Category Archives: SSPX

SSPX progress!

Posted on 27 February 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 4 March 17:
The SSPX issued a statement about the “news” that they were to acquire a church in Rome.  HERE
….there is no plan to purchase a building complex at Santa Maria Immacolata all’Esquilino, as Matteo Matzuzzi writes. Neither Bp. … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile… SSPX news

Posted on 4 February 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We are watching closely the development of a possible – indeed increasingly likely – Personal Prelature for the SSPX.
Meanwhile, in a communication from the SSPX today we read that for Candlemas new seminarians received were tonsured and received their cassocks. … Continue reading →

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Holy See and SSPX “close” to Personal Prelature… no, really!

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE:
From the site of the SSPX:
During a 20 minute interview with TVLibertés on January 29, 2017, Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), commented on the crisis of the Church after the Second Vatican Council, the … Continue reading →

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SSPX Bp Fellay: We don’t have to wait for everything to be completely satisfactory

Posted on 29 January 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader sent me a link to Radio Spada which posted that SSPX Superior Bp Fellay said in an interview that it isn’t necessary to wait for reconciliation with the Holy See until the situation is perfect.
Of course the situation … Continue reading →

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ASK FATHER: Can SSPX priest still give absolution validly after the Year of Mercy?

Posted on 27 December 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader…
For the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis gave permission to receive Absolution from SSPX priests. Has that permission ended with the Year of Mercy or is it still in effect? We can’t find an official answer explaining this.
You … Continue reading →

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ASK FATHER: Can I give SSPX followers Holy Communion?

Posted on 22 December 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader, a priest…
QUAERITUR:
We offer the old mass every Sunday at midday. Missa cantata with very sound teaching.
There are individuals who choose to attend Sunday mass at an sspx chapel near to us (and no nearer or more convenient … Continue reading →

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Can “Rome” be trusted? SSPX questions and beyond

Posted on 19 December 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have smart friends who think that – things being as they are – the SSPX should NOT at this time accept terms offered by the Holy See. It’s hard to see what that might entail… things being as they … Continue reading →

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ASK FATHER: Can we listen to talks by SSPX priests?

Posted on 19 December 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
As SSPX priest and bishops are canonically suspended, would it be a sin to listen, read or propagate a book or a talk by a priest or bishop of the Society ? For example, if I wish to listen to … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis releases Apostolic Letter, renews faculties to absolve abortion, extends confession for SSPX

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Holiness Pope Francis has issued an Apostolic Letter for the close of the Year of Mercy. It is 6600 words long (excluding notes) and it is called Misericordia et misera, a phrase taken from Augustine’s commentaries on the Gospel … Continue reading →

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Could Pope Francis reconcile SSPX TOMORROW, Monday after Year of Mercy’s closure?

Posted on 20 November 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I, as many others, have over the last couple weeks wondered whether or not Pope Francis would extend beyond the Year of Mercy the opportunity for penitents to seek out priests of the SSPX for sacramental confession and valid absolution. … Continue reading →

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