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Letters to the Editor Continued...

Malta, the Friars, and gentle opponents like Cardinal Burke, makes this one of the scariest things I’ve ever heard. If Francis "likes" the SSPX because he’s "unconventional and all about saving souls," besides being the weakest argument as regards saving souls, where in this is a guarantee that he’ll never change his mind? And what massive new teeth will the tiger sprout who has been pawing meekly at the door of Rome to be let in? It stands against reason to predict that, once safe inside, there will be a supercharge of counterrevolutionary zeal. The opposition from within, if any, will be calm and understated; that’s human nature.

Meanwhile, a growing number of faithful have noticed the marked decline in the energy with which the SSPX speaks out against the errors of the modern Church, even from the outside.

This sits uncomfortably, since never, perhaps in all of history, has the Church been in such a mess as now, so it doesn’t seem the most optimal time to sit out the fight. Maybe it’s a misread, but one expects more than "too little, too late" from the largest traditional organization in the world.

The fight was entrusted to Fellay and Co. by Archbishop Lefebvre; it’s not theirs to give up. Lefebvre laid out the terms for reconciliation with Rome, and the terms were: "We cannot return until Rome converts." What could possibly be construed as conversion in Rome today?

So either Lefebvre was wrong, or the new and improved Society will have to recast him to suit the new program.

The view from Esquiline Hill must be grand, but at what price?

Isabel Greene

Something About Francis

Editor, The Remnant: What are Catholics supposed to do now when our Pope is trying to run down the Catholic faith? Our Lord gave us the 10 Commandments to follow and He would never let us change these laws of allowing same sex marriage, abortion and what next? How can the pope get away with this and the putting-down of President Trump? The Pope is a socialist and St. Thomas Aquinas said that we are not to allow every refugee and immigrant in to our country; that we do not have to take the bad people, in other words, the ones that do not love the U.S.

and want to cause us harm.

Judy Hehl

The Remnant’s Cardinal Burke Interview

Editor, The Remnant: I just finished reading my beloved Remnant, issue 12/25/16 - Volume 49, No. 21. And I would like to comment on your interview with Cardinal Burke, published in this issue, and the four Cardinal’s Dubia in general.

The Cardinal’s responses to your questions gave me little hope that he understands fully the crisis we’re in, what got us to this point and the solution to the problem at hand. Please allow me to explain my concern.

Right off the statements leading to the question ‘does he desire to reform the liturgy in the light of tradition in general throughout the whole Church’; and the Cardinal’s answer left a lot on the table. To reform the sacred liturgy, the Traditional Roman Latin Rite, has been the dream of modernists long before Vat. II. Paul VI fulfilled that dream when he introduced the Norvus Ordo, and his justification was the ambiguous statements in Vatican II documents on the liturgy. All the other evil fruits of V-II, including Amoris Laetitia (AL), were enabled by this singular folly.

The Protestant Reformers understood correctly that if you destroy the Mass you destroy the Church. And I submit, conversely, that if you Restore (not reform) the Traditional Roman Mass to its rightful place as the only Rite in the Latin Church we will start the restoration of Holy Church…and not before. What is the work of the Holy Ghost for some 1,500 years, then canonized by St. Pius V, is not subject to ambiguous statements of V-II, nor any modernist interpretations thereafter.

In general I don’t think that any number of Cardinal/Bishops signing onto the Dubia would solve the problem. The Dubia to me is inadequate. It is too little too late. Did St. Athanasius ask Pope Liberius for an explanation for his support of the Arian heresy? Did Archbishop Lefebvre write a Dubia?

Had either one reacted with ‘dubious questions’ rather than decisive actions we could still be saddled with the Arian heresy; and certainly would not have the Traditional Mass today. And to what purpose is all the Cardinal’s talk about formal heresy etc. concerning AL. When you propose heretical behavior for the whole Church and sign your name to it … how formal does it need to get. Why ask for an explanation when the Pope already explained his merciful intentions in AL. That’s probably why the Pope refuses to reply; and he knows that the Cardinals will continue to wring their hands without any meaningful action.

We don’t need an ‘explanation’; we need an act of contrition from the Pope, and if it’s not forthcoming then a formal request for his resignation. When you or I sign our names to a document, we know beforehand that we just bought a new car or maybe a house. And the Pope knows that what he is teaching in AL is contrary to what the Church teaches and what Her founder taught… period.

And finally when asked for advice for the faithful so they can cope with this situation if it continues, the Cardinal’s response was more of the same that got us into this mess…. namely Vatican II without the ‘Spirit of Vatican II’.

Where does he think the ‘Spirit of V-II’ comes from if not from the ambiguous statements of Vatican II? This reminds me of some of our secular leaders trying to pretend that ‘Muslim Terrorism’ doesn’t come from the ‘Muslim religion’. He referenced pre-VII councils in general, but his only specific recommendations were Vatican II and post V-II encyclicals.

I think the rot in Holy Mother Church, both clergy and laity, is too far gone for human remedy. We forfeited that opportunity when our glorious leaders turned their backs on Our Lady of Fatima’s requests. So now we’ll have to cope with Our Lady’s alternative, namely the Chastisement and a late consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart. I have a friend who prays daily for the Chastisement to come… Her reason is it that it will stop the hemorrhage of lost souls leaving the Church and the continued disorientation of our leaders. May God bless The Remnant in this New Year.

Robert Higdon (long time subscriber) Baton Rouge, La ■