Archbishop de Kerimel entirely hostile to the Latin Mass but entirely comfortable with a convicted sexual abuser as Chancellor of his Archdiocese. Immoral modernism.

Bishop Guy de Kerimel is Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne. Since September 2017, he has been President of the Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy and Sacramental Pastoral Care.

Press release dated September 3, 2021.

Regarding the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes published by the Pope on Friday, July 16, 2021

The Successor of Peter must have serious reasons to decide that "the liturgical books promulgated by the Holy Pontiffs Paul VI and John Paul II, in accordance with the decrees of the Second Vatican Council, are the sole expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite."1

This is in no way a challenge to the hermeneutic of continuity, so dear to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as if the 1962 missal were suddenly suspected of heresy. The problem is not the 1962 missal itself, but its use, which has become an opportunity to relativize the Second Vatican Council, or even to distance oneself from what the Council Fathers and the Holy Spirit have decided for the Church. When more and more faithful, practicing according to what Pope Benedict XVI called the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, question the Mass of Paul VI and John Paul II, to the point of suspecting it of invalidity or even declaring it so, the matter becomes serious. This is what is circulating on social networks, among other places. Similarly, when some faithful prefer to miss Sunday Mass rather than participate in a liturgy approved by Saints Paul VI and John Paul II, there is cause for serious concern. And when some dare to declare to priests that they are not truly priests, because they are ordained according to the current Roman Rite, we are faced with a denial of the authentic magisterium of the Church and a challenge to the Holy Spirit who leads the Church to the whole truth. Then we understand that the issue is not limited to questions of liturgical sensitivities or languages, but rather the unity of the ecclesial body.

Certainly, there have been serious abuses in the implementation of the liturgy according to the books promulgated by Saints Paul VI and John Paul II; they have driven many sincere Christians to return to the 1962 missal. I myself suffered from these abuses in my youth. Pope Francis refers to these abuses in his explanatory letter to the bishops and calls for fidelity to the prescriptions of the new missal. The liturgy can neither be frozen in a subjective interpretation of a historical rite, nor can it be resorted to risky improvisations: in both cases, one moves away from the lex orandi of the Church.

Little by little, in a seemingly more peaceful climate, the 1962 Missal became the symbol of a restoration of a Church "of all time," more imagined than real. Yet it was in the spirit of maintaining sound tradition and legitimate progress that the Council Fathers had called for liturgical reform. This reform aimed at greater fidelity to the authentic Tradition of the Church. It must be clearly stated that the so-called "Mass of all time" dates only from the 16th century, while the liturgy of the Church dates back to the 1st century. That of the Council of Trent responded to the needs of a particular period in the history of the Church. The Mass of Paul VI has very ancient roots, along with necessary and thoughtful adaptations, out of fidelity to Christ and the Holy Spirit who have guided the Church through the centuries.

This fixation on the 1962 missal and the distrust shown toward the Second Vatican Council are undoubtedly not unrelated to the various crises our world and the Church Herself are experiencing. The instability of our world, shaken by a moral crisis, but also an ecological, health, and other crisis, pushes many people to seek a safe haven, a point of stability that has survived the centuries. As for the Church, She has lost her social influence in a society that is increasingly moving away from Christian references. She seems to be taking the path of an Easter, following her Master and Lord, as predicted by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. It is tempting to blame these trials on the Second Vatican Council, when without this prophetic event, the Church would be in a much more dramatic situation.

Faced with these legitimate concerns, we must instead cling to Christ even more firmly and become One Body, under the authority of the successor of Peter and the bishops, successors of the Apostles, in communion with the Pope. In the storm, let us remember that the Lord is in the Boat, and that He is with us every day until the end of time. This is not the time to defect. "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life! But we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God" (John 6:68-69).

† Guy de Kerimel, Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne

1 Pope Francis, Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes, Article 1. The "lex orandi" is the norm of the Church's prayer; it is the official prayer of the Church that best expresses her unchanging faith, according to the adage: "lex orandi, lex credendi". At certain periods in the Church's history, this lex orandi needs to be purified, restored and adjusted under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

2 Let us reread Sacrosanctum Concilium, in the Second Vatican Council, particularly paragraph 23: "Ut sana traditio retineatur et tamen via legitimae progressioni aperiatur...".

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The decline of the Archbishop's career as he was promoted from Auxiliary Bishop to Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop to Archbishop over the last 24 years.

St Francis in Aix-en-Provence where the Bishop was first a priest.  Liturgical death trap.  Priesthood of all believers....and then the priest is redundant.