"Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre is one of the most important guardians of Catholic Tradition who distinguished themselves in the 20th century. He is a champion of the deposit of faith of the Holy Roman Church, a faithful guardian of the Holy Mass, of the sanctifying integrity of the priesthood, of the Petrine primacy, and of the stable and firm Creed. In the collective imagination, his name is often linked to the figure of a “rebellious” bishop who was disobedient to the Church. Since the 1970s, just uttering his name seemed to evoke who knows what negativity, who knows what divisions... Much of the press and journalists portrayed him as a “schismatic,” someone who wanted to create his own Church... In reality, he was an uncomfortable figure because he spoke with courageous clarity at a time of great confusion in the Church and in the world."
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Cristina Siccardi, Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre. Il Vescovo francese che difese la Santa Messa e il santo sacerdozio, Radio Roma Libera, 29 March 2020
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Marcel Lefebvre
1905 – 1991
Marcel Lefebvre (1905-1991) was a Roman Catholic archbishop and the founder of the Saint Pius X.
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