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Fr. Trincado responds:

"The SSPX has made an adaptation of its statutes to CIC 1983, which in canon 1037 says: An unmarried candidate for the permanent diaconate and a candidate for the presbyterate are not to be admitted to the order of diaconate unless they have assumed the obligation of celibacy in the prescribed rite publicly before God and the Church or have made perpetual vows in a religious institute. CIC 1917 does not speak of a requirement regarding vows to receive the diaconate.
Most likely, the authorities of the SSPX have made this change thinking about the agreement with Rome."
God bless you.
Fr Trincado, SAJM

[“We will never change,” and “we must be accepted as we are!” -SJ]

There haven't been a lot of SSPX priests leaving to join the Resistance (or anything else for that matter) for years.

Why are they shortening the leash all the sudden? Do they anticipate problems in the near future as certain things takes place in the SSPX? Is the CCCC thread making the rounds, or do the SSPX authorities WORRY that such information will make the rounds eventually?  Are they just preparing for the inevitable and taking appropriate steps to protect the good of the organization?

They must be worried about something, or "know something we don't", to make this change and put additional moral pressure on their seminarians/priests like this.

Because the excuse about wanting to be part of the Church (all the psychobabble quoted above in the SSPX article), wanting to be in accordance with Canon Law, etc. rings COMPLETELY HOLLOW since the SSPX didn't operate this way from 1970 to 2018. You can't tell me the whole SSPX (bishops, hundreds of priests, etc.) was unaware of Canon Law requirements during that time. And you're telling me the SSPX didn't want their priests to be part of the Church, close to the lifeblood of the Mystical Body of Christ, etc.? Get outta here!

No, I think the real reason for this latest CHANGE is exactly what we suspect -- to throw a pre-emptive monkey wrench into the works. They want to tighten control over their seminarians/priests, since many of them already suspect that something is up.

Yeah, and they'll probably lie to the seminarians by making a big deal about this "solemn" promise and over-exaggerate how they owe fidelity and obedience to the society, for God's sake, for the Church's sake, etc.