On the heels of the Vatican’s confirmation today that a
personal prelature has been offered to the Society of St. Pius X should
they sign on to the Holy See’s doctrinal preamble, the SSPX has released the
following statement:
SSPX General House Communiqué
6-14-2012
On Wednesday, June 13, 2012, Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior
General of the Society of St. Pius X, accompanied by the First Assistant
General, Father Niklaus Pfluger, was received by Cardinal William Levada,
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who delivered to him
[Bishop Fellay] his dicastery’s evaluation of the Doctrinal Declaration
sent in by the Society on April 15, 2012, in response to the Doctrinal
Preamble submitted on September 14, 2011, by the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
During this meeting, Bishop Fellay listened to explanations and further details
from Cardinal Levada, to whom he
presented the situation of the Society of St. Pius X and spelled out the
doctrinal difficulties posed by the Second Vatican Council and the Novus
Ordo Missae. The desire for additional clarifications could result in a new
phase of discussions. [CWR: emphasis added]
At the end of this long, two-hour interview, Bishop Fellay received a draft
document proposing a Personal Prelature, in the case of a possible canonical
recognition of the Society of St. Pius X. During the meeting the situation of
the three other bishops of the Society was not discussed.
At the conclusion of that meeting, it was hoped that the dialogue might
continue so as to allow the parties to arrive at a solution for the good of the
Church and of souls.
Menzingen, June
14, 2012