The website of the Levebvrists’ British District informs us that one of the Ecône Four is to tour this country later in the year, administering Confirmation as he goes. (He is of course perfectly capable of confirming validly, as simple presbyters are. However, such Confirmation is illicit, since he is suspended a divinis.)
Specifically, Alfonso de Galarreta is to do this. Not Richard Williamson, once again resident on this island. But Alfonso de Galarreta, resident in Spain, though tipped to take over Williamson’s position at La Reja, Argentina.
By no means only, primarily, or even at all because of his historical opinions, Williamson has always been an obstacle to the Levebvrists’ reconciliation with Rome. They would appear to have removed that obstacle of their own accord.
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He is a Bishop.
ReplyDeleteHe may be, he may not be. Until the Holy Father says that he is, then we must assume that he is not. And even if he is, he is in any case suspended a divinis.
ReplyDeleteIf he were not sacramentally a bishop he would not have been excommunicated. The Holy Father referred to him as a bishop in the statement from the Congregation for Bishops dropping that excommunication.
ReplyDeleteNo, the Cardinal Prefect of that Congregation did. And they would have been excommunicated if they had been made, say, Anglican, or Lutheran, or American Methodist bishops.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, it's academic, like the Graham Leonard question. Although the then Cardinal Ratzinger said that he wasn't prepared to say whether or not Dr Leonard was a bishop (Old Catholic Succesion and all that), there has never been any suggestion that he would be permitted to act as one in the Catholic Church.
Likewise, while the Four (or, at least, three of them) may one day have their suspensions from priestly ministry lifted, there is no doubt whatever that they will never be permitted to act as bishops in the Catholic Church. Their talk of titular sees and what have you is quite beyond wishful thinking.