US EditionBreakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope
The Society of St. Pius X plans to consecrate four bishops on July 1 without papal approval, citing survival needs and doctrinal disagreements with the post-Vatican II Church.
- On Thursday, the Society of St. Pius X rejected a Vatican offer of talks, saying threats of sanctions undermine dialogue and vowing to consecrate four new bishops on July 1.
- Founded in 1969 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the SSPX broke with Rome in 1988 after he consecrated four bishops without papal consent and now counts 733 priests and 264 seminarians.
- On Feb. 12, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández invited Rev. Davide Pagliarani for talks and proposed theological dialogue only if SSPX suspended the planned consecration, but Pagliarani rejected these terms in a letter sent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18 and made public Feb. 19.
- The Vatican had no immediate comment, and the pope faces initial strain as traditionalist Catholics loyal to Rome watch how Leo handles the standoff, which threatens his efforts at unity.
- The formal dialogue beginning in 2009 was halted by June 2017, with doctrinal talks deemed impossible because the SSPX rejects Vatican II, Pagliarani said.
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Dialogue Stalled: SSPX and Vatican at Impasse Over July 1 Consecrations
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). ANALYSIS: What happens now that the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X has rejected the Vatican’s proposal to restart dialogue on the condition that they postpone their plan to consecrate bishops later this year?
In a letter addressed to Cardinal Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Superior General Pagliarani states that he does not see ...
The Priestly Fraternity St Pius X (FSSPX), a traditional Catholic congregation known as the 'lefebvrians', has announced that it maintains its plans to order its own bishops.
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