From the Catholic Herald U.K,Why is the Vatican taking
action against the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
On October 20, 2016, Mgr Giacomo Morandi, the Undersecretary (and now
Secretary) of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) wrote
to the Slaves’ leader, Brother Andre Marie Villarrubia. Morandi called the
Slaves’ position on extra Ecclesiam nulla salus “unacceptable”...
Br Andre Marie said that he had been misunderstood. He did not deny either
the Catechism or Dominus Iesus, he insisted. On the contrary, he was
prepared to affirm a list of propositions from Morandi’s own letter.
It was a messy exchange, in which the participants could not even agree what they were debating. But Morandi had already had enough: he had concluded his letter by telling the Center that his letter “officially closes the discussion on this matter”...
When I asked him about the penalties, Fr Georges de Laire, the vicar for canonical affairs for the Manchester diocese, said that he “met with the [current] Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [Fr Matteo Visioli] this past May, and upon that conversation the Congregation made recommendations to us for steps that should be imposed upon the Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These are included in the precepts imposed on Monday, January 7.”...
The CDF (or at least Manchester) is taking great pains to make clear that
this dispute is about the dogma of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus and not about
the status of traditionalists in the Church more broadly.
The Diocese of Manchester Curia Member and Catechists affirm Feeneyite theology.There is no denial from the diocese. So even Bishop Peter Libasci would agree with Fr. Leonard Feeney, who said that there are no literal cases of the baptism of desire(BOD).
There are no literal cases of the baptism of desire(BOD), baptism of blood(BOB) and being saved in invincible ignorance(I.I) in 2019, is the consensus opinion in the Diocese of Manchester among the Curia.
When there are no literal cases of BOD, BOB and I.I and there are no practical exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) this is Feeneyite theology.
The St.Benedict Center, in New Hampshire and Bishop Peter Libasci agree that faith and baptism are needed for all for salvation(AG 7, Vatican Council II) and there are no literal exceptions to AG 7 and EENS in the present times.
So outside the Church there is no salvation and there are only Catholics in Heaven is the consensus among the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Bishop Peter Libasci and his Curia.
It means Bishop Libasci, like Mary Ellen Mahon, the Director of Education in the Diocese of Manchester, are in agreement with the popes before Pius XII who affirmed the strict interpretation of EENS and recognised that BOD, BOB and I.I as being only hypothetical.The popes before Pius XII did not contradict Fr. Leonard Feeney since for them too, there were no literal cases of BOD, BOB and I.I to contradict EENS.
However the big issue is now Vatican Council II. Since hypothetical cases are just hypothetical for Bishop Libasci and his Curia, there are no exceptions to 16th century EENS, mentioned in Vatican Council II.Vatican Council II supports Feeneyite EENS for Bishop Libasci and Mary Ellen Mahon.
This is also the theological position of Brother Andre Marie,MICM, Prior at the St. Benedict Center.
Even for Matteo Visioli, the new under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, there would be no known exceptions to the 16th century interpretation of EENS.So for him too, there would be no known exceptions in 2019 to the traditional teaching on the Church having an exclusiveness and superiority in salvation and so there are only Catholics in Heaven.
-Lionel Andrades
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