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 …More
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 …More
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 …More
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"Apparently speaking without a text, he also called the Jewish people "enemies of the church,"
This statement, taken out of context, implies an antisemitic tendency.
Bishop Fellay was commenting about the anger expressed by Jewish groups, modernists and Masons when the Vatican looked like it was interested in reconciliation.
The CNS evidently hasn't heard that bearing false witness is against the …More
"Apparently speaking without a text, he also called the Jewish people "enemies of the church,"
This statement, taken out of context, implies an antisemitic tendency.
Bishop Fellay was commenting about the anger expressed by Jewish groups, modernists and Masons when the Vatican looked like it was interested in reconciliation.
The CNS evidently hasn't heard that bearing false witness is against the commandments.
This statement, taken out of context, implies an antisemitic tendency.
Bishop Fellay was commenting about the anger expressed by Jewish groups, modernists and Masons when the Vatican looked like it was interested in reconciliation.
The CNS evidently hasn't heard that bearing false witness is against the commandments.