Just 115 years ago, Pope Saint Pius X warned that “Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies.” (Pascendi, 1907) If a Catholic believes the word of St. Pius X, why would he be willing to compromise the practice of his Faith by approving or even adopting the practices of Modernism and modernists? For examples: Why would a true traditional Catholic accept that, contrary to Apostolic Tradition, it is OK to eat meat on Friday? Why would a true traditional Catholic justify practically eliminating Holy Days by moving them to Sundays? Why would he say that it’s fine to follow the one-hour Eucharistic fast, which practically eliminates the fast altogether (who would seriously say that not eating for one hour constitutes “fasting”)? Why would he agree that Catholics can now choose whether they want to follow the older (more difficult) Lenten fast or follow the new rules since Vatican II which eliminate most of the fast for Lent? And once a traditional Catholic accepts those changes, where does he stop compromising? At what point does he cease being “traditional” and become merely “traditionalistic”? When he stops adhering to Catholic tradition all of the time, how long does it take him to practice Catholic tradition most of the time, then some of the time, then none of the time? Once he begins to compromise with the modernists and their “reforms,” how long before he sees no big problem with a pope worshiping the pagan idol Pachamama -Mother Earth goddess, filling the hierarchy with homo-friendly bishops and cardinals and replacing the Catholic Church with his own Synodal Church of the World? And how could those who make such compromises consider themselves traditional Catholics?