Who's In Charge? Part 1 of 5 - Introduction
+JMJWho’s in Charge?During this crisis of the Catholic Church, I know people who have been scandalized to the point where they ask “Who’s in charge of the Church, but it sure isn’t Pope so-and-so.”...
View ArticleWho's In Charge? Part 2 of 5 - Grades of Theological Uncertainty and Censures
+JMJGrades of Theological Uncertainty and CensuresI have pulled together two different sections of Ott’s explanation on Grades of uncertainty and the corresponding censures. Only they don’t quite...
View ArticleWho's In Charge? Part 3 of 5 - Church Teaching on the Papacy and Church
+JMJChurch Teaching on the Papacy and ChurchDogmasThe following excerpts summarize what I think are the key teachings of the Church for these times concerning the papacy and the Church. As noted...
View ArticleWho's In Charge? Part 4 of 5 - Conclusion
+JMJConclusionNow putting Doctrine together with the Dogma what can we conclude?The Catholic Church has a history of Great, Good, Bad and Awful Popes. That the unworthy and mediocre outnumber the...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 1
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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Who's In Charge? Part 5 of 5 Full Text and Map
+JMJWho’s in Charge?During this crisis of the Catholic Church, I know people who have been scandalized to the point where they ask “Who’s in charge of the Church, but it sure isn’t Pope so-and-so.”...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 2
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 3
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 4
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 5
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 6
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 7
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 8
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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SSPX: Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff Day 9
+JMJNOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFFFrom April 28th to May 6th, 2025As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint...
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Surviving Pope Francis and What is to Come ...
+JMJ Even if the next Pope is a Pius XIII, Francis' legacy will be with us for a long time and the question is how to survive it as a Catholic. (N.B. I am writing this on April 29, 2025)I was...
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Rorate-Caeli: Cardinal Burke "Given the Gravity of the Situation" - Novena...
+JMJI will be leaving this prayer up until the next Vicar of Christ is elected.P^3Courtesy of Rorate-CaeliCardinal Burke: "Given the gravity of the situation"The Sacred College of Cardinals during the...
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A Little Perspective on Pope Leo XIV
+JMJBy Edgar Beltrán / The Pillar - https://x.com/edgarjbb_/status/1920590815472108021, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165004058The Catholic Church has a new Vicar of...
View ArticleNews Roundup: May 13, 2026
+JMJIntroductionI have set this article to post on May 13th, the anniversary of the first of six apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima.Fatima while a historical fact, still seems to point...
View ArticleNews Roundup: June 11, 2025
+JMJWhile there is a lot happening in the world (i.e. Pope Leo XIV, Ukraine, Middle-East, Africa, USA vs Everyone Tradewar etc), nothing has really changed ... yet. The following are my personal...
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Young Man and Old Man - A Little Wisdom
+JMJ"A young man works to make a living and an old man works to make a difference." Matt Carriker (Off the Ranch)In one of his last videos Matt Carriker passed on the above advice he received from an...
View ArticleThe Key To Understanding: Numerators, Denominators and Context
+JMJUnderstanding in complex and complicated times is important. If you don't understand the context then you haven't got enough information to make decisions. ... or at least you can't make good...
View ArticleNews Roundup: July 11, 2025
+JMJThis has been an interesting month for news ...First we had the leaking of the 2021 report on what I would call the "Survey of Tradition". Not surprisingly, the report was generally positive and...
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Is There Such A Thing As Toxic Traditional Catholicism?(2ed)
+JMJIntroductionDuring my first forays into the cyber worlds of Forums and Blogs in 2012, I encountered a varied sampling of variety of humanity. One thing I noticed was that people seem far less...
View ArticleNegotiations: Fear of Loss
+JMJI've been following the work of Chris Voss in the art of negotiation for some time and subscribed to his email newsletter.The fear of loss is a huge motivator and it applies to many facets of our...
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Is the SSPX in Schism? What is the difference between Disobedience and Schism???
+JMJThere remains people ... even today ... who believe that the SSPX is in schism.The EvidenceSo ... let's go through some of the arguments put forward to support that assertion.3. In itself, this...
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