In 1988, Archbishop Lefebvre to Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop in a direct challenge - to his excommunication, for the
Pope and "Ecclesia DEI" Adflicta (Church of God affected), bishop of the establishment of the Commission "Ecclesia DEI (
PCED) is. SSPX founder in 1991, died on the Group II Vatican Council and Pope his radical rejection of the Authority. In
France, "month" almost exclusively with the SSPX, and many more "traditional" unions, which (some pre - However, old is
connected - the members of the SSPX) express loyalty to the Council and later Conciliar popes.
Pope Benedict to French bishops in fact a year after Summorum Pontificum came into force. He said:
The bishop and the priest after death worship highest expression of life, just as it is of catechetical teaching. Your duty,
dear brothers and sisters, the church is indispensable for the development of reliable people to free from sin. The Motu
Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the authority under which the Blessed John XXIII (1962), using the missal of the possibility of
use in respect of this situation is brought to Pope Paul VI (1970) next to.
These new provisions of the fruit has already been seen, and I hope, thank God, the necessary pacification of spirits is
already happening. I am aware of your difficulties, but I have no doubt that within a reasonable time, you, so that Christ's
robe more comfortable solution for all burst can find satisfactory. Everyone has a place in the church. Everyone without
exception, to feel at home and never rejected enabled. God loves all men and women, and no one wants to lose, we shepherds of
his sheep through the appointment of this campaign entrusts us with. We just thank them for this honor, and you can have
trust in us. Therefore, always try to serve the unity!
LOURDES Pope Benedict XVI in the French bishop's message 150. Of commemoration in France, September 12-15, during his
apostolic visit took place LOURDES anniversary of the apparitions. (During the visit in Paris and LOURDES audience in his
speech, the Vatican can be found on the website: