The ultimate criteria of judgment for a Catholic must be the one of the Church: to love and hate what the Church loves and hates: loving the truth in all of its uniqueness and integrity and hating error in all of its multiplicity of expressions. Orthodoxy and heterodoxy remain the final measure of judgment which Christian Reason must be subject to.
(by Roberto de Mattei) “Sint ut sunt aut non sint” (let them be as they are, or not at all) is a sentence that according to some historians was pronounced by the General of the Jesuits, Lorenzo Ricci, when faced with the plan of “reforming” the Company of Jesus, to adapt itself to the demands of the world. It was in the second half of the XVIII century and the Jesuits represented the bulwark against the attacks from enemies both inside and outside who were…
(di Roberto de Mattei su “Il Foglio” del 15/08/2013) Non è forse un caso che Jean Madiran sia scomparso, il 31 luglio 2013, all’età di 93 anni, proprio mentre nella Chiesa esplodeva il “caso” dei Francescani dell’Immacolata. I Frati francescani di padre Stefano Manelli si trovano infatti a vivere oggi un dramma che Madiran ed altri pionieri della resistenza cattolica al progressismo vissero negli anni Settanta del Novecento, all’indomani della promulgazione del Novus Ordo Missae di Paolo VI.
(de Roberto de Mattei, traducciòn de Tradición Digital) No es quizá una casualidad que Jean Madiran haya fallecido, el 31 de julio de 2013, con 93 años de edad, justo mientras en la Iglesia estallaba el “caso” de los Franciscanos de la Inmaculada. En efecto, los Frailes franciscanos del padre Stefano Manelli se encuentran hoy viviendo un drama que Madiran y otros pioneros de la resistencia católica contra el progresismo vivieron en los años setenta del siglo XX, tras la promulgación del Novus Ordo Missae…
(by Roberto de Mattei) The “case” of the Franciscans of the Immaculate re-proposes a question of canonical order, both moral and spiritual, which often surfaced and at times “exploded” in the post-conciliar years: the problem of obedience to an unjust law. A law may be unjust not only when it violates the divine and natural law, but also when it violates an ecclesiastical law of greater importance. This is the case with the Decree dated July 11th 2013, by which the Congregation for the Institutes…