YOU CAN READ THE WJS OPINION PIECE HERE AND IT IS A MUST READ. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS FILLED WITH COMMONSENSE SO LACKING IN MUCH OF THE HIERARCHY TODAY EVEN IN THE VATICAN!
Here is a moneybyte from the WJS opinion piece:
By December 2021, Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Divine Worship, was issuing new directives telling recalcitrant bishops who had no interest in alienating their own clergy that this time he really meant it. There would be no more Masses grandfathered in; all celebrations must be approved by Rome. Baptism in the old rite was made nearly impossible, and confirmation was forbidden.
In many places, bishops and priests simply ignored these Roman missives. Other prelates have been more enthusiastic. This summer Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., attempted to limit the celebration of the Latin Mass to a single chapel and ban the use of altar rails and the wearing of veils “when assisting in any official capacity.” Widespread disapprobation checked his ambitions before he could direct his clergy to check bathroom stalls for Latin graffiti.
I don’t think this state of affairs can continue. The ugliest scenes of the past four years—a grieving widow pleading with a cardinal not to shutter her parish, would-be snitches combing through online parish bulletin archives in search of the word “Latin”—won’t be repeated under this papacy.
This isn’t because I believe the rumors that Pope Leo XIV is some kind of crypto-traditionalist. There is no evidence that he is anything except what he seems to be: a decent, sensible man of prayer who understands the “universal” part of being the head of a universal church and sees no reason to cause distress to a growing segment of the faithful who know no other Mass. In the Holy Father’s house there are many mansions.
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Matthew Walther's article in question is filled with common sense?
The article reflects simply Matthew Walther's desire to move forward with the TLM. Matthew Walther had offered the following some time ago:
"...I believe that the Church is more than half a century into her worst climacteric since the Reformation, a period of doctrinal chaos and pastoral uncertainty comparable to the Arian crisis of the fourth century."
"I also maintain that this crisis is the direct result of the promulgation of the Novus Ordo Mass, which I hope to see disappear in my lifetime and replaced with the old Roman Rite of St. Pius V in its ancient fullness."
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Matthew Walther wants the TLM in place. From there, his fantasy is that throughout the Latin Church, the TLM will replace the Holy Mass of Pope Saint Paul VI.
He is desperate for that to the point that he has repeated Diane Montagna recent resurrection of the nonsense that she had floated years ago. That is, that Traditionis Custodes is based upon lies.
Matthew Walther's WSJ article is a hit piece.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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