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There was pushback after Vatican II, resulting in quite a few splinter groups, even in Europe (eg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Pius_X https
by achamayou 9y ago
There was pushback after Vatican II, resulting in quite a few splinter groups, even in Europe (eg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Pius_X https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Pius_X).
Unless Pope Francis makes significant changes officially, I’m not sure this would happen again, regardless of his popularity.
- markvdb 9y agoThere is still a lot of activity around the Piux X society. They're allying themselves with partners like the Parti de la France, Jean-Marie Le Pen and friends, and organising themselves around organisations like Civitas[0], the "European party" Coalition pour la Vie et la Famille [1], etcetera. The Front National is not sufficiently right wing and conservative for many of the people around them, and they at least reek of antisemitism... Have a look at how Civitas and the "Coalition pour la Vie et la Famille" grabbed 500k€ of European parliament subsidies for its "European policital party" with as members a hodgepodge of a Greek neonazi MP, a Slovak neofascist MP, a Polish extreme right wing populist, ... and one Latvian social democrat [2]. But now I'm really starting to digress from the topic I guess... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas_(movement) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas_(movement) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_pour_la_Vie_et_la_Famille https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_pour_la_Vie_et_la_Fa... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihails_Zem%C4%BCinskis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihails_Zem%C4%BCinskis
- achamayou 9y agoYes, unfortunately I know more than I wish I did about their activities. In the grand scheme of things though, i thing their influence is waning.