I will not be watching the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI, orchestrated and “presided” over by his enemies. The enemies of the Holy Mass. The enemies of the Church. I simply cannot do it.
I will not be a part of it.
I was persuaded to watch that abomination in St. Peter’s square where Bergoglio glowered down on Jesus on the cross. I watched it with increasing horror, moved to tears by the destruction of that beautiful medieval crucifix left in the rain, while Bergoglio sat nice and dry a few feet away.
I watched the Russia/Ukraine consecration feint in hopes it might have gone otherwise.
I won’t watch this.
I won’t watch this man spiking the ball.
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Instead I will be assisting at a Solemn High Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVI tonight at 6 p.m. at the Oratory. I don’t have to worry about whether the Mass is Catholic, or whether the celebrant is offering it for the repose of the pope’s soul.
Eternal rest grant unto him, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen. May the soul of Pope Benedict XVI, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
Saint Louis Catholic 
“Instead I will be assisting at a Solemn High Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVI tonight at 6 p.m. at the Oratory.”
This is the way.
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You missed nothing. The whole thing was a calculated snub of BXVI. The entire hierarchy in Rome should be given the millstone treatment. Or maybe helicopter rides. Massive disrespect for a successor of St. Peter, probably the last legitimate one at that.
I won’t endorse the liturgical choices, but one thing I will say: Some people are unhappy that Francis said almost nothing about Benedict in the homily. But for my part, I think the less he said about Benedict, the better. I can only shudder to think what a Francis eulogy of Joseph Ratzinger would end up saying.
I agree with you there. It was probably a good thing for all concerned. I found the EWTN commentators’ repeated insistence that PF and B-XVI had sone kind of “close relationship” to be absurd in light of what has been done to the Church since the abdication. Whatever one has to say about Benedict, I don’t believe anyone can credibly deny that he loved the Church. The past nine-plus years must have grieved him deeply.
Watch Arroyo’s wrap up on EWTN. No sugar-coating there, I think. Good for them!