In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on theological dialogue.
A Feb. 12 communique published by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and signed by its prefect, Argentine Cardinal Victor Fernandez, said a meeting between Fernandez and the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, Father Davide Pagliarani, took place earlier that day.
During that meeting, held with the pope’s approval, Fernandez clarified “certain points” addressed in previous written correspondence between the SSPX and the DDF from 2017-2019.
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