These Traditionalist Catholics Are Defying Pope Leo XIV, and Embracing Their Outsider Status
The traditionalist group says 733 priests and 30,000 U.S. faithful justify the move as Rome warns it would trigger excommunication.
- On July 1, the SSPX will consecrate four new bishops at its Swiss seminary, defying Vatican warnings that the unauthorized move constitutes a "schismatic act" triggering automatic excommunication.
- The SSPX justified the ordinations by invoking a "state of necessity," arguing its two surviving bishops, ages 68 and 69, cannot minister to the global faithful without successors to administer sacraments.
- Led by Father Davide Pagliarani, the SSPX has grown to 733 priests and 264 seminarians; the four new bishops include Michael Goldade, Pascal Schreiber, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Marc Hanappier.
- Pope Leo XIV recently appealed to the group to reverse course, warning the ceremony deepens church divisions; the Vatican maintains those performing and receiving ordinations will face automatic excommunication.
- The standoff reflects a 50-year struggle between traditionalists rejecting post-1960s reforms and Rome; despite warnings, the SSPX continues preparations, insisting they would "rather die than renounce" their principles.
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CBCPNewsSSPX issues declaration of faith to Pope Leo XIV and cardinals ahead of consistory
The traditionalist society published an open letter to the Vatican on June 24, ahead of the extraordinary consistory of cardinals and their episcopal consecrations without papal approval. [...]
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These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status
A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics will challenge Pope Leo XIV’s authority next week by consecrating four bishops without his consent.
SSPX addresses Pope Leo and the cardinals ahead of consistory
The traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) issued an open letter and a declaration of faith to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals on June 24.Ahead of the extraordinary consistory of the cardinals at the Vatican on June 26-27 and the SSPX’s upcoming episcopal consecrations on July 1 without papal approval, the group issued the letter as well as the declaration reaffirming their attachment to Church tradition.“We are convinced that T…
The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) published an open letter on June 24 addressed to Pope Leo XIV and all the cardinals of the Church, accompanied by a lengthy 154-point profession of faith in which it systematically sets forth its doctrinal positions and its diagnosis of the crisis facing the Catholic Church. The publication comes just days before the episcopal consecrations scheduled for July 1 in Écône and on the eve of the consistory convened…
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