URGENT MATTER The Pope defends himself; cries against moral lynching of Traditionalists

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LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS

A letter of Pope Benedict XVI to all Bishops of the world on the removal of the excommunication of the Bishops of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX) and on all aspects involving the subsequent problems related to Bishop Richard Williamson is set to be released tomorrow (Thursday). Several Italian news sources provide some excerpts of the letter this morning, and we will provide a translation as soon as possible.

Excerpts (UPDATED):

The letter will announce that the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” will be placed under the authority of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (though, as of this moment, it is not clear if only regarding doctrinal matters). The Pope makes clear for Traditionalists that it is not possible to “freeze” the Magisterial authority of the Church in 1962 - but he also chides those who proclaim themselves to be “great defenders of the Council” but who do not wish to understand that Vatican II carries with it “the entire doctrinal history of the Church”.

The Pope is frank with those who proclaim ecumenism, but who do not wish to follow through with it with the Fraternity: “May we consign to utter indifference a community in which there are 491 priests, 215 seminarians, … 117 brothers, 164 sisters, and thousands of faithful? Should we truly let them drift away from the Church? Are we allowed to simply exclude them, as representatives of a radical and marginal group, from the search for unity and reconciliation?”
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“A mishap unpredictable to me was the fact that the Williamson affair was placed above the remission of the excommunication. The discreet gesture of mercy towards the four Bishops, ordained validly but not licitly, appeared unexpectedly as a completely different matter: as a denial of the reconciliation of Christians and Jews, and thus as a repeal of that which the Council had clarified for the path of the Church regarding this matter.”
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“I am saddened by the fact that even Catholics, who in the end should have known better how things stand, considered having to assail me with a hostility ready for attack. For this, I thank even more the Jewish friends who have helped to promptly remove the misunderstanding and to reestablish an atmosphere of friendship and trust.”

Some of the concluding words are strong: “The impression is often given that our society feels the need for at least one group to which no tolerance is to be granted; which one may perfectly abuse with hatred. And if anyone dares to approach them, he also loses his right to tolerance and he also may be treated with hatred, with no fears or reservations.”
 
The deaf are hard of hearing. Those who do not regard the Pope as the Pope won’t listen, while those who don’t like Vatican Council II won’t care, while those who hate the NO Mass won’t understand.
 
Eucharisted said:
The deaf are hard of hearing. Those who do not regard the Pope as the Pope won’t listen, while those who don’t like Vatican Council II won’t care, while those who hate the NO Mass won’t understand.
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Yes. But at least the Pope is speaking out!
 
Forget the SSPX, the really interesting news here is the placement of Ec.Dei under the authority of the CDF.

salaam.
 
Some of the concluding words are strong: “The impression is often given that our society feels the need for at least one group to which no tolerance is to be granted; which one may perfectly abuse with hatred. And if anyone dares to approach them, he also loses his right to tolerance and he also may be treated with hatred, with no fears or reservations.”
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That’s the libs for you. For all their talk of “tolerance” they are the biggest tyrants.

For instance, look at the article further down on the same blogspot:

“Cardinal Mahony Scandal: Rebukes Holocaust Denier; Remains Silent on Pro-Abortion Catholics” Released March 6, 2009
rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/
 
“The impression is often given that our society feels the need for at least one group to which no tolerance is to be granted; which one may perfectly abuse with hatred. And if anyone dares to approach them, he also loses his right to tolerance and he also may be treated with hatred, with no fears or reservations.”
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Wow, powerful words! That is so true.
 
Janet_S said:
That’s the libs for you. For all their talk of “tolerance” they are the biggest tyrants.

For instance, look at the article further down on the same blogspot:

“Cardinal Mahony Scandal: Rebukes Holocaust Denier; Remains Silent on Pro-Abortion Catholics” Released March 6, 2009
rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/
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You got that right…:mad::sad_yes:
 
The official version will be published on Thursday 12, 2009.
newliturgicalmovement.org…67594768792823
Several parts of the text have been cut due to space limitations…
*Dear brethren in the Episcopal ministry!
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The lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1988 without a mandate of the Holy See has led, both within and outside the Catholic Church, from a variety of reasons, to a discussion of such vehemence as we had not experienced anymore for a long time. … Several groups, however, accused the Pope openly of wanting to return behind the Council. An avalanche of protests was set into motion, the bitterness of which made injuries visible which transcend the moment …
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One misfortune for me unforeseeable was the fact that the Williamson case has superimposed itself on the remission of the excommunication. The discreet gesture of mercy towards the four bishops ordained validly but not legitimately, suddenly appeared as something entirely different: as a disavowal of the reconciliation between Christians and Jews, and therefore as the revocation of what in this area the Council had clarified for the way for the Church. … The fact that this superposition of two opposing processes has occurred and has disturbed for a moment the peace between Christians and Jews as well as the peace in the Church I can only deeply regret. I hear that closely following the news available on the internet would have made it possible to obtain knowledge of the problem in time. I learn from this that we at the Holy See have to pay more careful attention to this news source in the future. It has saddened me that even Catholics who could actually have known better have thought it necessary to strike at me with a hostility ready to jump…
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… The excommunication affects persons, not institutions. … The withdrawal of the excommunication serves the same purpose as the punishment itself: once more to invite the four bishops to return. This gesture was possible after the affected had expressed their fundamental recognition of the pope and his pastoral authority, albeit with reservations as far as obedience to his magisterial authority and that of the Council is concerned. … As long as the Fraternity does not possess a canonical position in the Church, its officials do not exercise legitimate offices in the Church. … As long as the doctrinal issues are not resolved, the Fraternity has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers, even if they are free from ecclesiastical censure, do not exercise in a legitimate way any ministry in the Church.
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Given this situation, I intend to connect the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, which since 1988 is responsible for those communities and individuals who, coming from the Fraternity of Pius X or similar groups, want to return into full communion with the Pope, in the future with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. This shall make it clear that the problems now being treated are essentially doctrinal in nature, especially those concerning the acceptance of the Second Vatican Council and the postconciliar Magisterium of the Popes. The collegial organs through which the Congregation works on the questions arising (especially the regular assembly of the Cardinals on Wednesday and the General Assembly every one or two years) guarantee the involvement of the prefects of various Roman congregations and of the worldwide episcopate in the decisions to be made. One cannot freeze the magisterial autority of the Church in 1962 and - this must be quite clear to the Fraternity. But to some of those who show off as great defenders of the Council it must also be recalled to memory that Vatican II contains within itself the whole doctrinal history of the Church. Who wants to be obedient to it [sc. the Council] must accept the faith of the centuries and must not cut the roots of which the tree lives.*
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To lead men to God, to the God speaking in the Bible, is the supreme and fundamental priority of the Church and the successor of Peter in this time. … the effort for the common witness of faith of the Christians - for ecumenism -is included in the highest priority. Then there is also the necessity that all who believe in God seek peace with each other, try to become closer to each other, in order to walk, in the differentness of their image of God, yet together towards the source of light - inter-religious dialogue…
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… Was and is it really wrong, also in this case, to go to meet the brother, who “hath any thing against thee” and to try for reconciliation (cf. Mt 5, 23f)? … I myself, in the years after 1988, have experienced how by the return of communities previously separating themselves from Rome the interior climate there has changed, how the return to the great, wide and common Church overcame onesidedness and lossened tensions, so that now they have become positive forces for the whole. Can a community leave us totally indifferent in which there are 491 priests, 215 seminarians, 6 seminaries, 88 schools, 2 universitary institutes, 117 brothers, 164 sisters? Should we really calmly leave them to drift away from the Church? … Should we simply exclude them, as representatives of a radical marginal group, from the search for reconciliation and unity? What will then be?
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… Should we not, like good educators, also be able not to hear some bad things and strive to calmly lead out of the narrowness? And must we not admit that also from ecclesial circles there have come dissonances? Sometimes one has the impression that our society needs at least one group for which there need not be any tolerance; which one can unperturbedly set upon with hatred. And who dared to touch them - in this case the Pope - lost himself the right to tolerance and was allowed without fear and restraint to be treated with hatred, too.
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Janet_S said:
That’s the libs for you. For all their talk of “tolerance” they are the biggest tyrants. For instance, look at the article further down on the same blogspot: “Cardinal Mahony Scandal: Rebukes Holocaust Denier; Remains Silent on Pro-Abortion Catholics” Released March 6, 2009
rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/
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Maybe we can all set the tolerance bar real high and pray that during this Lent, all of our separated brothers and sisters will look deep within their heart and reach out to grab the hand of love, forgiveness and acceptance the Holy Father is holding out.
 
It is good to see him speak up in light of some of the things that were said following the excommunications. I wonder how far behind will be someone who twists this into antisemitism.
 
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