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Pope Benedict XVI has reportedly told the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) that they must accept the Second Vatican Council, a move that might seal the fate of years of negotiations to bring the group fully back into the Catholic fold.
The Italian religion news portal Vatican Insider reported on Thursday (Sept. 27) that SSPX Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais revealed at a conference in France on Sept. 16 that Benedict wrote a letter “with his own hand” to the group’s superior, Bishop Bernard Fellay.
According to Tissier de Mallerais, Benedict stated in the June 30 letter that the SSPX, “in order to be truly reintegrated into the Church,” must “truly accept the Second Vatican Council and the post-conciliar Magisterium.”
Vatican sources confirmed the report’s accuracy.
Benedict’s bottom line would most likely be unacceptable for the SSPX, bringing to an end the pontiff’s effort to heal a decade-long schism in the Catholic Church.
The SSPX rejects the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), including church acceptance of ecumenism and religious freedom, and its rejection of anti-Semitism.
The pope sought to heal the rift first by liberalizing use of the traditional Latin Mass in 2005, then by removing the excommunication of the SSPX’s four bishops, including Bishop Richard Williamson, a vocal denier of the Holocaust, in 2009.
After three years of doctrinal talks, the Vatican submitted a final offer to the group on June 13. The SSPX still hasn’t officially responded, though leaked documents slammed the offer as “clearly unacceptable.”
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This is a Golden opportunity for the SSPX for the restoration of the Catholic Faith. It is their opportuninty to demand that Church leaders sign a Doctrinal Preamble. Accepting what Benedict XVl has stated. Latin is the official language of the Church and it must be restored to the Liturgy, Mass, Vespers, Benedition, all 7 Sacraments ect. Also the SSPX must demand that the Altars be turned back around with Priest and People facing the same direction. Benedict XVl has stated many times that V2 never called for the Altars to be turned around, it was and continues to be a liberal fad. It is the SSPX’s opportunity to demand the eradication of all experimental changes which were not called for by V2. It is time to put into practice what Benedict XVl ordered, that V2 be reinterpreted acording to “light of Tradition”. Its time for all false interpretations of V2 be done away with. I pray that the SSPX not lose this precious moment in the Church, especialy in the upcoming “Year of Faith”. Its time that we put all the cards on the table, and fix all that is broken through liberal false interpretaions of V2. These must be finally addressed.
It’s time that SSPX accept the teaching of Vatican II or just go their own way.
Finally! Benedict and Lavada bent over backwards with these guys. If they want to be another Protestant denomination, so be it.
Also strange: Rome seems to be bending over backwards to reconcile traditionalist and Anglican and other dissidents, but seems summarily to dismiss the concerns and questions of loyal, faith-filled Catholics who want to keep open the fresh-air windows of Vatican II (in its non-retro-revisionist mode).
The message is confusing. On one hand, the RC Church wants enforce the Vatican II documents; on the other hand, the RC Church has made all possible to hindrance their application on critical issues. How to understand this?
It is most ironic, to say the very least, that the current pope and his predecessor have canceled or reversed many of Vatican II’s initiatives and changes, save in the areas which most concern SSPX. Exactly what does this say about the universality (ie, Catholicity) of the post-Vatican II RC church, and what doesn’t it say?