https://www.gloria.tv/post/zzji4zYbosv13wEtgGWhdKahrLeo XIV Grants Apostolic Blessing to FSSPX Chapel in CharlottePope Leo XIV granted an Apostolic Blessing to Fr John Bourbeau FSSPX and the faithful of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) at Saint Anthony of Padua Chapel in Mount Holly, North Carolina.
The blessing commemorates the 25th anniversary of the chapel’s founding. The Vatican docuмent is dated November 18 and signed by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski.
The chapel is in the Charlotte area. Many Catholics gather there for Mass because Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte curtailed most celebrations of the Mass in the Roman rite in diocesan parishes. He now permits the Roman rite only in a single diocesan chapel with capacity for approximately 350 people.
St. Anthony’s community was formed in the early 1980s and spent 19 years worshipping in various temporary locations, including a private residence, a rented floor of a bank building, and facilities of the Junior League of Charlotte.
In 2000, community members identified a church building for sale. The first Mass in the new chapel took place on August 22, 2000.
Due to continued growth, the FSSPX leadership recently authorized a search for new property on which to build a larger church.