The panicked effort to force the only liturgy that was never accepted by the whole Church

From @DrKwasnieski on Twitter/X:

Diane Montagna has obtained the secret letter that Cardinal Roche had distributed to all the cardinals before they departed. Liturgy may have been taken off the consistory's agenda—but it wasn't taken off of *his* agenda, and he made sure they received the right advice.

The sheer breathtaking stupidity of these two pages should be held up as a model of all that is wrong in the heads of these people. A bunch of tired long-exploded claims mashed up with a generous sprinkling of equal signs (Vatican II = liturgical reform = Holy Spirit) and several outright lies.

My favorite mendacity is his statement that "The use of liturgical books that the Council sought to reform was, from St. John Paul II to Francis, a concession that in no way envisaged their promotion." 

1. First, as you'd think the Prefect for the DDW should know, it was  Paul VI who first allowed the use of the "unreformed" books, not John Paul II. 

2. More to the point, the Vatican over the years approved many religious orders, communities, and houses that make exclusive use of the old liturgical books, and these groups have established a growing number of parishes with growing numbers of faithful. All along, this was understood and accepted. How exactly is that "not envisaging their promotion"? 

3. Finally, Benedict XVI's Summorum Pontificum EXPRESSLY makes room for the return and spread of the old rite, precisely because it has been found to be fruitful, especially among youths: "Immediately after the Second Vatican Council it was presumed that requests for the use of the 1962 Missal would be limited to the older generation which had grown up with it, but in the meantime it has clearly been demonstrated that young persons too have discovered this liturgical form, felt its attraction and found in it a form of encounter with the Mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist, particularly suited to them." (Letter of Benedict XVI to All Bishops, July 7, 2007)

If I were one of his fellow cardinals, I'd say to him: "Arthur, resign from your office. You have neither the intelligence nor the goodwill to run it without endangering your soul by your ignorant and malevolent scheming.”

Source: https://x.com/drkwasniewski/status/2011115105073705131?s=46&t=IydJ-X8H6c0NM044nYKQ0w