Unofficial. Father declares war on the Church's enemies...Liberalism etc.
REGINA COELI REPORT
Father Peter R. Scott
District Superior

Society of Saint Pius X
District of the United States of America
REGINA COELI HOUSE
2918 Tracy Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64109

J.M.J.
FEBRUARY 1, 1995

  Dear friends and benefactors of the Society of St. Pius X.

   November 3, 1994 was a sad occasion. It was then that took place for the first time at the Vatican itself an official meeting of all the world's religions. It was opened by John Paul II, in the presence of 900 delegates, including Buddhists, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus, J* ws and American Indians in traditional dress, during which address he invoked the "spirit of Assisi," and condemned in one foul swoop the whole work of the Crusades: "Religion is not, and must not become a pretext for conflict...to wage war in the name of religion is a blatant contradiction."

  If only the liberals could understand that it is impossible to respect others' differences, to accept their legitimacy, without denying the truth; that it is impossible to love the truth without hating the contrary error: that it is impossible to love Christ without execrating and detesting the false gods of the pagans; that it is impossible to
love the Church without declaring war on Her enemies, who refuse to accept Her teaching authority and the
divinity of Her founder.

  I would like to pass on to you a few reflections of the Dominican Fathers in Avrillé, commenting on these words of Ernest Hello: "Whoever loves the truth detests error, and this detestation of error is the touchstone by which the love of the truth is recognized. If you do not love the truth you can say that you love it and even make others believe it, but be sure that in this case you will lack abhorrence for that which is false, and by this sign you will be recognized as one who does not love the truth. '

  The Fathers have this to say: "This well-known phrase expresses a profound truth: the love of the truth is in proportion to the hatred of error. Saint Thomas had already taught 6 centuries previously that the heretic is
recognized principally by the fact that he does not combat error....We could well say that liberalism is recognized by the lack of repugnance and of hatred towards error. For the liberal, error is an opinion, and we must have the freedom to think and express it inasmuch as this does not cause any grave disorder. Such is not the attitude of God,
'The Lord hateth all abomination of error' " (Eccl. 15:13).

  We are all aware of how much the liberals accuse us of lacking charity, and of bitter hatred, even when we make a clear distinction between error and sin, which we hate, and the misguided sinners, whom we pray will be open to God's grace. However, it is of the very nature of true charity to hate that which is opposed to that which we love, it is of the very nature of charity to inspire hatred for both evil and error. Listen to what Ernest Hello has to say:
  "The name of charity is turned against the light whenever it makes a deal with error (=dialog) instead of crushing it, under the pretext of making it easier for men. The name of charity is turned against the light whenever it is used to weaken us in our abhorrence of evil...the absence of disgust for error, for evil, for hell, for the devil, this very absence seems to become an excuse for the evil which we carry in ourselves. "

  Hence the contradiction inherent in the liberal mind, which pretends to embrace the truth but, out of false charity, excuses evil and error. This is how the Pope can in the very same opening speech state that we (i.e., all religious men and women, not just Catholics) must affirm "clearly and unequivocally what we believe to be the true way to salvation" at the same time as he refuses to enter into any conflict over religion.

  Here lies the essence of the disease of liberalism; it is the weakness or lack of courage which comes from original sin and which pushes man to refuse to enter into battle. Hence the universality of its diabolical tentacles. We are all tempted to be liberals, our minds preferring to be paralyzed by lack of conviction, and our wills secretly complicitous with the evil we see around us. As Father Marcille writes in a recent essay:
  "The conclusion which imposes itself makes us tremble: no human power can uproot liberalism, neither in civil society nor in the Church, just as no human effort can uproot original sin from the heart of man. This can only be the work of God' s mercy, and it is not owed to us. We have sinned, and by so doing we have swallowed the sin of our fathers. Like them we have little loved the truth and little hated error. "

  None of us who lives in the real world does not enter into conflictual situations, does not enter in continual contact with those who deny the Faith, who deny Catholic morality. What, then, is our reaction going to be? Are we going to avoid conflict simply because it is easy? The old and liberal man in us pushes us in that direction. Or will we be the soldiers of Christ the King that we were confirmed to be, never hesitating in all patience to profess the Faith, to defend the Church, to pray against the sins around us which make us weep with disgust and fright. Surely it is not for nothing that we on earth are called to make up part of the Church Militant, and that our militancy will be just as effective as it attacks primarily the liberal within every one of us.

  Let us then be regular and faithful in our prayers, penance and sacrifices. It is by working on our spiritual lives that we will be able to play our role in the Church's life and death battle against liberalism. For this purpose, I particularly recommend the dates of the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, which will be found later on in this bulletin, a more powerful medicine against the disease * of liberalism could not be found.

Yours faithfully in the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Father Peter R. Scott
District Superior
*Fr Peter Scott was an MD before his ordination. 
May God bless Father Scott!


Also in the same bulletin, photo of + Williamson with teachers. Note the large standard of Christ the King! The good 'ole days...