+ St. Gabriel, Archangel + Some have asked if the Church allows lay people to participate in and establish prayer societies. I originally and mistakenly quoted Can. 686 on this subject years ago, but this canon does not refer to the type of society we recently invited...

+St. Louise de Marillac+ We launch today the prayer apostolate long ago suggested by a friend that has taken all of eight years to come to fruition. During that time a small group has formed, willing to pray with us and to accomplish the universal consecration of the...

+St. Thomas Aquinas+ If you haven’t already, please join us here for the Prophet Elias prayer challenge. Lent is a time to fast and do penance, as all Catholics know. But it is also a time to reflect and take stock of the course we are on spiritually and where it is...

+St. Flavian, Bishop and Martyr+ Here is yet another example of how duplicitous Traditionalist pseudo-clergy truly are and how they continue to deceive what should have been the elect. We are talking here today about the quasi-legal rule of equity or epikeia they...

+St. John of Matha+ A long overdue and important update to the Masonic origins of Traditionalism article is now available here: https://www.betrayedcatholics.com/?s=Masonic+Origins. What follows in this blog piece is directly related to and attributable to that...

+St. Peter Nolasco+ I once believed that the quote from Apocalypse used for the title of this blog post referred to the Novus Ordo church. But after delving a bit more into Holy Scripture, I have changed my mind about that initial assessment. A little background here:...

+St. Peter's Chair at Rome+ © Copyright 2022, T. Stanfill Benns (All emphasis within quotes added by the author) Introduction The purpose of this blog is to further clarify and address some reprehensible and dangerous teachings still circulating on the Internet,...

+St. William+  For many years, opponents of what is written here have pointed to Can. 1385 as prohibiting anyone from publishing without an imprimatur and nihil obstat. I long ago satisfied my conscience in this regard with the necessary investigation but perhaps the...

+St. Sylvester, Pope + As the New Year dawns, we must repeat what we have said all these years, regardless of the heading to this blog. We wish all those who love the Catholic faith and desire only to keep it the full freedom to know and exercise that faith, a freedom...