[sinkspur]

Better to be a schismatic, than a heretic.

So, you, too, have left the bark of Peter?

An SSPX Mass is valid, though it is illicit to attend one, when an Indult or Novus Ordo Mass is available.

Gibson, apparently in a cynical ploy, used the Pope to try to get an endorsement for his movie.

The Pope leads an institution that Gibson no longer believes in.

[Pyro7480]

This is all so typical of you. You are so caught up in your traditionalist-bashing that you are blind to the other aspects of this story.

[ultima ratio]

"An SSPX Mass is valid, though it is illicit to attend one, when an Indult or Novus Ordo Mass is available."

Wrong. Here is what Msgr. Perle of Ecclesia Dei has stated in a letter of January 18, 2003: "In the strict sense you may fulfill your Sunday obligation by attending a Mass celebrated by a priest of the Society of St. Pius X...If your intention is simply to participate in a Mass according to the 1962 Missal for the sake of devotion, this would not be a sin."

Nothing about indult Masses or anything else. It's a matter of the individual's personal devotion. One reason behind this letter is the private acknowledgement--however grudgingly acted upon--that the SSPX is not in schism and is not a separate church or religious sect, that it is an internal institution of the Church herself. You need to get up to snuff on this.

[HairOfTheDog]

Gibson, apparently in a cynical ploy, used the Pope to try to get an endorsement for his movie. The Pope leads an institution that Gibson no longer believes in.

Gibson screened the film for, and tried to get endorsement from many Christian and Jewish religious leaders. It is being sold through churches of all denominations... Many types Gibson himself doesn't follow.

[Salvation]

**The Pope leads an institution that Gibson no longer believes in.**

Very well stated.