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Brazilian archbishop declares schism, excommunicates Catholics attending TLM
The Archbishop of Maceió in Brazil has declared that any Catholic in the diocese who attends a unauthorized Traditional Latin Mass will incur an excommunication, for the canonical crime of schism.Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, OFM. public domain.In a Feb.11 statement posted on the archdiocesan Facebook page, Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, OFM, declared that in his diocese, participation in an “old rite Mass in another locatio…
Persecution of Traditional Catholics continues
News from around the Church and the world… Traditionis custodes continues to rear its ugly head: a Brazilian archbishop has declared that anyone attending a TLM at an unapproved location (and there’s only one approved location in the archdiocese) is automatically excommunicated for “schism.” This is insane and clearly an abuse of power by a canonically-ignorant bishop. There’s no way this… Source
The Metropolitan of Maceió (Brazil), Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira OFM, announced that celebrating and participating in the Tridentine Mass outside the designated place of worship will be considered a "public act of schism."
Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, OFM, Metropolitan of Maceió in northeastern Brazil, has announced that celebrating and participating in the Tridentine Mass outside its designated place of worship will be considered a "public act of schism." According to the hierarch, organizers and faithful participating in the liturgy celebrated outside the single, strictly designated place and time risk excommunication under canons 751 and 1364 §1 of …
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