Stine also quotes Bishop Athanasius Schneider, OSC, born 1961, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, and the man who ordained my priest, Father Joshua Curtis, FSSP.
The Lefebvre address is timely. The Latin Mass was in place in its exact form at the Council of Trent in the 16th century, and there is evidence it goes back to Pope Victor I in the 2nd century.
It is the Mass said by virtually all the priest-saints in history, including Augustine, Jerome, Benedict, Bede, Gregory VII, Dominic, Aquinas, Ignatius of Loyola, Xavier, Vianney, Neri, Bosco, Pius X, and Padre Pio (1887-1968). The list is much longer.
It is the Mass virtually all the women saints attended, including Monica, Clare of Assisi, Joan of Arc, Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, Thérèse of Lisieux, Seton, Drexel, Tekakwitha, Soubirous, Goretti, Faustina, Stein, and Molla (1922-1962). The list is much longer.
The new film, Mass of the Ages, outlined the destruction that the modern Mass caused.