Dear Sean,
Recently I was checking Cathinfo, and some of you seem to give more credit to pfeifferism that is to be given.
Here in Asia, I have no word he made it to India, and in the Philippines, for all his efforts, he did not gain much traction, despite travelling sumptuously, expensively and noisily. He tried for instance to introduce himself to our new missions in Ipil, Zamboanga province, but only the followers of divine mercy gave him some credence, and for how long, I don t know. He tried in bohol, with limited results. Likewise, the results in Leyte are meagre. Anyways, he always jumps back into his plane and we don't hear of him until next year.
More significantly, Fr Ndong is mentioning that one of the Nigerians whom he tried to ordained priest has approached Frs Chigbata and Onoora to join them, as he could not trust pfeifferic ordinations... this comes after the many Nigerians, who had received "pfeifferic confirmations" also had their serious doubts, and returned to their natural shepherds. Our Bishops will visit Africa next year, for the first time, to set all these matters right.
There is good hope that the same pattern will repeat itself in Kenya, where Fr Pfeiffer also flew, and caused damage. The resistance is not yet implanted in Kenya, but that may be the occasion for us to start. Maybe that is why he is allowed to breathe, God is powerful enough to draw new ranks in our ragtag army from all the hype, oomph and hooplah of Fr Pfeiffer. The doling of cash, in particular, only goes so far.
For the US, you tell me, because I have not been there in a long time. But in poor countries, I don't think he has any traction. Pfeifferism has also been completely wiped out from Australia, and I don t think there is much left either in Europe.
In the meantime, by my broad and imperfect calculations, the Resistance, with all its faults and miseries, totals about 110, seven bishops included, most of them making no noise, but a lot of good. This is without counting the followers of Archbishop Vigano, with whom we agree, despite wishing him, and the people he ordained to be convalidated in that simple and easy process you know well.
Lastly, Fr Elias has arrived in the Philippines, bringing us to four active priests here while there are two down under and two in Australia. India has three preseminarians, Australia is going to send its second seminarian. We probably have a Fijian vocation, and in the Philippines, there is another vocation of Brother, while we await more priestly vocations.
You can pass on this information to all my friends on Cathinfo, whom I salute on this occasion. I'm not coming back to the States any time soon, but it takes an American to beat a kentuckian.
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