The Remnant Speaks
On the SSPX Regularization
Editor, The Remnant: I am a young woman who converted from atheism as a teenager and has since attended SSPX chapels. I’ve been following, with deepening concern, the blossoming relationship between the Society and Pope Francis. I’m writing to you because The Remnant has always seemed, while third-party, to defend the principles of the Society’s founder, and I feel lately that those principles are threatened.
By now we’ve all heard the various rational for "the deal", and it sounds like:
At best – "I don’t see how a truly unilateral recognition could actually be bad, and anyway, how could we possibly refuse that, if it was offered?"
If Pope Francis is dead-set on this unconditional approval, why hasn’t he simply declared it, already? Nothing in life is free.
Awkward middle-ground – "The Society will receive an influx of new parishioners who were on the fence because of the irregular status."
How can we be sure this influx will happen? BXVI’s lifting of the "excommunication" got little to no recognition. The Society has operated under a stigma for so long now that it will take years to lose the taboo.
We’ll miss the taboo once it’s gone, by the way. Also, who really cares about irregular status right now; the Church is actively being destroyed by the very man the SSPX seeks to call "friend".
Bordering on delusional – "Francis has always liked the SSPX; it’s an Argentinian thing! He’s all about saving souls unconventionally, so he connects with the SSPX on that level." "Once inside, we’ll be able to really get our fight on and eradicate modernism at its source!"
…Bergoglio’s mobster past in Argentina and current dealings with the Knights of
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