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OnePeterFive retweeted
Today I had the great privilege of praying at the tomb of Blessed Columba Marmion while visiting the grand nineteenth-century Abbey of Maredsous. Sadly, today the community is dying due to its lack of fidelity to monastic and liturgical tradition and its failure to live up to Marmion's wisdom. Perhaps there will come a time when Benedictine monks from a community such as Le Barroux or Fontgombault might be able to move in and reinvigorate this fortress of faith. (I thank the kind Belgian driver Rob for snapping a few photos with his phone; I had no camera on me.)
OnePeterFive retweeted
Everybody loves booklists, right?
So @SirEvanAmato and me go through a HABSBURG WAY booklist for several generations - which should be in every family household.
From classics to fantasy via education books... And there is also a Yes Minister link 😉
thehabsburgway.com/p/10-book…
OnePeterFive retweeted
The Imperial Mexican flag at Emperor Maximilian’s sarcophagus in Vienna’s Imperial crypt. When I was young it was usually unadorned; but more and more, Mexicans are beginning to realise that their Second Empire may have been their last real chance at a truly Independent government.
OnePeterFive retweeted
Nevertheless we are grateful for what we have been given. Our desire is not to score points off the Holy Father, but to show our devotion to him, to the Papacy, and to the See of St Peter. End/
OnePeterFive retweeted
On the confusion about what the Rome Pilgrimage was and was not expecting, I can make a preliminary clarification (I intend to write at greater length before long): 1/5 @latinmassuk @LMSChairman @OnePeterFive @CatholicHerald @RealAdVaticanum @dianemontagna
OnePeterFive retweeted
LATEST: Bishop Schneider in Saint Mary Majors Basilica prays for the Liturgical Unity of the Ordinary and Extraordinary and for the Liberation of the Old Rite:
“O Mary, Mother of God, O Queen of the Roman See, O Queen of Peace, bring us the olive branch from the hand of the Christ Child, heralding the advent of the liturgical reform, which will ensure the full and unrestricted use of the traditional Roman rite, so that we may once again experience that the Roman Church is our mother. Amen."
OnePeterFive retweeted
Some theories are circulating online about the Latin Mass pilgrimage, spread by people unconnected with it.
Some clarity below —
Organisers asked for permission for the Vatican Mass, via a letter delivered directly to Pope Leo by Bishop Schneider in December. The pilgrimage is in its 15th year, and is always held on the same date.
Organisers received no answer about the Mass until August, when the Secretariat of State replied to say they could not have Mass in the Vatican. Pilgrimage organisers then announced publicly that no Mass would take place in the Vatican.
Instead, pilgrims would process into the Vatican at 1pm on the Saturday, and then go to St Mary Major for a 3pm Mass. Permission for the procession into the Vatican was granted in April 2026.
Weeks after this, in September, St Peter’s announced an event taking place at 3:30pm at the Altar of the Chair (used by the pilgrimage last year for Mass).
Then this week – just yesterday I am told – organisers received another letter from the Secretariat of State informing them they could not even process into the Vatican as planned, and as permitted since April. Basilica events are not the prerogative of the Secretariat but of the Archpriest & the Fabric of St Peter’s: hence why the Secretariat of State’s involvement is so strange.
On Saturday, pilgrims walked through the streets up to the obelisk in St. Peter’s Square – accompanied by Italian state police – where they were stopped by the Vatican as this was the limit of the Italian police’s jurisdiction.
Then they were informed that their usage of St Mary Major’s had changed: they could only be inside for an hour.
Thus meaning that the planned and authorised pontifical solemn Mass would have to be a low Mass.
Also St Mary Major’s informed pilgrimage that no official photos could be taken
OnePeterFive retweeted
People are talking about the medical necessity of abortion to save the mother's life. I was one of those mothers.
I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that was cutting off my airway at 20 weeks of pregnancy. I will never forget when the first doctor, an oncologist, mentioned abortion. We had gone thru years of infertility to get pregnant. I knew I would rather die and give birth. Then I met with another doctor who listed all of the problems the baby would have if I did not terminate. I stood my ground and refused. He said, "That is ok. The baby will probably spontaneously abort anyway."
I searched and found good doctors that supported me, and I gave birth to a healthy baby at 34 weeks.
I will be celebrating 10 years cancer free in May. I have a healthy, beautiful, bright, precious 10 year old daughter who is a living reminder that doctors do not know everything” - Sarah Hull
OnePeterFive retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider speaks to @RealAdVaticanum and says the Vatican’s decision to prohibit participants in the annual Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage from processing into St Peter’s Basilica, saying the restriction exposes the “ideological and selective”.
Watch here in full:
youtu.be/tRqJyVuTOXg?is=aC_h…
Exclusive | Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Vatican’s Ban of the Traditional Pilgrimage Procession.
In this exclusive snippet, Our Vatican Correspondent speaks with Bishop Athanasius Schneider about what the latest decision communicates regarding the status of the traditional Mass and how the faithful should understand the continuing restrictions.
Watch Here:
youtu.be/tRqJyVuTOXg?is=3QZj…
OnePeterFive retweeted
A lot of people are upset by homosexual groups being welcome at St. Peter’s, but not Traditionalists. Don’t be. The last Pontificate was trapped in 1968, and reflected the brutality of that era. This one has advanced us to 1975 - the Golden Age of Dignity and Uncle Ted McCarrick. Our next Pope will be a product of the John Paul II era, his successor of Benedict’s golden days. When we have a Pope who pursued his vocation despite Pope Francis, we’ll get back to saving Souls. Or at least the hierarchy will; we shouldn’t, and I just don’t have the time to wait!
OnePeterFive retweeted
Christian Marquant, president of the traditional Catholic Paix Liturgique Association, has revealed that he has asked at least 10 times for a meeting with Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship.
"When staff in Roche’s dicastery asked why he wanted a meeting, Marquant replied that he wished to greet him, since he had regularly visited his predecessor to receive instructions, and even simply to have a coffee together.
Nothing. Not even an honest exchange." —
@messainlatino
Link below 👇
OnePeterFive retweeted
Today in the Traditional calendar we celebrate the "solo feast" of the Archangel Raphael.
Get to know this great and strong helper in
+ Marriage (and sexuality)
+ Healing
+ Travel
+ Attacks by demons
+ Money
Do read the book of Tobit and become friends with this GREAT angel
OnePeterFive retweeted
NEW: The group was stopped at the obelisk in St Peter’s Square, by order of the Vatican, at the edge of Italian jurisdiction
Now also the pilgrimage has been told that it can only be at St Mary Major for 1 hour — so no solemn Mass as planned, just a low Mass
OnePeterFive retweeted
Latin Mass pilgrims are currently walking through the streets in front of the Vatican, in a non-liturgical event
Comes after the Secretariat of State banned the procession from entering St Peter’s Basilica, in a letter delivered this week
OnePeterFive retweeted
NEW: Bishop Schneider at the annual Latin Mass pilgrimage to Rome, states —
“History has shown us that there is nothing more dangerous - nothing more likely to result in discontent & apostasy - than interference with the liturgy”
OnePeterFive retweeted
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, thanking him for his appeals for peace and the Holy See’s humanitarian efforts on behalf of prisoners and children, as well as its concern for the people of Oleshky.
vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…
OnePeterFive retweeted
Popes come and go, but the Latin Mass outlives them all.
The striking irony of this year's Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage is that it's being celebrated at Saint Mary Major, the burial site of the late Pope Francis who sought to restrict it...
So guys, stand still 😎.
OnePeterFive retweeted
The conference at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter in St. Peter's Basilica marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis was first reported or announced publicly around September 24, 2026.
The Mass in St. Peter’s was blocked months and months ago, after years of being in the same time and place.
OnePeterFive retweeted
We at @RealAdVaticanum have just published a beautiful video of the Pontifical Vespers celebrated by Bishop Athanasius Schneider at the Pantheon (Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres) for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage.
Watch the full video here:
youtu.be/kxf8uEO9hzY?is=I-dl…
Pontifical Vespers celebrated by Bishop Athanasius Schneider at the Pantheon (Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres), Rome — Opening of the 15th Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage (Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem), October 23, 2026.
youtu.be/kxf8uEO9hzY?is=I-dl…
