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SSPX/Holy See: Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” issues a statement, Vatican Radio...
From VIS: In data 17 aprile 2012 è pervenuto, come richiesto nell’incontro del 16 marzo 2012, svoltosi presso la sede della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, il testo della risposta di S.E....
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NCReg Interview with the new VP of “Ecclesia Dei”, Archbp. DiNoia
At the National Catholic Register there is a long interview with the new Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, His Excellency Most Reverend, J. Augustine DiNoia, OP. He said that,...
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SSPX Statement: We wait for the “serious debate” which will bring...
At the SSPX site DICI we read the General Chapter Statement. Bottom line: Not negative, but clarificatory. They left the door open for more discussions under Archbp. Di Noia. You can read the whole...
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IMPORTANT: PCED response to two “dubia” about “legitimacy” in Universae...
I am on the road, and it is hard for me to work with this, but here is a first go at something which I think is pretty important. The following article copy-pasted from the PDF of the 8/23/2012 edition...
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Declaration of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” about the SSPX and...
From VIS: The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” takes this occasion to announce that, in its most recent official communication (6 September 2012), the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X has...
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Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” on going to SSPX Masses and “straw subdeacons”
Our friends at Rorate, who are often on top of this sort of thing, reveal a letter sent by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” to a questioner. The letter is unsigned, though it has the stamp of...
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Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?
Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French). Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen,...
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New/Old Secretary for the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
I am scratching my head this morning. Pope Francis has moved the former Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, who was eventually consecrated bishop and became the Papal Almoner, back...
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UPDATE on Franciscans Friar of the Immaculate
Here is an update about the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. As you know, the Holy See engaged in a “take over” of the group after there was some division over liturgical matters. HERE At a site...
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UPDATE: Bishops of England, Wales v. SSPX? Request for review of Good Friday...
UPDATE 24 Nov: Fr. H has updated his post about the attack on Pope Benedict’s prayer for the Jews on Good Friday waged by the bishops in England and Wales. Fr. H asked me to update you. The BC...
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QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX in schism or not?
From a reader: Greetings! I am writing in order to ask you abou the SSPX’s canonical status. I’ve heard that they certianly are in schism, as Bishop ___ (my bishop) said, yet I’ve also heard from you...
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Video interview with the Secretary of the Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei”
On Gloria.TV there is an interesting video interview with the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Msgr. Guido Pozzo, about many matters concerning the SSPX, the talks with the Holy...
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Answers to “Dubia” from the Vatican! About the Traditional Mass and overly...
If you are a priest who has been hassled by your bishop about saying the traditional Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum, pay attention. Help has arrived. Recently a priest of my acquaintance sent two...
View ArticleDarío Card. Castrillón Hoyos, former Pres. of the Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei”–...
A couple days ago, I received word that His Eminence Darío Card. Castrillón Hoyos was entering into his final earthly hours. Card. Castrillón had been Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and...
View ArticleWherein Fr. Z offers a cautionary tale to those who struggle with liturgical...
The site of the CMAA, Musica Sacra Forum, published response to the 29 – yes, twenty-nine – dubia submitted to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”. The questioner is a Polish priest, I assume...
View ArticleRUMOR VOLAT: Buzzing about the suppression of the Pontifical Commission...
Reports are circulating into my phone, my mail box and onto the interwebs (Messa in Latino and Tossati) that the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (PCED) could be suppressed soon and absorbed into...
View ArticleMore thoughts about upcoming Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” document or suppression
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the implications of a new Motu Proprio by which the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” might be suppressed because the “pastoral emergency” for which it was...
View ArticleFrancis suppressed the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”. Fr. Z remarks.
The new “pipe” (some of you will get that) of the Holy See’s communication commisariat issued an editorial about the formal suppression of my old office, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”....
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What’s up with the SSPX?
People are asking me about the meaning of a Swiss Bishop, 76 and retiring, who will live with the SSPX at one of their schools. Rorate has a pretty good round up from different stories. Basically, the...
View ArticlePOSITIVE! New head transformed Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” within...
Edward Pentin reports at the National Catholic Register that Francis has appointed someone to run the new section within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which has taken over the brief of...
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