The Games Have Begun! How Long Can the Vatican Stall the Consecrations with their Fake Dialogue?

BREAKING: Cdl. Fernandez urges SSPX to drop plan to consecrate bishops

OR ELSE!

The meeting in Rome between Cardinal Fernandez, the scandalous head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the SSPX took place earlier today and things aren't looking good. Of course, that depends on your perspective. Maybe the rift is, in fact, good. At any rate, the Vatican released this communication (in Italian) but a translated section reads:

It was reiterated by the Holy See that the ordination of bishops without the mandate of the Holy Father, who holds supreme ordinary power, which is full, universal, direct, and immediate, and direct (cf. CDC, can. 331; Dogmatic Constitution Pastor aeternus, chaps. I and III), would imply a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism) with grave consequences for the Fraternity as a whole (JOHN PAUL II, Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei, July 2, 1988, nos. 3 and 5c; PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR 1 LEGISLATIVE TEXTS, Explanatory Note, August 24, 1996, no. 1). Therefore, the possibility of carrying out this dialogue presupposes that the Fraternity suspend the decision of the announced episcopal ordinations.

 Liberals or progressives, whatever you call these Vatican modernists, their go-to tactic is dialogue. "Let's talk about it." ...on and on...forever and a day. Archbishop Lefebvre finally saw their stalling tactics for what they were when the Vatican agreed to allow the consecration of one bishop. "They're waiting for me to die," he said. And he went forward with the consecrations. 

The same curial tactic is at work now with porno Cardinal Fernandez at the helm threatening the Society with the "crime of schism." That accusation is almost laughable these days as the Roman curia coddle the communists in China and let them name bishops, encourage clergy who endorse adultery and sodomy, and stress synodality and ecumenism to the point of syncretism. You know....all faiths are fine and pathways to God. So why be Catholic? Why follow the admonition of Jesus to "convert all nations and baptise them?" It is, indeed, heartbreaking to see the Judases running the Church these days while those defending the faith get the mailed fist and hobnailed boot. Leo certainly isn't the first Judas to sit on the throne at St. Peter's. Is he the worst? I'll let the Holy Spirit decide. Meanwhile, I just shake my head and pray for the poor, battered bride of Christ.

A concerned mom recently wrote to me about her fear that her son will not be able to be confirmed according to the traditional rite. The family goes to an Ecclesia Dei parish with the Canons of the New Jerusalem. The canons don't have a bishop and these days some dioceses, which may still allow groups like the canons to offer the Traditional Latin Mass, still ban all the other sacraments. Confirmations according to the traditional rite have been dropped down the memory hole and into the shredding machine. I suggested to the mom to check out the SSPX and perhaps she will. 

I don't fear excommunication. If Francis was fine with "schism" why should I be afraid? I keep the faith, I pray for the pope every day. And, perhaps most importantly, I remember the final chapter in the book of canon law which relates to "The manner of procedure in transferring pastors.":

In cases of transfer, the prescriptions of can. 1747 are to be applied, with due regard for canonical equity and having before one's eyes the salvation of souls, which is always the supreme law of the Church.

I have not the least doubt that the "salvation of souls" is the "supreme law" of the SSPX. Thanks be to God for Archbishop Lefebvre and his spiritual sons who recognize that and keep alive the Sacred Tradition that inspired so many saints to face persecution and martyrdom to spread the faith. That the persecution today comes from within the Church herself is sad, but it doesn't alter the necessity to do what's necessary for the salvation of souls.