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Well, I don't know you "Old South" obfuscator. My comment was about invalid confessions that don't take.

The three churches where I go to confession do not have face-to-face as an option; as if it would be better to have invalid confessions behind a screen rather than valid ones "face-to-face" anyway.

Sometimes, the Sat. morning line is 2 tto 3 hours long. Besides, most of my friends would not consider me a "Novus Ordo" folk. I happen to be Catholic, and would prefer to go to the Traditional Latin Mass, and believe it is objectively a fuller representation of the Faith.

And as for your subtle, hidden innuendos... Do they teach you that at the SSPX chapel?

"Faith, hope and charity. And the greatest of these is charity."

How traditional is that?

You may have an opinion about the validity of SSPX priests and their confessions, in which case I recommend you do not attend one. That being said having an opinion does not make it so. Let us look at how the Novus Ordo branch of the Catholic Church views these fallen SSPX priests. Do they send them back to seminary for a "proper" training? Do they re-ordain them because they were not valid or legal or the form was incorrect?

I am glad your church makes good use of the confessional but we are talking bigger issues and a world wide church. You can not properly defend the Catholic Church based on the events in a few Churches, if I had that myopic view I would never complain about anything nor would most on this thread, SSPX or Novus Ordo. We would all pick out our own little place and nothing at all would be improved. Maybe I am missing something, it is possible you think everything is just fine. There are people who do you know.

As to my subtle, hidden innuendos, well I must apologize, how careless of me; they were never meant to be subtle, let alone hidden. There is a problem in the church; correction: many problems in the church; correction: many many problems in many churches in all countries and with many faiths. I would love to see mankind resolve at least a few problems in our church. I thought shooting the messenger went out with the Roman Empire, or did the Roman Catholic Church preserve that bit of history as well. I shouldn't complain at least you can claim it is Traditional. I prefer to describe myself as droll but you may prefer sarcastic. Call me what you will (under your breath) but wouldn't your effort be better utilized fixing the bigger problems in the Catholic Church. Do that and you may see us pesky SSPXers fade back into the fold or fade away.

It is in the agitation of the faithful the vipers move in our midst.