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O/P - Amazon Synod: Feedback

Hank Igitur just won't shut up.  A while back, he proposed a solution to the priest shortage described by the working document for the upcoming Amazon Synod. Well... that didn't go over so very well. Hank's received some feedback on his original video, which he shares with you here: It's important to view with profound gravity and concern the upcoming Synod on the Pan-Amazon... but ...sometimes a little bit of a different approach doesn't hurt either... The Amazon Synod:  Searching for Answers https://youtu.be/tMQmafL5N-M

O/P: Those Darn Toxic Traddies!

I'm a traditional Catholic.  A " Traddie ," as friends and detractors alike label us.  I wear the badge of Beware the Toxic Traddie! "Traddie" with joy.  Being a Traddie offers stability, sanity, and context in these days of unprecedented turmoil and upheaval for our beloved Church.  I encourage my friends in the real world to discover the joys of the Traditional/Extraordinary Form of the Mass, and I endeavor to encourage my acquaintances in the Catholic Blog-O-Sphere to do likewise. One consistent criticism leveled against Traddies is that we lack charity.  There is some substance to this.  Welder Chick, our OHCA foundress of happy memory, pointed out this shortcoming on more than one occasion, and she was right. The characterization is often overplayed by non-Traddies, who act as if they consider this character flaw sufficient grounds for dismissing traditional Catholics in their entirety.  Yes, there are cranky Traddies out there who lack c...