As a Catholic who accepts Vatican Council II I reject this irrational interpretation of magisterial documents by the Vatican Curia, the bishop of Albano and the FSSPX.
Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano
NOTIFICATION TO PASTORS [PARISH PRIESTS]
ON THE "SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X"
In the past few weeks, requests of clarification have reached the Diocesan Chancery regarding the celebration of Sacraments at the "Society of Saint Pius X" of Albano Laziale.Regarding it, it is right and proper to point out that the above-mentioned "Society" is not an institution (neither parish, nor association) of the Catholic Church.This applies even after the decree of the Congregation for Bishops of January 21, 2009, by which the Holy Father Benedict XVI, reaching out in good will in response to reiterated requests by the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, revoked the excommunication in which the four Prelated had incurred since June 30, 1988.This was highlighted by Benedict XVI with his Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church of March 10, 2009: "the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church." (in AAS CI [2009], n. 4, p. 272). The same Benedict XVI, in the following Letter m. p. Ecclesiae Unitatem, of July 2, 2009, added: "the remission of the excommunication was a measure taken in the context of ecclesiastical discipline to free the individuals from the burden of conscience constituted by the most serious of ecclesiastical penalties. However, the doctrinal questions obviously remain and until they are clarified the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry." (in AAS CI [2009], p. 710-711).Lionel: Pope Benedict XVI and the Bishop of Albano have made a doctrinal errror with reference to the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 , the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257-1260 and the irrational interpretation of Vatican Council II .As a Catholic who accepts Vatican Council II I reject this irrational interpretation of magisterial documents by the Vatican Curia, the bishop of Albano and the FSSPX.As a consequence of the above, it is right and proper to restate what had been formulated in the Pastoral Note on the Society of Saint Pius X of [former bishop of Albano] Dante Bernini, in which it can be read:The Catholic faithful cannot participate at Mass, neither request and/or receive Sacraments from or in the Society. Acting otherwise would mean to break communion with the Catholic Church.Lionel: The Mass is being offered by the Bishop of Albano denying the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus by alleging that there are known exceptions.He cannot name any of these exceptions in 2014.
This is a rejection of the Nicene Creed ( I believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sin and not three known baptisms), the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and Vatican Council II (Ad Gentes 7). The faithful at Albano are attending Holy Mass offered by a bishop and priests in public mortal sin who are are automatically excommunicated.They are not likely to be excommunicated sine Pope Francis also issues confusing statements on this subject.Therefore, any Catholic faithful who requests and receives Sacraments in the Society of Saint Pius X, will place himself de facto in the condition of no longer being in communion with the Catholic Church. A readmission to the Catholic Church must be preceded by an adequate personal path of reconciliation, according to the ecclesiastical discipline established by the Bishop.It is sincerely saddening that such options [measures], particularly when in reference to the Christian Initiation of Children and Adolescents, be in constrast with the pastoral orientations of the Italian Church and, consequently, with the choices of the Diocese of Albano, where formative paths for the growth and maturation of the life of faith are favored.To the Parish priests, the duty of providing adequate information to the faithful.From the Albano Chancery, October 14, 2014, Prot. 235/14.
+ Marcello Semeraro, Bishop.
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Mons.Guido Pozzo still hides the factual mistake in the Letter of the Holy Office which is carried over into the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/if-vatican-council-ii-is-discovered-to.html
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http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/vatican-council-ii-affirms-extra.html
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