Fraternity of St Pius X - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:31:13 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Fraternity of St Pius X - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Former head of the Fraternity of St Pius X in Germany changes sides https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/09/23/former-head-of-the-fraternity-of-st-pius-x-in-germany-changes-sides/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:50:43 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=176096 A leading Fraternity of St Pius X member has surprisingly changed sides. The former district superior of the traditionalists, Father Firmin Udressy, is moving to the conservative but Vatican II-orientated Community of Saint Martin (Communaute Saint Martin). This emerges from a communiqué published today on Platform X by the Swiss district of the Priestly Fraternity Read more

Former head of the Fraternity of St Pius X in Germany changes sides... Read more]]> A leading Fraternity of St Pius X member has surprisingly changed sides. The former district superior of the traditionalists, Father Firmin Udressy, is moving to the conservative but Vatican II-orientated Community of Saint Martin (Communaute Saint Martin).

This emerges from a communiqué published today on Platform X by the Swiss district of the Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX). The communiqué speaks of the "pain" and "trial" caused by Udressy's move. Nevertheless, they continue to pray for him.

Udressy, who comes from French-speaking Switzerland, took over the leadership of the German district in 2013 at the age of 36. It is the third largest in the world after the USA and France. Udressy last worked in Switzerland in 2019.

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