Vatican Double Standard: Communists IN, Traditionalists OUT

Why does the Vatican appear willing to tolerate bishops appointed by Communist China without a papal mandate while taking increasingly severe action against Traditional Catholic bishops of the SSPX?

Michael Matt examines this contradiction alongside a series of developments affecting Traditional Catholics: reported restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass in Seattle and Pittsburgh, new pressure against the TLM in England, and the Vatican’s apparent silence over Catholic politicians who openly support abortion.

Again: Why are Traditional Catholics being treated as the problem while openly hostile forces within and outside the Church seem to receive a very different response?

Matt also discusses Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s powerful intervention in the SSPX controversy and what these developments may mean for the future of the Traditional Catholic movement.