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Category Archives: SSPX
Papal spokesman on SSPX, last minute gesture from Pope Benedict
There has been some chatter about the possibility that before 28 February Pope Benedict would do something for the SSPX. An 11th hour sign of benevolence, perhaps.
I doubted that.
Today the papal spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, mentioned this in his … Continue reading
SSPX reacts to Pope’s announcement
I have written again and again that the SSPX was going to wake up one day and experience the bad end of the stick. That day is coming, probably with the election of the next Pope which is now a … Continue reading
Archbp. Müller, Prefect of the CDF, anti-Catholicism in USA, time running out for SSPX
From Vatican Insider comes this.
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has launched a biting attack of [on?] the mood toward the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Europe, comparing it to … Continue reading
Swiss Bishop forbids the use of churches and chapels to the SSPX
I am saddened by the following story, which I found on Vatican Insider in Italian from Andrea Tornielli:
“Lefevbrites are suspended a divinis, they cannot celebrate in Catholic churches”
His is a striking and suggestive position: the Bishop of Diocese of Lausanne, … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX, Year of Faith
Tagged a divinis, Bp. Morerod, D. Lausanne-Geneva-Fribourg, SSPX
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QUAERITUR: Confession to an SSPX priest a sin?
From a reader:
While doing research I came across something that said that one of the faithful who knowingly receives a Sacrament from a priest without faculties commits a sin. I have always attended SSPX chapels and gone to confession there. … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX
Tagged absolution, can. 1379, can. 966, confession, faculties, sins, SSPX, validity
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Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?
Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French). Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen, Switzerland. The letter is signed by the PCED’s Vice-President Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP.
A … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Magisterium of Nuns, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Archbp. DiNoia, PCED, Pontifex, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
41 Comments
Rumor… that’s it… rumor… UPDATED
Sigh…
I am going to keep the combox on moderation.
A site HERE is reporting rumor that…
I have been informed of an upcoming clandestine meeting of clerics who were recently expelled from the FSSPX. These priests were invited to leave the Society after … Continue reading
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Bp. Fellay, Bp. Williamson, excommunication, rumor, SSPX
22 Comments
SSPX Bp. Fellay delivers a long “state of the question” address
On 28 December 2012, SSPX Superior Bishop Bernard Fellay gave a long address in English to what sounds like good sized mixed crowd at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ontario, Canada.
He unloaded a lot of information.
The talk is 1’37”. … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Vatican II
Tagged Bp. Fellay, SSPX
133 Comments
Prefect of CDF on Anglican Ordinariate and SSPX
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald with my emphases:
Head of the CDF urges Catholics to welcome ordinariate converts
Catholics in England and Wales should welcome members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, the new prefect of … Continue reading
Declaration of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” about the SSPX and the discussions
From VIS:
The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” takes this occasion to announce that, in its most recent official communication (6 September 2012), the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X has indicated that additional time for reflection and study is needed on … Continue reading
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