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Tag Archives: SSPX
Anniv of Summorum Pontificum – Communiquè of the Holy See: Meeting between CDF and the SSPX
Today is the anniversary of Summorum Pontificum going into effect. What do you think of this? My emphases. I edited out the first two paragraphs, which were just background people already know, for the most part. ORIGINAL TEXT (which seems … Read More
SSPX leaders to receive document from the Holy See on 14 September
Andrea Tornielli has a piece in his Vatican Insider (English, Italian) about what is supposed to happen tomorrow when the SSPX Superior, Bp. Fellay and his assistants, go the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio in Rome, which houses the CDF and the … Read More
A pessimistic article about SSPX and talks with Rome
In Vatican Insider of La Stampa comes this. My emphases and comments. Beware: Weird translation. You might have better success in Italian. Or else the original French, more more nuanced, here. Before a key meeting in Rome, the leader of … Read More
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The CDF/SSPX talks and a provocative observation
My friend over at The Sensible Bond has a very interesting observation about the continuing doctrinal talks between the Holy See’s CDF and the SSPX. As you know, there will be a meeting of the SSPX superiors with Roman officials … Read More
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John Allen on SSPX/Rome talks. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
My friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L. Allen, Jr, the fair-minded writer for the ultra-liberal dissenting National Catholic Reporter has an interesting piece about an upcoming meeting scheduled between SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay and the CDF in Rome to review their … Read More
QUAERITUR: Are SSPX confirmation valid?
From a reader: I was confirmed by His Excellency Bishop Tissier de Mallerais. He belongs to the SSPX, and I was reading that my confirmation was valid but illicit. Should I get confirmed again. (If I get a disposition from … Read More
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Card. Canizares (Prefect CDW) on Vatican II and SSPX
From CNA with my emphases and comments: Cardinal Canizares: Vatican II was not a break in Church’s tradition Lima, Peru, Aug 15, 2011 / 05:55 pm (CNA).- The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the … Read More
Surprise at being quoted by an unexpected publication
Here’s a a surprise that came at me the other day. The folks who put out the SSPX newsletter in the USA asked for permission to reproduce one of my blog posts. Remember that post on 10 Points about prospective … Read More
The Bonaventuran Pope of Christian Unity
I posted this back in 2006 about how the “Pope of Christian Unity” is influenced by St. Bonaventure. A few years have passed, so I think this should be reviewed and verified: Are you looking for insight into how Pope … Read More
In SSPX news today…
First, we learn that SSPX Bp. Williamson, convicted in absentia in a German court for denying the WWII “Holocaust” (a crime in Germany), has appealed his conviction and fine of €10,000. Next, we learn that the Holy See’s spokesman, Fr. … Read More
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