[Pyro7480]

Pope Benedict needs read these characters the Riot Act.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[ichabod1]

Not really. Just appoint a conservative Bishop.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I must be really naive, because I keep being ASTOUNDED by the treachery of Bishops who oppose the Pope.

[Dajjal]

They are just so frightened of that Mass!!!

[LordBridey]

Welp, I don’t think he will be named the bishop.

[LordBridey]

Welp, I don’t think he will be named the bishop.

[PapaBear3625]

There is nothing compelling me to only go to Mass at the church that is closest to my residence. When I go to Mass, I put my donation in the collection plate. Whichever church I feel like showing up at, is the one which will receive my money

Seems like a self-correcting problem, if enough parishioners decide they like the Latin mass

[magisterium]

Indeed!

NOW!

Benedict is in a position to nip the protests and foot-dragging in the bud. By dealing swiftly, decisively and - to be blunt about it - harshly with this functionally illiterate individual (the MP couldn't be clearer or more concise in the wording for its implementation), he will send the message that he is not about to "blink first" in the struggle for a return to liturgical orthodoxy. He should have this guy ordered to Rome and reassigned to digging ditches with the Sampietrini, and make it clear that any further episcopal resistance to the MP will result in similar treatment for all comers!

Seriously, though, an example needs to be set right now, at the beginning of the MP's implementation. The recent popes have set the stage for this type of resistance with a very lax attitude about discipline. Benedict has shown clear signs that he is not as naive about such matters as JP II was, but he needs to follow through, especially in matters that pertain to the implementation of his own direct decisions. The future of the TLM and a general swing toward orthodoxy and orthopraxis depends on Benedict's firm resolve to not "go wobbly" in clear cases of defiance like this one. Let this guy in Genoa see just why many, derisively or otherwise, call Benedict "God's Rottweiler"!

[Salvation]

**Monsignor Andrea Giusto **

I guess he has not internalized the concept of obedience to the Holy Father.

(In other words, he’s in deep trouble!)

[narses]

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[AliVeritas]

Ahhh... the smoke of Satan.

[ELS]

UPDATE:

[Pope Benedict XVI] Appointed Msgr. Vittorio Lupi of the clergy of the diocese of Ventimiglia- Sanremo, Italy, vicar general, as bishop of Savona-Noli (area 400, population 148,808, Catholics 146,410, priests 134, permanent deacons 8, religious 458), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Ceriana, Italy in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1964.

And over on Rorate Caeli:

"May he be obedient to the letter and to the mens of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum..."