"[On the issues of religious freedom and “The Church in the Contemporary World”] Cardinal [Giuseppe] Frings from Germany, Cardinal [Franz] Koenig [from Austria]. These figures had already met and discussed these resolutions before the Council, and their specific aim was to compromise with the secular world, to introduce Enlightenment and modernist ideas into Church doctrine. [...] I did everything I could to stop these decisions, which I consider contrary to and destructive of the Catholic Faith. The Council was legitimately convened, but for the purpose of spreading all these ideas. Interviewer': Were there other Cardinals who agreed with you? Mgr. Lefebvre: Yes. There was Cardinal [Ernesto] Ruffini [of Palermo], Cardinal [Giuseppe] Siri [of Genoa], and Cardinal [Antonio] Caggiano [of Buenos Aires]. Interviewer: Were there any bishops who supported you? Mgr. Lefebvre: Yes. Many bishops supported my position. Interviewer: How many bishops? Mgr. Lefebvre: There were more than 250 bishops. They had also formed a group for the purpose of defending the true Catholic Faith."
Marcel Lefebvre

January 1, 1970

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