Bishop Bernard Fellay appointed as the representatives of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X for the theological discussions with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, Director of the Seminary Corredentora Nuestra Señora de La Reja (Argentina), Father Benoît de Jorna, director of the International Seminary of Saint Pius X in Ecône (Switzerland), Father Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of ecclesiology at the seminary in Ecône, and Father Patrick de La Rocque, Prior of the Priory St. Louis Nantes (France).
Bishop de Galarreta was already chairman of the committee within the Society which was responsible for the preparation for these discussions, since April 2009.
Work will begin in the second half of October and will require the necessary discretion for a peaceful exchange on doctrinal issues that are difficult.
Menzingen, October 15, 2009
According to a Vatican Press release translated by Rorate Caeli, the first meeting is envisioned for the morning of Monday, Oct. 26th:
Those who will participate [in the meeting] will be, from the part of the Commission Ecclesia Dei, other than the Secretary of said Commission, Mons. Guido Pozzo, the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, H.E. Archbisop Luis F. Ladaria Ferrer, S.I., and the already named experts: Fr. Charles Morerod, O.P., Secretary of the International Theological Commission, consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Rev. Mons. Fernando Ocáriz, Vicar General of Opus Dei, consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; the Rev. Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.I., consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
A communique will be issued following the meeting.
