[sinkspur]

I think a lot of it is that tons of priests would be outraged if the FSSP or another 'JPII' priestly order were allowed into Boston. So for all the talk of 'denying the faithful the Eucharist' it seems that not all possible remedies are 'open for discussion' - in fact, there's only one 'remedy' that seems to be 'open for discussion'. It's pretty hypocritical.

If the FSSP would celebrate the Novus Ordo in addition to the Tridentine Mass, I'd bet O'Malley would not have a problem. The FSSP won't allow their priests to concelebrate with the bishop or other priests for fear of being "contaminated" by the Novus Ordo. I can see why a bishop wouldn't want this attitude in his diocese.

A parish with an indult Mass is not the same as an all Tridentine Rite parish. I wonder if there are enough traditional Catholics in Boston to support such a parish.

[american colleen]

I think there's about 350 regular indult attendees. The indult is not well known and it is not advertised plus the parish is in a hard to get to area and the area is in a dodgy part of Boston. Not good parking either.

[B Knotts]

The FSSP won't allow their priests to concelebrate with the bishop or other priests for fear of being "contaminated" by the Novus Ordo.

I don't think this is accurate. Wasn't there a big stink over this issue being forced on the FSSP a while back?

Regardless, even if true, it is not a legitimate reason to suppress the order, as long as they regard the Missa Normativa as valid.

[Mershon]

"The FSSP won't allow their priests to concelebrate with the bishop or other priests for fear of being "contaminated" by the Novus Ordo. I can see why a bishop wouldn't want this attitude in his diocese."

This is a baldfaced lie. In fact, while the constitutions of the order prohibited it, the Vatican overruled this several years ago, and there are some FSSP priests every year who "concelebrate" the Chrism Mass with their local Ordinary.

Why not FORCE the Eastern-rite priests and the Orthodox priests to "concelebrate" the Novus Ordo too? Why is this concern only for the Traditional rite of the Latin rite?