Dear readers,Heaven only knows how I would like to display the thousand possibilities of the probable motu proprio to be, God willing, issued (when?) by the Holy Father. But I must try to present facts, so this weblog will not venture in the field of conjectures*.
We simply do not know what the document will be like, its contents, the structures it may or may not establish, the rights it will recognize and the new ones it may create... If we are lucky, we may have a glimpse of the matter before the eventual publication, but in all probability not even that will be possible. We are dealing with surprises and deep secrecy, with a document which the mid-level and low-level bureaucrats, the ones who slow down the Vatican machinery, spread gossips, and fill the columns of talkative "experts", have not even seen**.
We have tried to bring to light only the "first" sources, those who are copied endlessly by news agencies and news releases, in an artificial spiral of feverishness, which is, now as always, inappropriate in this serious yet serene issue***. I believe we have succeding in separating wheat and chaff among news, rumors, and assumptions...
A great silence will fall on this issue for an unknown period of time which will seem long, even too long. It would be futile to waste time and resources on a number of events and possibilities which may never turn out to be true. It is much better to pray: for the Church, for the Holy Father, for the propagation of the one true Faith, for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart, for the social Kingship of Our Lord, for justice to be recognized and effected regarding the Traditional Rites of the Latin Church.
Only a few details will be important in the way we prepare ourselves to receive this eventual document, and in the way we teach and enlighten others about its true nature. These details will be presented and discussed in the appropriate time.
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*Even though the causes for such a move are multiple and quite clear, as Father Zuhlsdorf explains.
** Read John Allen's text on the issue, 4th paragraph -- it is the same we have been hearing from others.
***Read Hilary's interesting post to understand how it works
*Even though the causes for such a move are multiple and quite clear, as Father Zuhlsdorf explains.
** Read John Allen's text on the issue, 4th paragraph -- it is the same we have been hearing from others.
***Read Hilary's interesting post to understand how it works
