I think what many people fear with this type of a structure for the SSPX is that many of the EF parishes would evaporate as many would return or start attending SSPX Masses, etc. It would really hold the local Bishop’s feet to the canonical fire so to say. Why do so many people have a problem with this. The SSPX would be happy to accept any type of structure where they report only to the Pope and not the local ordinary. The SSPX wants to focus on the doctrinal talks first, and only then think about regularisation. Remember, Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity, willing that we be stretched for unity’s sake without giving up anything essential in who we are as Catholics.Īnyway, it seems Bishop Fellay is not interested in accepting any such arrangements at this time. He also noted that the controversy unleashed by Bishop Richard Williamson’s statements on the Nazi holocaust “was a well-planned attack, not against the Society, but directly against the person of Pope Benedict XVI, in order to tarnish his gesture.”Īll very consistent with what I have been writing for quite a while. I think the Vatican is moving towards that kind of canonical solution.” Asked about the speculation that the Society of Pius X could be made into a personal prelature similar to Opus Dei, Fellay responded, “There is a lot of truth to that. Fellay, who visited members of the SSPX movement in Chile, is one of four bishops whose excommunication was lifted by Pope Benedict XVI last January. ![]() Pius X, Bernard Fellay, acknowledged that the Vatican is considering the possibility of converting the Lefebvrist group into a personal prelature as part of the discussions aimed at bringing about reconciliation. ![]() Santiago, Chile, / 01:03 pm (CNA).- In an interview with the Chilean daily, “El Mercurio,” the Superior General of the Society of St. Vatican could convert Lefebvrists into personal prelature, says Fellay
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