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💥Fr. Gerald Murray: The Vatican's SSPX Decree IS A MESS!
Published July 9
👉Is the Vatican's decree excommunicating the SSPX actually valid? Canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murray tells Joe McClane that Cardinal Fernández's explanatory note "does not have the force of law" — and calls the rollout "a canonical mess." #SSPX #CardinalFernandez #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #CanonLaw #FrGeraldMurray #ACatholicTake
0:00 "Exactly what the difficulty is"
0:06 A decree has force of law — an explanatory note does not
0:38 "Does not have the force of law… it cannot declare a penalty"
0:44 Where this leaves the laity
1:49 "A canonical mess"
"God is not the author of confusion, but of peace" (1 Cor 14:33); "Let all things be done decently and in order" (1 Cor 14:40).
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