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Joseph Shaw
Perceiving God in creation: the angel-filled world of Francis Thompson
Through poetry shaped by suffering, Francis Thompson urges us to recover the vision of a world still radiant with God’s presence
Sanctifying the year: the forgotten wisdom of the Ember Days
An enlightening explanation of the Church’s Ember Days by the liturgical scholar Dr Joseph Shaw
The SSPX episcopal consecrations and the wider traditionalist movement
Dr Joseph Shaw reflects on the implications of a second batch of consecrations, and how the land lies for those attached to the traditional liturgy
Renewal: what happened to that?
Vatican II called for renewal through restoration, not revolution. But modern Catholic discourse has often confused renewal with progress, weakening the Church’s spiritual discipline and liturgical tradition
Slavery reparations or theatrical virtue?
In a penetrating analysis, Dr Joseph Shaw questions the Church of England’s proposed slavery reparations scheme—arguing that far from delivering justice, it risks signaling moral prestige at the expense of struggling parishes
What to watch at Pope Leo’s first extraordinary consistory
Joseph Shaw assesses what Pope Leo’s first Extraordinary Consistory will reveal about the balance between tradition and progress in the new pontificate
Catholics should care about Labour’s attack on Latin in schools
the labour government seems to be taking a very ideological approach to education policy, apparently reversing many of the policies of the p...
Petitions defending Latin Mass keep rolling in
the calls on pope francis not to impose fresh restrictions on the traditional mass have been joined by two more joint letters. both have bee...
Disappearance of Traditional Mass would impoverish the world both spiritually and culturally
today the times has published a letter from 48 intellectuals, artists, politicians and celebrities, both catholic and non-catholic, begging ...
Loss of traditional-rite Triduum in Westminster as Cardinal Nichols says ‘No’
this year the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, has refused permission for the celebration of the services of the pre-vat...
Strange bedfellows: Unlikely figures who rallied around the Traditional Latin Mass in the 60s and 70s
when the post-vatican ii liturgical reform was getting underway in 1966, and again when the reformed mass had been unveiled in 1971, petitio...
'Distressing': no more Traditional Masses at High Altar of Westminster Cathedral
the latin mass society has been informed that the traditional latin mass may no longer be celebrated at the high altar of westminster cathed...
The Roche Rescript impoverishes the whole Church, says Chairman of Latin Mass Society
seminarians of the priestly fraternity of st peter (fssp) prepare to receive minor orders at wigratzbad since pope francis’s apostolic lette...
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