Francis Appoints Lay Monk as Montecassino Abbot
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Perhaps more Vatican II-esque equalizing/elevating the laity over the priests?


From gloria.tv | January 9, 2023


Francis Appoints Lay Monk as Montecassino Abbot

Francis has appointed Brother Antonio Luca Fallica, 63, hitherto prior of Dumenza Monastery, Italy, near the Swiss border, as Abbot of the famous Montecassino Monastery.

Highly unusual: Fallica is not a priest.

Last autumn, Francis rejected Father Mauritius Wilde, 56, who the monks of Montecassino had elected as their abbot. The Vatican gave some excuses, e.g. that Wilde was not an Italian.



I could be mistaken but the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907&1912) notes that an abbot must be a priest. Perhaps this too changed after Vatican II:

Quote:According to the present legislation, the Abbot is elected for life by the secret suffrages of the community’s professed members in sacris. To be eligible he must have all the qualifications required by the canons of the Church. It is furthermore necessary that he should be a priest, a professed member of the order, of legitimate birth, and at least twenty-five years of age. The election, to be valid, must be held in the manner prescribed by the common law of the Church (d. “Quia propter.-De elect.,” I, 6; and Conc. Trid., sess. XXV, c. vi, De reg.), and as determined in the statutes or constitutions of each congregation.


... The Council of Poitiers (1078) finally obliged all Abbots under pain of deprivation to receive priest’s orders. (Thomassin, Pt. I, I, iii, passim.)
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre
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Francis Appoints Lay Monk as Montecassino Abbot - by Stone - 01-10-2023, 09:46 AM

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