Monday, July 16, 2007

It'll never work

"There's only a slim chance any direct action of the Pope's on the old Mass is going to have the desired effect. I mean, it's just too remote in people's memories now. Priests aren't going to want it, the people love the new ways. And the idea that it is going to reconcile schismatics is beyond the pale. It just isn't that simple. If Benedict brings back the old Mass, if he tries to put back the clock, people will leave in droves..."

Uh huh.
Vermont's Roman Catholic diocese plans Latin Masses

You don't say...
Diocese welcomes formerly schismatic nuns back into church

The sisters then began to follow the story of his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, on the Internet.

"I noticed the good that he was doing," she said. "I sat up and paid attention: We had a good man, a good pope." That idea was almost impossible, according to the strictures of the sedevacantist position, she said. "But he seemed to be doing what a good pope would do."


"But no matter what, all this retrograde stuff is going to hurt Benedict's popularity."

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