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The other differentiating factor is less obvious to many Catholics, for most Catholics live in a post-conciliar world that assumes that whatever happened in the years after “the Council”, including and especially the liturgical life of the Church, must be the will of God, an attitude engendered by the ever-encroaching growth of hyper-papalism that exceeds even the Ultramontanist dreams of Cardinal Manning in the 19th century, and by the long standing tradition of a non-thinking laity.

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[Svartalfiar]

My Uncle’s actually a priest with the Fraternal Order of St. Peter. Only does Latin Mass. Only Mass I’ve ever really cared to attend

[BlatherNaut]

The Traditional Mass cannot be stage-managed.

Yes it can be. Bishops who oppose it can undermine it administratively. They can deny FSSP access to their dioceses. They can deliberately appoint pastors who oppose allowing the Traditional Mass in their parishes. They can discourage it in seminaries. They can threaten those who attend SSPX chapels with excommunication. They can marginalize it by throwing their support behind and promoting Neo-Cats or other modernist movements instead. All these tactics are being employed as we speak.

[JoeFromSidney]

Our FSSP Parish, with its Tridentine Masses, is growing. Lots of young people, not just us old fogies, and lots of babies.

The future belongs to those who show up for it. Those who don't have (enough) children are a dead end.