David Rodríguez serves as the Content Director for the Fatima Center. After graduate school in electrical engineering, he spent several years in a diocesan seminary and as a novice in a Cistercian monastery before earning his Masters in Theology from the University of Dallas. David has spent over twenty years working in parishes, directing religious formation, hosting call-in shows on Catholic Radio, leading Catholic pilgrimage tours, and supporting Catholic non-profits aimed at recovering and restoring the traditions of our Catholic Faith. He is married and has seven children.
Years ago, I was having lunch with a friend. He was a cradle Catholic who grew up in the 50s and 60s. He attended the New Mass and knew I attended the Traditional Mass. He did not understand why it was so important to me. So he asked me to simplify it as much as possible: “What really is the difference?” I scribbled on a napkin...