Trustworthy traditional websites?

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I’ve been looking for some traditional Catholic web sites but I’ve run across some “frightening” stuff, like the Holy Family Monastery. What sites can you recommend as trustworthy and “safe?” After looking through the Holy Family site, I felt guilty; that stuff seems a bit blasphemous (is that the right word?) to me.

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Agreed, I should have put a disclaimer about the forums there.
 
You can’t get more trustworthy than this website:

vatican.va/phome_en.htm

😉

CatholicCulture.org reviews Catholic websites for fidelity: catholicculture.org/culture/reviews/. You can search for a site, or browse their “best of the best” list.

What I like about their reviews is that they are very specific and even give examples. Thus, you can look at their reviews and form your own opinion, even if it’s different from theirs. For example, they usually will drop the fidelity rating from green (good) to yellow (caution) simply because a website has google ads. For me, that’s not a big deal because I’ve trained myself to ignore the google ads anyway. And if that’s the only problem they have with a website, then it’s usually okay with me.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Catholic Culture gives Fisheaters.com a red flag:

catholicculture.org/culture/reviews/view.cfm?recnum=1915&repos=2&subrepos=0&searchid=431589
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I whole-heartedly recommend FE.

Look at what Catholic Culture gives as weaknesses:
The site as a whole implicitly and explicitly rejects the Novus Ordo Mass. (Fidelity)
----That’s so-so.

All of the material and resources offered are pre-Vatican II. (Fidelity)
----Big freaking deal? The Bible is Pre-Vatican II. Church history for 1960 years is Pre-Vatican II. That shouldn’t even be a problem. Especially, since we’re called to interpret VII in continuity with tradition and the past.

A “Dictionary of Dissent” (Fidelity)
—Lol, oh noes!

Unorthodox Catholic links (Fidelity)
* Catholic Apologetics International
* The Remnant
* Chistian Order
* Christus Rex
* Society of St. Pius X

—If any of those websites are outside of the Church, please let me know where that was stated. The SSPX is an internal matter, and they are inside the Church.

In addition to that, is Catholic Culture run by an Archbishop? Do their rankings carry any ecclesiastical support.

FE has helped me become a better Catholic, and I recommend it for any traditionalist. The forum is a bit so-so, but it’s a forum. On the Internet. What did you expect?
 
BayernAnhaenger said:
I whole-heartedly recommend FE.

Look at what Catholic Culture gives as weaknesses:
The site as a whole implicitly and explicitly rejects the Novus Ordo Mass. (Fidelity)
----That’s so-so.

All of the material and resources offered are pre-Vatican II. (Fidelity)
----Big freaking deal? The Bible is Pre-Vatican II. Church history for 1960 years is Pre-Vatican II. That shouldn’t even be a problem. Especially, since we’re called to interpret VII in continuity with tradition and the past.

A “Dictionary of Dissent” (Fidelity)
—Lol, oh noes!

Unorthodox Catholic links (Fidelity)
* Catholic Apologetics International
* The Remnant
* Chistian Order
* Christus Rex
* Society of St. Pius X

—If any of those websites are outside of the Church, please let me know where that was stated. The SSPX is an internal matter, and they are inside the Church.

In addition to that, is Catholic Culture run by an Archbishop? Do their rankings carry any ecclesiastical support.

FE has helped me become a better Catholic, and I recommend it for any traditionalist. The forum is a bit so-so, but it’s a forum. On the Internet. What did you expect?
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And that’s exactly why I like Catholic Culture’s reviews. Someone like yourself can look at the weaknesses they describe and disagree that they are in fact weaknesses. Thus, you know that you wouldn’t have a problem with the website (not that you weren’t already familiar with the site, but if you weren’t, you would know).

Why is it necessary that Catholic Culture be run by an archbishop? :confused: Is FishEaters run by an archbishop? I’m not putting forward these reviews as some sort of infallible Church pronouncements that all Catholics are obligated to obey. They’re useful reviews written by Catholic laypeople. Nothing more, nothing less. If you don’t agree with the reviews, that’s fine. I’m not offended. 🙂

I would encourage anyone to not only look at the list of strengths and weaknesses, but also click on the link for “examples.” The examples help to understand what the reviewer means by their statements. Sometimes, I find myself thinking they’re reading too much into something, but most of the time I’m prone to agree. For example, they give examples of precisely what aspects of the “Dictionary of Dissent” are problematic [link]. If you find these examples disturbing, then you would probably want to stay away. If you find yourself nodding in agreement, then you would probably want to check out the website.
 
Joe_5859 said:
And that’s exactly why I like Catholic Culture’s reviews. Someone like yourself can look at the weaknesses they describe and disagree that they are in fact weaknesses. Thus, you know that you wouldn’t have a problem with the website (not that you weren’t already familiar with the site, but if you weren’t, you would know).

Why is it necessary that Catholic Culture be run by an archbishop? :confused: Is FishEaters run by an archbishop? I’m not putting forward these reviews as some sort of infallible Church pronouncements that all Catholics are obligated to obey. They’re useful reviews written by Catholic laypeople. Nothing more, nothing less. If you don’t agree with the reviews, that’s fine. I’m not offended. 🙂

I would encourage anyone to not only look at the list of strengths and weaknesses, but also click on the link for “examples.” The examples help to understand what the reviewer means by their statements. Sometimes, I find myself thinking they’re reading too much into something, but most of the time I’m prone to agree. For example, they give examples of precisely what aspects of the “Dictionary of Dissent” are problematic [link]. If you find these examples disturbing, then you would probably want to stay away. If you find yourself nodding in agreement, then you would probably want to check out the website.
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Yeah, I suppose. I think I took too harsh a tone in my previous post. Sorry. :-\
 
Joe_5859 said:
Catholic Culture gives Fisheaters.com a red flag:

catholicculture.org/culture/reviews/view.cfm?recnum=1915&repos=2&subrepos=0&searchid=431589
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:mad: I give Catholic Culture the red flag. It treats Vatican II as a “superdogma”, thus undermining the entire pre-Vatican II Magisterium of the Church and making a mockery of her perennial teaching.

It’s a neo-Con website devoted to “toeing the line”, whatever it may be, and not to preserving the Church’s authentic doctrine.

Who gave these fools authority to pronounce on the “safety” of Catholic web sites, anyway?
 
Dauphin said:
:mad: I give Catholic Culture the red flag. It treats Vatican II as a “superdogma”, thus undermining the entire pre-Vatican II Magisterium of the Church and making a mockery of her perennial teaching.

It’s a neo-Con website devoted to “toeing the line”, whatever it may be, and not to preserving the Church’s authentic doctrine.

Who gave these fools authority to pronounce on the “safety” of Catholic web sites, anyway?
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That’s fine. They have no authority and their reviews are not binding. I find them useful for background info. I’m not sure I agree that they promote Vatican II as some sort of “super-dogma”, but that’s another topic for another thread! 😉

I did notice that they have taken down their review of SSPX’s website. I presume they’re waiting to see how things turn out. With all that has happened in the past two months, it likely necessitated a complete overhaul of their review.
 
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