Bishop Athanasius Schneider: We have to renew our faith and trust in Our Lord who said “I will remain with you until the end of the world.” And He is with us. This is His Church. It’s not our Church. It’s not the Church of the pope. It’s not the Church of the bishops. It

  Bishop Athanasius Schneider: So many saints prayed the Rosary during Holy Mass, because what is the Rosary? The Rosary is the contemplation of the life, the death, and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. And all of this is happening in the mysteries and the sacrament during Holy Mass. Holy Mass contains, in

  Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Yes. As I repeat objectively the Society of Pius X is not yet fully recognized by Rome because of the current extraordinary crisis of the Church. On another side, the Society, to my knowledge, offers a good priestly formation. The same as the Church did before the Vatican Council. So the

  Bishop Athanasius Schneider: I have to say it’s truly not a sin to go to Holy Mass celebrated by a priest from the Society of Pius X. It’s truly not. And of course, you fulfill your Sunday Obligation. There is a document from Ecclesia Dei, from a couple of years ago, where the answer

  Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Is this a prescription for hygiene? The priest can, of course, purify his hands. When I see the priest wearing a mask during mass while giving Holy Communion I think it’s not worth it to the holiness of this moment. It is decreasing the seriousness, in the worst conditions, of giving

  Bishop Athanasius Schneider: It’s not a question of preference because it is evident that Communion in the hand is objectively less reverent and more dangerous because of the loss of fragments. Therefore, it is more dangerous to receive Our Lord directly in the hand. I congratulate all of you who remain faithful to receive