"THE NEW AMERICAN CATHOLIC" DOCUMENTARY
Hat tip to @DJRESQ for bringing our attention to the following documentary, produced in 1968 in the disturbing wake of Vatican II.
For those who didn't live it, and/or those who would like a reminder, this documentary provides a bird's eye view in microcosm of the turbulence which followed Vatican II.
It can clearly be seen from some of the footage and commentary that the Vatican II Council unleashed a whirlwind of anarchical and revolutionary thinking upon the Church, its clergy, its religious and Catholic laity.
Everything was suddenly "up for grabs" and subject to "experimentation" and questioning.
The film is rife with gaslighting from start to finish, as though the Church and its priests and religious had not been virtually solely responsible for building entire Christian Civilizations among pagan and barbaric cultures already for centuries; establishing universities, hospitals, and cultures inspired by the teachings of Christ and ennobling all whom the Church came into contact with.
But suddenly -- in the 1960's -- it seems the nature of man has changed so radically that the Church must question its very identity and mission, and -- stripping itself of its sacred character -- plunge into the tidal depths of secularism to espouse an entirely different way of understanding, teaching and sanctifying the human race.
What is so ironic is that all the "solutions" prognosticated in this film clearly resulted not only in abject failure, but in the gutting of seminaries, convents, monasteries and Catholic institutions everywhere.
Destruction is the only fruit which anarchy and revolution are capable of producing.
Be sure to watch this video to get a glimpse of the process which set in motion the "auto-demolition" of the Church.
As an aside, the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters featured in the second half of this video were absolutely decimated by the experimentation they undertook at the request of Pope Paul VI, and which they were completely convinced would "make them better Sisters...."
This documentary stands as yet another proof of the crisis which confronted Archbishop Lefebvre, and those concerned about the destruction and loss of all that Tradition had bequeathed to us to preserve and pass on to future generations of faithful Catholics.
The Documentary can be viewed here: The New American Catholic
P.S. Be sure to read some of the Comments under the YouTube Video -- for example, this gem: "Bishop James Shannon [featured extensively in this film] - resigned from the ministry very shortly after this and civilly married without due church process. He was eventually laicised. Fruits of the Council."
For those who didn't live it, and/or those who would like a reminder, this documentary provides a bird's eye view in microcosm of the turbulence which followed Vatican II.
It can clearly be seen from some of the footage and commentary that the Vatican II Council unleashed a whirlwind of anarchical and revolutionary thinking upon the Church, its clergy, its religious and Catholic laity.
Everything was suddenly "up for grabs" and subject to "experimentation" and questioning.
The film is rife with gaslighting from start to finish, as though the Church and its priests and religious had not been virtually solely responsible for building entire Christian Civilizations among pagan and barbaric cultures already for centuries; establishing universities, hospitals, and cultures inspired by the teachings of Christ and ennobling all whom the Church came into contact with.
But suddenly -- in the 1960's -- it seems the nature of man has changed so radically that the Church must question its very identity and mission, and -- stripping itself of its sacred character -- plunge into the tidal depths of secularism to espouse an entirely different way of understanding, teaching and sanctifying the human race.
What is so ironic is that all the "solutions" prognosticated in this film clearly resulted not only in abject failure, but in the gutting of seminaries, convents, monasteries and Catholic institutions everywhere.
Destruction is the only fruit which anarchy and revolution are capable of producing.
Be sure to watch this video to get a glimpse of the process which set in motion the "auto-demolition" of the Church.
As an aside, the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters featured in the second half of this video were absolutely decimated by the experimentation they undertook at the request of Pope Paul VI, and which they were completely convinced would "make them better Sisters...."
This documentary stands as yet another proof of the crisis which confronted Archbishop Lefebvre, and those concerned about the destruction and loss of all that Tradition had bequeathed to us to preserve and pass on to future generations of faithful Catholics.
The Documentary can be viewed here: The New American Catholic
P.S. Be sure to read some of the Comments under the YouTube Video -- for example, this gem: "Bishop James Shannon [featured extensively in this film] - resigned from the ministry very shortly after this and civilly married without due church process. He was eventually laicised. Fruits of the Council."