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Letter to Bishops on Society of St. Pius X Marriages “The Holy Father ... has decided to authorize local ordinaries the possibility to grant faculties for the celebration of marriages of faithful who follow the pastoral activity of the society.” CNS documentary service bishops the option of granting an SSPX priest contents the necessary faculties to officiate validly over 705 Letter to Bishops on the marriage rite “if there are no priests in the Society of St. Pius X diocese” available to do so. The provisions are Marriages meant to ensure the validity of the sacrament by Cardinal Gerhard Müller and Archbishop and “reassure the conscience of the faithful,” Guido Pozzo said the letter published by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei,” which is respon- 706 Comments at News Conference on sible for the Vatican’s ongoing talks with the Archdiocesan Anti- Society of St. Pius X. The commission is led Violence Efforts by German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the 709 Letter to Cardinal Cupich Faith, who signed the letter March 27 along on Archdiocesan Anti- with Archbishop Guido Pozzo, secretary of Violence Efforts the commission. For decades, the Vatican and by Pope Francis Letter to Bishops on leaders of the traditionalist society, founded 709 Religious Response to by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, have been Refugee Displacement: Meaning in the Face of Society of St. Pius X seeking a way to fully reintegrate the mem- Suffering bers of the society into the life of the Catholic Marriages by Father David Church. The letter follows. Hollenbach, SJ Cardinal Müller and 711 The Mission and Charism Archbishop Pozzo s you are aware, for some of the Religious Brother: time various meetings and An Uncomplicated Continuing initiatives aimed at a reconcili- other initiatives have been Witness by Brother John Mark ation with the Society of St. Pius X, Pope ongoing in order to bring the Falkenhain, OSB Francis has made it possible for bishops to aSociety of St. Pius X into full communion. ensure the validity of marriages celebrated Recently, the Holy Father decided, for exam- 720 Datebook in the traditionalist communities. A letter ple, to grant all priests of said society the 720 On File to bishops on Society of St. Pius X marriages faculty to validly administer the sacrament published by the Vatican April 4 said the of penance to the faithful (Misericordia et pope will allow Catholic bishops to appoint Misera, 12), such as to ensure the validity priests to assist at SSPX marriages and for- and liceity of the sacrament and allay any mally receive the consent of the couples, since concerns on the part of the faithful. April 13, 2017 marriages witnessed by SSPX priests have not Following the same pastoral outlook Volume 46 be seen as valid by the Catholic Church. The which seeks to reassure the conscience of Number 45 nuptial Mass then would be celebrated by the the faithful despite the objective persistence SSPX priest. In addition, Pope Francis gave continued on page 706 continued from page 705 The traditionalist Society of the canonical irregularity in which for the Comments at News of St. Pius X rejects much of time being the Society of St. Pius X finds itself, the Second Vatican Council, particularly its documents the Holy Father, following a proposal by the Conference on on liturgy, religious freedom, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ecumenism and interreli- and the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Archdiocesan Anti- gious dialogue. has decided to authorize local ordinaries the In a 1976 letter to Archbishop possibility to grant faculties for the celebra- Violence Efforts Marcel Lefebvre, the founder tion of marriages of faithful who follow the of the society, Pope Paul pastoral activity of the society, according to VI told the archbishop: “In Cardinal Cupich the following provisions. effect, you and those who are following you are endeavor- Insofar as possible, the local ordinary is to ing to come to a standstill at grant the delegation to assist at the marriage At an April 4 news conference, Cardinal Blase a given moment in the life of to a priest of the diocese (or in any event, to a J. Cupich of Chicago announced an expan- the church.” fully regular priest), such that the priest may sion of the archdiocese’s anti-violence efforts. The letter was sent to receive the consent of the parties during the The city has seen a dramatic rise in gun vio- Archbishop Lefebvre one marriage rite, followed, in keeping with the lence over the past few years, with more than month after he visited the liturgy of the vetus ordo, by the celebration of 4,000 people shot in 2016 and more than pope at the Vatican. The archbishop had publicly Mass, which may be celebrated by a priest of 700 killed, which is more than New York City rejected Vatican II decrees the society. and Los Angeles combined. Reporters were and had been the object of Where the above is not possible or if there given maps showing sites where the archdi- widespread publicity as he are no priests in the diocese able to receive ocese already has programs to address vio- celebrated Tridentine Masses the consent of the parties, the ordinary may lence. Cardinal Cupich announced he would in various parts of Europe. grant the necessary faculties to the priest of give $250,000 from his charitable funds In June of 1976 the arch- the society who is also to celebrate the Holy to start the Instruments of Peace Venture bishop defied a direct order from the pope not to ordain Mass, reminding him of the duty to forward Philanthropy Fund. He said the archdiocese seminarians at the semi- the relevant documents to the diocesan curia would expand successful programs such as nary he founded in Econe, as soon as possible. one run by Father Michael Pfleger that helps Switzerland. In his letter, the Certain that in this way any uneasiness unemployed at-risk young people get jobs. He pope told the archbishop of conscience on the part of the faithful who also said the archdiocese would hold the first that while pluralism in the adhere to the Society of St. Pius X as well as Scholas Occurrentes in the U.S. Pope Francis church is legitimate, it must be a licit pluralism rooted in any uncertainty regarding the validity of the was instrumental in founding the pontifi- obedience. sacrament of marriage may be alleviated and cal foundation when he was archbishop of The pope said the archbish- at the same time that the process toward full Buenos Aires. The cardinal said the program op, rather than practicing institutional regularization may be facilitated, would bring “young people together for a obedience, had propagated this dicastery relies on your cooperation. week of encounter, discussion and problem and organized a rebellion. The Sovereign Pontiff Francis, at the solving.” Cardinal Cupich noted that ridding This, he added, “is the essen- audience granted to the undersigned cardi- society of racism will help greatly in reduc- tial issue” in the archbishop’s regard. nal president of the Pontifical Commission ing violence. He said, “Solving the problem Ecclesia Dei on March 24, 2017, confirmed his of violence requires that we break the bonds In his letter, the pope out- lined his conditions for approval of the present letter and ordered its of racism, person by person, heart by heart,” rectifying matters with the publication. and noted that “reducing the level of segrega- archbishop, including a call Rome, from the offices of the Congregation tion in Chicago — which is the direct result of for a declaration from the for the Doctrine of the Faith, March 27, 2017. racism — to the national average level would archbishop affirming adher- Cardinal Gerhard L. Müller reduce the Chicago region’s homicide rate by ence to Vatican II, a decla- President 30 percent.” The cardinal read a letter by Pope ration that, among other things, retracts accusations or Archbishop Guido Pozzo Francis lauding the effort at reducing violence insinuations leveled against Secretary in the city. Cardinal Cupich’s remarks at the the pope. Titular archbishop of Bagnoregio ■ news conference follow. “Letter to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre from Pope Paul VI” ISSN 0093-609X, Origins, CNS Documentary Service, is published weekly (except biweekly during July, August and appeared in Origins, Vol. 6, December's last week) by Catholic News Service, 3211 4th Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. Copyright © 2017 No. 26, the edition dated Dec. by Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Periodical-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. 16, 1976. Editor, Edmond Brosnan; Associate Editor, Mary Esslinger; Director and Editor-in-Chief of CNS, Greg Erlandson. 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Publication does not signify endorsement by Origins or its sponsoring body, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. 706 origins Some of you may recall that when I arrived our current programs, let me give you some at O’Hare to begin my work as archbishop of sense of where the church is active in the near traditionalist leader, can “only look like a schismatic Chicago I was asked, “What are you going to vicinity of where I stand today.
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