A recent short video by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. — and the consequent praise it received from conservative Catholics, including Father Z, Mark Lambert, and Trad. Inc. “pope” Dr. Peter Kwasniewski — has put on full display the strawman-style reasoning of those who continue to not speak the “fullness of truth” about the crisis in the Church.>
McTeigue’s podcast is hosted on The Stations of the Cross radio network. During his “Not One for Vatican II?” program, he attempts to expose an inconsistency concerning the meaning of “full communion with Rome.” Father argues that if acceptance of Vatican II is the litmus test for communion, then vast numbers of ordinary Catholics, clergy, theologians, and even bishops who reject teachings reaffirmed by Vatican II, especially on contraception and abortion, must also be considered outside full communion. >

McTeigue’s central claim is that the authorities in Rome apply this standard selectively against Traditionalists while tolerating open dissent elsewhere. Although this observation contains a measure of truth in it given that it exposes the hypocrisy of the infiltrators in the Vatican, it ultimately falls short because it accepts premises that should themselves be rejected. More importantly, it ignores the real elephant in the room, for in attempting to expose contradictions within the conciliar framework, Fr. McTeigue leaves untouched the deeper and more decisive question, namely whether Vatican II and the religion that flowed out of it itself is Catholic.

Originally published in Integrity Magazine. Read original article

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