[Catholic Caucus] Traditionis custodes and the 'Streisand effect'

Info Vaticana via google translate ^ | June 20, 2023 | Carlos Esteban

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In March 2003, an amateur photographer, Kenneth Adelman, posted a series of 12,000 aerial photographs on his website to denounce the effects of erosion and real estate development on the California coast with, to be generous, little impact.

But in one of those photographs appeared the mansion of the actress and singer Barbra Streisand, who considered it an invasion of her privacy and sued Adelman. The result was a trial that was made public, which lost the Hollywood star and which managed to get Adelman's website to register 420,000 visits in a single month. The 'Streisand effect' was born, when the attempt to censor or cover up certain information results in the exact opposite effect.

Traditionis custodes has failed, and it has done so, to a large extent, by a process very similar to the 'Streisand effect'. The adherents of the traditional Mass are a tiny minority, statistically negligible in the Catholic world, but at the time of the publication of the papal motu proprio it was much more so and, above all, the very existence of that tiny redoubt was virtually unknown to the public. Average practicing Catholic. And that is what Francis's document ended with.

Suddenly, the Pope was dealing with a matter that seemed to be no one's problem, about which the overwhelming majority knew nothing at all. That already made it intriguing.

It was even more intriguing to contemplate this pontiff who has made mercy his motto, singling out an insignificant group for his censure without being able to justify his restrictions except with vague accusations and suspicions without evidence; to observe how a Pope especially fond of diversity, eager to unite more or less distant religions, took the trouble to attack a group of perfectly orthodox Catholic faithful. God, it seems, wants the plurality of religions, but ...

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[Dr. Sivana]

The adherents of the traditional Mass are a tiny minority, statistically negligible in the Catholic world,

Yes, but some can read the cross-tabs and come up with a different impression. First, at least 25% of young Catholics in France prefer the traditional Mass and Sacraments. Second, a LOT of seminarians are interested in saying the old Mass, some of them would want to say it exclusively. Some young priests also are drawn to it even after ordination. Traditiones stomps on them hardest.


Also, limited availability is some of the reason for the relative lack of numbers assisting at Mass. Look at the people attending the old Mass, ALL ages, and large families. The Novus Ordo? Mostly old folks, few children. Almost no young adults.

[alexander_busek]

The result was a trial that was made public, which lost the Hollywood star and which managed to get Adelman's website to register 420,000 visits in a single month.

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Regards,

[ELS]

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The source link says it was translated from Spanish text. If the translating program (in this case, Google Translate) is not sophisticated enough to include grammar and is just doing literal translation, that is what one gets. Google Translate may include A.I. I don't know.