The announced episcopal consecrations by the SSPX oblige Catholics attached to tradition to distinguish between questions that are often confused, sometimes by the enemies of the old Mass and sometimes by its most imprudent defenders. Is the Traditional Latin Mass important for the life of the Church, and does it deserve a stable, generous and peaceful place within the Church? May the SSPX present its own institutional survival as though it were identical with the survival of Catholic tradition itself? Would the old Mass still be celebrated today if it were not for Archbishop Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X?
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The Traditional Latin Mass does not need the SSPX
Gratitude for the preservation of the old Mass does not require Catholics to accept that the SSPX is indispensable to Catholic tradition or to the life of the Church
Wouter J Suenens
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