...on the 'plane going home, William Oddie's Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy, a good read and recommended.
Home: letters, emails, domestic matters. Huge pile of mail, including various magazines. For those interested, I have a feature (about Catholic publishing in Britain) in the latest Catholic World Report.
News that the Holy Father has lifted the excommunication on the four Lefebvrist bishops. Useful analysis here. And here.Aim is to start negotiations to get them established in some place within the Church. I think this will lead to a split in the Lefebvrists, with some (including Williamson, the one who makes nasty anti-Jewish rants?) refusing to accept the necessary conditions.
The Holy Father will face much criticism and the risk he has taken is considerable.
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I don't see how this can work. If the SSPX bishops continue to act as bishops, without Papal authority, how can they be in communion with the Church?
I think this is a great day! Yes, some of the rad trads will always put up a fight. We should always, however, wish to have everyone within the fold, and frankly, we could use the good people in the SSPX in our current culture battles.
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