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How Benjamin Franklin Picked America’s First Catholic Bishop
Posted on 07/4/2026 11:00 AM (The Daily Register)
America at 250: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event Worth Celebrating
Posted on 07/4/2026 11:00 AM (The Daily Register)
Archbishop Gänswein says 'radical fringe' prevailed in SSPX, calls for repeal of Traditionis Custodes (Corriere della Sera)
Posted on 07/4/2026 07:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Rather, they cement the Catholic tradition up to Pius XII,” explained Archbishop Gänswein, now apostolic nuncio to three Baltic nations. “After that everything was over for them, that’s it, from that moment there were only mistakes.”
In remitting the excommunications of the four bishops illicitly consecrated in 1988, Pope Benedict was “like a father who tries to create peace—an outstretched hand that, unfortunately, they did not accept,” Archbishop Gänswein continued. “There was a radical fringe that prevailed.”
The prelate called for the repeal of Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’s 2021 apostolic letter restricting the extraordinary form of the Mass: “a wrong decision can and must be corrected ... I believe that Pope Francis has made a mistake, without realizing it.”
SSPX leader, in letter to Pope, reacts to Vatican's excommunication decree (Society of Saint Pius X)
Posted on 07/4/2026 07:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“We in no way claim to substitute ourselves for the Church, and we have no ambition other than to remain faithful to her,” Father Davide Pagliarani wrote in his July 3 letter. “In conscience, we did not believe we could evade the moral duty we owe to souls.”
“We are certain that one day You yourself, or one of Your successors, will wish to adopt the program of Saint Pius X: ‘To restore all things in Christ,’” Father Pagliarani added. “On that day, the Holy Father will discover, with great joy and profound consolation, authentically Catholic souls whose bond with the Church was never founded upon the shifting sands of an ambiguous dialogue, but upon the rock of the faith of Peter.”
In letter to Americans, Pope Leo marks 250th anniversary of USA's founding (CWN)
Posted on 07/4/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America with a letter extending “heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion.”
Accepting Liberty Medal, Pope hails Declaration's 'lofty ideals,' stresses right to life, religious freedom (CWN)
Posted on 07/4/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV accepted the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center and, in a July 3 video address (49:05), hailed the “lofty ideals enshrined at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence.”
America at 250: The Freedom to Build Something Lasting
Posted on 07/4/2026 01:00 AM (The Daily Register)
The US Catholic History You (Probably) Didn’t Know
Posted on 07/4/2026 01:00 AM (The Daily Register)
Jul. 4 Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Independence Day (USA), Opt. Mem.
Posted on 07/4/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
SSPX Rejects Vatican’s Excommunication, Calls It ‘Objectively’ Unjust and Invalid
Posted on 07/3/2026 21:57 PM (The Daily Register)