[Canticle_of_Deborah]

So if the good Bp. wants to follow Rome (and he does), he should allow Rome the job of dealing with the SSPX.

Thanks for the ping. Bishop B is a good bishop but he has a tendency to bring a sledgehammer to situations which require kid gloves and finesse. This is one of them.

I hope his decisions now are in line with Rome. Otherwise it is the BB pot calling the SSPX kettle black.

[narses]

He IS a good Bishop and a great man. Sometimes a sledgehammer is called for, other times not. He is in the awkward position of the pot calling the kettle black in this case, but it is understandable.

[ninenot]

Recall that BB's letter was written in 1995/6.

BB's Diocese offers Indult Masses, ALL-Latin NO Masses, and more 'conventional' NO Masses (celebrated STRICTLY by the book.)

There is NO good reason for an SSPX'r to claim that "he has noplace to go" in Lincoln. NONE.

BB dropped the sledge exactly where it should go: on the heads of the schismatics. Proper use of appropriate force. See Iraqi Liberation for another example of same.