The Francis Effect in the Philippines: Tridentine Masses Disappearing
Denying Catholics, both clerical and lay, recourse to the ancient traditional Latin rite of Mass denies them an inalienable right and is a gross offence against charity. Yet such denial has been the casual pastime of many bishops for decades. Notwithstanding Benedict XVI's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum of July, 2007, which made plain that the old rite had never been illegal, its inhibition continues. In this writer's observation and experience, the most craven and incompetent episcopal nonentity can invariably screw his meagre moral courage to the sticking point of outright denial or manipulative and evasive arrangements for the celebration of Mass in the traditional rite. That has been my experience in Australia and in England and Scotland since the 1970s.
(Source:The Remnant)
Denying Catholics, both clerical and lay, recourse to the ancient traditional Latin rite of Mass denies them an inalienable right and is a gross offence against charity. Yet such denial has been the casual pastime of many bishops for decades. Notwithstanding Benedict XVI's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum of July, 2007, which made plain that the old rite had never been illegal, its inhibition continues. In this writer's observation and experience, the most craven and incompetent episcopal nonentity can invariably screw his meagre moral courage to the sticking point of outright denial or manipulative and evasive arrangements for the celebration of Mass in the traditional rite. That has been my experience in Australia and in England and Scotland since the 1970s.
(Source:The Remnant)