[ 0 → 15] It's Friday, July 16th, 2021. [ 16 → 20] Today's podcast program is not going to be a gloat fest. [ 20 → 27] It is a serious analysis of today's developments put together with genuine Christian charity [ 27 → 29] and solicitude for souls. [ 29 → 34] It will be challenging to many, but it will also contain a little bit of humor. [ 35 → 39] What will be said is not to condemn people, but to reach them. [ 39 → 42] It is not a big, I told you so. [ 42 → 48] So please listen to it attentively and listen all the way to the end. [ 48 → 49] God bless you. [ 50 → 53] All right, folks, the party is over. [ 53 → 58] Today, the false pope in Rome, the Argentinian layman Jorge Bergoglio, [ 58 → 68] stage name Francis, with the stroke of a pen, abrogated, suppressed, rescinded the 2007 [ 68 → 75] motu proprio letter Summorum Pontificum of Father Joseph Ratzinger, stage name Benedict [ 75 → 80] XVI, concerning the use of the traditional Latin mass. [ 81 → 86] Well, technically, it's the Roncalli Missal of 1962, but for all intents and purposes, [ 86 → 87] we're talking about. [ 87 → 89] The traditional mass. [ 90 → 93] Today's podcast will be divided into three parts. [ 93 → 96] First, we'll go through the new norms established by Francis. [ 97 → 104] Second, we'll look at the accompanying explanatory letter that Francis released together with the [ 104 → 104] document. [ 105 → 111] And third, we'll provide some commentary on these developments to put everything in perspective. [ 112 → 113] So here we go. [ 114 → 116] Summorum Pontificum is history. [ 117 → 123] In its place, Francis has put his own norms, which are more restrictive even than those [ 123 → 127] of John Paul II's Ecclesia Dei of 1988. [ 128 → 135] The new norms reestablish the need for an indult, that is, a special permission from [ 135 → 138] the local bishop to offer the traditional mass. [ 138 → 145] The document Francis released today is the motu proprio letter Tradiciones Custodes, [ 146 → 147] which means, [ 147 → 152] guardians of tradition, by which he is referring to the diocesan bishops. [ 153 → 159] Here is a brief summary of the new norms, which are, in effect, immediately. [ 160 → 165] There is no more ordinary or extraordinary form. [ 165 → 174] The Novus Ordo Missae of Paul VI is the unique expression of the Lex Orandi of the Roman [ 174 → 174] Rite. [ 175 → 177] 0 [ 177 → 185] bishop alone gets to regulate the liturgical celebrations in his diocese. The diocesan bishop [ 185 → 192] is to determine whether any of the Latin mass groups in his diocese deny the validity or [ 192 → 200] legitimacy of the Novus Ordo Mise, the new mass. The diocesan bishop is to designate specific [ 200 → 208] locations where Latin mass goers may gather for their Eucharistic celebration. That's how [ 208 → 216] Francis phrased it. It cannot be in parochial churches and no new personal parishes may be [ 216 → 224] established. At those locations where the traditional mass is permitted, the diocesan [ 224 → 230] bishop is to establish specific days on which the traditional Latin mass [ 230 → 230] may be held. [ 230 → 239] When it is offered, the readings, meaning the epistle and the gospel, of the Latin mass must [ 239 → 245] be read in the vernacular language using a translation that the respective episcopal [ 245 → 254] conference has approved for liturgical use. The diocesan bishop is to appoint a suitable priest [ 254 → 260] who is entrusted not only with the celebration of the traditional missal, but also, [ 260 → 269] with the pastoral care of the people who attend it. He is to be animated by a lively pastoral [ 269 → 276] charity and by a sense of ecclesial communion, who also takes spiritual care of the people. [ 278 → 283] No new Latin mass communities or groups are to be established. [ 284 → 290] Priests who are currently using the 1962 missal must request permission from the local [ 290 → 298] bishop to continue doing so. Priests who want to offer the traditional mass for the first time [ 298 → 304] after the publication of this decree must request permission from their bishop, [ 304 → 309] who in turn must first consult the Holy See before granting that permission. [ 311 → 318] Anything contradicting this new decree, Francis hereby abrogates no matter its authority. [ 318 → 325] And finally, this new decree is in force immediately and will be published in the [ 325 → 333] Acts of the Apostolic See, the official Vatican organ of promulgation. So these are the most [ 333 → 341] important stipulations of the new decree, and it's obvious Francis is slowly phasing out [ 341 → 348] the traditional Latin mass. Now, though I enjoy predicting things, [ 348 → 348] I found out that the new decree is a very important one. I found out that the new decree is a very important [ 348 → 352] I'm not very good at it, especially not when it comes to Francis. [ 353 → 358] But I think that there are some effects that one can safely predict for sure. [ 359 → 365] First, there will be great confusion, especially because the decree is already in effect. [ 366 → 371] There are going to be all kinds of questions as to what is and isn't permissible now, [ 372 → 377] what the correct interpretation should be, and that will just generate chaos. [ 377 → 385] And Mr. Zuhlstorff, Father Z, is already talking about this on his blog. [ 386 → 394] When Benedict XVI established Summorum Pontificum in 2007, he allowed over two months before the [ 394 → 401] decree would take effect. Francis, on the other hand, wastes no time and makes his decree effective [ 401 → 407] right away. The second effect that we can predict is that there will be a lot of people who will be [ 407 → 413] there will be dioceses in which the traditional missal is severely curtailed immediately, [ 414 → 420] and there will be dioceses where the bishop will be very lenient and generous in allowing things to [ 420 → 426] pretty much go on as before, and at least until further notice. So you will have a sort of [ 426 → 433] good bishop, bad bishop kind of division, pretty much like before Summorum Pontificum. [ 434 → 437] Third, the semi-traditionalist pundits and [ 437 → 442] commentators in the Vatican II Church will try to come up with all kinds of arguments [ 442 → 451] for why Francis' decree Traditiones Custodes is not binding, not truly a law, can be ignored, [ 451 → 459] resisted, and so on, as they've already begun doing. Fourth, this development will drive a lot [ 459 → 467] of people to the Lefebvris, to the Society of St. Pius X, because since they don't submit to Francis, [ 467 → 467] they can't do anything about it. So they're not going to do anything about it. So they're going to [ 467 → 474] care less about what he decrees about the Mass. They're doing their own thing. So a lot of people [ 474 → 481] will simply go there if they can't get what they want from their diocese. And yes, we Sedevacantists [ 481 → 488] will also see an uptick in our churches, especially in areas where there is no Society of St. Pius X. [ 490 → 497] Those, I think, are consequences we can definitely expect. And now on to the second part of the [ 497 → 504] podcast. Together with the release of Traditiones Custodes, Francis also published an accompanying [ 504 → 512] letter to his bishops explaining his reasons for taking this step of suppressing Samorum Pontificum. [ 513 → 518] The letter is 13 paragraphs long, but we don't need to go through the whole thing. We can just [ 518 → 526] look at the more salient points. First, Francis goes back to the reasons John Paul II and Benedict [ 526 → 527] XVI had. [ 527 → 536] For allowing the wider use of the 1962 Missal, which Benedict called the extraordinary form of [ 536 → 544] the one Roman Rite. And Francis points out quite correctly that it was to keep those who prefer [ 544 → 549] the traditional Mass from leaving the Church, essentially. And of course, he means the Vatican [ 549 → 557] II Church. But now, after well over a decade of Samorum Pontificum, Francis found out that the [ 557 → 565] by means of surveying every diocese in the world, that a lot of people, not excluding priests in [ 565 → 572] those traditional Latin Mass communities, are opposed to some degree or another to both the [ 572 → 580] Second Vatican Council and also the new Mass of Paul VI, the Novos Ordo Missae, which was [ 580 → 586] instituted around 1970. Francis writes the following in his letter, quote, [ 587 → 596] But I am nonetheless saddened that the instrumental use of Missale Romanum, the Roman Missal, of 1962 [ 596 → 604] is often characterized by a rejection not only of the liturgical reform, but of the Vatican Council [ 604 → 613] to itself, claiming with unfounded and unsustainable assertions that it betrayed the tradition and the [ 613 → 617] true Church, unquote. And he puts, [ 617 → 625] true Church, in quotes. Now, this is very interesting, because that is exactly what a lot of the [ 625 → 631] traditional Mass people in the Vatican II Church believe, that the Council and the new Mass are a [ 631 → 639] betrayal of the faith. Because, of course, they are. So, Francis is actually spot on in his analysis. [ 639 → 644] The problem is that he's representing the wrong side. [ 647 → 648] Quote, [ 677 → 684] I belong to Paul. I belong instead to Apollo. I belong to Cephas. I belong to Christ. Here he's [ 684 → 691] quoting the first letter of the Corinthians. Against which the Apostle Paul so vigorously [ 691 → 698] reacted, in defense of the unity of the body of Christ, I am constrained to revoke the faculty [ 698 → 705] granted by my predecessors. The distorted use that has been made of this faculty is contrary [ 705 → 707] to the intention of the Church of Christ. I am constrained to revoke the faculty granted by my [ 707 → 707] predecessors. I am constrained to revoke the faculty granted by my predecessors. I am constrained to [ 707 → 715] that led to granting the freedom to celebrate the Mass with the Massale Romanum of 1962, unquote. [ 716 → 723] From his perspective, from Francis' perspective, from the perspective of Vatican II and the new [ 723 → 731] Mass being good and legitimate, this is entirely right and makes perfect sense. See, from the very [ 731 → 737] beginning, the traditional Mass indult was meant to keep people from defecting from the new Mass. [ 737 → 747] But now that Francis has discovered that it has become a sort of beacon against Vatican II and the [ 747 → 755] new Mass, well, of course, it only makes sense for him to forbid it. Now, there is one sentence in the [ 755 → 763] text at which I burst out laughing, and it's this one. Francis writes, quote, Vatican Council II, [ 763 → 767] while it reaffirmed the external bonds of [ 767 → 773] incorporation in the Church, the profession of faith, the sacraments of communion, affirmed with [ 773 → 779] St. Augustine that to remain in the Church, not only with the body, but also with the heart, [ 779 → 787] is a condition for salvation, unquote. I had to laugh at that, because here Francis suddenly [ 787 → 794] pretends to be concerned about the salvation of souls. If there's one thing in the world that [ 794 → 797] this man doesn't care about, it's the salvation of souls. And if there's one thing in the world [ 797 → 801] that this man doesn't care about, it's the salvation of souls. Remember, this guy believes that good [ 801 → 808] atheists go to heaven, that God wants there to be a diversity of different religions, and that people [ 808 → 817] from any religion are part of the people of God. Now, for him to now feign concern for the salvation [ 817 → 826] of souls is hypocrisy on stilts. This man's doctrine of salvation is basically soup kitchens [ 827 → 835] and a hug. Now, further on in his explanatory letter on Tradiciones Custodes, Francis writes [ 835 → 840] the following about the traditional Roman rite, quote, [ 857 → 877] unquote. Yeah, that worked out great, didn't it? Look, the average Novus Ordo pew-sitter is [ 877 → 886] utterly clueless about Catholic doctrine on the Holy Mass, and chances are you agree with that [ 886 → 886] assessment. [ 887 → 888] If you're listening to this podcast. [ 890 → 895] Next, Francis tells something very significant to us bishops. He says, [ 896 → 902] quote, it is up to you to authorize in your churches as local ordinaries the use of the [ 902 → 910] Massale Romanum of 1962, applying the norms of the present motu proprio. It is up to you [ 910 → 917] to proceed in such a way as to return to a unitary form of celebration and to determine [ 917 → 925] case by case the reality of the groups which celebrate with this Massale Romanum. Indications [ 925 → 931] about how to proceed in your dioceses are chiefly dictated by two principles. On the one hand, [ 932 → 937] to provide for the good of those who are rooted in the previous form of celebration [ 937 → 946] and need to return in due time to the Roman rite promulgated by Saints Paul VI and John Paul II. [ 947 → 955] And, on the other hand, to discontinue the erection of new personal parishes tied more to [ 955 → 961] the desire and wishes of individual priests than to the real need of the holy people of God. [ 962 → 963] Unquote. [ 963 → 964] Bam! [ 965 → 971] So, the matter is clear. Francis wants to phase out the traditional Mass. He wants a [ 971 → 976] return to a unitary form of celebration of Mass, [ 976 → 977] which is to say, to return to a unitary form of celebration of Mass, which is to say, to return to a [ 977 → 985] which is the Novus Ordo Missae of Saint Paul VI, who upon his death stunk so badly that they had to [ 985 → 991] open the casket and put more formaldehyde in it for the funeral, but that's not our topic now. [ 993 → 1000] Ladies and gentlemen, this whole narrative of how Benedict has freed the Mass, and now it will all [1000 → 1006] be going back to the way it was before Vatican II, brick by brick, that narrative, [1007 → 1015] was fantasy. It was the illusions or deliberate deceptions of false prophets. [1016 → 1023] There's a little commentary there by me. Francis ends his letter on a funny note, [1023 → 1025] saying that he wants his bishops to, quote, [1025 → 1032] be vigilant in ensuring that every liturgy be celebrated with decorum and fidelity to the [1032 → 1036] liturgical books promulgated after Vatican Council II. [1037 → 1044] Without the eccentricities that can easily degenerate into abuses, unquote. [1044 → 1051] Yeah, yeah, that's the guy talking who had a tango Mass in Buenos Aires, and at whose World Youth [1051 → 1058] Day Mass in 2013, the Novus Ordo Eucharist was distributed from disposable plastic cups. [1059 → 1067] Yeah, that guy is concerned about liturgical abuse. About as much as he is about the salvation of the [1067 → 1076] souls. All right, thus far the two documents issued by the false pope today, and now for some [1076 → 1084] commentary. What we're witnessing here, ladies and gentlemen, is the inevitable consequence of the [1084 → 1093] radical incompatibility of the real Roman Catholic Mass with the new religion of Vatican II. The two [1093 → 1096] simply do not go together, and that is why there will always be a conflict between the two. [1096 → 1097] There will always be a conflict between the two. There will always be a conflict between the two. [1097 → 1104] There will always be tension between the two, and in the end, the one must give way to the other. [1105 → 1111] See, the traditional Roman Mass is the liturgical expression of the traditional Roman Catholic [1111 → 1120] faith. The new Mass of 1969 and after is the liturgical expression of the Vatican II religion. [1121 → 1126] But the Roman Catholic faith is not compatible with the Vatican II religion, [1126 → 1133] and so neither is the traditional Roman Rite compatible with the Novus Ordo Rite. [1134 → 1142] Ratzinger used his Hegelian mind to come up with this idea of two forms of the same single Roman [1142 → 1149] Rite, but that was pure fiction, dreamed up to keep people from abandoning the Vatican II church. [1149 → 1156] And we told you that at Novus Ordo Watch from the beginning. But a lot of people didn't want to hear [1156 → 1156] that. [1156 → 1162] It was so much more comforting to live in La La Land with Ratzinger and all the beautiful externals, [1162 → 1168] and so the reassuring lie was preferred over the inconvenient truth. [1169 → 1177] The one thing every practicing Catholic comes most frequently in contact with is Sunday Mass. [1177 → 1186] It's not a papal encyclical, it's not catechism class, it's not a papal address, it's Mass. So [1186 → 1186] when the [1186 → 1193] traditional Latin Mass became widely available with Summorum Pontificum, that allowed people [1193 → 1201] to mask the ugly reality of the Vatican II church. Even though Francis taught and legislated all [1201 → 1209] sorts of crazy, blasphemous, heretical, evil things, people still had their Mass. And so in [1209 → 1216] their own little world, all was well. They could pretty much tune out of the Novus Ordo religion, [1216 → 1223] and just hide. And as long as they acknowledged Francis as Pope, so they thought they were faithful [1223 → 1230] Catholics, even though it would never occur to them for a moment to actually accord him what [1230 → 1238] Catholic dogma and doctrine teach about the papacy. Chad Ripperger, Peter Kwasniewski, Taylor Marshall, [1238 → 1244] and Steve Skojec were their sources for theology, not the pre-Vatican II theology books. [1244 → 1253] That traditional Catholic mask over the gruesome reality of the apostate Vatican II church [1253 → 1261] made everything somewhat bearable. And so now everyone is in meltdown mode because Francis [1261 → 1269] has done the unthinkable. He has stripped that mask away, revealing in all its ugliness [1269 → 1273] the truth about the Vatican II church. [1274 → 1281] Come on, folks, you know that the thought of assisting at the regular Novus Ordo Mass in the [1281 → 1287] local parish is insufferable for most of the recognize and resist traditionalists who [1287 → 1294] found their safe Samorum Pontificum haven somewhere. And here I'm not trying to assign [1294 → 1300] personal blame or judge anyone or measure people's guilt or any of that, okay? That's not what this [1300 → 1304] is about. It's totally understandable, humanly speaking, right? These people, [1304 → 1310] they just want to be Catholics. They want to be left alone. They don't want Pachamama. They don't [1310 → 1316] want Laudato Si' or human fraternity. They don't want Vatican II. They don't want the new mass. [1316 → 1323] They don't want any of this garbage. I totally commiserate. But the reality is what it is. [1324 → 1331] The Vatican II sect is an infernal counterfeit of the Roman Catholic church, and Francis has [1331 → 1334] bent over backwards to make that clear. [1334 → 1339] Come on, folks, the truth of the matter is staring us all in the face. [1341 → 1350] And so today, God has given the world a great grace, actually. He has allowed Francis to remove [1350 → 1359] the traditional mask that was Samorum Pontificum. Look at it. Look at what you see now. Is that [1359 → 1363] the Catholic church Jesus Christ built and established? [1364 → 1371] Is that the Ark of Salvation, which God has guaranteed will never fail? Does the man you [1371 → 1379] believe as Pope have the unfailing faith of Peter, as Vatican I teaches? What is the point [1379 → 1384] of a church that must constantly be resisted in order not to go to hell? [1384 → 1394] Is that the church Christ established? Is that the church you teach your children Christ established? [1394 → 1401] Other than a kind of outward organizational continuity, what sort of continuity, [1401 → 1408] what identity does this apostate Vatican II church have with the Roman Catholic church [1408 → 1418] of Pope Pius XII? So, obviously, the question is, what happened here? Where is the Catholic church? [1419 → 1424] Folks, I wish I had a clean, easy answer, but I'm afraid it's all very difficult to answer. So, [1424 → 1432] complicated. There's much we don't know, but we can't run away from this, because these are the [1432 → 1438] cards we've been dealt. And that starts with acknowledging that we don't have all the answers, [1439 → 1446] although we do have some. And so, we have to proceed very systematically, very methodically. [1447 → 1453] And that means that we can and must reject what is a genuine contradiction, [1453 → 1454] because contradiction is a contradiction. And so, we have to proceed very systematically, [1454 → 1462] are always impossible. That's why I always say that knowing where the church is begins by knowing [1462 → 1469] where she is not. And so, we know that the apostate establishment currently occupying [1469 → 1477] the beautiful Catholic buildings in the Vatican cannot be the Roman Catholic church. It cannot be [1477 → 1483] because that church in the Vatican, that's in the Vatican now, that church has obviously failed. [1483 → 1484] Okay? [1484 → 1491] It's the Church of Mama Church. Whereas, Christ promised that the Catholic church would never [1491 → 1497] fail, and we know, even apart from faith, just from the motives of credibility, that the Catholic [1497 → 1506] church is the true church founded by Christ. Is the true church an eclipse? Most definitely so. [1506 → 1514] It is Catholic dogma that the church is visible, but visibility does not preclude an eclipse, [1514 → 1514] because, [1514 → 1522] the ability to be seen, and actually being seen at all times, those are two different things. [1524 → 1532] And no, there is no alternative. See, in 1885, Pope Leo XIII issued the apostolic letter [1532 → 1536] Epistolatua, in which he taught the following, quote, [1536 → 1543] It is to give proof of a submission which is far from sincere to set up some kind of opposition [1543 → 1544] between one pontiff, [1544 → 1551] and another. Those who, faced with two differing directives, reject the present one to hold to the [1551 → 1558] past, are not giving proof of obedience to the authority which has the right and duty to guide [1558 → 1565] them. And in some ways, they resemble those who, on receiving a condemnation, would wish to appeal [1565 → 1573] to a future council, or to a pope who is better informed. Unquote. That is the traditional [1573 → 1574] Catholic teaching, [1574 → 1579] but the Society of St. Pius X didn't tell you that, did they? [1581 → 1586] Folks, if you're trying to figure out what the heck has happened to the Catholic Church, [1586 → 1593] if you're beginning to suspect that maybe the Vatican II Church truly cannot be that Catholic [1593 → 1601] Church that was once shepherded by Pope Pius XII, then please go to novosordowatch.org [1601 → 1604] slash nowwhat. That's now, [1604 → 1605] what, [1605 → 1606] one word, [1606 → 1609] novosordowatch.org [1609 → 1610] slash nowwhat, [1611 → 1618] and find some answers, and definitely some helpful and comforting advice there, and many resources. [1620 → 1627] Ladies and gentlemen, today, July 16th, is the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. [1628 → 1631] It is also World Snake Day. [1631 → 1634] No, that's not a joke. You can look it up. [1635 → 1639] It's Our Lady versus the Snake, the Serpent. [1640 → 1646] We know which side Francis is on, and we know who will win. [1647 → 1650] Tradcast Express is a production of Novos Ordo Watch. 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