Cardinal Betori Forbids Immemorial Mass -- The Dilemma of the "Conservatives" Under Pope Francis

(Florence) The "tragedy" of so-called "conservatives" in the Church under Pope Francis is currently being revealed emblematically in Florence, says lawyer Carlo Manetti. This coming Sept.25, Father Serafino Lanzetta, of the "Commissariat"- oppressed, Franciscans of the Immaculate,will announce in Florence, his latest book: "The Second Vatican Council: a Pastoral Council" .

It may be mentioned that Cardinal Archbishop of Florence Giuseppe Betori, has prohibited the public celebration of Holy Mass in the traditional Rite by Father Serafino Lanzetta.

Father Lanzetta had been the Prior of the Order, at its convent in Florence. Since then he lives in "exile" in the monastery of Kitzbühel.

Fr.Lanzetta and the Franciscan Friars were forced by the Apostolic Commissar Father Fidenzio Volpi. to leave Florence. The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Florence must also leave the city.

The Archbishop, the Old Mass and "Reasons of Expediency"

The organizers of the conference requested Archbishop Giuseppe Cardinal Betori, to allow Father Lanzetta to offer the Traditional Latin Mass for the participants of the meertng. The request was rejected by the cardinal.

In the book, which is at the same time a Doctoral thesis, Father Lanzetta has analyzed, with meticulous documentation,the main currents of the Second Vatican Council.(Also see report Mental Power of an Exile - Habilitation Thesis of Father Lanzetta Presented on Second Vatican Council ). The preface for the book is written by the theologian Manfred Hauke. A book of "incontrovertible orthodoxy," said Carlo Manetti in an interview. Manetti is the editor of the book:Un caso che fa discutere: i Franciscan of the Immaculate (Franciscans of the Immaculate: One Case that Provides Discussions, Fede & Cultura, Verona).

A lecturer in International Relations, Manetti is one of the speakers at the conference, to be held in the ballroom of the Regional Parliament of Tuscany. Among others, the historian Roberto de Mattei (European University of Rome) and Pietro De Marco (University of Florence) will speak, as well as representatives of Catholic media, Guido Scatizzi (Riscossa Christiana) and Pucci Cipriani ( Controrivoluzione ). The organizer of the conference is the traditional association Communion Tradizionale of Florence.Its president, Ascanio Ruschi had appealed to the Archbishop and he received the written rejection.
  The interview of Carlo Manetti was conducted by Domenico Rosa for Il Sito di Firenze .

The No of Cardinal Betori to Father Lanzetta and Traditional Rite

Carlo Manetti on the "conservatives" in the new "climate" of Pope Francis

It seems Cardinal Betori, who is counted among the "conservative" bishops, does not consider the book by Father Lanzetta as "orthodox" ...

Manetti:...(Cardinal Betori) expressly forbids Father Serafino from offering the Traditional Latin Mass in public.One can see no doctrinal condemnation of the book's content.But - if one may say - it is a "political" condemnation of the text...

If you allow, I would like to extend the question still to the drama, not to say, tragedy, to the present situation in which the so-called "conservative" Catholics find themself. They would like,perhaps, to return to the truth in their hearts, but reasons of practical expediency, which are called "pastoral" today ," compel them to accept this... So, to avoid the current widespread accusations of "traditionalism" or more recently even "crypto-Lefebvrianism", they are forced to represent opinions that actually represent the progressive Catholic extremism.

How do you explain the ban in the Church of San Gaetano to celebrate a Holy Mass in the traditional rite ... the church which is supervised by the Old Rite Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest? How do you see this "turnaround" of the Archbishop of Florence, who generously supported the traditional Mass until recently and the Old Ritual community churches entrusted to his care?

Manetti: As the Cardinal himself stated in his letter, the reasons are not doctrinal, but pastoral, political, ideological. Today, after the accession of Pope Francis, the "most endangered" prelates, the so-called "conservatives" are exactly like that. The case of Cardinal Piacenza for example showed: the first 'defenestrated' by the new Pope. They are forced to show themselves as far more progressive than their colleagues to provide evidence of their loyalty to the "new course". For the progressives whose resistance acted against Benedict XVI., is today, however, like a life insurance policy, a guarantee certificate for the future that they believe in the so-called new "Church of Mercy"...

Father Serafino Lanzetta is not a dangerous heretic?

Manetti: Of course not. Father Serafino Lanzetta is not only not a dangerous heretic, but - despite his young age - one of the greatest living theologians, brilliant and profound....

How is the provisional administration of the Franciscans of the Immaculate to end, after most of the brothers have unsuccessfully made ​​the request to be allowed to leave the Order?

Manetti: Everything happening so far suggests that there is a deliberate intention is to "liquidate" the Order of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, both the male and the female branch. All measures, sometimes accelerated, sometimes slowed down, aim at this. It can be seen plainly that the case of the Franciscans of the Immaculate reveal the violent face of modernism..

I would therefore like to take the opportunity of this interview to prompt all, in the defense the truth about the Order of the Franciscans of the Immaculate founded by Father Manelli and Father Pellettieri, to persevere...because the silence can only profit the persecutors.

Introduction / Translation: Giuseppe Nardi
image: Messa in Latino / Carlo Manetti

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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