Where are the felicitous headlines in all the SSPX journals around the world "Conciliar Bishop converts to Tradition"? Where are all the conferences and writings of Bishop Huonder, who decided on this step years ago (a long time to delay one's conversion!) describing his journey to Tradition and how the scales fell from his eyes, how he became aware of the revolution in the Church that triumphed at Vatican II? Where is his rejection of the New Mass, Ecuмenism, Religious Liberty, Collegiality and all the Conciliar errors he has been promoting all his life? Of course, they are non-existent. Because he has not converted to Tradition. This is in no way similar to the conversion of Bishop Lazo to Tradition in the Philippines, Xavier Sem. This is simply a modernist bishop (with a ?) being placed in the very heart of Tradition, something we now know was agreed upon years ago by the SSPX and Rome to facilitate the merging of the SSPX with the Church of Vatican II.
Great posting X, well said again.
Xavier Sem, our fight is not just for the Traditional Mass. It is first and foremost for the Faith. As others have pointed out, there are many heretics and schismatics who have a traditional Mass and sacraments. You don't bring them into your house and have them smile sweetly at your children as if they are one with you. What a grave scandal to bring an unconverted modernist bishop like this into a Catholic school where our children will be exposed to him, and where he will be held up to them as an authority figure, someone to look up to and obey. What a scandal to give the appearance to the world that this modernist bishop is now 'one of us', part of our family. Sadly, that is now the reality for the SSPX. They are fast becoming one of his family.
Furthermore, in Bishop Huonder, we have a doubtful bishop and doubtful priest, having been ordained and consecrated in the new rites by modernists. But this won't worry Menzingen. They wouldn't want to upset Pope Francis by any suggestion that he may need to be conditionally reordained and consecrated. Let us hope at least that this huge leap in the direction of 'regularization' will help the scales fall from the eyes of some of the Traditional priests and faithful, including Xavier Sem who has many good qualities and for whom we should all pray. He may make a very good Resistance priest if only we can help him to see how our beloved Society has been subverted.