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The District Superior, Father Christian BOUCHACOURT  responds to the 7 French SSPX Priors:

 
 + May 7, 2017
  To all the priests of the district of France

 
 Subject: Marriage FSSPX.

 
 Dear Colleagues,

 This morning you had to receive or read on the internet a statement signed by seven priors and the superiors of the Capuchins, Benedictines and Fathers of Mérigny.

 I totally and firmly condemn and reject the subversive manner in which this statement has been spread.  Prepared in secret, among selected brethren, in order to surprise, to destabilize and to put the superiors before the fact already consummated, this one takes to the faithful like hostages and constitutes them judges of the priests and superiors.

 The authors of this statement want to precipitate, as the only just and possible, their interpretation of the letter of Cardinal Müller on our marriages.  Persuaded that they are right, they were not prudent to submit their text to their superiors.  They regard their appreciation as the only true one, which must be imposed by all means, even the least legitimate.

 God can not bless such an initiative whose deadly fruits are manifested from now on: internal quarrels and additional divisions within and between our communities.  The faithful are the first to suffer it.  How can vocations germinate and develop in a religious family that is torn apart?

 It is up to each of us to confront this new test that runs through our district, rejecting   All cooperation to the diffusion of this comment, to have it for nothing and despise it as insignificant and good thing to be discarded.

 For some days, I asked the brethren theologians to prepare a text giving the clarifications on the letter of Cardinal Müller.  Having received the endorsement of the General House, I hereby inform you with the present.  [NP will publish this docuмent as soon as possible]

 I entrust to your prayers, dear Brotherhoods, our district that must face a new storm that arose unfortunately in our ranks.  May Our Lord and Our Lady help us to rediscover our unity in truth and charity for the good of our souls and that of the faithful who are entrusted to us.
 
 Father Christian BOUCHACOURT

Such an uncharitable and heavy-handed response by Fr. Bouchacourt! He doesn't even address the concerns of the 7 priests at all. He just dismisses them as being disobedient and causing trouble. It's very callous of him to take this approach.

It will be interesting to see the clarifications on the letter from Cardinal Muller, from the SSPX General House, which it seems that Non Possumus will publish soon.
 

Oh, NOW they are offended by secrets!

THEY have been keeping secrets for how long and the faithful would have no idea if it weren't for leaked docuмents and "subversive" priests warning them.

The faithful have every right to know what is happening with the organization that they choose to follow for very specific reasons and that they can leave just as easily if those very specific reasons no longer stand. If there is a serious rift among the priests over this, why again, are the faithful not allowed to know it? I believe they have every right to consider the criticisms and both sides of the story as part of due diligence. Or is it that exact due diligence the leaders are afraid of?

The "leaders" simply want to have their cake and eat it too. Go to NO Rome AND keep the faithful in the pews. How dare the subversive priests sabotage such pure and lofty intentions.



Thank God for priests whose care for the souls of those entrusted to them takes precedence over worldly gain.