French Bishop Who Oversaw Vocations Boom Awaits Pope’s Verdict

The Pillar ^ | 6/7/23 | Luke Coppen

[marshmallow]

For years, the French Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon defied the downward trend in priestly vocations.

But that came to an abrupt halt in 2022. And now, for the second year running, no ordinations will take place in the diocese in southeastern France.

The reason why is no mystery: The Vatican has imposed a moratorium on ordinations as it investigates concerns that the diocese’s admissions policy is too lax.

The moratorium has left the once thriving diocese — and its charismatic Bishop Dominique Rey — in a peculiar limbo.

Vows postponed

The latest indication of the paralysis within the diocese came June 1, when Rey withdrew permission for three members of one of the 50 communities resident in the diocese to take their final vows.

The trio — two sisters and a brother — had been due to take their final vows June 10 in the Fraternité Eucharistein, a community founded in 1996.

The group had undergone a canonical visitation in 2021, after which its governance and formation process were reformed, and its founder asked to abstain from public ministry and live at a monastery. The three candidates had been fully vetted and approved to take the step.

Cyrille Jacquot, the community’s moderator, told the Swiss Catholic website cath.ch that the indefinite postponement of the final vows was not “a question of cancelation or sanction.”

“Bishop Rey explained to me that the ecclesial context is tense with regard to new communities,” he said.

[ebb tide]

It all boils down to Bergoglio's hatred of Catholic Tradition and thus the Catholic Faith.

Vatican to investigate Diocese that supports traditional Mass in France

[Governor Dinwiddie]

It is the Deep State and Satan which has invaded every institution from the Vatican to Capitol Hill to every Parliament in the Anglosphere.

[Dr. Sivana]

Years ago, I met a traditionally minded priest who needed to pass a class taught by the notorious New Ager Matthew Fox, without formally condoning heresy. For his papers, he made good use of quotation marks, making the false statements not in his own voice. For his term paper he painted a nature landscape. He got an A.