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You might have had the courtesy of posting to me as well, since your comment affirms nika's ignorant slander about my "jumping ship." But as you and he should realize by now, people who attend Mass at SSPX chapels are Catholics in good standing who appreciate a truly Catholic Mass in a truly Catholic environment, which is said by a Catholic priest who hasn't compromised his principles by surrendering the faith for the sake of novel teachings. They also appreciate having their kids have the catechism taught to them without fanciful modernist interpolations undermining Catholic doctrines and turning them into Protestants. They have not "jumped ship"--as even Vatican bureaucrats have been forced to admit recently.

If you doubt my word on this, consult Msgr. Perle's letter of September 18, 2003 before you make or affirm such outlandish charges. In it he says the following:
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In a previous letter to the same correspondent we had already indicated the canonical status of the Society of St. Pius X which we will summarize briefly here.

1.) The priests of the Society of St. Pius X are validly ordained, but they are suspended from exercising their priestly functions. To the extent that they adhere to the schism [sic] of the late Archbishop Lefebvre, they are also excommunicated [sic].

2.) Concretely this means that the Masses offered by these priests are valid, but illicit i.e., contrary to the law of the Church.

Points 1 and 3 in our letter of 27 September 2002 to this correspondent are accurately reported. His first question was "Can I fulfill my Sunday obligation by attending a Pius X Mass" and our response was:

1. "In the strict sense you may fulfill your Sunday obligation by attending a Mass celebrated by a priest of the Society of St. Pius X."

His second question was "Is it a sin for me to attend a Pius X Mass" and we responded stating:

2. "We have already told you that we cannot recommend your attendance at such a Mass and have explained the reason why. If your primary reason for attending were to manifest your desire to separate yourself from communion with the Roman Pontiff and those in communion with him, it would be a sin. If your intention is simply to participate in a Mass according to the 1962 Missal for the sake of devotion, this would not be a sin."

His third question was: "Is it a sin for me to contribute to the Sunday collection a Pius X Mass" to which we responded:

3. "It would seem that a modest contribution to the collection at Mass could be justified."

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Notwithstanding the falsity of any claim that SSPX adheres to a schism (it actively prays for the pope and has always accepted his papal authority), it is nevertheless a useful letter since it makes clear that attendance at SSPX Masses is permissible for Catholics for reasons of devotion.

I also take issue with your naive assumption that if more Catholics were to attend diocese-sponsored Tridentine Masses, "those parishes would eventually be forced to expand." Hardly. What such attendance would do is just the opposite--diminish the effectiveness of the only force that actively is opposing those who wish to destroy the ancient Mass. Up till now only the SSPX and some independent chapels scattered across the globe have exerted any opposition. It does not exist in those traditional parishes where priests have been effectively muzzled and imprisoned by their Novus Ordo bishops. These ordinaries for the most part have tolerated the existence of the Tridentine only as a means of keeping their faithful from attending SSPX chapels. Do away with the SSPX, and the other Tridentine Masses would soon disappear as well, and with them, the ancient Mass--and with it the Catholic faith uncontaminated by modernist novelties.

So dream on.