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12 December, 2007

TRADITIO: Its Positions and Its Purpose


TRADITIO, the "Traditional Roman Catholic Network," has been online since 1994 and claims over 7 million visitors. It has a Library of FAQ files containing useful Catholic information [and misinformation], hosts the major Traditional Latin Mass directory [whose bulk of listings are for various non-TLM services, such as the SSPX's Modernized Mass of 1962], but is most well known for its Commentaries from the Mailbox, from which Catholic advice and information [and subtle mis-information] is dispensed daily.

The publishers of TRADITIO claim to be "several traditional Roman Catholic priests," yet they never identify themselves by name nor answer questions concerning their orders. The only name publicly associated with TRADITIO is one M.E. Morrison, and various Web sites report him being either an Old Catholic or an individual who sought ordination through other questionable and invalid means. One thing is clear: TRADITIO does not say who they are, how they are "Fathers" in the Roman Catholic Church, who ordained them. But we shall try to illuminate, by an examination of their Commentaries, what their motive and purpose might be.

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