I saw this at Rorate:
The latest chapter in the ‘visitation’ of the Franciscans of the Immaculate
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 of his parents and to celebrate Mass.
His parents, Settimio (d. 1978) and Licia (d. 2004), became “Servants of God” in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
According to ANSA, the ban was decreed by the Apostolic Commissioner Fidenzio Volpi.
So, let me get this straight.
The old priest wanted to visit the grave of his parents, whose causes are underway. He wanted to say Mass, which sounds like what most priests would want to do.
The Kommisar would not let him.
