More than 20 diplomats were present, standing shoulder to shoulder with the 1,300 residents of Taybeh. Photo: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

USA: FBI’s Reach Into Catholic Traditionalism Wider Than Previously Admitted, New Documents Reveal

The implications are stark. Language from the memo compared traditional Catholic beliefs to “Islamist theology” and advised cultivating informants within Latin Mass parishes. Internal emails show that some agents were uneasy. One asked bluntly whether anyone had even requested such a product. Another warned about overreliance on the SPLC’s designations—labels that have sparked controversy for sweeping certain religious or socially conservative groups into categories of hate.