SSPX Bishop Rejects Padre Pio Canonization

Someone emailed me the following, which was reportedly written by Richard Williamson, a schismatic SSPX bishop, in his 2002 Christmas newsletter:

“In conclusion, these more or less Conciliar ‘ca

, insofar as that might be liable to give to other Newchurch ‘canonizations’ a credit which is not due to them.”

Given the popularity of Padre Pio among traditionalists (regardless of whether they are of the Lidless Eye, the Pseudo-Tridentinist or the authentic variety) even I have to admit that this takes a lot of guts for him to follow his Lidless Eye principles to this extreme. Or perhaps he has finally surpassed his own kookiness in condemning The Sound of Music.