I just read the link that you sent in defence of the New Mass, and I must say it is full of holes. First off, the author did not include the entire Papal Bull -Quo Primium, instead he cut and pasted and took words from the Bull out of context. One of his main arguments is that in the Bull, any mass that for 200 Years existed before1570, may be used with approval. As far as I can recall, the Novus Ordo mass was put into place in 1970, 400 YEARS AFTER the Bull. Also, the author seemed to purposly leave out the language at the end of the Bull which forbade any mortal to touch the mass.
Dont forget, as Saint Pope Pius V was writing this Bull, as was the intent of the Council of Trent, was to Re-Affirm Catholic teachings, which had been severely distorted by the Reformation and there were all sorts of missals and papers flying all over Europe. The Mass was not invented or revised at the Council by Pope Pius IV, but clarified by him and later codified by St Pius V, which is the intent of every Council, to clarify and expand on existing church teachings and doctrine, not to reinvent new doctrine, which can fall under heresy, which I am not in a position to say that Pope Paul VI is in or John XXIII for that matter.
The defence centers around trying to poke holes into Quo Primium and it fails at that. It then goes into the Ottavani Intervention, and the author states that he agrees with the Cardinal, but that the Cardinal was reading an unfinished draft of the mass in 1969. How much difference does that make and is it even true?
He then goes into the translations, which is sort of like talking about Bill Clinton and what the definition of “is” is. Why could not the translations have been done to the satisfaction of these Cardinals? Do they not have a say? I could sympathize with much of the anger some of these Traditionalist feel, even better after reading this defence, which I never read before and is full of holes.
This does not mean I do not follow what His Holiness says, as he is our Leader and we can not disobey, but I do think after reading this, that some serious questions need to be answered, some 40 years after the fact. Maybe our next Pope can unite the Left and the Right, because right now it seems as if only the Left has any voice.