A reader thought we might be interested in discussing this: Holy Rosary parish in Indianapolis is a traditionally Italian parish, and also home to a thriving Indult Tridentine liturgy, with the full support of the Archbishop. This past weekend, the associate pastor announced that he was (amicably) leaving the FSSP for the Archdiocesan priesthood. As stated in the bulletin, his reasons in part (aside from simply wanting to remain in the area, which is his home and where his family resides):

“Special orders of priests dedicated to the Latin Mass, such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, are a fine thing, but I firmly believe that the long-term survival of the Latin Mass can only be guaranteed if there are members of the local, diocesan clergy who support it and are able to say it. At the same time — and I’m going to get on my soapbox now — I think diocesan priests who are supportive of and willing to say both the old and the new rites of Mass with dignity, decorum and fidelity to the Church are in the best position to make sure that those attached to the traditional Mass do not fall prey to “traditionalist” loony and bizarre opinions about the English Mass being heretical, Vatican II being the great apostasy predicted by Our Lady at Fatima, and all the popes since Pius XII being heretics or even invalid popes. Such diocesan priests are also in the best position to prevent their flocks from falling prey to bizarre and loony thinking on the other end of the spectrum — for example, that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, that the Eucharist is an empty symbol and not in reality the Body and Blood of Our Lord, that we will have women priests someday, that the Church will someday permit abortion and homosexual marriage, or other such nonsense. The diocesan clergy have always been the voice of the mainstream. The Church prospers or suffers according to the quality of the diocesan clergy.”

Interesting.

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