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SSPX: who are we and what do we do? Is the SSPX in union with Rome? |
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Angelus Press
40 years of the SSPX (Angelus Press 2010 conference)
Annulments
Archbishop Lefebvre
Who was Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre? (SSPX FAQ 2)
Wasn't Archbishop Lefebvre suspended from performing all sacred functions? (SSPX FAQ 4)
Interpreting the words of Archbishop Lefebvre: A few sensible rules
Archbishop Lefebvre preparing the Council (1959-1962)
1979 Jubilee Sermon of Archbishop Lefebvre
10th anniversary of the passing of Archbishop Lefebvre (Apr 2001 District Superior's letter)
Centenary of the birth of Archbishop Lefebvre (Superior General's letter #68)
Collection of tributes to a Catholic bishop
20th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Lefebvre (Pastor's Corner)
Archbishop Lefebvre documentary film update
Padre Pio and Archbishop Lefebvre
Books: Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press) >
Assisi (interreligious prayer meetings)
1986 declaration against Assisi 1 (Archbishop Lefebvre & Bishop de Castro Mayer)
Archbishop Lefebvre's 1986 letter to 8 cardinals on Assisi affair
Assisi 1986–2011: reform in continuity
Bishop Fellay's 2002 press release on Assisi 2 (extracts)
Assisi 2 and secular humanism (District Superior's Mar 2002 letter)
What should we make of Assisi 1 and 2 ?
We will not pray together in Assisi
The Assisi meeting, seen from Mecca
Italian Catholic intellectuals beg Benedict XVI to “Flee the spirit of Assisi”
Bishop Fellay's first comments on Assisi 3
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Beatifications
Can Paul VI be beatified? (Archbishop Lefebvre's assessment)
Reservations on impending beatification of Pope John Paul II (Remnant)
About beatification of Pope John Paul II
A happy devil's advocate looks at beatification process of Pope Paul VI
Beatification and continuity (Pastor's Corner)
Commentary on Benedict XVI’s homily for beatification of Pope John Paul II
Restoring or opening up? (Pastor's Corner)
A retrospective critique of John Paul II's pontificate
BOOK: Pope John Paul II: Doubts About a Beatification
About the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II (Superior General's letter #78)
Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer
Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer (bio on "Lion of Campos")
Bishop Salvador Lazo
Bishop Lazo's last will and the warrior's funeral
Death of Bishop Lazo (Superior General's letter #58)
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Campos Accordance (Society of St. John Mary Vianney)
The situation in Campos (Bishop Fellay 2002 conference)
Canonizations
On the canonizations of Pope John Paul II
Pope John XXIII: a critical judgment
Capital punishment
Capital punishment: a Catholic perspective
Celibacy (clerical)
The controversy over celibacy for deacons
Christendom / Christ the King
Christ the King has truly been unthroned through ecumenism (Bishop de Galarreta's 2011 sermon)
Multiculturalism: "diversity" for the culturally clueless
Church crisis (post-conciliar)
1983 Long Island, NY Conference of Archbishop Lefebvre
1984 joint letter to Pope John Paul II (Archbishop Lefebvre & Bishop de Castro Mayer)
The Church, priesthood and 1984 Indult
1986 Atlanta, GA interview of Archbishop Lefebvre
Bishop Lazo's 1998 open letter to Pope John Paul II
Will Pope Francis be able to rebuild the Church?
Reforming the crisis: Roberto de Mattei observes
Fr. Gaudron responds to Msgr. Bux on Archbishop Muller
Some notes on the resolution of the crisis in the Church
In the face of heresy: St. Basil's "economy of silence"
An initial evaluation: interview of Fr. Davide Pagliarani (Italian District Superior)
VIDEO: Cardinal Burke's Gloria.tv interview (with SSPX commentary)
Msgr. Pozzo in the news (commentary Nouvelles de France interview)
Crisis Exemplar: Fr. Michael Pfleger
Light of the World...a follow up (Vatican clarification)
Light…and shadows in Light of the World (Fr. Gaudron commentary)
Two key points for the Church's recovery
How are Catholic to respond to the present crisis in the Church?
Post-conciliar Church: is it a new religion?
What Catholics need to know: the conference (Bishop Fellay)
We are at a pivotal point for the future reconstruction (2010 Bishop Fellay interview)
Catholic Faith or the triumph of the will?
Collegiality
Communion
Communion on the tongue unsanitary?
VIDEO: Cardinal Burke on Communion in the hand
Cremation
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Discussions (between SSPX & Rome)
Update: the Vatican and SSPX: state of the union? (Fr. Schmidberger 2001 conference)
Bishop Fellay’s response to Cardinal Levada being studied in Rome
Vatican communiqué about SSPX's reply to Doctrinal Preamble
Cardinal Castrillon's ultimatum (Superior General's Letter #73)
About media comments (SSPX press release)
Albano 2011 meeting for SSPX's superiors (SSPX press release)
About the Doctrinal Preamble (Fr. Pfluger 2011 interview)
Meeting with Cardinal Levada (Bishop Fellay 2011 interview)
CDF and SSPX meeting on Sept 14, 2011 (Holy See press release)
Doctrinal talks between SSPX and Holy See (SSPX note)
SSPX's members of Roman theological commission (SSPX press release)
SSPX talks with Rome (Bishop de Galerreta interview)
Concerning Aug 29, 2005 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI (Bishop Fellay 2005 interview)
The eyes of Faith and Bishop Fellay's letter to Cardinal Hoyos
Rome's recent maneuverings with the SSPX (Superior General's letter #62)
Rome, SSPX, Campos, Assisi, etc. (Bishop Fellay 2002 conference)
Rome's solution and the Society's position
A summary of events and thoughts before dicussions of SSPX with Rome (Bishop Fellay 2001 statement)
SSPX-Rome talks (Fr. Schmidberger 2012 inteview) [VIDEO]
Where do we stand in Rome? (Bishop Fellay 2012 sermon)
"We are back at square one" (Fr. Pfluger 2012 interview)
The useful lesson from the recent trial (Bishop de Galarreta conference)
2012 SSPX General Chapter statement
The joy of clarity: Remnant commentary on 2012 General Chapter's Declaration
Dissenters (against SSPX)
Reassuring words from Archbishop Lefebvre
False news and dangers of modern means of communication (Superior General's letter #60)
The SSPX falsely accused: "Resistance to what?"
An open answer to Bishop Williamson by Fr. Laisney
Wrong or right? Conditions for the SSPX's future
A disservice to the faithful: the Resistance-caused crisis
Attacks against SSPX, rumors and false accusations (District Superior's Sept 2012 letter)
Rumors about relations with Rome (District Superior's May 2012 letter)
Threats of the Internet: cyber-gossip (District Superior's Nov-Dec 2012 letter)
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Ecclesia Dei Commission
The effectiveness of Ecclesia Dei (Superior General's letter #57)
Ecclesia Dei and the Fraternity of St. Peter (Bishop Fellay's 2002 conference)
Ecclesiae Unitatem: commentary on motu proprio placing Ecclesia Dei Commission under CDF
Ecumenism
VIDEO: Why is Ecumenism wrong? (Bishop Fellay's 2010 conference)
Letter sent to cardinals against silent apostasy (Bishop Fellay 2004 interview)
Mortalium Animos (Pius XI's 1928 encyclical against false ecumenism)
Lamentabili Sane (St. Pius X's Syllabus of Errors)
Mirari Vos (Gregory XVI against liberalism and religious indifferentism)
Archbishop Lefebvre's June 1988 statement against false ecumenism
1983 Episcopal Manifesto to Pope John Paul II (Archbishop Lefebvre & Bishop de Castro Mayer)
Judaism and the Church: before and after Vatican II
The double-standard of ecumenism: Traditionalists not welcome
On the Joint Declaration with Lutherans (District Superior's Oct 1998 letter)
The enemy of false ecumenism (Bishop Fellay 1996 sermon)
Doctrinal mutism is not answer to “silent apostasy”
Episcopal Consecrations (1988)
1988 Episcopal Consecrations sermon of Archbishop Lefebvre
One Year After the Consecrations
Two Years After the Consecrations
1988 Episcopal Consecrations:
A canonical study of 1988 Episcopal Consecrations (Fr. Kaschwesky)
Excommunications (1988 Episcopal Consecrations for SSPX)
Wasn't Archbishop Lefebvre excommunicated for consecrating bishops unlawfully? (SSPX FAQ 11)
1988 Episcopal Consecrations sermon of Archbishop Lefebvre
SSPX superiors' June 1988 letter to Pope John Paul II contesting excommunications
Pope Benedict XVI's letter to SSPX bishops on remission of excommunications (Vatican)
Bishop Fellay on withdrawal of 1988 excommunications
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Fatima
Regarding rumor of Sister Lucy's message of Oct 7 (Bishop Fellay statement)
Bishop Fellay's remarks on the recent release of the Third Secret of Fatima
Regarding the Act Entrustment to Mary Most Holy made by Pope John Paul II
Feeneyism
Fr. Feeney and Catholic doctrine
Errors of Feeneyites on baptism (District Superior's May 2001 letter)
Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP)
What are we to think of the Fraternity of St. Peter (SSPX FAQ 13)
Is St. Peter's the line of Archbishop Lefebvre?
Regarding the FSSP's fiasco (District Superior's Aug 2000 letter)
FSSP and the Ecclesia Dei Commission (Bishop Fellay's 2002 conference)
Is St. Peter's on the way to Assisi?
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Hawaii Six
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Indult Mass (1984 - Quattuor abhinc annos)
May we attend the Indult Mass? (SSPX FAQ 10a)
The Tridentine Indult (Archbishop Lefebvre conference)
The Indult Mass: should one attend it at all?
Why does Rome refuse the Tridentine Mass? (Superior General's letter #61)
Inquisition
Institute of the Good Shepherd
Case of expelled SSPX priest, Fr. Philippe Laguerie (2004)
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St. Joseph (Foster Father of Christ, Protector of Universal Church)
SSPX will be consecrated to St. Joseph (Bishop Fellay)
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Magisterium
“Magisterium or living tradition?” A false dilemma denounced (Fr. Gleize)
Marriage
Mass (traditional Roman Mass)
Archbishop Lefebvre was right! (about rights of Tridentine Mass)
Archbishop Lefebvre: why the SSPX uses the 1962 missal
Archbishop Lefebvre: only when the Faith is in question
My return to the traditional Latin Mass (Bishop Lazo autobiography)
The legitimacy of Quo Primum today
Free the Mass and and the face of the earth shall be renewed
Comments on the new Good Friday Prayer for the Jews
The theology and spirituality of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Priests' thoughts: meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Attendance at Mass and participation in the liturgy
Medical
Brain death and organ harvesting
The immorality of embryonic stem cell research
Promotheus' gift: the morality of genetic engineering
Religious and moral aspects of pain prevention in medical practice
Life: the ensoulment of matter
To live and let die: some questions on the moral limits of medical treatment
The Catholic view of life; Kevorkian, the Jack of Death
Rhythm: the unhappy compromise
Light of the World...a follow up (official Vatican clarification)
Morals
Note on remarks of Pope Benedict XVI concerning condom use
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New Catechism (1992)
What are we to think of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church? (SSPX FAQ 14)
The New Catechism: Is it Catholic?
New Code of Canon Law (1983)
Shouldn't we accept the 1983 Code of Canon Law? (SSPX FAQ 8)
Archbishop Lefebvre on the New Code of Canon Law
The validity of confessions & marriages in SSPX chapels
New Mass (Novus Ordo Missae)
What is wrong with the Novus Ordo Missae (SSPX FAQ 5)?
A brief critical study of the Novus Ordo Missae (Ottaviani Intervention)
The theology and spirituality of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
The Problem of the Liturgical Reform: the book sent to the pope
What Archbishop Lefebvre said about the New Mass...in the beginning
Bishop de Castro Mayer's 1969 letter to Pope Paul VI on New Mass
The corruption of the Mass (Superior General's letter #54)
What Bishop Fellay really said to Cardinal Canizares about the New Mass
30 years of the Novus Ordo Missae (Superior General's letter #56)
The new rubrics for the Novus Ordo (District Superior's Sept 2000 letter)
Does the New Mass fulfill the notion of Catholic liturgy?
What reconciliation? Pastor's Corner
The new rubrics for the Novus Ordo (District Superior's Sept 2000 letter)
30 years of the Novus Ordo Missae
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Obedience
Can obedience oblige us to disobey? (Archbishop Lefebvre)
Opus Dei
Opus Dei: a strange pastoral phenomenon
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Padre Pio
Padre Pio: on spirituality, Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Missae
Padre Pio and Archbishop Lefebvre
Pope / Papacy
But shouldn't we follow the pope? (SSPX FAQ 7)
Clear ideas on the pope's infallible magisterium
Can obedience oblige us to disobey?
Concerning the indefectibility of the Church (District Superior's Jan 2001 letter)
Novena prayers for the election of the Sovereign Pontiff
Pope Benedict XVI
Concerning the Aug 29, 2005 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI (Bishop Fellay interview)
The enlightenment pope? Notes on the recent book by Benedict XVI
SSPX communiqué by Bishop Fellay on Pope Benedict XVI's election
Concerning the Aug 29, 2005 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI (Bishop Fellay interview)
Resignation of the papal office
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation (SSPX press release)
Pope Benedict's last major act? (Bishop Fellay interview)
Pope Francis
SSPX: may Pope Francis "confirm his brethren in the Faith"
Pope John Paul II
SSPX communiqué by Bishop Fellay on the death of Pope John Paul II
Bishop Fellay's introduction to Pope John Paul II for the book, The Problem of the LIturgical Reform
Post-conciliar Church
Cardinal says post-conciliar Church is historically and theologically illegitimate!
Priesthood
Epiphany sermon of Archbishop Lefebvre (1972)
Sermon for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (1972)
Book: Master of the Priesthood: The Spirituality of Marcel Lefebvre
Book: Priestly Holiness (Archbishop Lefebvre)
Role of the Priestly SSPX in the heart of the Church (Archbishop Lefebvre 1981 conference)
SSPX's defense of faith contrasts Church's teaching on priesthood (Bishop de Galarreta sermon)
A priest must be a man of faith (Bishop Fellay's 2013 sermon)
The priests who disliked Mass (Fr. Bryan Houghton)
Principles
In the face of heresy: St. Basil's "economy of silence"
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Religious liberty
“Our First, Most Cherished Liberty”: a problematic document
Rosary
Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary
Message from Bishop Fellay announcing the Rosary Crusade
Another Rosary Crusade: 2009-2010; Superior General's letter #74
Launching a new 12-million rosary crusade (Superior General's letter #78)
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Sacraments
The validity of holy orders (accusations against Archbishop Lefebvre)
The validity of the new rite of episcopal consecrations
Validity is not enough (concerning questionable clergy)
Do traditional priests have jurisdiction? (SSPX FAQ 9)
The validity of confessions and marriages in SSPX chapels
Rome approves (marriages in SSPX's chapels are valid)
Ought priests of the Conciliar Church to be "re-ordained" when they come to Tradition?
The Catholic Church will never violate the seal of confession (Pastor's Corner)
Science
Is smoking marijuana a sin? What about taking drugs?
Geocentrism (SSPX press release)
Brain death and organ harvesting
Morning-after pill is an abortifacient
The immorality of embryonic stem cell research
Religious and moral aspects of pain prevention in medical practice
Sedevacantism
What are we to think of sedevacantists? (SSPX FAQ 15)
A little catechism on sedevacantism
Concerning a sedevacantist thesis
Is a sedevacantist to be considered a non-Catholic?
Do sedevacantists really love the Church?
Society of St. Pius X
What is the Society of St. Pius X? (SSPX FAQ 1)
Wasn't the Society of St. Pius X lawfully suppressed? (SSPX FAQ 3)
Isn't the Society of St. Pius X schismatic? (SSPX FAQ 12)
1974 declaration of Archbishop Lefebvre
20 years of struggle (1986 conference by Archbishop Lefebvre)
Archbishop Lefebvre and the "Hot Summer of 1976" (Christendom issue #5)
The double-standard of ecumenism: traditionalists not welcome
SSPX: keeping to the course set by Archbishop Lefebvre (District Superior's Feb 2006 letter)
February 2006 District Superior's letter
Declaration of 2006 (Third) General Chapter
2006 (Third) General Election results
SSPX update (Bishop Fellay 2002 conference)
Rome, SSPX, Campos, Assisi, etc. (Bishop Fellay 2002 conference)
Various answers about SSPX & Church (Fr. Pfluger 2010 interview)
How it works: the SSPX's General Chapter
2012 SSPX General Chapter update (SSPX communiqué)
Conclusion of 2012 SSPX General Chapter (SSPX communiqué)
2012 SSPX General Chapter concluding statement
Bishop Williamson's Brazilian visit (communiqué of Fr. Bouchacourt, South America District Superior)
Communiqué concerning Bishop Williamson
A profound injustice (treatment of SSPX)
Bishop Fellay's comment "enemies of the Church" (SSPX press release)
Summorum Pontificum (motu proprio)
Can we attend the Masses offered under the provisions of Summorum Pontificum? (SSPX FAQ 10)
The pending motu proprio on the Mass and Catholic Tradition
Motu proprio: a pre-condition fulfilled (Superior General's letter #73)
Summorum Pontificum: an English translation
Pope Benedict XVI's letter to world's bishops that accompanied Summorum Pontificum
Regarding motu proprio on liberalizing traditional Roman Mass (SSPX press release)
Importance of motu proprio that finally liberalized Roman Mass (Bishop Fellay)
Summorum Pontificum: the positive and negative aspects of the motu proprio
The restoration of the traditional Mass is thanks to Archbishop Lefebvre (Christendom #12)
Archbishop Lefebvre was right!
The effects of the motu proprio (Superior General's letter #71)
The motu proprio is not enough (Superior General's letter #72)
Supplied jurisdiction
Do traditional priests have jurisdiction? (SSPX FAQ 9)
Supplied jurisdiction and traditional priests
The validity of confessions and marriages in SSPX chapels
Rome approves (marriages in SSPX's chapels are valid)
Suppression of SSPX
Wasn't the SSPX lawfully suppressed?
Weren't all SSPX priests suspended with Archbishop Lefebvre? (SSPX FAQ 4)
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Theological Commission (SSPX-Rome: 2009-2011)
Doctrinal talks between SSPX and Holy See: a media clarification
Concerning forthcoming theological discussions (Bishop de Galerreta 2009 interview)
Opening of doctrinal discussions between Rome and SSPX
SSPX's members of the theological commission (SSPX press release)
Doctrinal talks between SSPX and Holy See (DICI note)
About Dec 19, 2009 Roman Commission meeting (Bishop de Galarreta's comments)
"To bear witness to the Faith is a great grace" (Bishop Fellay 2010 conference)
Second theological meeting between Roman experts and SSPX on January 18 (Vatican press release)
Fr. Schmidberger speaks about the meetings with Rome
Is the SSPX being muzzled (because of theological discussion)?
About the doctrinal discussion between the SSPX and Rome (54 answers from Bishop Fellay)
An initial evaluation (interview of Fr. Pagliarani, Italian District Superior)
Tradition
The growth and fruits of Catholic Tradition (Superior General's letter #61)
"The Treasure of the Church must once again belong to everyone!"
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Universae Ecclesiae (apostolic instruction)
SSPX commentary on the instruction about the traditional Mass, Universae Ecclesiae
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Vatican II
What are Catholics to think of Vatican II? (SSPX FAQ 6)
Archbishop Lefebvre Preparing the Council (1959-1962)
Reply of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ottaviani after the Council (1966)
Two interpretations of Vatican II: myth or reality?
Is recognizing the SSPX questioning the Council?
50-year assessment of Vatican II
"Not all of Vatican II is binding": analyzing Cardinal Brandmuller's comments
Gherardini agrees with SSPX in new book about Vatican II
Is recognizing the SSPX questioning the Council?
SSPX answers Roman expert about Vatican II's magisterial value
Msgr. Gherardini: Vatican II is not a super-dogma
Where is the continuity of the Council? (Bishop Fellay sermon)
Debate about Vatican II: Fr. Gleize responds to Msgr. Ocariz
Can we commemorate the Council?
Washington Post: SSPX has solution to Vatican II debacle!
The Second Vatican Council: A History Never Written
The Synod on the New Evangelization in the Spirit of Vatican II
Vatican II: a "stupefying superficiality" of Magisterium
The Second Ecumenical Vatican Council: a Debate That Has Not Taken Place, by Msgr. Gherardini
A debate on Vatican II between Romano Amerio, Msgr. Gherardini and Msgr. Pozzo
Voting
Catholic principles for voting
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War
Just war: Catholic doctrine and some modern problems
Might is not right: why "preventive war" is immoral