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Pope Francis Received Fr. Pagliarani (SSPX)

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JMJ

 

 Gloria.TV(link), Rorate (link), and Le Salon Beige (link) are reporting that the SSPX Superior General, Fr. Pagliarani, met with the Pope.  Le Salon Beige has posted an addendum (tous en francais) and I have attached a DeepL translation below.


Le District américain de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X publiera bientôt une déclaration concernant cette rencontre.

Ce mardi 8 février, le pape François a reçu en audience l’abbé Davide Pagliarani. Depuis son élection en 2018, c’est la première fois que le nouveau supérieur général de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X rencontre le pontife actuel. Précédemment, Mgr Fellay avait eu l’occasion de rencontrer le pape Benoît XVI (le 29 août 2005) ou encore le pape François (le 1er avril 2016). De même, Mgr Lefebvre avait rencontré Paul VI et Jean-Paul II.

Cette visite souligne le maintien des relations entre le Saint-Siège et la Fraternité Saint-Pie X. Celles n’ont jamais été interrompues même si elles ont traversé une période de gel entre 1988 et 2000. Elles semblent démontrer que le regard porté par le pape sur le mouvement de Mgr Lefebvre demeure le même. Le pontife argentin avait tour à tour accordé aux membres de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X des pouvoirs pour confesser, marier, 0ordonner, juger en première instance, etc.

Prêtre italien, l’abbé Pagliarani a été, pendant six ans, supérieur du séminaire argentin de la Fraternité Saint-Pie X. Il est maintenant assisté dans son gouvernement par Mgr de Galarreta, de nationalité argentine, l’un des quatre évêques ordonnés par Mgr Lefebvre, et l’abbé Bouchacourt qui, à plusieurs reprises, a rencontré le cardinal Bergoglio à l’époque où tous deux résidaient à Buenos Aires.

 

The American District of the Society of St. Pius X will soon issue a statement regarding this meeting.

This Tuesday, February 8, Pope Francis received Father Davide Pagliarani in audience. Since his election in 2018, this is the first time the new Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X has met with the current pontiff. Previously, Bishop Fellay had the opportunity to meet with Pope Benedict XVI (August 29, 2005) or Pope Francis (April 1, 2016). Similarly, Archbishop Lefebvre had met with Paul VI and John Paul II.

This visit underlines the maintenance of relations between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X. These relations have never been interrupted, even though they were frozen between 1988 and 2000. They seem to demonstrate that the Pope's view of Archbishop Lefebvre's movement remains the same. The Argentine pontiff had in turn granted the members of the Society of St. Pius X powers of confession, marriage, ordination, trial, etc.

Father Pagliarani, an Italian priest, has been superior of the Argentinean seminary of the Society of St. Pius X for six years. He is now assisted in his government by Archbishop de Galarreta, an Argentinean national, one of the four bishops ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre, and Father Bouchacourt, who on several occasions met with Cardinal Bergoglio when they were both living in Buenos Aires.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) 

I read some interesting remarks concerning this meeting, but I would like to note the highlighted section as it presents something not commonly known. The SSPX was granted permission to ordain without approval of the local bishop and authority in ecclesiastical trials.  I'm not certain if this still is in effect, but I look forward to hearing any details about the meeting.

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