[St.Chuck]

Protestants 1) objected to the doctrine of Transubstantiation and the Real Presence; 2) objected to the concept of the Mass as a reenactment of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary; 3) objected to the doctrine of the continual need for expiation for our sinfulness.

Then the Protestant's were disappointed. I don't know an informed Catholic that is unaware of these doctrines in the N.O. mass. I would bet that uninformed Catholics were as clueless to these elements in preconciliar days. Really, your immersion into the schizzy propaganda stew has made you believe everything and anything that degrades the Catholic Church in this third millenium. Your self-imposed exile has made your commentary on the modern church pretty much useless, as your information is generated by cultic sympathizers.

[ultima ratio]

Oh, but the Protestants were hardly disappointed. They lauded the New Mass and found it congenial to their tastes and beliefs. It was Catholics who stayed away by the millions and denounced the new liturgy. Within seven years of its unlawful imposition Mass attendance in the US dropped from more than 80% to around 25%. It's now around 17%. But of course people like you don't give a damn one way or the other. To you it's of small consequence whether a Catholic doctrine is suppressed or subverted or bruited from the rooftops. People like you are Catholics the way they are Democrats. You want to belong to a club, not a faith--because faith--doctrinal belief--to you is of minor consequence, a lot of fuss over nothing.