The Rhine Flows Into the Tiber – Book Review
The Rhine Flows Into the Tiber by Rev. Ralph M. Wiltgen is a unique book for a number of reasons. One is the variety of audience types who will find value in this book...
True Restoration
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 7: Paul VI and the Opening of the Second Session
Paul VI enters the scene and entirely gives himself over to the Spirit of Vatican II, giving four specific objectives, all of which are questionable at best and Modernist at worst. Father Trauner deals...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 6: Intermission: The Fulda Conference and Non Christian Religions
In between the first and second sessions, the European Alliance transformed itself into a World Alliance, and though there were conferences in Chicago and Rome, it was really Munich and Fulda, under the theological...
The Catholic Correspondent – The YAG 2018
J.M.J. June 2018 saw over fifty young Catholics descend upon St. Gertrude the Great Church (SGG) in Cincinnati, Ohio for the 2nd Annual Young Adult Get-together (YAG) of this century. Organized by Miss Colleen...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 5: End of the First Session and Death of John XXIII
This episode discusses the end of the first session of the Council as well as the death of John XXIII. There is a contentious beginning of a discussion on the schema of the Church...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 4: Sources of Revelation
The original schema that Father Trauner discusses on this episode was on the “Sources of Revelation” which was considered “too negative, too intolerant,” and lacking a “pastoral tone.” Sound familiar? The Rhine group successfully...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 3: The Liturgy, Part II
Continuing the discussion from last episode, Father Trauner chronicles a slight fightback from traditional Council Fathers like Archbishop Sigaud and Bishop de Castro Meyer. John XXIII would respond in what can be identified these...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 2: The Liturgy, Part I
The Liturgy, great teacher of Catholic minds, was the first target in the minds of the Modernists. In this episode, Father Trauner explores the different interventions during the schema discussion, including the humiliation of...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 1: Beginnings
In this first episode of this series, Father Trauner discusses the work of the Ante-Preparatory Commission and the odd spirit of “pastorality” that was being used to justify the purpose of the council, a...
October Course: The Second Vatican Council
October has begun, and for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it brings a nip in the air and a bounty of color and crop. More importantly, it brings to all the Faithful...
