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Communiqué of the General House of the Society of St. Pius X concerning the episcopal consecration of Father Faure.
19-03-2015  


On March 19th 2015 Bishop Richard Williamson performed the episcopal consecration of Fr. Jean-Michel Faure at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure have not been members of the Society of St. Pius X since 2012 and 2014, respectively, because of their violent criticisms of any relations with the Roman authorities. According to them, such contacts were incompatible with the apostolic work of Archbishop Lefebvre.

The Society of St. Pius X regrets sincerely that this spirit of opposition has led to an episcopal consecration. In 1988 Archbishop Lefebvre had clearly indicated his intention to consecrate auxiliary bishops who would have no jurisdiction, because of the state of necessity in which the Society of St. Pius X and faithful Catholics found themselves at that time. His sole goal was to make available to the faithful the sacraments which priests ordained by the bishops would offer. After having done everything conceivable to gain permission from the Holy See, Archbishop Lefebvre proceeded with the solemn consecrations on June 30, 1988 before several thousand priests and faithful and hundreds of journalists from around the world. It was abundantly clear from all the circuмstances that, despite the lack of authorization from Rome, this action done in the most public manner was for the good of the Church and of souls.

The Society of St. Pius X denounces this episcopal consecration of Father Faure, which, despite the assertions of both clerics concerned, is not at all comparable to the consecrations of 1988. All the declarations of Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure prove abundantly that they no longer recognize the Roman authorities, except in a purely rhetorical manner.

The Society of St. Pius X still maintains that the present state of necessity renders legitimate its action throughout the world, without denying the legitimate authority of those for whom it continues to pray at every Mass. The Society intends to continue its work of priestly formation according to its statutes. It has every intention to keep the deposit of the Faith and the purity of the Church’s moral teaching, in opposition to errors, from wherever they may come, in order to pass on such Faith and morals in the traditional liturgy and by preaching, in accordance with the missionary spirit of its founder: Credidimus caritati [1 John 4:16].
 

Menzingen, March 19, 2015

Bishop Fellay  is learning the art of hypocrisy from Francis and the Romans.  He does not know when to keep his mouth shut.  In this Communiqué he, "maintains that the present state of necessity renders legitimate (his) actions" while the "state of necessity" does not exist for anyone else.  

How is this possible? Because + Fellay is claiming that the SSPX is all that is necessary for any traditional Catholic and therefore no state of necessity exists.  He is in fact claiming "jurisdiction" over traditional Catholics that are not in a regular canonical status!  

Who gave it to him?  If it was given by Rome he has taken the 1989 Profession of Faith vowing unconditional submission of the "mind and will" to the personal demands of the pope.  He has then vowed to play the part of the Judas Goat leading traditional Catholic into heresy and the accommodation of error for canonical regularization with Rome.   If it has not been given to him by Rome it proves him a schismatic because he is claiming jurisdiction that he does not possess.

Moral of the story: Being first, most famous, or largest doesn't give you any special jursidiction or rights over Traditional Catholics.

It's like an immature teenager in the Youtube comments vying to type "FIRST!" in the comments. They get a cheap immature thrill over being the first person to comment on a video.

But most adults realize that such a contest is foolish and immature at best.

The Society of St. Pius X denounces this episcopal consecration of Father Faure, which, despite the assertions of both clerics concerned, is not at all comparable to the consecrations of 1988. All the declarations (???) of Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure prove abundantly that they no longer recognize the Roman authorities, except in a purely rhetorical manner.

The Society of St. Pius X still maintains that the present state of necessity renders legitimate its action throughout the world, without denying the legitimate authority of those for whom it continues to pray at every Mass.

This reads like something directly out of CNN or FoxNews.  This type of sneaky language and underhanded planting of ideas is truly demonic.  

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.  If the SSPX doesn't want to recognize "the roman authorities" in a "purely rhetorical manner", they'd better make an agreement yesterday.  

Un-flippin-believable.  

Now the SSPX will have to either

A) applaud the consecration, or
B) condemn the consecration, but distinguish how they are different

The problem is, they are in essentially the same boat.

UNLESS the SSPX is actively working towards and seeking an agreement with Rome.

So in a certain respect, +Williamson is forcing the SSPX to show its hand.

In the meantime, the SSPX communique is intensely hypocritical. The pot calling the kettle black.

Wow this came out quicker than the "IPSO FACTO" pronouncement after Archbishop Lefebvre's consecrations.  Inline comments.

Moderator note: Once again, Ladislaus is being sarcastic with these comments. Please do not take them the wrong way! As sarcasm, the comments are spot-on excellent.

Communiqué of the General House of the Society of St. Pius X concerning the episcopal consecration of Father Faure.
19-03-2015  

On March 19th 2015 Bishop Richard Williamson performed the episcopal consecration of Fr. Jean-Michel Faure at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure have not been members of the Society of St. Pius X since 2012 and 2014, respectively, because of their violent criticisms of any relations with the Roman authorities. According to them, such contacts were incompatible with the apostolic work of Archbishop Lefebvre. Well, the former actually because he questioned the h0Ɩ0cαųst.

The Society of St. Pius X regrets sincerely that this spirit of opposition has led to an episcopal consecration.  In 1988 Archbishop Lefebvre had clearly indicated his intention to consecrate auxiliary bishops who would have no jurisdiction Whereas the intention is for +Faure to actually HAVE jurisdiction., because of the state of necessity in which the Society of St. Pius X and faithful Catholics found themselves at that time. His sole goal was to make available to the faithful the sacraments which priests ordained by the bishops would offer.Whereas the Resistance wants to set up a counter-Church with jurisdiction. After having done everything conceivable to gain permission from the Holy See, Archbishop Lefebvre proceeded with the solemn consecrations on June 30, 1988 before several thousand priests and faithful and hundreds of journalists from around the world. Let's float Bishop Kelly's idea that the consecrations may not be valid because there weren't enough witnesses.  oh ... and +Williamson was ordained with one hand too ! It was abundantly clear from all the circuмstances that, despite the lack of authorization from Rome, this action done in the most public manner was for the good of the Church and of souls.

The Society of St. Pius X denounces this episcopal consecration of Father Faure, which, despite the assertions of both clerics concerned, is not at all comparable to the consecrations of 1988. at all? All the declarations of Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure prove abundantly that they no longer recognize the Roman authorities, except in a purely rhetorical manner. We on the other hand have shared espresso with the Roman authorites, and had croissants too!  That PROVES we recognize them (in the breaking of the bread).  And our picture of Francis in the vestibule is bigger than theirs!

The Society of St. Pius X still maintains that the present state of necessity renders legitimate its action throughout the world, without denying the legitimate authority of those for whom it continues to pray at every Mass. Has The Resistance gone SV? The Society intends to continue its work of priestly formation according to its statutes. It has every intention to keep the deposit of the Faith and the purity of the Church’s moral teaching, in opposition to errors, from wherever they may come, in order to pass on such Faith and morals in the traditional liturgy and by preaching, in accordance with the missionary spirit of its founder: Credidimus caritati [1 John 4:16].
 

Menzingen, March 19, 2015

Obviously they're upset by the new competition.  With bishops tied to the Resistance, they'll quickly start draining numbers from the SSPX.

To take the idea one step further...

What does Rome (and the Neo-SSPX) want from Bishop Williamson?

For him to go away, fade away -- in short, to be quiet and die.

Up till now, he EFFECTIVELY has been given them exactly what they want. He has a weekly blog post, and he's still alive -- but he hasn't been doing much to "embarrass" the Neo-SSPX, or drive a wedge between them and Rome, by consecrating bishop(s) for example.

What I mean is -- the average SSPX "man in the pews" isn't subscribed to Eleison Comments, so for them, +W has ceased to exist.

Right now we see +Fellay trying to keep a foot in both camps -- the Traditional Catholic and the Conciliar Church. So anything that highlights the incompatibility of them will start to pull those two feet of +Fellay further and further apart until he looks like Jean-Claude Van Damme (in every single Van Damme movie, he always finds an excuse to show off his ability to do the "splits")

Consecrating a new Bishop for Tradition -- that might be the thing most calculated to highlight the differences between the Trad in the Pews (who believes in Tradition, its right to exist, the need for resistance to Modernism) and Rome.

Indeed, how can Bishop Fellay (and company) keep both sides happy now? If they condemn the consecration (which they are doing), how can they avoid the charge of hypocrisy, if not schism?

It was *very* deceptive (who is the father of lies again?) for them to imply that the motivation for this consecration was *IN ANY WAY DIFFERENT* from that of +Lefebvre. They go so far as to say it doesn't resemble "at all". They say it's night and day, absolutely different. What a lie!

They imply that unlike +Lefebvre (who didn't intend to set up a new church, nor give jurisdiction to the 4 bishops), +Williamson intends to do both. What a foul lie from the depths of Hell!

These men cannot be trusted. Whoever wrote this communique is working for the devil, who is the father of lies.

This is an OFFICIAL SSPX comminique. Not a rumor, not my imagination, not a mistake. This is why I resist the SSPX and no longer support them. This is why I am opposed to the SSPX as an organization. They have lost it.

That is why I am running an Independent chapel 40 minutes from the closest SSPX chapel. We need viable options for Tradition in this area.