Archive - Tradition and Sanity

Why the Traditional Rite of Confession Is Superior to the New Rite

Both are valid, but the old rite is richer in theological and devotional content

Jan 27 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Bloodbath in Tyler: Why (and How) Traditional Catholics Must Resist the Suppression of the TLM

The important role of temporary independent chapels in a time of persecution

Nov 11, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Pius X to Francis: From Modernism Expelled to Modernism Enthroned (Part 1)

The backstory of a seductive arch-heresy and an attempt at a definition

Feb 3 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Bugnini Wanted to “Update” the Rosary—But Paul VI Wouldn’t Let Him

Plus: why the Rosary is so beloved — and why no pope could ever licitly ban it

Oct 7, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

On the SSPX and the Situation of Catholics “in the Trenches”

The ordinary faithful are not expendable cannon fodder. They should go where their faith and families will be nourished.

Jun 19, 2023 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Why We Should Follow the Traditional Catholic Numbering of the Psalms

The use of the Masoretic numbering betrays a misguided interreligious-ecumenical priority that dishonors the unanimous tradition of Greek & Latin…

Oct 21, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Why I Am Voting for Trump a Third Time

If only to delay the enforced death march toward a suicidal socialist utopia

Nov 4, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Emerging from the Liturgical Cave

Stages on the way: from Novus to Vetus; from 1962 to pre-1955

Mar 3 •

Peter Kwasniewski

The Vision of Our Lady of Knock as Liturgical Apocalypse

An interpretation of the most mysterious of all Marian apparitions

Jan 20 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Why I Signed the Statement Calling for Francis’s Resignation or Deposition

It is not time to hide and quake in fear; it is time to cry out from the housetops and bring to light what is hidden in the dark

May 6, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

How to Talk Like a (Traditional) Catholic

“Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi…lex loquendi”: How the language we use conveys and reinforces our religion

Jun 24, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Pius X to Francis: From Modernism Expelled to Modernism Enthroned (Part 2)

A poison worse than Protestantism yet everywhere in the bloodstream

Feb 10 •

Peter Kwasniewski

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