The Church, in the 1960s and 1970s, took a turn. Priests left their cassocks. The mass went from Latin to French, often resembling a celebratory meal. Children were subjected to a new catechism: questions and answers were replaced by awakening activities. The morality taught by the parish priests became less demanding. They extended their arms to Protestants and even non-Christian religions. Rome decided that, from then on, states should recognize other religions. Bishops sympathized with communists. In short, in a few years, around the Second Vatican Council, an upheaval shook the Church.
Many Catholics found themselves perplexed. What they had been taught was sometimes the opposite of what they were now being preached: whom should they believe? Did traditional practices represent nothing more than retrograde rites? John XXIII, Paul VI, and then John Paul II explained that the Church was renewing itself: was this a good path?
But one bishop made himself heard. He had once been entrusted with important missions by Pope Pius XII, whom he represented for sub-Saharan Africa. He spoke during Vatican II. He continued to speak afterward. He unearthed clear texts that had been buried in the back of drawers. He stood against "religiously correct" and showed, with supporting facts, that the word of Jesus Christ and the dozens of popes who had preceded still held true and shed light on the storm the Church was experiencing.
Finally, in 1985, this bishop, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, wrote a Letter to Perplexed Catholics to help them overcome their perplexity.
Years have passed. Is the situation of the Church the same as in 1985? No. Have churchmen given up adapting to the modern world? Not either. Consequently, there are still perplexed Catholics. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is dead, but since he is only the echo of the Tradition of the Church, his word is alive. It is addressed to today's Catholics. They only have to read.
Table of Contents:
- Why perplexed?
- A new way of praying
- The new Mass: experiences
- Latin and the cassock
- The new sacraments
- The new priest
- The new catechism
- The new theologians
- Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue
- Religious freedom
- Agreements with communists and freemasons
- Occult powers against the Church
- Vatican II: revolution in the Church
- Adulterous union: the Church and the revolution
- A new idea of faith
- The mania for change
- The reproach of disobedience
- Écône and Rome
- Sanctions against us?
- Jesus Christ, savior of nations
- Jesus Christ, savior of families
- What future for the faithful?
14 x 21 cm
208 pages
