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From what I could gather, the priests that he had come onto the set to say Mass while filming "The Passion of The Christ," whom he's had personal relationships with, and who also say Mass at his church, are from The Legionnaires (sp?)of Christ."

Mel Gibson never had the priests from the Legion of Christ offer Holy Mass on set. Mel attends ONLY the TLM. There have been at least two articles recently about the priests who offered Holy Mass, both in union with the Holy See.

Your nun is causing scandal through detraction and calumny, and should shut her mouth.

Your nun is causing scandal through detraction and calumny, and should shut her mouth.

I'm really trying not to LOL, but I agree with you wholeheartedly.

If I had some ammo to give her, perhaps it would quiet her down. Can you give me any suggestions?

thanks :)

Mel Gibson never had the priests from the Legion of Christ offer Holy Mass on set. Mel attends ONLY the TLM. There have been at least two articles recently about the priests who offered Holy Mass, both in union with the Holy See.

Actually, Mel did have priests from the Legionaires of Christ on the set. I don't know for a fact that they offered Mass, but they may have celebrated the New Mass separately from the Latin Mass that Mel attended. I'm pretty certain that Cavaziel attended another Mass.

The priest who most often offered the Latin Mass on the set of "The Passion" was Fr. Stephen Somerville. He is a priest from Canada who back in the sixties and seventies had been a member of the ICEL committee that wrote the execrable "translation" of the Mass. In the recent past he wrote a public denunciation of his own service on the committee and renounced any support or approval of what was done with his assistance. He has since become a "cooperating" priest with the SSPX.

Renouncing My Service on I.C.E.L. - An Open Letter - by Father Stephen Somerville, STL

His is a common situation. Others that come to mind are Fr. Stephen Zigrang and Fr. Lawrence Smith, both of whom left their diocesan assignments last year to cooperate with the SSPX. The SSPX is a fraternal society of priests, similar to a religious order, and only certain priest are official members. But there are many other priests both religious and diocesan who cooperate by offering the traditional Latin Mass at SSPX-associated chapels.