Editorial Standards

Daily Ordo is a brand-led Catholic devotional reference. Every page is grounded in primary Catholic sources, presents settled magisterial teaching with care, and is open to correction by readers.

Sources we cite

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), paragraphs cited by number, linked to vatican.va
• Vatican magisterial documents: encyclicals, apostolic exhortations, conciliar documents (Vatican II), papal letters, linked to vatican.va
• Butler's Lives of the Saints, 1894 public domain edition, linked to Project Gutenberg or sacred-texts.com
• Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 public domain edition, linked to newadvent.org
• USCCB liturgical resources for daily Mass readings and the Roman Calendar
• Public-domain writings of canonized saints: Therese of Lisieux, Faustina Kowalska, John Henry Newman, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and others, linked to sacred-texts.com or comparable PD libraries

Sources we do not cite

• Wikipedia as a primary source (we use it as a research starting point and cite the underlying primary source it points to)
• Generic blog posts and devotional commentary not from canonized writers
• Modern devotional books still under copyright (we cannot quote without permission)

Citation discipline

Every theological and historical claim on the site is cited inline. Direct quotes are validated character-for-character against the source database before publish. A nightly job re-validates every citation against the published site, and pages with broken citations are flagged for refresh. The "Last reviewed" stamp on every page reflects the most recent verification.

Theological orthodoxy

The site presents settled magisterial Catholic teaching as authoritative. Contested theological topics are either flagged as contested (with legitimate Catholic positions presented neutrally) or omitted. We do not take positions on internal Catholic debates that the Magisterium has not resolved.

We will not endorse heterodox positions, even by accident: not sedevacantism, not rejection of Vatican II, not a reduction of Mary's veneration to mere acknowledgement, not faith-alone justification in the Lutheran sense, not universalism as taught.

Imagery

All religious artwork on the site is public domain, sourced from Wikimedia Commons, the Met Museum Open Access collection, the Vatican Museums, and the Catholic Encyclopedia 1907 illustrations. The Catholic tradition of sacred art, from Caravaggio and Murillo to Fra Angelico and the medieval illuminators, gives us a deep well to draw from. Every image carries an attribution caption naming the artist, work, date, and collection.

Persona policy

The site is brand-led. There is no individual author byline. There are no fake author identities. There are no clergy honorifics applied to any contributor (no "Father X," no "Brother Y," no "Sister Z"). The brand is the editorial voice. This follows the precedent of the Catholic Encyclopedia, USCCB publications, EWTN reference content, and Vatican publications, all of which publish authoritatively without individual bylines.

What this site is not

Not a substitute for the parish, not a replacement for the sacraments, not a confessional, not a spiritual director, not a clergy-authored blog, and not a chatbot. Catholic readers who need pastoral counsel should seek a priest. Daily Ordo is a research-and-reference layer, not a ministry.

Corrections policy

Catholic readers who identify factual or theological errors on the site should contact us. We address corrections within 7 days. The corrected page displays a visible correction note dated to the revision. The page's "Last reviewed" stamp is updated only after re-verification of all citations on the page.

Independence

Daily Ordo is independently published. We are not affiliated with any diocese, parish, religious order, Catholic publisher, or canonical authority. We do not claim ecclesial endorsement. We participate in affiliate programs disclosed in the affiliate disclosure, but these affiliations do not influence editorial judgment.