It will reappear since there are already people who are making arrangements for it. A few priests in the Diocese of Cleveland have said that they will celebrate the Mass. Also, my son attends the University of Notre Dame and he says that campus ministry has responded favorably to a request by students to have Tridentine Masses said on campus. Clearly, this excuse is not going to be around much longer and soon the SSPX will be nothing but an unhappy memory.
500 priests serving Catholic faithful won’t “go away” any time soon.
The theological formation of any Novus Ordo seminary, including the ones in Rome, pales in comparison to the semainary education and spiritual formation of the FSSP, the Institute of Christ the King, the Institute of Good Shepherd, and yes, the Society of St. Pius X.
Maybe those of you predicting the demise of the SSPX haven’t been following this close enough. The SSPX requested that the Pope free the Traditional Latin Mass for the entire Church. This was one of their requests—for the good of the entire Church.
The fact that some younger diocesan priests are going to be celebrating the Traditional Mass is a good thing. Who do you think is going to train them?
Angelus Press sold 1,100 of their 1962 missals last month alone. They had requests from 250 priests for their Latin Mass training DVD. They have been training priests in offering the TLM for months now—diocesan priests who come to them.
Nope. The SSPX “going away” is a pipe dream. Thankfully, Pope Benedict is intent in solving the canonical difficulties and then you guys can complain about them being in “full communion”.