SSPX head says Vatican sent mixed messages during reconciliation talks
Photo ~ Bishop Fellay is pictured near an image of St. Pius X at the society's headquarters in Menzingen, Switzerland, last year. (CNS/Paul Haring)
SSPX head says Vatican sent mixed messages during reconciliation talks
(Catholic News Service) Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the society, claimed that top Vatican officials told him not to be discouraged by official statements from the Vatican, because they did not reflect Pope Benedict XVI's true feelings.
The Vatican press office declined to comment Jan. 4 on the claims.
Apparently speaking without a text, he also called the Jewish people "enemies of the church," saying Jewish leaders' support of the Second Vatican Council "shows that Vatican II is their thing, not the church's."
Those most opposed to the church granting canonical recognition to the traditionalist society have been "the enemies of the church: the Jews, the Masons," he said.
There was no response Jan. 4 from the society's Swiss headquarters to a Catholic News Service email request for comment.
SSPX head says Vatican sent mixed messages during reconciliation talks
(Catholic News Service) Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the society, claimed that top Vatican officials told him not to be discouraged by official statements from the Vatican, because they did not reflect Pope Benedict XVI's true feelings.
The Vatican press office declined to comment Jan. 4 on the claims.
Apparently speaking without a text, he also called the Jewish people "enemies of the church," saying Jewish leaders' support of the Second Vatican Council "shows that Vatican II is their thing, not the church's."
Those most opposed to the church granting canonical recognition to the traditionalist society have been "the enemies of the church: the Jews, the Masons," he said.
There was no response Jan. 4 from the society's Swiss headquarters to a Catholic News Service email request for comment.