Practicing Catholics Often Attend the Traditional Mass - Cardinal Sarah
Abortion & Morality
· Abortion is an abominable crime.
· To enshrine abortion in the [French] Constitution as a right is to mock God — a direct insult to God.
God at the Center of Society
· It is suicide to detach ourselves from God, to reject Him, to exclude Him from society.
· Trump’s decision to invite his people to turn toward God is a wise one.
Impossible Women’s Ordination
· There is no female priesthood. The Church has no authority, no power to ordain women. It’s impossible.
· Mary is the holiest of all, but Jesus did not make His Mother a priest.
· Perhaps someone may begin ordaining women — but that is not the priesthood of Christ.
· The Anglicans have no priesthood, since they did not follow apostolic succession. It's an election.
Doctrine & Magisterium
· Doctrine evolves like an embryo: it develops without changing its nature.
· It is only the Magisterium that we must believe — not the opinions of theologians.
Exaggerated Abuse Crisis
· Yes, there are priests who have done abominable things — but we must not lump everyone together.
· Some exaggerate these serious faults.
· The guilty must be punished, but the whole Church must not be condemned for the sins of a few.
· They try to silence the Church — but the Word of God cannot be chained.
Liturgy & Tradition
· We have turned the Mass into a battlefield — traditionalist, progressive, this and that — and we are profaning the Eucharist.
· Why forbid this or that? Who gives us the right to prevent someone from being personally united with God?
· The question of liturgy is a question of faith: lex orandi, lex credendi — as we pray, so we believe.
· In fact, those who truly practice their faith today are often the ones who attend the traditional Mass — why forbid them? On the contrary, they should be encouraged.
· Mass is the only time when man is in face-to-face relationship with God. It is the only time when man is in direct contact with God.
Sexuality & Blessings
· God created man and woman to complement each other.
· Allowing two people of the same sex to marry or be blessed makes no sense — even the pagans never did that.
· There has not been in history a document declaring same-sex marriage possible.
· The worst was when the LGBT flag was brought into St. Peter’s Basilica — that is an insult to God.
· Every person must be respected, but each must also respect God and the doctrine of the Church.
Secularism & Persecution
· The most serious persecution is in the West: your faith and Christian values are being anesthetized.
· Secularism often serves as an ideological cover for a war against the Church.
Ecology & Competing Cults
· Yes, we must respect creation — but we must not turn it into a goddess.
· Bringing an idol [Pachamama] into a basilica is a serious confusion.
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