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OPINION: Trad Inc. Falls for it Again, by Chris Jackson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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A Parolin letter to France set off a victory parade in Trad Inc. But Leo’s real agenda was visible elsewhere: Vatican II, Vatican banking, interreligious fraternity, and pressure politics.

The parade began before anyone had won anything

By midday the celebration was already underway.

Kevin Tierney posted, “We won. Only thing left to be settled is the peace conference.” Rorate Caeli pushed the story as a major development. Michael J. Matt blasted out a “BREAKING” graphic announcing that Leo had told the French bishops to “generously include” those attached to the Latin Mass. Eric Sammons comically told us we shouldn’t “jump to final conclusions” about Fr. Prevost kneeling and prostrating to a demon goddess because we “simply don’t know all the facts” (when we know all the facts) and yet yells Amen! in reacting to the news of Leo’s message to the French bishops. The whole scene had the feel of a movement so starved for good news that it mistook a diplomatic murmur for a restoration.

That is the first thing to say about this episode. The reaction was wildly disproportionate to the actual substance. There was no motu proprio. No legal reversal of Traditionis custodes. No restoration of rights. No repudiation of Francis. No acknowledgment that the old Mass had been treated unjustly. No admission that the Vatican’s own stated rationale for the crackdown had already been badly damaged by the leaked survey material. There was a letter from Cardinal Parolin conveying sentiments on Leo’s behalf to the French bishops, and even that letter ended with the trapdoor phrase: inclusion of those attached to the Vetus Ordo, “in accordance with the guidelines established by the Second Vatican Council regarding the Liturgy.” ….

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