From Benedict's Peace to Francis's War - Kwasniewski, Peter A.

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Résumé :
An anthology of 70 essays and articles by prelates and pastors, theologians and canonists, philosophers and cultural figures-including: Cardinal Walter Brandm?ller ? Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke ? Cardinal Gerhard M?ller ? Cardinal Robert Sarah ? Cardinal Joseph Zen ? Archbishop Thomas Gullickson ? Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan? ? Bishop Rob Mutsaerts ? Bishop Athanasius Schneider ? Msgr. Charles Pope ? Dom Alcuin Reid ? Abb? Claude Barthe ? Fr. John Hunwicke ? Michael Brendan Dougherty ? Ross Douthat ? Edward Feser ? Michael Fiedrowicz ? Peter A. Kwasniewski ? Phil Lawler ? Martin Mosebach ? George Neumayr ? Joseph Shaw ? and many others Already on July 16, 2021, the reactions to Pope Francis's severe restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass in Traditionis Custodes were like a river in full flood: articles, essays, interviews, podcasts-everywhere and from every point of view. An emotional, spiritual, intellectual dam had broken and the waters of discourse poured forth across the world. The sheer volume of writing occasioned by Traditionis Custodes is unlike anything seen in the history of papal documents-testimony to a neuralgic subject on which arguments proliferate and passions run high. The two-month period following the release of the motu proprio gave proof that the traditionalist movement was no fringe phenomenon, but something that had gained significant strength and sympathy during the relatively peaceful years from 2007 to 2021 (the Pax Benedictina to which the book's title refers). The purpose of this volume is to gather in one convenient place some of the finest and most appreciated essays and articles published in the period from mid-July through September of this fateful year, 2021-not only from America and England (although these predominate), but also from other nations: France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Poland, Kazakhstan, and China. This book is not, and makes no pretense of being, a presentation of both sides of the argument. It offers a variety of critiques of this profoundly unwise and unpastoral decree, which suffers from incoherent doctrinal foundations, grave moral and juridical defects, and impossible ecclesiological implications....

Biographie:
Peter A. Kwasniewski holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College and an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America, with a specialization in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas. After teaching at the International Theological Institute in Austria, he joined the founding team of Wyoming Catholic College, where he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choir and schola until 2018. Today, Kwasniewski is a full-time writer and lecturer known especially for his work on the liturgy and on music...