Decision 2008: The Conditions Update: The actual Document (SSPX)

Rorate Caeli ^ | June 24, 2008 | "Ecclesia Dei"

[Hieronymus]

Conditions which result from the meeting of June 4, 2008, between Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos and Bishop Bernard Fellay

1. The commitment to a response proportionate to the generosity of the Pope. 2. The commitment to avoid every public intervention which does not respect the person of the Holy Father and which may be negative to ecclesial charity. 3. The commitment to avoid the claim to a Magisterium superior to the Holy Father and to not propose the Fraternity in contraposition to the Church. 4. The commitment to display the will to act honestly in full ecclesial charity and in respect for the authority of the Vicar of Christ. 5. The commitment to respect the date - fixed for the end of the month of June [2008] - to respond positively. This shall be a condition necessary and required as an immediate preparation for adhesion to accomplish full communion.

[Signed] Darío Card. Castrillón Hoyos

Rome, June 4, 2008

[livius]

I agree that we need a certain amount of their influence, although the unfortunate thing, as we discussed above, is that their isolation from the Church for so many years has in some cases (not all, by any means) led to the development of some peculiar attitudes that we don’t particularly need.

Personally, I think this will probably lead to a split within the SSPX. Many of them do want to return in good standing, but there’s a certain nutty hard core that probably wants to cling to its specialness and won’t come back.

I’m glad the Pope is giving them a specific date (which is almost upon us), because they have to make a decision one way or the other: whenever they have been given time in the past, their various factions have used it to prevent anything from being done.