DECLARATION OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION "ECCLESIA DEI"
Vatican Information Service
http://visnews-en.blogspot.co.uk/Saturday, 27th October, 2012
VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - The following English-language declaration was issued this morning by the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei".
"The Pontifical Commission 'Ecclesia Dei' takes this occasion to announce that, in its most recent official communication (6 September 2012), the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X has indicated that additional time for reflection and study is needed on their part as they prepare their response to the Holy See’s latest initiatives....
Just a few months ago, a culminating point along this difficult path was reached when, on 13 June 2012, the Pontifical Commission presented to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X a doctrinal declaration together with a proposal for the canonical normalisation of its status within the Catholic Church.
At the present time, the Holy See is awaiting the official response of the superiors of the Priestly Fraternity to these two docuмents....."
LEFEBVRIANS ASK FOR MORE TIME
Vatican Insider - La Stampa
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/lefebvrianio-lefebvrians-lefebvrianos-19242/Saturday 27th October, 2012, Alessandro Speciale, Vatican City
"Lefebvrians need more time before they can respond to the Vatican’s offer of reconciliation and the Holy See seems willing to concede it. A statement issued today by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” - which is in charge of relations with traditionalist communities within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and led by the Congregation’s prefect, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller – stated that last 6 September the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X asked for “additional time for reflection and study” in order to prepare its response to the Holy See’s reconciliation proposal.
"Ecclesia Dei" recognises that “after thirty years of separation, it is understandable that time is needed to absorb the significance of these recent developments”....
.... last week, Lefebvrian leaders announced the exclusion of Mgr. Richard Williamson, one of the Fraternity’s four bishops, from the Society of St. Pius X. Mgr. Williamson had been on a collision course with SSPX leaders because of his refusal to make any compromise whatsoever with Rome and because he had asked Fellay to resign..... The “Ecclesia Dei” statement makes no reference to Williamson’s expulsion, which the Holy See was very much in favour of...."
EXPULSION OF +WILLIAMSON WILL FACILITATE PRACTICAL DEAL
DPA/German News Agency
http://religion.orf.at/stories/2555877/Wednesday 24th October, 2012, Fr. Andreas Steiner , SSPX Media Spokesman
"The decision will certainly facilitate the talks"
"Die Entscheidung wird die Gespräche sicherlich erleichtern“
SSPX FUTURE TO BE DECIDED BY MAJORITARIANISM
DICI
http://www.dici.org/en/news/the-useful-lesson-from-the-recent-trial/Saturday 13th October, 2012, Bishop de Galarreta, Villepreux Speech
"A deliberative Chapter means that the decision made by the absolute majority—one half of the votes plus one, which seemed reasonable to us—that decision will be followed by the Society.
.... it is unthinkable that the majority could be wrong in a prudential matter. [The sentence that follows is omitted by the DICI transcript but can be heard on the audio recording] And if by chance, the unthinkable happens, then so be it, anyway, we will do what the majority thinks"....