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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Is there are a double standard for judging the behavior of Catholic bishops? Can liberal bishops push their own controversial ideas without fear of public rebuke, while their more conservative colleagues are shunned as “uncollegial” if they break with the general consensus?... For an answer to those rhetorical questions, consider the case of Detroit’s Archbishop Edward Weisenburger. Ordinarily a newly installed prelate is advised to spend some time listening to his people before making any major policy decisions. But Weisenburger waited only a few weeks after his installation before announcing that the Traditional Latin Mass could no longer be celebrated his the parishes of the Detroit archdiocese.

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine - Last month, Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger severely restricted the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass in his archdiocese—an archdiocese that has had some of the most flourishing Latin Mass communities in the country, if not the world. Not content, however, with one act of pettiness, this week Archbishop Weisenburger decided to double down on his attack on faithful Catholics, expanding beyond the typical traditionalist punching bags to target established and well-respected seminary professors.