Let’s face it, the major problem with the implementation of Vatican II, in particular its fluid and failed “spirit”, is that this implementation canceled so much of what constituted Catholic identity for the clergy, the religious and the laity of the pre-Vatican II era.
A small clericalism caste and cadre of bishops and theologians from their on-high position and by manipulating the work of the Holy Spirit for their own narcissistic privileges, were able to cancel the manner in which the Church had existed since the major reforms of the Council of Trent.
The spirit of Vatican II clericalists, canceled the manner in which the Mass had been celebrated for over 1,500 years, but codified or standardized by the Council of Trent. They canceled the manner of living religious life and tried to cancel the sacramental aspect of the clergy turning them from worship and prayer to being social workers for the poor, something proper for religious who are not clergy and certainly for the laity.
The spirit of Vatican II tried to cancel the hierarchical nature of the Church and authority of the college of bishops in union with the pope.
What Vatican II’s poor implementation did was to cancel what had previously been understood as constituent to Catholic identity and proposed and then dictatorially imposed it on laity who accepted this imposition solely on the pre-Vatican II appreciation they had for Church authority, especially the pope and bishops. They didn’t like it but they were obedient pray, pay and obey Catholics.
St. Pope John Paul II and especially Pope Benedict XVI tried heroically to end the cancel culture of the Church in the post-Vatican II era. They did it slowly with non-dictatorial edicts. They proposed and enabled the ending of the cancel culture but they did not impose it on all.
The apex of the genius of Pope Benedict XVI was and is Summorum Pontificum, that enabled a return to liturgical tradition of the pre-Vatican II era while encouraging the reforms of the Liturgies but now within continuity with the past not in a breach of the past or worse yet, canceling that past.
With the dismal and unfortunate abdication of Pope Benedict, a 1970’s ideologue was elected to the See of Peter as the new pope. We have seen since 2013 a return to the spirit of Vatican II’s cancel culture, the one most blatant was and is the canceling of the two papacies of St. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. The apex of this cancelation was the dictatorial canceling of Pope Benedict’s centerpiece of his papacy, Summorum Pontificum and the resulting resentment of the current papacy and its 1970’s agenda.
The next pope will have to be a redeemed Donald Trump who will restore the papacies of the previous two popes but in continuity. Pope Benedict’s reform in continuity is the way forward and that must be revived!
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Here is a clue
Cardinal Sarah: "Banning or suspending the Extraordinary Form can only be inspired by the devil. I am of the opinion of Benedict XVI. What was holy and sacred yesterday cannot be condemned to disappear today. What harm does the Traditional Mass cause? What harm?
@Card_R_Sarah
Here's another clue:
A new CENSIS poll shows the extent to which Francis' Church has lost followers, and Gaetano Masciullo knows why: "In recent decades, bishops have favored supporting social causes over safeguarding orthodoxy, reshaping the Church into a humanitarian organization, almost an appendage of the UN. For many, the Church is no longer seen as the preeminent spiritual guide but as a charitable—or more accurately, philanthropic—institution, primarily focused on the needy, marginalized, and poor people. The doctrinal role of the Church has faded from collective consciousness."
Read the full report: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/7479-the-situation-of-the-italian-church-a-grim-picture-with-a-ray-of-hope
Right you are TJM! And here are two of the fruits!
In march 2023, only 27% of White Evangelical Protestants said abortion should be legal in most or all cases while 68% of White mainline, non-Evangelical Protestants, 45% of Hispanic Protestants, 72% of Black Protestants, 55% of Hispanic Catholics and 64% of White Catholics said abortion should be legal in most or all cases!
https://www.prri.org/spotlight/shifts-in-support-for-abortion-by-party-and-religious-affiliation/
Similarly, in a Pew survey, at 62% Catholics are the most likely to respond that casual sex was sometimes or always acceptable! At only 36%, Evangelical Protestants are the least likely to do so!
https://churchleaders.com/news/381586-pew-evangelicals-premarital-sex.html
Yet the recent USCCB Fall Meeting (November 11-14), holds no discussion on this obvious deterioration in moral behavior among Catholics! Nor do they hold any (at least public) discussions re the recently reported unthinkable horror that has been occuring in a number of Catholic Hospitals-the treatment of gender -confused children and adolescents with very harmful hormones and permanently mutilating surgeries! In fact they roundly defeat, Bishop Conley, one of the Bishops urging them to discuss this, in his bid for the Chairmanship of the Committee on Laity, Marriage and Youth! They also defeated the pro-TLM Archbishop Sample in his bid to be Chair of the Committee on Divine Worship! But a proposal, that leadership consider establishing a "task force on Synodality" gets unanimous approval!
And "On multiple occasions.... they spoke candidly and with measured pointedness against the the possibility of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants."
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/usccb-fall-meeting-2024-post-election-discussion
Although Cardinal Muller may, or may not have been correct re the predominant reason why Catholics voted for Trump/Vance:
"However, the poll also found that 46% of Catholic voters trusted Harris more on abortion policy, while only 36% trusted Trump more on that issue. About 10% trusted neither and 6% trusted both.
According to the poll, 61% of Catholic voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases and only 38% said it should be illegal in all or most cases. It found that Catholic voters were evenly split on the question of whether abortion should be illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with 49% favoring such a law and 49% opposing it.
The poll found that Catholic voters trusted Trump more than Harris on immigration by a massive 25-point margin, 57% to 32%. It also found that Catholics trusted Trump more on the economy by a 19-point margin, 55% to 36%. "
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260297/catholic-voters-favor-trump-over-harris-nationally-and-in-swing-states-exit-polls-show
Cardinal Muller is absolutely correct on illegal immigration:
"Cardinal Müller: ‘The state has the right’ to deport illegal immigrants
Asked about the differences of opinion on immigration between Pope Francis and Trump, Cardinal Müller stated:
The Church must defend the human dignity of all people, including illegal migrants. However, it is necessary to remember that no one has the right to live where they want. Intervening on illegal immigration is not at all against human rights.
“Is deporting an illegal migrant anti-Christian conduct?” Il Tempo asked him.
“Absolutely not,” he replied. “When faced with illegal immigration, a state has the right to send people back to their countries of origin if they do not risk their lives there.”
“We have to help developing countries, but we cannot think, for example, that the whole population of Africa can move to Europe to solve problems,” Cardinal Müller said.
“A state has the right to defend its borders and restore legality,” he continued. “Those who are dying at sea and are in an emergency situation should be rescued, but quite another thing are the rules to establish legal immigration.” '
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-muller-catholics-voted-for-trump-because-harris-was-a-strongly-anti-life-candidate/?utm_source=onesignal
another clue
Joe Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the former president of the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Biden, who likes to describe himself as a “devout Catholic,” awarded Cecile Richards the medal during a private ceremony on Wednesday.
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