Traditionalists

Rumors of the death of detente with traditionalists may be exaggerated
- News Analysis
- Jan 20, 2019
Saturday’s decision by Pope Francis to suppress the Vatican’s “Ecclesia Dei” commission may not be the death of efforts at reconciliation with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X.
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Doctrine remains problem in relations, SSPX affirms after Vatican meeting
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- Nov 26, 2018
After a meeting between the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X and the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the canonically irregular priestly society said the problem in its relations with the Holy See is fundamentally doctrinal.
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New superior general elected by traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- Jul 12, 2018
On Wednesday the general chapter of the Society of Saint Pius X, a canonically irregular priestly society, elected Father Davide Pagliarani as its superior general.
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Paul VI accused Archbishop Lefebvre of acting like an ‘antipope’
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- May 17, 2018
Confronting a rebel archbishop’s accusations and acts of defiance was the heaviest cross Blessed Paul VI had to bear in his pontificate, said a new book based on never-before published notes and documents.
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Youth leaders insist ‘no conspiracy’ to silence fans of traditional liturgy
- Church, Synod of Bishops on Youth
- Mar 28, 2018
The editors of a concluding document from a March 19-24 meeting of 300 youth in Rome, intended to advise an upcoming summit of bishops on youth, have insisted there was no “conspiracy” against voices favoring more traditional forms of liturgy.
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Pope Francis reveals he meets with victims of sex abuse on Fridays
- Vatican
- Feb 15, 2018
Pope Francis has revealed that each Friday, he meets quietly with a group of survivors of sexual abuse, saying it’s important for him to hear their stories because “what they have been through is so hard, they are destroyed.”
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