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ARTICLES ABOUT THIS TOPIC
Assisi 1986–2011: reform in continuity
A DICI commentary: On October 26, 2011, the day before the interfaith meeting in Assisi, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray in
L’Osservatore Romano went back to the October 27, 1986 meeting convened by John Paul II:
“Assisi made an extraordinary leap in the dialogue among religions, still in its infancy and unceasingly
deepening”... 11-5-2011
Renewing the Assisi Scandal
What is going to happen
this October 27, 2011? A simple friendly encounter among men and
women of good will? ...discourse on the divinity of Christ and
of His Church? No—the renewal by [Pope] Benedict XVI, of the
unprecedented scandal perpetrated by his predecessor, John Paul
II [in] 1986...
9-13-2011
The Assisi meeting, seen from Mecca
"Why is it impossible to plan an Assisi-style
interreligious meeting in Mecca?" A short expose
that points out the obvious: ecumenism is a
one-way street [DICI]
2-9-2011
An extract from Bishop Fellay’s 2002 Press
Release on Assisi II
It has been stated that to avoid any syncretism,
those attending will not be praying
“together”, but that each religion will pray
in separate rooms in the Franciscan convent at
Assisi....
2-4-2011
Is St. Peter's on the way to Assisi?
SSPX commentary on the FSSP's strange concepts
about Catholic obedience concerning the Assisi
ecumenical meeting...
1-22-2011
We will not pray together in Assisi
A commentary by Fr. Lorans
1-22-2011
Italian Catholic Intellectuals Beg Benedict XVI
To “Flee the Spirit of Assisi”
A group of Italian journalists and academics
have publicly asked Pope Benedict XVI to refrain
from the Assisi meeting
1-22-2011
What Should
We Make of Assisi I & II?
Explains dangerous theological mentalities of Assisi
I (held 1986) and its devastating consequences. Also
applicable to Assisi II (2002). Includes further
related materials |
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Bishop Fellay's first comments on Assisi III
Extracted from a sermon given in Paris on January 9:
"In theory they know, in theory they believe. But in
reality, do they believe? Do they really believe that Our
Lord is God? Do they really believe that peace among men,
among nations, is in His hand? Do they really believe in
all the immediate, direct consequences of His
divinity?..."
1-10-2011
Background to Assisi
III
Includes preliminary Vatican news release and comments
from Archbishop Lefebvre on Assisi I in 1986
Press Release on Assisi II
On January 24th, 2002 another inter-religious
prayer meeting was convened at Assisi by Pope John Paul II. Bishop
Fellay's comments on this tragic event
April 2002 District Superior's Letter
Assisi II, Syncretism, the new Ten Commandments and the New
World Religion
4-2002
March 2002 District Superior's Letter
Assisi II and Secular Humanism
1986 Declaration against Assisi I made by Archbishop Lefebvre and
Bishop de Castro Mayer
"For us, remaining indefectibly attached to the Catholic and Roman
Church of all times, we are obliged to take note that this
Modernist and liberal religion of modern and conciliar Rome is
always distancing itself..."
1/7/2011
Archbishop Lefebvre's 1986 Letter to 8 Cardinals regarding the
Assisi Affair
"Eminence, for the honor of the one true God and of our Lord Jesus
Christ, make a public protest, come to the help of the still
faithful bishops, priests and Catholics......"
1/7/2011
A Letter to Pope John Paul II from Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop
de Castro Mayer
The famous 1985 joint-letter that summarized the condition of the
Church, how false ecumenism is contrary to her teaching, and
thereby causing a crisis
Archbishop Lefebvre's Statement against False Ecumenism
Originally written in 1983, it was not made public until the 1988
Episcopal Consecrations
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BACKGROUND TO ASSISI
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VATICAN
CITY, JAN 1, 2011 (VIS) Following this morning's Mass
celebrated in the Vatican Basilica, the Pope appeared at the
window of his study to address faithful gathered below in
St. Peter's Square for the first Angelus of 2011.
The Holy
Father remarked how "on this day the Church invokes the
gift of peace from God through Jesus Christ. It is the World
Day of Peace, an appropriate occasion to reflect together on
the great challenges our age places before humankind." |
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After praying the Angelus, the Pope recalled
that his message for the World Day of Peace had highlighted
how "the great religions can represent an important factor
for the unity and peace of the human family. In this
context", he said:
I also noted that the year 2011 will
mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Day of Prayer
for Peace which the Venerable John Paul II called in Assisi,
Italy, in 1986. For this reason, in the coming month of
October, I will make a pilgrimage to the town of St.
Francis, inviting my Christian brethren of different
confessions, leaders of the world's religious traditions
and, in their hearts, all men and women of good will, to
join me on this journey in order to commemorate that
important historical gesture of my predecessor, and solemnly
to renew the commitment of believers of all religions to
live their religious faith as a service to
the cause of peace. Those who are journeying towards God
cannot fail to transmit peace; those who build peace cannot
fail to move towards God. I invite you, even now, to support
this initiative with your prayers.
ANG/VIS 20110103 (460) |
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Archbishop Lefebvre comments about
Assisi I
During the closing ceremony for the Week of
Christian Unity on January 25, 1986, John Paul II announced "a
special prayer meeting for peace in the town of Assisi," "with
representatives not only from the various Christian churches
and communions but also from the other religions across the
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When it
was announced, Archbishop Lefebvre reminded the seminarians
of Econe of the famous "motley congress" of religions
held in Chicago in 1895 which Leo XIII had condemned. The
same thing was going to be seen again but this time
organized by the Pope. Archbishop Lefebvre said:
It is
demonic. It is an insult to our Lord Jesus Christ. Who will
they pray to? What god will they pray to for peace? What
peace can they ask for if they are not praying to the only
true God? They will not be praying to our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Jews do not want him, the Muslims and Buddhists do not
want Him neither. Lots of Protestants do not believe in the
divinity of Jesus Christ. What god will they pray to? God
was made flesh and came and lived amongst us to save us. We
have no right to pray to anyone else. If we put Jesus Christ
aside, we are not praying to the true God. It is an
indescribably impious act against our Lord Jesus Christ. (Spiritual
Conferences, 117B, Jan. 28)
On August
27, 1986, Archbishop Lefebvre wrote to eight cardinals in
view of the Assisi meeting. He asked of them to protest
against the actions of John Paul II, in particular "the
planned procession of religions in the street of the town of
St. Francis": |
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He who now
sits upon the Throne of Peter mocks publicly the first
article of the Creed and the first Commandment of the
Decalogue. The scandal given to Catholic souls cannot be
measured. The Church is shaken to its very foundations.
On October
28, 1986 Assisi meeting took place and on December 2,
Archbishop Lefebvre and
Bishop de Castro Mayer publicly
protested:
Public sin
against the unicity of God, the Word Incarnate, and His
Church makes one shudder with horror: John Paul has
encouraged false religions to pray to their false gods: it
is an unprecedented and immeasurable scandal, ...an
inconceivably impious and intolerable humiliation to those
who remain Catholic, loyally professing the same Faith for
twenty centuries. (Fideliter, #55; declaration signed
in Buenos Aires)
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