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Fatima Shrine recalls Pope Francis’ sponsorship of the Pilgrim Image of the Virgin of Fatima For the record, here is a Google translation of yesterday’s email (in Portuguese) of the Fatima Shrine’s announcement regarding Cardinal Bergoglio’s 1998 sponsorship of the Pilgrim Image of the Virgin of Fatima: From: Press Room | Fatima Shrine Date: March 16, 2013 10:42:06 AM PDT To: Subject: Buenos Aires, 1998: Fatima Shrine recalls the reception of Pope Francisco to Image Read more [...]

Sunday, March 17, 2013 Former SSPX seminarian constant companion of Pope Francis By Brian Kopp Some traditionalist bloggers seem to want to suggest that Pope Francis’ closest friends and confidantes are of the progressive persuasion, but his right hand man at present is a former SSPX seminarian … Georg Gänswein, despite his athletic and youthful appearance, is extremely conservative. But he has been careful to tone down his “traditionalist” side. Shortly after the election Read more [...]

Francis and the Traditional Liturgy March 14, 2013, Thursday — To Mary EXCERPT: Francis and the Traditional Liturgy I have received many letters and emails, and even some phone calls, from people who read a sentence in yesterday’s email which they found worrisome. I would like to encourage everyone to stay calm, and give the new Pope a chance. Here is the sentence that I wrote last night: “Cardinal Bergoglio is hostile toward the Traditional Mass, but Read more [...]

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More on Pope Francis 14/03/13 12:07 2013 CFN Conclave Blog By John Vennari Today, March 14, is the first day under the reign of the new Pope. It is also a day when we continue to learn more about him. Unlike Cardinal Ratzinger who was well known prior to his papal election, and who had a long paper-trail of speeches, documents, books and public activities, most people in the English-speaking world are not as familiar with Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I. Earlier I posted materials Read more [...]