Archbishop
LEFEBVRE and the
VATICAN
May 5, 1988
Press Release
The following
press release was given to Archbishop Lefebvre on May 5 at the
same time as the Protocol, and was due to be published on May
8. Cardinal Ratzinger cancelled its publication. The date written
on it at the bottom was May 7, 1988.
Following the
Apostolic Visit of His Eminence Edward Cardinal Gagnon to the Priestly
Society of Saint Pius X, in conformity with the will of the Holy
Father expressed in the letter to Cardinal Ratzinger dated April
8, 1988, meetings with the interested parties took place recently
in Rome. The dialogue was concluded with the participation
of His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, and of His Excellency Archbishop
Marcel Lefebvre, Founder of the Society. An agreement
on the essential points was reached which allows us to foresee in
the near future a formal act of reconciliation with the relative
canonical consequences.
In the meantime,
the Holy See shall make opportune contacts with the competent and
especially interested ecclesiastical authorities.
May 7, 1988
Courtesy of the Angelus
Press, Regina Coeli House
2918 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64109
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