[NYer]

NO, for we cannot do evil that good may ensue.

Evil .... that is the view held by the SSPX of the Novus Ordo mass.

What does that make us, who attend the NO Rite? A rite sanctioned by the Vatican?

[NYer]

Here is yet another "response" from the SSPX web site regarding whether or not women are allowed to sing in the choir.

PART I.  Can women be permitted to sing in the choir in church?

Sorry, Des, it seems you cannot sing at the Tridentine Rite.     The principles are given by Pope Saint Pius X in his motu proprio on the restoration of Sacred Music, and in particular of the ancient Gregorian Chant. This document of Nov. 22, 1903, is entitled Tra le sollecitudine and is published in its entirety in the March 1995 issue of The Angelus (pp.36-40).

    The Pope states repeatedly that the Sacred Chant is an integral part of the liturgy, directed to the glory of God and the sanctification and edification of the faithful. (§1) It is consequently not a performance, but a part of the act of divine worship. His conclusion follows:

    Except the chant of the celebrant and the sacred ministers at the altar, which must always be sung in plainchant without any accompaniment, the rest of the liturgical singing belongs properly to the choir of clerics...It follows from the same principle that the singers in church have a real liturgical office, and that women therefore, being incapable of such an office, cannot be admitted to the choir (§§12, 13).  [Answered by Father Peter R. Scott]

[Loyalist]

The SSPX leadership has to placate two camps who would otherwise tear each other's guts out.

Statements like this are to reassure the hardliners that they won't be sold out for the sake of restoring juridical communion with Rome.

The hardliners' views may be unpalatably harsh, but these people provide much material and moral support. Bishop Fellay can't effectively negotiate to end the schism and fight rearguard actions at the same time.