{"id":58342,"date":"2026-02-12T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/?p=58342"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:12:06","slug":"rome-to-dialogue-lefebvrians-if-they-do-not-ordain-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/roma-dialogar-lefebvrianos-si-no-ordenan-obispos\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican makes dialogue with Lefebvrians conditional on suspension of new episcopal ordinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued an official communiqu\u00e9 following the meeting held this February 12, 2026 between the Prefect, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, and the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX), Rev. D. Davide Pagliarani. The meeting marks a turning point in relations between the Holy See and the traditionalist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A theological dialogue under a \u00abprecise methodology\u00bb.\u00bb<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the document, the meeting was \u201ccordial and sincere\u201d and sought to address issues that have strained the relationship for years. Cardinal Fernandez has formally proposed a \u201cpercorso (journey) of specifically theological dialogue\u201d, structured under a \u201cvery precise methodology\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dialogue will focus on issues of high dogmatic complexity which, according to Rome, still lack sufficient precision. Among the key points to be discussed are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The technical distinction between the \u201cact of faith\u201d and the \u201creligious gift of will and understanding\u201d. The act of faith is the full and theological adherence to the truths revealed by God, while the religious gift of the will and understanding is the internal assent given to the teachings of the authentic Magisterium that have not been infallibly defined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u201cdifferent degrees of adherence required by the various texts of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and their interpretation\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The controversial question of the \u201cdivine will regarding the plurality of religions\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The \u00abbrake\u00bb on ordinations: The risk of schism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vatican has been explicit about the purpose of this rapprochement. The ultimate objective is \u201cto evidence, in the topics discussed, the minimum necessary for full communion with the Catholic Church\u201d. Once these minimums have been reached, the plan contemplates \u201coutlining a canonical statute for the Fraternity\u201d, thus resolving its juridical situation after decades of irregularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Holy See has drawn an insurmountable red line. Rome warns that any ordination of bishops without pontifical mandate - which enjoys \u201csupreme ordinary power, which is full, universal, immediate and direct\u201d - would mean a \u201cdecisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The communiqu\u00e9 stresses that such acts would have \u201cgrave consequences for the Fraternity as a whole\u201d. For this reason, the Vatican has made the initiation of talks conditional on a concrete gesture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe possibility of developing this dialogue presupposes that the Fraternity suspends the decision on the announced episcopal ordinations.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expectation of the Fraternity's response<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future of this process now rests in the hands of the FSSPX. The Superior General, Don Davide Pagliarani, \u201cwill present the proposal to his Council and will give his response to the Dicastery\u201d. Only in case of a \u201cpositive response\u201d, both parties will proceed to establish \u201cby common agreement the steps, stages and procedures to be followed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The communiqu\u00e9 concludes with an appeal to the faithful to pray to the Holy Spirit, whom it defines as the \u201cprincipal architect of the true ecclesial communion willed by Christ,\u201d in what appears to be a last effort to avoid a definitive rupture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Dicastero para la Doctrina de la Fe ha emitido un comunicado oficial tras el encuentro mantenido este 12 de febrero de 2026 entre el Prefecto, el cardenal V\u00edctor Manuel Fern\u00e1ndez, y el superior general de la fraternidad sacerdotal San P\u00edo X (FSSPX), el Rev. D. Davide Pagliarani. La reuni\u00f3n marca un punto de inflexi\u00f3n [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":58343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","category-vaticano","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}