Press Release from the General Superior of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

By the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, Pope
Benedict XVI has reinstated the Tridentine Mass in its rights, and
clearly affirmed that the Roman Missal promulgated by Saint Pius V had
never been abrogated. The Priestly Society of Saint Pius X rejoices to
see the Church thus regain her liturgical Tradition, and give the
possibility of a free access to the treasure of the Traditional Mass
for the glory of God, the good of the Church and the salvation of
souls, to the priests and faithful who had so far been deprived of it.
The Priestly Society of Saint Pius X extends its deep gratitude to the
Sovereign Pontiff for this great spiritual benefit.

The
letter which accompanies the Motu Proprio does not hide however the
difficulties that still remain. The Society of Saint Pius X wishes that
the favorable climate established by the new dispositions of the Holy
See will make it possible – after the decree of excommunication which
still affects its bishops has been withdrawn – to consider more
serenely the disputed doctrinal issues.

Lex orandi, lex credendi,
the law of the liturgy is that of the faith. In the fidelity to the
spirit of our founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the attachment of
the Society of Saint Pius X to the traditional liturgy is inseparably
united to the faith which has been professed "always, everywhere and by
all."

 

Menzingen, July 7, 2007

Bishop Bernard Fellay

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