Tag Archives: PCED

Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” on going to SSPX Masses and “straw subdeacons”

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate, who are often on top of this sort of thing, reveal a letter sent by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” to a questioner.  The letter is unsigned, though it has the stamp of the Commission.
Here, as … Continue reading →

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Declaration of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” about the SSPX and the discussions

Posted on 27 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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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IMPORTANT: PCED response to two “dubia” about “legitimacy” in Universae Ecclesiae

Posted on 25 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am on the road, and it is hard for me to work with this, but here is a first go at something which I think is pretty important.
The following article copy-pasted from the PDF of the 8/23/2012 edition of … Continue reading →

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SSPX Statement: We wait for the “serious debate” which will bring ecclesiastic authorities back to Tradition

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the SSPX site DICI we read the General Chapter Statement.
Bottom line: Not negative, but clarificatory.  They left the door open for more discussions under Archbp. Di Noia.
You can read the whole thing there, but here is the most interesting … Continue reading →

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NCReg Interview with the new VP of “Ecclesia Dei”, Archbp. DiNoia

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the National Catholic Register there is a long interview with the new Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, His Excellency Most Reverend, J. Augustine DiNoia, OP.
He said that, since he hasn’t actually begun his work at the … Continue reading →

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SSPX/Holy See: Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” issues a statement, Vatican Radio chimes in

Posted on 18 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From VIS:
In data 17 aprile 2012 è pervenuto, come richiesto nell’incontro del 16 marzo 2012, svoltosi presso la sede della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, il testo della risposta di S.E. Mons. Bernard Fellay, Superiore Generale della Fraternità Sacerdotale … Continue reading →

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Video interview with the Secretary of the Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei”

Posted on 3 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On Gloria.TV there is an interesting video interview with the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Msgr. Guido Pozzo, about many matters concerning the SSPX, the talks with the Holy See, and the traditional form of the Roman Rite.  … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX in schism or not?

Posted on 23 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Greetings! I am writing in order to ask you abou the SSPX’s canonical status. I’ve heard that they certianly are in schism, as Bishop ___ (my bishop) said, yet I’ve also heard from you that the Prefect of … Continue reading →

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Revising and updating the 1962 Missale Romanum

Posted on 19 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sandro Magister at Chiesa has in interesting piece about the activity of the Holy See.
Here is a little bit of what he offered.
VATICAN CITY, September 19, 2011 – “The activity of the Holy See” is a hefty volume that gives … Continue reading →

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