Pope Francis has demoted the leader of the conservative Opus Dei group from bishop to priest, revoking the structure ordained by Saint John Paul II.

In an apostolic letter ironically titled “Ad Charisma Tuendum” (In defense of the charism), Pope Francis reversed measures enacted by Saint John Paul II in 1982 that ensured that the Opus Dei personal prelature would always be governed by a bishop, thus guaranteeing a certain degree of independence and flexibility.

More here:

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2022/07/23/pope-francis-demotes-status-of-conservative-opus-dei-group/?fbclid=IwAR0A7B91lLL0uttcrPs96uNVeohneV8uBMOusVAYdOeFPeH_yzd0-xm2gbI

It’s an ill wind that blows no good!

I wonder what Bergolio will do to the SSPX? You know he must have a plan for them.

Like when our government says you have to "pass a bill to find out what's in it"... With Bergs you know the SSPX has to reconcile to see what happens :)

I am guessing any reconciliation deal will stipulate transfer of property or it will be a nonstarter for Rome. If they simply reunited then excom'd SSPX Bishops and Priests we would be back to square one and the SSPX would simply do more consecrations.

Pope Francis has demoted the leader of the conservative Opus Dei group from bishop to priest, revoking the structure ordained by Saint John Paul II.

In an apostolic letter ironically titled “Ad Charisma Tuendum” (In defense of the charism), Pope Francis reversed measures enacted by Saint John Paul II in 1982 that ensured that the Opus Dei personal prelature would always be governed by a bishop, thus guaranteeing a certain degree of independence and flexibility.

More here:

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2022/07/23/pope-francis-demotes-status-of-conservative-opus-dei-group/?fbclid=IwAR0A7B91lLL0uttcrPs96uNVeohneV8uBMOusVAYdOeFPeH_yzd0-xm2gbI

Okay, I'm surely missing something here.  Or am I?

The present "prelate" of Opus Dei is not a bishop, but a priest, Fr Ocariz.  He is termed "prelate" even though he is not a bishop, is that right?  The previous two prelates were bishops.  So is Francis saying "you may have had bishops in the past, but you won't going forward, your prelate will simply be a priest and not a bishop"?

And I'm assuming that he could do likewise if the SSPX ever became a personal prelature.  (FWIW, and probably pretty much everybody here is aware of this, the Superior General of the SSPX need not be a bishop, can be, but doesn't have to be.)

Okay, I'm surely missing something here.  Or am I?

The present "prelate" of Opus Dei is not a bishop, but a priest, Fr Ocariz.  He is termed "prelate" even though he is not a bishop, is that right?  The previous two prelates were bishops.  So is Francis saying "you may have had bishops in the past, but you won't going forward, your prelate will simply be a priest and not a bishop"?

And I'm assuming that he could do likewise if the SSPX ever became a personal prelature.  (FWIW, and probably pretty much everybody here is aware of this, the Superior General of the SSPX need not be a bishop, can be, but doesn't have to be.)

I don't know who the present "prelate" is.  If it is a priest, then you are correct in stating something about this article doesn't make sense.  Perhaps the latest change is not the clerical status of the prelate leader, but that the oversight is no longer the Congregation of Bishops, but the Dicastery for the Clergy?

As for the SSPX, I wonder, with this move, whether Bergoglio is opening the way for a prelature for them.