Everyday Sedevacantism

     It was the fall of 2020 and I was standing at the sink in the men’s room of a church 140 miles from my house.   If you don’t remember the fall of 2020 let me remind you – there were mostly peaceful riots breaking out all over the nation, so taking a 140-mile trip away from my home wasn’t exactly high on my list of things I wanted to do.  I splashed water on my face, looked into the mirror, and laughed about the strangeness of my situation.  I had just driven two and a half hours (through the nation’s most notorious speed trap) to attend a Catholic Mass when by all appearances there was one taking place that Sunday at the church LITERALLY within walking distance of my house.       As I stood there my mind went back to the time that I was at a church function and a deacon led us in prayer before our meal.   In his prayer he decided to reference Exodus 3:5 where God tells Moses to remove his sandals because he’s standing...

     I started this blog just a week shy of 13 years ago.  The blog was initially intended to document what it's like to live as a Catholic in the Deep South.  Maybe more specifically it was intended to document what it's like for a native Southerner to be a practicing Catholic while surrounded by Protestants.  As my Catholic beliefs have deepened and evolved over the past decade it has become necessary to update not only the name of this blog, but also its stated intent.       Today I am officially rebranding this blog "Everyday Sedevacantism" to match the Facebook page of the same name that I created  few years back ( facebook.com/EverydaySede if you're curious).       Before rebranding I had to remove a few prior posts from this site since they no longer match my belief system.  One particularly embarrassing one where I sang the praises of Karol Jozef Wojtyla comes to mind.   Some call him John...