Father Dan Reehil

We went to Mass every Sunday.

They prayed the rosary.

I remember the first time I recognized my dad kneeling at Mass.

Like, it's a powerful image to see your father kneeling when he was a New York City fire chief.

A big, tough guy.

So, you know, to see him kneel made an impression on me.

Has the church come back around?

In many ways, yes.

Okay.

Pope Benedict opened the door to allow the sacrifice of the Mass that took place up to Vatican II, which is the extraordinary form they call it now, which is in Latin where the priest says it's back to the people.

But it brings forth a greater reverence in the Mass for a number of reasons, but—

We don't need to go into that.

But also, a lot of the priests who were leaning towards the more liberal side of the spectrum and who were lobbying for women priests, who were lobbying for married priests, who were lobbying for all these things, gay marriage, they pretty much run their cycle and they're about over.

And the new priests, the young guys, are going back to the traditional principles of the faith.

And it's the Orthodoxy that never left, but it was really put under the carpet and hidden away for about 40, 50 years.

Interesting.

Interesting.

Yes.

Well, the church is definitive on its teaching and it always has been.

There can only be men priests because