Vatican gives SSPX until Friday to accept agreement
The Holy See has asked the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) to accept the agreement proposed by Rome by Friday, February 22, the day the Church celebrates the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, so before Benedict XVI resignation comes into effect, reports Vatican Insider.
Following the “personal” and highly spiritual letter sent by US archbishop Augustin Di Noia, to the Lefebvrians last December, a new letter dated January 8 has reached the SSPX's Superior, Bishop Bernard Fellay.
It would not be correct to call it an ultimatum as such but the document signed by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller (pictured), imposes a deadline on the Lefebvrians for the first time. A particularly dramatic move in light of Benedict XVI's shock resignation.
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