In this extract from the book, ‘Unholy Craft’ by Arnaud de Lassus, the author relates the method used by an infiltrator to convince a Catholic priest to become involved with Freemasonry.
How does a priest become a Freemason? - Pax Orbis

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How does a priest become a Freemason? - Pax Orbis

In this extract from the book, ‘Unholy Craft’ by Arnaud de Lassus, the author relates the method used by an infiltrator to convince a Catholic priest to become involved with Freemasonry.
In Italy, in 1999, a book was published anonymously entitled Via col vento in Vaticano and, according to the editor the French version, “would have come from a group of high-ranking Vatican dignitaries who chose to break the law of silence.”
It is a collective work describing various disorders affecting the Holy See. The chapters are not all of equal value and some call for serious reservations. Chapter 18, The Smoke of Satan in the Vatican, deals with Freemasonry and, in four very interesting pages, explains the process used to entice prelates to affiliate to the craft.
There is a real novitiate for recruiting ecclesiastics to the Masonic order. Among ecclesiastics, there is a certain category of men in which Masonry seeks possible collaborators; these must combine certain gifts: keen intelligence …

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From Damian Keller: the connection between the SSPX consecrations and Our Lady of Fatima Standing on the precipice: why the Consecrations …

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Standing on the precipice: why the Consecrations are necessary - Pax Orbis

Damian Keller argues that, for the good of the Church, and in obedience to Our Lady’s warnings, the Society of St. Pius X must go ahead with consecrations of new bishops – with or without the permission of Rome.
by Damian Keller
As one who is a volunteer within the SSPX and given the duties of caring for the Society’s priests at a Priory, I know very well the circumstances and why the SSPX is acting out of necessity in these tumultuous times befalling the world. I have also listened CLOSELY to what Our Lord and Blessed Mother have had to say in the past as well as other prophesies by the Saints and Blesseds concerning what is swiftly approaching.
Malachi Martin, who read the Third Secret, and advised to “keep your eyes on the sky”. had also foretold of what would happen to the hierarchy. I’m watching the sky and I don’t like what the sun has been doing in response to what is being done to the Church. The Miracle of The Sun was also a warning.
Bishops Gallarata and Bemard Fellay are …

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The second in our series on the errors of Dr K and the 'traditionalist' High Church Modernists. By Vinicius.
High Church Modernism part two: deconstructing …

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High Church Modernism part two: deconstructing the Traditional Church - Pax Orbis

This is second part of a series on the errors of one of the most prominent voices in the traditionalist Catholic world: Peter Kwasniewski. For those who think these articles are too ‘negative’, please recall that we are to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” – Ephesians 5:11. Part I of the series can be found here.
by Vinicius
For Peter Kwasniewski, traditional Catholic beliefs and practices are combined with and justified by Valentin Tomberg’s false mysticism (see Part One) and Gallican type views of the constitution of the Church. Both these tendencies rebelled and “lost” in the traditional Church (going back to its beginnings in some cases), but left an anti-tradition of heterodox “precedents” for High Church Modernism.
This version was therefore not received from the Church of the ages. Nor did it inform the first thirty years of traditionalist resistance to the spirit and letter of Vatican II (the first generation of traditional …

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@V.R.S. well stated! Some of the conservative bishops were the worst wreckovators in the aftermath of the Council b/c even though they were appalled with the deconstruction i.e. adding the people's table, stripping the sacred art, and ripping out kneelers, they did it in the name of, well Peter speaks and we must follow!

V.R.S.

A mix of truth and nonsense. That "hyperpapalism" made easier for modernists to hijack the Church with Paul VI leading the "Council" and its revolution, and almost all the bishops blindly following it, is a historical fact.

Please continue to pray for the Society and for Holy Mother Church 🙏
New episcopal consecrations announced!

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New episcopal consecrations announced!

Press release of February 2, 2026 – SOURCE: SSPX News
On this February 2, 2026, feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, publicly announced its decision to entrust the bishops of the Fraternity with the task of carrying out new episcopal consecrations, on the 1st of July.
Last August, he requested the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, letting him know his desire to filially explain to him the present situation of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. In a second letter, he explicitly opened up about the particular need of the Fraternity to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have travelled the world for nearly forty years to respond to the numerous faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desiring that the sacraments of Orders and Confirmation be conferred, for the good of their souls.
After having matured his …

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The SSPX will do what they need to do to survive. Rome will either excommunicate them or they won’t. The end. The last time Rome excommunicated them for this sort of thing (1988) it backfired and the SSPX grew exponentially. Rome eventually had to revoke the excommunications (2009). If Rome does it again, it will only backfire again, bigger this time.

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"The abduction of Venezuela’s head of state (which cost eighty Venezuelan lives and was not preceded by a declaration of war) and his arraignment before a New York court epitomises how far secularist Western society has departed from the old Christian West. In more Christian times, regardless of the moral caliber of a society’s leader, he was treated with respect by other states because of his position, no matter the ferocity of their differences."
Secularism, the new barbarism?

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Secularism, the new barbarism?

The abduction of Venezuela’s head of state (which cost eighty Venezuelan lives and was not preceded by a declaration of war) and his arraignment before a New York court epitomises how far secularist Western society has departed from the old Christian West.
In more Christian times, regardless of the moral caliber of a society’s leader, he was treated with respect by other states because of his position, no matter the ferocity of their differences.
Here are a couple of examples:
During the Hundred Years War, John II of France was captured at the Battle of Poitiers (1356): While surrounded, he continued fighting until a French exile in the service of England, Denis de Morbecque, offered him an honourable surrender: “Sire, I am a knight of Artois. Yield yourself to me and I will lead you to the Prince of Wales”.
That night he was waited upon at dinner by Edward, the “Black Prince”. Records show that, while in captivity in England, he lived in the Savoy Palace, purchased pets and clothes …

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George Obregon

Please don't forget that Biden put a $20 million dollar bounty for the capture and arrest of Maduro. Maduro was lawfully arrested, and brought to stand trial for cocaine exportation and supporting drug cartel activities—in which he was the head.
/St. George of Hyperlink ✞

Anonymous Catholic

There is plenty of evidence to show that Bishops and Cardinals who attended Vatican Council II were concerned from the start about its timing, its content and the serious omissions found in its documents.
The Council Fathers on Vatican II

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The Council Fathers on Vatican II

There is plenty of evidence to show that Bishops and Cardinals who attended Vatican Council II were concerned from the start about its timing, its content and the serious omissions found in its documents.
While there is no doubt that it was a pivotal moment in the history of the Church, Vatican II represents for some a devastating rupture with Catholicism as it was always taught, while it remains for others the surprising revelation of a Catholicism which had hitherto not been discovered.
As a liberal, Pope Leo XIV falls into the latter camp and has
announced that he will begin a new catechesis series on Vatican II. He believes we must “continue to seek ways and means to implement its insights” and that “it will be important to get to know it again closely.”
In more conservative circles, many have woken up to the fact that implementation was never the problem. Like Communism, which its loyal adherents say has “not yet been implemented properly”, Vatican II contains integral errors …

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A 1987 interview with Archbishop Lefebvre, which reveals his mind prior to the 1988 consecrations.
"Today however, it is the Faith itself which is at stake. I sense that the ‘conciliar’ Church changes and places the very centre of the Catholic Faith in danger. For this reason obedience is no longer possible; for even the Pope does not have the power to change the Faith, he is but a servant of the Faith. To accept Religious Liberty, Ecumenism, the Conciliar Reforms, would appear to me to be contributing to the ‘auto-demolition’ of the Church. In conscience, that is not possible for me. The Liberalism of the Pope is destroying the Catholic Faith from within."
“If it is my duty, I will consecrate bishops”

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“If it is my duty, I will consecrate bishops”

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre uttered those words 38 years ago, when asked about the possibility of illicit episcopal consecrations by the Society of St. Pius X.
Today, the two remaining Bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X are facing the same dilemma that Archbishop Lefebvre faced nearly 40 years ago, as so far, there is no indication that Rome will grant permission for consecrations to be held in the near future.
Archbishop Lefebvre
The following is an English translation of a 1987 interview in which journalists from the Italian journal Trenta Giorni asked Archbishop Lefebvre about his intentions. It was first published by the Australian traditionalist publication, Catholic, in July 1987, Issue #55 and is reproduced here with permission. It is prefaced with its original introduction by the editors of Catholic.
In this article, you will learn the mind of the Archbishop as he contemplated objective disobedience to the Pope and potential excommunication, for the sake of the Church’s …

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SSPX is the Arc of the church since the the corrupt Vatican 2 council.

Jeffrey Ade

It is the duty of every Catholic bishop! Thank God for his grace, Archbishop Lefebvre! We owe our Catholic faith to him!

Anonymous Catholic

Traditional Catholics need to be aware of the occult flavours swirling around us, particularly in intellectual circles. Peter Kwasniewski, High Church modernism and …

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Peter Kwasniewski, High Church modernism and Occultism. Part I

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski is a well-known North American writer on traditional Catholic liturgy. But he is also implacably committed to an esoteric religiosity that most traditional Catholics would be horrified by. Indeed twenty-five years ago, the esoteric, occultist version of traditional Catholicism that he and his network of writers have established barely existed. Yet traditional Catholicism was alive and well then, and a quarter of a century before that.
Esoteric, “High Church modernism” has not come from the traditionalist priests or faithful, but from networks of publishers like Angelico Press, who deliberately marketed occultist works alongside the most orthodox Catholic books in order to enter a “market” and proselytise it. It is only fair to people dismayed by the post-Vatican II crisis in the Church to inform them of how, under cover of opposition to one kind of change, an even more radical change is introduced.
It’s wrong to market occultism and heterodoxy under the banner …

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@Agatha James Scary stuff! I got stuck at the demons part. " Resist the devil, and the devil will be your friend!" According to Venerable Mary of Agreda any demon would instantaneously destroy the whole human race if God allowed it to! Oh brother!

Agatha James

Quite the discussion on that essay.

Anonymous Catholic

It is more than likely that we will have to endure Pope Leo for at least another twenty years, a fact which puts the very status of the conservative Catholic commentators in jeopardy. The prospect of a long period of reading and watching dozens of webcasters displaying higher and higher levels of shock and horror, all with doubtful effect, is a very gloomy one.
The age of ‘pay, pray and obey’ is now long past

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The age of ‘pay, pray and obey’ is now long past

by Joseph Bevan.
Under the pontificate of Pope Francis, traditional Catholics were all of one mind as they absorbed numerous videos on the internet or read page after page of criticisms and outrage by the commentators. The worse the news from Rome, the more united became the ‘traddies.’ It was impossible to believe that things could deteriorate further as the faithful were treated to the outpourings from the Vatican – Amoris Laetitia, Traditiones Custodes, and then Synodality, interspersed with alarming throwaway lines spoken down a microphone aboard an aircraft.
The response to all these statements was shock, confusion and outrage. However, one took comfort from the fact that firstly, Pope Francis wouldn’t last forever, and secondly, that a new pope would put things right. After all, the next incumbent of the papal throne couldn’t possibly be worse than the current one – could he? Well, now we know! For anybody who has eyes to see, Pope Leo XIV is definitely ‘Francis Mark II’, …

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"To find a model of what we should expect to see after a validly-performed Consecration, we should look no further than the tiny nation of Portugal. This small European country provides the evidence that a solemn consecration to the Immaculate Heart can place a nation under Our Lady’s protection."
Portugal: Case Study of a Successful Consecration

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Portugal: Case Study of a Successful Consecration

by Kathy Clubb
There is some confusion these days over whether or not Russia has ever been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart in accordance with the requests of Our Lady.
The first reference to a consecration was made in 1917, during Our Lady’s third apparition to the children at Fatima. During the apparition, the Blessed Virgin told the children She would later return to ask for Russia to be consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart, promising that this would lead to the conversion of Russia and world peace.
In June, 1929, Our Lady announced to Sr. Lucia at Tuy, Spain, that the time had arrived for the consecration to take place. Our Lord then visited Sr. Lucia two years later to repeat the request and again in 1936.
It wasn’t until 1942 that Pius XII became the first pope to attempt a consecration. Subsequent Popes have attempted consecrations right up to Pope Francis in 2022, with John Paul II making three attempts, but none of them fulfilled the simple request in all its details.
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Jeffrey Ade

Interesting article about what real consecration to Our lady of Fatima looks like, not the fake ideas of modern Russia!

Anonymous Catholic

It was another glorious victory for the champions of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Yet Freemasonry had only killed a messenger; they were powerless against the message, and they knew it. Their days were numbered.”
from Fatima in Twilight by Mark Fellows. Marmion Publications, Niagra Falls. 2003.
Freemasons at Fatima in the 1920’s

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Freemasons at Fatima in the 1920’s

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@petrus100452...
The Archdiocese of Gwangju investigated and declared in 1998 that the events lacked evidence of supernatural origin.
Korean bishops have consistently warned against promoting devotion to Naju, citing risks of schism and unauthorized sacramental activity.
Automatic excommunication was decreed for clergy or laity participating in sacraments at the Naju shrine without approval

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@chris griffin
Our Lady in Naju (apparitions to Julia Kim)
July 18, 1985: "Prevent abortions (by prayer) and pray for those who carry out abortions."
November 5, 1986: "Help me. I cannot appease God the Father's anger without your help. Can you participate in my sufferings? Because of birth control and abortions, I feel extreme pains in my womb. Little lives are roaming about in limbo after having been deprived of their human dignity and treated only as a lump of bloody flesh"
July 15, 1987: "My heart is broken because of the unlimited birth control. Pray for the prevention of abortions and for those who carry out abortions."
July, 29, 1988: "People are walking on the road toward hell, because they commit cruel murders and yet do not know they are murderers. These little lives are deprived of their human dignity and receive terrible punishment that their parents deserve. Aren't these punishment too cruel for them? I am overcome with sorrows, because these innocent lives, precious lives …More

Anonymous Catholic

"In the 3rd century BC, King Pyrrhus of Greece went to war against the Romans. Initially, his forces were victorious, but the casualties they sustained were so high that Pyrrhus was unable to win a more decisive later battle. From this historical failure is derived the term, Pyrrhic victory, which has come to mean a victory which is hollow: one which loses more than it gains.
"Two thousand years later, Italy is again the scene of a Pyrrhic victory; mainstream traditionalist media is claiming a triumph while also sustaining great losses, both of credibility and of personal integrity."
Trad Inc.’s Pyrrhic Victory

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Trad Inc.’s Pyrrhic Victory

St. Catherine of Siena
In the 3rd century BC, King Pyrrhus of Greece went to war against the Romans. Initially, his forces were victorious, but the casualties they sustained were so high that Pyrrhus was unable to win a more decisive later battle. From this historical failure is derived the term,
Two thousand years later, Italy is again the scene of a Pyrrhic victory; mainstream traditionalist media is claiming a triumph while also sustaining great losses, both of credibility and of personal integrity.
A deal with the devil
The Tridentine Mass of the
With a huge crowd of faithful Catholics and a number of high-ranking prelates in attendance, the liturgy was accompanied by an exorcism prayer offered by Cardinal Ernest Simoni. Cardinal Simoni, aged 97, had been tortured and imprisoned for 28 years in Albania for refusing to renounce his faith.
Without casting shade on the piety of the Cardinal, it must be asked whether a single exorcism prayer could be sufficient to cleanse St. Peter’s …

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Sandy Barrett

Also true for the Vatican against Catholics.

HerzMariae

That's it: "Two thousand years later, Italy is again the scene of a Pyrrhic victory; mainstream traditionalist media is claiming a triumph while also sustaining great losses, both of credibility and of personal integrity."

Anonymous Catholic

Vinicius provides a fascinating insight into medieval Christendom - the model for the reign of Christ the King.
"A glance at a map of the world in A.D. 1600 shows every Westernised territory outside Europe as ruled by Phillip III of Castile (Phillip II of Portugal and Aragon); the first “globalism” was Catholic. This was accompanied by economic and scientific expansion (the world eventually adopted Pope Gregory XIII’s 1582 reform of the calendar, for example), striking advances in government administration, and a military revolution that guaranteed Christian Western hegemony."
Traditional Pre-Enlightenment Society

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Traditional Pre-Enlightenment Society

by Vinicius
For Christians, the contemporary West has many tendencies that are objectionable and cannot be ignored. Society is secular; it does not recognise God, His Church or revelation. It does not even recognise natural law, based on divinely-made unchanging human nature, as the template for society.
The result is not only the array of positions associated with “woke” culture, but also the injustice and social chaos resulting from free-market absolutism and the ongoing technocrat revolution. Mankind is groaning under these threats, often reacting and lashing out.
On the Western political scene today, however, a position firmly based upon universal unchanging principles is absent. This is perhaps the worst calamity because it prevents any solution. Without this template in mind, changing society for the better is unlikely, as G. K. Chesterton wrote: “A strict rule is not only necessary for ruling; it is also necessary for rebelling …. There must at any given moment be an abstract …

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Anonymous Catholic

"Doorly presents a lucid, incisive and compelling case for criticising various problematic aspects of Council documents and the vernacular liturgy. Aiden Nichols responds with the predictable ambivalent, evasive, neo-conservative and often unsubstantiated apologia for the Hermeneutic of Continuity Thesis. He argues both the controversial documents and the Novus Ordo liturgy are essentially in conformity with Catholic tradition because they are legitimate developments of that tradition."
The Council in Question: A brief commentary

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The Council in Question: A brief commentary

by
With great interest, I recently read
Unable to resist the neo-modernist pejorative label “Lefebvreism” in order to dismiss, by implication, traditionalist arguments as the misguided doctrines of a sect leader, Nichols presents a number of assertions, so patronising and patently erroneous, they cannot remain uncontested. Unfortunately, this brief commentary does not permit an adequate response to all of these. I will therefore explore only two major issues, namely, the concept of “Tradition” and secondly, the highly controversial issue of “Religious Liberty”.
Firstly, Nichols, as I will shortly demonstrate, espouses a concept of tradition which is completely at odds with the authentic understanding of Catholic Tradition (p.42):
“The difference between ‘Tradition’ with a capital ‘T’ and tradition with a lower case ‘t’ is that the first refers to Revelation as transmitted in the Church’s life, while the second refers to the ‘ways’ in which the Church presents it. The way in which …

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