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Do you have a reference for the Cardinal Ratzinger statement?

I'm not certain which particular statement Fr. Somerville is referring to in that statement.

Do you think that SSPX will get some footing since the movie?

I think that people are being made aware that there is an alternative. It's not just the SSPX, but the Latin Mass and traditional Catholicism. As Fr. Somerville points out, the SSPX stand out because they are the largest and the most well know of the traditional groups. But there are many groups of traditional Catholics who continue to offer the traditional Catholic Mass and to practice the traditional Catholic faith.

Most people have no clue that this even exists. But when they learn that they have a chance to flee from their kumbaya parishes and once again participate in the traditional Catholic faith and liturgy, many will want to take advantage of the opportunity.

>>(including Cardinal Ratzinger, the top theologian in the Vatican) who hold that this is not so<< (from the article)

"Most people have no clue that this even exists."

Count me in on that one!!!
I hope to attend a Latin Mass this weekend. If you had asked me anything about it three weeks ago, I would have said, "Huh?"
I have two months of assisting at CCD then I am making a decision about getting my children's religious education somewhere else.

But when they learn that they have a chance to flee from their kumbaya parishes and once again participate in the traditional Catholic faith and liturgy, many will want to take advantage of the opportunity.

Count me in among those (recent, since '99) Catholics who wish to find, participate, and indulge in the traditional reverence of the old Mass.