Before +Williamson consecrated Ballini, Stobnicki, and Morgan, he told me, himself, that he was losing his mind.  Did it happen to +Thuc, also?  Doesn't matter. 

No one who actually knew him well ever even heard him say that or thought that of him.


He remained razor sharp right to the end.

gαyness can be contagious you know.

I'm aware and that is why I'm avoiding yours.  lol  

Is it also possible to be a non-dogmatic sedeplenist?  That would probably describe me.  With reluctance, I accept the post-V2 Popes as valid popes, but I admit the possibility that I could be wrong, either about any one of them (a fortiori Francis) or all of them. 

(I suspend judgment on Pope John Paul I, Luciani, because he wasn't around long enough to know much about him.)

I think the major problem with trads, is that they always think they have to posture to have some label on themselves in relation to this question.

Resolving this question is not something the average Catholic is required by faith to do.

What they are required is to AVOID dangers to their Faith. Stay away from modernism. Stay away from invalid, doubtful sacraments whether they are on the novus ordo side, or on the Thuc side. And let God sort out the rest someday. 


My honest advice to you sir, is unless you feel competent to go into the nuances of reading theological opinions, then don't! Find a resistance Mass to go to even if you can make it only once every 6 months. Or even pay for a priest to fly in. 

Except for the far south east and far north west, most of the United States is covered. 

All the LARPERS on this site are just taking advantage of the fear of being alone that we all have, and getting people to accept things they shouldn't.

What they are required is to AVOID dangers to their Faith. Stay away from modernism. Stay away from invalid, doubtful sacraments whether they are on the novus ordo side...

+Williamson said you can attend the Novus Banquet.  Seriously, not a criticism, but just wondering how old you are and if you were around to see that video go viral.

Unlike the Thucists, I'm not rushing to canonize Bishop Williamson immediately.

I don't think the Thucists are rushing to canonize +Williamson. lol

What is LARPing anyway?

No. That's called tradcuмenism. It's toxic and the slow death of tradition.

You have a resistance priest there in spain anyway, so you should go to him.

When you can't get sunday Mass, stay at home and sanctify the Sabbath.

No. That's called common sense. Frankly, I do not see much difference between you and dogmatic Sedes. You both dictate what a Catholic should do as if you were the Church itself. A Catholic - especially if you have children - especially if you have teenage children - would be advised to attend a traditional parish which offers not only the traditional Mass and the traditional sacraments, but stability and a joyful community life. I can only speak for the situation in Ireland, but the Resistance under Bp. Ballini has left a wake of traumatized faithful. Slowly they are beginning to open up and we are told that the atmosphere at their former Mass centres was incredibly toxic and controlling. Everyone was judging each other as to whether they measured up as 'real' Catholics. I stress again, I am not attacking the Resistance wholesale - I understand why many have chosen this route and I am no fan of Bishop Fellay myself. However, stepping out of the frying pan into the fire comes to mind when you objectively compare the situation one left, to the situation offered by Bp. Ballini. Moreover, when you add the fact that an ex-cleric - laicised for child abuse - was secretly introduced to the resistance faithful also, it is clear that each Catholic must weigh up the right decision for themselves in these troubled times. There is NO absolute safe place. Each priest must be judged by their own merits - which must include their spiritual attachment to the Papacy. However, if you chose the stay at home route - that nowhere is good enough - I can assure you that your teenages will lose the faith quicker than a snow flake melts in the Sahara at noon.  This is possibly what His Lordship Bishop Williamson had in mind when he conceded that someone could still save their soul attending the New Mass. Sometimes this is better than not going to Mass at all. It takes an incredibly disciplined person to self-govern their own Sundays and keep it going week after week.