"I Don't Pay Attention to the Pope!"

That bad attitude is reflected in the September 9, 2007 bulletin of St. Joseph Church, Springfield, MO. That's the diocese where a strong and active contingent of traditional Catholics are asking Bishop John Leibrecht and his priests for a traditional Latin Mass according to Pope Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum. Well, you can see how far these Catholics are getting by reading the "Pastor's Reflection" in the bulletin. I was going to quote a few of the pastor's sourpuss comments here, but they really need to be read in their entirety to see and feel the hateful spite being spewed at traditional Catholics.

Catholics in southwest Missouri have practically given up hope of working with Bishop Leibreicht and now believe the only place he will ever let an old Latin Mass be offered is in a small out-of-the-way place--in the "boonies." I profiled the liberal Bishop Leibrecht in an earlier post, and he has still not been replaced. Even though he was required to submit his resignation over two years ago at the age of 75!

I heard from a woman and her husband who recently moved from the liberal Springfield diocese to the more Catholic diocese of Wichita, KS. They say the move was well worth it because they now have a good Catholic parish, with only a few of many spiritual advantages listed below:

1. Pro-life activities
2. Good grade school
   
3. Apologetics classes--in high school
   
4. Joint religion classes [Generations in Faith Together] for adults and children where rosary kits were given out (600 people showed up!)
5. Reminders of traditional Catholicism (e.g., written prayers, small flyer--"Have you visited these Shrines?", color pictures of saints, )
6. Morality Plays
7. Wonderful young priest
8. Beautiful large Catholic church