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Tag Archives: Archbp. Lefebvre
ASK FATHER: Could the excommunication of Archbp. Lefebvre be lifted posthumously?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Was the excommunication of Archbishop LeFebvre lifted? Is it possible to do so posthumously? The excommunication imposed on Archbp. Lefebvre by the law itself (latae sententiae) and also declared by the Congregation for Bishops was not … Read More
25 March 1991: Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre – R.I.P. 30 years ago today.
On this day in 1991 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre died. 30 years ago, today. Lefebvre was in his day a great churchman, an astoundingly effective missionary in Africa. Of course you most of you know Lefebvre only as the “renegade” who … Read More
Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre remains translated and VIDEO of Pontifical Mass
On 24 September 2020 the mortal remains of Arcbp. Marcel Lefebvre were translated from the SSPX seminary at Écône to the church of Cœur Immaculé de Marie. It was the 50th anniversary of the founding of the seminary. There is … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, SSPX
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Pontifical Mass at the Throne, SSPX
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12 Comments
30 years after the Ecône Consecrations: SSPX Bp. Fellay interviewed
29 June 1988. French Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre consecrated bishops without pontifical mandate. He, thus defied John Paul II who had personally appealed to him, create an ambiguous state for the SSPX which he founded, and incurred with the bishops who … Read More
Posted in SSPX, The future and our choices
Tagged 1988, Archbp. Lefebvre, Bp. Bernard Fellay, SSPX
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28 Comments
Fascinating and sad: transcript of 1976 meeting of Paul VI and SSPX Archbp. Lefebvre
UPDATE The late, great Michael Davies (God rest his soul) published in his Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre (Vol. 1 Ch. 14 – US HERE – UK HERE) Lefebvre’s own account of that same meeting with Paul VI on 11 Sept 1976. … Read More
BOOKS: Marcel Lefebvre on the Rosary, Biography of Blaise Pascal
I’m looking forward to getting into these, which have come recently. Le rosaire avec Mgr Marcel Lefebvre (in French) US HERE – UK HERE It’s a collection prepared by an SSPX priest Fr. Patrick Toadec. There is a Preface by … Read More
Posted in REVIEWS
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Blaise Pascal, Holy Rosary, Marvin R. O'Connell
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Eyewitness account of struggle over post-Conciliar liturgical reform, which “reversed” centuries
I think that some day many more people will know about the life and work of the late French Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre. He, a Holy Ghost Father, was a great missionary in Africa whose influence is still strongly felt there. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, Archbp. Lefebvre, BUGNINICARE, liturgical reform
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35 Comments
VIDEO Archbp. Lefebvre on Islamic (aka Religion of Peace) immigration invasion of France
While I do not agree with everything that the late Archbp. Marcel Lefevbre (founder of the SSPX) did, people who know something about the whole arc of his life recognize that he was in his day a great churchman and … Read More
Wherein Card. Burke is compared to Archbp. Lefebvre
Just in case you were wondering what sort of people were on the other side of the issue, this is a Twitter exchange between the Jesuit James Martin and Massimo Faggioli, a liberal academic in St. Paul: Card. Burke is … Read More
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
Today marks 25 years since Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a famous address in Santiago, Chile to the Chilean bishops. Context: In the months immediately preceding this address, Archbp, Marcel Lefebvre of the SSPX had signed an agreement with the Holy … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1988, Archbp. Lefebvre, Chile, continuity, desacralization, hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture, Joseph Card. Razinger, Second Vatican Council, SSPX, superdogma
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19 Comments
25 March 1991: Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre – R.I.P.
Under another entry a reader reminded us that on this day in 1991 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre died. I learned of his death in an interesting way. I was that morning opening up our office (the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“) because … Read More
Rumor… that’s it… rumor… UPDATED
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 … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Bp. Fellay, Bp. Williamson, excommunication, rumor, SSPX
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22 Comments
Translators “often” accidently leave things out. This time the lacuna concerns the SSPX and the Novus Ordo.
Translation can be hard. Even when it isn’t, translators are sometimes rushed or tired. However, it is good to pay attention to get all the words, especially those pesky little words that can change completely the sense of a sentence. … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay speaks about their General Chapter, the new CDF Prefect, unity with Rome (unresolved)
At the site of the SSPX DICI, there is an interview with the SSPX Superior Bp. Bernard Fellay about the recently concluded General Chapter (which is a gathering in which the participants discuss policies, internal matters, etc.). Read it all, … Read More
Vingt ans après
Twenty years ago today, I was into the office rather early. The “office” I am talking about are the offices of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” on the ground floor of the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio. Being the first one in, … Read More
The Next Logical Step: the Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” RESTRUCTURED
Because of the good progress of the last few years with the SSPX, His Holiness has now taken the next, logical step. Pope Benedict has now implemented what he said he would do concerning the ad hoc Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Benedict XVI, Ecclesia Dei, Ecclesiae unitatem, PCED, SSPX
14 Comments
14 Comments
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