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Re: U.S. SSPX District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2025, 12:14:27 PM »
District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
SSPX Excerpt:

"May Pope Leo XIV faithfully fill the shoes of St. Peter and strengthen the faithful, spread the Gospel, and never waver in telling the world that what it needs above all else is Our Lord Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection gives all men and women hope of eternal life."

Chiesa Viva Excerpt:

Circa Mid 1963: "Padre Pio embraced Father Villa three times, saying to him: ‘Be brave, now…for the Church has already been invaded by Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ!’ and then stated: ‘Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ has already made it into the loafers (shoes) of the Pope!’
At the time, the reigning Pope was Paul VI."

Source: Who is
Father Luigi Villa? by Dr. Franco Adessa

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Re: U.S. SSPX District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2025, 06:57:16 PM »
SSPX Excerpt:

"May Pope Leo XIV faithfully fill the shoes of St. Peter and strengthen the faithful, spread the Gospel, and never waver in telling the world that what it needs above all else is Our Lord Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection gives all men and women hope of eternal life."

Chiesa Viva Excerpt:

Circa Mid 1963: "Padre Pio embraced Father Villa three times, saying to him: ‘Be brave, now…for the Church has already been invaded by Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ!’ and then stated: ‘Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ has already made it into the loafers (shoes) of the Pope!’
At the time, the reigning Pope was Paul VI."

Source: Who is
Father Luigi Villa? by Dr. Franco Adessa


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Re: U.S. SSPX District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2025, 01:53:00 PM »
Perhaps Bp. Fellay does not realize most of the trad world is  a l l  o v e r  t h e  I n t e r n e t!
Furthermore, every kind of Trad is online, from those who attend both rites, Tridentine/ Conservative N.O. to the most sede of the sede’s. We are here to learn, discuss, argue, and yes, to gossip, slander, and share our “expertise” on all matters Catholic! 
Very, very few trads abstain from all use of the internet. I do know of two, both elderly who lack internet enabled devices and the knowledge of how to use them. Both of these do not hesitate to contact me and others to access current information regarding the trad world. For wage earners, unless ours is an online job, dare I say the majority of trad online time is spent on sites concerning the Catholic Faith?  I could be wrong, of course.
Does Bp. Fellay believe, or just  w a n t  to believe the average tradcat has a 1950’s and before mentality?
“If the priest/bishop/pope/teacher/doctor/scientist/President/governor/mayor….says it, I can know it’s true and trust the “experts” to have my best interests at heart? All I need do is follow orders.” 
This may have worked for the Silent Generation, but no more. We’ve peeked behind the curtain and discovered the “great and powerful” Wizard of Oz is not. The emperor is indeed butt naked and that i s an elephant in the living room! Our world, the Church included, is not to be automatically trusted. Our Lord said to his disciples, “I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore  w i s e  as  s e r p e n t s  and  m e e k  as  d o v e s.” Mt. X:xvi
In yet another instance He commands us to “w a t c h  and  p r a y.” Mt. XXVI;ivxi. Note the cautionary injunction comes first, “be…wise,” and “watch.”

Bishop Fellay probably doesn’t read CI, but I know some of his priests do, or are in contact with those who do. So, Bp. Fellay, with all due respect, I live in reality, in 2025. While I certainly consider your carefully worded caution about avoiding the internet concerning Leo XIV, like most serious Catholics trying to save our souls, I approach online information as Our Lord instructs, with wisdom and watchfulness. It is how we must approach all the opinions of men, even the “experts” Your Excellency included. “Let God be true, but every man a liar…” Romans III;iv.
First, we discern with wisdom and watchfulness, and then we move ahead in meekness and prayer, taking heed because  a n y o n e  among us can fall. I Cor. X;xii  Any Catholic who has attained the adult use of reason who wishes to be saved in this time of crisis, m u s t  educate himself in the Faith as handed down by Christ, and in the waiys and wiles of the Prince of this world. II Cor. XX;xi.
For better or worse, the internet  i s  the main source of information for the majority of the world’s inhabitants, Catholics included. Rather than discourage its use, pray, then, to the Holy Ghost, that He enliven in us the Gifts conferred by Him through the Sacraments of Baptism and especially, Confirmation. Enjoin then, the Faithful to avail themselves of the internet, with the Gift of Discernment to attain true knowledge, and to be worthy of the Promises of Christ Our King with Mary, Our Queen.
In turn, I pray for you, Your Excellency, as do all Catholics for their bishops.

CI friends, this post sort of turned into a letter to +Bp. Fellay.  That wasn’t my intention, does anyone think I should edit and send it?  I probably won’t, but the idea occurred to me.


Re: U.S. SSPX District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2025, 05:42:59 PM »
Perhaps Bp. Fellay does not realize most of the trad world is  a l l  o v e r  t h e  I n t e r n e t!....
Does Bp. Fellay believe, or just  w a n t  to believe the average tradcat has a 1950’s and before mentality?
....

Bishop Fellay probably doesn’t read CI,.... So, Bp. Fellay, with all due respect, I live in reality, in 2025.....Your Excellency, as do all Catholics for their bishops.

CI friends, this post sort of turned into a letter to +Bp. Fellay.  That wasn’t my intention, does anyone think I should edit and send it?  I probably won’t, but the idea occurred to me.
Why direct your criticism at Bishop Fellay, when the letter was from the District Superior, Fr. Fullerton. Bishop Felley does not have any significant leadership role in the SSPX anyomre.

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Re: U.S. SSPX District Superior Letter: On the New Holy Father
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2025, 07:14:06 PM »
Why direct your criticism at Bishop Fellay, when the letter was from the District Superior, Fr. Fullerton. Bishop Felley does not have any significant leadership role in the SSPX anyomre.

Alas, Fr. Fullerton is suited only to make schedules for building maintenance.  In all the years I've known him, from the time spent at seminary, to all of his public statements, not once has he given any indication that he knows a lick about Catholic theology or philosophy ... much less that he actually cares about such matters, or that he has any kind of intellectual side to him.  If there's a man out there who's purely pragmatic (just like the pre-Vatican II Churchmen that Bishop Williamson used to criticize for that very thing, caring about buildings but not so much about the faith or ideas) ... that's John Fullerton in a nutshell.

Heck, even the various schedules for serving different chapels is ridiculous.  I know of multiple situations where a priest could simply get in his car, drive 90 minutes, and be at the nearby SSPX chapel in plenty of time to have a reasonable Mass time of noon.  As it is, he flies out, and then someone ELSE flies in, so that this chapel ends up with a 4PM Mass time each Sunday.

Finally, I'm so sick of numerous priories having a half dozen or more priests stationed there where we have several LARGE SSPX missions chapels (several with schools) that get a Sunday Mass and occasional First Friday.  With all the youngsters at these chapels, it would be a very simple matter to foster some vocations by simply having a priest or two stationed there and interracting with the school, etc. ... to say nothing of how the faithful there are "on their own" if they can't way until the weekend to pass away.

Could they at least try to pretend that they care about souls?

I could go on about SSPX, especially US District.

But these are PRECISELY the types the SSPX want in there as superior, those who can't form an independent thought that wasn't fed to them by their superiors if they tried ... or else Modernist heretic types like Fr. Paul Robinson (I do not make that charge of heresy lightly against him), while good brilliant intellectual priests like a Father Kevin Robinson are tucked away at a retreat house answering to obvious inferiors, or like a Father Peter Scott in some mud hut in Africa.