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TLM and Novus Ordo: Offerings of Cain and Abel?
What makes a sacrifice more pleasing to God; the external elements or our interior disposition?

Andrew Mioni
Sep 147 min read
Against Radical Traditionalism: Lateran Council V, Session 11: On Preaching
We have learnt from trustworthy sources that some preachers in our times (we record this with sorrow)...are preaching many and various...

Andrew Mioni
Sep 95 min read


Against Radical Traditionalism: "Charitas" (1791) - Pope Pius VI
On those who were unlawfully consecrated bishops, and their lack of jurisdiction and authority.

Andrew Mioni
Aug 126 min read


God is Not a Tyrant: Reclaiming the Beauty of Redemptive Suffering through the Saints
By: Michelle De Berardinis When I first left the SSPX, I was spiritually disoriented. I found myself wrestling with confusion, fear, and...

MrsHappyCatholic
Jun 258 min read


Against Radical Traditionalism: "Etsi Multa" (1873) - Pope Bl. Pius IX
On the unlawful consecration and election of a bishop, and the subsequent penalties for him and his followers

Andrew Mioni
May 14 min read


Against Radical Traditionalism: "Satis Cognitum" (1896) - Pope Leo XIII
On the unity of the church and the authority of the pope and bishops

Andrew Mioni
May 15 min read


Against Radical Traditionalism: "Tribus Circiter" (1906) - Pope St Pius X
On a society of priests who promoted piety but devolved into an independent ministry and separated themselves from the lawful authorities

Andrew Mioni
Apr 303 min read


Against Radical Traditionalism: "Pieni L'Animo" (1906) - Pope St. Pius X
On "the spirit of insubordination and independence displayed among the clergy"

Andrew Mioni
Apr 303 min read


Some Questions on Marriages in the SSPX (pre-2015)
The question of supplied jurisdiction as it relates to the sacrament of Matrimony is one of the more contentious topics in traditionalist...

Andrew Mioni
Jan 275 min read
Did Vatican II really reverse the ends of marriage?
I can recall being told in my SSPX marriage classes that we “should have nothing to do with the Novus Ordo” because “they reversed the...

Andrew Mioni
Jan 124 min read


"Is it worth Communion?"
When I had recently left the SSPX, my husband and I were attending the FSSP parish about 10 minutes away from where I grew up. I had...

Clelia Mioni
Dec 20, 202410 min read
On the Journey Home: Part 2 - by Gary Campbell
Traditionalism isn’t a very confident religion. That may seem a counter-intuitive observation, given the boldness of traditionalists on...

MrsHappyCatholic
Dec 8, 20243 min read


On the Journey Home: Part 1 - by Gary Campbell
A quarter of a century ago I made the decision to leave the Society of St Pius X, after 12 years, five of them as a priest. I won’t go...

MrsHappyCatholic
Nov 9, 20243 min read


The Fatal Flaw of Sedevacantism
I will grant the sedevacantists one thing- they at least have the intellectual honesty to admit that the Recognize and Resist position...

Andrew Mioni
Nov 2, 20244 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Fr. Robert Neville
Note from Trad Recovery: Our series "Why I Left the SSPX" is a collection of letters from priests who have left the SSPX over the years...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 202411 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Fr. Rafael Navas Ortiz
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 To: comments@sspx-schism.com Subject: Schism website Hail Mary Most Pure! I am Father Rafael Navas O., and I have...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Fr. Gary Campbell
May 4, 1999 Dear Bishop Fellay, After long thought and prayer, I have decided to leave the Society of St. Pius X. I owe it to you to say...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 20245 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Abbe Emmanuel Berger
June 30, 1994 Abbé Emmanuel BERGER My dear fellow priests, My departure will have surprised you, certainly hurt you and perhaps even...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 202422 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Fr Angelo Vanderputten
July 23, 2001 Dear Friends, I have received, on July 20, 2001, a letter, through fax, from Father Peter Scott, District Superior of the...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 20245 min read
Why I Left the SSPX: Fr. Marshall Roberts
8 December, 1997 Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary Dear Friends in Christ, Although it has been a little more than a month since I...

MrsHappyCatholic
Sep 26, 202414 min read
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