Author Patrick Archbold

Note:  I am not jumping to any conclusions regarding the reasons for actions taken by Bishop Olson, since they are unknowable until he tells us.  The questions posed below can be summed up thusly. How is this a banning of… Continue Reading →

SO this is where we are right now. Secular progressive moon-bats have so convinced themselves that the Pope is going to overturn Jesus, that the following post was written ironically by Wonkette. New Pope Stuffing Catholic Church Full Of Marxist… Continue Reading →

Let me be very clear. The last thing I want to be is the cause of any damage to the National Catholic Register. I have been honored to write for them these past years and to be involved in the… Continue Reading →

Amen and amen. The Pope is spot on here. The Second Vatican Council states that to the Bishops “is fully entrusted the pastoral office, that is the habitual and daily care of their flock” (Lumen Gentium, 27). We must dwell… Continue Reading →

Please find the original NCR story below. . . . Pope Francis and the SSPX: An Opportunity By PATRICK ARCHBOLD By now, many of you have probably seen the Tony Palmer video last week that was so exciting to many…. Continue Reading →

Update: I should have known better. Deacon Sandy has followed up again on Facebook and I have been weighing what to do. Let me print his comment and then relay my thoughts. Hi – Deacon Sandy here again. I wish… Continue Reading →

Is the reform of the reform a dead letter? I will leave that to those with much smartier pants than I own. However, I have thought for some time that much greater emphasis should be placed on an “Excellence in… Continue Reading →

Deacon Sandy of the now infamous Good Shepherd in Wisconsin video has replied to me on Facebook. In fairness I think all people should see his response. Since this is already a public response, I think it is fair to… Continue Reading →

If you determined in advance what polling in the age of the great apostasy might look like, I think this would be a rough approximation. WASHINGTON, D.C., February 20, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A worldwide poll of self-described Catholics shows significant… Continue Reading →