20,000 Euros is a bit more than 20,000 dollars. Let’s wait and see if he gets his just due from Pope Francis. Rorate Caeli: The chickens have come home to roost for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscan Friars of … Continue reading
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Commissioner Suspends Six FFI Friars for Seeking Incardinations
The persecution of the Friars of the Immaculate grows more outrageous. Rorate Caeli: The ongoing affair of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate has arrived at a point at which Commissioner Fidenzio Volpi, who is responsible for this disaster, is … Continue reading
Franciscan Friar’s of the Immaculate Founder Forbidden to Visit Parent’s Grave
Rorate Caeli: The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata reported last Friday that the 81-year-old Fr. Stefano Manelli, founder and first Minister General of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, was forbidden from going to Frigento (Avellino) on May 1 in order to visit the grave … Continue reading
FFI Friars Need ‘Permit’ for Their Own Books and Ten Other Things
The Eponymous Flower: “It takes a permit.” A letter from a Franciscan of the Immaculate describes the life subject to approval, that the brothers have to lead, since they were placed under provisional administration. In 1990, the Order was recognized at the … Continue reading
Three More FFI Houses Closed Just Before Christmas
The Eponymous Flower: (Rome) The joy of Christmas 2013 has brought another sad note for the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Shortly before the Solemnity, the Apostolic Commissioner, Father Fidenzio Volpi OFM Cap has closed up three more branches of the Order. Many Traditional Mass … Continue reading
FFI Sisters Refute Accusations of Commissioner Father Volpi
Rorate Caeli: It is with deep sadness and consternation we learn that in the circular letter of the 8th December, addressed to all the Friars of the Immaculate, the most Reverend Father Volpi, accuses some of the most prominent exponents of the Sisters of … Continue reading