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We must thank God today. Many secret documents in the Vatican will never see the light of day for many years, decades, or even centuries. Think about the following:
- The papers against Cardinal Rampolla as a member of the OTO, which caused him to be vetoed as Pope in 1903
- The 1978 dossier of Cardinal Gagnon, which documented the Masonic corruption of the Vatican and possibly caused the murder of John Paul I
- The 2013 dossier which documented Vatican corruption which, Pope Francis admitted, was given to him by Pope Emeritus Benedict
Almost four years ago now, the regime of New Iconoclasm issued Traditionis Custodes, a document filled with false statements, in order to destroy the work of Pope Benedict in “reconciling the Church to herself” (as he says as much in Last Testament).
But TC itself was based on a secret document which no one had ever read. That document was a survey of the world’s bishops asking their advice about Pope Benedict’s “peace treaty” between the two “forms” of the Roman Rite: the “extraordinary form” (i.e. the Apostolic Roman rite) and the “ordinary form” (i.e. the Mass of Paul VI).
Now we can thank God. The stalwart Vaticanista Miss Diane Montagna has now obtained the most important part of that secret document and published the entire thing in its original language and her translation.
The document now published by Montagna is not the full 224 page report of the survey results, but rather the summary document (“overall assessment”) which was given to Pope Francis with the report. She explains: “The overall assessment is precisely the part of the report that synthesizes and interprets the survey results, offering an evaluative conclusion drawn from the evidence.”
Her summary:
The previously undisclosed text, which forms a crucial part of the official report by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on its 2020 consultation of bishops concerning Summorum Pontificum, reveals that “the majority of bishops who responded to the questionnaire stated that making legislative changes to Summorum Pontificum would cause more harm than good.”
The overall assessment directly contradicts, therefore, the stated rationale for imposing Traditionis Custodes and raises serious questions about its credibility.
In studying the secret document, Montagna reveals that Pope Francis acted on the urging of a vocal minority, not the majority:
[W]hat the Vatican’s overall assessment reveals is that the “gaps”, “divergences”, and “disagreements” [about the Latin Mass] stem more from a level of nescience, prejudice and resistance of a minority of bishops to Summorum Pontificum than from any problems originating from adherents to the traditional Roman liturgy.
Conversely, the official CDF report states that “the majority of bishops who responded to the questionnaire, and who have generously and intelligently implemented Summorum Pontificum, ultimately express satisfaction with it.” It adds that “in places where the clergy have closely cooperated with the bishop, the situation has become completely pacified.”
This explains why, four years after Traditionis Custodes, the vast majority of bishops did nothing. (See our assessment even two years later – only isolated dioceses have changed.)
This whole process confirms what many suspected about the Francis Pontificate: that he was implementing the “synodality” of Cardinal Martini and the St. Gallen Mafia, which amounted to what Pentin called The Rigging of a Vatican Synod.
It’s what the Liberals did in 1776 in America, 1789 in France, and everywhere else besides.
It’s what the Communists did in 1870 in Paris, in 1917 in Mexico and then in Russia.
The trick is so obvious that it’s sad that so many still fall for it. Here’s how it works:
- Form an elite conspiracy of power hungry heretics
- Find an emotional grievance that many people have
- Whip up the mob using emotional rhetoric about this grievance
- Tell everyone that this mob represents “the people”
- Impose your minority will on the majority “in the name of the people”
This is the methodology of Liberalism and its two ugly daughters: Communism and Feminism.
It seems to have also been the methodology of “synodality” under Francis, and so the implementation of Traditionis Custodes is no different. They sent a survey and then plucked what they wanted out of it in order to impose their minority will on the majority. Andrea Grillo and his New Iconoclasts convinced the Holy Father to abrogate himself and act against Tradition.
What’s interesting then, is what we’ve seen in Michigan and North Carolina, which seems to be an attack not only on the ancient Roman Rite, but even the “reverent Novus Ordo.” The strange irony here is that more than ever before, everyone is watching the Masses in Rome. Did you notice the “reverent Novus Ordo” that was Pope Francis’s funeral? Surely you noticed all the Latin chanting that Pope Leo has been doing right?
So why are these American bishops going wild against even the “Reverent Novus Ordo”?
The only reasonable explanation seems to be that they are ideologues taking what opportunity they can to impose their minority will on the majority. Pope Leo has not acted yet on the liturgical controversy, except to make huge statements by his liturgical actions (as Pope Benedict did with Communion on the tongue).
When OnePeterFive was at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, I was approached by a bishop who whispered to me, “You have lots of support. Keeping doing what you’re doing.”
The fact that Montagna has this summary is due to good Bishops and other clergy in the Vatican who understand what’s going on and they are doing whatever they can to stop it (like leaking this to Montagna).
Let us pray God that Pope Leo is given better counselors than Francis!
Whatever happens, thank God that Jesus is on His Eucharistic Throne, now and forever, and unto the consummation of the world!
T. S. Flanders
Editor
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus