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01/05/2013
A priest friend of the SSPX watches anxiously its present turn towards Newrome. He no longer fully approves, nor yet fully disapproves.
A priest friend of the SSPX watches anxiously its present turn towards Newrome. He no longer fully approves, nor yet fully disapproves.
A friend writes that he sees the Newsociety failing to denounce cultural problems. This failure makes it more than vulnerable.
An attempt is made to sort out the various names for the Church. The true Church is recognized by its four marks.
It is not clear that the present need is to rebuild a classic Congregation or Seminary. Both may be somehow out-dated.
Archbishop Lefebvre said that we must follow Providence. We must not be in a hurry. We should not seek publicity. Patience.
The author of “Eleison Comments” has been excluded from the Newsociety of Bishop Fellay, not a good sign for the old SSPX.
Maria Valtorta’s controversial Poem of the man-God is defended against attack, and recommended for family reading in the home.
Cardinal Siri was a fine churchman, but by his lack of reaction to the disaster of Vatican II, arguably not fine enough.
The General Chapter’s concluding Declaration is strong on piety but weak on doctrine, with a fatal ambiguity in its doctrinal sections.
Those who seem divisive rebels are not always the real rebels. John VII shows the crowd being divided by Our Lord’s teaching.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.