First, they silenced the majority inside the Franciscans of the Immaculate who had done their best for years to apply the Benedictine line of "hermeneutic of continuity". Their Summorum rights were reversed and subjected to an absurd authorization, their seminary shut down, their conservative majority disbanded and muzzled. The books and journals published by them were forbidden to be sold - greatly reducing the reach of the few Italian theologians who had tried to promote a moderately critical reading of Vatican II that was nevertheless respectful of the Holy See.
Then, they came for Mario Palmaro and Alessandro Gnocchi in Radio Maria.
Then, they asked for Roberto de Mattei's head in Radio Maria. In the name of mercy, the message is, "Like it, swallow it – or get out."
Then, they, using the solemn liturgical Tradition of the Church not as an instrument of grace but as a weapon, removed the daily Traditional Mass from a small traditional Catholic college with no explicit justification.…More