I continue to follow with deep concern the ongoing and escalating violence in the #HolyLand, where, in recent days, many civilians, both in the West Bank and in Gaza, have once again fallen victim. I make a heartfelt appeal for a return to negotiations to achieve a just political solution, founded on the equal dignity and equal rights of every human person. At the same time, I urge the rejection of further military actions and unilateral decisions, especially those that violate the respect for and the status quo of the holy places of every religion.
The moment the Lampedusa wind claims Pope Leo’s zucchetto as he climbs onto the rocks for a moment of prayer by the shore. Being pope in a cassock at sea is no easy task!
Video: Vatican Media
There are some interesting matters to observe here. . .both for the Orthodox and those searching among the RCs:
From the proclamation below, it is apparent that the SSPX holds Holy Tradition, its preservation and imparting, to be above the Pope and the Papacy, when the latter has departed from the former.
In this they depart from Vatican I and draw closer to the perennnial, diachronic truth of Holy Orthodoxy and the Patristic ecclesiology. . .
Certainly, their own dedication to what they have received, in spite of certain old errors, is what keeps them from a blind obedience even to the Pope. How can anyone among RCs who is serious about Holy Tradition not see this as praiseworthy, even if this causes doubt in the declaration of Vatican I?
Even though they are still far from Orthodoxy, this dedication showcases a perennially important principle: that before one departs from the Truth he has often has departed from the Way. That is, impiety/worldliness/innovation in LIFE is inseparable from, and often precedes, departure from orthodoxy and confession of the true faith.
If all you see here is disobedience, then you have closed your eyes to this principle, and are like the blind following the blind and declaring blind obedience (even in matters of dogma) the greatest virtue.
As we can see in the church tradition and the history, Even Nestorius himself who was the archbishop of Constantinople, the (one church) all moved to stop him; no independent group moved to rebel against him. This is the unity of Christ. And if we reject it. we are far from truth