Various congregations and societies have met in France to discuss the current situation with regards to the attempt to eliminate the traditional Latin Mass. If "Francisco" and his ilk are truly interested in "dialogue" and "encounter" and the "peripheries" then they will respond with charity and magnanimity.
But we know what they are and what they are not.
I will not submit to Bergoglio's machinations any more than I will submit to the Fascist Butthead, Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
The fight is on. It has never ceased. It will be to my dying breath.
Communiqué of the Superiors General of the Communities "Ecclesia Dei" - Pilgrimage of Chartres Pentecost - Our Lady of Christendom (nd-chretiente.com)
Computer translation:
"God's mercy on all flesh" (Si 18:13)
Above all, the signatory Institutes want to reiterate their love of the Church and their fidelity to the Holy Father. This filial love is tinged today with great suffering. We feel suspected, sidelined, banished. However, we do not recognize ourselves in the description given by the Cover Letter of the motu proprio Traditionis custodes of July 16, 2021.
"If we say we have no sin... (I Jn 1:8)
We do not consider ourselves the "true Church." On the contrary, we see in the Catholic Church our Mother in whom we find salvation and faith. We are loyally subject to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Pontiff and that of the diocesan bishops, as shown by the good relations in the dioceses (and the functions of Presbyteral Counsellor, Archivist, Chancellor or Official that have been entrusted to our members) and the result of the canonical or apostolic visits of recent years. We reaffirm our adherence to the Magisterium (including that of Vatican II and the following) according to the Catholic doctrine of the assent due to it (cf. in particular Lumen Gentium, No. 25, and Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nos. 891 and 892) as evidenced by the numerous studies and doctoral theses made by many of us over the past 33 years.
Have mistakes been made? We are ready, as is every Christian, to ask for forgiveness if some excesses of language or mistrust of authority have been able to enter this or that of our members. We are ready to convert if party spirit or pride has polluted our hearts.
"Fulfill your vows to the Most High" (Ps 49:14)
We beg for a human, personal, trusting dialogue to be opened, far from ideologies or the coldness of administrative decrees. We would like to be able to meet a person who will be for us the face of the Motherhood of the Church. We would like to be able to tell him about the suffering, the tragedies, the sadness of so many lay faithful from all over the world, but also of priests, men and women religious who gave their lives on the word of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
They were promised that "all measures would be taken to guarantee the identity of their Institutes in the full communion of the Catholic Church."[1] The first Institutes accepted with gratitude the canonical recognition offered by the Holy See in full attachment
to the traditional pedagogies of the faith, particularly in the liturgical field (on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding of 5 May 1988 between Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Lefebvre). This solemn commitment was expressed in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei of 2 July 1988; then in a diversified way for each Institute, in their decrees of erection and in their constitutions approved definitively. The men and women religious and priests engaged in our Institutes have taken vows or issued commitments according to this specification.
It is in this way that, trusting in the word of the Supreme Pontiff, they gave their lives to Christ to serve the Church. These priests, men and women religious have served the Church with dedication and self-sacrifice. Can we deprive them today of what they have committed themselves to? Can we deprive them of what the Church had promised them through the mouths of the Popes?
"Be patient with me!" (Mt 18:29)
Pope Francis "invites pastors to listen with affection and serenity, with the sincere desire to enter into the heart of the drama of people and to understand their point of view, to help them live better and recognize their place in the Church" (Amoris Laetitia, No. 312). We are eager to entrust the tragedies we experience to a father's heart. We need listening and benevolence and not condemnation without prior dialogue.
Harsh judgment creates a sense of injustice and produces resentment. Patience softens hearts. We need time.
Today we hear about disciplinary apostolic visits for our Institutes. We ask for fraternal meetings where we can explain who we are and the reasons for our attachment to certain liturgical forms. Above all, we desire a truly human and merciful dialogue: "Be patient with me!"
"Circumdata varietate" (Ps 44:10)
On August 13, the Holy Father affirmed that in liturgical matters""unity is not uniformity but the multifaceted harmony created by the Holy Spirit."[2] We are eager to make our modest contribution to this harmonious and diverse unity, aware that, as Sacrosanctum Concilium teaches, "the liturgy is the summit to which the Church's action tends and at the same time the source from which all her virtue flows" (SC, No. 10).
With confidence, we turn first of all to the Bishops of France so that a true dialogue may be opened and a mediator may be appointed who will be for us the human face of this dialogue. "We must avoid judgments that do not take into account the complexity of the various situations... It is a question of integrating everyone, we must help everyone to find his own way of being part of the ecclesial community, so that he may feel the object of undeserved, unconditional and gratuitous mercy" (Amoris Laetitia, no. 296-297).
Done at Courtalain, France, on 31 August 2021
Father Andrzej Komorowski, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Bishop Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Father Luis Gabriel Barrero Zabaleta, Superior General of the Institute of the Good Shepherd
Father Louis-Marie de Blignières, Superior General of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrier
Father Gerald Goesche, Prevot General of the Institut Saint-Philippe-Néri
Father Antonius Maria Mamsery, Superior General of the Missionaries of the Holy Cross
Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth, abbot of the abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
Father Emmanuel-Marie Le Fébure du Bus, abbot of the Canons of Lagrasse
Dom Marc Guillot, abbot of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie de la Garde
Mother Placide Devillers, abbess of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation du Barroux
Mother Faustine Bouchard, Prioress of the Canonesses of Azille
Mother Madeleine-Marie, Superior of the Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Sovereign Priest
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[1] Information Note of 16 June 1988, in Documentation Catholique, n° 1966, p. 739.
[2] Videomensaje del Santo Padre Francisco a los participantes en el congreso virtual continental de la vida religiosa, convocado por la CLAR, 13-15 August 2021.
"God's mercy on all flesh" (Si 18:13)
Above all, the signatory Institutes want to reiterate their love of the Church and their fidelity to the Holy Father. This filial love is tinged today with great suffering. We feel suspected, sidelined, banished. However, we do not recognize ourselves in the description given by the Cover Letter of the motu proprio Traditionis custodes of July 16, 2021.
"If we say we have no sin... (I Jn 1:8)
We do not consider ourselves the "true Church." On the contrary, we see in the Catholic Church our Mother in whom we find salvation and faith. We are loyally subject to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Pontiff and that of the diocesan bishops, as shown by the good relations in the dioceses (and the functions of Presbyteral Counsellor, Archivist, Chancellor or Official that have been entrusted to our members) and the result of the canonical or apostolic visits of recent years. We reaffirm our adherence to the Magisterium (including that of Vatican II and the following) according to the Catholic doctrine of the assent due to it (cf. in particular Lumen Gentium, No. 25, and Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nos. 891 and 892) as evidenced by the numerous studies and doctoral theses made by many of us over the past 33 years.
Have mistakes been made? We are ready, as is every Christian, to ask for forgiveness if some excesses of language or mistrust of authority have been able to enter this or that of our members. We are ready to convert if party spirit or pride has polluted our hearts.
"Fulfill your vows to the Most High" (Ps 49:14)
We beg for a human, personal, trusting dialogue to be opened, far from ideologies or the coldness of administrative decrees. We would like to be able to meet a person who will be for us the face of the Motherhood of the Church. We would like to be able to tell him about the suffering, the tragedies, the sadness of so many lay faithful from all over the world, but also of priests, men and women religious who gave their lives on the word of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
They were promised that "all measures would be taken to guarantee the identity of their Institutes in the full communion of the Catholic Church."[1] The first Institutes accepted with gratitude the canonical recognition offered by the Holy See in full attachment
to the traditional pedagogies of the faith, particularly in the liturgical field (on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding of 5 May 1988 between Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Lefebvre). This solemn commitment was expressed in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei of 2 July 1988; then in a diversified way for each Institute, in their decrees of erection and in their constitutions approved definitively. The men and women religious and priests engaged in our Institutes have taken vows or issued commitments according to this specification.
It is in this way that, trusting in the word of the Supreme Pontiff, they gave their lives to Christ to serve the Church. These priests, men and women religious have served the Church with dedication and self-sacrifice. Can we deprive them today of what they have committed themselves to? Can we deprive them of what the Church had promised them through the mouths of the Popes?
"Be patient with me!" (Mt 18:29)
Pope Francis "invites pastors to listen with affection and serenity, with the sincere desire to enter into the heart of the drama of people and to understand their point of view, to help them live better and recognize their place in the Church" (Amoris Laetitia, No. 312). We are eager to entrust the tragedies we experience to a father's heart. We need listening and benevolence and not condemnation without prior dialogue.
Harsh judgment creates a sense of injustice and produces resentment. Patience softens hearts. We need time.
Today we hear about disciplinary apostolic visits for our Institutes. We ask for fraternal meetings where we can explain who we are and the reasons for our attachment to certain liturgical forms. Above all, we desire a truly human and merciful dialogue: "Be patient with me!"
"Circumdata varietate" (Ps 44:10)
On August 13, the Holy Father affirmed that in liturgical matters""unity is not uniformity but the multifaceted harmony created by the Holy Spirit."[2] We are eager to make our modest contribution to this harmonious and diverse unity, aware that, as Sacrosanctum Concilium teaches, "the liturgy is the summit to which the Church's action tends and at the same time the source from which all her virtue flows" (SC, No. 10).
With confidence, we turn first of all to the Bishops of France so that a true dialogue may be opened and a mediator may be appointed who will be for us the human face of this dialogue. "We must avoid judgments that do not take into account the complexity of the various situations... It is a question of integrating everyone, we must help everyone to find his own way of being part of the ecclesial community, so that he may feel the object of undeserved, unconditional and gratuitous mercy" (Amoris Laetitia, no. 296-297).
Done at Courtalain, France, on 31 August 2021
Father Andrzej Komorowski, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Bishop Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Father Luis Gabriel Barrero Zabaleta, Superior General of the Institute of the Good Shepherd
Father Louis-Marie de Blignières, Superior General of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrier
Father Gerald Goesche, Prevot General of the Institut Saint-Philippe-Néri
Father Antonius Maria Mamsery, Superior General of the Missionaries of the Holy Cross
Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth, abbot of the abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
Father Emmanuel-Marie Le Fébure du Bus, abbot of the Canons of Lagrasse
Dom Marc Guillot, abbot of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie de la Garde
Mother Placide Devillers, abbess of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation du Barroux
Mother Faustine Bouchard, Prioress of the Canonesses of Azille
Mother Madeleine-Marie, Superior of the Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Sovereign Priest
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[1] Information Note of 16 June 1988, in Documentation Catholique, n° 1966, p. 739.
[2] Videomensaje del Santo Padre Francisco a los participantes en el congreso virtual continental de la vida religiosa, convocado por la CLAR, 13-15 August 2021.