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Category Archives: Ecclesiae unitatem
A note about the SSPX and their status in the Church (or not!)
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I have been getting email from fans of the SSPX who object to my saying that the SSPX needs to be reconciled with the Roman Pontiff. They object to my claim that they do … Read More
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Communion, Ecclesiae unitatem, SSPX
67 Comments
67 Comments
Curious Curial Moves, including Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” and Cong. Divine Worship
Interesting news. American Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, O.P., is moving from the Congregation for Divine Worship to be the Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“. I am not sure where the present Secretary Msgr. Pozzo is going… or if … Read More
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. DiNoia, Archbp. Jean-Louis Bruguès, Librarian, SSPX
31 Comments
31 Comments
Msgr. Bux to SSPX: “Come take part in this blessed future in which we can already foresee dawn, despite the persistent darkness. “
Monsignor Nicola Bux, a consultor to the CDF and to the Office of Pontifical Ceremonies, etc., (originator of what I call the Bux Protocol – which every priest and bishop should remember that people may invoke!) has written a letter to … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem, Four Last Things, Fr. Z KUDOS, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Felly, Bux Protocol, Dominus Iesus, Msgr. Nicola Bux, Pope of Christian Unity, schism, SSPX, St. Catherine of Siena, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
49 Comments
49 Comments
REVIEW: FSSP TLM ORDO
The nice people at the Fraternity of St. Peter’s offices sent me a copy of their Ordo. I looked at the Angelus Press Ordo recently and posted about it. My initial observations about the FSSP Ordo are a) the FSSP … Read More
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, REVIEWS, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged FSSP, Ordo
4 Comments
4 Comments
QUAERITUR: Does the SSPX say the Ordinary Form is invalid or not legitimate?
Universae Ecclesiae 8 says that those who request Mass and the sacraments in the Extraordinary Form “must not in any way support or belong to groups which show themselves to be against the validity or legitimacy of the Holy Mass … Read More
SSPX Districter Superior of Germany sends video thanks to Benedict XVI
On kreutz.net you will find a story, in German, about a video from the former superior of the SSPX Fr. Schmidberger thanking the Holy Father for the lifting of the excommunications of the four SSPX bishop. Fr. Schmidberger is now … Read More
SSPX Bp. Williamson’s interview Pierre Danet, extreme right French politician
The wonderful and persistent Anna Arco of The Catholic Herald has on her blog an interesting piece about SSPX Bishop Williamson. Dinoscopus sleeps, eats and blogs: Williamson Redux After months of sensible silence in the genteel exile of Wimbledon, Bishop Richard … Read More
“Secret” meeting of delegations of Holy See and SSPX
In an earlier report, we were given to believe that perhaps there would not be another meeting of the and CDF SSPX delegations for a while. However, Petrus has a bit of news in Italian. The upshot is that i.Media … Read More
Positive news about the talks between the SSPX and Holy See
The always interesting Rorate as well as the experts of liturgical eye-candy NLM, not to mention the Italian site messainlatino.it all get my biretta tip for this. I share it here to make it known to a wider group of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Alfonso de Galarreta, SSPX
32 Comments
32 Comments
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