“Fundamentalism is a sickness that is in all religions,” said the Pontiff. “We Catholics have some — and not some, many — who believe they possess the absolute truth and go ahead dirtying the other with calumny, with disinformation, and doing evil. They do evil. I say this because it is my Church.”
The tradosphere is ablaze with claims of victimhood. He's talking about me!!!
Not so fast. Who are these evil fundamentalists? They surely cannot be you're run of the mill Latin Mas goer, not even the ardent. Would the pope really be extending olive branches in the year of mercy to the fsspx if he though they were doing evil? No, of course not.
So, who are these evil doers? These calumnizing "fundamentalists" who believe they (and they alone) hold the absolute truth? Let's see...
If you adhere to neo-Feeneyism and you think everyone is damned who isn't a formal member of a Catholic parish, you might be a fundamentalist.
If you tell people that all Catholics must promote young earth, talking snake, type Creation, you might be a fundamentalist.
If you call other Catholics heretics for believing the sun is the center of our solar system, you might be a fundamentalist.
If you told a relative at thanksgiving dinner they commit sacrilege by attending the ordinary form of the mass, you might be a fundamentalist.
Yes, these folks exist. Chances are the Holy Father was not referring to you. But then again.....
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