[NYer]

My purpose in posting this thread is not to stir up rancor with those who worship at an SSPX Chapel. Rather, it is to point out that not all 'catholic' churches are Catholic.

This point was driven home recently when several friends insisted that a particula 'catholic' church was fully Catholic when, in fact, it is part of the Polish National Catholic Church. One woman practically called me a liar because her pastor (this is my former parish) assists the priests at this particular church!

I will be distributing this article to her and the other Catholics who are ignorant about the various churches that call themselves 'catholic' when they are not in communion with the Magisterium.

[technochick99]

I find it upsetting that these Churches are disobedient and still call/represent themselves as Catholic. What part of 'communion with Rome' don't they understand?

[Teófilo]

While the archdiocese doesn’t recognize these churches as Catholic, the congregations themselves consider themselves part of the Roman Catholic Church.

I consider myself an alien from the planet Vulcan. Therefore, logically, I must be a Vulcan.

-Theo

[Maeve]

You might double check on the Polish National Catholic Church. They broke off communion with everyone in the Old Catholic and Anglican community and have been moving toward some form of reunion and reintegration into the Catholic Church. I do recall in Chicago that there was some limited form of intercommunion with the Polish National Catholic Church. The upshot of this is that the PNCC is on its way back toward Rome. (I'm no expert on this, but I thought I should pass on what I know.)

[Armando Guerra]

Do the "pre-Vatican II" groups really have a problem with Vatican II or with its implementation? I have read the Vatican II documents and articles by others such as Fr. Fessio and have come to the conclusion that Vatican II in itself was not the problem. In which case, Pope Benedict's "reform of the reform" may go a long way to bringing these groups back into the fold.