Today, Cantate Sunday, the Superior-General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX/SSPX), Bishop Bernard Fellay, celebrated Mass and delivered a sermon at the main Traditionalist church in France, Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet.
Bishop Fellay mentioned both the possibility of the "liberation of the mass" and "lifting of the excommunications". In both cases he sounds reasonably optimistic, though cautious; he does not mention any specific date.
Bishop Fellay mentioned both the possibility of the "liberation of the mass" and "lifting of the excommunications". In both cases he sounds reasonably optimistic, though cautious; he does not mention any specific date.
In that which refers to the intentions of liberating the Ecclesia Dei people [ecclésiadéistes] from the yoke of the bishops, it is known, through the voice of Cardinal Ricard, that the Pope has mentioned it. But, considering the reaction of the bishops of France and of Cardinal Ricard himself, one may believe that this is not for tomorrow.
In that which refers to us, it [a solution] is even farther, much farther.
This is the main point of the sermon, which we will not translate fully for lack of time. Its French original text is available at Le Forum Catholique.
