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WM Review – ‘Positive doubt’ doesn’t mean ‘particular evidence’: More on conditional ordination and Novus Ordo priests

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It’s claimed that a bishop must be convinced there is positive doubt before proceeding to conditional repetition of a sacrament. This is true – but it can be significantly misunderstood.

(WM+) – In the previous piece, we reported on the penalties inflicted on two priests – Fr Philip Conklin and Fr David Mary – for their association with the SSPX.

In light of these associations being rumoured to become something more official, we published an advance copy of the fourth and final part of our series on Archbishop Lefebvre and the reformed rites of the sacraments:

Originally published in The WM Review. Read original article