Yesterday, an FBI whistleblower dropped an 8 page document obtained from the FBI Richmond, VA office outlining the Bureau's interest in Catholics who prefer the older pre-Vatican II liturgy.

"The document assesses with 'high confidence' the FBI can mitigate the threat of Radical-Traditionalist Catholics by recruiting sources within the Catholic Church."

Only one prominent member of the Catholic Clergy, Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas, himself one of the few members of the Catholic episcopate who is an outspoken proponent of the old Mass has spoken out against this obvious witch-hunt.

As a self-professed Traditional Catholic myself this has sent shockwaves throughout the Traditional Catholic community, which primarily has its stronghold in the United States. Anthony Stine, a relatively popular Traditional Catholic YouTuber who provides daily commentary on his channel Return to Tradition went so far as to say on his commentary on the news this morning that he expects a Traditional Catholic version of "Waco" in the future if such trend continues.

Per uncoverdc.com and LifeSiteNews

Matthew 5:11-12

Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly for my sake : Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For they so persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Relevancy: So what does this chapter in the Catholic Culture War mean for third-positionists/members of the dissident right? For one, Traditional Catholic Churches are by and large filled with people of predominantly European descent having incredibly large families on average well above replacement rates. I can attest to this from personal experience as well as from what little quantifiable information we have on these churches. They are bastions of traditional western thought, (for someone of unironic pagan or Nietzschean persuasion this might not be viewed as a good thing) but Traditional Catholic social teaching is much more third position in nature and ultimately anti-Democratic compared to the average Trump supporting Boomer who might be Catholic.

In short Traditional Catholicism while still a vast minority inside the Catholic Church at large has seen exponential growth, this and their adherence to traditional Catholic Moral and Social teaching has apparently been enough to attract the attention of everyone's favorite Federal Agency. Even if you're not Christian, if you want an interesting cultural experience go attend Mass at a Church dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass. It's like walking through a portal into the 1950's.