Catholic News Service: Vatican gives traditionalists doctrinal statement to sign

Great news- It looks like a reconciliation between the SSPX and the Church is within reach:

The Vatican has given the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X a formal "doctrinal preamble" listing several principles they must agree with in order to move toward full reconciliation with church.

U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the statement to Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society, Sept. 14 during a meeting at the Vatican that lasted more than two hours.

Although the Vatican did not give the society a deadline, in order to move toward full reconciliation, leaders are expected to study and sign the preamble "within a few months," said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman.

A personal prelature for the SSPX is the likely end game if the document is signed and a full reconciliation is achieved, CNS quotes Fr. Lombardi as saying. Keep those fingers crossed!

Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX