Cardinal Müller Calls SSPX Consecrations Schismatic, Defends the Latin Mass
- Cardinal Gerhard Müller labeled the Society of St. Pius X's plan to consecrate four bishops without papal mandate a schismatic act and said such acts mark individuals as not Catholic or anti-Catholic and incur automatic excommunication.
- Müller emphasized that the issue concerns authority, not the validity of the Traditional Latin Mass, which he affirmed remains valid, distinguishing devotion to traditional liturgy from rejection of papal authority.
- The Society of St. Pius X plans to consecrate four priests, including Father Michael Goldade, on July 1 at its seminary in Écône, Switzerland, echoing Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's 1988 consecrations.
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The day can unveil the content of an intervention of a cardinal who asked for a reply to St. Pius X after the accusations of deviations from tradition. We will also address the theme of the reception of those who return to Rome after illicit consecrations
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catholicworldreport.comCardinal Müller Calls SSPX Consecrations Schismatic, Defends the Latin Mass
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during an interview with EWTN News In Depth on June 19, 2026. The former Vatican doctrine chief likened the Society of St. Pius X to the ancient Donatist schism, days before its planned July 1 episcopal consecrations at Écône.
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After the forgiveness of Benedict XVI, the schismatic Fraternity St. Pius X has again announced the consecration of four bishops without the permission of Rome, which would imply his excommunication, as already happened in 1988José Cobo, the 'aperturist' of the Spanish Church who comes out reinforced after the Pope's journey as future head of the bishops "If anyone thought that Leo XIV was going to back down or make the concessions made by Bened…
The Catholic Church could face stormy days next week after the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), an international priestly order that has existed for decades, plans to ordain four bishops without papal permission, thus openly challenging the authority of Pope Leo and the Vatican. This could be the first serious internal crisis of Leo's papacy that he will have to somehow deal with: the relationship between the Holy See and the SSPX has been tense …
During an extraordinary consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller proposed preparing an official doctrinal response from the Holy See to the manifesto recently submitted by the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX) to the pope and cardinals. According to the Italian daily Il Giornale, the retired prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith also suggested creating a structure modeled on the former Pontifical …
Cardinal Müller to Cardinals in Rome: "We Must Respond to the SSPX”
The former head of the “Office Formerly Known as Holy,” (that office which is arguably the “second in command” over the whole Church), and a man who has characterised synodality as a “hostile takeover” urged his brother Cardinals to respond to the SSPX. This was reported by Italian media and translated by Miss Diane Montagna here. Müller immediately shakes up the… Source
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