Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

Dispatch: Lebanon, liturgy and the SSPX occupy Leo XIV’s August agenda
As Leo XIV prepares to visit San Marino and Rimini, events in Rome have put Lebanon, the liturgy, AI and the SSPX firmly on the papal agenda.
 • Michael Haynes
Bishop Schneider: Serious Vatican Engagement with SSPX Would Mark “Beginning of the End” of the Modernist Project
The Bishop breaks his silence in first public statement following the episcopal consecrations of July 1.
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The Decline of the Petrine Ministry?
I believe that recent popes have lost authority and spiritual capital. Their personalities take center stage.
 • Michael Haynes
Should Cardinal Roche be believed about the Latin Mass?
The question is how much credence one should give to a liturgically inept, soon-to-be outgoing prefect, in a statement about Traditionis Custodes which…
 • Michael Haynes

July 2026

Timeline: Rupnik case from December 2022 until now
A full timeline of the complicated affairs of the Rupnik case.
 • Michael Haynes
Dispatch: Papal holiday won’t put the lid on bubbling tensions
Pope Leo’s summer recess at Castel Gandolfo has brought calm to the Vatican, but the SSPX’s appeal and renewed debate over ‘Traditionis Custodes…
 • Michael Haynes
Traditionis Custodes: Five years of unnecessary ‘persecution’ and chaos
With the fifth anniversary of Traditionis Custodes, the Church continues to suffer from the liturgical war re-ignited by Pope Francis.
 • Michael Haynes
SSPX makes canonical appeal against excommunication
The SSPX has made a formal appeal to the Holy See against the excommunication decree on its 6 bishops
 • Michael Haynes
Dispatch: A defining week for Pope Leo and the SSPX
It was “profound joy” and hope, rather than sorrow or concern, which were predominant amongst those gathered in Écône this week.
 • Michael Haynes
Holy See rules SSPX bishops excommunicated, strips faculties for two sacraments
The Decree and Note from the Vatican were published Thursday morning and come as the response to the SSPX's consecration of four bishops against the…
 • Michael Haynes
SSPX rejects Pope's request and consecrates four bishops
The Society of Saint Pius X has consecrated four new bishops at Écône, after warnings from the Holy See that the ceremony would incur automatic…
 • Michael Haynes

June 2026

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