Sunday, December 31, 2023

If I Were Pope

If the college of cardinals elected me pope, I would immediately rescind the reforms of Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Mass, forbidding its celebration, ordering all Roman rite priests to learn and use exclusively the 1962 liturgical books, and until then to cease all Novus Ordo Masses.  I would also order all Roman rite bishops and priests to immediately follow in all their actions the ecclesial tradition in place up until Vatican II.  I would step outside of the conclave and immediately put this in writing to be posted on the Vatican website.  I would then immediately strip all cardinals of that title and appoint a small conclave of new cardinals chosen from the SSPX, posting that declaration also to the Vatican website.  I would then eat lunch, resign, and return to my quiet life here in Oklahoma. The city of Broken Arrow is now stocking one of its park’s ponds with trout.