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Category Archives: Ecclesiae unitatem
Pope Francis slaps down those who resist the Holy Spirit
Pope Francis has been saying Mass semi-publicly in the chapel of the Casa S. Marta, where he has been living. He has been giving a “fervorino” at Mass, that is, a brief, usually off the cuff, sermon. So far, there … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Throwing a Nutty, Vatican II, What are they REALLY saying?
Tagged Benedict XVI, continuity, hermeneutic of continuity, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, SSPX
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Communion, Ecclesiae unitatem, SSPX
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. DiNoia, Archbp. Jean-Louis Bruguès, Librarian, SSPX
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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 … Continue reading
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
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, REVIEWS, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged FSSP, Ordo
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
“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 … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Alfonso de Galarreta, SSPX
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Dialogue begins with Society of St. Pius X
From CNA: Vatican begins dialogue with Society of St. Pius X Vatican City, Oct 26, 2009 / 02:23 pm (CNA).- A meeting today between representatives of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and officials from the Vatican identified the … Continue reading
Whose ecumenism?
Liberals are beginning to twit. They are just warming up, but soon it will be a grand mal twit. They are panicking about Pope Benedict and his provisions for Anglicans who, after their long nightmare with liberal on their side … Continue reading
Holy See/SSPX talks begin on 26 October
From the site of the Holy See Press Office, the papal spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ has announced that the talks between the Holy See and the SSPX will begin on 26 October. They will take place at the Palazzo … Continue reading
The Tablet gets something right on Ecclesia Dei
It is not often that you have seen me write something like this, but in the new number of The Tablet, Robert Mickens has written a pretty fair blurb about the restructuring of the Pont. Comm. Ecclesia Dei. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Ecclesiae unitatem, PCED, Robert Mickens, The Tablet
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John L. Allen of NCR on the restructuring of the PCED
My friend the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen, normally fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the dissenting National Catholic Reporter has an article on the restructuring of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei". Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments. … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Ecclesiae unitatem, Levada, SSPX
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