They did not have to SAY it. They just made it no longer available and followed what their Bishop locally told them. This was to not use the TLM, or do you think that each and every priest in the USA came to the same conclusion at the same time in history with out being told. I might be old, but even I don’t believe in this being a coincidence.
Sure as soon as the bishops follow the MP and don’t keep telling the faithful there is no demand for the EF (TLM). Then we can all move on.
And those that stopped the TLM were what? And Satan is dancing in the world watching the errors on both sides. My goal is to make Satan angry from frustration not to watch him dance.
Bingo! My bishop issued a brief one paragraph statement in which he “acknowledged” the MP. It was followed by a scathing editorial the following week by the chancellor of the diocese who stated that “no one wants the TLM”.
I agree. I wish I could believe that Fellay had such a dedication to unity. There is another win/win solution that would not need any reconcilliation. That would be if the TLM was made available enough that every one would find a home in a parish faithful to the Holy Father. Also, it would help just a wee bit if the the fringe that dissents from both Church teaching and keeps trying to be liturgically innovative would be suppressed. I think we all understand the irritation this causes, even it we disagree to the degree.
That could have been a completely honest statement, within that parish. That’s a long way from “wrongful suppression”.
The five parishes I lived in (I was in the service and then married) each expressed the same idea. The “old” mass was no longer allowed. Now I lived in four diocese in three states.
I had a similar impression, that the old mass was not allowed in all of the parishes in this area.
Or has made headlines of any kind in the secular press?
Not the Pauline Mass, Spiller, the ICEL translations. Even the Vatican has admitted they want translations that don’t leave any doubt as to their validity.
Those lying, schismatic, disobedient bishops are everywhere.
Bishop Fellay is Superior General. All official information regarding the SSPX goes through him.
No but that is the point the Vatican recoginses that the excommunication was not even valid. Therefore they are saying he did nothing wrong!
When did the Vatican say they were not valid? Its irrelevant if one or the other bishops or cardinals has such a personal opinion. As far as I know the excommunications are still in place. I have seen no declarations to the contrary from the Pope who is the only one who can lift them.