(NB: The link has just been been fixed! My apologies to those who read this post in the last several hours. - Pascal.)
(For the background story to this tragedy, please read Rorate's post of April 15, 2011: No more oasis in the desert of Evreux)
A video (with Spanish subtitles) from Pagina Catolica: Después del padre Michel
A video (with Spanish subtitles) from Pagina Catolica: Después del padre Michel
The contrast between the situation in the church before and after Fr. Michel's removal is striking indeed, as is the massive walk-out of the parishioners (beginning at 1:47) when his replacement tries to offer Mass without a chasuble. (The same scene is repeated at 5:24 when the faithful -- who are praying the rosary -- walk out when a priest comes in to offer Mass, again without a chasuble.) Most pathetic is the botched "TLM" that Fr. Michel's replacement tries to offer (shown beginning 5:49).
Noteworthy as well is the presence of acolytes in copes and tunicles at Fr. Michel's TLM and of various liturgical peculiarities that many of our readers will readily identify.
