Frs. Hewko & Ruiz: The Silence of the Shepherds [Joint Statement - July 1, 2023]

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The Silence of the Shepherds ... But Not All of Them - Joint Statement of Frs. Hewko & Ruiz

July 1, 2023

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JOINT STATEMENT OF FRS. HEWKO & RUIZ
JULY 1, 2023

[Transcribed from the above document. Slightly reformatted. All emphasis in the original. 

Any inadvertent errors in transcription from the original are mine.]



THE SILENCE OF THE SHEPHERDS... BUT NOT OF ALL OF THEM

IT IS NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THE DOCTRINAL AND PRUDENTIAL TRUTHS IN THIS HOUR OF DIABOLICAL DISORIENTATION, IN ORDER TO GUIDE CATHOLICS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CLAIM TO DEFEND TRADITION.


THE VISIBILITY OF THE CHURCH IS LINKED TO THE PROFESSION OF THE FAITH

1. THE INTEGRAL AND PUBLIC PROFESSION OF THE FAITH IS NECESSARY FOR THE VISIBILITY OF THE CHURCH, INDEED, FOR THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE CHURCH.

2. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE  AMONG THE CLERGY AND THE FAITHFUL WHO PROFESS THE INTEGRITY OF THE FAITH, THAT IS, THE WHOLE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH, BECAUSE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FAITH IS ONE OF ITS MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS AND BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT BE DESTROYED. IF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IS NOT INTEGRAL, IT IS NO LONGER THE CATHOLIC FAITH, AND IF THERE WERE NO LONGER ANYONE WHO PROFESSED ALL THE TRUTHS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH, THE CHURCH WOULD  HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED.

3. THE VISIBLE PROFESSION OF THE FAITH IS ABOVE ALL THE MISSION OF THE TEACHING CHURCH (ECCLESIA DOCENS) AND THIS ABOVE ALL BY DEFENDING ALL THOSE TRUTHS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING QUESTIONED. BUT EVEN SO, IT IS NOT ENOUGH THAT PASTORS TEACH THE TRUTH, BUT IT IS NECESSARY THAT THEY ALSO DENOUNCE AND CONDEMN THE CONTRARY  ERROR.

4. TODAY THE CHURCH ISECLIPSED BY THE ABSENCE OF TEACHING FROM THE MAJORITY OF PASTORS: WE LIVE IN THE AGE OF FAINTHEARTED, MUTE, AMBIGUOUS AND COWARDLY PASTORS. JUST AS THE APOSTLES ABANDONED AND DENIED JESUS CHRIST DURING HIS PASSION, SO TODAY THE PASTORS DENY THE CHURCH AND ABANDON  IT DURING HIS PASSION.

5. THE VISIBILITY OF THE CHURCH REQUIRES IN ITS MEMBERS FIRST OF ALL A PUBLIC PROFESSION OF THE FAITH, THAT IS TO SAY VISIBLE, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE ONLY THE NAME OF CATHOLIC. THE CHURCH IS NOT A PRIVATE OR SECRET SOCIETY.


WHERE ARE THE MARKS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY?

1. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT IN ITSELF BE IN CRISIS SINCE IT IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC. THE CRISIS OF THE CHURCH IS ABOVE ALL THE CRISIS OF THOSE SICK MEMBERS WHO ARE THE BAD CHRISTIANS, AND TODAY  UNFORTUNATELY, IT COMPRISES A GREATER PART OF THE CLERGY. BUT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR ALL, SINCE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS FROM JESUS CHRIST THE PROMISE OF INDEFECTIBILITY, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO REPRESENT IT IN ALL ITS MARKS, BUT IT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT THEY BE IN GREAT NUMBERS.

2. THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IS FIRST OF ALL IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH, THAT IS, IN DOCTRINAL UNITY. THE UNITY OF GOVERNMENT IS AT THE SERVICE OF THE UNITY OF THE FAITH AND NOT THE CONTRARY.

3. THERE CAN BE NO AUTHENTIC HOLINESS WHERE THERE IS NO INTEGRITY OF THE FAITH. THE "SAINTS" WHO ERR ON FAITH ARE FALSE SAINTS AND IMPOSTORS.

4. THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH LIES IN HER ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL PEOPLE THE TRUTHS OF THE FAITH, OF
WHICH SHE IS THE EXCLUSIVE DEPOSITORY. CONCILIAR ECUMENISM DOES NOT REPRESENT THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE IT OPPOSES THE SPREADING OF THE WHOLE TRUTH OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

5. OUR ADHERENCE TO THE APOSTOLICITY OF THE CHURCH IS MADE POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE BY THE BOND THAT WE HAVE WITH THE APOSTLES, BUT THIS IS MAINLY REALIZED THROUGH THE FAITH THAT THEY PREACHED AND THAT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION UNTIL OUR DAYS, THIS HERITAGE IS ALSO CALLED THE TRADITION OF THE CHURCH, IT IS THE TEACHING, THE STABLE EXPRESSION, NOT EVOLUTIONARY, OF ALL THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH IS THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST, THAT IS WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ESSENTIALLY AND IN ITSELF TRADITION.


DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE CONCILIAR CHURCH

1. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH THAT CAME INTO EXISTENCE DURING THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL IS NOT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH IS A COUNTERFEIT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH IS SOMETHING NEW, A NEW CHURCH. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH IS NOT THE VISIBLE CHURCH OF CHRIST. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH IS A SECT. POPE FRANCIS IS AT THE SAME TIME THE HEAD OF TWO CHURCHES: OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OF THE CONCILIAR CHURCH, IT IS IN THIS THAT THE GREAT DECEPTION, THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION OF THE HOLY PLACE CONSISTS. THE CONCILIAR CHURCH IS GRADUALLY ECLIPSING THE TRUE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REPLACING IT ABSOLUTELY.

2. WE CANNOT ACCEPT SEDEVACANTISM AS A “SOLUTION” TO THE CRISIS OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE DENYING THAT ALL THE LAST POPES ARE POPES TAKES AWAY FROM THE CHURCH EVEN THE VERY HOPE OF FINDING A SOLUTION AND AN FND TO THIS TREMENDOUS CRISIS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CANONICALLY JUDGE THESE POPES, ONLY A TRULY CATHOLIC POPE IN THE FUTURE WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

3. IN THE ORDER OF VIRTUES, FAITH IS PRIOR TO OBEDIENCE. AUTHORITY IS AT THE SERVICE OF FAITH AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE FULL PROFESSION OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING IN HARMONY WITH AUTHORITIES WHO ARE DESTROYING THE CHURCH. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE MEMBERS OF THE CONCILIAR CHURCH HAVE ILLEGITIMATELY TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE HIGHEST OFFICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THAT IS TO SAY, OF ITS STRUCTURE, IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IN SOME CASES IT IS LICIT TO DISOBEY MEN IN ORDER TO OBEY GOD. TO DISTANCE ONESELF FROM THIS STRUCTURE IS NOT IN ITSELF A SCHISMATIC ACT BUT SIMPLY A GREATER ACT OF PRUDENCE.


THE POISONED FRUITS OF THE CONCILIAR CHURCH

1. ALL THE CONCILIAR DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM ARE NOT, NOR CAN THEY BE, A DOCTRINAL REFERENCE FOR CATHOLICS. WE MUST REJECT AS A WHOLE ALL THE TEXTS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH ALL ITS REFORMS.

2. PASTORS AND OTHERS WHO CITE CONCILIAR AND POST- CONCILIAR TEXTS AS CRITERIA OF AUTHORITY ARE FOSTERING
CONFUSION AND DISORIENTATION AMONG THE FAITHFUL. THE PEOPLE ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY EDUCATED TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TRADITIONAL MAGISTERIUM FROM WHAT IS NOT. IN ADDITION, ALL THE CONCILIAR TEXTS ARE SO IMBUED WITH THE NEW SPIRIT THAT IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FREE THEM FROM IT, NOR FROM THEIR) CONTEXT, WHICH IS FORMED BY THE OTHER CONCILIAR DOCUMENTS.

3. THE NEW MASS IS THE DIRECT FRUIT OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. ITT WAS CREATED FOR ECUMENICAL MOTIVES AND TO PLEASE PROTESTANTS, THAT IS WHY IT IS SERIOUSLY CONTAMINATED WITH PROTESTANT ELEMENTS, AND IS THEREFORE POISONED. IT WAS NOT LEGITIMATELY PROMULGATED, NOR CAN IT BE CONSIDERED A CATHOLIC RITE. IT IS SO VITIATED THAT IT CAN BE SAID TO BE EVIL IN ITSELF AND INTRINSICALLY SO.

4. SINCE THE NEW MASS IS AN INTRINSICALLY EVIL RITE, CATHOLICS SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN IT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT OFFENDS OUR FAITH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS AN ATTACK AGAINST IT, SINCE IN THE LONG RUN THE NEW MASS MAKES THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN IT ACQUIRE A PROTESTANT SPIRIT. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTENDANCE AT THE NEW MASS IS IMMORAL AND THEREFORE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO POSITIVELY ADVISE ANYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. NEITHER IS IT LICIT TO RECEIVE THE HOSTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSECRATED THERE, BECAUSE COMMUNION, BEING THE DIRECT FRUIT OF THE NEW MASS, IS THE MOST PERFECT FORM OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS MASS.

5. ALL THE NEW SACRAMENTS OF THE NEW CONCILIAR CHURCH ARE OBJECTIVELY DOUBTFUL BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER BE SURE OF THE INTENTIONS OF THEIR MINISTERS. AND ALSO OF THE NEW MASS AND OF THE EUCHARIST.

6. MIRACLES ARE THE CREDENTIAL THAT GOD GIVES TO HIS CHURCH AS PROOF OF HIS DIVINITY. ‘THE NEW MASS CANNOT BE THE OBJECT OF DIVINE APPROVAL BY MEANS OF MIRACLES. IN THE CONCILIAR CHURCH TODAY THERE ARE SO MANY ABUSES AND ANOMALIES THAT THE TESTIMONY OF THE CONCILIAR CLERGY ON ALLEGED "MIRACLES" CAN DEFINITELY NOT BE TAKEN AS A GUARANTEE.

7. THE PROCESS USED TODAY IN THE CANONIZATION OF THE NEW SAINTS HAS BEEN PROFOUNDLY MODIFIED BY THE NEW CHURCH, WHICH IS WHY THERE IS A DOUBT ABOUT ALL THE NEW CANONIZATIONS, BECAUSE OF A DEFECT OF FORM, ABOUT THEIR REGULARITY AND THEIR VALIDITY. THE CONCILIAR POPES, BEING MODERNISTS, NO LONGER INTEND TO DO ANYTHING ABSOLUTE AND DEFINITIVE, SINCE MODERNISM IS EVOLUTIONIST.


IS COLLABORATION WITH THE CONCILIAR CHURCH LEGITIMATE AND MORAL?

1. IN THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE CHURCH, ONE CANNOT COLLABORATE WITH THE PASTORS WHO, CONSCIOUSLY OR NOT, ARE DESTROYING THE CHURCH, BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO A VERY GRAVE DANGER OF BEING ABSORBED BY THE CONCILIAR CHURCH. IT IS A GREAT ILLUSION TO BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEMS OF THE CHURCH CAN BE CORRECTED FROM WITHIN, SINCE IT IS A HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROFESS THE WHOLE OF THE TRADITIONAL FAITH WITHIN ITS STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE WHO TODAY OCCUPY THE HIGHEST POSITIONS ARE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE THE REFORMS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. THIS IS THE ILLUSION OF THE “ECCLESIA DEI" CONGREGATIONS, OF OTHER SIMILAR INDULT  CONGREGATIONS AND RECENTLY OF THE NEO-SSPX.

2. FOR THE PARISHIONERS THERE IS ALSO THE GRAVE DANGER OF BEING ABSORBED BY THE NEW CONCILIAR CHURCH THROUGH THESE ACCORDIST CONGREGATIONS, SINCE BEING SUBJECTED TO THE CONCILIAR ROME THEY CANNOT OPENLY CRITICIZE THE ERRORS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL, NOR THOSE OF THE MODERNIST HIERARCHY AND END UP BEING GRADUALLY ABSORBED BY THE NEW CHURCH. THE FAITHFUL OF THE TRADITION SHOULD NOT FREQUENT THESE CONGREGATIONS SINCE IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE MASS AND THE SACRAMENTS BUT ALSO ABOUT THE FACT OF FREQUENTING AN ENVIRONMENT WITH A WHOLE PASTORAL CARE THAT GOES WITH THEM. NOT TO HEED THIS WARNING IS TO EXPOSE ONESELF TO THE GRAVE DANGER OF BEING DISORIENTED AND GRADUALLY ASSIMILATED BY THE CONCILIAR CHURCH. IT IS BETTER NOT TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE MASSES OR TO FREQUENT ANY OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS AND TO WAIT UNTIL ONE FINDS A TRULY TRADITIONAL PRIEST WHO IS NOT COMPROMISED BY THE ACCORDISM OF THE CONCILIAR CHURCH.

3. IT IS NECESSARY TO DISTANCE ONESELF FROM THOSE PRIESTS WHO ONLY SPEAK OF "SPIRITUAL" THEMES AND WHO NO LONGER CRITICIZE MODERN ERRORS, NOR THE ERRORS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL, NOR THE AMBIGUITY OF THE “ECCLESIA DEI" AND NEO-SSPX CONGREGATIONS. THE TENACIOUS OMISSION OF CERTAIN POINTS AND THEMES OF CAPITAL IMPORTANCE CAN SOMETIMES BE A SIGN OF COMPLICITY. THE TRUTH IS FITHER TAKEN IN ITS ENTIRETY OR IT IS NO LONGER THE TRUTH, OR IT IS DEFENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY OR ONE IS NO LONGER A TRUE DEFENDER OF IT.

4. THE SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X WAS FOUNDED BY ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE AFTER THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL TO SAVE THE TRADITION OF THE CONCILIAR TIDAL WAVE, TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FAITH AND TO COMBAT THE ERRORS THAT THREATEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT IS FOR THE SAME REASON THAT HE DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM THE CONCILIAR HIERARCHY IN ORDER TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE PRESERVATION AND DEFENSE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

5. HOWEVER, SOME OF HIS SUCCESSORS, IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CONGREGATION, HAVE BELIEVED THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER THAN THEIR FOUNDER....THE NEW LEADERSHIP OF THE NEO-SSPX IS GRADUALLY LEADING TO THE ASSURED DESTRUCTION OF THIS WORK (OPERATION SUICIDE), WHICH WAS FORMERLY FOUNDED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (OPERATION SURVIVAL). UNDER THE PRETEXT OF “CONVERTING MODERNIST ROME" THEY HAVE ALLIED THEMSELVES WITH IT AND ARE SLIPPING INTO A REAL TRAP.

THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM ROME VARIOUS’ "PERMISSIONS" AND "JURISDICTIONS" IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE, I.E. THEIR SILENCE, WHICH CONSTITUTES A MAJOR COMPROMISE. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER IN ORDER TO MAKE VERY SERIOUS  COMPROMISES AND "INSIDE" THE CONCILIAR STRUCTURE, IT SUFFICES THAT THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WHICH LITTLE BY LITTLE FORM AN AUTHENTIC AND TRUE AGREEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL LAW THE TOLERANCE OF CERTAIN PRACTICAL FACTS BY THE RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS CAN CREATE WITH TIME A REAL LEGAL “STATUS”...

IT IS ILLEGAL AND UNTHINKABLE WITHIN THE CONCILIAR CHURCH TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO CONFER SACRAMENTS TO THOSE PRIESTS WHO ARE NOT INCARDINATED; IF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEO-SSPX HAVE ALREADY BEEN GRANTED "PERMISSION" BY THE CONCILIAR CHURCH TO GIVE THE SACRAMENTS IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE CLEARLY ALREADY INCARDINATED; IF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEO-SSPX ARE ALREADY INCARDINATED IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY WITHIN THE NEW CHURCH AND THAT STRICTLY IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY TO SIGN ANY AGREEMENT.

6. BLINDNESS IS THE FRUIT OF SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST. THIS IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF ALL THE CONGREGATIONS AND GROUPS THAT WERE FORMERLY TRULY TRADITIONAL AND THAT HAVE GONE BACKWARDS AND BECOME COMPROMISING. IT IS THE FRUIT OF A SERIOUSLY RECKLESS "PRUDENCE" BECAUSE IT OBSTINATELY IGNORES THE EVIDENCE THAT CERTAIN PRACTICAL ATTITUDES SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE THE FAITH. ALL THESE GROUPS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, GRADUALLY TEND TO ACCEPT THE ENTIRE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND NO LONGER WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN. THE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS IS EVIDENT! PRACTICAL IMPRUDENCE — IN THE THINGS OF FAITH IS A COMPROMISE IN THE THINGS OF FAITH....!

7. PROOF OF THER DOCTRINAL COMPROMISE OF THE NEO-SSPX, IS FOUND IN THE DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY RELEASED IN 2012, AMONG THEM — ARE: THE DOCTRINAL DECLARATION OF APRIL 15, 2012, THE GENERAL CHAPTER STATEMENT OF JULY 2012, THE SIX CONDITIONS FOR THE AGREEMENT WITH ROME AND THE INTERVIEWS WITH BP. FELLAY, FR. PFLUGER AND ETC. THE MOST SERIOUS OF THESE IS THE DOCTRINAL DECLARATION, WHICH EXPRESSES ACCEPTANCE OF VATICAN II'S DOCTRINES ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, ECUMENISM, AND COLLEGIALITY, AS WELL AS ACCEPTING THE NEW MASS AND SACRAMENTS AS “LEGITIMATELY PROMULGATED", THE NEW PROFESSION OF FAITH OF 1989 AND THE NEW CODE OF CANON LAW (WITH NO DISTINCTIONS).

8. DOCTRINE MORALS INFLUENCES MORALS. IF COMPROMISE THERE IS COMPROMISE IN DOCTRINE, THERE WILL NECESSARILY FOLLOW COMPROMISE IN MORALS. EVER SINCE THE NEW-SSPX HAS COMPROMISED IN DOCTRINE, THE MORAL TEACHING HAS SUFFERED COMPROMISE, AS A CONSEQUENCE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE WEAK STAND ON THE VA**+#%=NES. MANY DOCTORS AND NURSES REVEALED THEIR CONTENTS AS CONTAINING MATTER DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM CELLS OF ABORTED INFANTS, EVEN WHILE STILL ALIVE! THIS FACT ALONE, CONDEMNS ANY SORT OF PARTICIPATION IN THESE VA*#%!)*NES. LAMENTABLY, THE NEW-SSPX PUBLICLY APPROVED OF THEIR USE AND PARTICIPATION, PROVIDED ITS NON-COOPERATION PROVED TO BE A DETRIMENT TO ONE'S JOB. TWO CRIMES ARE ENCOURAGED HERE; FIRSTLY, THE INVOLVEMENT IN INDIRECT ABORTION, AND SECONDLY, DIRECT COOPERATION IN THE EUGENICS PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE GLOBALISTS AS AN IMMORAL MEANS TO REDUCE THE WORLD POPULATION.


THE THUC LINE

ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE EXPRESSED SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE VALIDITY AND LICITNESS OF THE THUC LINE CONSECRATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LINKED TO PALMAR DE TROYA, IN SPAIN, HIS POSITION WAS TO AVOID THEM, ALTOGETHER. THERE, THEY WENT SO FAR AS TO ELECT THEIR OWN PRETEND-POPE. THERE ARE SERIOUS REASONS TO DOUBT IF SOME OF THESE THUC LINES ARE EVEN STILL INSIDE THE CHURCH. THE EPISCOPAL CONSECRATION OF A NON-CATHOLIC IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL ILLICIT ACTIONS TAKEN BY ABP. THUC, WHICH LEAVES ONE TO QUESTION IF HE WAS STILL IN HIS RIGHT MIND... (AMONG OTHER WORKS, SEE CLARENCE KELLY'S BOOK "THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE" FOR AN INDEPTH STUDY ON THIS QUESTION, DISREGARDING THE SEDEVACANTIST VIEWS EXPRESSED THEREIN).


THE PROBLEM OF THE LIBERAL SPIRIT

1. THE LIBERAL SPIRIT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS DOCTRINAL LIBERALISM, ALTHOUGH IT IS AN EMANATION OF THE LATTER.

2. THE NEW SOCIAL STATE GENERATED IN THE CATHOLIC STATES TWO CENTURIES AGO BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, WITH LIBERAL LAWS AND LIBERAL CULTURE HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A NEW GENERATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIC CATHOLICS. IN A SECULAR STATE WHERE THE TRUTH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LOST ITS RIGHTS AT ALL LEVELS AND WHERE ALL RELIGIONS AND DOCTRINES WERE PUT ON THE SAME LEVEL, THE SO-CALLED "CATHOLIC" LIBERALISM WAS BORN TWO CENTURIES AGO IN FRANCE. THIS "CATHOLIC" LIBERALISM WENT FROM PROMOTING PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH THE ABNORMAL STATE OF SOCIETY TO ACCEPTING IT AS SUCH.

CATHOLICS WHO HAVE LIVED SINCE CHILDHOOD IN A LIBERAL SOCIETY END UP SEEING THIS SITUATION AS "NORMAL". IN TODAY'S RELATIVISTIC STATE OF SOCIETY, CATHOLICS ALMOST WITHOUT REALIZING IT HAVE GRADUALLY BECOME RELATIVISTIC THEMSELVES. THEY NO LONGER FULLY PERCEIVE THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF UNIQUENESS AND COHERENCE OF
TRUTH. THIS HAS BECOME IN THEM A SPIRIT, A STATE OF MIND, A "SENSIBILITY", A WAY OF LIFE THAT HAS ACCEPTED NOT ONLY THE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH THE MODERN SPIRIT BUT, EVEN MORE, BELIEVES THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL OR OF THE CHURCH CAN BE RECONCILED WITH THE WORLD.

THE LIBERAL SPIRIT IS NOT A DOCTRINAL BUT A PRACTICAL SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DOCTRINAL STABILITY OF THE CONCEPTS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH. IT IS BECAUSE THE LIBERAL SPIRIT HAS AS ITS FOUNDATION A SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, BY NOT WANTING TO ACCEPT COMPLETELY THE EVIDENT AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE TRUTH, THAT IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVERT THOSE WHO HAVE IT.

MOREOVER, THEY ARE OF SUCH A REMARKABLE TENACITY AND SO OBSTINATE THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE "MISSION" TO CONVERT DOCTRINAL CATHOLICS, AND THIS IS THE EXTENT OF THEIR BLINDNESS. THOSE WHO HAVE THE LIBERAL SPIRIT CAN TEMPORARILY ADOPT THE THESES OF DOCTRINAL CATHOLICISM BUT THEY WILL NOT PERSEVERE IN THEM BECAUSE DEEP DOWN THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM.

3. CATHOLICS OF LIBERAL SPIRIT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE LAST TWO CENTURIES A BURDEN FOR DOCTRINAL CATHOLICS, THOSE WHO DID NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IS THE TRUE CONCEPT, FIRST THE NATURAL TRUTH AND THEN THE TRUTH OF FAITH. IN THE LAST TWO CENTURIES THE "CATHOLICS" OF LIBERAL SPIRIT WITH THEIR WORLDLY CONCEPTS OF FALSE PRUDENCE HAVE ALWAYS SABOTAGED THE EFFORTS OF DOCTRINAL CATHOLICS AND HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF A MULTITUDE OF DEFEATS OF CATHOLICISM, FOR EXAMPLE: THE BISHOPS WHO BETRAYED THE CRISTEROS; THE BISHOPS WHO WANTED TO RECONCILE THE CHURCH WITH THE MODERN WORLD IN THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND MORE RECENTLY FATHER SCHMIDBERGER AND BISHOP FELLAY WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN RECONCILE TRADITION WITH THE ENEMIES OF TRADITION, ETC. IT IS IN THIS SENSE THAT THE DECLARATIONS OF CARDINAL RATZINGER WERE MADE IN AN INTERVIEW HE GAVE TO THE ITALIAN MAGAZINE "JESUS": "THE CONCERN OF THE MEN OF THE CHURCH IN THE SIXTIES WAS TO RECONCILE THE CHURCH WITH TWO CENTURIES OF LIBERAL ‘CULTURE", IT COULD NOT BE SAID MORE CLEARLY!

4. THE PLAGUE OF THE LIBERAL SPIRIT, BY ITS NATURAL TENDENCY, ALWAYS AND GRADUALLY LEADS TO THE CORRUPTION OF WHAT IS TRUE CHRISTIAN PRUDENCE AND TRUE FAITH. IT IS ORIENTED TO THE PROPER DOCTRINAL LIBERALISM FROM WHICH IT ORIGINALLY EMANATED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT THE SOCIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST THE KING IS AT PRESENT NOT REALIZABLE.



Faced with the ongoing compromises we have no other choice but to maintain the Battle for the Holy Faith in the line of Pope St. Pius X, all the anti-Liberal Popes and of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. May Our Sorrowful Mother, who stood at the foot of the Cross, keep us faithful and give us the grace to rebuild and persevere in the integral Catholic Faith!

On the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, we, the undersigned priests, propose the above text for the consideration of all those who love the true One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church:

Father David Hewko
Father Hugo Ruiz V.

July 1st, 2023

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Adapted and reformatted from the original English version - all inadvertent transcription errors are mine. PDF may be downloaded here.

The Silence of the Shepherds... But Not All of Them

It is necessary to clarify the doctrinal and prudential Truths in this hour of diabolical disorientation, in order to guide Catholics, especially those who claim to defend Tradition.

The Visibility of the Church is Linked to the Profession of the Faith

1. The integral and public profession of the Faith is necessary for the visibility of the Church, indeed, for the very existence of the Church.

2. There will always be those among the clergy and the faithful who profess the integrity of the Faith, that is, the whole doctrine of the Faith of the Church, because the integrity of the Faith is one of its most essential elements and because the Catholic Church cannot be destroyed. If the Catholic Faith is not integral, it is no longer the Catholic Faith, and if there were no longer anyone who professed all the truths of the Catholic Faith, the Church would have already been destroyed.

3. The visible profession of the Faith is above all the mission of the Teaching Church (Ecclesia Docens) and this above all by defending all those truths that are currently being questioned. But even so, it is not enough that pastors teach the Truth, but it is necessary that they also denounce and condemn the contrary error.

4. Today the Church is eclipsed by the absence of teaching from the majority of pastors: we live in the age of fainthearted, mute, ambiguous and cowardly pastors. Just as the Apostles abandoned and denied Jesus Christ during His Passion, so today the pastors deny the Church and abandon it during His Passion.

5. The visibility of the Church requires in its members first of all a public profession of the Faith, that is to say visible, it is not enough to have only the name of Catholic Church. The Church is not a private or secret society.


Where are the Marks of the Catholic Church Today?

1. The Catholic Church cannot in itself be in crisis since it is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The crisis of the Church is above all the crisis of those sick members who are the bad Christians, and today unfortunately, it comprises a greater part of the clergy. But this is not necessarily the case for all, since the Catholic Church has from Jesus Christ the promise of indefectibility, and there will always be those who represent it in all its marks, but it is not absolutely necessary that they be in great numbers.

2. The Unity of the Church is first of all in the unity of the Faith, that is, in doctrinal unity. The unity of government is at the service of the unity of the Faith and not the contrary.

3. There can be no authentic Holiness where there is no integrity of the Faith. The "saints" who err on Faith are false saints and impostors.

4. The Catholicity of the Church lies in Her ability to communicate to all people the truths of the Faith, of which She is the exclusive depository. Conciliar ecumenism does not represent the Catholicity of the Church because it opposes the spreading of the whole truth of the Church of Christ.

5. Our adherence to the Apostolicity of the Church is made possible in the first place by the bond that we have with the Apostles, but this is mainly realized through the Faith that they preached and that has been transmitted from generation to generation until our days. This heritage is also called the Tradition of the Church, it is the teaching, the stable expression, not evolutionary, of all the essential elements of the Catholic Church which is the work of Jesus Christ, that is why the Catholic Church is essentially and in itself Tradition.


Differences between the Catholic Church and the Conciliar Church

1. The Conciliar Church that came into existence during the Second Vatican Council is not the Catholic Church. The Conciliar Church is a counterfeit of the Catholic Church. The Conciliar Church is something new, a new church. The Conciliar Church is not the visible Church of Christ. The Conciliar Church is a sect. Pope Francis is at the same time the head of two churches: of the Catholic Church and of the Conciliar Church, it is in this that the great deception, the Abomination of Desolation of the Holy Place consists. The Conciliar Church is gradually eclipsing the true Catholic Church, with the ultimate goal of replacing it absolutely.

2. We cannot accept sedevacantism as a “solution” to the crisis of the Church because denying that all the last popes are popes takes away from the Church even the very hope of finding a solution and an end to this tremendous crisis. We do not have the authority to canonically judge these popes, only a truly Catholic Church pope in the future will have the authority to do it.

3. In the order of virtues, Faith is prior to obedience. Authority is at the service of Faith and not the other way around. The full profession of the Catholic Faith is more important than being in harmony with authorities who are destroying the Church. At the present time the members of the Conciliar Church have illegitimately taken possession of the highest offices of the Catholic Church, that is to say, of its structure. It is necessary to keep in mind that in some cases it is licit to disobey men in order to obey God. To distance oneself from this structure is not in itself a schismatic act but simply a greater act of prudence.


The Poisoned Fruits of the Conciliar Church

1. All the Conciliar documents and all the post-Conciliar Magisterium are not, nor can they be, a doctrinal reference for Catholics. We must reject as a whole all the texts of the Second Vatican Council together with all its reforms.

2. Pastors and others who cite Conciliar and post-Conciliar texts as criteria of authority are fostering
confusion and disorientation among the faithful. The people are not sufficiently educated to distinguish what is in conformity with the Traditional Magisterium from what is not. In addition, all the Conciliar texts are so imbued with the new spirit that it is practically impossible to free them from it, nor from their context, which is formed by the other Conciliar documents.

3. The New Mass is the direct fruit of the Second Vatican Council. It was created for ecumenical motives and to please Protestants, that is why it is seriously contaminated with Protestant elements and is therefore poisoned. It was not legitimately promulgated, nor can it be considered a Catholic Rite. It is so vitiated that it can be said to be evil in itself and intrinsically so.

4. Since the New Mass is an intrinsically evil rite, Catholics should not participate in it, not only because it offends our Faith, but also because it is an attack against It, since in the long run the New Mass makes those who participate in it acquire a Protestant spirit. Consequently, attendance at the New Mass is immoral and therefore it is unlawful to positively advise anyone to participate in it. Neither is it licit to receive the Hosts that have been consecrated there, because Communion, being the direct fruit of the New Mass, is the most perfect form of participation in this Mass.

5. All the New Sacraments of the New Conciliar Church are objectively doubtful because we can no longer be sure of the intentions of their ministers. And also of the New Mass and of the Eucharist.

6. Miracles are the credential that God gives to His Church as proof of His Divinity. ‘The New Mass cannot be the object of divine approval by means of miracles. In the Conciliar Church today there are so many abuses and anomalies that the testimony of the Conciliar clergy on alleged "miracles" can definitely not be taken as a guarantee.

7. The process used today in the canonization of the New Saints has been profoundly modified by the New Church, which is why there is a doubt about all the new canonizations, because of a defect of form, about their regularity, and their validity. The Conciliar popes, being modernists, no longer intend to do anything absolute and definitive, since modernism is evolutionist.


Is Collaboration with the Conciliar Church Legitimate and Moral?

1. In the present state of affairs in the Church, one cannot collaborate with the pastors who, consciously or not, are destroying the Church, because there is also a very grave danger of being absorbed by the Conciliar Church. It is a great illusion to believe that the problems of the Church can be corrected from within, since it is a hierarchical society and it is impossible to profess the whole of the Traditional Faith within its structure, especially when those who today occupy the highest positions are determined to continue the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. This is the illusion of the “Ecclesia Dei" congregations, of other similar indult congregations and recently of the Neo-SSPX.

2. For the parishioners there is also the grave danger of being absorbed by the new Conciliar Church through these accordist congregations, since being subjected to the Conciliar Rome they cannot openly criticize the errors of the Second Vatican Council, nor those of the modernist hierarchy, and end up being gradually absorbed by the New Church. The faithful of Tradition should not frequent these congregations since it is not only about the Mass and the Sacraments but also about the fact of frequenting an environment with a whole pastoral care that goes with them. Not to heed this warning is to expose oneself to the grave danger of being disoriented and gradually assimilated by the Conciliar Church. It is better not to attend any of these Masses or to frequent any of these environments and to wait until one finds a truly traditional priest who is not compromised by the accordism of the Conciliar Church.

3. It is necessary to distance oneself from those priests who only speak of "spiritual" themes and who no longer criticize modern errors, nor the errors of the Second Vatican Council, nor the ambiguity of the “Ecclesia Dei" and Neo-SSPX congregations. The tenacious omission of certain points and themes of capital importance can sometimes be a sign of complicity. The truth is either taken in its entirety or it is no longer the truth, or it is defended in its entirety, or one is no longer a true defender of it.

4. The Society of Saint Pius X was founded By Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre after the Second Vatican Council to save the Tradition [from] the Conciliar tidal wave, to preserve the integrity of the Faith and to combat the errors that threaten the Catholic Church. It is for the same reason that he distanced himself from the Conciliar hierarchy in order to make possible the preservation and defense of the Catholic Faith.

5. However, some of his successors, in the leadership of this congregation, have believed that they could do better than their founder.... the new leadership of the Neo-SSPX is gradually leading to the assured destruction of this work (Operation Suicide), which was formerly founded for the reconstruction of the Catholic Church (Operation Survival). Under the pretext of “converting modernist Rome" they have allied themselves with it and are slipping into a real trap.

They have received from Rome various "permissions" and "jurisdictions" in exchange for a conciliatory attitude, i.e., their silence, which constitutes a major compromise. It is not necessary to sign a piece of paper in order to make very serious compromises and "inside" the Conciliar structure, it suffices that the facts speak for themselves, which little by little form an authentic and true agreement. According to the ecclesiastical law the tolerance of certain practical facts by the religious superiors can create with time a real legal “status”...

It is illegal and unthinkable within the Conciliar Church to give the right to confer sacraments to those priests who are not incardinated; if the members of the Neo-SSPX have already been granted "permission" by the Conciliar Church to give the sacraments it is because they are clearly already incardinated; if the members of the Neo-SSPX are already incardinated it is because they are already within the New Church and that strictly it is no longer necessary to sign any agreement.

6. Blindness is the fruit of sin against the Holy Ghost. This is the common denominator of all the congregations and groups that were formerly truly traditional and that have gone backwards and become compromising. It is the fruit of a seriously reckless "prudence" because it obstinately ignores the evidence that certain practical attitudes seriously compromise the Faith. All these groups, without exception, gradually tend to accept the entire Second Vatican Council and no longer want to recognize that they have been mistaken. The spiritual blindness is evident! Practical imprudence — in the things of faith is a compromise in the things of faith...!

7. Proof of their doctrinal compromise of the Neo-SSPX is found in the documents publicly released in 2012, among them — are: the Doctrinal Declaration of April 15, 2012, the General Chapter Statement of July 2012, the Six Conditions for the Agreement with Rome and the interviews with bp. Fellay, Fr. Pfluger, etc. The most serious of these is the Doctrinal Declaration, which expresses acceptance of Vatican II's doctrines on religious liberty, ecumenism, and collegiality, as well as accepting the New Mass and Sacraments as “legitimately promulgated", the New Profession of Faith of 1989, and the New Code of Canon Law (with no distinctions).

8. Doctrine influences morals. If there is a compromise in doctrine, there will necessarily follow a compromise in morals. Ever since the New-SSPX has compromised in doctrine, the moral teaching has suffered compromise, as a consequence. An example of this is the weak stand on the va*#%!)*nes. Many doctors and nurses revealed their contents as containing matter derived directly from cells of aborted infants, even while still alive! This fact alone, condemns any sort of participation in these va*#%!)*nes. Lamentably, the New-SSPX publicly approved of their use and participation, provided its non-cooperation proved to be a detriment to one's job. Two crimes are encouraged here; firstly, the involvement in indirect abortion, and secondly, direct cooperation in the eugenics program which has been publicly announced by the globalists as an immoral means to reduce the world population.


The Thuc Line

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre expressed serious reservations about the validity and licitness of the Thuc line consecrations, especially those linked to Palmar de Troya, in Spain, his position was to avoid them, altogether. There, they went so far as to elect their own pretend-pope. There are serious reasons to doubt if some of these Thuc lines are even still inside the church. The episcopal consecration of a non-Catholic church is one of the several illicit actions taken by Abp. Thuc, which leaves one to question if he was still in his right mind... (among other works, see Clarence Kelly’s book "The Sacred and the Profane" for an in-depth study on this question, disregarding the sedevacantist views expressed therein).


The Problem of the Liberal Spirit

1. The liberal spirit is not the same thing as doctrinal liberalism, although it is an emanation of the latter.

2. The new social state generated in the Catholic States two centuries ago by the French Revolution, with liberal laws and liberal culture has given birth to a new generation of schizophrenic Catholics. In a secular state where the Truth of the Catholic Church lost its rights at all levels and where all religions and doctrines were put on the same level, the so-called "Catholic" liberalism was born two centuries ago in France. This "Catholic" liberalism went from promoting peaceful coexistence with the abnormal state of society to accepting it as such.

Catholics who have lived since childhood in a liberal society end up seeing this situation as "normal". In today's relativistic state of society, Catholics almost without realizing it have gradually become relativistic themselves. They no longer fully perceive the fundamental concepts of uniqueness and coherence of Truth. This has become in them a spirit, a state of mind, a "sensibility", a way of life that has accepted not only the peaceful coexistence with the modern spirit but, even more, believes that the spirit of the Gospel or of the Church can be reconciled with the world.

The liberal spirit is not a doctrinal but a practical spirit that does not want to understand the doctrinal stability of the concepts of the catholic church faith. It is because the liberal spirit has as its foundation a sin against the Holy Ghost, by not wanting to accept completely the evident and fundamental principles of the truth, that it is practically impossible to convert those who have it.

Moreover, they are of such a remarkable tenacity and so obstinate that they believe they have the "mission" to convert doctrinal Catholics, and this is the extent of their blindness. Those who have the liberal spirit can temporarily adopt the theses of doctrinal Catholicism, but they will not persevere in them because deep down they do not understand them.

3. Catholics of liberal spirit have always been in the last two centuries a burden for doctrinal Catholics, those who did not lose sight of what is the true concept, first the natural truth and then the truth of Faith. In the last two centuries the "Catholics" of liberal spirit with their worldly concepts of false prudence have always sabotaged the efforts of doctrinal Catholics and have been the cause of a multitude of defeats of Catholicism, for example: the bishops who betrayed the Cristeros; the bishops who wanted to reconcile the church with the modern world in the Second Vatican Council and more recently Father Schmidberger and Bishop Fellay who believe they can reconcile tradition with the enemies of tradition, etc. It is in this sense that the declarations of Cardinal Ratzinger were made in an interview he gave to the Italian magazine "Jesus": "the concern of the men of the church in the sixties was to reconcile the church with two centuries of liberal ‘culture", it could not be said more clearly!

4. The plague of the liberal spirit, by its natural tendency, always and gradually leads to the corruption of what is true Christian prudence and true faith. It is oriented to the proper doctrinal liberalism from which it originally emanated in the nineteenth century. It is generally believed that the social kingdom of Christ the King is at present not realizable.



Faced with the ongoing compromises we have no other choice but to maintain the Battle for the Holy Faith in the line of Pope St. Pius X, all the anti-Liberal Popes and of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. May Our Sorrowful Mother, who stood at the foot of the Cross, keep us faithful and give us the grace to rebuild and persevere in the integral Catholic Church Faith!

On the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, we, the undersigned priests, propose the above text for the consideration of all those who love the true One, Holy, Catholic Church and Apostolic Church:

Father David Hewko
Father Hugo Ruiz V.

July 1st, 2023

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This recent newsletter of Fr. Hewko's is an excellent addendum to the above Doctrinal Statement:

Sorrowful Heart of Mary SSPX-MC Newsletter



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Summer 2023

Dear Friends of the Cross!

“We have to build while the others are demolishing,” preached Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. How we long for a good Pope in Rome! How we long for bishops to stand fearlessly for the integral Catholic Faith, as Abp. Lefebvre did! Bishops who are not compromising with Vatican II, the New Profession of Faith, the new Sacraments, the New Code of Canon Law, and the New Mass! How we long for a resurgence of the Catholic Faith of Tradition in Rome and the Social Reign of the Heart of Jesus in every nation! “Thy Kingdom come, on earth as it is in Heaven!”

In the ongoing Battle, there’s not a single priest of the Catholic Resistance who desires to be “independent,” working without a bishop and laboring totally on his own. This is abnormal and undesirable for any Catholic, let alone the priest. But, when Conciliar Rome slipped into apostasy after the Second Vatican Council, did Abp. Lefebvre expect to be found standing alone, “rogue,” “disobedient,” “dissident”? Far from it! Did all those priests expelled by their bishops in the 1960’s and 70’s for refusing the New Mass and filthy Catechisms desire to be “independent” and “on their own”? Far from it!

But when the authorities abandon their duties and abuse their position by inflicting unjust punishments and try to coerce their subjects to accept compromises against the Catholic Faith, then they have no choice but to prudently separate themselves from these abusers and continue feeding the flock and fight for the Faith. This was the wise advice of Abp. Lefebvre: “It is a strict duty of every priest who wishes to remain Catholic, to separate himself from this Conciliar Church.” (Spiritual Journey, Abp. Lefebvre, p.13). If this applies to Roman authorities imposing Vatican II and the New Mass on their subjects, the same applies for those bishops demanding compromise, however slight it may be, with Vatican II and the New Mass as a matter of obedience.

Thus, every single priest of the Society of St. Pius X has been in the position of having to make a choice, since 2012. Either, he conforms to the new doctrinal direction which accepts that Vatican II can “enlighten and deepen the understanding of Tradition” and that the New Mass and New Sacraments are “legitimately promulgated”, or he resists this abuse of authority and is consequently silenced or cast out as a rebel. Unfortunately, most priests conformed to the new orientation since 2012, as did thousands of clergy and religious after the Second Vatican Council, in the 1960’s and 70’s.

The same applies to bishops of the False Resistance who give the appearance of standing with Abp. Lefebvre, but insist on the following: that the New Mass “miracles” be believed; the New Mass can give grace and nourish your Faith; that “it's not the time for seminaries, structure and organization;” that the Faith can be taught in silence; and that the true Catholic Resistance is nothing more than disgruntled “Resistants,” who must put away the “toys” of expecting a Catholic resurgence in the pattern of Abp. Lefebvre. These positions are in direct opposition to everything the Archbishop stood for! These bishops do not represent the true Catholic Resistance! They are not the Catholic Resistance! They admit this fact out of their own mouths!

On the contrary, Abp. Lefebvre condemned the New Mass and the errors of Vatican II, in no uncertain terms! He insisted the New Mass is sterile and cannot nourish one’s Faith but rather erodes it! He energetically defended the urgent need for seminaries and founded five of them throughout the world, himself! He established veritable oases of structure and organization in the retreat houses, parishes, missions, schools, universities and convents he founded! He did not restrict his preaching and letters to his chosen few hidden “under a bushel,” but fearlessly preached the Faith and wrote letters to the Popes and the entire world! He called for the crusade of the large family, the generous sacrifices of seminarians, sisters, brothers, and priests to rebuild the Church! Even in his eighties, he traveled the world strengthening the Faith and administering Confirmation to thousands!

Some may object: “You can’t expect everyone to be an Abp. Lefebvre, he was unique and it's unrealistic to expect his bishops to do the same!” This is true, if one speaks of his gentlemanly meekness, his sanctity, and fruitful apostolate as a missionary in Africa. No one can easily match such greatness, sanctity and experience. But the duty of publicly preaching the integral Catholic Faith was imposed by Christ Himself on all the bishops of the Church! “Go, Preach to all nations!” The duty of publicly condemning heresy, scandals against the Faith, compromise, and error are commanded by the Divine Savior Himself! If they fail to do so, He will require the blood of the stray sheep at their hands! (Ezekiel 3:18).

So when it is said: “You Resistance priests are independent, you have no bishop. You are rebels!” What can we say but: “Please show us even one bishop who is not compromising with Vatican II and the New Mass. Please point out one that openly condemns heresy and error and never compromises with it. Please give the information to contact one who stands with the unchanging Magisterium of the Church, like Abp. Lefebvre, but also openly opposes the public scandals of the Modernist Popes, prelates, and Conciliar Magisterium.” Indeed, it should be his spiritual sons, whom he consecrated, who ought to be doing these things. But unfortunately, every one of them has compromised with Vatican II and the New Mass in some way, since 2012, even if by silence. [N.B: The Thuc or De Costa line bishops are dubious and out of the question].

“But you expect perfect bishops and that’s unrealistic, not all bishops in history have been saints.” That is true, not many have been saints. In fact, “Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops,” said St. John Chrysostom! The Novus Ordo bishops may have some excuse due to their lack of formation, ignorance and modernist training.

But the sons of Abp. Lefebvre have no excuse! He formed his seminarians in the good soil of Tradition and in the solidity of the counter-Revolution. They were watered in the sound doctrine of the anti-Liberal Popes and their roots struck deeply in the life of prayer and spirituality of Holy Mother Church. So to expect the same anti-Liberal position from them should be no surprise. What is surprising is their lack of it!

Abp. Lefebvre once said that the faithful have a right to know where their priests stand. They have a right to hear sound doctrine in their preaching and to know that their priests are not evolutionists, ecumenical, modernists or compromisers with Vatican II and the New Mass. The same holds for the bishops.

This is not a call for condemning anyone nor of overly-scrutinizing the least mistake of the authorities, but rather an appeal for all to pray and do penance for them. We must beg the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for Rome to return to Tradition and our bishops and clergy come back to where they once stood, by publicly maintaining the doctrinal position of Abp. Lefebvre. He not only said, but did the Truth. Abp. Lefebvre was a pattern for all shepherds to imitate. He was one that Pope St. Pius X would have unhesitatingly canonized as a model for all clergy. The Archbishop is still a true model, but not the false caricature often portrayed of him as the ever smiling, meek and gentle bishop, to the exclusion of his other side which included his iron fist, the episcopal lion that roared the Truth, and the boxer for the defense of Catholic Tradition, that he truly was!

“Prudent as a serpent, but simple as a dove” defines his character and wisdom. So, if we find ourselves out in the cold, let us at least be found standing by the Sorrowful Mother at the foot of the Cross! The first Pope and bishops fled away in that hour, but She remained with Her Divine Son, strong in Faith, like an immovable pillar, knowing without hesitation that the day of the Resurrection would come. May She inflame us with love for Jesus Crucified and an unshakeable hope that God will grant us, once again, Popes and bishops who will lead and feed the flock! “The gates of Hell shall not prevail!”

In Christ the King,

Fr. David Hewko

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BitChute video of the Fathers' Doctrinal Statement 

with English, Spanish, and French subtitles: https://www.bitchute.com/video/tZd0iH0aqzIO/