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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
SSPX Bp. Tissier: we’ll convert the Vatican – Reuters look at SSPX fallout
Trends are emerging. Tom Heneghan, on the FaithWorld blog of Reuters, posted an interesting roundup about the fallout after Pope Benedict lifted the excommunications of the SSPX bishops. One of the points he brings up is that one of the … Read More
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More on Fr. Farinella: what he really wrote
Did you see my article about Fr. Paolo Farinella? He is the Italian priest who said that in lifting the excommunications of the four SSPX bishops, Pope Benedict perpetrated a "rape" of the Church. A reader, and old friend, sent … Read More
An alarming TLM at Toronto’s seminary
From Toronto Catholic Blog comes this. Now… don’t freak out. Just remember that this is a brick by brick process. Some people will rush to all sorts of exaggerations. Take the report for what it is worth. I hope, frankly, … Read More
The seeping cracks are spliting open
I think this next week is it. This is probably the week we will start to see an acceleration of expressions of real hatred of the Holy Father and the SSPX. The nastiness is starting to seep out cracks in … Read More
The hits keep rolling in
A student colleague of Fr. Hans Kung, Fr. Hermann Häring, has in the German press called for the Pope to resign. Guess why.
Observation of Prefect of Cong. for Bishops on SSPX excommunications
Marco Politti of La Repubblica interviewed the Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, His Eminence G.B. Card. Re. That dicastery lifted the infamous excommunications. There is an interesting detail in the Cardinal Prefect’s comments which will be unpopular but is … Read More
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Italian priest: lifting the excomms… a rape of the Church by the Pope
A sort of sad interview in an Italian paper with a priest who has had some issues with the Pope. We have written about Fr. Farinella before. He was very negative about Summorum Pontificum. I believe he is also against … Read More
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Boston Globe: Card. O’Malley on Pope Benedict, SSPX
Someone from The Boston Globe alerted me to coverage of Card. O’Malley’s comments about the SSPX and Bp. Williamson’s controversial comments. O’Malley defends pope, apologizes to Jews Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston is praising Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to … Read More
Accattoli v SSPX
Read Italian? Luigi Accattoli, Italian journalist, is blasting away at the SSPX bishops.
Wymyn whine at Benedict XVI about SSPX excomms being lifted
An reader who must have been cleaning out a cyber-drain alerted me to a whine… er um… post from the wymynpryst types… you know… the deluded. This is offered both for its amusement factor and to help you understand their … Read More
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