…says Pope St. Pius V! “Therefore, wishing to pursue with greater rigor than we have exerted since the beginning of our pontificate, we establish that any priest or member of the clergy, either secular or regular, who commits such an execrable crime, by force of the present law be deprived of every clerical privilege, of…
“It is now thirty years since Father Stephen Abdoo died in a motor accident in New Zealand. He was the first priest of the Society of St Pius X, formed in 1970, to die. Would that the SSPX today still had defenders of the Faith like Father Abdoo. His “Open Letter” still has application in our…
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MENZINGEN’S MISTAKE – II July 15, 2017 Number DXXII (522)Printable PDF Rome says, the Church’s crisis is not such. Now Menzingen is likewise out of touch. The problem of the June 13 letter from Society of St Pius X headquarters in Menzingen, Switzerland, meant to “set the record straight on marriages” after Rome’s April 4…
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As a courtesy to our readers, the Sodalitium Pianum blog has added “categories” (or “tags”) to the top of all our articles and posts. A category pertains to a particular subject, such as: SSPX Marriages; Bishop Williamson; Jewish Question; SSPX/Rome; Bishop Faure; Non Una Cum; Novus Ordo; etc. So, if for example you wanted to…
Exceptional “The Eagle of Lyon,” No. 326 (July/August, 2017) [The monthly newsletter for the Priory of Lyon, France] by Abbé François-Xavier Camper SSPX Prior of Lyon [Translation courtesy of Samuel at Tradidi.com; emphasis is ours] Often the law, by giving a general rule of action, also provides for the exception which will undoubtedly occur, so…
Some readers of the Sodalitium Pianum blog who may be familiar with Mr. Hugh Akins’ book “Synagogue Rising,” may not be familiar with his role in Catholic Action in the United States (or even have a precise understanding of what, exactly, Catholic Action consists). In order to remedy that situation, and increase awareness about the…
The following excellent insights come, once again, from Christian Lasalle over at the French website Medias-Presse.info (MPI). For those who are not familiar with this website, you are missing out on some excellent articles regarding the crisis in the SSPX. You can subscribe to MPI by clicking on the red “S’abonner” button in the upper right-hand…
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Only two days after posting Dom Lorenco Fleichman’s 2001 “Open Letter to the Priests of Campos” we received the following message from him: Dear Sirs, The publication of my “Open Letter to the Fathers of Campos“, without my authorization, on the blog Sodalitium Pianum might induce your readers to believe that I could share the…
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After a too-long hiatus, our friends at the Psalm 129 blog are back at the wheel, and we present to you their latest article regarding the new FSSPX News website (which recently replaced DICI.org). You can view all Psalm 129 articles by clicking on the link to their site in the right-hand sidebar, or by…
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MENZINGEN’S MISTAKE – I July 8, 2017 Number DXXI (521)Printable PDF Liberals are wolves, and wolves can only bite – Catholics who choose to keep away are right! Not all readers of these “Comments” may appreciate their regular return to what can look like mere “quarrels between priests,” but let such readers recall – or…
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The following announcement has just appeared on Fr. Roy’s Canada Fidele website. After posting it, we will offer some commentary.[Google Translation:] 7 JULY 2017 / Canada Fidele Created in 2014, the Priestly Union Marcel Lefebvre (USML) gathered priests who denounced the subversion undertaken by the leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X.The three founding…
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High-ranking priest caught in cocaine-fueled gay orgy in Vatican apartment ROME, July 5, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — A high-ranking Vatican monsignor who is a secretary to one of Pope Francis’ closest collaborators was arrested by Vatican police after they caught him hosting a cocaine-fueled homosexual orgy in a building right next to St. Peter’s Basilica. Monsignor…
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Bishop Fellay Admits: The Discussions Between Rome and the SSPX Are “Like the Game of the Goose” by Michel Lefranc Medias-Presse (English Translation courtesy of Novus Ordo Watch, a sedevacantist website which Sodalitium Pianum does not support, and caution our readers against visiting this website) It has now been two months since Bishop Bernard Fellay…
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In March, Sodalitium Pianum reported on the resignation of Bishop Faure from the USML, in order to distance himself from the “non una cum” position which was spreading within that informal fraternity, here. We receive word that Bishop Zendejas and Fr. Francois Pivert have also resigned their membership in the USML. As regards Bishop Zendejas, whose…