FSSP -- politics?

[Entwhistler]

Technically, any Catholic male in good standing with the Church can be a bishop. The FSSP prides themselves on being loyal to the Pope. So if the Pope desired one of them to be a bishop they would probably allow it.

 

[twf]

There are exceptions. The Order of Malta, for example, has both a Cardinal Patron and a Prelate (bishop) associated with the Order. They don’t govern the Order as a whole per se, but the Patron represents the Holy See to the Order and the Prelate is the superior of the Order’s clergy.

 

[poche]

In the future one of the FSSP priests could be called upon by the Pope to be a bishop of a diocese.

 

[ProVobis]

The FSSPX were promised a bishop had the Archbishop accepted the protocol offered by then-Cardinal Ratzinger. But the Archbishop reneged and consecrated his own bishops. The rest is history.

 

[Loud-living-dogma]

The FSSPX were promised a bishop had the Archbishop accepted the protocol offered by then-Cardinal Ratzinger. But the Archbishop reneged and consecrated his own bishops. The rest is history.

FSSPX Fidelity® Small Cap Index Investor Fund
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[commenter]

ProVobis:

The FSSPX were promised a bishop had the Archbishop accepted the protocol offered by then-Cardinal Ratzinger. But the Archbishop reneged and consecrated his own bishops. The rest is history.

FSSPX Fidelity® Small Cap Index Investor Fund
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No, I think ProVobis has often posted reminders that the Society originally founded by Archbishop L was called FSSPX. But almost everyone, including that Society’s own website, now uses the term SSPX to describe themselves. So I think it is fair now to use the term SSPX, for the society in the present, especially so as to avoid confusion with FSSP.

As to whether the society is characterized by Fidelity, the readers can judge for themselves.

 

[ProVobis]

commenter, I would be more than happy to accept SSPX if people would recognize them as a fraternity of priests. I was corrected once when I called them a society, but they are officially a fraternitas, at least they are recognized by the Vatican as such.

The first S stands for Sacerdotalis, which is the genitive form of “priests.”

As for the fund, I’ll check it out.