Benedict is a Modernist, who employs the tactics of Modernists...


http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/BXVI-Mass-Complete-With-Bombo-Drum-and-Goat-Nails

Bishop Follows Pope Benedict's Example: Kneeling Only
(Brasilia)  Bishop Msgr Antonio Keller, of German descent, head shepherd of the southern Brazilian Diocese  Frederico Westphalen is only giving Holy Communion since Christmas in his Cathedral church to those who are kneeling and on the tongue.  He is following the example of Pope Benedict XVI in this and is intending to support the "reform of the reform".

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2011/12/bishop-follows-pope-benedicts-example.html

As for communion placed by the pope on the tongues of the faithful, kneeling – during his recent visit to Santa Maria di Leuca and Brindisi – Marini affirms that this will become "a regular practice at papal celebrations." And he continues:

«In this regard, it must not be forgotten that the distribution of communion in the hand remains, from the juridical point of view, a dispensation from the universal law, conceded by the Holy See to the bishops' conferences that have asked for it. The practice adopted by Benedict XVI tends to emphasize the continued validity of the norm for the whole Church. In addition, one might also note a preference for the use of this manner of distribution which, without taking anything away from the other, better highlights the truth of the real presence in the Eucharist, aids the devotion of the faithful, and makes it easier to enter into the sense of mystery. In our time, pastorally speaking, it is urgent to recover and emphasize these aspects.

Quote from: Augstine Baker

Bishop Follows Pope Benedict's Example: Kneeling Only
(Brasilia)  Bishop Msgr Antonio Keller, of German descent, head shepherd of the southern Brazilian Diocese  Frederico Westphalen is only giving Holy Communion since Christmas in his Cathedral church to those who are kneeling and on the tongue.  He is following the example of Pope Benedict XVI in this and is intending to support the "reform of the reform".

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2011/12/bishop-follows-pope-benedicts-example.html

Since BXVI has said communion standing in the hand is completely legitimate also, why in the world does it matter? Then if the next Pope gives communion in the hand, will Bishop Keller follow suit?

Quote from: Sigismund

So, am I to conclude that being a trad means that even when the pope does something you approve of, you have to find some way to be annoyed by it?  Glad to be a lowly semi-trad then...

How about being able to see hypocrisy and not being fooled into thinking every little good thing the pope does is as worthy of praise as you might wish. If his actions were perfectly 'good', then they would be completely supported by other 'good' actions.

This bishop- is he trying his best? I would say yes. Of course we don't know the man, but we know enough to be able to compare him to other liberal and anti-Godly bishops to know this is a positive. He is probably good willed, as people in the NO are not to be thought of as bad. However, you, who has been graced with Tradition, should be able to see where these trads are coming from. They also, are not bad willed.

Trads who seem to harp on, or who are "annoyed by", isolated actions which are good and traditional, don't do it for the sake of being mean and nasty Sigi. They do it trying to see the big picture.

When you go out to buy a car, do you only point out the fact that it drove rather comfortably when you test drove it, or do you look at a Consumers Reports guide to see its reliability? Would you give the same credibility to a Daewoo as you would to a Mercedes?

Reception of Communion in the hand is not intrinsically evil or sacrilegious as it was practiced in the ancient Church, even if it was not the majority practice. If CITH is intrinsically sacrilegious or evil then the Church defected long ago.