Pope meets head of traditionalist Society of St. Pius X
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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As discussions continue betweenVatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, PopeFrancis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society.The Vatican press office confirmed April 4 that the meetingtook place but provided no details. On its website, the SSPX said the meetingtook place the evening of April 1."Pope Francis had wanted a private and informalmeeting, without the formality of an official audience," the SSPX notesaid. The meeting "lasted 40 minutes and took place under a cordialatmosphere. After the meeting, it was decided that the current exchanges wouldcontinue. The canonical status of the society was not directly addressed, PopeFrancis and Bishop Fellay having determined that these exchanges ought tocontinue without haste."Last September, Pope Francis had expressed his hopes that"in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion withthe priests and...
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As discussions continue between
Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope
Francis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society.
The Vatican press office confirmed April 4 that the meeting
took place but provided no details. On its website, the SSPX said the meeting
took place the evening of April 1.
"Pope Francis had wanted a private and informal
meeting, without the formality of an official audience," the SSPX note
said. The meeting "lasted 40 minutes and took place under a cordial
atmosphere. After the meeting, it was decided that the current exchanges would
continue. The canonical status of the society was not directly addressed, Pope
Francis and Bishop Fellay having determined that these exchanges ought to
continue without haste."
Last September, Pope Francis had expressed his hopes that
"in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with
the priests and superiors of the fraternity."
"In the meantime," the pope wrote in the letter,
"motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through
my own disposition, I establish that those who, during the Holy Year of Mercy,
approach these priests of the Fraternity of St. Pius X to celebrate the
sacrament of reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of
their sins."
Although the society is no longer considered to be in schism
and the excommunication of its bishops was lifted in 2009, questions remained
over whether the sacraments they celebrate are valid and licit. The bishops
were excommunicated in 1988 when they were ordained without papal permission.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the society and the bishop who ordained
them, also was excommunicated; he died in 1991.
Talks aimed at fully regularizing the status of the bishops,
priests and faithful attached to the society have occurred, with some pauses,
since 2000. The talks have focused particularly on the teaching of the Second
Vatican Council and especially its documents on religious liberty, ecumenism,
liturgy and relations with other religions.
In an early March interview posted on the society's website,
Bishop Fellay confirmed the talks were ongoing and "are making headway.
There is no hurry, that's for sure. Are we really moving forward? I think so. I
think so, but it is certainly slow going."
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