Valentinus Taken Prisoner But let’s take the news of the last few days in turn. First of all, there is the case of the “Missionaries of Divine Mercy”—a small community of diocesan right founded by the (now virtually deposed) Bishop Rey of Frejus-Toulon for the care of the old rite. If we understand correctly what we have learned about this hitherto unknown community, Bishop Dominique Rey founded this community years ago and also endowed it (at least to some extent) with its own seminary in order to take over the training of diocesan priests in the old rite. It sounds like news from another world, but Bishop Rey was striving for a “liturgical peace” in his diocese under the pontificate of Benedict XVI, in which both the faithful and candidates for the priesthood would be free to choose one of the “two forms of the Roman rite” or even to celebrate in the one or the other. And it was precisely this that drew the wrath and revenge of the new rulers after Benedict’s abdication. (see our …
It seems to me that the degree of loyalty to the conciliar church (and especially the Second Vatican council) is the only criterion by which the Vatican allows or does not allow traditional liturgy. That is, if you sell your soul to the devil, he will allow you some traditional rites in return.
A phony war declared by guys who failed to notice that Rome had abandoned the Roman Rite over 50 years ago. Fictions upon fictions of people unable to read with attention Quattuor abhinc annos - the mother of all "indultist" delusions. There they have been advised honestly and explicitly what is the "indult" system for.