Tag Archives: Roman Catholicism

Fr Claude Barthe on Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio

Posted on Thursday, 29 July, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Claude Barthe is a French traditionalist Roman Catholic priest. I have read several of his books and I greatly esteem his capacity for rational analysis. I last saw him in 2009 at a conference in Versailles about the developments … Continue reading →

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The Godless Church

Posted on Wednesday, 28 July, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This morning, thanks to Dr William Tighe’s e-mails of news links, I read this interview of Benedict XVI by a German newspaper – Benedict XVI laments lack of faith in German Catholic officialdom. This expression of his thought is quite … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic Woes

Posted on Monday, 19 July, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am one of relatively few who has swum the Tiber both ways, return journey. I left the Church of England and returned to Anglicanism via the Continuum. I experienced the traditionalist world at first hand. I knew the most … Continue reading →

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Rigid Repression of Rigidity

Posted on Thursday, 1 July, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Should I comment about this subject? Is it just a blind alley of cognitive dissonance? In the end, perhaps I may be able to contribute positively. The article on which I base my reflections today is Pope calls for an … Continue reading →

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Liturgical Wars

Posted on Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have not commented on the recent reports about Pope Francis wanting to restrict the older Roman liturgy in opposition to the legislation of his predecessor Benedict XVI. It is not my war, but I am ready to listen to … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame de Pontmain

Posted on Monday, 24 May, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a long time since I made a pilgrimage to a place of Marian apparitions. I had previously been to Lourdes and Fatima, and was struck by the intensity of people offering their prayers and asking for favours, especially … Continue reading →

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Catholics, the Paradox

Posted on Sunday, 14 March, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Most of my readers are probably familiar with this film giving a caricature of the Vatican II reforms in the 1960’s and the following decade, and of the traditionalist reaction. The drama is centred in a monastery on the remote … Continue reading →

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Post-Institutional Catholics

Posted on Sunday, 14 February, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: this article of mine inspired another blog article Is the Pope Catholic? Who cares!? I have already criticised Pius IX’s infallibilist ideology as something that is intellectually absurd, and which is in fact the basis of sedevacantism. I find … Continue reading →

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Fr Anthony Cekada, RIP

Posted on Saturday, 12 September, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I refer my readers to the brief obituary in the New Liturgical Movement of Fr Anthony Cekada. I never met him and I have already said elsewhere that sedevacantism is the best refutation of what used to be called the … Continue reading →

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Anglican Catholicism, a twitch upon the thread

Posted on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been looking at a fascinating thread on the Anglican Ordinariate Forum on Facebook. Some of those people reflect well, among those of a more fearful disposition. I will try to give a general gist of some of these … Continue reading →

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