# Hiraeth In Exile Catholic commentary from exile—tradition, truth, and the ache for home. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Brief Intermission](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/a-brief-intermission) _2026-08-16 · Chris Jackson_ Hiraeth in Exile is taking a few days off. I’ll be back on August 22. ## [German Bishop Says Rome Forbids Lay Homilies—Then Says He Won’t Stop Them. Meanwhile, the SSPX Gets Excommunicated](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/german-bishop-says-rome-forbids-lay) _2026-08-14 · Chris Jackson_ Bp. Peter Kohlgraf admits canon law forbids the practice, admits he cannot authorize it, and says he will allow it to continue anyway. Rome’s vaunted concern for obedience is remarkably selective. ## [Jesuits Put Mass Beside Bikinis, German Bishops Call Pride “Joyful” and Catholics to Repent, and Leo XIV’s Media Chief Said Jewish Conversion Is “Obviously Wrong.” Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/jesuits-put-mass-beside-bikinis-german) _2026-08-13 · Chris Jackson_ Four stories expose the practical religion operating beneath the official documents: watch what gets celebrated, who gets corrected, and which Catholic boundaries still provoke institutional alarm. ## [Pittsburgh Bishop Ends 20-Year Latin Mass, Vatican Turns Clergy Residence Into Four-Star Hotel, and Leo XIV Keeps Cardinal Marx Running the Economy Council. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/pittsburgh-bishop-ends-20-year-latin) _2026-08-12 · Chris Jackson_ Rome finds room for luxury hotels, Medjugorje ambiguity, and cardinals who challenge Catholic moral teaching; while Catholics attached to the ancient Roman rite are quietly managed toward extinction. ## [Paris Church Hangs Eco-Propaganda Over the Nave, Rhode Island Bishop Leads Four “LGBTQ+” Masses, and Morelia Archbishop Welcomes Homosexual Activists. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism.”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/paris-church-hangs-eco-propaganda) _2026-08-10 · Chris Jackson_ Four stories reveal how the postconciliar hierarchy carries secular priorities into Catholic life through art, listening, inclusion, and administrative reform, then preserves the results as precedent. ## [Ephpheta: The Faith We Received and the Ears We Need to Hear It](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/ephpheta-the-faith-we-received-and) _2026-08-09 · Chris Jackson_ On the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, St. Paul tells us to hold fast what was handed down, while Christ opens a deaf man’s ears and loosens his tongue. ## [Please Help Monique After the Loss of Her Daughter Sofia](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/please-help-monique-after-the-loss) _2026-08-08 · Chris Jackson_ For 27 years, their life was filled with care, laughter, music, Holy Communion, and the daily Rosary. Monique now faces funeral and moving expenses while grieving the daughter who prayed beside her. ## [Leo Goes to Assisi and Discovers the Wrong Kind of Radicalism](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-goes-to-assisi-and-discovers) _2026-08-07 · Chris Jackson_ Weeks after Rome branded the SSPX schismatic, Leo XIV praised coexistence with Islam, warned against religious identity, and declared Gospel radicalism the opposite of “fundamentalism.” ## [The Church of Permission](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/the-church-of-permission) _2026-08-06 · Chris Jackson_ How Rome turned the ancient Mass into a revocable favor, branded the SSPX schismatic for refusing the cage, and enlisted Trad Inc. to keep Catholics waiting inside it.. ## [Burke Calls Families to Martyrdom—After Approving a Male “Nun” and Condemning the SSPX](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/burke-calls-families-to-martyrdomafter) _2026-08-05 · Chris Jackson_ The cardinal who defended a transsexual co-founder, never delivered his promised correction, and warns Catholics away from Society chapels now tells families to suffer inside Leo’s Church. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/n7fLyuGSMqjP) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Leo Reviewed Roche’s Anti-Latin Mass Manifesto “Without Changing a Comma”—And the Trad Inc. Gaslighting Machine Say It Means Nothing](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-reviewed-roches-anti-latin-mass) _2026-08-04 · Chris Jackson_ La Razón says Leo reviewed Roche’s anti–Latin Mass paper unchanged. Kwasniewski answered with a “Sede Inc.” sneer and demanded Catholics ignore the government before their eyes. ## [Leo Gives “The Godmother of Punk” and “Priestess of Rock” Forty-Minute Audience as the Vatican Calls Her a Partner in a “Shared Mission.” Meanwhile, Leo Hasn’t Met With the SSPX Who Remain in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-gives-the-godmother-of-punk-and) _2026-08-03 · Chris Jackson_ The singer who opened her first album by saying, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine.” has become a recurring guest of the Vatican’s cultural establishment ## [The Prayer That Reaches Heaven](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/the-prayer-that-reaches-heaven) _2026-08-02 · Chris Jackson_ The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost strips away spiritual rank, exposes counterfeit greatness, and teaches a wounded Church to kneel with the publican. ## [NEW SONG: Panic at the Synodal Disco!](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/new-song-panic-at-the-synodal-disco) _2026-08-01 · Chris Jackson_ Cardinal Tucho brings the footnotes, Father Jimmy builds another bridge, and the narrow gate disappears beneath the mirror ball. ## [Czech Bishop Says Only the Novus Ordo Can Build a Synodal Church—and the Traditional Mass Forms the Wrong Kind of Catholic](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/czech-bishop-says-only-the-novus) _2026-07-31 · Chris Jackson_ Bishop Tomáš Holub has stated the premise behind Traditionis Custodes: Rome is suppressing the ancient liturgy because it preserves an ecclesiology the new Church wants to replace. ## [Roche Tells Trad Inc. Suckers Leo Isn't Freeing the Latin Mass, Rome Approves Another Communist Chinese Bishop, and Trad Pilgrims are Denied Mass in a Basilica. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/roche-tells-trad-inc-suckers-leo) _2026-07-30 · Chris Jackson_ Roche thanks the clowns who told you to "Zip It!" for a peaceful year of no resistance. They will get nothing in return. Meanwhile, the Irish Church shrinks as the "Church of the poor" grows richer. ## [Archbishop Calls Mosque a “God-Given Right,” German Prelate Hails Pride as a “Joyful Celebration,” Vatican News Normalizes IVF, and Laywomen Lead German Parishes. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/archbishop-calls-mosque-a-god-given) _2026-07-29 · Chris Jackson_ From Santa Fe to Berlin and Rome, the hierarchy affirms false religion and sexual revolution while rationing the Mass that still produces vocations. ## [BREAKING: Cardinal McElroy Approves Women Preachers in DC Church, Bishop Defends Nude LGBTQ Photo Shoot Outside Cathedral, and Leo invites non-Catholics to the Synod. Meanwhile the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/breaking-cardinal-mcelroy-approves) _2026-07-28 · Chris Jackson_ From lay preaching and rainbow spectacle to interreligious synodality, Rome blesses nearly every breach of Catholic order—then discovers its canonical backbone when Tradition refuses to play along. ## [Rome Excommunicates Another Traditional Bishop, Promotes an Abu Dhabi Diplomat, and Lets a Woman Preach a Homily at Mass. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/rome-excommunicates-another-traditional) _2026-07-27 · Chris Jackson_ Michael Mary is punished for denying Leo XIV, while Munich openly defies a Vatican ban, a new bishop promises to listen before teaching, and a champion of Francis’s Human Fraternity is sent to the UN ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iGlk7J1P2Hpj) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [When Jerusalem Missed the Hour](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/when-jerusalem-missed-the-hour) _2026-07-26 · Chris Jackson_ Christ weeps over the holy city, cleanses the Temple, and warns every Catholic to recognize grace before the hour of visitation passes.