FIRST MEETING WITH THE SOCIETY OF ST. PIUS X

Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. released the following declaration:

“The first of the planned meetings with representatives of the Society of St. Pius X will take place on the morning of Monday 26 October.

“For the Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei’ the meeting will be attended, apart from by its secretary Msgr. Guido Pozzi, by Archbishop Luis F. Ladaria Ferrer S.J., secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and by the previously appointed experts: Fr. Charles Morerod O.P., secretary of the International Theological Commission; Msgr. Fernando Ocariz, vicar general of Opus Dei; and Fr. Karl Josef Becker S.J. All three experts are consultors of the Congregation for he Doctrine of the Faith.

“The meeting will take place in the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio. The contents of the discussions, which will focus on unresolved doctrinal issues, will remain strictly private.

“At the end of the meeting a communique will be released”.

VATICAN CITY, 16 OCT 2009 (VIS)