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A “traditional Catholic” (or “traditionalist Catholic”) is a Catholic who recognizes the above errors in the presentation of Catholic teaching, who sees unwise pastoral decisions for what they are, and who does all in his power to preserve the Holy Faith in a manner consistent with how it has always been understood, and to preserve all of the liturgical rites and customs of the Church as they were before the “spirit of Vatican II” revolution. Traditionalists are not some “branch of the Church,” or (necessarily) some “splinter group”; they are usually and quite simply Catholics to whom the adjective “traditional” applies.
Traditional Catholics fall into three main categories:
The first and by far the largest group consists of those Catholics who accept the acclaimed Pope and his recent predecessors as true Popes and who believe that the Second Vatican Council was a valid, albeit problematic, Council. In this group are included:
those who attend parishes where Masses are offered in accordance with Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, most often celebrated by priests of the Fraternal Society of St Peter (F.S.S.P.) or the Institute of Christ the King (I.C.K), and
those who attend chapels or oratories where Masses are offered by priests of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (S.S.P.X.) and other such priestly fraternities outside of ordinary diocesan structures.
The second group consists of those who are unsure about the status of the acclaimed Pope. Many such Catholics worship at Masses offered by the Society of Saint Pius V (S.S.P.V.).
The third and smallest group consisists of “sedevacantist” Catholics, that is Catholics who believe that the Catholic Church has not had a true Pope for some time (most consider Pope Pius XII as the last true Pope) and who, depending on the time they see as the moment the “Chair of Peter” (sede) became empty (vacante), may or may not see Vatican II as a valid Council. Many sedevacantists attend Masses offered by the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (C.M.R.I.).
Traditional Catholics fall into three main categories:
The first and by far the largest group consists of those Catholics who accept the acclaimed Pope and his recent predecessors as true Popes and who believe that the Second Vatican Council was a valid, albeit problematic, Council. In this group are included:
those who attend parishes where Masses are offered in accordance with Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, most often celebrated by priests of the Fraternal Society of St Peter (F.S.S.P.) or the Institute of Christ the King (I.C.K), and
those who attend chapels or oratories where Masses are offered by priests of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (S.S.P.X.) and other such priestly fraternities outside of ordinary diocesan structures.
The second group consists of those who are unsure about the status of the acclaimed Pope. Many such Catholics worship at Masses offered by the Society of Saint Pius V (S.S.P.V.).
The third and smallest group consisists of “sedevacantist” Catholics, that is Catholics who believe that the Catholic Church has not had a true Pope for some time (most consider Pope Pius XII as the last true Pope) and who, depending on the time they see as the moment the “Chair of Peter” (sede) became empty (vacante), may or may not see Vatican II as a valid Council. Many sedevacantists attend Masses offered by the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (C.M.R.I.).
riests and laypeople stemming from the sedevacantist movement who have given recognition to a nominee of their own as the true Pope are categorized as conclavists. Because they hold that the see of Rome is no longer vacant, they are not, strictly speaking, sedevacantists. But they are often classified as such because they reject the official papal succession for the same reasons as sedevacantists.
