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Castrillon Hoyos died recently. May God have mercy on his soul!
Hoyos was a conciliar liberal who did much evil (objectively). Hoyos was a man of Vatican II who emphasized in his dealings with the SSPX and concerning the Traditional Mass that his work “is not a return to the past”.
Cardinal Hoyos was also part of the hierarchy’s cover-up of the pervasive clerical abuse of children in the (false) conciliar church. Hoyos gave international praise to a French conciliar “bishop” for protecting one of his conciliar “priests” whom the French police sought to arrest for criminal molesting and abusing children.
1. Hoyos’s Death reported in the N-SSPX’s “News from Tradition”
The N-SSPX wants its followers to believe that Hoyos has been part of Catholic Tradition. The N-SSPX reported Hoyos’s death in the
Angelus Magazine section called “News from Tradition”, indicating Hoyos was part of Tradition.
2. The N-SSPX contradicts Hoyos, who stated that he never used the Traditional Mass
The N-SSPX baldly claims that Hoyos “
often celebrated the Traditional Mass”.
By contrast, Cardinal Hoyos himself declared: “I very much like the novus ordo, which I celebrate daily.
I have never celebrated the Mass according to the 1962 Missal after the liturgical reform [
i.e., 1969].”
3. The N-SSPX also misleads its followers about Hoyos, who declared that SSPX Masses are illicit and should be avoided
In its recent Hoyos bio, the N-SSPX claims that “it was under his [Cardinal Hoyos’s
Ecclesia Dei] Presidency that Rome stated unequivocally that Catholics fulfill their Sunday obligation by attending Holy Mass at any SSPX parish.” This N-SSPX statement is misleading. Cardinal Hoyos stated that SSPX Masses are “undoubtedly valid, but
not licit. Therefore, attendance at these Masses is
not advised, unless there is no other possibility on Sundays”.
This quote contains a grammatical disagreement in number between “these” and “Mass”. The original, uncorrected phrase is “attendance at these Mass is not advised”. We corrected this typo. Whether the word “these” should be “this” or whether the word “Mass” should have been plural, in no way changes the substance of Hoyos’s statement.
4. The N-SSPX misleads its followers that the Traditional Mass was freed under Hoyos and (former) Pope Benedict XVI
In its recent Hoyos bio, the N-SSPX connects Hoyos to the 2007 Motu Proprio which (according to the N-SSPX) “gave every priest the right to celebrate the Traditional Mass without having to seek permission from his superiors.”
This is misleading. Hoyos made clear that the
Motu Proprio’s permission to use the 1962 missal was limited to “when the conditions specified in the
Motu Proprio exist.”
5. In other ways also, Hoyos was anti-Traditional
The N-SSPX states that “in relations with the Society of Saint Pius X, Cardinal Castrillon was cordial and made it very clear that the SSPX was neither schismatic nor heretical.”
Here is an older analysis, from the
now-compromising publications, the
Remnant and
Catholic Family News, which more accurately characterizes Hoyos as:
not as a defender of traditional belief and practice among the clergy, but rather as an enforcer of what could rightly be called Post-Conciliar Correctness in the Church, or PCC, the ecclesiastical equivalent of Political Correctness, or PC, in the realm of secular politics. ... The abuses reveal a prelate who will not hesitate to use his power to crush any priest who too effectively opposes the reign of PCC. This is the man who now smiles at the Society of Saint Pius X, assuring them that they have nothing to fear in trusting present-day Rome.
This praise of Cardinal Hoyos continues the N-SSPX’s practice of treating most conciliar leaders favorably
The N-SSPX’s misrepresentation of Cardinal Hoyos continues its whitewash of most conciliar leaders. For example:
- The “new” SSPX falsely praises the personal holiness of dead conciliar popes.
- Bishop Fellay falsely praises (former) Pope Benedict XVI as being wise and courageous.
- The “new” SSPX falsely indicates that Pope Francis abides in the truth, and is preserved from error.
- The “new” SSPX falsely says that Pope Francis appoints some good bishops. Id.
- The “new” SSPX falsely and repeatedly calls so-called “bishop” Athanasius Schneider a “good bishop” who gives a “clear defense of Catholic teaching”.
- Bishop Fellay declared that he is “very happy” with a lot of what Pope Francis teaches.
Read the SSPX quotes and find the citations to the SSPX publications here:
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- Bishop Fellay declared that Pope Francis is on the side of the SSPX.
Read the SSPX quotes and find the citations to the SSPX publications here:
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- The N-SSPX praises Cardinal Joachim Meisner, who promoted Vatican II, the (scandalous, conciliar) World Youth Day and the sinful use of marriage.
- The N-SSPX praises Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, a conciliar revolutionary and promoter of Vatican II.
Conclusion
The leaders in the so-called “conservative” wing of the conciliar revolution are nonetheless revolutionaries. As the N-SSPX makes common cause with them, let us stay far away from the N-SSPX and its new “friends”!