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The narrative that the sspx chapels were different during the lockdowns as promoted on their website, as somehow remaining open, was a stretch.  We had no Mass, including during Easter, they removed the holy water, restricted the amount of people, roped off pews, posted signs saying masks were required, etc.  How is that different from the local NO church?

Yeah, their new buildings are half Novus Ordo - half Traditional at best.  I still don't understand why they're building like gangbusters.  There just HAS to be some notion of an imminent regularization and then an influx of new "parishioners".  Nothing else makes sense.

As I've said before, historically the mentality of Traditional Catholics has always been that this situation in the Church is highly abnormal and will eventually be fixed by God.  At that point, the buildings stolen by the Conciliar usurpers will be restored to use by Tradition.  But it's as if this whole Conciliar thing is being accepted as a "new normal" by the SSPX.  Why build a church in any of these areas that probably already have dozens of churches that are much nicer than what they're building ... many of which cannot be reproduced at any price today due to lack of skilled artisants?

Nice thought, however, we have to live in the now. We might not even see the restoration of the buildings during our lifetime. Even sedevacantist groups build new buildings, there's nothing strange about that. Some older buildings at certain locations may be even more expensive to repair and maintain, especially if they have not been in use for some time.