Ah, Mother Angelica herself was one of the first to express that conclusion.
All of those opinions are not in themselves wrong.
Yes he is supended and the following article says how and by whom.
This is another example of why I find it absolutely bizzare that Catholics who desperately want to hold fast to the ancient traditions and expressions of the Church are labeled “rad-trads” and are seen as disobedient, while progressive groups like the Charismatic Renewal are given full sanction and approval by the Church and EWTN. Pre VII Popes would have shut that movement down in a heartbeat, and if Mother Angelica wasn’t ill and could still run things, I guarantee you, she would not approve of the Charismatic programming on her network. Would anyone here ever dare label her an “armchair Pope”? I doubt it!
I apologize for the tone of my previous post. I’m having a bad morning. I’m still on the fence about many traditionalist/progressive debates. But I’m just dumbfounded as to why these people who preferred things pre-VII are constantly ridiculed by EWTN as being traitors.
EWTN is not God. It is perfectly acceptable to disagree with EWTN’s openly (at times) charismatic tone or even to attack if for straying from Traditional Catholicism. As someone else said, if Mother Angelica was running things still, there would not be any charismatic programming on there. Also it is perfectly acceptable to question whether the third secert was released or if Russia was not consecreted yet. These things are not magisterial, we are not even bound to beleive in Our Lady of Fatima. (With that note, I do indeed beleive in Our Lady of Fatima
)They are surely being excluded for ignoring the authority of the pope? Not because of their ‘traditional convictions’. Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops in defiance of the Holy Father, thus performing a ‘schismatic act’: that is why his group has been excommunicated. Many Traditional Catholics are within the church- see FSSP, ICRSS.
Such is the hypocrisy by many on these forums…
I would guess that this is because many who are orthodox, or protestant, were born into it. They are ignorant of the truth of the Catholic faith, and especially ignorant of the heirarchy of the Church and its role in life.
Is it not the cause of the Church to bring all men to Christ? The Orthodox and Protestants are not in communion with the Church. We are certainly a long way off any reconciliation. But just like with the SSPX ignoring or denying the authority of the Holy Father is a major stumbling block.
I don’t believe it’s hypocrisy to say that the Orthodox and Protestants should be welcomed to frank discussions. We need to bring them back to the fold. It takes diplomacy.
I’ve heard a lot of trad members say that about CAF. That traditional Catholics keep getting beat up here. Oh, well, there’s always fisheaters and angelqueen.
