Thanks for the heads-up, AF.

A pretty sound answer to those who claim that the push for
regularization is no longer active, is given in the first sentence:



Kirchliche Umschau: Just a few months ago, the Vatican seemed to be on the verge of granting canonical recognition to the Society. It seems now that all efforts were in vain. Bishop Mueller, the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, suggested as much in several recent interviews.

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger: All efforts were not in vain, but an agreement in the near future is improbable.



So, maybe not the "near future" but the efforts are still ongoing,
in other words.  So the push is still on, contrary to the claims of
those who would allot too much confidence to the Menzingen-
denizens.

Then you have the undercurrent of +Williamson-is-the-
boogey-man syndrome. Every word that Pfluger uses in regards
to criticism of +Fellay on the Internet is scooped up and heaped
on the head of +Williamson:



Kirchliche Umschau: The General Chapter was held in July. What position was taken by members of the Chapter?

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger: We laid down six guidelines to be met before any reunion with Rome. These were so many touchstones which restated the points to which we have always held fast. Our position was reinforced once more.

Kirchliche Umschau: On the Internet, there is a debate over this issue. Thundering condemnations are hurled at the Society’s leaders, who are accused of treason.

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger: You are quoting Bishop Williamson, who was excluded from the General Chapter by the great majority of superiors. That shows how strongly united we are.



First off, they "laid down six" USELESS and stupid "guidelines"
that have no power to effect ANYTHING "before any reunion with
Rome." Oh, but if anyone has anything to say about that, the
responsibility for the mere fact that they are thinking it rests
squarely on the shoulders of the boogey-man Himself.

When Pfluger says, "You are quoting Bishop Williamson," he does
not mean you are quoting him.  Fr. Pfluger practices the
Teilhardian and Modernist redefinition of words, such that what Fr.
Pfluger would LIKE you to think +Williamson said is what he is
"QUOTED" as having said.  In H.E.'s own words, it is a problem of
subjectivism.  Fr. Pfluger's own subjective reality is all that
matters to him, and objective facts have no place in what he
would lead you to believe.

And, come to think of it, IT'S NO WONDER that Fr. Pfluger would
be upset like a teenage girl over what the Lion Himself has to say
on this topic, because it BLOWS HIS COVER, and Fr. Pfluger
really, really wants to have his cover covered instead of blown!  

Oh, but remember, "...let no one imagine that he can criticize
authority with impunity."  What Pfluger says goes, because he's
part of the Menzingen-denizens of Truth.  Authority is everything.  
If he says black is white, then shut-up and obey.  Check it out:




Kirchliche Umschau: One question remains. Why is it that Bishop Fellay seems to have done nothing against the smear campaign mounted against him these last few months over the Internet?

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger: Patience, kindness, and generosity appear to many as weaknesses, but this is not so. Faced with repeated attacks and harassment over the Internet, we do not abandon our values and our principles. We deal with plotting and intrigues according to the laws of the Church. This may seem like procrastination which can be annoying to some, but it can’t be done any other way if we don’t want to betray our own ideals. I would like to make this clear: let no one imagine that he can criticize authority with impunity.




He's really wearing out this word, "many."  Whenever you see
a Menzingen-denizen say "many" in regards to people, what he's
really saying is, anyone who disagrees with him, or anyone who
dares to expose the fallacy of his illusions.

When Pfluger says that black is white, what he means is that he
is practicing "patience, kindness, and generosity," which may
"appear to be weakness, but this is not so."  Why? Because,
don't you dare think you can criticize his authority with
impunity, that's why.  

See how patient, kind and generous he is?



Kirchliche Umschau: What does this mean specifically?

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger: Bishop Williamson has been given fair warning. This is a sad moment in the history of our Society. If he continues his Internet campaign against the Society and its Superior General, then his expulsion from the Society cannot be avoided. Besides his false ideas, he has plotted under cover. The veritable tragedy is the fact that for years he has not accepted the authority of the Superior General, but has assigned to himself a God-given mission. Before the General Chapter, he rallied priests and faithful to rebellion. For a Catholic bishop, this is very serious.




You see, it's always Bishop Williamson.  You know, once he's
expelled, like the fulfillment of Pfluger's lifelong (e.d.) dreams,
who will be left for Pfluger to blame for all their problems?  Will
they then focus their patient, kind and generous forked tongue
on the lingering Bishop de Mallerais? Or will they rather bestow
the inestimable beneficence of their patient, kind and generous
vitriol on Bishop de Galarreta instead?  Time will tell, won't it?



One thing's for sure.  I must say that this interview copy is a lot
easier to understand than the transcript of +Fellay's sermon of
October 7th, the Feast of the Holy Rosary (in which he made
absolutely no mention of the Rosary).  Perhaps it's due to the
good work of a qualified translator-person, but who knows?  In
any event, I don't have to wonder if I'm not getting the point,
even if I have to read between the lines.  At least the lines
themselves are intelligible.

But I must likewise say, that if not for AF's warning, I would
most likely have been sucked in to the smooth illusions of this
most slick purveyor of fantasy, a.k.a. Fr. Pfluger.


And therefore, thanks are due to Anti_Fellayism, for I was not
hoodwinked by the soft, smooth tones of equivocation and false
pacifism that are now altogether obvious in the beginning of this
interview.  

Many thanks!  I most sincerely appreciate this enlightening
opportunity to see through the erstwhile fog of unknowing.

Much obliged, Anti_Fellayism, much obliged!! "You done good."

(That's redneck for "You have done well.")

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger:In Rome there is a group strongly opposed to a canonical regularization . . . . . . . . . . . . For our part, we suffer also from a defect: the fact of our canonical irregularity. The status of the post-conciliar Church is imperfect, nor is our status the ideal. . . . . . . . . . . . .We ourselves, Catholics faithful to Tradition, suffer from the crisis in two ways. We participate in this crisis, albeit on a different and higher level, as I see it. There is no denying the obligation to take an active part in overcoming the crisis. And this combat begins with us, by desiring to overcome our abnormal canonical status.


Sounds like Fr. Pfluger's been reading FE.

Fr. Pfluger's statement is the latest in a long line of ridiculous propaganda to come out from Menzingen. I hope not too many Catholics are ignorant enough to fall for it!

Fr. Pfluger's statement is the latest in a long line of ridiculous propaganda to come out from Menzingen. I hope not too many Catholics are ignorant enough to fall for it!

Fr. Pfluger's interview essentially contains the same worn-out, illogical, rubbish arguments of the accordistas. He even has the same arrogance! This part irritated me:

Quote

Bishop Williamson has been given fair warning. This is a sad moment in the history of our Society. If he continues his Internet campaign against the Society and its Superior General, then his expulsion from the Society cannot be avoided. Besides his false ideas, he has plotted under cover. The veritable tragedy is the fact that for years he has not accepted the authority of the Superior General, but has assigned to himself a God-given mission. Before the General Chapter, he rallied priests and faithful to rebellion. For a Catholic bishop, this is very serious.

I think it's serious what these neo-Trads are doing to the poor Bishop!

I don't have any doubt that you guys know what you're talking about,
but it seems to me that the task before us is to put into practice what
it takes to COMMUNICATE that knowledge to others.  It's fine to be
one who possesses the knowledge, but until it is made exportable to
others for their consumption, it does little good being possessed.  

What you see in this linked interview is a pretty decent propaganda
piece, IMHO.  Like I said, I was being sucked in reading the first 9
Q & A's.  The first Red Flag popped up on #10 when Fr. P mentions
the "six guidelines" they "laid down."  My first thought was, the Georgia
Guidestones being laid by the stone workers.  Ain't that a kick??

We need to generate the same kind of propaganda pieces in the
opposite direction.  The only difference is, we don't have to lie like
that.  All we have to do is put the truth together in a form that
stands on its own and identifies the errors of the enemy.  It's not
enough to stand back and say it's the same, hackneyed, ridiculous
and trite rubbish arguments of the accordistas.  We have to describe
HOW it is that, and WHY it is that.  Otherwise, newcomers won't get it.

Uuuuh.... one problem: Peritus is singular.  Periti is plural.

let no one imagine that he can criticize authority with impunity.

 

The authority of the Church of Bishop Fellay.

Uuuuh.... one problem: Peritus is singular.  Periti is plural.

That's because the liberals keep morphing into more...