“Knowing that his death was close, John XXIII called me and told me: ‘Silvio, Silvio; my pontificate has been a failure. All the things I wanted to accomplish have not been done; what I did not want to take place is being realized.'”
Britain had a moment of silence for George Floyd. Our politicians kneeled en masse to show their outrage at his killing. "I can't breathe" became a slogan.
George Floyd died on the other side of the world. He wasn't British.
Henry Nowak *was* British and his treatment by the police was shocking and negligent in the extreme. Yet there is no minute of silence. There is no coordinated public campaign. There is no kneeling at sporting events.
And we all know why.
During the summer of BLM, some people said "All Lives Matter". This was treated as the highest form of racism and anyone who said this was immediately cancelled. Why? Because the people in charge don't actually think all lives matter in the same way.
They have created a racial hierarchy of victimhood where a career criminal who died through mistreatment by police in a foreign country with 0 evidence of racism like George Floyd is automatically sanctified because of the colour of his skin.
And Henry Nowak, a British man, one of ours, is automatically dismissed and ignored because of the colour of his.
This is the ugly fruit of so-called "anti-racism", an obsession with race that has created a two-tier society which treats people differently because of the colour of their skin.
One cannot receive Communion “when a marital relationship has broken down and those who were part of that marriage are living in a new conjugal relationship,” said Archbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, Spain, president of the Spanish Bishops' Conference, in a pastoral message reported by EFE (June 1).
Those living in a new conjugal relationship after the breakdown of a valid marriage must understand that the rupture of the Sacrament of Marriage “prevents them from receiving Eucharistic Communion.”
“They may participate in the celebration, as well as in the life of the Church in many ways, but receiving Holy Communion is not possible,” Archbishop Argüello said.
He also referred to other situations incompatible with receiving Communion, including “a sinful relationship” and “publicly defending positions contrary to Christian morality.”
Interviewer: The conclave did not seem to have significant internal divisions between progressives and conservatives, divisions that emerged very shortly afterward.
Card. Oddi: “In fact it has been maintained — and I have no trouble believing it — that Roncalli was voted in by the cardinals close to Ottaviani [Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, pro-prefect of the Holy Office and a noted conservative — Ed.].”
That would demonstrate that Cardinal Roncalli was considered a conservative.
“Exactly. That is how it was: He was considered a conservative because he was one.”
The Roman synod, of which John XXIII was so proud, was an affirmation of traditionalism.
“Absolutely! And Roncalli saw himself fully within it.”
And yet, the image presented of the “Good Pope” is that of a Pope who viewed the changes favorably and who liked to go along with the most progressive proposals.
“I believe I am among those who knew him best. And I can say that John XXIII was a hardcore conservative.”
Hardcore?
“In the sense of remaining bound even to the most traditional forms of piety, of the liturgy, and of the praxis of the Church.”
A few examples?
“Just a few years previously, he had reprimanded me and other young priests for having objected to the opportunity to preserve the apparel of some religious orders, which were frequently as elaborate as they were uncomfortable. He accused us of wanting to destroy the Church! He loved altars full of candles, and he opposed any reduction of the protocol required of cardinals. He recommended the Latin language in his first encyclical, and he continued to wear the oldest hat styles. He was immovable in his use of the cassock.”
What would he have thought of the “Johannine turn” that historiography attributes to him?
“He would never have considered it as such. It happened, but he was not aware of it. Far less did he desire it.”
But the “Johannine turn” happened.
“Yes, but carried out by others, and not desired by him.”
Others?
“Even his closest collaborators. Precisely because I knew him very well, I can confirm that when Pope John convened the Council, he had no intention whatsoever of effecting what happened afterward. He wanted a Council for ‘perfecting’ the Church, and he repeated frequently, and privately as well, that he wanted a beautiful, splendid, pure, and holy Church, so that all might say, ‘This is the Bride of Christ!’ This was his intention. Perhaps there was some simplicity in this.”
In any case, John XXIII, in a phrase during the opening speech of the Council, distanced himself from the “prophets of doom,” and seemed to open a space for the proposals so dear to those who wanted revolutionary changes. Thus, many progressives thought the Pope was on their side.
“Precisely. I know that he wept over this interpretation. He certainly had no intention of offending anyone; he was incapable of launching an accusation. I hold him in high regard, and I am convinced that that was not his expression; it was prepared for him, he saw it written, and he read it. I know he suffered greatly when it was interpreted as an allusion to someone near to him, and in particular to Cardinal Ottaviani. He truly suffered over that. It made him look like a reformer who had stopped carrying out the discipline of the Church. I was a close friend of his; I knew him very well. I can say that, in his holiness, he was the most conservative of men.”
The battle for the survival of the European peoples is spiritual, and what happened on June 6, 2026 is historic:
🦄 Despite the 1905 law on secularism, the state is now making inroads into churches via #NuitBlanche to pursue an anti-Christian policy of destroying the religion it deceitfully calls "cultural."
✝️🇨🇵 It is France, ever the Eldest Daughter of the Church, that resists wokism first and sets the tone for the nations. For these magnificent images are making the rounds of the world: in the face of the globalist regime, men and a few women, new knights, have risen up, resisted in a way never seen before, peacefully and with nobility! The strong voice of the chants of our ancestors, which unite us across time in what we hold most dear and most sacred, the virile heart and the rosary in hand...! 🥲 The tears well up. Their action is historic.
The spark of Catholic renewal becomes a blaze and conquers a fervent youth! Each of us must support the Rechristianization, which is none other than the Resurrection of our homeland, with all its strength.
May these gentlemen and ladies who prayed in Paris be blessed a thousand times over, rewarded a hundredfold for their witness of Faith! What a magnificent example for us all! Glory to God! 🙏💛
“Essentially what has happened is that the decaying political establishment has imported millions of migrants from alien cultures that are entirely incompatible with the British way of life.
Those migrants have colonised large parts of our country, and live their lives how they choose to do so because our authorities are too frightened of being called racist to challenge them.
That has meant attitudes have flourished and spread which, in short, treat women and non-Muslims like shit.
And yes, I do mean that.
Conservative, Labour and Reform politicians are all directly responsible for this vast importation. Personally, I will never forgive anyone responsible.
Vulnerable working class white girls were treated like a piece of meat. Raped, abused, tortured, murdered. It was a racial attack, and it was a coordinated attack. All across Britain.
They targeted these girls because they were vulnerable, they were young, they were white.
Until the political class accepts that fact, nothing will EVER change.
These men do not live by the same rules as us - it is all beyond evil. And this is a coordinated network of organised crime right across the country. It is not random groups of scumbags doing this. It is a network. Organised. Ruthless. Efficient. It is an industry.
This is not homegrown. We imported it. We welcomed it. Embraced it. We continue to do so.
That was a choice.
Reversing it is also a choice. One we will make.
A Restore Britain Government will remove millions of foreign nationals who hate our way of life and have no reason to be in our country. Gone, and never allowed back.
With the British people’s approval, we will reintroduce the death penalty.
If a Pakistani man has been gang-raping a young English girl? Torturing her? Passing her around his brothers to also be raped?
We will put him to death. And I look forward to that. I really do.
Our report has outlined exact recommendations on what needs to be done to eradicate this cancer.
A Restore Britain Government will deliver it.
We will use the full force of the British state to crack down on these rapists and their enablers in the most brutal fashion imaginable. It will be swift and ruthless. It will be done, finally.
And I include their enablers in that.
That is why Farage tried to put me in prison. Because I wanted to deport complicit foreign family members. He found that so very extreme - admitting it on national television. Simply remarkable.
Hearing the evidence and testimonies provided to our inquiry, I can assure you that I am holding a moderate position.
I want the scumbags gone. Deported. Never allowed back.
For the very worst among them, I want them permanently removed.
Restore Britain will get called extreme, racist, islamophobic and whatever else by the Guardian, Farage, Nadine Dorries, the BBC, the Daily Mail, Zack Polanski.
I do not give a shit.
I am just grateful that there is finally a political party with the courage to do what needs to be done.
I decided to go on their famous pilgrimage from Chartres to Paris to dig deeper.
Saturday morning, 6:30 a.m.
Already, crowds have gathered in front of the Chartres Cathedral, carrying huge backpacks with everything they’ll need to sleep outside, eat, and treat blisters and sunburns for the next three days.
The organizers are expecting over 6,000 pilgrims this year, and the enthusiasm around me is palpable. I hear German, English, and French spoken by young pilgrims from all over the world, waving banners of their patron saints and Vatican flags.
After a beautiful traditional Mass celebrated in front of the Cathedral (during which we pray for the Pope at the Canon), the pilgrimage organizers announce the order of departure. We pick up our banners, ready for our first day of walking in the extreme heat, and leave Chartres through its quiet streets, singing songs to Our Lady.
Every few hours, we’re given the luxury of being able to sit down in a field to rest, and volunteers meet us along the way to encourage us and give us bottles of water.
Hours pass.
We walk, we drink water, we pray, we sing, we talk, and we support each other, even perfect strangers.
The sun gets hotter, and fatigue starts to set in. Next to me I overhear a fellow pilgrim encouraging his little brother by reminding him of Jesus’ sufferings on the Cross. I see young scouts walking with their troops, proudly waving banners without a murmur of complaint about their painful feet.
At every break throughout the day, volunteer doctors and nurses, and even nuns in full habit, care for pilgrims. Priests in cassocks walk with us, offering encouragement and confession.
By the time we reach the campsite, my exhaustion is complete. I find my tent and fall quickly asleep.
The next two days follow a similar program. We pilgrims get up early, drop off tents and equipment, and set out again, every painful step bringing us closer to Paris.
On Pentecost Sunday, Bishop Bernard Fellay, one of the last surviving bishops consecrated by Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre, celebrates a beautiful Pontifical High Mass in a field large enough to accommodate thousands of us pilgrims and the many visitors who have joined us.
I approach one of the numerous priests stationed around the field and ask for confession. He smiles and says, “That is why we are here.” Afterwards I return to kneel at my place, a muddy spot in the field covered in roughly cut grass and wild mint, and my eyes fill with tears at the sheer beauty of the liturgy and the angelic choir.
The following day, we triumphantly enter Paris, our accumulated exhaustion forgotten in our joy at having walked and suffered under the banner of Christ the King.
Many Catholics have been lied to about the SSPX. I know, because I was one of them. We’ve heard it all: the SSPX is schismatic, heretical, and its founder deliberately defied Rome to create his own church and follow his own rules.
But attending the pilgrimage destroyed every lie we’re told about the Society.
If the SSPX and its founder had truly wanted to break away from the Catholic Church, why would they pray for Leo XIV during the Canon of the Mass? Why would they fly the Vatican flag or make pilgrimages to Rome or reaffirm their allegiance to Roman Catholicism?
All these actions point to fidelity to Tradition in a time of crisis, not rebellion.
The theme of this year’s pilgrimage was the need for vocations. The message was one of urgency and underlined the Society’s reason for consecrating new bishops: Without bishops, there would be no priests. And without priests, there would be no sacraments.
Despite harsh criticism from all sides, even from Catholic bishops, the priests and bishops of the SSPX I’ve listened to have always spoken charitably about the hierarchy of the Church (while nevertheless condemning doctrinal errors as is their duty).
I come away from my first pilgrimage with the SSPX convinced that their mission is and always has been the same: to ensure the survival of the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ and bring souls to God through the traditional liturgy.
Card. Burke: "Prophétis meis"
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Non relíquit hóminem nocére eis: et corrípuit pro eis reges.
Nolíte tángere christos meos: et in prophétis meis nolíte malignári.
-- Sanctae Mariae in Sabbat...
S. Paulini Episcopi et Confessoris ~ Duplex
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*Scriptura: Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes*
*Introitus*
*Ps 131,9-10.*
*S*acerdótes tui, Dómine, índuant justítiam, et sancti...
