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this is shocking

Yes indeed.  The SSPX position is becoming so internally contradictory that it is becoming a form of modernism, so these things will become more commonplace, and will be defended by people who place loyalty to the SSPX above loyalty to the mission of Archbishop Lefebvre.

Mgr Fellay ne pouvant se rendre à Ajaccio pour un assez long temps, son confrère, Mgr Bonfils, a proposé de son propre mouvement de procéder à la confirmation des 19 candidats à ce sacrement

Why isn't Bishop Williamson allowed to go to Corsica?

Via Google Translate

A strong gesture: Bishop confirms Bonfils in Corsica for the SSPX

A gesture that shakes all the lines and commands admiration. Yesterday morning, Sunday, March 11, Bishop Bonfils, administrator of the diocese of Ajaccio to the possession of Bishop de Germay, visited the church served Ajaccio, by the SSPX. It was not a simple courtesy call or pure diplomacy: Bishop Fellay can not travel to Ajaccio for a long time, his colleague, Bishop Bonfils, proposed its own motion to proceed with the confirmation of 19 candidates this sacrament. The representative of the SSPX could not refuse the sacrament proposed by the bishop in charge of the diocese, especially since it has, of course, is granted to the traditional rite. Then Bonfils Bishop celebrated Mass of St. Pius V.

This act by a French bishop, in the context of current proposal made by the Pope to Bishop Fellay a canonical status of personal prelature universal, no shortage of panache. It was very simple and normally received by the faithful of the SSPX is also very gratifying.

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/03/very-relevant-heart-of-good-son-french.html

French diocesan Bishop confirms in SSPX chapel
Local SSPX priest in dispute with superiors
The following is reported by French blog Summorum Pontificuм observatus:

    "A gesture that shakes things up and elicits admiration. Yesterday, Sunday, March 11, in the morning, Bishop [Jean] Bonfils [Emeritus of Nice], the Administrator of the Diocese of Ajaccio [Corsica] up until the installment of Bishop-Elect de Germay, went to the church served by the SSPX in Ajaccio. It was not simply a visit of courtesy or of pure diplomacy: Bp. Fellay being unable to come to Ajaccio for a very long period, his fellow bishop, Bp. Bonfils, proposed to him, by his own will, to carry on the confirmation of 19 candidates to this sacrament. The representative of the SSPX could not refuse the sacrament proposed by the Bishop in charge of the Diocese, even more so when he, naturally, conferred it according to the Traditional Rite. Bp. Bonfils celebrated the Mass of Saint Pius V afterwards.

    "This act accomplished by a French Bishop, in the current context of the proposition made by the Pope to Bp. Fellay of a canonical statute of a universal personal prelature is not without meaning. [Rorate note: that is not the exact state of things; as we last reported, the whole matter is still under the consideration of the Holy See.] That he [Bp. Bonfils] was simply and normally received by the faithful of the SSPX is also very gladdening."



Addendum: Unfortunately, things do not look as rosy as reported above. We hear the following from trusted sources: (1) that the local SSPX priest, Fr. Hervé Mercury, was already in a process of exclusion from the SSPX, due to personal divergences with his superiors; (2) that, differently from what was mentioned above, the celebration was not conducted out of any sort of agreement with the SSPX General House; (3) that the same Fr. Mercury is already in the process of incardination in the local diocese, in agreement with the same Bp. Bonfils. These things are not particularly bad in themselves, but they completely change the tone of what took place: not a disinterested pastoral visit, but a complex dispute between a priest who wishes to leave a society, his superiors, and a local diocesan bishop.

Rorate stresses once again the fact that Summorum Pontificuм observatus is not correct when stating that the SSPX-Holy See matter is anywhere else than in the Holy See's own hands at the moment.

La Croix

À Ajaccio, Mgr Bonfils a célébré les confirmations de la Fraternité Saint-Pie-X

Mgr Jean Bonfils, administrateur apostolique du diocèse d’Ajaccio jusqu’à l’arrivée d’un nouvel évêque en avril, a célébré dimanche 11 mars 19 confirmations dans la forme extraordinaire du rite romain à la chapelle desservie par la Fraternité Saint-Pie-X à Ajaccio (Corse). C’est la première fois qu’un évêque français célèbre ainsi pour un groupe de la FSSPX, toujours séparée de Rome.

Interrogé par La Croix , Mgr Bonfils a expliqué qu’il avait procédé à ces confirmations à la demande de l’abbé Hervé Mercury, prêtre de la FSSPX en Corse, et qu’il avait accepté « à la condition que les familles soient d’accord ». Selon l'abbé Mercury, c'est toutefois Mgr Bonfils qui aurait pris l'initiative de procéder aux confirmations « par souci pastoral et sans esprit polémique ». « En conscience, je ne pouvais pas refuser », confie à La Croix  l'abbé Mercury qui fait état de fortes pressions exercées depuis de la part des supérieurs de la FSSPX.

Tandis que l'abbé de Cacqueray, supérieur du district de France, a appelé Mgr Bonfils pour lui demander de revenir sur sa décision, ce que l'ancien évêque de Nice a refusé, l’abbé Alain-Marc Nély, second assistant général de la FSSPX, s'est rendu à Ajaccio pour pousser les familles à refuser cette démarche. Dans un texte très dur, il a notamment mis en cause l’orthodoxie doctrinale de Mgr Bonfils. Finalement, seul un adulte refusé.

Fortes pressions

Cette célébration intervient alors qu’ un processus de discussions entre le Saint-Siège et la FSSPX vient de s’achever sur une réponse semble-t-il décevante de la Fraternité aux propositions romaines.

Selon les informations recueillies par La Croix , l’abbé Mercury, devant l’attitude intransigeante de ses supérieurs, a entamé un processus de rapprochement avec le diocèse catholique d’Ajaccio. « Disons plutôt que je suis étonné que mes supérieurs ne comprennent pas l’impossibilité de refuser dans laquelle je me suis trouvé face à la demande de Mgr Bonfils », précise le prêtre de la FSSPX à La Croix .

Quant à savoir si l’abbé Mercury pourrait aller jusqu’à quitter la FSSPX pour être incardiné au diocèse d’Ajaccio, Mgr Bonfils s’est refusé à toute spéculation sur le sujet, préférant laisser toute décision au futur évêque, Mgr Olivier de Germay, nommé le 22 février dernier par Benoît XVI et qui sera ordonné le 14 avril prochain. « Je n’ai fait aucune demande d’incardination », tient à préciser l'abbé Mercury.

Nicolas Senèze

Google translation

NB these passages:

While the abbot of Cacqueray, District Superior of France, called Bonfils Bishop asking him to reconsider his decision, that the former bishop of Nice refused, Father Alain-Marc Nély, second assistant general SSPX went to Ajaccio to cause families to reject this approach. In a text very hard, he has challenged the doctrinal orthodoxy of Bishop Bonfils.

According to information gathered by La Croix, Father Mercury, to the intransigent attitude of his superiors, began a process of rapprochement with the Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio. "But let's say I'm surprised that my bosses do not understand the impossibility of refuse in which I found myself faced with the request of Bishop Bonfils," says the priest of the SSPX in La Croix.

So, there's no need for the hysteria!

I am surprised that those faithful actually went along with the bishop confirming their children.  I guess they were not very faithful to Tradition after all.

A popular priest can have great influence on his flock.

Quote from: Wessex

A popular priest can have great influence on his flock.

Especially the ones that can't think for themselves...

I think I can be reasonably sure that when it comes to discussions about the SSPX, that you will manage a disparaging remark completely undisturbed by due diligence of any kind.