Posted on 04/07/2006 1:11:35 PM PDT by NYer
One of the possibilities is that His Holiness, with the results of the first consultative meeting (of February 13), and emboldened by the "free pass" (the "via libera") garnered at the pre-consistory meeting (of March 23), will announce some strong decisions regarding the Traditional Rites of the Latin Church.
If that is truly the case, then the result may either be announced in a short time or could be delayed until sometime in the near future. Could it be announced to the general public immediately? This possibility should not be entirely discarded.
As the meeting of February 13, the meeting of April 7 could include only a convergence of opinions among the dicasteries, under the guidance of the Pope (considering the final opinions issued by the dicasteries involved in the process, as determined in the February meeting), before a more definitive move is decided by His Holiness. The meeting will nevertheless be guided by him -- unlike the February and pre-consistory meetings, in which he mostly listened.
"In this second meeting with the Roman Curia, celebrated in the Bologna Hall of the Vatican, Benedict XVI would have collected the opinions of the heads of the dicasteries to take decisions regarding the liturgical reform in the line willed by John Paul II in his encyclical letter 'Ecclesia de Eucharistia'...
"According to the same cources, the most important announcement which would follow this meeting would be the liberalization of the Missal of 1962, a decision which is part of the liturgical reform set in motion by Pope Benedict XVI, but which could have a significant impact in the reconciliation process with the Lefebvrist schism."
Dear seamole,
Who are the "Pietines"?
Thanks,
sitetest
The problem with these stories out of the Vatican is that it takes forever to read them since I have to look up all of the terminology. LOL
Thanks for posting.
Here's the news from Zenit... Unfortunately it is in Italian only. Any Paisans out there that can give us a freeplation?
http://www.zenit.org/italian/
Codice: ZI06040706
Data pubblicazione: 2006-04-07
Seconda riunione di Benedetto XVI con i capi dei dicasteri della Curia romana
CITTA DEL VATICANO; venerdì, 7 aprile 2006 (ZENIT.org).- Questo venerdì mattina, nel Palazzo Apostolico vaticano, Benedetto XVI ha presieduto una riunione con i capi dei dicasteri della Curia romana.
La Sala Stampa della Santa Sede ha confermato che lincontro si è svolto nella Sala Bologna senza offrire dettagli sugli argomenti trattati.
E la seconda riunione con queste caratteristiche convocata dal Papa, dopo quella celebrata il 13 febbraio in cui, tra le altre questioni, si è affrontato il tema della riconciliazione con la Fraternità di San Pio X, fondata dallArcivescovo Marcel Lefebvre.
Successivamente, il Papa ha chiesto che questo argomento fosse affrontato anche nella riunione di tutti i Cardinali del mondo svoltasi alla vigilia del Concistoro, il 23 marzo.
Dopo quellincontro, il Cardinale Darío Castrillón Hoyos, prefetto della Congregazione vaticana per il Clero e della Commissione Pontificia Ecclesia Dei, ha riassunto le conclusioni affermando che la Chiesa attende a braccia aperte i seguaci di monsignor Lefebvre.
Ora si studia il miglior modo, ha aggiunto il porporato colombiano in risposta alla domanda sulla possibilità di concedere loro una prelatura dipendente dal Papa.
Nel corso di quella riunione, il Papa ha incaricato il Cardinale Francis Arinze, prefetto della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti, di presentare la questione della riforma liturgica post-conciliare e lutilizzo del Messale di San Pio V, anteriore alla riforma liturgica del Concilio Vaticano II, richiesto dai cosiddetti tradizionalisti.
La Conferenza Episcopale francese ha pubblicato questo venerdì un comunicato al termine della sua Assemblea Plenaria in cui rivela che nelle settimane o nei mesi futuri il Papa dovrebbe dare direttive per facilitare il cammino verso un possibile ritorno ad una piena comunione.
Il 2 luglio 1988, Giovanni Paolo II ha constatato nella lettera apostolica Ecclesia Dei che lillegittima ordinazione di quattro Vescovi in seno alla Fraternità da parte di monsignor Lefebvre (30 giugno 1988) costituiva un atto scismatico.
Quellordinazione ha stroncato i tentativi di accordo tra la Santa Sede e la Fraternità, portati avanti dal Cardinale Joseph Ratzinger, allora prefetto della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, a nome di Giovanni Paolo II.
Monsignor Lefebvre è morto il 25 marzo 1991. Il suo successore alla guida della Fraternità è uno dei Vescovi ordinati, monsignor Bernard Fellay, che Benedetto XVI ha ricevuto in udienza privata il 29 agosto 2005.
This translation was on The New Liturgical Movement blog:
http://thenewliturgicalmovement.blogspot.com/
Second meeting between Benedict XVI and the heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia
This Friday morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Benedict XVI presided over a meeting with the heads of the dicateries of the Roman Curia.
The Press Office of the Holy See has confirmed that the encounter took place in the Sala Bologna, without offering details on the arguments treated.
It's the second meeting of such character called by the Pope, after the one on 13 February in which, among other questions, they discussed the topic of the reconcilition with the Fraternity of St Pius X, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
Thereafter, the Pope has asked that this topic be again discussed at the meeting of all the cardinals of the world gathered on the eve of the concistory of 23 March.
After that meeting, Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy and of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", has given the conclusion, affirming that the Church "waits with open arms" the followers of Mgr Lefebvre.
"At present one is studying the best way", the Colombian prelate added in response to the question on the possibility of conceding them a "prelature" dependent on the Pope.
During that meeting, the Pope has charged Francis Cardinal Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, with presenting the question of the postconciliar liturgical reform and the use of the Missal of the St Pius V, in use before the Second Vatican Council, requested by the so-called "traditionalists".
The French Episcopal Conference published this Friday a statement at the end of their Plenary Assembly in which it reveals that "'these coming weeks or months" the Pope "should give instructions to ease the path towards a possible return to full communion".
On 2 July 1988, John Paull II stated in his apostolic letter Ecclesia Dei that the illegitimate ordinations, on the part of Mgr Lefebvre, of four bishops from the Fraternity constituted (30 June 1988) a "schismatic act".
This ordination has ruptured the attempts at an agreement between the Holy See and the Fraternity, brought forward by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in the name of John Paul II.
Mgr Lefebvre died 25 March 1991. His successor at the helm of the Fraternity is one of the ordained bishops, Mgr Bernard Fellay, whom Benedict XVI received in a private audience on 29 August 2005.
Well ... it says a lot and it says nothing. The suspense builds.
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