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These reflections give a clear sightline into how this pope understands the liturgy, and therefore how he is likely to manage the reconciliation which, even now, awaits resolution....
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In his letter begging them not to go through with the consecrations, Leo advised them that doing so would constitute a "sin of extreme gravity." Indeed it is....
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The Society of St. Pius X insists it upholds authentic Catholic tradition, but its rejection of papal authority has deepened its separation from the Catholic Church....
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A document signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, defines the rite celebrated on 1 July as an “act of a schismatic nature,” with an explanatory note providing details of the grave canonical sanction of excommunication....
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The SSPX has been in a “canonically irregular” situation with the Catholic Church since 1975, when the Society was officially suppressed by the bishop of Fribourg, ending five years of provisional, ad experimentum approval as a pious union of clerics in the diocese....
These reflections give a clear sightline into how this pope understands the liturgy, and therefore how he is likely to manage the reconciliation which, even now, awaits resolution....
In his letter begging them not to go through with the consecrations, Leo advised them that doing so would constitute a "sin of extreme gravity." Indeed it is....
A document signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, defines the rite celebrated on 1 July as an “act of a schismatic nature,” with an explanatory note providing details of the grave canonical sanction of excommunication....
The SSPX has been in a “canonically irregular” situation with the Catholic Church since 1975, when the Society was officially suppressed by the bishop of Fribourg, ending five years of provisional, ad experimentum approval as a pious union of clerics in the diocese....