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Letters to the Editor: The Remnant Speaks P.O. Box 1117, Forest Lake, MN 55025, Editor@RemnantNewspaper.com Some Good News Out of Rome
Editor, The Remnant: Pope Francis has confirmed the conservative Msgr. Guido Marini as Papal Master of Ceremonies.
This says a lot since Marini is one of Rome’s most conservative liturgists and one of the strongest supporters of the Traditional Latin Mass. Marini’s concerns over slights against the Traditional Mass have apparently made an impression on the pope.
In an interview before Marini’s official reappointment, Francis said: "You say that my papal master of ceremonies is of a traditionalist character. And many have asked me about my choice to remove him from office and be replaced.
I said no, just that I prefer him to even benefit me by his traditional formation and at the same time, so he is formed in the same way by my emancipated formation." The pope must know that he could never change Marini even if he wanted to, so if he appointed him it’s because he accepts him on traditional terms. It doesn’t mean Francis has given up his modern ideas, of course, but at least here he has made a good decision.
The new appointment hopefully points to renewed reverence for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Hopefully it will help to close down the modernist carnival and open the way to a little more "majesty" in the future.
David Martin Internet Saint Pope John Paul
Editor, The Remnant: Pope John Paul II did found the FSSP, and didn’t he help found the Franciscans of the Immaculate, as well? I agree with your arguments made recently on Remnant TV—you are right to caution against his canonization as he did many things which are questionable. And I think people are often disingenuous when they say "the holy spirit wants us to do this or that." What real miracles have been worked through Pope John Paul?
St. Padre Pio cured a blind girl and she could see afterwards without any pupils.
This was well documented. Where are the similar cases for Pope John Paul II?
But I don’t believe either of the Popes (John Paul II or John XXIII) really made an effort to cover up child abuse. I think we can see that there were many bishops and priests who made sure their abuse never became known and especially that word of their crimes never reached the Vatican.
They’re going to ram this canonization through but I don’t think it will achieve what they want it to achieve. If he is in heaven then God will give us a special grace and we will begin to see more good things from him. Perhaps God will give the Church the grace of restored seminaries and maybe well even see the TLM return to the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate which John Paul II helped establish. Isn’t it amazing that they canonize him while at the same time attacking his "traditionalist" legacy? Still, I believe Vatican II really should be accepted more as the Church becomes more liberal. It may be ambiguous in some areas, but it speaks to issues that I believe need to be stressed today. For example, the attack on the celibate priesthood and a push for married priests in the Latin Rite.
KMO Internet The Remnant’s Wrong: John Paul II Should Be Canonized!
Editor, The Remnant: I have recently heard about the Remnant and became a subscriber, but I strongly disagree with you on the Vatican not canonizing John Paul II to sainthood. In the years I have lived, I have seen very good saintly people, but I honestly have to tell you that I have never seen a more saintly man than Pope John Paul ll. Seeing him over the 25 years of his pontificate, the suffering that that man went through, how he kept pushing himself to do the work of Pope that our God put him here for despite the pain and agony he endured along with his deep humility— that alone makes him a saint.
Have you forgotten all the other things he has done? For example, bringing down the Iron Curtain, standing by his beloved Poland and helping other countries under the Russian yoke.
When some people accuse him of the pedophiles under his watch, they have not done their homework. Pedophiles in the Church have long been there before his papacy. That man loved children more than any other Pope, it was so obvious.
He traveled much and brought Jesus Christ to everyone he met. I will never forget how in South America, at Mass, the communists tried to drown out the words he spoke at the consecration and his homily, but in spite of their evil, the picture I will never forget is him standing on the podium dressed in white with the wind blowing his garments and Pope John Paul holding up high his cross and shouting out over their jeers, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.
There are things that John Paul has done like—like kissing the Koran, and the gathering of faiths at Assisi—which I am disturbed about; but only God can judge him in that regard. I would bet something was done to him by the Vatican liberals. But all in all, every saint down through the centuries was nowhere near perfect, all had flaws.
When John Paul was still alive, I saw sainthood written all over him. I am definitely in favor of his sainthood!
Philip Schneider Internet On Archbishop Lefebvre and Father Paul Editor, The Remnant: So Father Paul Nicholson has determined that Archbishop Lefebvre is now "considered to be damned for all eternity" www.
remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.
php/fetzen-fliegen/item/513-fr-paulnicholson- marcel-didn-t-care-aboutthe- holy-mass Are we to assume that the poor Father has elevated himself to the position of a judge of souls? Only a delusion that stems from an inflated ego could lift a mere mortal to such a lofty height.
In contrast, the Archbishop was too humble, holy and Catholic to judge the soul of anyone. He did, however, out of necessity judge the actions of those who were straying from true doctrine, and he dedicated his life to doing all he could to preserve Church teaching for the sake of souls. He would have prayed for, and probably is praying for Fr.
Nicholson, that he will be saved from being judged as he has judged. How often are inflated egos used as a source of ammunition for the Father of Lies?
Mary Strangward Internet Thank You
Editor, The Remnant: I just want to let you all know that the Remnant is saving my spiritual life. I am so heartbroken with the things happening in the Church today. When I get my copy of your paper I feel like I am home at last.
Thanks you and I pray for you. Please pray for me.
Ann Hyde Internet An Objection from Andrew Senior
Editor, The Remnant: It seems that once more I must defend my father’s honor and reputation, not from his enemies by way of attack, but from those who advertise themselves as his friends, who seek to use him for their gain.
With publication expected soon, many have asked me about the biography of my father from Clear Creek Monastery in Oklahoma. I would like to state the following briefly for the record: I do not recommend this book at all. I most heartily dis-recommend it in the highest terms. It is not authorized by the family. It is a betrayal of his memory, an invasion of his personal privacy, and a deep insult to his family.
It is filled with inaccuracies, complete fabrications, and subjective fantasies.
If there is any truth in it at all, it is completely out of proportion. It distorts the truth about my father; it is written with "spin." It tries to portray him as a "conservative", not a traditionalist Catholic. It paints an utterly false picture which attempts to deny the fact that he loathed the Novus Ordo.
Sadly, the main purpose of the book seems to be to raise even more funds
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