Sunday, April 20, 2003

SSPX: Reconciliation in the Offing?

This news has been pointed out to me three times (so far) this Easter Sunday. The Times of London is reporting that Archbishop Lefebvre's Society of St. Pius X - currently not in communion with the Holy See - is on the verge of a reconciliation which will include three of its four bishops and the bulk of its priories and Mass centers. Only Bishop Williamson is apparently holding out.

The original article in Il Messaggero is here. (In Italian only.) If my rocky Italian is correct, the official announcement is to be made at a solemn pontifical Mass in the traditional rite celebrated by Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos at St.Mary Major in Rome on 24 May. This will also be the first solemn pontifical Mass in the traditional rite at St. Mary Major or any of the pontifical basilicas in Rome since the reform in 1969.

Please God, the news is true and not just press speculation. Or worse, an attempt to derail the reconciliation. (One is not encouraged by The Times' reporter's misunderstanding of so many aspects of the current liturgical controversies.)

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