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I think they got Fr. Novak's first name wrong. Surprise, surprise!

The changes Catholic leaders made in Vatican II – including removing Latin from services – brought the church up to date to today's society, said the Rev. John Gillespie, a priest at St. Mary Catholic Church in Wilmington

So much for the pre-conciliar Popes' dire warnings about Modernism.

From Traditio.com:
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July 5, 2003 - St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (Double)
Eyewitness at a Traditional Revolution
From: Frazier
On the Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul, June 29, Fr. Z., a presbyter in a southwest diocese and pastor of a church there, announced to his Novus Ordo congregations that there would only be the Traditional Latin Mass, and then he proceeded to offer the Traditional Latin Mass at all the Sunday Masses. Many in the congregation wept for joy at seeing the true Mass after so many years of deprivation. The first Mass of the day was a Missa Cantata with Gregorian Chant.

It is amazing what happened. At each Mass a few in the congregation got angry and left immediately. They had now been steeped in forty years of the heroin of the New Order and couldn't get the devil off their backs. But others wept for joy. At each Mass there was silence! When they were made to form one line at the edge of the sanctuary and kneel and receive Holy Communion on the tongue, there was something incredible. They were filled with awe -- some confusion, of course -- but reverential awe! You could see it in their eyes. I know. I held the Communion plate at two Masses.

I had conflicting emotions Sunday, and still do. Our Lord warns against casting pearls before swine and told the Gentile woman that he could not give what was holy to dogs. Sometimes I almost think (God forgive me) that those statements of Our Lord apply to the Novus Ordo folks with regard to exposing them to the true faith when they are there in party attire, without veils and having had a one-hour token fast. But if you could have seen their eyes. It is such a pity. They have been so deceived. For one fleeting day, they had the Roman Catholic Mass. Next weekend, you can be sure, the Novus Ordo bishop will have a presider from his false religion to reel them back.

And how did it all end for the presbyter? The Novus Ordo bishop called at 9:00 the next morning to order him to vacate his rectory by no later than the next day, and he was suspended for his "crime." But Fr. Z. wasn't there. It was his day off -- which he spends visiting the sick. If an abortionist had given a sermon or a priestess had "performed" mess, the bishop wouldn't have bothered, but for celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass -- get out the instruments of torture!

Fr. Z. is a canon lawyer, a former seminary instructor, and a former member of the marriage tribunal, who was kicked off the tribunal for being too strict on annulments. His character is said to be beyond reproach, and his journey to the Traditional Roman Catholic Faith has continued steadily as he sought after the truth. He has been a presbyter of that diocese for 25 years, and is said to be a very devout, holy and religious one. Months ago he asked the bishop for a traditional parish and received no response.
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Had he celebrated a "gay" Mass or invited nuns to tap dance around the altar, the good pastor would have met with the bishop's approval no doubt. This indicates the animus of many Novus Ordo bishops towards traditionalism. No papal universal indult will change this. It's all-out war they want.