2024

Theme: Sursum Corda: Lifting Up Our Hearts in a Time of Crisis

Mr. C. Joseph Doyle — The Triumph of Tradition

Very much keeping with the conference theme of “Lifting Up Our Hearts in Time of Crisis,” Mr. C. Joseph Doyle, head of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, takes a closer look at the modern Church’s definite pendulum swing back towards Tradition. “Pope John Paul II threw us a lifeline with Ecclesia Dei,” Mr. Doyle points out; “Pope Benedict XVI made us respectable; Pope Francis, ironically, made us popular.” We traditionalists, Mr. Doyle says, owe a lot to Pope Francis who, by unsuccessfully persecuting us, has made thinking Catholics form ranks and solidify themselves — a cause for hope if ever there was one!

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