BJ5,
The point was that Henry insists that the SSPX has not changed. This is not true. Ten+ years ago it was common for the SSPX Priests to hold public acts of reperation, public demonstrations, and publications boldly condemning such abuses. They no longer make such demonstrations or condemnations.
That little blurb by +Fellay that you mention was weak...a whimper. Not the "bark" that the SSPX use to have.
My point is that we hear nary even a whimper addressed publicly to the Pope by the Resistance. I certainly get Henry's point, but lest the Resistance priests do what the SSPX used to do, it is kind of disingenuous to throw stones. To bark at the Pope from the pulpit of the Resistance chapel may play well with the choir but it does nothing to support the R&R position nor bring about a correction.
The SSPX has a long history of personally annoying the Vatican, starting with +ABL who wrote to the Vatican privately and publicly, badgered the Popes from Paul VI to JPII, visited them, chastised the Popes in person to their face, and sent Paul VI nearly into an apoplectic fit.
A Resistance priest or Bishop castigating the Pope to a gathering of the Resistance faithful in a Best Western Hotel Room in Pookipsie accomplishes next to nothing.
Topic: Response to an SSPX Priest - by Sean Johnson (Read 15842 times)