Known as Coetus Internationalis Patrum, the conservatives opposed the “Protestantizing” liberals who, they fear, would weaken the integrity of Catholic dogma and corrupt the Church’s liturgical heritage.Ĭlearly, the Coetus didn’t get their way. Having gained distinction for his missionary work in Africa, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre became a decisive figure in Church history during Vatican II, where he led the Council’s conservative faction. And that’s precisely why many traditionalists don’t like him-including some within the SSPX itself.īut maybe we should start at the beginning. Others, however, see him as the best hope for mending the rift between Latin Mass and Novus Ordo Catholics. To be sure, many in the Church’s upper echelons are ambivalent towards Fellay. Moreover, he was a signatory of the “ filial correction,” which accused the Holy Father of propagating heresy. Fellay is a trad among trads, by far the most prominent bishop to demand the Tridentine Mass be restored as the ordinary form of the Latin Church. Pius X may find it strange to hear Bishop Fellay speak this way about Pope Francis, and vice versa. Those who know anything about the Society of St. “After that he said to one of our priests, ‘You know, they have treated them badly’.” By they, of course, Pope Francis meant the Vatican bureaucracy them is the Society. It reminded me of our interview last year, when Bishop Fellay told me the Holy Father had read the 700-page biography of Lefebvre-twice.
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