In the press

In addition to the reflections provided this week about the recent declaration that the excommunications imposed against the Lefebvrist bishops were lifted (see A storm a'brewing ... and then the fallout), here are a few more of the media reflections I've uncovered: all evidence of how much confusion there is over this 'act of mercy':

• Rome responds to Saint Pius X uproar, which appeared in the magazine America (February 16, 2009)


• A gaffe too far, an article by the BBC Rome and Vatican correspondent David Willey, which appeared in The Tablet (February 7, 2009)


• Old wounds open, an article by The Tablet's France correspondent Alain Woodrow (February 7, 2009)


• Healing the rift, an article by Edward Kessler which appeared in The Tablet (February 7, 2009)


• Two faiths together, an article by Isabel de Bertodano, which appeared in The Tablet (February 7, 2009)