I seriously doubt that Traditional Catholics, particularly SSPX, are mixing animism and pagan rites into their worship! From what I have read of the events in Mexico, it had to do with land disputes and the several warring parties down there - Protestant Evangelicals, ordinary Catholics, left wing “base community” Catholics, Marxists, and followers of pagan cults, all mixing it up over a non-religious dispute.
Traditional Catholics are pretty harmless. They are, by the way, not all members of these schismatic groups. And even the more extreme elements of the SSPX may foam at the mouth a lot, metaphorically speaking, and be unpleasant to be around, but they normally just a nuisance, even to those of their own community.
My info was from several articles associated with the above link.
Is there a more accepted form of ‘Traditional Catholic’ which more closely abides in faith through Christ? I ask this sincerely.
My post was not to be argumentative, but respectful of many true believers who are Catholics through faith in Christ and hold their love for God through faith in Christ first before they promote other good works.
Recently, I have observed many reports and trends by those who do not have faith in Christ first, but seek to perform good works independent of God, thinking their religious and moral behavior is sufficient for rewards independent of faith in Christ. In other situations, I’ve also seen those who exhibit very antiChristian behavior attempt to build worldly systems in religious garb, riding on the coattails of the name “Catholic” in an attempt to promote false worldly systems counterfeiting God’s plan.
For example, there are many within communist nations such as Castro and Chavez, as well as some Nicaraguan groups which have attempted to substitute socialism for the Gospel. Since the Catholic Church is well recognized, those same groups seem to migrate their socialist priorities into the religious garb of Catholicism to counterfeit a fake gospel to those who have not known better.
The same movements appear to be headed north, perhaps accompanying those aliens encroaching here in the US.
Is the SSPX the same group which incarcerated evangelicals in Chiapas recently?