[In 2021 Fr. Cyprian Kolendo - one of the religious in Poland leaving the post-conciliar Franciscan Order for SSPX wrote the following open letter]
Reverend Father Provincial,
I am writing this letter with great pain, but at the same time knowing that it is not bearable to continue in the state of conscience in which I am without harming my own salvation. For almost a year, I have been seeing how the ideals that guided me when I entered the Order fade, and the pastoral and liturgical practice has in fact become a devilish distortion.
For years, I have believed that my traditionalism is compatible with the environment in which I function, that it is a path that should be remembered for the faithful for their spiritual benefit. Through my ministry, I wanted to lead the faithful to an evolutionary transition from the previous state to the Catholic Tradition. I was under the illusion that the voice of a few traditional prelates, such as Bishop Athanasius Schneider or Card. Robert Sarah, can …More