Some excerpts from Michael J. Miller's article, "News from the Ecclesia Dei Commission", published in the January 2010 edition of Catholic World Report:
It was a busy week for Msgr. Guido Pozzo, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”.
Friday, October 23: Grant interview to the weblog “Messa in Latino”.
Saturday and Sunday: Greet members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X as they arrive at the Vatican. Ask how they like their rooms at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (It was designed for conclaves, which can be austere.) Apologize about the altars at the house being booked up; explain that they'll have to celebrate Mass in the crypt at St. Peter's Basilica.
Monday, October 26: Attend the first session of the theological dialogue between the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the SSPX at the Palace of the Holy Office.
Thursday: Greet delegation from the International Federation “Una Voce” when they stop by the office of the ED Commission. Read their second annual progress report on the implementation of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum.
In retrospect, the week that was centered liturgically on the Feast of Christ the King (according to the traditional calendar) went smoothly and was an auspicious one for devotees of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Missal.
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The first doctrinal meeting on October 26, 2009, lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Both sides agree that their discussions should be conducted with a minimum of publicity, and after the meeting the participants went to lunch without taking questions from the journalists waiting outside. The Vatican Press Office did issue a statement saying that the conversations had begun “in a cordial, respectful and constructive climate”. The press release announced that further discussions would be held every other month and identified the issues to be examined: “the concept of Tradition, the Missal of Paul VI, the interpretation of Vatican Council II in continuity with Catholic doctrinal Tradition, [Church unity and principled ecumenism], the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions, and religious freedom.” The first meeting also addressed the method and organization of the work of the CDF and SSPX Commissions.
Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., head of the Press Office of the Holy See, met with journalists at midday that Monday. His own comments neatly summed up the historic occasion: “At last competent and authorized persons [representing the Vatican and the Lefebvrites] discussed doctrinal questions” and did so in a “spirit of trust”.
{Later that week, during a forum broadcast by Radio Courtoisie in Paris, Fr. Gregoire Celier, SSPX, explained that the composition of the Fraternity's delegation may change as needed depending on the topics being treated, so as to draw on the expertise of other SSPX priests. The panelists speculated that a videographer would record future sessions of the theological dialogue, presumably so that the Pope could have first-hand knowledge of the proceedings. The discussions will not be conducted in Latin; simultaneous translators will be employed.}
