI: Brief Overview
- A traditional organization recovers from a very bumpy start and becomes a shining example.
- Archbishop Thuc’s extraordinary patriarchal authority (3rd party)
- “Archbishop P.M. Ngo Dinh Thuc received ‘extraordinary’ authority from Pope Pius XI providing him with the ability to act in all manners and circumstances that would normally require recourse to the Holy See.”
- Archbishop Thuc, A Great Man, Fr. Francis Miller, OFM (3rd party)
- A priest responsible for taking care of Archbishop Thuc in his late days speaks up and unveils a big conspiracy.
- Interview of Fr. Patrick Perez by Stephen Heiner, December 2010 (3rd party)
- Exposition of the “recognize and resist” standpoint. There is also a lot of history of how the Our Lady Help of Christians private chapel (Garden Grove, CA) came to be.
History, lineages, etc.
- Fr. Frederick Schell, S.J., Requiescat in pace, 1916-2002 (3rd party)
- The story of a canceled Los Angeles priest who in 1977 refused to distribute communion in the hand.
- Lineage of Fr. Michael Wiest (Carfora line)
- Lineage trace of Fr. Michael Wiest, going back to Archbishop Carfora, with all the receipts.
- Last Will and Testament of Monsignor Patrick Perez
- The “parish” of Our Lady Help of Christians (Garden Grove, CA) belongs to a lay board.
- “Bishop” Joseph Pfeiffer is a dubious bishop (3rd party)
- Bishop Webster admits he was “just going through the ceremony.”
Books, texts, media, etc.
- Douay-Rheims Bible (with Latin Vulgate) (3rd party)
- The Douay-Rheims Bible is the only English Bible you should read.
- Divinum Officium Project (3rd party)
- Divine office, mass readings, etc. Side note: the source code is on GitHub, and they have a surprisingly modern (i.e. Dockerized) build system.
- Big List of Free/Gratis Traditional Catholic Books (3rd party)
- There is enough reading material for a lifetime here. See also Part II.
- Archbishop Fulton Sheen “Life is Worth Living” (3rd party)
- Audio recordings of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s LP catechism and TV show.