Madness! Bishop Rifan of Campos, Brazil defends Traditionis Custodes

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Madness! Old Rite Bishop DEFENDS Traditionis Custodes

gloria.tv | August 10, 2021


Bishop Fernando Rifan, the head of the Old Rite Apostolic Administration in Campos, Brazil, commented in a recent homily (video here) on Francis’ Traditionis custodes.

He said that he replied to Francis' never published consultation on the Roman Rite, that there were "no problems" within his jurisdiction.

However, Rifan identified two "enemies" of the Roman Mass. His first "enemy" are progressive conformists who hate the Roman Mass because it expresses the Catholic doctrine of the Sacrifice of Mass.

In order to place himself opportunistically in the "middle," he invented a "second enemy" whom he called “radical traditionalists” and insulted as “stubborn” [=determined] and “quarrelsome” [=convinced]. He insinuated that this imaginary enemy “uses the Mass in order to criticise Vatican II, the local bishop, and the whole Church” - as if such criticism were not legitimate.

“Everyone knows there are radicals on the Internet, and this also harms the Mass in the old form, because they end up using it to create problems in the Church.” Rifan didn't explain how forbidding the Roman Rite Francis addressed this "problem."

He mentioned a meeting with Francis in Rome when Francis told him that “I’m only against exploiting the Mass in the old way, when they use it to attack the Church, the Pope and the Council.” Rifan hurried to echo Francis, “So do I.”

For Rifan, Traditionis custodes doesn't abolish but only "regulate" the Roman Mass. He presents the outlandish theory that it affects only those who “were doing it wrong” and will have to get permission of the bishops now. He thus condemned ALL priests of the Church across the board, because TC affects them all.

In October 2017, Rifan told the laity not to wait for the shepherds, to speak out, and to protest - exactly what happens now in reaction to TC.

[Emphasis mine.]