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The Beginning of Ambrosian Forelent |
Posted by: Stone - 02-10-2025, 11:27 AM - Forum: The Liturgical Year
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The Beginning of Ambrosian Forelent
Gregory DiPippo, NLM | February 09, 2025
The Ambrosian season after Epiphany presents some interesting and unique characteristics compared with the same period in the Roman Rite. In the latter, from its first attestation in the Lectionary of Würzburg, the season has a full compliment of Gospel readings; in the Ambrosian Rite, on the other hand, the liturgical texts of the season were slow to evolve, but their evolution can be traced out from the surviving ancient manuscripts.
The traditional Roman rubrics are organized in such a way that none of the Sundays between Epiphany and Septuagesima are omitted; in the Tridentine reform, a system was created, and is still in use, by which those which cannot be celebrated in their regular place are moved to the end of the season after Pentecost. The Ambrosian Rite has no such tradition, with the exception of the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, which is never omitted, and always celebrated as the last Sunday before Septuagesima. (Prior to the Borromean reform of the Ambrosian liturgical books, this Sunday was called “the Fifth after Epiphany”, and there was no Sixth, since Easter very rarely occurs late enough for one to be necessary.) This custom is first attested in a liturgical ordo called the “Beroldus Novus” in the 13th century; its origin is to be found by tracing out the history of the period in Ambrosian liturgical books.
A page of an Ambrosian Missal printed in Milan in 1522, with the Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, preceded by the rubric that it is always celebrated “next to” (juxta) Septuagesima.
A codex kept in the Capitular Library of the basilica of St John the Baptist in Busto Arsizio contains a very ancient order of readings, one which certainly predates the Carolingian period, when the Ambrosian lectionary underwent a major reform. This codex has two different lists of Gospels, a “capitulary”, which is older, and gives only the incipits, and a later “evangeliary”, which gives the full texts. The differences between these two bear witness to two different phases in the evolution of the lectionary tradition. The capitulary has readings for only the first two Sundays after Epiphany, with no signs of any later corrections, while the evangeliary gives Gospel pericopes for the first four Sundays, with corrections added later in a Romanizing direction.
Neither list mentions a Fifth Sunday, which in most medieval missals was given as the last of the season, since the Sixth Sunday only very rarely occurs. The Ambrosian Rite borrowed the three Sundays of the Roman Forelent in at least two stages, and while both lists include the Sundays of Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the capitulary does not include Septuagesima.
In the Ambrosian Missals of Bergamo (mid-9th century) and Biasca (end of the 9th century), which are fully in line with the Carolingian reform, the order of readings agrees with that of the “corrections” in the evangeliary of Busto. Furthermore, both of these have as the Gospel of the Fifth Sunday that which is now read on the Sixth, Matthew 17, 14-20. (As noted above, this will remain in place until the minor adjustment of the Borromean reform.)
“At that time: there came to the Lord Jesus a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out? Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.”
The healing of the possessed boy; folio 166r of Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry. Here it is used to illustrate the Gospel of the Third Sunday of Lent, Luke 11, 14-28, which begins with the expulsion of a devil from a mute, and in which Christ goes on to say “if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.” (Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons)
The fact that this pericope is always found just before Forelent provides a useful clue as to its origin. Unlike the other Gospels of this season, it has no parallel at all in the Roman Rite, and therefore clearly does not derive from the Romanizing tendency attested by the corrections in the Busto manuscript. The admonition at the end to prayer and fasting gives it a clearly penitential character, which explains why it is always read as the introduction to Forelent, as the Church prepares itself for an intensified period of prayer and fasting.
The introduction of this final Sunday is further explained by a shrewd observation of the scholar Patrizia Carmassi regarding another lectionary, a codex in the Ambrosian Library (A 23 bis inf.) of the 13th century, but certainly copied from a much older archetype. This manuscript contains a list of the prophetic readings for the whole liturgical year, with a very significant correction for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany; the rubricated title “Dominica Quinta post Epiphaniam” is cancelled out and replaced with “Dominica in Septuagesima.” We may therefore suppose that the archetype did not include Septuagesima, but did have the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, a problem which the later copyist fixed simply by changing the title, treating it as an alternative for the older title.
In the Codex Mediolanensis, a Gospel book from the area of Milan with liturgical notes that date it to the 7th or 8th century, Septuagesima is still missing. Nevertheless, in the early Carolingian period, when the liturgical books of Milan were being revised and Romanized, the fourth and fifth Sundays after Epiphany were added. From this, we may deduce that these Sundays were seen as part of Forelent, along with Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, and the adoption of Septuagesima was therefore felt to be unnecessary. The custom of always reading Matthew 17, 14-20, on the Sunday before Septuagesima therefore reflects an ancient understanding of it as part of Forelent, regardless of what that Sunday is actually called.
There are some interesting parallels to the Ambrosian Gospel in other non-Roman western rites. In the oldest form of the Mozarabic lectionary, there is only one Sunday of Forelent, called “ante carnes tollendas – before taking away meat.” The Gospel of this Sunday, Matthew 17, 1-20, includes both the episode of Christ’s Transfiguration, and that of the possessed child read in the Ambrosian Rite. In two lectionaries of the ancient Gallican Rite, that of Luxeuil (6th century) and a fragmentary manuscript at Würzburg (7th century) the Gospel of the same Sunday, which is called “the Sunday after St Peter’s Chair”, is only the first part, Matthew 17, 1-9, which the Roman Rite reads on the Second Sunday of Lent, and the preceding Ember Saturday.
The Transfiguration, by Raphael, 1517-19; in the lower part, the possessed child and his father are seen before the remaining nine Apostles.
In this episode, Moses and Elijah, who appear to either side of the Lord, represent the catechumens, since they both undertook a fast of 40 days in preparation for a vision of the Lord, as the catechumens do in Lent, to prepare themselves for the illumination of baptism at Easter. The antiquity of the association between this episode and the discipline of Lent is shown by a passage of St Ambrose’s commentary on the Song of Songs.
“Moses, set on the mountain for forty days, and receiving the Law, required no food for his body: Elijah, hastening to his rest, asked that his soul be taken from him: Peter, also on a mountain, looking upon the glory of the Lord’s resurrection, did not wish to come down, saying ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here.’ ”
This passage is ideally placed between the Baptism of Christ, celebrated on Epiphany, and His passion, as Ambrose explains in his book “On the Holy Spirit” (16, 755b).
“So that you may know that (God) made mention of the Lord Jesus’ descent (from heaven in the Incarnation), he further adds that he proclaimed his Anointed one unto men (Amos 4, 13); for at the Baptism, he proclaimed this, saying, ‘Thou are my most beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ (Matthew 3, 17). He proclaimed this on the mountain, saying, ‘This is my beloved Son, hear ye Him. (Matthew 17, 17). He proclaimed this in His Passion, when the sun departed, and the seas and land trembled.”
The Mozarabic Rite, however, extends the Gospel of the Sunday “ante carnes tollendas” to include the episode of the possessed boy. This can be explained from a sermon of St Isidore of Seville, who compares the exorcism which Christ performed on the boy to the one performed as part of the rite of baptism.
“Exorcism is a word (or ‘speech’) of rebuke against an unclean spirit in regard to the possessed, but is also done for the catechumens, and by it, the most wicked power of the devil and his ancient malice, or his violent incursion, is expelled and put to flight. This is signified by that lunatic whom Jesus rebuked, and the demon went out from him. But the power of the devil is exorcized, and they are breathed upon, so that they may renounce him, and being delivered from the power of darkness, may be taken over to the kingdom of their Lord though the sacrament of Baptism.”
However, it still remains to be explained why the Gallican tradition includes only the episode of the Transfiguration, the Mozarabic that of the Transfiguration and the possessed boy, while the Ambrosian includes only the latter.
This article is mostly a translation of notes written by Nicola de’ Grandi.
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Trump executive order creates task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias’ in federal government |
Posted by: Stone - 02-08-2025, 01:05 PM - Forum: General Commentary
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Trump executive order creates task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias’ in federal government
Trump signed a new executive order on Thursday aimed at ‘eradicating anti-Christian bias’ and declaring that his administration ‘will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians.’
Feb 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at “eradicating anti-Christian” bias in government with a new task force to root out any remaining vestiges of the previous administration’s hostility to religion and faith-based values.
“My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians,” the order reads. “The law protects the freedom of Americans and groups of Americans to practice their faith in peace, and my Administration will enforce the law and protect these freedoms. My Administration will ensure that any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified.”
To that end, it establishes a “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias,” headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose job will be to review all executive-branch agencies to “identify any unlawful anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct”; seek input from outside individuals and groups affected by such conduct, and make recommendations for administrative actions, rule changes, or new legislation.
Trump had announced plans for the task force earlier in the day, at the National Prayer Breakfast. “The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI, terrible, and other agencies,” he said.
The Biden administration exhibited a pattern of hostility toward Christianity, especially as it intersected with issues of life and sexuality. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade inspired a wave of threats and vandalism against churches and pregnancy centers, yet the perpetrators mostly went unpunished, with former Attorney General Merrick Garland citing the supposed difficulty of gathering evidence. By contrast, the administration aggressively prosecuted numerous peaceful pro-life advocates for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
In early 2023, a leaked memo from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claimed that what it called “Radical Traditionalist Catholic (RTC) ideology” was a potential motivator for “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” citing a report by far-left attack group Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The FBI retracted that memo, which Garland later disavowed as “appalling,” but that was far from the end of concerns about religious intolerance within the federal law enforcement bureaucracy. In summer 2023, the House Judiciary Committee obtained documents revealing that, contrary to previous assurance, multiple FBI field offices were involved in spying on Catholic communities.
In his first weeks back in the White House, Trump took several actions to begin reversing his predecessor’s handiwork, including pardons for the 23 pro-life FACE Act detainees, strict new limits on future FACE Act use, and ending the prosecution of a whistleblower who exposed child mutilation practices at a Texas hospital.
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Man arrested for desecrating high altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican |
Posted by: Stone - 02-08-2025, 01:01 PM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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Man arrested for desecrating high altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
A man was arrested Friday, after he kicked off the ancient candelabra and threw off the altar cloth from the Vatican altar situated above St. Peter's tomb. The incident closely resembles one which took place in 2023 when a naked protestor jumped atop the altar.
The vandal standing on top of the High Altar in the Vatican
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Sat Feb 8, 2025
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A man was arrested by Vatican police yesterday after he jumped onto the High Altar in St. Peter’s Basilica and kicked off the historic candelabra along with the altar cloths.
Late Friday evening local time, footage emerged on social media of a man standing on top of the High Altar in the Vatican and kicking the six candle-sticks down onto the floor. The man proceeded to throw the altar cloths onto the floor.
At this point, Vatican security guards seized hold of the man and took him into their custody.
In a statement issued to Ansa news agency, Matteo Bruni – director of the Holy See Press Office – said that “this is an episode of a person with serious mental disabilities, who was taken into custody by the Vatican Gendarmerie and handed over to the Italian authorities.”
Reports have suggested that the vandal was of Romanian origin, aged around 40.
Security guards inside the Basilica appeared slow to react. Footage showed the man had already climbed over barriers and up the steps to the altar, kicked off the six candles, and was in the act of pulling off the altar cloth before he was apprehended. Spanish outlet ABC reported that guards were alerted by the man’s triggering of an alarm upon his climbing onto the altar.
The altar is situated directly above the tomb of St. Peter which is situated in the Vatican crypt. The candles he kicked to the ground are understood to date to the mid-1800’s.
Details about the incident have been sparse, and at the time of publishing no further information about the vandal or his motive has been publicized.
It comes in the midst of the Jubilee Year, which has seen heightened security checks around the city and a re-organization of St. Peter’s Square with increased security gates to funnel all pilgrims through the Holy Door at the Vatican.
A similar such event took place in June 2023, when a man jumped on top of the same High Altar and stripped his clothes off. He later told security that he was mourning “for Ukrainian children losing their lives under Russian bombardment.”
READ: Deranged man takes clothes off, jumps on main altar inside St Peter’s to protest Ukraine war
Following the 2023 incident, the Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gamberti, held a penitential ritual at the altar, in accordance with the prescriptions of Canon Law.
LifeSite has inquired with the Holy See press office for further details on yesterday’s event, and will update this report accordingly.
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West Michigan university to ‘relocate’ blasphemous image mocking Our Lady after outcry |
Posted by: Stone - 02-08-2025, 12:53 PM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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West Michigan university to ‘relocate’ blasphemous image mocking Our Lady after outcry
Grand Valley State University (GVSU) has decided to relocate a blasphemous piece of 'art' that weaponizes the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to promote social justice and LGBT ideology, according to a university statement sent to LifeSiteNews.
SNEHIT PHOTO / Shutterstock.com
Wed Feb 5, 2025
ALLENDALE, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — Grand Valley State University (GVSU) has decided to relocate a blasphemous piece of “art” that weaponizes the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to promote social justice and LGBT ideology.
On Wednesday LifeSiteNews spoke with multiple officials at Grand Valley who confirmed the mural has been removed from the Kirkhof Center on campus in Allendale, Michigan, following outcry from Christian students, lawmakers, and the general public.
In a statement released Wednesday morning, Grand Valley said it will be “relocating the piece to a space where it can be presented with greater context.”
“It is our goal to display art in a way that productively allows for the pursuit of knowledge, empathy, and social understanding and we will continue to work to create processes that help us achieve that goal,” read a statement approved by Chris Knape, the school’s assistant vice president of communications.
Founded in 1960, Grand Valley is home to roughly 25,000 students. It received nearly $100 million in taxpayer dollars for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Meredith Burl, a local traditional Catholic who is organizing a Rosary rally on campus this coming weekend, spoke to LifeSiteNews on the phone.
“We are fighting a supernatural battle. Desecrating this sacred image of Our Lady is going too far. Simply relocating this is not what the president’s office told me earlier this morning. It does not change the sacrilegious nature of it. It is offensive to God and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” she said.
Burl, a mother of four, informed LifeSite that she intends to proceed with the protest this Saturday as an act of reparation for the image, as well as to pray for the artist. The rally will begin at 1 p.m. at the Cook Carillon Tower on the Allendale campus. Rallygoers are encouraged to bring signs, rosaries, and statues and to park in the H1 and/or H2 lots after entering campus from Lake Michigan Drive to the north. Click HERE for a map of the campus. More information can also be obtained from Thomasjferraz@tfp.org or by calling (844) 830-3570.
Chris Knape is Grand Valley’s assistant vice president for communications. He previously told CatholicVote.org that the mural is “protected speech” and that it provokes “discussion and critical thinking.” LifeSite spoke to Knape Wednesday morning. He provided LifeSite with a statement on behalf of the school that defended it as an “artistic expression.” It also said that its location in the student center did not “allow” for “the artist’s stated intent of the piece” to be fully communicated.
“The GVSU Art Museum will be relocating the piece to a space where it can be presented with greater context, allowing for deeper discussion and understanding while enhancing safety and respecting all voices that might find themselves in that space,” the statement reads.
The “art” in question is a digitally modified rendering of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which Catholics venerate as a sacred image. It is the work of alumna Irlanda Beltran and is titled “Petalos De Cambio,” or “Petals of Change.”
When translated to English, Spanish slogans that Beltran included on the image mean “homophobia is lethal,” “no more feminicide,” and “sexuality,” among other vulgar and pro-LGBT terms, such as “trans.” Two men kissing were also included on Our Lady’s dress.
Grand Valley’s graphic design department bestowed an award on Beltran for her crude creation last June. The school then bought it from her for a reported $1,800.
The images have won the ire of Catholic students at Grand Valley as well as local Republicans State Rep. Jamie Thompson and State Rep. Luke Meerman, who reached out to the university. Meerman told LifeSiteNews that if it continues to be in a public space there needs to be more pressure brought on Grand Valley.
Knape told LifeSite that GVSU is “developing an advisory committee of students to provide input on art in student-facing spaces.”
For respectful comments only, contact Chris Knape at Grand Valley’s communications department knapech@gvsu.edu or (616) 331-2221. You can also reach the president’s office at Thomaspresident@gvsu.edu or (616) 331-2100.
This story is developing…
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Opinion: Pope Francis Has Fully Regularized the SSPX |
Posted by: Stone - 02-07-2025, 02:09 PM - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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Pope Francis Has Fully Regularized the SSPX
Ecce Agnus [slightly adapted and reformatted] | February 6, 2025
As it is said, when one body part confirms identification with the whole, the rest is confirmed. So too when part of the Constitutional/Doctrinal body of the SSPX confirms Legal/Doctrinal status to the whole, the rest is confirmed.
St. Thomas Aquinas explains the principle:
“The operation of the parts, is through each part, attributed to the whole.” (Summa Theologiae, I, q. 75, a. 2)
This was and is true for Mgr. Lefebvre having the reasonable expectation on Nov. 1, 1970 from the local Diocesan Bishop in Fribourg Switzerland Canonically Legalizing, and under the same authority, granted the SSPX to be Canonically erected allowing them to function as a fully Catholic and Traditional organization [1] .
A few years later, modernist Rome applied illicit pressure to destroy and remove that legal perennial status. Mgr. Lefebvre necessarily and lawfully disobeyed such illegal censures from: being illegal in itself, as with, not being granted its warranted Canonical process, and ignored appeal from the modernist Curators amassing against the Traditional Faith [2] . Saint Thomas Aquinas teaches, as does St. Augustine, that an unjust law is no law at all.
It is here where the world took notice when Mgr. Lefebvre made his famous 1974 Declaration [3] .
Not having the Canonical process to appeal the illegal censures, the SSPX was, and is, still provided for in rightful existence as a Branch of the Perennial Catholic Church [4] ; though Bp. Fellay’s administration tries hard to wash over this reality so to enter the realms of Conciliarism.
And they succeeded. On April 9, 2015 the new-SSPX had become a new and different Canonical erection as an ASSOCIATION OF DIOCESAN RIGHT within the Conciliar Dioceses of Buenos Aires Argentina [5] . Enabling thus, after the death of Mgr. Lefebvre, the new-SSPX ’s desired acceptance of neo-Rome’s illegal censure to remove the already once legal status granted in 1970, to a new entity under and within conciliar-Rome.
What many would have expected to come through the front doors, had taken place In Jure through the back doors, and secretly declared from the Conciliar Dioceses of Buenos Aires Argentina, became a simple matter of Canon Law: What is done in Part, is done in Whole.
We will see no matter what the surface motive given for public consumption was; the new-SSPX had placed themselves under the full communion and obedience with the Conciliar sect of Vatican II.
To give credit, this back door is what Fr. Chazal said within the 2012 betrayal believing Bp. Fellay’s administration would use clever piecemeal ways to enter the conciliar church than the front door everyone was expecting.
For public consumption however, the new-SSPX administration placed as a red-herring, a view different for others to see as only a gain from the Argentina state to recognize crossing boarders and Visas [6] . Yet there is more, a lot more, and quite deceitful not to share in face of the Canonical Document itself, and in reasons of law. [7] [8] [9]
To appease the Argentinean State is one of Diplomacy. This was easy to fulfill by the neo-SSPX if wanting to provide a “religious” status given from its 1970 Diocesan decree of legal existence as an institution of the Catholic Church (provided above). As too, this Diplomacy could have been provided by the conciliar Diocese with a simple “religious” document recognizing the same would have sufficed (as too could be done politically in other ways), WITHOUT need of using Canon 298 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law giving a new existing status, a Judicial person, recognized and provided in an ASSOCIATION OF DIOCESAN RIGHT; which also declares and provides for mutual Doctrinal and Liturgical adherence in all practice of (conciliar) worship and discipline. But it’s here, in using this Canon 298 to erect OFFICIALLY the new-SSPX into the conciliar-church, is the aim and conciliar existence the liberal new-SSPX wanted, intended, and designed for their secret reconciliation.
It is also important to note the gravity of what Bishop Fellay had done putting in jeopardy the Traditional Catholic missions in Argentina for him to receive his new status as a LEGAL incorporation of the SSPX into and Canonically legal through the conciliar church to be registered as a Religious-Catholic status within the Argentinian government.
As disclosed above, the legal consequence of that act is now an ALL or NOTHING status for the new-SSPX. In other words, the new-SSPX has been operating in that country of Argentina in status as a civil entity, NOT as a religious or even a Catholic entity; because the conciliar church has always stated to the Argentinian government that the SSPX is NOT Catholic and NOT a part of the [conciliar] catholic church (in schism).
The SSPX Dici had also verified that in their Response:
Quote:“…It is important to know that in Argentina, Catholic religious congregations can only exercise their apostolate within an administrative and juridical framework conditioned by their inscription in the register of the Institutes of Consecrated Life, on the [conciliar church’s] ecclesiastical authority’s recommendation.”
And the U.S District superior validated that also in their Response in referencing and praising the Rorate Caeli article:
Quote:“…The District Superior [Fr. Christian Bouchacourt] therefore went to him [Ed. Pope Francis when he was a Cardinal of Buenos Aires Argentina at that time] to present the problem: there [would have been] an easy solution, and that would be to declare ourselves an independent church (before Civil Law), but we did not want to do it because we are Catholic.”
Which is demonstrated in the legality of the Argentinian government for other religions:
Quote:6) If you access the official website of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Argentina there is a register of Recognized religions in the country (Protestants, Buddhists, Africanists, etc.) and a Register of Institutes of Consecrated Life in the terms of Law 24483. There is a unique register for the Catholic Church and forms (with instructions) for processing STIs are on the web.
Thus, the SSPX in Argentina is now placed in a situation where they must comply with the modernist Roman Authorities and Argentine Authorities or be forced to leave.
Those who understand the precarious situation of the new-SSPX La Reja seminary, and the rest of the SSPX apostolate in Argentina, understand the risks involved.
And because of this risk, you can see that Bishop Fellay is very comfortable to go into the Conciliar Church for his desired canonical reconciliation; there is no risk for him -it is all apart- of the planned agenda.
As Archbishop Guido Pozzo, the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, had said:
Quote:“…We continue working so that full communion and juridical framing of the Society within the Catholic Church may be achieved.”
Sadly explained by the neo-SSPX marketing half-truths makes clever for them a vied appearance for their chapels and public alike to deflect from scrutiny, though real, the process of conciliar-assimilation they do not deny. Now granted in jurisdiction a Canonical status, accrued from modernist Rome, fully accepted in communion and obedience with the Conciliar Church, with the real gain, in reason to subsist within the Conciliar hierarchy. The additional granting of piecemeal Universal Jurisdiction within the world will come later; as we will see below.
There it is, under the noses of everyone; breaking the faithful’s trust. The full Regularization of the new-SSPX was granted In Jure a Canonical Structure in good standing as a branch of the conciliar church having a condition of regular and FULL Canonical status as a public-religious entity within the conciliar-Church. As the Canonical Decree states:
Quote:Can. 298 §2. The Christian faithful are to join especially those associations which competent ecclesiastical authority has erected, praised, or commended.
No different in aim from what Mgr. Lefebvre received In Jure from the Diocesan Bishop in Fribourg on Nov. 1, 1970; but differs with intent to serve the Church as the old-SSPX and new-SSPX differs on the faith.
So this ultimate betrayal from the sons of Mgr. Lefebvre’s fidelity to God and the faith in his labored building of the true old-SSPX fortress, had like the Pharisees, turned it into a man made conciliar-SSPX –on April 9, 2015. Planned back in 2011 by the new-SSPX authorities, as their press release provides, just prior to their other prelude formalities; where one formality was pronounced publicly in the April 15, 2012 Doctrinal Declaration [10] by the official new-SSPX declaring their Doctrinal recognition and acceptance for Vatican II in its tenants of Lex orandi, lex credendi “the law of prayer [is] the law of belief”.
Some may say, how did this come about? To begin to understand why all of this is happening and at a time that seems to be getting worse with Rome as each year passes; as with the continued erosion of Pope Francis. Even though we do not know all what is going on behind the scenes, we yet have a strong sense that something is very different from the old-SSPX and today’s new-SSPX.
That difference stems from the one who is at the helm; fundamentally, it is a difference of mindset and an ideological understanding of the Faith. That is, in the old-SSPX, Archbishop Lefebvre had a Doctrinal mindset. In the new-SSPX, Bishop Fellay has an Institutional mindset. There is an obvious difference between them in thought and approach. In both of their lives, we can see these two differences play out.
In Archbishop Lefebvre’s life and leadership, the Doctrinal expression of the Faith was his standup antidote against Vatican II’s deliberate attacks and onslaught which tried to undercut the very foundation of Catholic Doctrine; while the liberals injected the principles of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity under the disguise of Religious Liberty, Ecumenism, and Collegiality.
The mindset of the old-SSPX under ABL:
- The old-SSPX sought the integrity of Doctrine; no compromise. Hence, the battles.
- The old-SSPX sought the Faith over the Mass. “Lex orandi, lex credendi”. The Law of Prayer is the Law of belief. The other traditional groups that fell had reversed the order and put the Mass over the Faith.
- The old-SSPX sought conciliar/modernist Rome to convert back to Tradition first; before a practical deal.
- The old-SSPX placed conditions with conciliar/modernist Rome so as not to be a part of their ecumenical structure; rather, for conciliar Rome to adhere and obey to the perennial Church that binds them to their office and Baptism. “I will place the discussion at the DOCTRINAL LEVEL: ‘Do you agree with the great encyclicals of all the popes who preceded you? Do you agree with Quanta Cura of Pius IX, Immortale Dei and Libertas of Leo XIII, Pascendi Gregis of Pius X, Quas Primas of Pius XI, Humani Generis of Pius XII? Are you in full communion with these Popes and their teachings? Do you still accept the entire Anti-Modernist Oath? Are you in favor of the social reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ? IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE DOCTRINE OF YOUR PREDECESSORS, IT IS USELESS TO TALK!” (Abp. Lefebvre, Fideliter, Nov-Dec 1988).” http://www.therecusant.com/dont-play-with-the-faith
- Etc…
In Bishop Fellay’s life and leadership, the institutional expression of the Faith is his present standup antidote “against” Vatican II. Though time had evolved after ABL’s death into Bishop Fellay’s new adaptation of turning the SSPX into this new path, through change for liberal superiors, GREC, and within the neo-teachings at the seminaries, Bishop Fellay’s relations with conciliar Rome over these recent years however do show his interests of the institution as an answer to his “problems”.
The mindset of the New-SSPX under Bishop Fellay:
- In the n-SSPX we have heard how they find itself [falsely] to be irregular with the conciliar Church and with an impediment in Canon Law; whereby the new-SSPX has lost its orientation and its identity in this crisis than what Archbishop Lefebvre maintained that they are not “irregular”, the conciliar church is. ABL thus stayed in a position to work for the Supreme Law of the Church under Her protections “prae oculis habita salute animarum, quae in Ecclesia suprema semper lex esse debet.” “The salvation of souls is the supreme law of the Church”.
- The new-SSPX seeks therefore the need to have “integrity” of their institution to be regularized with a canonical status so as the people in the Novus Ordo structure can see that they are a good guys; a lowering of the standard to please men.
- The new-SSPX seeks the Mass over the Faith like the FSSP by adopting practical concerns over the Doctrinal concerns.
- The new-SSPX seeks to integrate themselves in order to convert the Romans from the inside. However, ABL says, “The inferiors are not above the superiors”; it is a failed attempt before it begins.
- The new-SSPX seeks, as Bishop Fellay declared at Lille, France, on 7 May 2013, “That one could not ask Roman authorities to condemn the Council and the New Mass, because one cannot ask authorities to lose face.”
- The new-SSPX, as Fr. Pfluger says, needs to be reconciled sooner rather than later because it will take a long time; possibly decades if the SSPX does not do something with Rome at this time. The new-SSPX further seeks this attachment with conciliar Rome because, as Fr. Pfluger also said in a public conference in Hattersheim, Germany, that under the current circumstances, the Fraternity’s superior does not “believe it is possible to turn down the Pope’s proposal.” He said that straying from the Pope’s wishes would lead to Sedevacantism. [11]
- The new-SSPX said through Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of theology in Ecône, “the institution of the conciliar church IS the Catholic Church.” The consequences follow with conciliarism over Catholicism.
- The new-SSPX seeks unity and obedience before the Faith.
- The new-SSPX seeks obedience around its Superior General as a first cause of unity; not the Faith, per Fr. Rostand in his Post falls Idaho conference; and, he says also:
- The new-SSPX ’s direction, “is a matter of prudence; not a matter of doctrine.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pnYYTzTQrc
- The new-SSPX is now intolerant of any of its priests who still speak of the old-SSPX
- The new-SSPX metes punishment and banishment for those who get in its way to be institutionally reconciled with conciliar Rome.
- The new-SSPX seeks to be understood in confusion and ambiguities, like conciliar Rome, rather than to speak straight forward and upright like its founder.
- Etc…
With some of these above facts brought to light, along with its inconvenient truths, it is easier now to see Bishop Fellay’s institutional understanding of the Faith and the approach he is taking with conciliar Rome as a course (pre-planned) to mark the new “institutional” legal footing for the new-SSPX.
Sadly, we have lived with this leadership betrayal for many years. Some in sedevacantism would find this as another reason to sling shot to the extreme far right position – there is no pope at all. But that is for another topic.
Looking back from 2024, it is easy to see this by putting the major events and documents together, through time, the new-SSPX had joined in principle and practice their new RAISON D’ÊTRE after the death of Archbishop Lefebvre March 25, 1991, on the Feast Day of the Annunciation of our Lady.
This view in time, but not inclusive:
Bishop Fellay had secretly created the beginnings of the GREC protocols [12] paving the way since 1997… including the year 2000 SSPX pilgrimage to Rome and providing [false] rosary novenas to the faithful for this end, more than a symbol, for the new-SSPX administration giving to Rome many Doctrinal and regulating compromises with the Conciliar church.
For public consumption, modernist Rome provided the following deception, in conjunction and agreement with the new-SSPX allowing the defamation of the True Mass to be second to the clown “Ordinary” mass of Vatican II, with singing a Te Deum, in order to draw closer to conciliar Rome. As with, allowing the defamation of Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer to be excluded in the “excommunication package” Bishop Fellay received from conciliar Rome; also singing another Te Deum.
- The [False] lifting of the Latin mass; while declaring the Novus Ordo mass as the only Ordinary Mass, July 2007. [13]
- Lifting the [false] excommunications from 4 of the 6 bishops, Jan. 2009. [14]
Bishop Fellay followed: - Provided a deception also with the SSPX Doctrinal Commission with modernist Rome – ending in nothing, 2009-2011. [15]
- Emergency meeting for all SSPX heads at the SSPX district house Albano Italy addressing the Vatican’s doctrinal Preamble and formalities toward the acceptance with modernist Rome, (This was the special meeting Bp. Williamson was not invited to attend as a SSPX Bishop), Oct. 2011. [16]
- The 2012 Great Reveal. Two leaked letters: one from the three SSPX Bishops addressing neo-Menzingen’s General Council mindset and pre-emptive deal with Rome, April 7, 2012 [17] ; and the General Council’s scandalous reply, April, 14, 2012. [18] (Followed over the years by many more leaked internal letters, including from modernist Rome, and many public News Interviews and conferences.)
- The next day, Bishop Fellay representing the whole of the SSPX publicly compromised on Doctrine and Constitution sending to modern-Rome their Doctrinal Declaration, April 15, 2012 [19] proclaiming there is an agreement with the beliefs of the conciliarists; and unity is above Doctrine.
- B. Fellay depressed his plan was reveal, sent a June 2012 letter to Pope Benedict XVI, saying he will overcome the difficulties…give him some more time to effect the new changes. [20]
- 2012 SSPX General Chapter Six-Conditions publicly accepts the principle and practice of Vatican II; thereby transferring the treasures of “Tradition” to be under modernist-Rome. (Here too, Bp. Williamson was not invited to attend as a SSPX bishop), July 2012 [21]
- Bp. Fellay expelled his opposition ousting Bp. Williamson Oct 2012 [22], and consecutively a large number of SSPX priests and friend priests, along to disassociate from the Dominicans of Avrille France and the Benedictines in Brazil.
- By 2014, together over 100 priests expelled. The new-SSPX continued to remain steadfast in their course with modernist Rome…
Thus, the conciliar-church granted to the new-SSPX some further piecemeal rewards allowing some Universal Jurisdictions within the world, added to, the initial granting of Canonical status – Association of Diocesan Right in Argentina:
- * SSPX received Canonical Jurisdiction of Association of Diocesan Right, April 2015.[23]
- Followed by, Bp. Fellay received as a judge at the Rota Romana, the highest appellate tribunal of the Church, thus regularizing his broad authority, and provides for first-instance international Canonical jurisdiction within the whole of the new-SSPX, announced in May 2015. [24]
- Extended In Jure, a universal jurisdiction for CONFESSIONS in Dec. 2015. [25]
- Extended In Jure, a universal jurisdiction for ORDINATIONS in June 2016. [26]
- Extended In Jure, a universal jurisdiction for MARRIAGES in March 2017. [27]
Do you notice the new-SSPX administration does not talk anymore about regularization by way of first instance; but only by way of (social/political) acceptance and furtherance of (universal) jurisdiction from other diocese? Now you know why!
So in piecemeal, through the back door, given the new foundational existence of Canonical decree and Jurisdictional ASSOCIATION OF DIOCESAN RIGHT within the Dioceses of Argentina, the Conciliar church had IN JURE recognized in conjunction with the neo-SSPX acceptance as one in communion and obedience with the whole of the Conciliar Vatican II sect.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/202105181021...1_sspx.htm
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/202106151008...ressed.htm
[3] https://www.therecusant.com/1974-declaration
[4] https://sspx.org/en/legal-existence-sspx-30977
[5] https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/0...px-as.html
[6] https://sspx.org/en/news/argentina-recog...holic-5758
[7] https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.p...enos-aires
[8] http://brasildogmadafe.blogspot.com/2015...-sspx.html
[9] https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/0...nized.html
[10] https://www.therecusant.com/2012-doctrinal-declaration
[11] http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/05...peaks.html
[12] https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=1345
[13] https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-...ficum.html
[14] https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-...unica.html
[15] https://sspx.org/en/msgr-pozzo-theologic...sion-31089
[16] https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/1...se-of.html
[17] https://www.therecusant.com/2012-3-bishops-letter
[18] https://www.therecusant.com/2012-reply-3-bishops
[19] https://www.therecusant.com/2012-doctrinal-declaration
[20] https://www.therecusant.com/2012-fellay-letter-bxvi
[21] https://www.therecusant.com/six-conditio...al-chapter
[22] https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/s...ks-vatican
[23] https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/0...px-as.html
[24] https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/0...etary.html
[25] https://sspx.org/en/news/pope-francis-ss...licit-6236
[26] https://catholicnewslive.com/story/625214
[27] https://press.vatican.va/content/salasta...0404d.html
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Cardinal Parolin likely to oversee next conclave after Pope approves re-elected Dean of Cardinals |
Posted by: Stone - 02-07-2025, 12:25 PM - Forum: Pope Francis
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Cardinal Parolin likely to oversee next conclave after Pope approves re-elected Dean of Cardinals
91-year-old Cardinal Battista Re has been re-elected as Dean of the College of Cardinals, meaning the Vatican's current Secretary of State,
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will lead proceedings in a papal conclave if it happens before he turns 80 in 2035.
Cardinal Re (L) & Cardinal Parolin ®
Mario Tama/ Adam Berry/Getty Images
Feb 6, 2025
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Holy See announced that 91-year-old Cardinal Battista Re has been re-elected as Dean of the College of Cardinals, but what does that mean and what role will it play in a papal conclave?
On February 6, the Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis had approved the re-election of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri as Dean and Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals respectively. Their approval came on January 7 and January 14 respectively.
Re has served as Dean since January 2020, upon the death of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who had been Dean from April 2005. Re is a long-serving and influential member of the Roman Curia and had previously been Vice-Dean from January 2017, in addition to chairing the 2013 Papal Conclave.
For his part Sandri has been Vice-Dean since January 2020 and is now aged 81, having also spent a number of decades working in the Roman Curia.
The by-product of this announcement is that Francis has thus ensured that Cardinal Pietro Parolin, currently the Vatican’s Secretary of State, will lead the proceedings in a papal conclave, provided it happens before he turns 80 in 2035.
What is the role of the Dean?
The Dean of the College of Cardinals is considered the “primus inter pares” or the “first among equals.”
The cardinal who is named to this ancient role is elected by brother cardinals who have the rank of cardinal-bishop, and must himself be a cardinal-bishop. A cardinal-bishop is the highest of the three levels of the College of Cardinals, with cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons following suit.
The principal role of the Dean of the College of Cardinals is to announce the death of the reigning pontiff to all the cardinals and to the Diplomatic Corps attached to the Holy See. He celebrates and preaches at the pope’s funeral and is the de facto public face of the Holy See during the sede vacante period.
The Dean also has responsibility for organizing the conclave that follows the death of the pope. This involves presiding over the “general congregations” that take place before the actual voting of the conclave, along with the conclave itself.
Such a position, whilst very much in the public eye upon the death of a pope, is more honorary for the rest of the time, and the Dean does not hold legal power over his fellow cardinals, though he celebrates funerals for cardinals in Rome.
Cdl. Parolin to organize next conclave
However, Cardinal Re is now aged 91. As such, he is too old to participate in a papal conclave, since no cardinals over 80 are allowed to vote.
With the Argentinian Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals – Cardinal Sandri – also being over the age limit, this means that the coordinating role of the Dean over the papal conclave upon Pope Francis’ death will fall to the highest ranking cardinal-bishop, namely Cardinal Parolin.
Having turned 70 this past month, Parolin will not age out of the conclave until 2035, and with the health of the 88-year-old Pope Francis becoming increasingly frail, it is highly unlikely that Parolin will be too old to take part in the next conclave.
Thus while Re will likely preside over the Pope’s funeral, it will fall to Parolin to organize the ensuing conclave.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re incenses Pope Benedict XVI’s coffin, Jan 2023.
The conclave itself is made up of two chief elements, first of which are the “general congregations.”
These are particularly key times for the College of Cardinals to exchange ideas and arguments, as well as for finalizing the procedures for the conclave. With an increasingly diverse College of Cardinals whose members are unfamiliar with each other, it will also be one of the only times for cardinals to learn more about each other.
Cardinals over the age of 80 are allowed to participate in these sessions, in order to offer advice and guidance to the younger members.
Rumors had surfaced in late 2023 that Pope Francis’ favored canonist, Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ, was reworking the rules to exclude cardinals over 80 from the general congregations. However, Ghirlanda subsequently denied it.
After the general congregations comes the more famous aspect of the conclave comprising of the rounds of voting held in the Sistine Chapel. Only the cardinal-electors – those under the age of 80 – take part in this.
While the Dean or his substitute – in this case Parolin at the next conclave – coordinates the conclave, he does not necessarily have responsibility for counting and reading out the tally of votes. According to Pope John Paul II’s 1996 apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, the men who count and check the ballots are themselves chosen by lot. The text states about this aspect:
Quote:The voting process is carried out in three phases. The first phase, which can be called the pre-scrutiny, comprises:
1) the preparation and distribution of the ballot papers by the Masters of Ceremonies, who give at least two or three to each Cardinal elector;
2) the drawing by lot, from among all the Cardinal electors, of three Scrutineers, of three persons charged with collecting the votes of the sick, called for the sake of brevity Infirmarii, and of three Revisers; this drawing is carried out in public by the junior Cardinal Deacon, who draws out nine names, one after another, of those who shall carry out these tasks;
3) if, in the drawing of lots for the Scrutineers, Infirmarii and Revisers, there should come out the names of Cardinal electors who because of infirmity or other reasons are unable to carry out these tasks, the names of others who are not impeded are to be drawn in their place. The first three drawn will act as Scrutineers, the second three as Infirmarii and the last three as Revisers.
An Italian Pope?
Parolin has already been named by many Vaticanistas as papabile for the next conclave. His prominent role as Secretary of State already places him on the shortlist of cardinals deemed likely to be named pope.
Rumors also suggest that cardinals might be interested in electing an Italian in the next conclave, to try and calm the waters of Francis’ turbulent pontificate which has shocked even those who would identify as “liberals.” Having only turned 70 in mid-January, the Italian native Parolin has age and nationality on his side also to win over such support.
Pope Francis and then-new Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, attend a mass with newly appointed cardinals at St Peter’s Basilica on February 23, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican.
But his recognition as papabile is not without concern for some, particularly given his pivotal role in the highly-controversial Sino-Vatican deal and his record of being opposed to the traditional Mass.
Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has accused Parolin of intentionally deceiving Francis about the China deal and of having led the “betrayal” of Chinese Catholics.
Parolin’s smooth diplomatic skills have been at the forefront of his role as Secretary of State, and Zen himself praised Parolin for such diplomacy but added that it was not of a sort befitting a Catholic: “I don’t think he has faith. He is just a good diplomat in a very secular, mundane meaning.”
When surrounded by journalist gaggles at various events around Rome, Parolin ensures that he stays to take a handful of questions – most of which are then documented on the Vatican’s news channels – which further aids his attempt to paint an image of public geniality.
Reports have linked Parolin to the Vatican’s moves against the traditional Mass in Traditionis Custodes, and others have attributed to him the comment “we must put an end to this Mass forever!” when speaking about the Latin Mass.
Parolin had been named in 2024 reports as being a key supporter of rumored new restrictions on the Latin Mass, but later denied any such involvement when questioned by this correspondent.
The last cardinal who entered the conclave as Dean and emerged as Pope was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin, as acting Dean during the conclave itself, might have strong odds in his favor, but the old adage recounts that “he who enters the conclave as ‘pope’ emerges as a cardinal.”
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The Catholic Trumpet Video: The Conciliarization of the SSPX |
Posted by: Stone - 02-06-2025, 01:26 PM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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Operation Suicide – The Conciliarization of the SSPX
Part I
In Part I, we cover:- Archbishop Lefebvre’s mission—why the SSPX was founded and what it stood for.
- The warning signs of betrayal—how the seeds of compromise were planted years before 2012.
- The GREC conspiracy—a secretive effort to bring SSPX under Vatican II’s control.
- The shift in doctrine—how SSPX leadership prepared its priests and faithful for submission.
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