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The Catholic Church and the Second Vatican Council Conference given by Fr. Franz Schmidberger, SSPX, in Dublin, Ireland, in January, 1989 Source Dear Reverend Father, my dear friends, I think that the most important part of my conference is already over. The most important part of the conference was the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which I celebrated with you and which summarises the whole teaching of the Church and demonstrates a hierarchy descending from heaven, giving us all graces because the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass continues the Cross of Our Lord among us.

http://www.angelusonline.org/index.php?section=articles&subsection=show_article&article_id=2718 May 2008 Print Si Si No No #81 Religious Liberty and the Ordinary Magisterium Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize In a book published in March 2007, Fr. Bernard Lucien 1 devoted six studies to the question of the authority of the Magisterium and its infallibility:

+ JMJ A funny thing happened on the way to the forum ... I got banned ... For those readers who are not aware of it, the SSPX is undergoing an internal crisis brought about by Bishop Fellay traversing the cultural assumptions of some of its members.

In all the tumult that has erupted within Church since the election of Pope Francis, one voice has been relatively silent: That of the SSPX. I will admit that I was somewhat surprised by the lack of response (so far) to the Pope's 12,000 word 'interview'. ... or has it been?

I was looking for some reference material and realized that I should put together a set of links to all the articles.

I was looking for a reference to help in a conversation that I was having. Once I found it (see quote) I decided that I should add the references here to keep them handy. What was I looking for? This: Once again, actions speak louder than words . When we open a seminary or when we create priories, or when we open schools, when the sisters swarm and the convents multiply, that is the only way of forcing Rome to negotiate . It's not a question of my being there, it's a question of the works we do. At Rome, they're well aware that what we're doing is not nothing. The bishops get a little annoyed when we implant ourselves here and there, and so they complain to Rome and Rome knows what's going on.  So I do not think it is opportune to try contacting Rome. I think we must still wait. Wait, unfortunately, for the situation to get still worse on their side. But up till now, they do not want to recognize the fact. This is the response that some may not want to ...

I saw this on AngelQueen and decided that it was just the thing for today. Source Defining terms: modernism September 18, 2013 Posted by tantamergo in  Basics ,  catachesis ,  Christendom ,  disaster ,  error , foolishness ,  General Catholic ,  sadness ,  scandals ,  secularism ,  sexual depravity , Society ,  the enemy .  trackback Many Catholics may have heard the term “modernism,” and I think readers of this blog will have seen it enough times as to induce dyspepsia, but many don’t have a strong understanding of what the term means.  It’s a term that’s been around for quite a long time – well over a century – but like the heresy it is named after, modernism tends to be fuzzy and nebulous and difficult to define.  Hopefully, with some help from Michael Davies, this post will help clarify this very widespread system of error.

In 2000 the FSSP received a correction from Rome, the impetus for which (if I remember correctly) was the rebellion of a small number of priests with the Fraternity desiring to say the Novus Ordo. Now in 2013, in the Franciscans of the Immaculate, history has been repeated. I believe it would be useful for the life of the Church if the non-Traditional Catholics tried to understand the perspective of Traditional Catholics. It would enable them to understand the reaction of the Traditionalists - as voiced in the following article by Sandro Magister. Charity might be better served if this were the case! Source

Catholics who give themselves the label 'Traditional' have been persecuted to various degrees ever since the Second Vatican Council and particularly since the introduction of the Novus Ordo. It seems that the only 'group' that it is permissible to attack and malign is the Traditionalists.  Why this is so, is the real question that begs to be answered.  Even Pope Benedict XVI noted this inconsistency when he lifted the excommunications of the four SSPX bishops. So why, of all the various groups, is it 'ok' to attack the 'Traditionalists'. From an organizational behaviour perspective, I think it is due to the cultural gaps (chasms really) that exist between the traditional culture and that 'conservative' culture.  To 'conservative' Catholics (discussed below by Mr. Crenshaw) Traditional Catholics represent a radically different 'brand' of Catholicism.  So different that the 'conservative' Catholics automatic...

I just finished reading Uniformity with God's Will by St. Alphonsus de Liguori. While this book is chock full of advice and essential guidance for aligning our lives to the Will of God, the following two paragraphs were particularly enlightening for me. "... we should be diligent in striving to become perfect, so that tepidity and laziness may not serve as excuses for some to say: “God must help me; I can do only so much for myself.” Nevertheless, when we do fall into some fault, we should not lose our peace of soul and union with the will of God, which permits our fall; nor should we lose our courage. Let us rise at once from this fall, penitently humbling ourselves and by seeking greater help from God, let us continue to march resolutely on the highway of the spiritual life ..." (page 19) "... Above all, let us bend all our energies to serve God in the way he wishes. ..." (from the conclusion on page 21)

Further research - the time between the death of one Pope and the election of another - the Interregnum or Sede Vacante.

Further research in to Church Ecclesiology has led me to the documents of the First Vatican Council. In particular, I was reviewing the link between the Papacy and the Visibility of the Church found in the beginning of the fourth session: The eternal shepherd and guardian of our souls [37] , in order to render permanent the saving work of redemption, determined to build a church in which, as in the house of the living God, all the faithful should be linked by the bond of  one faith and charity. Therefore, before he was glorified, he besought his Father, not for the apostles only, but also for those who were to believe in him through their word, that they all might be  one  as the Son himself and the Father are one [38] . So then, just as he sent apostles, whom he chose out of the world [39] , even as he had been sent by the Father [40], in like manner it was his will that in his church there should be shepherds and teachers until the end of t...

Some more on the SSPX perspective. source

More insight to the position of the SSPX on doctrinal issues. For my own research - but if you chance upon it may you profit by it. source

Further along this theme, another resource on infallibility. source

I am researching some areas for a long(ish) article that will address a number of issues faced by Catholics concerned by this crisis in the Church and who want to make good decisions. Good decisions will only be those which don't contravene a teaching of the Church. As such I came across this study submitted to all the Cardinals of the Church just prior to the end of the Pontificate of Blessed Pope John Paul II. Source

More on this theme is a review of Quanta Cura by Fr. Couture. December 1998 When the Popes spoke infallibly… By Father Daniel Couture There is often much talk on papal infallibility:  the different degrees, the conditions, etc. Rarely though, a clear text is given as example.  Here is one from Pope Pius IX, of December 8th , 1864.  It is taken from his encyclical Quanta Cura which was accompanied by the Syllabus of Errors, a solemn condemnation of 80 modern errors.

Just to round out this series, I came across an article on the SSPX asian website. January  2002  No. 44