Tradition at War with Tradition?
Plenary Session of the CDF to Decide SSPX Fate
(www.RemnantNewspaper.com) A plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) began meeting Tuesday, January 24th. The purpose is, in part, to deliberate over the Society of St. Pius X’s response regarding the Vatican’s proposed doctrinal preamble.
Acceptance of the preamble was put forward by the Vatican as a precondition to any canonical regularization of the Society.
Members of the CDF who will help decide the Society’s fate include: Cardinal William Levada, “Ecumenical Experts” Cardinals Kurt Koch and Walter Kasper, Vienna's Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (of balloon Mass fame), along with Regensburg Bishop Gerhard Müller. Looking at this assembly, it seems the Society has as much a chance of being offered “full communion” as the Tea Party being offered an invitation to join the Democratic Party.
...First, the Pope states, “We can see today not few good fruits born of the ecumenical …More