What I would say and do if Pope Leo XIV asked my advice???

JMJ

The chatter of humans discussing the future SSPX Episcopal consecrations continues at a fairly constant pace on Catholic websites and forums.

As in 1988, there are threats of excommunication and schism from Rome and protestations of the crisis of the Catholic Church from the SSPX.

So, what I advice would I give to Pope Leo XIV if he ask for it?

That is a good question.

What is the core issue that needs to be addressed? What decision needs to be made?

My first thought would be to recommend caling a dogmatic council to correct the 'spirit of vatican 2'. But that doesn't really get to the core issue.

The second was to give the SSPX an official mandate for their consecration of new bishops to ensure the survival of the SSPX.

That also is just a surface issue.

The core issue, I think, is that the hierarchy of the Church has lost their true fervour for the salvation of souls, replaced by the seeping poison of human respect.

A human respect that occludes the respect of the treasure that Our Lord Jesus Christ entrusted to their predecessors millennia ago.

So this leads me to the advice I would give to Pope Leo XIV.

Your Holiness,

"Traditionalists" are not a problem to be cut out of the Catholic Church, nor are the pre-Vatican 2 beliefs, doctrines, dogmas, liturgies . Collectively, they need your protection and guidance to being Catholic in this modern world without losing the Faith, keeping Hope and Charity bright inside their souls to act as a light for the world.

That's the advice that, after a few moments of thought, I would give Pope Leo XIV.

It would take the Grace of God and a healthy dose of intestinal tolerance (i.e. Guts) to take the advice, the first step to ending the Catholic Church's identity crisis and replacing human respect with the respect of the Divine.

P^3

Comments

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