SSPX EXCOMMUNICATION ADDS NEW FIRE
Five years on, Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes is still setting off shockwaves across the Church, as the battle over the preconciliar Latin Mass refuses to die. The 2021 decree cracked down on the old rite in the name of unity, warning it had become tied to rejection of Vatican II — but critics say it has only deepened the divide, and now the Holy See’s excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X has thrown fresh fuel on an already explosive fight.
After delivering parts for the first atomic bomb to a US base in the Pacific, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. It sank in 12 minutes. Roughly 300 sailors were killed in the initial attack, and the remaining 900 faced exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. The US Navy only learned of the sinking four days later, when survivors were spotted by a pilot on patrol. In the end, only 316 survived. Why was the ship's captain court-martialed?
Ford was a prominent American industrialist and innovator of mass production via the assembly line. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and made car ownership affordable to many. Though controversial, Ford was undeniably one of the most influential men of the 20th century. He instituted an eight-hour workday in his factories and paid his workers relatively well but also strenuously opposed labor unions. Whom did he employ to intimidate union organizers?
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