Expert: Fr. Michael - 12/9/2005

Question
Dear Father,
I have only been on allexperts 4 or 5 times and I have not asked this question before, so I must ask you to reply. I checked all the questions I have asked you, and looked at others questions to you and could not find one.
please help me by replying. Thankyou.
Greg

ps,
I realise it is not my place to 'preach' to a priest, but having looked (as a result of the search described above) at many of your answers to people, and looked recently at your website, I see that you are frequently opposing Holy Mother Church in many of the opinions and the advice you give. I myself love the tridentine Mass, but this does not call for an attack on the Novus Ordo, ugly though it can be in ritual, in essence it is the Holy Sacrifice. Refering to It as 'mess' is scandalous coming from a priest, especially when many of us who ask you questions and read your replies look up to you as a loyal priest of Rome (myself included), expecting answers loyal to the teachings of The Holy See. I realise you have just as much a right as any to be an expert on this site, and it does credit to your sense of generosity. However, I do ask that in your personal statement you make clear your stance on the Novus Ordo and the Church, that people not open to schism may be kept from it. I do not judge you father, that is for God, nor do I mean to insult you - I only ask that if you are going to reply to those who are loyal to the  Holy See, you make it known to them what your stance is early on, so that they do not think they are recieving an answer which is in line with the teachings of Rome, when it is not. May God Bless You.  

Answer
Sorry, the New Order is not Catholic.  Even Pope Paul VI proclaimed this fact when he said in his June 29, 1972, Sermon during the Mass for Sts. Peter & Paul, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of his coronation:  "We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God."

One must be careful to stay with the traditional Roman Catholic Church, that is, the Church that Christ founded and that His Apostles carried forth to the world, and that has been passed down for two millennia.  Scripture, Tradition, Popes and Councils, and Fathers and Doctors of the Church all make it clear that no one, not even a pope, can change the Deposit of Faith.  In doing so, he violates his sacred oath and, as the Church teaches, can be resisted to the face, as St. Paul resisted St. Peter to the face (Galatians).

It is an undeniable fact that the "New Mass" was fabricated by the Freemason Hannibal Bugnini with the assistance of six Protestant ministers.  Bugnini wrote a book in which he admits it.  The New Mass is currently being used in several Protestant churches.  By the decree of Pope Leo XIII, the "New Mass" is just as invalid as the Anglican service.  It's not a pretty fact, but it is a fact.  Pope Paul VI was so upset about Bugnini that he finally exiled him to Iran, and he died a few years later.

Therefore, I don't go by the latest "fad" -- the New Theology, the New Morality, the New Mass -- but stay absolutely and traditionally Roman Catholic.  I do not have to defend this traditional Roman Catholicism, as it been taught for 2000 years.

Rather, it is the self-proclaimed "New Order" that is changing the Faith and has to defend itself from charges of schism and heresy, not to say immorality.  All of this was the natural outcome of the unCatholic New Order, which has abandoned Catholic morality.