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I absolutely love his face! And it's because of what you said, his Holiness just shines through. Look at his eyes; just look at them!

Now to your question: the only thing I've read of Fr. Malachi's are parts of his book on the fall of the Jesuits. The reading was unbelievably astounding, both because of what he was relaying and his undeniable erudition. I was in awe of his intellect, and his Christ-like (and what appeared to be natural) evenhandedness, and sense of fairplay reminded me so much of the true spirit and nature of Christ.

Fr. Malachi could be right in his thinking on the matter, he was certainly in a great position to make a solid assessment. And I think Pope JPII is a Holy Man.

But I don't sense anxiety from the Pope. I think he thinks in historical terms, and perhaps views this as one of the many convulsions of the Church, which will ultimately be addressed by the Holy Spirit.

I really try to keep a positive outlook, but dread has a firmer hold on it. You and I have discussed the various experiences we've had with Mass and Ecumenism (sp?), and that's the locus of my dread.

Those Churches are filled, the Traditional Churches and the Traditional Faith are on life-support, if you ask me. I know there are Traditional Churches here and there that boast a decent sized congregation, but they are anomalous, as far as I can see.

And the thing is, the Traditionalists and the NO Congregations have very little in common. Niceties can be exchanged, goodwill, on both sides can abound, but the values of each, and their respective concepts of what Catholicism entails and what it demands of one seem to be drifting further and further apart.

I'm reading a book by Fr. Vincent P. Miceli, S.J. titled The Antichrist, maybe that is what is making me so melancholy, and focused on the dangers the Church faces, I don't know. And finally, K, I wasn't the one who posted the pictures, pascendi was, so your thank you is rightfully his. K, nice to talk to you, as usual.

Oops! Thank-you, pascendi, for the wonderful pix of PiusX.:-}

Ping to another interesting thread with some related material. The article deals with someone returning to the Latin Mass, but whether you are a Traditionalist or not, it has a very interesting analysis of JPII and some of his positions (around the middle of the article).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1316396/posts