The liberal approach.
Our friends at Rorate posted a translation of an article in Italian about an incident in Ronta, near Florence.
My emphases and comments:
“You have been tough, but we will smash your head. Signed, Your friend Satan”. That was one of several threatening messages sent to Father Hernán García Pardo, parish priest of San Michele, in Ronta [Mugello region of the Province of Florence, Tuscany]. His fault [was] that of celebrating the Latin Mass, liberalized by Benedict XVI in September 2007. [NB: “The Latin Mass” can also be the Novus Ordo.]
The warnings, which had been recurrent for some time, had not made the priest, who despite everything has continued to say Mass according to the ancient rite, give up. The last chapter [took place] last Wednesday, when he was beaten up by a ‘faithful’ in the town’s rectory in the presence of his aged mother. The beating led to bruising on his back; having been sent to the emergency room of Borgo San Lorenzo, he was medicated.
The news item was published today in the Giornale della Toscana; the accusations made against Father Hernán are those of scattering the flock; above all, he is not forgiven for distributing communion in the mouth [to the] kneeling [faithful], instead of on the hand, in the same manner as Benedict XVI. For others, the Italian-Argentine priest has only brought back some sacred austerity to the parish, excluding guitars from the functions and bringing back to within the walls of the church the ancient Gregorian chant. …
This is a dramatic example of someone who was more than likely not taking his meds. But this is how liberals work. They use violence, either by words or by actions. This is the case in many spheres of life.
Say a prayer for the disturbed man who raised his hand against the Lord’s anointed.
BTW… the rather melodramatic threat of the disturbed man doesn’t seem so melodramatic when you know that real Satanism is on the rise in some parts of Italy.
