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+ JMJ  The situation of the SSPX is still in flux and one thing that comes up is the status of the SSPX tribunals. Interestingly, Bishop Fellay was made the head of one of them by Rome a while back - so it is isn't as black and white as some would have you believe. P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org: https://sspx.org/en/legitimacy-and-status-our-tribunals-30939 Legitimacy and status of our tribunals A lecture given on August 25, 1998 by Bishop Tissier de Mallerais given at the Canon Law Seminar on Marriage Cases at Econe, Switzerland The legitimacy and status of our tribunals Status quaestionis The declarations of nullity given by post-conciliar ecclesiastical tribunals are often doubtful. Do we have the right to supply for this deficiency, by the means of tribunals functioning within the Society of St. Pius X? Archbishop Lefebvre foresaw the necessity of creating a Canonical Commission, in particular in order to resolve marriage cases after an initial judgment by the di...

+ JMJ The Groom pictured in the previous article has written an open letter providing the full context of the event.  The pdf version is available here, and for convenience, I have copied the text to this post. This first hand information provided much of the missing context! May God Bless them! P^3 A clarification on my wedding Ottawa, ON March 26th 2018 Greetings. I, Nicolas Lessard, got married to Monica Green on the 10th of February 2018, in the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury in Brandon, Manitoba. Both my wife and I are faithful of the Society of Saint Pius X. The host priest, Father Kelly received our vows, and Father Vachon, of the SSPX celebrated our wedding mass. Following the wedding, there has been a lot of buzz about the circumstances of the wedding in the context of the relationship between Rome and the Society. This letter intends to address this “controversy”. The first point I would like to make is that the controversy ...

+ JMJ A wedding that took place in Brandon has caught the attention of Ecclesia Militans, a Canadian Resistance website run by a layman who is aligned with Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer.  The story has being picked up by Cathinfo (US Resistance website run by a layman who is aligned with Bishop Williamson), Fr. Girouard (aligned with himself) as well as Traditio (Sedevacantist???). I guess it was a slow news day for them in their search from something that appears to be a compromise. Here's Ecclesia Militans indepth and erudite analysis of the event: St. Raphael’s Priory of the SSPX in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada has published its March 2018 Bulletin in which there is a picture of a married couple standing beside a Novus Ordo priest and Fr. Richard Vachon, SSPX.  It seems that the couple were married by the Novus Ordo priest in his parish and Fr. Vachon celebrated the Traditional Mass afterwards.  By this act, the SSPX Canadian District has implicitly admitted tha...

+ JMJ Here is Fr. Paul Morgan's reason for resigning from the SSPX: It seemed to me, it always seems to me, that it is an essential compromise to accept the principle that priests representing modern dioceses come to us, in the bastions of Tradition, to receive the promises of the bride and groom. Even if in practice we are a little restricted in such things, we have accepted the principle. And that’s why, in concrete terms, I wrote my letter of resignation. Fr. Morgan ex-SSPX Here's the problem for Fr. Morgan and others who have an issue with this temporary situation. They acknowledge the Pope and pay lip-service to the Teachings of the Catholic Church when it suits their needs. The Teaching that they are setting aside this time is that the Hierarchical nature of the Church is of Apostolic Origin.  The local ordinary (until there is a canonical structure that provides for ordinary jurisdiction via the SSPX) has the jurisdiction and if we have the opportunity to av...

+ JMJ Understand the principles and use them as a guide to forming your opinion. I don't mean just the principles that confirm our beliefs - a broad understanding of Catholic Teaching is needed. Here are some principles for understanding the 'SSPX marriage' question. P^3 Courtesy of FSSPX.news

+ JMJ This is the final installment addressing the current situation of SSPX marriages. It would be nice if the state of necessity was no longer existent, however it is obvious from the German Bishop's reaction - it will be quite a long time yet before Catholics are accepted as Catholics. P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org

+ JMJ This is part 2 of the SSPX series on marriage from Fr. Knittel's conference. To sacraments requiring jurisdiction for validity - Confession and Marriage. This is a usual attack point in discussions between Trads and non-Trads. Keep in mind the important distinction between Ordinary and Supplied Jurisdiction - not to mention all the exceptions in canon law. It is not black and white - even though some would like it to be so ... P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org

+ JMJ There are two sacraments that require jurisdiction to be valid: Marriage and Confession. In this conflict between Rome and the SSPX, only Rome has compromised. Rome has: Conceded that the Tridentine Mass was never abrogated Lifted the 'excommunications' Granted jurisdiction for confessions Granted the bishops the authorization to grant jurisdiction for marriages. It is this latest Roman concession that is causing some people angst. As Rome makes concessions we need to keep a balance and read exactly what it says.  Do we hope for a full vindication of the fight of Traditional Catholics for the last 50 years - absolutely.  Will it happen that way - probably not. It took a hundred years for the Church to stamp out Arianism, the problems in the Church after Trent took at least 50 years. We haven't even hit the end of the first phase. So don't get angry with the latest shenanigans of Pope Francis et al.   Get even: Pray for them! ...