Cardinal Burke and the SSPX

JMJ

I've haven't written (or frankly read ) about CMTV for some time, but this article popped up in my auto-search.

CMTV: CDL. BURKE: GRACED FAMILIES ARE THE SOLUTION TO EVIL IN THE WORLD

Concerning the possible reunion of the Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX) with the Catholic Church, Cdl. Burke said he prays and hopes that it will happen but expressed concern that the reunification be based on truth:

We cannot just simply will it. In other words, if there is not a common understanding, what we reconcile will result in all sort of conflicts and difficulties. We have to make sure that there it is a common understanding in regard to all the questions which, in the past, the FSSPX has had about the Church, the Holy See and the direction of the Catholic Church.

I agree that we do need to come to a rational agreement on just what happened at the Second Vatican Council and has happened to the Catholic Church since that time.

Rationally speaking, those who wished to adhere to the Catholic Faith as expressed in Her Dogmas, Doctrines, Liturgy were punished and those who did not adhere were rewarded.

This would be the first understanding to be reached.

The next would be who was faithful to the Church of 2000 years and who was faithful to the Church of 50ish years.

Have this common understanding and the situation becomes crystal clear ... and more difficult for the Church.

But things that are worth doing seem to never be easy.

P^3

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