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Bishop Martin’s TLM Delay: A Vatican-Sized Pause or a Strategic Retreat?
Bishop Michael Martin’s plan to restrict the Traditional Latin Mass in Charlotte hit a snag, delayed to October 2025 after backlash and a leaked liturgical crackdown. Was it Pope Leo XIV’s quiet nudge or a PR disaster? Our latest post unpacks the drama with a satirical twist.
Could It Be the Hand of Cupich Driving Charlotte? Unpacking the Rhetoric of “Unity” in TLM Restrictions
s Cardinal Cupich behind Charlotte’s TLM crackdown? His “unity” rhetoric—used to padlock a church in 2002—pops up in Charlotte and Tyler’s restrictions. Coincidence or influence? Uncover the clues
More on That Charlotte PR Train Wreck and a Tie to 2018
The Diocese of Charlotte’s latest PR blunder guilt-trips TLM supporters into compliance, ignoring their pain. Seven years after I warned of a ‘detente with the devil,’ the Church still sidelines traditional Catholics. Dive into this satirical update!
When Crisis PR Misses the Mark: A Satirical Look at the Diocese of Charlotte’s TLM Train Wreck
The Diocese of Charlotte’s TLM ban ignited a firestorm. Leaked statements reveal a PR disaster as Bishop Martin alienates the flock. Dive into this satirical critique of their crisis management missteps.
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Bishops, Vandals, and the Liturgical Roots of Polarization
Forget MAGA vs. Marxists—Catholic polarization started when bishops turned liturgical bulldozers, smashing altar rails and Fish on Fridays. Monsignor Bandas called it “religious vandalism” in ’66, and he wasn’t wrong. While today’s prelates play Francis fanboys, their kin defied popes to sow chaos. Pass the tartar sauce and dive into the real story of a Church divided by liturgy, not politics.
Toeing the Line in the Marxist Church? Texas Divine Mercy Situation Escalates
An observer expresses concern that priests in the Catholic Church are silenced and punished for critiquing corruption or hierarchal errors, akin to “toeing the line” under authoritarian regimes. With specific reference to Texas’ Mission of Divine Mercy, they lament actions taken against a member receiving alleged divine locutions critical of the Church’s integrity, noting the harsher treatment compared to clergy guilty of bigger transgressions like abuse. The writer argues for addressing real issues within the Church rather than suppressing dissent, fearing divine retribution for unchecked corruption.
Cupich Skips to Pilarczyk’s Beat: A Guide to Patiently Wait for Apocalypse.
Like Fibber McGee’s closet, every interview of Cupich is like a broken record drumming for apocalypse, but you just can’t turn away from the train wreck!
BFP We Are Being Gamed by the Synod
The USCCB Synod Synthesis is a product of Game Theory, McKinsey and Co Communications, and a lot of Filtered Messaging designed to stuff you, faithful Catholic, into meaninglessness.
BFP The Church Mess Today is Deja Vu
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2frmhi/BFP_The_Church_Mess_Today_is_Deja_Vua2r4f.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLet’s sit down and chat about this mess today, and how we’ve come to the end of the modernist climb and marxist normalization of the Church. The “listening church” of synodality appears to be nothing more than an enactment of Richard McBrien’s Catholicism. How the shock cycle of media today…