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JMJ
Rorate-caeli has posted an excellent article by
This quote of Cardinal Burke provides an excellent synopsis of Pope St. Pius X and a good contrast with his successor (s).
“Instaurare omnia in Christo” Cardinal Burke writes, “is the sum total of St. Pius X’s pontificate, everything was aimed at the re-Christianizing of society assailed by liberal relativism, which trampled on the rights of God in the name of a “science” freed from any type of relationship with the Creator.” (p.9) (source)
I also found the following point enlightening:
The colossal reforming and restoring work by St. Pius X was carried out under the incomprehension of the ecclesiastical world itself. “St. Pius X – writes Cristina Siccardi – did not look for the approval of the Roman Curia, the priests, the bishops, the cardinals, the faithful, and most of all he did not look for the approval of the world, but always and only he looked for the approval of God, at the risk of damaging his public image, and doing thus, he undoubtedly made many enemies whilst alive, and even more in death.” (p.25). (source)I have heard that one bishop stated the Pope Pius X was mistaken.
Indeed, to the victors lie the spoils and the ability to write history.
I wonder how many crypto-modernists are throwing the accusation of crypto-lefebvrism.
Frankly, I'd rather be accused of the latter than the former.
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Yes, he was certainly hated—even by faithful, non-Modernist Catholics at the time. Look at the fruit pleasing God alone bore: Modernism, New Theology, etc., was driven underground all the way until circa 1958!
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