Posted on 04/16/2012 7:12:59 PM PDT by annalex
[...] the fraternity have “preannounced they will arrive at a final clarification, therefore I am hoping that at the beginning of next week we’ll be able to know their position and then take consequent positions.”
[...]Msgr. Pozzo said “certain press reports, certain information, have been encouraging but we cannot predict their response until they give it to us.”
[...] if the society “does not accept the offer of a pope like Benedict XVI, who has already made possible the gestures to meet them halfway, a historic opportunity would be lost, and, above all, there would be a further injury to the mystical body of Jesus Christ.”
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
Let us hope and pray that whatever the outcome, SSPX will remain a force for orthodoxy in the Church.
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Indeed, and in truth I hope that they accept. We do truly live in interesting times, don’t we?
I want SSPX to accept if it is acceptable and not accept if it is unacceptable.
Same here. A fine balancing act is in play, with so much riding on both sides. I am an optimist, though.
Just mentioned by Andrea Tornielli for La Stampa:
Lefebvrists: the positive response has arrived
17.09.2012 (1900 GMT - 2100 Rome)
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/
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