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About John Pepino, PhD
John Pepino, PhD, is a professor of Greek, Latin, History, and Patristics at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska. His Master’s degree is in Classical Greek and Latin and his Doctorate is in the Fathers of the Church. He has published on the Fathers of Church and on contemporary Church History, particularly Vatican II and the liturgy in the twentieth century.
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Yves Chiron and Catholic Traditionalism: A Response to Jesse Russell

September 30, 2025 John Pepino, PhD 36

Jesse Russell recently published his response to Yves Chiron, Between Rome and Rebellion: A History of Catholic Traditionalism with Special Attention to France (Angelico, 2024) as a book review for Catholic World Report. As the […]

Analysis

Anatomist of the Catholic collapse in France and beyond

September 13, 2022 John Pepino, PhD 46

Catholic practice collapsed in the West in the 1960s: the statistics are overwhelming. France, the eldest daughter of the Church, went from 25% Sunday Mass attendance in the 1950s to less than 2% now; the […]

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Do you think Melinda Gates has enough money to buy a copy of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church? If not, perhaps those professors at Georgetown who took it upon themselves to send a […]

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