Let the idea that Pope Benedict XVI is a prisoner in the Vatican being manipulated by his Curia be put to rest.

Cristera posted, several days ago, some information of enormous significance that has not yet received due attention and the dissemination that it demands.

The respected and balanced, Catholique Refractaire blog, gave report on 25th June 2012, of Fr. Nely's Dinner Speech at Suresnes, the French District Headquarters of SSPX, to Friends and Benefactors of the French District.


Catholique Refractaire: [link repaired; French blog in French]

http://catholique-refractaire.blogspot.fr/...onnue-bien.html


In a pre-prepared speech, Fr. Nely presented on the evening of 21st June a time-line of events between Rome and the Society, from the beginning of the doctrinal discussions to present.

Contrary to public statements given by Bishop Fellay and reported by DICI on 8th June, that he had no knowledge of a timetable and did not know what to expect from the amended preamble presented to the CDF on 14th April 2012, Catholique Refractaire reports that Fr. Nely revealed that Bishop Fellay had already been informed by the Vatican that his ambiguous Conciliar-leaning text was entirely acceptable and would be accepted by Rome without modification.

When Bishop Fellay, accompanied by Fr. Pfluger, arrived at the CDF offices on 13th June 2012, he arrived with given assurance and confidence that he would be jointly signing a deal with Rome.






Fr. Nely continued to reveal, according to Catholique Refractaire, that contrary to Bishop Fellay's public statements that Benedict XVI wanted a no-strings-attached deal but was being thwarted by the CDF, it was actually Benedict XVI himself who personally rejected Bishop Fellay's text as being too ambiguous and who demanded that it contain clearer and complete acceptance of the Council and the post-Conciliar magisterium.

The substance of the Conciliar-leaning text of ralliement submitted by Bishop Fellay to Rome was partially revealed by his First Assistant Fr. Pfluger on 5th June:


What Bp Fellay Signed, and Submitted to Rome: [link repaired: IA post by Shamus, June 25, 2012, in English]



In conclusion, it is now known with certainty, having been publicly reported by Fr. Nely in his written speech to clerics and laity at the French District headquarters of SSPX that:

i) It was Bishop Fellay who desired, so greatly, a deal that he was prepared to compromise on Catholic doctrine and SSPX's fight for the past 42 years. Benedict XVI, in contrast, did not yield nor compromise his own belief in the erroneous doctrines of the Conciliar religion of Vatican II.

ii) Bishop Fellay was hoisted upon his own petard by Benedict XVI, himself.

Benedict XVI's clear unmoving position was most recently confirmed by the Vatican's official spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi to Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung on 27th June where he stated that Benedict XVI is "in favour of reunion, but only under clear theological conditions."


Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung: [link repaired; German site in German]

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland...g-11801199.html


Benedict XVI's conditions clearly are, and have always been, notwithstanding Menzingen's propaganda to the contrary, that SSPX accept Vatican II and the post-Conciliar magisterium in its entirety.

Fr. Nely's Statements (Translation of main points of Catholique Refractaire article - translator's highlighting):

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When Mgr. Fellay and Fr. Pfluger returned to Rome on June 13th, 2012 to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, it had nevertheless been announced that the reply from Rome was not known and that it was necessary for everybody to wait. Unfortunately, the reply WAS KNOWN.

In fact, it was Fr. Alain-Marc Nély, the Second Assistant of the SSPX, who acknowledged during a meeting of the “Friends and Benefactors of the SSPX in France,” that the Superior General, Mgr. Bernard Fellay, had sent his last reply to Rome on April 14th, 2012. Subsequent to this posting, he [+Fellay] had been assured by the Vatican that the text had proven satisfactory, and that it was be accepted without modification. These are Fr. Nély’s words.

Thus when Mgr. Fellay returned to Rome on June 13th, 2012, he had therefore the confidence and certitude that his text was the basis of the agreement that he expected to sign. Nevertheless, five days before this meeting, June 8th, 2012, he stated to DICI: “No, I have had no knowledge whatever of any timetable. It has even been suggested that the Pope is going to study this file at Castelgandolfo in July.”

Now the Pope himself, according to the actual words of Fr. Nély, demanded the unambiguous acceptance of Vatican II, something already done by Mgr. Fellay but in ambiguous terms. It is the Pope personally, therefore, who added the new conditions. These words of Fr. Nély appear to contradict the declaration of Mgr. Fellay on June 8th, 2012: “Yes it is the Pope who wishes it, and I have said so on a number of occasions. I have sufficient and sure information in my possession to prove that what I say is true, although I have not had direct contact with the Pope, but with his close advisers.”