Tag Archives: SSPX

QUAERITUR: Confession to an SSPX priest a sin?

Posted on 30 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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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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Rumor… that’s it… rumor… UPDATED

Posted on 12 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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SSPX Bp. Fellay delivers a long “state of the question” address

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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Prefect of CDF on Anglican Ordinariate and SSPX

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller: “the hermeneutic of reform” is “only possible interpretation”

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My old pastor, the late Msgr. Schuler used to say that “You can go into the ditch on either side of the road, left or right.  Either way, you are still in a ditch.”
This has been my concern about some … 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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SSPX formally expelled Bp. Williamson

Posted on 24 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Communiqué of the General House of the Society of Saint Pius X (October 24, 2012)
24-10-2012
Bishop Richard Williamson, having distanced himself from the management and the government of the SSPX for several years, and refusing to show due respect and obedience … Continue reading →

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Of SSPX internal unity, the prognosis, and an ultimatum

Posted on 17 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

According to the intrepid Andrea Tornielli, the SSPX Superior Bp. Fellay has sent an ultimatum to SSPX Bp. Williamson asking him to back away from some claims. And there is a time limit. If Williamson does not conform, he could … Continue reading →

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