Anglican clergywoman (2nd from left) joining Catholic priests on the altar in El Salvador
Posted on 04/01/2025 2:38:52 PM PDT by ebb tide
Anglican clergywoman (2nd from left) joining Catholic priests on the altar in El Salvador
The Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador has issued a correction after a female Anglican prelate joined Catholic clergy on the altar to concelebrate a recent Mass.
On March 24, a Mass was held to mark the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Held in the chapel of the Hospitalito La Divina Providencia, where Romero was assassinated, the Mass was offered by Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar of the Diocese of Chalatenango.
Pictures of the event clearly show a female Anglican cleric participating in the Mass on the altar, wearing a stole and alb like the concelebrating Catholic priests.
Though not identified by name, the woman has been described as a female bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador.
Reports suggest that she was present on the altar until the time for the reception of Communion, though there is no evidence to suggest she received Holy Communion herself.
Citing locals who attended the Mass, InfoVaticana reported that it was the third year that an Anglican cleric joined Catholic clergy on the altar to concelebrate.
Her participation in the liturgy appears to be a clear violation of Catholic canon law. Canons 907 and 908 expressly forbid a layperson from offering the prayers of the Eucharist, as well as prohibiting Catholic priests from concelebrating with non-Catholic ministers:
In the eucharistic celebration deacons and lay persons are not permitted to offer prayers, especially the eucharistic prayer, or to perform actions which are proper to the celebrating priest.
Catholic priests are forbidden to concelebrate the Eucharist with priests or ministers of Churches or ecclesial communities which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church.
Canon 844 states that “Catholic ministers administer the sacraments licitly to Catholic members of the Christian faithful alone, who likewise receive them licitly from Catholic ministers alone.”
Referencing these canon laws, the Apostolic Nuncio issued a statement later that same day stating that “what happened this morning in the Chapel of the Hospitalito should not have taken place because it is forbidden by ecclesiastical law.”
The Nuncio added that “ecumenical celebrations that are shared with members of non-Catholic churches, provides only for the liturgy of the Word and commentary on the Word, just the prayers of the faithful and the prayer that Our Lord taught us: the Our Father.”
Ping
But will anything happen to, you know... actually correct the problem or punish those responsible?
No, because anything goes in the bogus ordo.
Now, if the bishop had offered a Traditional Latin Mass, his head would be on the block.
I converted to Orthodoxy from Lutheranism quite a few years ago.
So I no longer have to deal with this nonsense, even though my former Lutheran church (ELCA) is loaded with priestesses and “gay” pastors and bishops. And its Presiding Bishop (a woman) teaches universalism and many other heresies.
My Lutheran spiritual mentors from way back were not infected with this garbage. By God’s grace, I hope I meet them again in His Heavenly Kingdom!
It was always pretty simple, nuns, priests, bishops, archbishops...
Three strikes, you’re out!
Considering how lax Papa Benedict is about all things Catholic in favor of ecumenical, nothing will be done to apply discipline.
In this papacy the more a bishop ignores “EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS” the higher his currency with the VATICAN.
They packed so much wrong into one sentence.
Is that a Cardinal seated behind the Bishop?
The cleric third from the left appears to be wearing a zucchetto.
If so things are much worse than I imagined.
THose priests should be sent to that prison where they are putting those gang members.
Benedict?
Francis>/B>
Old age and wishful thinking is clouding my thinking up.
Yipes. This is totally wrong.
What is wrong with these priests?
They just desecrated the Eucharist.
Thats a bishop.
Almost as bad.
Yesterday, a Mass was held in memory of the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero and Galdámez. He was killed in the middle of Mass on March 24, 1980 and was declared a saint by Pope Francis on October 14, 2018. On the occasion of that anniversary, a group of faithful gathered in the chapel of the Hospitalito La Divina Providencia, where the then Archbishop of San Salvador was murdered.
The Mass was celebrated by Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, bishop of Chalatenango and concelebrated several priests. Attention is drawn to the presence of the Bishop, activist Neftalí Ruíz of the Ancient Catholic Church and also of a Bishop belonging to the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador. Some faithful have denounced that it is the third consecutive year that Anglican representatives concelebrate in this Mass. The Anglican Bishop participated in the procession of entry, sharing the homily and occupying a place of authority on the altar until the moment of communion.
I guess the photo rendition is poor
The zucchetto looks red inn the photo but a bishop’s zucchetto should be purple.
Bishops wear red zuchettos also.
Thank you for the clarification
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