The Ecclesia Dei Commission is a commission of the Roman Catholic Church aiming to bring back traditionalist catholics into communion with Rome, primarily the Society of Saint Pius X. The Roman Catholic Church, also called the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian body in the world. ... Traditionalist Catholic and Traditional Catholic are broad terms used to denote Roman Catholics who reject some or all of the reforms that were instituted after the Second Vatican Council, in particular the revised rite of Mass, which was promulgated in 1969 by Pope Paul VI as part of the process... The Society of St. ...

It is headed by Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos.

Cardinal Hoyos is said to have then approached the SSPX bishops about regularizing relations, stating that the Pope would grant them a personal prelature, essentially a worldwide diocese, like the personal prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei created by Pope John Paul II in 1982 for an organization founded in 1928 by Saint José María Escrivá de Balaguer. A prelate is a member of the clergy having a special canonical jurisdiction over a territory or a group of people; usually, a prelate is a bishop. ... Central Message of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei: Joy comes from knowing we are children of God. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death, making his the third-longest reign in the history of the Papacy according to the... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saint Josemaría addressing young Catholics Saint Josemaría Escrivá (January 9, 1902-June 26, 1975), (previously known as Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albas) was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. ...

There is no mention of this in the reports of the Ecclesia Dei Commission appearing in the annual publication L'Attività della Santa Sede (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) for the year 2000 and those immediately following. The 2000 report says the commission continued its patient work of reconciling with the Catholic Church priests, seminarians and religious communities previously belonging to the Fraternity of St Pius X. The SSPX name does not appear at all in the reports for 2001 and 2002, although they do speak of the discussions that in the latter year brought about the admission to full communion of the Priestly Union of St Jean-Marie Vianney in Campos, Brazil. This article is about the year 2000. ...

At the local level, the Pope admitted to full communion the Priestly Union of St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Traditional priests in Campos, Brazil (formerly allied with the SSPX. It was granted the status of Personal Apostolic Administrature in the territory of the diocese of Campos, the Administrator of which will have cumulative jurisdiction with regard to the diocesan Ordinary. [1] The SSPX leadership indicated their distrust, saying Castrillón was vague on how all these would be implemented and supported, and citing what they called objectionable Vatican dealings with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) [2] and on the SSPX episcopal consecrations. They demanded two preliminary acts of good faith before continuing negotiations: that the Holy See officially declare that every Catholic priest has always been able to celebrate the Tridentine Mass and cannot be forbidden from doing so; and, secondly, that it declare null the excommunication decree concerning the 1988 consecrations. Cardinal Hoyos reportedly answered that declaring the excommunication null could be readily granted, but that making the statement concerning the Tridentine Mass would cause many of the world's bishops to go into open schism, particularly in France - a situation Rome was not prepared or willing to handle. There are parishes that have the name Campos in Portugal: Campos, a parish in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso Campos, a parish in the municipality of Vieira do Minho Campos, a parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira There are other things that have the name... Pope Benedict XVI (then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger) at an ordination of FSSP priests in Wigratzbad, Germany in 1990. ... A pre-Vatican II altar with reredosThe altar is preceded by three steps, as was most common for a churchs main altar, though some main altars, such as that in Saint Peters in the Vatican, had (and have) much more than three. ...

Some critics of the society express scepticism about the Holy See declaring null its own notification of Lefebvre's automatic excommunication for his 1988 action.

In the 2003 report the Ecclesia Dei Commission again mention the SSPX:

"During the year, dialogue about the canonical situation of the St Pius X Fraternity continued at various levels. In this connection, the Cardinal President had some high-level meetings and kept up an exchange of correspondence. On the Holy See's side, there has been no change in the effective proposals for regularizing the question. After examining the problems faced by priests and faithful, considering the good will of several members of the Fraternity and the recurrent problems of the faithful attached to the former liturgical tradition who take part in the Fraternity's liturgy, the full membership of the Commission studied and presented to the Holy Father a draft for restructuring the Commission with a view to ... a possible return of the St Pius X Fraternity or of some of its members" (page 1097).

This was the first indication in the Commission's 21st century reports of serious dialogue between SSPX and the Holy See.

Without having the meeting listed as one of his official audiences of the day, Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who in 1988 had in vain negotiated on behalf of Pope John Paul II with Archbishop Lefebvre, received for 35 minutes on 29 August 2005 Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the Society of St Pius X, who had requested the meeting. There was no breakthrough towards what the Holy See calls restoration of full communion and what the Society calls normalization, but statements from both sides spoke of the atmosphere as positive. August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...