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What’s going on here
It’s a question on the mind of many a caller to NCCL, looking for help in the current crisis.
“What does NCCL do, anyway?”
It reminds of an amusing story one of the apostolate’s co-founders, Dr. William (more…)
Romans endure
Read in this post “Part 2” — the happy conclusion — of a ten-year history & project of NCCL action to help restore parish life for a Roman community.
(Part 1, the first ten years, 2005-2015, will (more…)
“Our dedication to Tradition must be total, we cannot settle for anything less.”
The above-named essay, bearing the subtitle, “Mysticism and Human Calculations”, appeared in the June 2015 newsletter of the Catholic community of Vocogno, in the Diocese of Novara, Italy.
We republish the same essay here, below, in English, thanks to (more…)
Terri Schiavo – Vatican citizenship: another project ‘declassified’
One day in late-March 2005 a simple telephone call to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State — headquarters of the Vatican’s ‘international diplomatic corps’ — received a terse reply, here paraphrased: if it can be done in accordance with international law, we’ll see what can be done.
It was all we needed to hear. (more…)
Newly ‘declassified’: how not to misunderstand a motu proprio – by reading it
NCCL has just ‘declassified’ two hitherto TOP-secret projects.
1. Click here to read letters dated October 27, 2007 to Cardinal Castrillón of the Ecclesia Dei Commission in Rome, (more…)
More ‘declassified’ projects – with the now “Pope Emeritus”, then-Cardinal Ratzinger
Read more about recently declassified projects by clicking on the respective hyperlink. (more…)
Three newly ‘declassified’ projects from NCCL’s ‘TOP SECRET’ archives
Read about three recently declassified projects by clicking on the respective hyperlink. (more…)
An history lesson about the Roman Papacy, and reform of the Roman Curia
With the express permission of The Lepanto Foundation, we post the following unabridged essay by the eminent historian, Prof. Roberto de Mattei, PhD.
Among the many questions the essay provokes is whether the Roman Curia has ever (more…)
Another ‘declassified’ operation from NCCL’s ‘TOP-SECRET archives’
“What does NCCL do, anyway?”
It’s a question on the mind of many a caller. Frankly, the apostolate handles issues and problems that no other group will even touch.
We’re small. We’re humble. We get results. The NCCL statement of purpose brochure lists the broad scope of the apostolate’s no-compromise action.
A concrete example?
In pamphlet no. 5 (links below) you’ll read correspondence — conducted by NCCL at the request of collaborators — with the Bishop of (more…)
Reform of the Reformer 