A Catholic Church that Seems Beset with Doubts

JMJ

There is a feeling that before the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church had a solid understanding of its place in the world, its mission and its identity.

Then we had the Second Vatican Council and in the turmoil that followed practically everything was subject to explosive decompression. Muchw as thrown out the window opened by Pope John XXIII, followed by the Smoke of Satan entering the vacuum left behind as per Pope Paul VI.

Now it seems that there is only one thing that cannot be tolerated in the Catholic Church, anything that reminds Catholics of the Catholic Church as it existed pre-council. As some have labelled it, the pre-conciliar Church.

Even Pope Benedict XVI experienced this rabid reaction (see Rorate-Caeli for full text).

At times one gets the impression that our society needs to have at least one group to which no tolerance may be shown; which one can easily attack and hate. And should someone dare to approach them – in this case the Pope – he too loses any right to tolerance; he too can be treated hatefully, without misgiving or restraint.

Maybe it isn't hatred, maybe its fear.

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