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1. ... 'including acceptance of the documents of Vat II' concludes the article.
   One wonders what this means, given the enormous diversity of views within the Church on the status of those very documents. Scholarly books published on the 50th anniversary of Vat11 reveal the significant disagreements about the spirit of Vat II.
   John O'Malleys splendid book Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? provides a wonderful introduction to the controversies.
   For us ordinary Catholics, it will be interesting to see whether the Society agrees to the stipulations of the Vatican, and more interesting to know if the stipulations are accompanied by some clarification as to what the teachings actually mean!

   Posted By: Garry

2. The Church should direct the SSPX priests to say Mass not only in the Extraordianry Rite but also in the vernacular Ordinary Rite of Pope Paul VI.
   If they refuse such a reasonable instruction, they should be counted out of any further discussions with th Holy See.
   There should be no room for indulging any arrogant, self-gloryfiing strategies and no rewards for such worrying pathologies.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

3. Garry: The article says that the SSPX will be required to accept the documents proclaimed by Vatican II, whose meaning is plain and clear.
   The article does not say that the SSPX will be required to accept the 'spirit of Vatican II', which means anything which anyone promoting it wants it to mean, the only constant factor being contradiction of Catholic doctrines and blatant disobedience of Church directives.

   Posted By: Peter G

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