Following interventions by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the question—Would we have been better off without Vatican II?—has now become mainstream. The explosive growth of Tridentine communities and the revival of traditional devotions must leave one saying, "There has never been a better time to be a traditionalist."
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