Posted on 07/01/2021 5:08:56 PM PDT by ebb tide
DIJON, France — A French archbishop who plans to expel a traditional priestly fraternity from his diocese because they won’t concelebrate Masses has said he took the decision in anticipation of a new decree, or motu proprio, that Pope Francis is reported to be preparing to publish.
On June 16, Catholic News Agency reported that Archbishop Minnerath would be expelling the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) from the Basilica of Fontaine-lès-Dijon, St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s birthplace, at the end of the summer.
Priests of the FSSP, founded as a society of apostolic life in 1988, celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form, also called the Traditional Latin Mass, the Mass celebrated in the Latin rite until the 1970 liturgical reforms of Pope Paul VI.
Father Roch Perrel, the FSSP’s superior in Dijon, told CNA that the archbishop had made the decision because the FSSP’s priests fail to follow a practice promoted at the Second Vatican Council of two or more priests concelebrating at the altar.
“[Archbishop Minnerath] wanted to concelebrate the Chrism Mass during Holy Week, but we haven’t done it for years, as we have reservations about the new [Paul VI] Mass and we don’t celebrate at the same pace,” said Father Perrel, who went on to emphasize that, according to Canon 902 of the Code of Canon Law, no one can be forced to concelebrate.
“The archbishop had first accepted [their refusal], although he didn’t like it, but now he is kicking us out for this motive, and in this sense, he is abusing his authority,” Father Perrel said, adding that the archbishop had been wanting to transfer the community a year ago.
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Concelebration is more ancient than the Latin Mass.
Aquinas defended it in the 13th century.
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04190a.htm
There was no Bugnini “mess” in the 13th century.
What’s your point, Vlad?
As someone who has Catholic family members who go to Latin mass, what is going on?
Is it going to be ended?
No, God wouldn’t let Montini (Paul VI) kill the TLM and neither will He let Bergoglio.
From what it looks it, they may be readying a “loyalty test” whereby those communities who use the TLM will be forced to also offer or concelebrate in the new Mass.
As far as ending it goes, they can try, and I’m sure some of them will try very hard....but it will cause riots. And I don’t think I’m exaggerating.
It’s a direct attack on the traditional priestly societies; they are what Bergoglio hates the most. He sees them as enemies of his deformation. He wasn’t long into his “papacy” until he tore the Franciscans of the Immaculate to shreds just because they were drifting towards traditonalism.
Most indult priests offer both “forms”, “ordinary” and “extraordinay”. So, if the rumors are true, this won’t affect them that much.
Bergoglio has his sights set on those “rigid” priests who only offer the latter; he wants to break them up.
Then who is it for? Isn’t the FSSP and the ICKSP indults?
Is it a warning to the SSPX that, in order to be fully recognized by the Novus Ordo church, they must also offer the Novus Ordo service?
I already made it.
No, you didn’t. There’s no way St Thomas would concelebrate, let alone celebrate, a Bugnini Mess.
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