Author Topic: Francis grants Absolution powers to SSPX Priests for Year of Mercy (Read 40918 times)

richard · « **Reply #5 on:** September 01, 2015, 07:53:17 AM »

Do these faculties apply only for the Jubilee year,I mean do they go "poof" after the year is up?

Ladislaus · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2015, 07:56:34 AM »

Quote from: Arvinger

He "grants" it now and for the "Holy Year of Mercy", which implies that the SSPX priests did not have this power before. By the way, what about the SSPX marriages now, according to the Vatican?

Technically, and from their standpoint, the SSPX did not have this power before, since valid Confessions require jurisdiction except in danger of death. SSPX simply argues that this supplied jurisdiction applies because of the state of emergency, which obviously Francis doesn't believe exists.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2015, 07:57:36 AM »

Quote from: richard

Do these faculties apply only for the Jubilee year,I mean do they go "poof" after the year is up?

I suspect that there will be a reconciliation or making this more permanent afterwards. Way things work in Rome, things granted rarely get rescinded.

Arvinger · « **Reply #8 on:** September 01, 2015, 07:59:10 AM »

As it was easy to predict, the enemies of the SSPX now have additional ammunition to argue that the SSPX priests did not have power to absolve sins up till now:

Quote from: Fr Zuhlsdorf

Along with this, the fact of Pope Francis’ move, together with the wording, confirms what I have been saying all along about the priests of the SSPX: they do not and have not had the faculty validly to absolve sins! The fact that this is being granted for the Year of Mercy bears out what I have been saying.

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2015/09/pope-francis-for-year-of-mercy-grants-that-sspx-priests-can-validly-absolve/

Ladislaus · « **Reply #9 on:** September 01, 2015, 08:01:26 AM »

Quote from: clare

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... This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one....

So, he's granting the resistance faculties too!

Hmmm. Interesting. One could perhaps read that as implied, though he explicitly only applied it to the SSPX. So I believe this goes into effect beginning on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.