The Archdiocese of Detroit is restructuring every one of its parishes, and draft plans could end weekend Mass at as many as 90 of them. When more than 600 Catholics from over 120 parishes rented a hall to learn what rights Church law gives them, the man who speaks for them says he received a canonical directive from his archbishop ordering him to stop giving canonical guidance to Catholics in the archdiocese.

Kevin Kijewski, attorney and spokesman for the Parish Preservation Alliance, joins Joe McClane to discuss his Catholic World Report essay "A Conspiracy of the Faithful": what the directive says, what St. John Henry Newman meant by pastors and people "breathing together," what Rome's own rules say about closing parishes for lack of priests, and what parishioners can do before decisions are announced in April 2027.

Then, author Rosemary McGuire Berry on her TAN Books title "Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints." Were the saints born holy? Which saint shares your temperament, and how did he conquer it?

READ KEVIN KIJEWSKI'S ESSAY:

• https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/11/09/a-conspiracy-of-the-faithful/

GET THE BOOK: Piety and Personality

• https://tanbooks.com/products/books/piety-and-personality-the-temperaments-of-the-saints/
• Rosemary McGuire Berry: https://www.rosemarymcguireberry.com/

SCRIPTURE AND SOURCES:

• Luke 12:35-40
• Lumen Gentium 37
• Catechism of the Catholic Church 907
• Code of Canon Law, canon 212

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