Also, the abuses that formed in the wake of Vatican II are not some unique anomaly in the history of the church and were certainly not caused by the council itself. The 5th Lateran Council (1512-1513), for instance, reflected concern for abuses in the Church and the need for reforms but failed to take decisive action in the years immediately preceding the Reformation. Thanks be to God we did end up with some ironing-out, if you will, of the abuses with the Council of Trent only a few decades later. The same is happening in a slightly different way with our wonderful Pope Benedict XVI and the introduction of the New English Translation of the Roman Missal. More improvements, I'm sure, are to come in the next few decades.

I'm so sick of hearing from so many commentors on this website about "novus ordo" this and "novus ordo" that! The way you speak makes you sound like a schismatic heretic. The Novus Ordo is the Ordinary Form now and with the new translation of the english roman missal it will be even better. These nuns who act in ways that lead others to question their orthodoxy are to blame for their own actions, not the Church. In my Novus Ordo parish here in the Diocese of Phoenix we often have nuns who wear full habits coming to visit, some of whom are the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration started by Mother Angelica. We all want orthodoxy here and thankfully these types of liberals are going out of fashion but, let's point the finger at those who are directly at fault (and pray for them) and not the Church simply because of the Second Vatican Council.