Suffering From The Church

It is a truism which reflects human nature that we suffer from The Church as much as we do for Her. Recently the Vatican, apparently not being aware of SPPX Bishop Williamson's way unorthodox stance on the Holocaust (he is a Holocaust denier) included the man in a return-to-the-flock overture towards the SPPX.

Basically, here's the bottom line, and it ought to bring to a halt or at least give pause to those witch hunters with pitchforks and staves chasing Pope Benedict around the Vatican right now. He didn't know. From the NYT.

QUOTE In an interview in Thursday’s issue of Corriere della Sera, the Vatican official in charge of negotiations with the society, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, said the Vatican had not known of Bishop Williamson’s views until after the revocation order had been signed. UNQUOTE

If so inclined, you may find more on this here
SSPX not satisfied with Bishop Williamson's apology
here
Bishop Williamson apologizes for ‘imprudent’ Holocaust remarks
and here

Rome Offers SPPX An Ultimatum

Alrighty, then. The reign of Pope Benedict -- the length of which cannot be known --is a "now or never" moment for the SSPX and for the Traditional Latin Mass. Of course, the Holy Spirit is always there to protect and guide the See of Peter, but the SSPX would be wise to not tempt God and gamble on the possibility of a more friendly pontificate in the future. Let them take the lesson from the Orthodox Churches on how far being "correct" and "right" gets one when not sailing under the banner of The Fisherman.

All it gets is a bad case of hyper-correctness.

Ubi Petrus, Ecclesia est.

From The New Liturgical Movement.

QUOTE Conditions this favourable for a reentering into full communion will in all likelihood not repeat themselves. Many faithful, now that they have obtained the Mass according to the ancient rite, do not understand why the Fraternity does not definitively make peace with Rome. The Lefebvrians have come to realize what is happening, even if Fellay has some problems of internal resistance. The choice is whether to make an agreement and reenter into full communion with the Holy See, or rather to remain a small separate body with the risk of turning into a little sectarian and uninfluential group. UNQUOTE