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Courtesy of DICI - French

Courtesy of DICI - English


Following the previous reports, DICI has just posted a message about the 'meeting' between the Pope and Bishop Fellay.

Here's the french version, I will post the english version when it appears.

Suffice to say, that the Rorate report is not contradicted by three sources: SSPX, I.Media, Vatican Insider.

Updated with the English Version. Given the varying accounts this appears to be a FUD attack.

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About a “meeting” between the Pope and Bishop Fellay

12-05-2014  
Filed under From Tradition, News
On May 10, 2014, the English-speaking blog Rorate Caeli published under the pseudonym “Adfero”, some “exclusive information” whose sources could not be – according to him – disclosed. This “exclusive information”, spread by the media, revealed that Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, met with Pope Francis. On May 11, the Roman agency I.Media published that Bp. Fellay’s two assistants, Fr. Niklaus Pfluger and Fr. Marc-Alain Nély, had attended the Pope’s private Mass.


Fathers Pfluger and Nely have never attended the Pope’s private Mass, and journalists who claim otherwise would have a hard time to indicate the day of the alleged assistance. Here are the facts:
On December 13, 2013, Bishop Fellay and his assistants went to Rome for an informal meeting at the request of the Ecclesia Dei Commission. Following this interview, the Secretary of the Commission, Msgr. Guido Pozzo, invited his counterparts for lunch at St. Martha House’s dining room where they were joined by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation of the Faith. It is in this large refectory that the Pope takes his daily meals, away from other guests.

Msgr. Pozzo insisted on introducing Bishop Fellay to the pope while the latter was leaving the refectory. There was a brief exchange where Pope Francis said to Bishop Fellay, according to the usual polite formula, “I’m very glad to meet you.” To this, Bishop Fellay answered that he was praying a lot, and the pope asked him to pray for him. Such was the “meeting” that lasted a few seconds.

In the interview he gave to Le Rocher (April-May 2014), Bishop Fellay answered the following question: Has Rome made an official approach to renew contact with you since the election of Pope Francis? – “Rome made a ‘non-official’ approach to renew contact with us, but nothing more, and I have not asked for an audience as I did after Benedict XVI’s election. For me, things at present are very simple: we stay as we are. Some concluded from my close contact with Rome in 2012 that I regard the necessity of a canonical recognition as a supreme principle. Preserving the Faith and our traditional Catholic identity is essential and remains our first principle.”
(Source: SSPX/MG – DICI 05/12/14)

A propos d’une « rencontre » entre le pape François et Mgr Fellay

12-05-2014  
Classé sous Actualités, Tradition
Le 10 mai 2014, le site anglophone Rorate Caeli a fait paraître, sous le pseudonyme « Adfero »,  une « information exclusive » dont les sources ne pouvaient être – selon lui – divulguées. Cette « information exclusive », reprise par divers médias, révélait que Mgr Bernard Fellay, Supérieur général de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X, avait rencontré le pape François. Le 11 mai, l’agence romaine I.Media faisait savoir que les deux assistants de Mgr Fellay, les abbés Niklaus Pfluger et Alain-Marc Nély avaient assisté à la messe privée du pape.


Les abbés Pfluger et Nély n’ont jamais assisté à la messe privée du pape, et les journalistes qui l’affirment seraient bien en peine d’indiquer le jour de cette prétendue assistance. Voici les faits.
Le 13 décembre 2013, Mgr Fellay et ses assistants se sont rendus à Rome, à la demande de la Commission Ecclesia Dei, pour une rencontre informelle. A l’issue de cet entretien, Mgr Guido Pozzo, secrétaire de la Commission, a invité ses interlocuteurs à déjeuner à la salle à manger de la Maison Sainte-Marthe où ils ont été rejoints par Mgr Augustine Di Noia, secrétaire-adjoint de la Congrégation de la foi. C’est dans ce vaste réfectoire que le pape prend quotidiennement ses repas, à l’écart des autres convives.

Mgr Pozzo a tenu à présenter Mgr Fellay au pape au moment où celui-ci quittait la salle à manger. Il y eut un bref échange où François a dit à Mgr Fellay, selon la formule de politesse habituelle, « enchanté de faire votre connaissance » ; à quoi Mgr Fellay a répondu qu’il priait beaucoup, et le pape lui a demandé de prier pour lui. Telle fut cette « rencontre » qui a duré quelques secondes.
Dans l’entretien qu’il a accordé au Rocher (avril-mai 2014), Mgr Fellay avait répondu à la question suivante : Y a-t-il eu une approche officielle de Rome pour reprendre contact avec vous depuis l’élection du pape François ? - « Il y a eu une approche ‘non officielle’ de Rome pour reprendre contact avec nous, mais rien de plus et je n’ai pas sollicité d’audience comme j’avais pu le faire après l’élection de Benoît XVI. Pour moi actuellement les choses sont très simples : on reste comme on est. Certains ont conclu des contacts rapprochés de 2012 que je posais comme principe suprême la nécessité d’une reconnaissance canonique. La conservation de la foi et de notre identité catholique traditionnelle est primordiale et reste notre principe premier. »
(Source : FSSPX/MG – DICI du 12/05/14)

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