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  • Il Papa ha firmato la revoca della scomunica ai lefebvriani (Catholic Caucus)

    01/22/2009 6:56:39 AM PST · by markomalley · 6 replies · 579+ views
    il Giornale ^ | 1/21/2009 | Andrea Tornielli
    Sarà reso pubblico nei prossimi giorni il decreto con cui Benedetto XVI ha deciso di cancellare la scomunica comminata ai quattro nuovi vescovi ordinati da monsignor Lefebvre nel 1988. Allora, oltre ai quattro (Bernard Fellay, Alfonso de Gallareta, Tissier de Mallerais e Richard Williamson) erano stati scomunicati lo stesso Lefebvre e il vescovo brasiliano De Castro Mayer che aveva partecipato alla cerimonia. In quella occasione, dopo essere stato sul punto di accordarsi con la Santa Sede (e dopo aver trattato con l’allora cardinale Ratzinger e aver sottoscritto un protocollo d’intesa), monsignor Lefebvre decise d’improvviso la rottura e consacrando vescovi quattro...
  • A Reconciliation with the Followers of Archbishop Lefebvre?

    06/23/2008 6:23:13 PM PDT · by tcg · 16 replies · 113+ views
    "By this 28 June, the Fraternity of St. Pius X, founded by the French Archbishop who would not suffer the post-conciliar liturgical reform, will in fact have to decide whether to accept the five conditions proposed by the Vatican in order to reenter into full communion with Rome. Some days ago, the superior of the Lefebvrians, Bishop Bernard Fellay, met with Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, president of the Commission Ecclesia Dei, which deals on behalf of Benedict XVI with negotiations with the traditionalist group. Fellay, who previously had written to the Pope asking for the revocation of the excommunication imposed...